Things to Do in Essex, CT

Discover 150 places — from top-rated restaurants and bars to parks, attractions, and hidden gems. All rated by real visitors.

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🍽️Best Restaurants in Essex

Top-rated restaurants based on visitor reviews

1.

Pizza Pub

2.

Abby's Place

3.

Hong Kong Chinese Takeout

4.

Privateers Pizza

5.

Carlson's Landing

6.

Privateers Pizza

7.

Carlson's Landing

8.

The Wine Bar and Bistro

9.

The Back Porch Office

10.

Drift

11.

Black Seal Seafood Grill

12.

Ivoryton Tavern

13.

Siren Kitchen and Bar

14.

Subway

☕Best Cafés & Coffee in Essex

Top-rated cafés & coffee based on visitor reviews

1.

Trackside Cafe

2.

Olive Oyl's

3.

Marley's cafe

🍸Best Bars & Nightlife in Essex

Top-rated bars & nightlife based on visitor reviews

1.

Scotch Plains Tavern

🎡Best Attractions in Essex

Top-rated attractions based on visitor reviews

1.

Essex Historical Society

2.

Heritage Cove

🌳Best Parks & Outdoors in Essex

Top-rated parks & outdoors based on visitor reviews

1.

Riverquest

2.

Essex Playground

3.

Viney Hill Brook Park

4.

Paw Dog Park

5.

Essex CT Paw Park

6.

Dickinson Park

7.

Grove St Park

8.

Essex Town Green

9.

Essex Park

10.

Canfield Woods

11.

Hubbard Field

12.

Main Street Park

13.

The Preserve in Old Saybrook, Essex, Westbrook

14.

Cross Lots

15.

Falls River Park

🏛️Best Museums & Culture in Essex

Top-rated museums & culture based on visitor reviews

1.

Connecticut River Museum

2.

Pratt House Museum

3.

Friends of the Valley Railroad

💪Best Fitness & Sports in Essex

Top-rated fitness & sports based on visitor reviews

1.

Pilates For Life

2.

cta sussex

3.

Essex Pilates

4.

Anchor Fitness of Essex

5.

Snap Fitness

6.

Shikoba Essex

7.

Flow Pilates

⛳Best Golf in Essex

Top-rated golf based on visitor reviews

1.

Essex Indoor Golf Center

📍Best Gun_shop in Essex

Top-rated gun_shop based on visitor reviews

1.

Frank L Conroy Engraving

📍Best Clinic in Essex

Top-rated clinic based on visitor reviews

1.

Anne Procyk, ND - Third Stone Integrative Health Center

2.

Middlesex Hospital

3.

Middlesex Rehabilitation Center

4.

Essex Internal Medicine

5.

Virginia L. Maher-Wiese, M.D.

6.

Middlesex Hospital Physical Therapy

7.

Drug Treatment Centers Essex

8.

Middlesex Hospital Primary Care - Essex

9.

Middlesex Health Primary Care

10.

Middlesex Health Primary Care - Tri-Town

📍Best Pharmacy in Essex

Top-rated pharmacy based on visitor reviews

1.

Walgreens Pharmacy

2.

Walgreens

3.

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4.

Essex Medical Group

📍Best Toys_hobbies in Essex

Top-rated toys_hobbies based on visitor reviews

1.

Toys Ahoy

📍Best School in Essex

Top-rated school based on visitor reviews

1.

Essex Preschool

📍Best Place_of_worship in Essex

Top-rated place_of_worship based on visitor reviews

1.

First Congregational Church UCC

2.

Centerbrook Congregational Church

3.

Saint Teresa of Calcutta Parish

4.

St John's Episcopal Church

5.

First Congregational Church in Essex, United Church of Christ

6.

St. John's Episcopal Church

📍Best Art_gallery in Essex

Top-rated art_gallery based on visitor reviews

1.

Verdigris Gallery

2.

Six Summit Gallery

3.

Ben Parker Studio

4.

Essex Art Association

📍Best Veterinarian in Essex

Top-rated veterinarian based on visitor reviews

1.

Essex Veterinary Clinic

2.

Pieper Memorial VETS

3.

Essex Veterinary Hospital

📍Best Home_goods in Essex

Top-rated home_goods based on visitor reviews

1.

Essex Hardware Co

📍Best Hotel in Essex

Top-rated hotel based on visitor reviews

1.

River Barn CT

2.

The Griswold Inn

📍Best Dentist in Essex

Top-rated dentist based on visitor reviews

1.

Wall Katrina A, DMD

2.

Dana J. Rotella

📍Best Bbq in Essex

Top-rated bbq based on visitor reviews

1.

Porky Pete's BBQ

📍Best Grocery in Essex

Top-rated grocery based on visitor reviews

1.

Cliff's Quality Meats

2.

Rite Aid

3.

Rite Aid

📍Best Outdoor in Essex

Top-rated outdoor based on visitor reviews

1.

Essex Island Marina

📍Best Clothing in Essex

Top-rated clothing based on visitor reviews

1.

Grace & Haven

2.

CAIT SHEA + Sprouted Coffee Bar

3.

J.McLaughlin

4.

Eliza B.

5.

J. McLaughlin

📍Best Spa in Essex

Top-rated spa based on visitor reviews

1.

Therapeutic Release

2.

Bella Estetica

3.

Blissful Beauty

4.

The Spa of Essex

📍Best Antiques in Essex

Top-rated antiques based on visitor reviews

1.

Valley Farm Antiques

2.

Old Beautiful Antiques & Art

📍Best Auto_repair in Essex

Top-rated auto_repair based on visitor reviews

1.

Essex Marine Group

2.

Brewer Essex Dauntless Shipyard & Marina - Essex Island Marina

📍Best Jewelry in Essex

Top-rated jewelry based on visitor reviews

1.

DePaula Jewelers

📍Best Dessert in Essex

Top-rated dessert based on visitor reviews

1.

Sweet P's

📍Best Hair_salon in Essex

Top-rated hair_salon based on visitor reviews

1.

Centerbrook Barber

2.

Haircuts Etc

3.

Salon 180

4.

Beauty Bark of Essex

5.

Society's Scissors

📍Best Souvenir in Essex

Top-rated souvenir based on visitor reviews

1.

EnglishAccentsAntiques

2.

The Griswold Inn - Goods & Curiosities

📍Best Liquor_store in Essex

Top-rated liquor_store based on visitor reviews

1.

Essex Wine & Spirits

2.

That's the Spirit Shoppe

📍Best Library in Essex

Top-rated library based on visitor reviews

1.

Essex Library Association

2.

Ivoryton Library

📍Best Gas_station in Essex

Top-rated gas_station based on visitor reviews

1.

Sunoco

2.

Sunoco

3.

ESSEX GULF

📍Best Nail_salon in Essex

Top-rated nail_salon based on visitor reviews

1.

Essex Nails Spa CT

2.

Hyacinth Nails & Spa

📍Best Optician in Essex

Top-rated optician based on visitor reviews

1.

Wild Apple Eye Care

📍Best Fast_food in Essex

Top-rated fast_food based on visitor reviews

1.

Subway

📍Best Laundry in Essex

Top-rated laundry based on visitor reviews

1.

Essex Plaza Laundry

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