Upper Deck Bar & Restaurant

You're walking into a spot that actually makes the most of its location on Mudeford—the kind of place where sitting by the window isn't just nice, it's the whole point. Upper Deck does that thing well: decent cocktails, food that lands somewhere between comfort and restaurant-proper, and staff who seem genuinely pleased you've shown up. It's the sort of venue where you can dress it up or keep it casual, which probably explains why locals keep coming back and why the ratings stay north of 4.5 stars.