The Library Restaurant remains one of the most beloved dining options in Portsmouth. It's where you go to celebrate life’s milestones, to cheer an accomplishment or to propose to that special person.

It also continues to be one of the best places on the Seacoast to get a steak, and was recently named Best Steakhouse in the 2025 Best of the Seacoast Community’s Choice Awards .

The Library leads our story on 10 of the best steakhouses in greater Seacoast New Hampshire and southern Maine.

The Library Restaurant, Portsmouth

“When you talk about steakhouses, you often think of these historic, old, grand buildings. I think you've set the scene immediately walking into the 150-year-old Rockingham,” co-owner Adrienne Waterman said, looking around The Library’s dining room where the origin

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