Matunuck Oyster Bar
- Food
- Matunuck oysters, raw
- Farm stand
- Carpenter's Farm Stand
- Kids
- Marked for kids
- Groups
- Marked for a big group
- Lodging
- Rhode Island south coast
Crowd level: Mixed. Go early, or pick a weekday
Good with kids
Good for a big group
Best season Warm months for the patio. The pond is a year-round farm. Book the table in summer. Book the tour separately.
A waterfront oyster bar on Potter Pond. Perry Raso started the farm in 2002 and opened the restaurant in 2009 in a building with commercial docks. The oysters on the patio are grown in the pond.
Worth knowing
The tour
Tours start at the bar, then go to the farm. Their pages say each person needs a ticket, including children, and that weather cancellations are emailed the morning of. There is no cover on the barge.
With kids. Children can come on the farm tour. They still need a ticket. It is an hour outdoors on a pond, not a playground.
With a group. They publish group tour and lunch packages and a phone extension for private tours. Call. A Saturday patio is not the same as a booked barge.
The short version
Matunuck Oyster Farm is a shellfish lease in Potter Pond, East Matunuck. The bar is at 629 Succotash Road. Farm tours start at the restaurant and walk you through the growing racks. They list the tour at about an hour, rain or shine, called off for thunder.
Food nearby
Matunuck oysters, raw
Eat what they grow. The raw bar also has other Rhode Island shellfish. The tour is optional. The meal is the reason.
Farms and stands nearby
Carpenter's Farm Stand
A fifth-generation family stand. Their site says seasonal produce, fruit, vegetables, herbs, and their corn, plus grass-fed beef and natural pork.
Season. They say the produce is available daily, April through November, at 520 Matunuck Beach Road, Wakefield. The site does not print a clock time.
This is the public farm stand near the oyster bar. The bar grows vegetables for its own kitchen. This desk did not find a public shop hour for that field. Carpenter's does not print a cash-only rule.
Official page
Staying in Rhode Island south coast – snapshot (lodging only)
Last checked: 2026-10-16. We recommend; you book directly. Prices are nightly, low–high by season, with a source. “From” prices depend on your dates. Items we couldn't verify are marked †.
The quiet base: Westerly to Matunuck, for Grey Sail and the Matunuck oyster bar.
Inns, B&Bs, farm stays, guesthouses, campgrounds
- Shelter Harbor Inn, Westerly
- Type.
- Country inn
- Price (low–high).
- KAYAK: Nov average $181 (cheapest), Aug $353; weeknight average $198, weekend $397 (3P, unverified)
- Good for.
- Wagner Suite sleeps 6
- Book via.
- Booking found: https://www.booking.com/hotel/us/shelter-harbor-inn.html ; Expedia found: https://www.expedia.com/Westerly-Hotels-Shelter-Harbor-Inn.h35532454.Hotel-Information
- Why we like it.
- Open all winter; family package
- Worden Pond Family Campground
- Type.
- Family-owned campground
- Price (low–high).
- $65/day transient, $4,800/season, under-18s free (own)
- Good for.
- RV only ("no tent camping")
- Book via.
- Hipcamp found: https://www.hipcamp.com/en-US/land/rhode-island-worden-pond-family-campground-mxvhwkjm
- Why we like it.
- Pond-side
- Admiral Dewey Inn, Matunuck
- Type.
- Historic inn, 12 rooms, open year-round
- Price (low–high).
- No own price. Google Hotels showed $390 for one date (3P, unverified)
- Good for.
- Strong: loft suite sleeps 6; whole-inn buyouts for groups
- Book via.
- Booking/Expedia: not found (books direct)
- Why we like it.
- Walk to the beach, porch, loaner bikes
Vacation rentals
- Matunuck Beach Cottage
- Sleeps.
- 8
- Price (low–high).
- From $530 (search copy, as of 2026-09-25) unverified
- Good for.
- Sleeps 8, kids' play area
- Book via.
- Vrbo
- Why we like it.
- Sleeps 8, kids' play area
- Charlestown colonial with kayaks
- Sleeps.
- 8
- Price (low–high).
- From $534 (search copy, as of 2026-08-22) unverified
- Good for.
- Sleeps 8, bunk room
- Book via.
- Vrbo
- Why we like it.
- Sleeps 8, bunk room
Know before you book: Worden Pond Family Campground is RV only: its rates page says no tent camping. Shelter Harbor Inn is open all winter. Admiral Dewey Inn has no price on its own page. Google Hotels showed $390 for one date, and that figure is unverified.
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