This book isn’t my usual genre, but I did enjoy it!

The story follows three sisters who’ve inherited a restaurant after their grandmother passes away.

The plot follows the sisters on their journey of restaurant ownership and marriage struggles.

While there are some heavy topics a few times, this was still a feel-good story although I wish it dived a little deeper. At times it felt like the scenes mostly focused around the food served in their restaurant with no real character depth.

Overall, I enjoyed it and might try this author again.

The Nantucket Restaurant is a great book to read by the pool. It is fast, easy and satisfying. I actually didn't realize this was re-print but as I was reading the familiarity kept niggling at me and it turns out I had read it years earlier. This was just as good the second time round.

The Nantucket Restaurant is the first book in Pamela Kelley’s series of the same name. The beloved grandmother of the three O’Toole sisters has passed away leaving them her Nantucket home as they might have anticipated but are quite surprised when they discover their Grams was the owner of Mimi’s Place, a favored Nantucket restaurant, along with the head chef Paul Taylor, who had been working with Grams for many years. There is, however, a caveat to the inheritance. The three sisters must be there and work at the restaurant before they can make any decision to sell or their shares will revert to Paul for a full year.

For Mandy that is no issue as she and her husband Cody and two children, Brooke and Blake, are island residents. It proves to be no problem for Emma as she is just finalizing her divorce from Peter and at loose ends so moving back to Nantucket from the west will give her purpose and focus. For Jill, who co-owns an executive search company in NYC with Billy, her best friend, working remotely and commuting back to New York a couple of times a month allows her to hold up her end of the deal.

As the four partners devise a working schedule, make updates to the dining room, the menu, and the advertising, business improves and things move along smoothly until injuries take away an integral part of the kitchen staff and infidelity strikes home life. These, and other twists make up the many facets of the story. I did enjoy this book and do recommend it!

The premise of this sounded really interesting. I loved how different the sisters were. The writing just didn't hold me. The dialogue didn't sound real at all, it sounded like a bunch of strangers talking when it was supposed to be sisters, and in general the dialogue didn't flow at all. I wanted this to be like an Elin Hilderbrand book but it fell flat. Thank you NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for this ARC!

I really loved the stories of sisters Mandy, Emma and Jill and how they are interwoven into their grandma's restaurant on Nantucket. They all had relationship issues to figure out and maybe new men in their lives to enjoy! I relished watching it all unfold and all the drama as they navigated learning the ropes of Mimi's Place. This is a fun summer beach read and I will definitely be looking for more by Pamela Kelley. Some of the recipes used at the restaurant I would love to try myself!

Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review. All opinions are my own.

Publication date: 10 June 2025

Thanks to an ARC copy of this book through NetGalley, I had the pleasure of escaping to Nantucket and meeting 3 sisters who come together for a year as part of their grandmother’s last wishes to run a restaurant. Just a fun, summer read!

I love to start my summer with a Pamela Kelley novel and this one was so heartwarming. Three sisters come back to Nantucket to help run the restaurant that was left to them by their grandmother left them. There is a chef who has been running the place but some new blood seems to get it going again. I love a book with three sisters because I grew up in that dynamic. One sister moves back, one already lives there and the other has a job and commutes back and forth. They must work at the restaurant for one year in order to sell it at the end of the year. This was a quick read, but did not have a lot to keep me coming back. The stories around all three women were heartfelt for sure. I love a cozy book in the summer and this one fit that bill. Thank you to #NetGalley for the ARC.

This is my first Pamela Kelley read and I found it to be an ok, but enjoyable, read. It’s easy to follow, but it was a bit slow paced for me.

Thanks to Sourcebooks Landmark for my advanced copy of The Nantucket Restaurant by Pamela Kelley.

I enjoy Pamela Kelley's books and I really enjoyed this book about three sistes who inherit a Nantucket restaurant and need to run it together for one year before they can move on, as they each are at their own crossroads in life.

This was a great book to read at the beach - I enjoyed the relationship between the sisters and them working through their individual challenges. The Nantucket setting is always a favorite.

Three sisters lose their beloved grandmother, who leaves them a Nantucket Restaurant with a stipulation. The girls' lives intertwine as they learn to run this establishment. The story exemplifies what many people endure, and the sisters help each other through it all.

The characters are relatable. The scene is in a slower paced life in Nantucket. The description of the dishes and wine described in this story left my mouth watering!! A good beach read for those lazy summer days.

Thank you, NetGalley, and SOURCEBOOKS Landmark for the advanced reader's copy. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

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I received an arc of this title from NetGalley for an honest review. It turns out this is a reprint of a book already released, that I read some time ago. Though it was a lovely read as are all of Kelley's books.

Pamela Kelley delivers a heartfelt, coastal escape in The Nantucket Restaurant, a story centered around three sisters unexpectedly tied back to their hometown—and to each other—through a surprising inheritance. When their beloved grandmother passes away, the sisters return to Nantucket only to discover she left them partial ownership of a longstanding local restaurant they never knew she was connected to. The twist? To claim their share, they must each commit to working at the restaurant for one year—alongside the current head chef, who also now owns a portion.

From the very first chapter, the setting and storyline drew me in. As someone who gravitates toward books set in seaside towns, I appreciated the vivid, atmospheric portrayal of Nantucket and the emotional depth layered into each sister’s personal journey. The blend of family dynamics, second chances, and small-town charm gave this book a comforting, Hallmark-esque tone that many readers will absolutely adore.

Each sister is navigating her own internal conflict, but the narrative doesn’t dwell too long on any one issue—this allows the story to stay light and warm, though at times I felt the pacing worked against the emotional arcs. With so many threads to explore, some elements felt a bit rushed or underdeveloped, particularly when I would have loved to see more depth in the characters' relationships and the restaurant’s transformation.

That said, The Nantucket Restaurant is an enjoyable read, perfect for fans of gentle women's fiction, stories of familial reconnection, and books that pair strong settings with heartfelt journeys. It’s the kind of novel that offers cozy escapism and would make an ideal weekend read.

Thank you to Sourcebooks Landmark and NetGalley for the opportunity to review this title in advance of publication.

3.5 rounded up!

I loved the Nantucket setting and our three main characters (sisters!) coming together to work at a small town restaurant. I also really enjoyed the complexities and problems each sister was facing in their life that working with family allowed them to overcome.

I did find the writing a bit tedious at times - the detail felt too specific (ex: a step by step of how one of the women created a Facebook post) and had me taken out of the story, which made it harder to enjoy by the end.

Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for the copy for review!

This book was not my cup of tea, it was about sisters just living life. No plot twists no mystery just nothing. I do not recommend this book unless your bored and on a vacation.

Mandy, Emma and Jill O'Toole loved spending time with their Grandmother on Nantucket. But imagine their surprise when they find out that she was a secret owner of one of her favorite restaurants and left it to the three sisters and the long-time chef of the restaurant with one caveat. The three sisters would have to join forces and run the restaurant for a year before they would be able to sell it. For those who love books about Nantucket (think Elin Hildebrandt and Nancy Thayer), this book is like a great trip to that wonderful Island. What a wonderful beach read. I loved it and it brought back my recent trip and the longing to go back again. The book is as magical as an experience on Nantucket. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this perfect summer book.

3.5⭐

Nantucket is a great setting for a vacation read! The Nantucket Restaurant is a simple, relaxing story with no surprises or twists - just a year in the lives of sisters Jill, Emma, and Mandy. Filled with descriptions of food and drink that make me want to book a reservation at Mimi's Place.

I so badly wanted to love this book - I love books about Nantucket and sisters, but I just could not really get into it

A heartfelt family story wrapped in the charm of Nantucket.

This warm and uplifting novel follows the O’Toole sisters—Mandy, Emma, and Jill—each facing turning points in their lives when they inherit a surprise legacy from their beloved grandmother: ownership of Mimi’s Place, a well-loved Nantucket restaurant. But there’s a twist—they must run the restaurant together, alongside the head chef Paul, for one full year before they can sell.

What follows is a story about second chances, sisterhood, and self-discovery, all set against the cozy, sun-kissed backdrop of a beach town that feels like its own character. Each sister brings her own strengths, baggage, and personal dilemmas to the table, and watching them navigate old rivalries, financial woes, and unexpected romance was both heartwarming and satisfying.

I especially loved how Nantucket itself was woven into the narrative—it’s a great pick for fans of Elin Hilderbrand who love that mix of family drama, local flavor, and emotional growth. There’s just enough small-town tension and community charm to keep things interesting without ever getting too heavy.

Perfect for a summer weekend or book club pick, this one delivers a feel-good story about finding your way home—even when it’s the last place you thought you’d end up.

I thought this book was a very simple and very cozy read. I loved the relationship between the three sisters and I absolutely loved all the food descriptions. I do wish that each sister had their own chapter because I found myself mixing them up a lot. Overall, it was a very nice read.

Unfortunately this was a DNF for me. I got to about 45% but could not keep myself engaged in this book. I don't think it's any fault of the authors, more the genre itself. I took on this to try something new and outside of what I normally read and it just didn't grip my attention very much.

This book will be great for a lot of people, I loved the premise and the idea of the sisters inheritaning the restaurant. Maybe one day I'll come back to this, but for now I'm taking a break.