Port Edward Restaurant

I have been here several occasions now with my boyfriend over the past three years, and am shocked at so many negative reviews. On every occasion i have been here, the food has been amazing (though expensive) and service has been friendly. The only issue i have run into here was that the bar can get VERY noisy, even at lunch time. If you are looking for an intimate dinner for two, I recommend trying to avoid being seated near the bar for that reason. This is a great restaurant, and *most* of the food is worth the cost.
The soup trio is a must for any soup and seafood lover. The appetizer provides small servings of their three best selling soups: conch chowder, lobster bisque, and clam chowder. The seafood buffet every Friday is also delicious, but very expensive ($ 40 per person).

Port Edwards is an excellent fish location. Many choices on the menu and specials every day.

A pretty expensive place to eat, but man does it offer tasty food! I loved the kind helpful attitude of the waitress, and my food was cooked to perfection! It was a little bit loud and hard to really hear much of anything else when I went! Unfortunately I most likely won’t return because of the prices but it was a nice one time experience to have!

Who charges $ 2.99 for children’s drinks? This place does. Also, you do not get outstanding service at this place at all — even though this place is expensive. I am not amazed anymore. My family came here to celebrate and we had to wait forever for our waiter to take care of us. I got annoyed! My food was ok, if you like to wait a long time — and the price points are ridiculous. Never coming here again.

Husband and I went here for our one year wedding anniversary. We had a wonderful time Sat at a large table that overlooked the water and I have to say I was very impressed. The food was absolutely delicious and you get a hefty amount. The waitress was polite and made sure to check on us frequently. We had a delicious warm loaf of bread and a bottle of wine. It’s pricy place. So be prepared for your wallet to hurt a little bit definitely worth the experience and seafood food.

Really liked the décor of this restaurant and the location! Boyfriend and I had the window seat and it was perfect. The food however was not the best seafood we have had but it was good. Tried their crab cake appetizer because it was half off appetizers when we went. Got two crab cakes which tasted fresh. then we ordered their peeled shrimp which were tiny but came with plenty and waiter was nice enough to tell us if we didn’t mind peeling the shrimp that was the better deal. I went with the soup trio for $ 7.00 as my main meal which was neat. got 3 soups their clam chowder. yum. conch. yum (brothy and light which was nice) and their soup de jour which was a beef barley… also yummy! Boyfriend had their lobster bisque and he said it was good. We will come back it is close and I love the ambiance of the restaurant will be nice in the summer.

Sea food has always been one of my fav. This place does provide a decent amount of sea food. There a bureau of drink as well. Lobster was good, then the sea food stuffed mushroom was good as well. One of the major issues with sea food Restaurent is that if the food is not cooked well then one has problem consuming it, my wife is not a big fan of sea food due to its smell but she prefers this place a lot which itself says the quality of the food served here.

We used to stop by for drinks after work and occasional stay for a bit. Food here has gone downhill since our 1^st visit back in 2011. We stopped coming for the seafood buffet because we were not satisfied any longer with their quality. My husband is also disappointed with his meals so now we don’t even bother. I want to love it here because there are a couple bar staff that are great and being a local resident but this place needs work on their menu.

I have been going here sense 2005. Love the Sunday brunch. People are great. But this Sunday I went for my birthday/​Easter and I have had the worst service by Louise. She was very unhappy and just not very nice. It was so sad that it was a very important day and she managed to ruin it. Next time I will make sure I don’t have her as a server

I’m here for the Easter seafood all u can eat buffet. The fettuccini Alfredo has imitation crab in it so that’s kinda gross. The clams are really chewy, and the mussels are small and shriveled. Also we got sat in the worst place possible by a door where u feel a cold draft and it’s also where they pile other people’s nasty plates. Never coming again, my family and I are very disappointed.

We have been wanting to try this place ever since moving here from the city and finally did tonight. We had oysters on the half shell and crab legs and were not pleased with either. The oysters were mostly dry and out of a dozen we found only three to be palatable. The crab legs were tough and fishy tasting, we felt they may have been old or reheated. We couldn’t finish much of the crab legs because they tasted bad. The price of the dinner was what you would expect of a high quality seafood restaurant in the city.

I haven’t been here for years was looking forward to going for dinner. Unfortunately for the price the quality is not there. For starters we ordered shrimp cocktail way over cooked shrimp and not fresh. The crab cakes tasted like canned crab and very dry. The clam chowder was to thin and nothing in it. Then for the entrée I ordered one of there specials sliced filet with asparagus, artichokes, crab meat and a sauce on top. They gave me jarred artichokes. Really those should be fresh. Asparagus was tough and filet was flavorless. My husband had a filet and crab legs. The crab legs had a odd taste. They were not fresh. And he said his filet tasted like sirloin and very bland. You would think a place like this would only serve top notch quality food. One positive I love the atmosphere to bad it got ruined by the food I will not be back.

Went here tonight with my wife and overall had a great experience.
Apart from a very loud probably inebriated bar fly, the atmosphere was warm and cozy on a cold winter’s night.
I had the signature «Hemingway trout» and was blown away. Fisherman my whole life, but that was outstandingly delish. Great flavor, texture, and drool invoking aromas!
Bacon, potatoes, peppers, and perfectly cooked trout.
My wife had the cod «fish and chips» and loved the entrée. Slaw was somewhat lacking in flavor notes, but overall still enjoyed her meal.
Staff was helpful and very polite and we can’t wait to come back again.
Thanks for a great night out!

Walked in. Asked if there was room at the bar. Hostess said yes. There were two seats marked «reserved» and one seat adjoining that was not. Bartender said I couldn’t sit at adjoining seat because that, too, was reserved. I mean, if a seat is reserved, mark it as such. And point me to somewhere else to go. Horrible customer service. Was frankly too annoyed from traffic at that point to address. And hungry. And tired from adventuring in puddle land.
Interior was ridiculously kitschy. Straight outta 20,000 leagues under the sea, complete with employees dressed as members of the Sea Org.
Totally not compliant with any sort of modern standard. There was a koi pond when you walked inside — that is the one star. Fish need homes too.
I turned around and walked out. A local pointed me here because it was the best seafood he has ever eaten in the Midwest. But with a rude bartender, I am certainly never going to find out.
I shall not return.

PLEASE have your hostess be more welcoming and not so frazzled. We showed up on a Saturday shortly after 5pm, questioned if we had reservations (which we did not), our name was put on a list and the hostess barked that she had to sit all of the people with reservations first.
That’s when I looked around and saw no one. The wait took about 15 minutes even though the main dining room was only about 25% full and NOBODY was waiting to be seated. I even went up to the bar and saw nobody there waiting for a table.
Not a very welcoming way to treat customers.
Thankfully the food certainly made up for this nonsense. The oysters were excellent as well as the prime rib. I’m from New England so I know seafood better than anyone from Illinois. Seafood dinners are going to cost more than your brats and hot dogs with pickles on top. If you want something that wasn’t shipped in a tin can, you’re going to have to pay. I think 25 dollars for a seafood dinner in the Midwest is a steal.
Great views of the river. Cute and quaint atmosphere identical to any seafood restaurant you’d find on the coast of Maine or Massachusetts.
I’m looking forward to trying the lobstah roll next time.

We had ridden past here on the seadoos multiple times and I always thought it looked super cute. So after working up an appetite from a long day on the water, we decided to check out Port Edward’s for dinner and drinks. When we arrived we were quickly seated on the patio which was pretty and had live music which is cool.
We ordered some fruity drinks from a vast selection. The drinks were good and things seemed to be going well. The. The food arrived. It was tasteless and terrible. I had a blackened mahi mahi sandwich. The fish was not good and there was minimal seasoning. The food was bad enough that I didn’t even take home my leftovers!
On the plus side they do have a cute pond inside with fish!

The calamari was very good, but the rest of food was just ok. Very pricey. Hawaiian Mahi Mahi was over cooked, dry, coconut shrimp was super sweet.
The waitress was nice. Attentive. That’s why I give the reastaurant one extra star.
I was shocked to see how dirty the highchairs were. My children could not be strapped in, because there were no seatbelts. Overally, the restaurant could use some updating.
The views were great, but the windows have not been washed in years.
Very disappointed.

Was great. not anylonger. Food blah… waitress completely drunk. Skip it.
We’ve gone here 10 years in a row for our anniversary… never again. The food has gone down hill, the service is awful and the prices are way to high for the quality.
Take your business elsewhere.

First and foremost, I rate this 3.5. I messaged the management via Unilocal before going inquiring about reservations. She promptly replied back saying one was not needed. this was impressive. Typically I never get a response back via Unilocal.
Arrived and was promptly seated outside next to the water. Dannie was my server and ahe was awesome. However, even though I knew the prime rib was the special she never brought that to my attention. But thats ok. She wasnt too familiar with the menu items but I already knew what I was getting so thats ok. She always had my hendrix and tonic refilled.
The food and drinks. the tonic was a bit flat which was ok bc I like tasting the hendrix but some may not like this. I ordered peal and eat shrimp (½ lb) and it was chilled but not that cold. they were good but shoulda been a bit colder. I ordered prime rib med rare and an add on 8oz tail. The tail was good as well as the sides. The prime rib was iver cooked more medium that medium rare but it was still good.
Overall, I enjoyed my visit and would more than likely return. Management seems to carw hwre thats a plus in my book.
I would recommend educating staff on menu items and prices and make sure steaks arw cooked as ordered. But like I said it was still satisfying.

Been going to Port Ed’s for 20 years. Last night made me so sad. Jorge the bartender is Awesome and his gal side kick was fantastic! I was impressed when she was stuffing the blue cheese olives with her gloves on and the grab a menu for us with her elbows! She was right on the ball with sanitation! Service is always excellent! But my seafood salad had imitation crab on it… at a seafood restaurant.
Thank you for your quick response to my review. I did not notice that it did say what type of crab was on the salad. So for that, my bad. I guess at a seafood place I would not imagine imitation crab. I would have paid $ 25 for an awesome seafood salad. Just a thought…