The Marina Restaurant & Bar At the Wharf

First time here and I'm definitely coming back! I wanted seafood & I wanted to be by the water on this hot beautiful day :)The waitress was super nice she seemed like she's been their forever & I appreciate that bc I wasn't bothered too much. Food was great and so was the margaritas! I will note that if you're outside there are little bugs here n there but for me it's nature / natural. If you prefer to sit inside they have a huge space & I peeked at the bar which also looked like a fun vibe for a date!Will come back to visit for sure :)

Our party of five wanted to dine outside, and we were promptly seated on their large deck. The Marina Restaurant has a great deck, on the ocean with umbrellas. Most of our party was shaded during our lunch, two diners had difficulty remaining out of the full sun. On the weekends, they defer to their dinner menu, so portions are large, and the prices are set accordingly. We selected:* Baked Haddock* Bacon Cheeseburger * Bowl of Chowder* Eggplant Rolitini* Seared TunaThe haddock was described as tasty, the eggplant dense and heavy, the cheeseburger and chowder good, and the seared tuna was good, though slightly sinewy and difficult to cut. The tuna was prepared as two large pieces (it was a large portion), I'd have preferred it if it was cut into a series of thinner slices. Also at $38, it compared unfavorably to Hemenway's in Providence, which has a much better dish and is $36. Further, The Marina Restaurant Tuna dish included a very modest seaweed salad, and a more substantial traditional salad on the plate. As we were already getting a salad with our entrees (more on that in a minute), I would have preferred a more substantial seaweed salad.Our entrées included a salad served in a large bowl for the table. It was a traditional garden salad, mainly lettuce and tomato with some onion, with an Italian style house dressing. It was good, standard fare. There was plenty for everyone, nobody had seconds.Overall, I'd describe the food as fairly good, the service very good and the deskside venue very nice. The bill total (no alcohol) was $143 with tip, and an overall four-star dining experience on this day.

It was live music Thursday. Music was good but kind of loud. We had red wine with a hefty pour. Complimentary bread was amazing. The meatballs was to die for and the calamari was pretty amazing as well. Then we got a great salad for the table. I split the seafood pasta. Huge huge portions. Other pictures is the fried seafood, oyster Rockefeller, and a bacon burger. Dessert was amazing.

Good brunch with a lot of options. A for vegetarian options (such as the bakery and sweet items) but a meat lovers paradise :) The food was okay, fish was too salty, eggs a little runny, but overall it was a nice experience to hang out with friends.The patio was closed for winter but I assume that would add to the charm in the summer.They seem to be quite open to hosting private events- there were two going on when we went ! A birthday party and a shower of some sort :)As others have mentioned the jazz music is nice, but it gets very loud making conversation around the table quite difficult. Perhaps that would be better managed if sitting out on the patio in the summer. I'm not sure, I guess I'll have to try.

This is in response to victor m on my original review and his reply. Yes, we received a small pittance of lettuce and a couple of tomatoes, but I'm not sure why that would count towards the meal I ordered, which was ravioli with sauce. And then to say, you also threw in bread like it with some big special offering you make to your customers just made me laugh. Bottom line is that you gave me 3 mediocre raviolis, with some sauce, spread them out on a dish to make it look full and then tell me, oh, but I gave you bread and salad with them. As for the soup, I stand by the bread with so hard I could not break it, I put it on a separate dish. I tried to cut it with my knie and there was no way it was gonna break for me.

Normally, I rave about this place as they have never let me down. Their homemade bread came out borderline burnt. When we asked for the house salad the waitress informed us that she had to base it on what we order, which was a first. When the salad was brought out, the tomatoes were so so mushy that they were borderline rotten.We also ordered some steamers which usually were fantastic, so we were disappointed with this experience. They were so sandy it was impossible to eat. I still had gritty sensations in my teeth by the time we left the meal. We sent those back as it was inedible. Entrées themselves were OK. Definitely better on other nights. Based on how my last experience was, I am very hesitant on returning. I'm not sure who was in the kitchen on a Monday night but they left a sour taste in my mouth.

1st time visiting this end of Boston, wife found this restaurant and looked nice and on the water so tried it out. Read some of the recent reviews and was a mix of mostly good reviews but some surprisingly negative comments. Decided to find out for ourselves and to our delight had a terrific time there on a Friday night in July. Service was excellent, very pleasant from host to Erin our waitress and the bus boy was great. Sat out on their beautiful deck, great view of bay marina and sky watching planes on landing approach, got to see our Cape Air Pilot son's plane fly by!All the food was excellent and delicious and great portion size. One of the best clam chowders I had in a long time. Both entrees in the posted pictures were presented nicely on plate and cooked perfectly. Their warm loaf of bread with oil dipping sauce was wonderful and the family style salad for two could feed four was wonderful and the house dressing had a wonderful sweet and savory flavor. Only thing just slightly off was the desert, great taste however they really skimped on the ice cream, was barely a 1/2 scoop on plate and most of it melted against the warm apple crisp. Inside of restaurant was very nice also but on a wonderful early evening got to sit out on the nice deck.Food was served very timely and was not rushed at all by server and even said we are welcomed to hang out on deck and enjoy the night!Looking forward to returning and trying some of the Italian entrees.

Well I went there with friends to take our Pastor out for lunch and it being Pastor Apprecation Sunday and I am just not sure what to say but the service was good and the quality of the food was OK and we were not that pleased with the men and the music and it was just so loud that we had a hard time in hearing each other and then the place was kind of cool and I guess because it was so crowded that they decided to run the air cond itioning. And when the band finished then we could finally hear each other and I guess we will not try to come there on a Sunday again and thanks

I had Clam sauce with linguini. Looked good but clams were too chewey to swallow. Liquid sauce was very bland and not enjoyable with their home made bread loaf.My wife had salmon with fettuccini with Alfredo sauce. Beautiful looking piece of salmon which was very dry and lacking flavor. The pasta and sauce was dry and had little flavor. We expected much better than this. Waste of money. They do have a decent Sunday brunch, though. 7/6/2024

The food was delicious, hot and filled up the family happily. The service however was beyond atrocious. My server, Selena/Selina, was so ungodly RUDE to my family. Left us sitting for over half an hour without a single interaction from ANY server. Waited on the check longer than we'd waited for the food. Had a whole other server hand us boxes and a bag to pack our things after we'd sat for 30 mins waiting for anyone to come by to be stopped to get our check. Once our items were bagged it was another 20 minutes before our original server came back and seriously asked, "so would you guys like dessert or the check?" You've got to be absolutely JOKING!!! What a sorry excuse for workers. There was also a male worker, short lined up hair who thinks he's hot shit in shoes, was making a stink after he noticed us looking over as he was talking garbage about the patrons/customers in the restaurant. Never got a refill for anything. Never was asked how the meal was. - I recommend that you guys refocus yourselves because having this type of service won't get you far at all.