I took my wife to the Harbor House for our anniversary dinner. I know it's a touristy place since it's in Seaport Village, but the place to which we wanted to go had an hour and a half wait and their earliest reservation available was at 9pm. So, that's why I opted for the Harbor House.
We got to the Harbor House a little after 6:30 on Saturday evening and were seated immediately. The host of the host/hostess team irked me a bit with his nonchalance. Nothing major, but just a really blasé attitude.
After getting seated, the waitress brought us bread and we asked for water, which she brought out promptly. We perused the menu for a bit and decided what we would have. I opted for the Mediterranean Penne Pasta with Shrimp and my wife chose the Shrimp and Scallop Fettuccine. We also told our waitress that my wife would like a glass of wine and that I would like a beer with our meal.
The food came out really quick. I was pleasantly surprised by this. By this time, my water was empty and we were waiting for our drink order. And waiting, and waiting, and... Well, you get the idea. A few minutes later, our waitress came over to ask if I wanted a water refill and I told her that we'd actually like our drinks. She had the surprised look of someone who totally forgot about something. Imagine that... The real kicker was I then watched her serving another table, a large group at that, their drinks, to include uncorking a bottle of wine. That was frustrating. We finally got our drinks after we were half-way done eating.
My wife's Scallop and Shrimp Fettuccine had only four shrimp and six very small scallops. Despite being billed as a light garlic cream sauce, my wife said it was a very heavy cream and light on flavor, in other words, bland. If it were not for the sun-dried tomatoes and asparagus, there would have been no flavor at all. She wasn't too thrilled with hers. On the other hand, my Mediterranean Penne Pasta with Shrimp was very flavorful. It was full of asparagus tips, Kalamata olives, sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, and some other type of tomato. The only complaint I had on the food is that there were only six shrimp on mine. I did expect at least a couple more based on the price.
The total meal came out to $73, which was just painful based on the evening. But hey, it's Seaport Village, right?
So, overall not a great experience. My food was good, my wife's was not, and the service was really inconsistent. I would have given it 3 stars, but based on the quality of my wife's meal, the price, and that I can't give it 2.5, I dropped it to 2.
