Town Docks, Meredith ??

zoomgirl · 07-19-2005, 02:52 PM

We have eaten there many times....food usually great but the service almost always poor to bad. I would recommend lunch rather than dinner, just for the service factor. It seems a bit less harried... Seasonal help and they aren't always trained well.

jkjoshuatree · 07-20-2005, 07:08 AM

I ate there last week with my girlfriend and her three kids. The service was absolutely horrible and not one of us enjoyed our food (although the clam chowder before our meals was decent). Very expensive for bad food and service. And even the gorgeous scenery didn't make up for it. We were there for well over an hour (for lunch) and the place wasn't even busy. Stay away from the "Mixed Grill" and the lobster roll. You know its a bad sign when the waitress forgets to bring a pen to take your order and then forgets it again when she brings the credit card receipt for you to sign.

PROPELLER · 07-20-2005, 08:34 AM

I've eaten there a couple times. Nothing spectacular, the food is very average to below average. I don't remember the service being bad & don't remember if the prices were reasonable. The only good thing I can say is the beach area with the picnic tables is a cool place to eat.

wires1999 · 07-20-2005, 11:41 AM

We went there last weekend with the kids too. Service was as usual terrible, but this time the food was awful. I'll never order the lobster roll again. The kids dock dogs were gross. Steamers were ok. My choice was Karen & Barrys' but the kids wanted the town docks. Needless to say, we're going to eat with my first hunch from now on.

jetskier · 07-20-2005, 12:16 PM

We went to the Town Docks this past Saturday too. The service was acceptable, but the quality of the food was pretty variable. My daughter ordered the tropical drink in a watermelon (sans alchohol) and that was quite good. My wife and I ordered the lobster roll and it was mediocre (at best). So far, the best lobster rolls we have had this summer are Sawyers, McCormick and Schmidt (Boston) and Papa Ginos. It seems as though it is more difficult to find a consistently good restaruant this summer. I think that we will stick to the ice cream or drinks at the docks.

07-20-2005, 07:08 AM	#2
jkjoshuatree Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bear Island Posts: 642 Thanks: 349 Thanked 145 Times in 77 Posts	Bad Experience I ate there last week with my girlfriend and her three kids. The service was absolutely horrible and not one of us enjoyed our food (although the clam chowder before our meals was decent). Very expensive for bad food and service. And even the gorgeous scenery didn't make up for it. We were there for well over an hour (for lunch) and the place wasn't even busy. Stay away from the "Mixed Grill" and the lobster roll. You know its a bad sign when the waitress forgets to bring a pen to take your order and then forgets it again when she brings the credit card receipt for you to sign. __________________ Dream out loud.

07-20-2005, 11:41 AM	#4
wires1999 Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 34 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	can't agree more Joshuatree We went there last weekend with the kids too. Service was as usual terrible, but this time the food was awful. I'll never order the lobster roll again. The kids dock dogs were gross. Steamers were ok. My choice was Karen & Barrys' but the kids wanted the town docks. Needless to say, we're going to eat with my first hunch from now on.

07-20-2005, 12:16 PM	#5
jetskier Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Reading, MA and South Down Shores Posts: 851 Thanks: 57 Thanked 183 Times in 114 Posts	We were there too We went to the Town Docks this past Saturday too. The service was acceptable, but the quality of the food was pretty variable. My daughter ordered the tropical drink in a watermelon (sans alchohol) and that was quite good. My wife and I ordered the lobster roll and it was mediocre (at best). So far, the best lobster rolls we have had this summer are Sawyers, McCormick and Schmidt (Boston) and Papa Ginos. It seems as though it is more difficult to find a consistently good restaruant this summer. I think that we will stick to the ice cream or drinks at the docks.

07-19-2005, 02:52 PM	#1
zoomgirl Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	We have eaten there many times....food usually great but the service almost always poor to bad. I would recommend lunch rather than dinner, just for the service factor. It seems a bit less harried... Seasonal help and they aren't always trained well.

07-20-2005, 08:34 AM	#3
PROPELLER Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 340 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I've eaten there a couple times. Nothing spectacular, the food is very average to below average. I don't remember the service being bad & don't remember if the prices were reasonable. The only good thing I can say is the beach area with the picnic tables is a cool place to eat.