6 of went on a Wednesday. We were seated at 7:15 after a reasonable 1/2 wait. The waitress immediately listed several items that they were out of. We decided to order at the same time we ordered drinks, since we already had a bad vibe. I ordered a rum on the rocks, by the time I received it most of the ice was melted. After a long wait the first entree never made it to the table, when another waitress grab it and took it back to the kitchen. The rest showed up one at a time, over the next 10 minutes. My daughter ordered salmon with mash potatoes, it came with carrots. The waitress brought it back to the kitchen, but then immediately came back and said they were out of them. She then brought out 2 more dishes that had the mashed potatoes. I asked how could they be out and was given some BS excuse. The food itself was OK but overpriced. The service was horrible, and because there was a built in 20% tip for parties of 6 or more, the waitress didn't really care and was unapologetic. The Portland area has way to many good restaurants to waste your time and money here. read more

This was a great find for lunch on a lovely Sept. Day. View was amazing, right on the water. Place was busy but service pretty good and a very friendly and attentive server. Food was also very fresh and tasty. I would definitely recommend it. read more

Great atmosphere, wonderful view, wonderful bartenders, a very nice relaxing place after a long day at work. Happy hour is reasonable. Very friendly local bar read more

Ok, 5 stars may be strong. I took my sister out for her birthday. We didn't feel like driving into town so the Foreside location was convenient. Quite frankly we were hoping for decent. We got exceptional. I had tuna and my sister had scallops. We both felt the dinners were the best we had in some time. I hope they can keep it up. Looking forward to going back. read more

We are locals and stopped by for dinner recently to enjoy the view on a warm night. Our experience here was pretty bad, from the service to the atmosphere and beyond. -At the downstairs bar we were greeted by an astonishingly large swarm of fruit flies over the cocktail garnishes. It was gross. We sat as far away as possible and ordered beer. -After bringing our drinks, the bartender asked if we had any questions about the menu and proceeded to turn her back and walk away as we responded. -Eventually she wandered back our way, and we managed to order an appetizer, the tuna sashimi with wonton chips. Later we ordered our meals. The appetizer showed up well after our entrees had arrived. It had 3 wonton chips. -My boyfriend did enjoy his shrimp cocktail, at least until the fruit flies showed up to share it. -Not the restaurant's fault, but perhaps reflective of the clientele: we were shoved between a group of ladies, one of whom was cackling away into my boyfriend's ear for about an hour, and on the other side a woman was drunkenly voicing details about her and her husband's sex life to some other guy sitting with them. Based on some of the other reviews here it seems our experience was not an isolated one. Won't be going back. read more

A well kept secret is the excellence of the dockside doughnuts for Sunday Brunch! So delicious!

Love the food and view. Service is great! One of my favorite places. Brunch is great too!

This was our first (and probably last) time eating dinner at Dockside Grill. Our waitress was very friendly, but slooooow. The room was incredibly loud, to the point of not being able to hear each other talk without yelling. The food was okay, but overpriced. Our drinks were weak and also (very) overpriced. Such a pretty location, but all around disappointing. read more

I read Jarad's review and feel compelled to chime in with my own. I too was at the Dockside for mother's day dinner with my husband and my elderly mother, whose favorite food is raw oysters. She was chagrinned to see that oysters were only offered in plates of 6 or 12, and when asked if she could get 8 oysters and 4 clams as her main course, her request was dismissed as too much trouble on a busy night, but the waitress said she would put the request in. When they were served (5 minutes after the "hot" entrees), 6 oysters and 6 clams, there was no apology or acknowledgment that the request had been denied. I had a bland panko crusted haddock served over a bed of cold to lukewarm mushroom risotto that was, well, mush and more blandness. The asparagus was overcooked. I was halfway through the meal before the waitress breezed by, said "so far so good?", not so much as a question as a pronouncement with no pause for (or interest in) a reply. By the time I swallowed what was in my mouth so that I could plead for some lemon, she was gone. I resigned myself to a mediocre meal with lousy service. We sat over our finished plates for a long time before they were removed. We ordered dessert and waited about 20 minutes for it to be served. We wondered whether our waitress had gone home or simply forgotten us. There was no sign of her, so she wasn't running around waiting on others. She finally surfaced, delivered the desserts with a non-apologetic "thanks for your patience", and flew off again, returning a minute later with our check and another "so far so good?" as we were just starting the desserts. The creme brulee, my final hope, had a paper thin crust in the center, nothing on the edges. I'm not one to complain and didn't in the moment, in an effort to make the evening as pleasant as possible. I had been to Dockside only once before and had a good (though not excellent) meal with decent service. One can make up for the other, but both bad food and service will make it unlikely that I will ever return. A final point: the bad service was not the fault of one individual server. It's a management, training and quality control issue. read more

The view from the deck is spectacular. We went here for brunch on a clear sunny day so the atmosphere was great! Our table ordered fresh made doughnuts as an appetizer (blueberry glazed, lemon glaze, cinnamon sugar) and they were warm and pretty good. My husband ordered the house made hash and he just about licked the plate it was so good. The other three in our party myself included were generally satisfied with our meals. The dockside breakfast which it turns out is just your basic breakfast is a bit pricey for what you get..eggs, a few potatoes, meat, and toast. It seems it's better to go for the fancier options as they seem more aligned with the price..just be careful of substitutions as we didn't find out until we got our bill that substitutions (i.e. Bacon for fruit salad or bread/potatoes for green salad will cost you the full price of the menu item plus the full price of the substitutions. In general though this is a good spot and we will be back! read more

Visited a few days ago. Nice breezy location. The food that we had was not very good. Not just one item but three. The seafood chowder is average. The "crab cakes" should be called something else because they had almost no crab. Finally, the "strawberry goat cheese" salad had two small bits of goat cheese and barely a hint of dressing. The location merits one star otherwise this would be a two star review. read more

Came in for mothers day with high expectations. First off bread was served without small plates and crumbs ended up scattered all over the table. Then we ordered apps and the waitress took our menus and ran off before we had a chance to order entrees. Finally we flagged her down to order our main courses while looking foolish. After 30 minutes a soup and fried calamari came out along with my son's grill cheese, which was way to long for a soup and a fried app. My sons grilled cheese was cooked on one side was soggy, even a 7 year old was wondering how you could mess up a grilled cheese sandwich. Less then five minutes after our entrees came out all the while still eating our appetizers the waitress said "sorry for the overlap"?. Why would the chef send entrees out knowing he just sent the apps 30 minutes after we ordered? And that's a proper excuse? The tuna was terrible and absolutely flavorless. I asked the waitress to take it off and she responded with the manager said there was nothing wrong with the dish even though she had never came over to see or taste the dish. It was supposed to be an herb risotto with a sesame crusted tuna but was more like a non salted tuna with an 8 ounce pile of light green overcooked rice tasting like it was recooked with water, not stock or herbs. When the manager came by after I insisted to see her; she told me she never gets a complaint and i explained what was wrong with the dish. The tuna was 28 dollars on the menu which is not pocket change and her excuse was "oh it was a busy weekend". So, when it is busy the chef can't make sure the line cooks season the food correctly? I thought being busy was a good thing not an excuse to throw junk on a plate and think its ok. Overall I think this resultant needs to pay more attention to the details. No plates when the bread is served is not thinking, saying that the chefs can just sling junk on the plate not paying attention to the plating and seasoning of the dish because they were busy, telling the customer "sorry for the overlap" when the app was served 30 minutes late and entree right after so it sits and gets cold is horrendous management to charge 30 bucks an entree. I usually don't send food back because I am a chef myself and usually don't write a review but the staff here needs to understand that being busy is the point of working at a restaurant. For the chef, if you saw that plate of risotto and tuna go out with soy reduction all over the rim of the plate you need to stop the cook and tell him to focus because business goes down the drain by serving like that. At the end they recooked the food and it tasted much better but my family was done eating and i got it packed up to go. Both apps were comped but the dinner was still rough to stomach. Chef, keep an eye on every dish and make sure your cooks don't just throw food in the pan and reheat it, make sure it tastes good before your send it out and waitstaff don't tell the customer that you are sorry for the overlap because thats not an excuse for poor service, make sure the food isn't fired until the customer is ready. read more

Went for Sunday brunch. It was two stars food with four stars venue. Very nice deck right off the harbor. Inside also nice with garage doors open- so almost outdoor seating. Friendly service but the kitchen is slow - our eggs were very slow. Lobster roll was short on lobster. Homemade corn beef hash with eggs were ok, not great or even very good. Toast was cold. read more

Three of us had dinner. I had the hanger steak with port wine sauce. Steak had nice grill flavor and the sauce was excellent. My wife had the salmon and she liked it very much. My mother-in-law had the scallops and she enjoyed those. I had 3 ipa's and enjoyed those. We used to go to this restauraunt when it was the falmouth sea grill but then it was bought out and it was awful. But all 3 of us enjoyed our meal. Two of us had green beans and mashed potatoes as sides and there was plenty of beans and plenty of potatoes. Very nice. We will be back. read more

I scheduled my daughter in laws baby shower here and I can't tell you how pleased I was with the service and the food. First the beautifully renovated restaurant is lovely, the view from the private room upstairs is amazing. I worked with Andrea who made sure that when we walked in that afternoon that the room was set up to our specifications and our server Leah made sure everyone was offered a beverage on arrival. We were given a choice of four entrees and my guest were pleased with all of their choices. I would highly recommend this beautiful setting for any occasion and will plan to go back in the near future to just enjoy a quiet meal and a prosecco or two! read more

3rd time coming here. Not impressed. Dislike it when your order doesn't have all of the ingredients in it that are listed on the menu.. Servers need training. Food is just blah. No flavor at all. Not going back. Ive given them enough chances to get it right. read more

I've come here often and always had a good experience. The location is outstanding and the food good. Yesterday was different. Incredibly rude hostess - dismissive and walked away after saying there would be an hour wait (at 2:00 pm and many empty tables). The food is not good enough to justify this behavior. We left and went down the road to the Royal River Grill - outstanding food, staff & location. read more

The view on the deck was great. Food was hit or miss. Lobster roll was tasty but skimped on the lobster. The fries were a mix of regular and sweet potato. The sweet potato fries were really good but the regular fries were soggy. I'd be willing to give it another try because it mostly tasted good but the overall was pretty average. read more

View, food, and service were outstanding. No complaints. Had seared scallops, done to perfection!!!

In a nutshell - great atmosphere and unbeatable ocean view BUT inconsistent food quality and poor overall value in an area that has so many wonderful restaurants to choose from. I really want to like this restaurant as, I live only a few minutes away and have eaten here on a few occasions - I love the view and atmosphere. However, the dining experience for me has been inconsistent. At times the food has been pretty good. A few years ago they had a mussels dish that was terrific. And eating it on the open patio downstairs, wonderful. And, I once had a bowl of soup that was filled with seafood and bay scallops. It was expensive, but I didn't mind. However, my last experience was such a bitter disappointment that I feel I need to write this. First, I was underwhelmed by the value for what you get. For example, the salmon and artichoke appetizer. Decent flavor but very skimpy on portion size for the money. One would think that since bread is relatively inexpensive there would be plenty to dip into the appetizer - not so. Second, I ordered a serving of seafood chowder. It came in a very small bowl. Decent flavor but unlike my prior experience, this chowder was mostly potato and onion and very little seafood - only a few strands that I could see. For $12 (I believe), this was very disappointing. Third, my son ordered his steak medium but what he received varied from rare to medium rare. To make it worse, it came with brussel sprouts which were mostly just the outside remnant of leaves, a tiny portion and, they were so salty he couldn't finish them. However, so as not to raise a stink in the restaurant, I took the time to write my concerns on the back of my check, leaving my email for the manager to contact me with the hope of making this place a better dining experience. It's been several weeks and I have not had a response. Not sure of the reason but, it is sad when management does not appear to be concerned about customer experience - especially from those who expressed an interest in dining there often. The food experience in the greater Portland area is terrific - here's hoping that Dockside takes steps to improve their food so it comes close to the view/atmosphere. Until it does, I'll go elsewhere. read more

Simply put this is an epic place to eat, drink and little to live music while taking in the good summer weather. I had the lobster roll and mussels which were both delicious. Try the strawberry jalapeño infused margarita if you like something spicy and refreshing. You can tell the place has received a healthy investment and is here to stay. Plus the ample parking is a huge plus. read more

It is a little hidden treasure and a wonderful welcome to Maine! We thoroughly enjoyed our lunch and the spectacular vista!

Great view poor service. Waited at the bar for 15 minutes and was not acknowledged. Finally took our drink order and 15 minutes later we still did not have our drinks. We walked out. Staff was unapologetic. My father in law experienced even worse service a few days before and walked out. read more

Every year I would take my wife to Falmouth Sea Grill for her Birthday. This winter we learned that the restaurant was under new ownership but we decided we would continue to go and give it try. We did arrive on the early side and it was not very busy. Our server greeted us and gave us lunch menus and quickly pointed out the Happy Hour specials. Other than my wife having a glass of wine we wanted to go with the regular dinner menu for a special meal. We started with Crab Cakes and Shrimp Cocktail and both were very good. For our entrees my wife ordered the Salmon and I ordered a medium rare Hanger steak with fries as a special request. The food arrived and everything was good except my steak was well done. I know that hanger steaks are different than the usual cut but this one was pretty small and thin in the middle. After two bites I started to get lock jaw. I had finished eating everything else by the time the server came back and noticed I did not finish the steak. She was very nice and offered to bring me something else. At that point I was pretty full. I asked if I could wrap up the rest of the steak and I would give it to our dogs so it would not go to waste. Surprisingly, she said if she did that then they would not take the steak off the bill but she said she would ask the manager. Now, I had spent many years in the food service industry both front and rear of the house and I know what it's like to have someone complain. I have always gone the route of being quiet and polite and just letting management do the right thing when a problem arises with my meal and 9 times out of 10 they handle it properly. Upon her return, the server handed me the small foil package and said the manager comped one of my beers. I was a little perplexed, I paid $28 for an al a cart steak that was over cooked and they bought me a beer in return. I figured if your not going to comp my steak or appetizers at least give a gift card or something so I would return and give the steak another try. As a manager, I would go to the table and address the issue personally and made sure that the customer left happy and would return. Clearly this is not way at The Dockside Grill. On the way home I became a little more bothered by it and sent an email directly to the restaurant and it has now been almost two weeks and I have not received any response. read more

Food was delicious. It was a beautiful day and we took a walk on the dock. The chop salad was a favorite. Overall, a delightful luncheon!

Beautiful setting, great bar . . . but my parties first-time experience at the restaurant side last night will not have us coming back! A 45 min. wait for our food (haddock) that was under-whelming and over-priced! read more

My wife and I waited over 1 hour for appetizers and then her soup was cold and my salmon cakes were burnt. And then 30 more minutes for entrees. They were okay. My chips were soggy the fish ok. My wife's chicken was good. Mentioned to waitresses about the slow service and they not seem too concerned and did nothing. Not high on our list for a return visit. read more

Tried giving it a second chance. Bad service, hostess was rude, waitress was great, good spot to get a drink. Waited an hour to get seated after being told it was a 30 minute wait. Could have had a better meal at home for half the price. Great view. read more

Nice view of Casco Bay. Fish and chips were excellent . I had grilled fish tacos because they were out of much of their other seafood. Tacos were very good. The waitress said the fresh fish would be delivered in about 20 minutes but we were in a bit of a rush. We came at the end of lunch rush, so that may have been the problem. Still, I would recommend read more

Husband and I live in the Portland area and went for dinner. Tried to use their "make a reservation" link on their website using my phone. Didn't work (form wouldn't go through) so I tried on two other devices unsuccessfully. Finally called and was told they don't take reservations???! Went over early and got a table. To say that the noise was deafening is not an exaggeration - we literally could not have a conversation. One couple left because of the noise and we watched other tables give up even trying to converse. Saw a table open up close to the outside deck and asked to move (before our food came) in hopes that being on the edge of the room would help. The manager refused, curtly saying "it will be just as loud no matter where you sit." Food was fine and waitress was very apologetic but the overall experience was terrible - we wasted our time and our money. I sent a polite email to the owner explaining what happened and telling her I'd rather let her know directly rather than complaining about the experience to others. Got no response. Will never eat there again and can't recommend it to anyone. Maybe they have enough tourist business that they don't care about repeat customers? read more