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    La Bella Vita - Harborside Hotel

    4.0 (23 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 10:00 AM, 5:00 pm - 9:00 PM
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Dogs allowed

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    Darius M.

    Nice pizza and Caesar salad for lunch, great view, comfortable and relaxing. Solidly good, not exceptional.

    Cocktail menu

    Knowing this was attached to a hotel, we expected an adequate experience but nothing special. But - our fabulous server & delicious meal made this one of the best dinners of our trip. Started with a fresh & delicious Wild Blueberry Martini, and split the amazing ricotta on toast app - they brought us extra toast as there was more ricotta dip than we could slather on the toast provided. Our wonderful & knowledgeable server helped me customize the bucatini dinner to make it veggie by swapping out chicken for mushrooms & the pesto for an amazing cream sauce. I loved that they offer a half portion - just perfect when traveling & you can't take your leftovers home.

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    Megan C R.

    Stuffed French toast was good! Hubs had eggs toast and sausage that was good. The potato things are awesome! They gave us a crap table with a bad view right on top of 2 other tables with an empty restaurant... like I get seating a section but I don't like people THAT much at breakfast. Especially with screaming kids. Service was ok otherwise.

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    Brad V.

    Best breakfast in Barharbor. We went to other places the day before waited for 45 mins and had a medium to dined quality food. This place is excellent and food is of great quality. Highly suggest this place

    Paper airplane and pinot gris.

    Stopped in here 2x while attending a weekend wedding. First time sat at the bar, which was excellent and Ray-Ray the bartender was super friendly and made great drinks. Next morning had breakfast. Not the best and quite expensive. There are lots of other spots in Bar Harbor - so I'd skip the bfast. Bartender gets 5 stars, bfast 3.

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    good food! a bit pricey but everything in the area was. the view of the water is nice

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    Porcelli’s

    4.2
    (34 reviews)
    0.5 mi

    I was recently solo traveling in Bar Harbor and was just not in the mood for another lobster roll…read more Italian food sounded really good this particular evening, and Porcelli's just happened to be right next door to my hotel. Score! I made a reservation for one but that wasn't really necessary on this particular Sunday evening in September. There were several patrons but it wasn't overly busy. I was given a four-top table which I was grateful for so I could spread out my Acadia maps and plan out my next few days. (It's a bit dark in the restaurant but I wasn't going to be *that* person and pull out my flashlight...) I ordered myself a glass of red wine, focaccia bread, and decided on the lobster tortellini appetizer, despite avoiding lobster, as already mentioned. My waitress let me know I could increase the number of tortellini so that it would be entree size. It was so amazing! The sauce was a sun-dried tomato sauce which was a great complement. The portion size was just was I was looking for. I can now attest lobster tortellini is better than lobster rolls. Great restaurant in Bar Harbor on Main Street! I look forward to coming back next time I am in Maine.

    Very cute place a ways south on main in Bar Harbor…read more Authentic Italian and everything was great. Meatballs were very tender...veal? Caesar had an unusual column presentation wrapped in jicama. Lightly dressed and didn't need it. Focaccia was epic and the olive oil was meaty. Osso bucco was a little dry but the sauce and polenta with it was amazing. Bolognas was amazing Fun, classic Italian interior with music that put me back in the godfather. Service was good. Go.

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    Geddy's

    Geddy's

    3.9
    (1.2k reviews)
    0.1 mi
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    Tidbit! The Anchorage Motel manager warned us with a whisper: "It's where all the tourists go. But…read moreit's good. It's really good." She wasn't lying. It was worth the 45-minute wait. Spend that time wandering Main Street's shops, because the wait was worth the bite. The shrimp and scallop scampi arrived swimming in garlic, butter, and pasta (perfect fuel before a half marathon). My uncle's fish and chips delivered an actual deep-fried slab of fish, somehow golden and perfectly cooked. And then the seafood pie: crispy, flaky, golden on top in a way that looks borderline burnt but is actually just butter and scallops doing what butter and scallops do. This dish was basically chowder, piled high with fish... And some more fish, with a dash of chowder. Even the blueberry beer came through; we got Orono's Wicked Maine Blueberry Ale, packed with actual blueberries floating up and down. Yes, we paid tourist prices, but we got generous, delicious portions and full bellies.

    Easy and satisfying spot in the heart of Bar Harbor! We got seated, ordered, and received our food…read moreso quickly which was amazing after a long day at Acadia. I would definitely recommend the pizza and the fish and chips, those were winners for sure. The lobster roll and the clam chowder were delicious in the mini lobster bake, though the blueberry tart was unfortunately a little burnt.

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    Geddy's famous lobster bake in Bar Harbor, Maine ... yummy!
    Geddy's famous lobster bake in Bar Harbor, Maine ... yummy!
    This darling family is enjoying our famous New England Lobster Bake - Maine Lobster, Clam Chowder, Corn on the Cob and Blueberry Pie!
    This darling family is enjoying our famous New England Lobster Bake - Maine Lobster, Clam Chowder, Corn on the Cob and Blueberry Pie!
    Experience Geddy's famous mini-lobster roll bake - lobster, clam chowder, and blueberry tart.

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    Experience Geddy's famous mini-lobster roll bake - lobster, clam chowder, and blueberry tart.
    Galyn's

    Galyn's

    4.1
    (926 reviews)
    0.1 mi
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    Wow! What an amazing meal in Bar Harbor! We stopped in for happy hour to just grab a cocktail (and…read moreoysters for me) and decided to come back for dinner! Felt like an old steakhouse inside with dark wood paneling. Intimate and quiet. Sat at The high tops by the bar and had incredible And attentive service from Ron, the bartender there. He makes amazing drinks! Highly recommend the Beehive!

    I had my birthday dinner here on a cold, rainy night last weekend. It was wonderful…read more Service was very good and the inside of this restaurant is very charming with art displays on the walls and lots of wood. We had a wedge salad to start which was served a bit differently with their house-made vinaigrette. My husband chose the lobster enchiladas with rice and veggies and a cilantro cream sauce. These were VERY good and I was jealous. I loved them. I chose the fish of the day which was haddock with rice and veggies and a pesto sauce that was SO good! Very fresh and filling. Large filet of fish on this plate. For dessert, I wanted to try the Indian Pudding a la mode and our server informed me that it was very rich and was somewhat like pumpkin pie, ginger cookies and bread pudding. It was something different, but VERY potent and a bit much for us. We swapped it out for the blueberry apple crumble and were much happier with that. All in all, a wonderful dinner on a rainy night for my birthday. We'd happily come back to this spot for a date night while in town.

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