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    Eli's

    4.1 (104 reviews)
    PriceyNew American
    Closed 6:00 pm - 9:00 PM

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    Sharon T.

    This is by far one of the best dinner restaurants on the island. If you blink you'll miss it. The food is amazing and the service is friendly and helpful. The gentleman at the front is extremely helpful and if he isn't the owner, he should be. So great. He made our preseason anniversary a night to remember. I'm thinking this our new island go to.

    Halibut which was raved about and didn't disappoint
    Tony V.

    Probably the Best restaurant on Block Island. My wife and I dined here on a Sunday night. Atmosphere - Excellent. Small but very homey. There is about 12 tables and a bar that seats about 10. Lighting makes it romantic and also intimate but not too fancy which is perfect for the island. It was busy. Food - Excellent. We started off with a Summer salad. It actually was perfect starter. Light and not filling. My wife got the Halibut with fennel. Im not a halibut person but she raved about it and said it was one of the best seafood dishes she has had. I ordered the filet Mignon. It was excellent as well. I had my reservations about ordering a steak on the island but it did not disappoint. Its a little small and they do slice it which is weird. But the taste outweighed the presentation. Drinks - had a nice wine list but i stuck to titos Service - the best part. We didnt have reservations so when we walked in services was top notch from our hostess to the bartender to the waitress at our table. Overall, i gave this a 5 star because honestly its tough to find a great restaurant on block island but we finally did. Elis is it

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    Ray M.

    Very small quaint restaurant with exceptional service and food. The restaurant is a gem. Off the beat and path tucked away and worth the discovery. Very nice and well balanced menu. I went with the arugula salad which was served with warm goat cheese. My main entree was the Roasted Halibut, which was served with tomato, chick peas, and summer squash ragout, caper berries, mint pistachio falafel, foraged samphire and coriander vinaigrette. It was absolutely amazingly delicious. My palate was overjoyed! All staff members were very friendly and professional. Made all customers including myself feel very comfortable. I will certainly make this my go to Block Island restaurant.

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    The Surf Block Island

    3.2(57 reviews)
    0.1 mi
    Outdoor seating
    Private events

    The best thing about the place is the view- gorgeous view of the water and lots of outdoor seating…read more I feel somewhat neutrally about this, but there aren't any waiters really. Instead, you wait in line and order at the bar and they bring it to your table number. If you're looking for a fancy dinner, this isn't the place, but if you're looking for an option in between cheap and nice, this is the place. My boyfriend got the mac n cheese which was $16 (perhaps a little pricey). He said it wasn't very cheesy but personally I like it like that! I ordered the salmon and asked for just farro and corn instead of the succatash and goat cheese and all that, but they didn't bring any farro. I then asked for it and the guy asked me if I ordered it. I said yes, I know I did, and he said he'd go check, but he never came back. After 10-15 minutes I went to find the guy I asked and he seemed confused. He said "I couldn't find her" and I didn't know what he meant, but apparently he was looking for the girl who took my order? I guess to validate that I hadn't asked them to remove the farro? Very odd. A nice employee at the bar told him to just get me some farro (because it's really not that big of a deal) and he brought me a cold small plastic cup of unseasoned farro (pictured). Whole thing struck me as very odd and a little annoying. The dish was $29 which also felt a little expensive, especially without a big portion, but it's definitely more affordable than other places on the island. Overall, great view, but the rest of our experience was meh!

    dinner on block island for the first time. all the places' menus started to look the same so we…read morepicked a place with a view and landed on the surf. it's an interesting hybrid set-up. they seat you, give you menus, but you go order at the counter, and then they bring it to your table. the brisket wasn't what we were expecting but nonetheless it was very tasty. the lobster caesar salad was my fave would get it again. it was $40 which is so wild but island prices what are you gonna do. the views were soothing.

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