In the past we have had some memorable meals at Ember but last night was a disappointment!! Boo. The salads were lackluster, too much dressing, the chicken was dry and overcooked, so little love!! Why? The wings were tasty but greasy and not crispy. Boo 2. Then the pizza: the fig and cheese pizza was thinner and drier than the wafer in church. Sad. Used to be so good!!! The Margarita Pizza was a soggy, thin crust with lost slices of tomatoes sitting on top. The cheese was also seemingly divorced from the crust. Like all the ingredients had a fight when they left the kitchen and they weren't talking to each other. The service was friendly but distant. My Chardonnay, in which I should have been able to drown my sorrows over tourist trap food, was not even cold. It was meh. At least the glass was nice. So was the fire outside. But you can't eat either of those. read more

We ordered pizza which was great but as other reviewers stated, was not told about the Hospitality Fee of 4% and couldn't believe $14 for a draft beer. Never paid so much for a draft. should've ordered water. read more

Service was ok decent ambience but the pizza was really really bad. Seriously terrible. Type of pizza that makes you wish you hadn't made it out the door. I'd take little ceaser's over this pizza any day of the week. read more

What could go wrong with Wood Fired Pizza?? Almost everything. From the moment we thought to go and make a reservation the pretension was evident. There is a $50 per head charge if you don't get there for your reservation. Okay, people pull no shows and it does cause a minor disruption...but for real, $50 per head. Anyway, we chose to book last minute and were able to get a table at 6:30. We arrived early and checked in, asked if we could be seated early and we were told no. There were multiple tables available and a full staff on the floor. We went to the bar and were met with a very unhappy, abrasive bartender with whom our interaction started with her copping an attitude while asking if we were all together (twice). Why, yes, we are all pulling stools out next to each other and we all look alike. it seemed crucial she have that pressing question answered. She proceeded to throw bar menus on the bar in front of us and roll her eyes to a fellow coworker and comment, "it's August"..She was right. It is August and September comes next on the calendar, then everyone leaves! I really don't care if an employee has spent the whole summer behind the bar and is "sick" of tourists. Those tourists are part of her income, if not all. I do care that I, a tourist, work hard for my income and really am not deserving of any attitude from a miserable bartender. Perhaps she would be best served in an office job away from the public eye. Having a front of house position requires a certain personality, one that she did not possess. At some point during the bar debacle a man stopped at the bar, I imagine he was a manager and he seemed to be yucking it up with the angry woman bartender. As they say, top down. Misery loves company. I then asked again about being seated a few minutes early and was accommodated. We were being shepherded to an indoor table when we reserved an outdoor dining. While asking for an outdoor table we had to "wait a minute" only to be escorted to a tiny table better suited for a two or three guests, tops (we were 4). The only saving grace, the one and only bright spot, was our server Juliette. She was kind, welcoming and had a warm personality. We asked for a larger table and were moved to a picnic table more suitable to our group size. Juliette took our orders, was efficient and capable. Our food came out of the kitchen COLD...all of it. We left half a pie for the garbage, It was crispy on the edge and soggy in the center. Cornmeal seems to be a fancy element used on a number of dishes. The Arugula Salad with peaches is uninspired (half for the garbage). The Gorgonzola garlic bread was meh, the Calamari cold. The sauce on the pizza, the sauce with the Calamari and the sauce on the pizza is a thick flavorless Ragu. Ember is not a restaurant for Italians who know Pizza, or Calamari, or Gorgonzola garlic bread, or Arugula salad. Our thanks go out to Juliette for being a bright spot. It's interesting she would even work at a restaurant of this very low caliber. My children looked at reviews and asked why I hadn't (I always do). My answer, what could go wrong with Wood Fired Pizza? read more

Very good food. The outdoor seating is really nice and the atmosphere is good. A nice place for families in the summer or to go with friends. The pizza is amazing. A bit pricey but I understand that, however the wait for food was super long. If you don't mind that it's great! read more

Where to start? We had three tables besides us in the whole restaurant at lunch which probably should have been a sign. Our waitress was incredibly slow to greet us. Like, we sat for at least 8-10 minutes before anyone approached us. We ordered two beers. Both beers clearly sat at the bar before being delivered for some time and the head had almost totally disappeared before they were delivered to us. We ordered wings and they were not coursed properly and came AFTER our pizza. After they did arrive (the sauces on the side so we could try multiples), the sauces were separated in the ramekins from sitting. The wings tasted... old. Like they had been cooked twice. But the best part was that our pizza was cold on the bottom, and the crust had been cut off around nearly the whole thing to hide that it had been burnt. There are many great restaurants on the the Cape. This isn't one of 'em. Avoid. The irony here is that there advertise wings and pizza on the sign out front and both were mediocre at best. Oh and they have an unspoken credit card processing fee of 4% and it will show up as "delivery fee" on your receipt. read more

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Nice atmosphere, especially outside. Friendly waitstaff, good service. Good drinks. I really liked the boneless buffalo wings. Sauce was fire. The pizza is great. Looking forward to trying other specialty pizzas next time. Great outside on a nice summer night. read more

Great outdoor drinks and social setting - but, for food, stick to appetizers, they were great. Pizza - stay away from it, (burnt) thin crust and scarce toppings make that a "no go." read more

I came here a few months ago and realized I never reviewed. The atmosphere is very quaint. It was cold the evening we went, so I'm glad there was a fire to sit by outdoors even though there were several people huddled around it already. The restaurant was jam packed on a Saturday night, though. There was a bar area where people just sat for a while and the wait was about 20 minutes for us. We did finally get a seat indoors and decided to order a pizza. It was average and showed up cold to us. We think it was sitting out for a bit. We have definitely had better and didn't end up eating it all. Our server was super inattentive, which may just be a small town thing (I'm from a big city). Overall, we'd go back for the atmosphere and maybe a drink. But not the food or the service. read more

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Some of the best wings I've had in a long time. Some original/different pizza toppings, the pulled pork pizza and shrimp scampi pizza were very good. read more

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I went to Ember for the first time over Columbus Day weekend. We went early (6:15) and while there were lots of empty tables inside, we were told that all had been reserved for large (5+) parties, so we decided to sit at the bar. Ordered their special Rose Sangria which tasted like fruit juice. Not sure there was any rose in It..... The hostess brought us to a table after 15 minutes, which was great. Then the large groups started rolling in with LOTS of kids and the noise level was very high! Ordered a margarita and it was the worst margarita I ever had! Tasted nothing like a margarita, so I sent it back. We did share a large pizza, for $28, which was tasty. Long and short of it is that I would recommend Ember for families with lots of kids who want to spend as much on a pizza as they would on an entree. Don't bother ordering any drinks. read more

This place has gone downhill. Badly. Waited 15 minutes after being seated to be acknowledged . Looking back, we should have left after that. Ordered "large" wings and pulled pork nachos. Took about 10 minutes to come out. The wings were soggy, but not too bad, the large order would be considered small anywhere else. The nachos were horrible. The pulled pork was cold, not even room temperature. Like they had been sitting out. They did comp the nachos after we pointed that out. The price that they charge for the quality and portion of the food is absurd. We had been going to Ember for years. After the experience tonight and seeing similar reviews, can safely say we will never make that mistake again. I wouldn't recommend to anyone unless you are just looking for a place to sit outside and have drinks. Very disappointing. read more

Yikes y'all. Not at all what I expected when I see "coal fired pizza and wings" Something like a flour tortilla crust with semolina on the bottom to fool you into thinking it's pizza. Yeah .. like that bad. I love pizza and this is just a total disrespect to the dish fo reals. The extra star is to the waitress who had no control over the laziness in the kitchen -( giant chunks of pineapple one per slice for a Hawaiian) and I could easily tell they were overwhelmed by not that many people in the place at dinner on a Tuesday night in September. They also didn't have the draught I wanted and nor did they have the replacement recommended. Do not bother with the chicken nuggets tenders as they are just that covered in whatever bottled sauce you just ordered. The long wait can be attributed to short staffing issues but this is not excuse for crappy overpriced food. read more

Casual, trendy wood fired pizza. Make a reservation for Ember! We had a table of 13 and I made a reservation ahead of time for 7:30 on a Sunday. I am glad I did because they had a wait. We were sat outside promptly. We had two picnic tables in the shade. She sat us separately at first and then said that we can move them closer. In my opinion, the reservation was ahead of time and therefore the tables should have been together ahead of time or someone should have at least helped us do it. With that said, it was an easy enough fix and I lifted the table with my 10 year old son and we loved it closer. Most of our group were still attempting to find parking. Parking is not easy because it gets so crowded so prepare for going a smidge early to make sure you find a spot. The dry rub wings are good! Really good. They have a little spice but are so tasty. The kale salad is a favorite. I looked forward to this salad since the first time we went to Ember. It has a citrusy dressing and small figs and goat cheese. Scrumptious! As for the pizza, they have two sizes- personal and shareable. I like getting personals so we can try a bunch. I tried the shrimp scampi and it was underwhelming. The prosciutto and fig is perfection! The sausage and rabe amazing! My son enjoyed his meat lover although I didn't try that. Negatives- service was friendly but slow. Kitchen was backed up. Drinks were spilled by our server and replenished BUT took to long to get the napkins for us to clean it up. We cleaned it up and the server didn't help. We ordered breadsticks that never came. They were on the bill so we asked for them to be removed. The waitress told us that they were ready and she would bring them out. We were already done with our meal and standing up to leave. We no longer want the breadsticks. Not a big deal and she did remove the cost from the bill. read more

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Stopped in on a Saturday night, party of two. We were promptly seated inside, which was fine. Waited at least 15 minutes for somebody to acknowledge us at our table when they did they were apologetic. 10 minutes later we got our drinks and had the foresight to have already ordered our food when we ordered our drinks, my son, a burger and fries. I guess the burger was really good and the fries he didn't really eat kind of soggy and tasteless. I got the meat lovers pizza, which was OK. Nothing spectacular as others have said the crust is really thin and with charcoal fire it's a bit burnt along the edges, I don't mind this, but others might. We also ordered nachos for an appetizer, and this is something I would highly recommend that nobody order. The portion was enormous. It seems they assemble the dish fully and then dump 2 pounds of shredded cheese and what you get a mountain of oily messy goop on top of what was quite likely pretty decent ingredients . The server Lilly was very nice and did the best she could. This seems like one of those places where there's an awful lot of inexperienced young people trying to run the place with very little managerial oversight. From the outside it looks like a very inviting place to stop in and I'm glad I gave it a shot but it's highly unlikely and I'll be going back. Because the server was so kind I'm giving a generous three star rating. read more

Our relatives took us here, after just arriving in town. They have a great patio space, including entertainment, fire pit, outdoor bar. We ended up eating inside, because we didn't want to wait for an outdoor table. They had a wide draft beer selection, but were out of several of them. Their drink of the night was Pink Sangria, but when it came it was golden. She said it had something to do with grapefruit juice. In sangria? The house salad was nice, although priced a little high. We had 4 different kinds of pizza, and everyone liked theirs. One was on a gluten crust, which was no problem for them. We all liked the garden, pulled pork, hawaiian, and fig and prosciutto pizzas. Would go back again and try to sit outside. read more

Let me start by saying I have never gone to Ember and had a good experience. I ordered via phone, and the line was busy so I had to call 3 more times. When I answered, they took my order and said it's busy so it may take up to an hour, which was fine. So I get to Ember, my order is ready and I grab it and walk out. I drive the 15 minutes home and find three of my salads are missing and they put mushrooms on my pizza. (I am SEVERELY allergic). So, I went back and asked for a new pizza and for my salads. 35 minutes later, the salad came out and the pizza was "coming". Another 10 minutes later, I asked where my pizza was and she said "it'll be done in 45 minutes". WTF???? So I left. For an almost $200 order, this place is f-ing absurd. If you can't handle online ordering or take out in general, DON'T OFFER IT. I will legitimately never go back here. The service is crap. Don't waste your money. Go to harwichport house of pizza instead. So much better and have never had a wrong order OR had to wait an hour and 20 minutes for my food. read more

Love the ambiance, such a great place for all ages. Our party of 11 was easily accommodated, we did call ahead and made reservations. We were able to get two tables (separated of course due to Covid) inside the restaurant. Our food came out so quickly and was delicious, I will rate each pizza & appetizer below. Arugula, 4 stars Sausage & Broccoli Raab, 4 stars Steak Bomb, 4 stars Portobello Mushroom, 5 stars Cheese/Pepperoni, 5 stars Chicken Nachos, 4 stars Spinach/Artichoke Dip, 5 stars I would have given the restaurant a 5 star, but the kids demolished their pizza/appetizers so quickly we ordered them another nacho plate & it took over 40 minutes to come out. Apparently that ticket got pushed to the back of the line. The waitress was very apologetic and the restaurant was super busy. We will definitely be back! read more

It was as bad as some of the reviews but not as great as the others. 3 pizzas, all three cooked different. Margarita pizza was pretty raw underneath, cheese cooked good and bolognese cooked a little to much. Probably never gonna go back at that price and quality. Thanks read more

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I come here for the pizza which is ultra thin crust and crispy. You can't get thin crust pizza like this. I had the kale salad which was meh and Caesar salad which was good. The dressing wasn't awesome but the Caesar was significantly better than the kale salad. Kale is supposed to be massaged first in order to soften it up but it seemed as if it was just taken from the bag and put in a dish. I do not recommend it at all. We like to come here in the summer every year and we will continue to but probably just stick w the pizza. read more

Always enjoy eating at The Ember, however the pizza quality has gone down. Often not cooked enough. We ate at the bar and got a bunch of apps and pizza. The pizza could have been cooked longer, a little soggy in the center, but the vibes were nice. HIGHLY recommend the steak tips. The hot wings were super hot, wouldn't get that flavor again. read more

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A large group of us stopped by on a weeknight for pizza and drinks. Personally it was to have been my first pizza in a really long time so I was pretty excited. The table ordered four different pizzas including one custom one, and a set of buffalo garlic wings along with the drinks. The drinks came out OK. The salads were generous but not very flavorful, and by the time the pizza showed up, the wings had never appeared. We asked for them to be taken off the bill. The pizzas unfortunately had been sitting and were room temperature at best. The crusts were thin, but we couldn't tell if they were crispy because they had become soggy. Three of the pizzas, including a fig prosciutto and a house special, were under topped. (We are not grading the custom one.) We had to go find our own plates for the pizzas and ask for utensils twice. It's not possible to recommend this restaurant. read more

Great thin crust pizza! Both the Buffalo and Scallop and Bacon pizza's were exceptional. Service was fast and efficient. Nice outdoor seating area with large fire pit. I will definitely return next time I'm on the Cape. read more

It's long been said that MA collectively doesn't know how to make pizza. Usually, the pizza MA doesn't know how to make is NY Style. Ember goes the all the way and does not know how to make NY Style, Neapolitan Style, New Haven Apizza Style, Chicago Style, Detroit Style, or any style. The thing all these styles have in common is the understanding that the fundamental can't-get-it-wrong-or-else thing about pizza is the dough. Neapolitan, Apizza, and the old coal fired ovens in NY all get this. So do the folks making pizzas in standard deck ovens at 550. Or at home. Ember thoroughly wastes their 1000 degree coal fired oven by making dough as if it were meant to be a saltine, crackerlike without any flavor beyond what you put on top. How dough survives a thousand degrees without the least char adding to the flavor is beyond me. I have no quibble with the toppings (though blueberry sauce seems pretty bizarre), but pizza without its fundamental component done well is not worth eating. The bar was nice, the service was friendly, the environment was good. And the toppings were fine. read more

Aside from the $25 they charge for a large super thin crust pizza, the owner now adds a 4% "Toast Fee". There is no notice of this gouging until they already run your debit or credit card. Disgusting! read more

The table wobbled, the one next to us also...told waiter and he dismissed it, asked for more napkins and leveled table ourselves! Food was horrible. The pizza arrived before the appetizer. Wings were floating in lemon pepper sauce and the ribs were Cape Cod Slop food! The waitstaff were not trained well. This place has gone down hill a lot, so we won't be going back! read more

We were next parking lot away for ice cream and saw the sign. Couldn't resist! Should have resisted! The abrupt (overwhelmed?) hostess told us it was 2 hours for a table, so ordered take out. That was only an hour, but it was clearly done sooner as the pies were not hot when we came back less than an hour later. We had offered our number to text or call when ready, but the hostess declined. The crust is paper thin, so toppings aren't heavy nor could they be. Tough to say if pizza was good or great due to the temperature. It was at least ok. One cheese, one fig and prosciutto. A look outside sure seemed like a fun spot. I'd try again if we were able to eat in, but not optimistic. read more

Horrible. Had the $26 bolognese pizza. Half of it was burnt (legit black crust). The middle was raw. It was also more like a medium and less like a large. The toppings were super greasy. Won't ever return. read more

We ordered three different types of pizzas. The toppings were good but unfortunately it was the worst pizza my husband and I have ever had. The pizza had the consistency of a soggy cracker. It was absolutely terrible. read more

my pizza was burnt and lacked cheese. mozerella sticks were chunky and burnt. When Iwent to ember I was expecting amazing from the lines. But it wasn't. My pizza was burnt there were black flakes and lacked cheese. Last time I checked my pizza should not be black. Then we ordered monzerella sticks that were distasteful they were not good. The service was okay but I would never recommend this spot for food but would recommend for the experience! read more

Exploitation of residents and guests to Cape Cod. $23 for a "large" pizza that was so small it would feed two people only. Shameful and it wasn't very good either. hostess on the phone said to me this will feed 17 to 18 slices!" Ha oh don't forget the extra $2.50 for 8 pieces of pepperoni! I am sure they blame covid for not being able to add a cup of dough to make the pizza larger. read more

So I was eating my leftovers from last night and as I was eating them I noticed that there was something sticking out of the side of my pizza. it was a thick piece of brown hair. Normally I would just oh no biggie it must be mine but not this time, this hair was baked into the side of the pizza. I got so grossed out and threw away the rest of the leftovers. I won't be ordering again, like ever!!! read more

They overcharged us for our items. Prices on our receipt were higher than what was listed on the menu. They added a dollar to each item. This on top of a delivery charge even though we ate in the restaurant lol. Also I ordered a bottle of sip i sunshine beer and the server brought me a draft and said they only offered it in drafts. I said "I thought I saw it listed under bottles on the menu". He's said "no." I checked the menu as I was leaving. Sip o sunshine was listed under bottles so he did lie. Not only that but the beer prices were not listed on the menu. I almost fell over when I saw I paid $13 for a beer. Can't believe after tip, tax and delivery charge I paid $50 for a pizza and a beer. (Oops just realized I have been doing all my reviews under my husband's name ) read more

HAS TO BE VERY BAD FOR ME TO YELP!! Nafarious business practices!! wish i had read reviews in advance! Bartender charged wife & I 20 % "Large Party" fee?? Unfortunately I didn't see that until next day... I ended tipping on top of that & then waitress charged us for our drinks we already paid for at bar. MOST EXPENSIVE DRINKS ever! I reached out 2 weeks ago no call back or response to email.. OHHH & they tack on extra 4 % fee to cover the credit card charge?? Food... if you ever get it is served cold & is sub par. Will not return & they should be reported & will dispute with credit card company read more

Awful chicken over cooked pizza no sauce or taste..menus dirty .........expensive sub shop

Sundays they have a great Calypso band outside. So crowded out there I had to take a seat at inside bar. That was a tad disappointing for the music was happy out there and I don't care about sports on TV. Service from two bartenders was decent. My coal-fired pizza was delicious. Just a bit too charred on outer edge, otherwise very good. Doing a big business in July. One sad issue: big ice cream place next door has parking bouncers...crazy. I got a spot at Embers lot which is too tight. Do we really need parking bouncers in Harwich? Why don't both businesses get along? Wine and beer list just right for this place. read more

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I can't believe the previous rating about the wait. During the season in this part of the Cape is so common. Ordered the Greek Salad and portobello Pizza. It was so fantastic! Went at 5:15 and was seated right away. Everything was great from the Staff to the food. The wait for the food is so worth it. Will travel the 90 minutes from my home to have a Pizza here again. read more

Ember - Grilled Portabella - Pizza Near Me - Harwich Port, Massachusetts

Delicious chicken Marsala my nephew loves the bbq chicken tenders and the burgers are good as well

We went today for an early dinner and sat outside. The service was great- the waiter was a sweet attentive kid (the hostesses were not but fortunately we only dealt with them for 2 minutes). We had salad, an appetizer and pizza. The salad was yummy- just a garden salad but very fresh with light dressing. We had the cauliflower wings and they were so yummy with just the right amount of seasoning and nice bleu cheese with wing dip. We had the margherita pizza which was lovely- thin crust and sliced tomato with nice buffala mozzarella. The seating was casual but nice, the bar was hopping with a nice vibe. And when the wind blew the outdoor fire pit kept us warm. We will definitely go back! Families, dates and casual dining- this place is versatile. Love it! read more

Very pricey. The three of us dined on a Friday. We ordered a soda (free refills), a beer and a cocktail; one pizza and a wedge salad. The bill was $103. Included in that total was a $4 surcharge for the restaurant's electronic software "Toast." Are you kidding me? You're passing on the cost of your operations equipment?! The service was friendly and prompt; and the pizza was tasty. But the salad, while large enough to share, was overpriced. The tomatoes were mealy, pale orange and flavorless and the iceberg lettuce wasn't all that fresh. Bottom line, this restaurant charges way too much for their offerings. read more