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Waterfront Restaurant

4.4 (177 reviews)
Open 4:30 pm - 8:30 PM
Updated 3 weeks ago

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What's the vibe?
Quiet
Classy
Outdoor seating
Good for groups

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Alaskan halibut
Jim K.

Good, service excellent.Alaskan halibut, cast iron chicken, shrimp grits all served to perfection. Great service!

View from our table!
David B.

Been going to this restaurant since it opened. Great food, terrific service and wine list. Continues to be one of the very best restaurants in Door County. Creative menu. Terrific views and sunsets! Great outdoor space to carry out and enjoy a cocktail.

Local Whitefish and Halibut.

Probably the best dinner my wife and I have ever had in Door County. Beautiful dinning room with lots of windows overlooking the marina and bay. With some very nice outdoor seating. (Make your reservation time just prior to sunset. So you can take in the beautiful views.) Highly recommend our server Benjamin.

Alexa R.

The view here is absolutely stunning! The food is good and the service was very nice. The crowd here is a bit on the older side, which isn't bad but notable. I'm not a fish eater but had the pappardelle as that was noted to be a special... the sauce was lacking and the pasta was overcooked.

Fantastic steak with root vegetables
Eric H.

I ate in the bar as the restaurant was full and I didn't have a reservation. The service was fantastic from the busy bartenders. I highly recommend this great restaurant! Be sure to have a reservation and you may want a windows seat as this restaurant is on the waterfront.

Patti S.

We've been here several times in the last couple of years and everything has been fabulous! My husband has had some of the best oysters here and we've enjoyed all of the entrees we've tried. JJ and Kristi really have a gem here!

Aaron M.

Spectacular ambience and great views. The Wait staff and owners were amazing. Tony, our server from Turkey, was a nice young man. We highly recommend the whitefish and salmon. Cesar salad was one of the best we've ever had as well. Highly recommend!

Martini
PJ C.

A reservation is a must even on a weeknight in mid-October. We got seated promptly in their lovely dining room. Earlier in the summer I am guessing the outside deck and the view would be an added attraction. I had seen on their website that they had a Mai Tai so I ordered that but they did not have it since it was a "summer drink". Very disappointing and a bit strange. We started with the lobster bisque - it was unbelievably rich and delicious. I wish the bowl was bigger but that may have not been good for my health! My wife ordered the crab cakes, which was a small plate, which she really enjoyed. I got the small plate smoked salmon which was tasty. The potato chips as a side was a bit odd but good. I took the bait and got the maple creme brûlée with a side of candied bacon for dessert. It was pretty darn good. Overall we had a great experience and a great meal.

Lobster Bisque
Sarah F.

This was one of the best meals I've ever eaten, hands down. Our experience here was the best of Door County and we will absolutely be back. Our server, Terry, was great and helpful in navigating the menu. The ambience is a little nicer than the casual Wisconsin vibe, which made for a great more formal dining experience. We had the lobster bisque and while it is probably 25% butter, it is the most phenomenal soup I've ever consumed. It is worth the hype on Yelp, order it. We also had the Thai Crab Salad, the Shrimp & Grits and split the Halibut dish, which was incredible -- best fish I've ever had. Wow this place is amazing and it only added to our vacation. Eat here!

Bolognese Pappardelle and halibut

Food is excellent, delicious craft cocktails, view is outstanding and a helpful, knowledgeable staff in the house.

Restaurant building

The staff was very kind. We found this restaurant and loved the online menu so we decided to give it a try. The owner and his wife were very kind. The staff was able to list all of the specials, what drinks go best with what dishes, and took note of my allergies. Breathtaking views. White table restaurant recommend dressing accordingly. The best flourless dessert I have ever had! Celiac friendly!

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Glad to see the restaurant return to full dinner menu. Had the halibut and ceviche shrimp were excellent. Good wine list

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Best food and wine list in Door County. You won't regret visiting this place. The view is also fantastic.

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Ask the Community - Waterfront Restaurant

CHOP - Delicious warm bread.

CHOP

4.1(386 reviews)
1.0 mi
$$$

With high hopes I began my dining experience at Chop, but my hopes were dashed by the conclusion of…read morethe meal. Dined on a Saturday. Arrived just at opening and was seated promptly. Had I arrived any later, I would have had to wait for a table, which would have been terrible. There is no good space to sit and wait for a table; the bar is tiny; the bar abuts the front door, and is consequently very cold in winter; the tiny, cold bar is filled with patrons standing around waiting for a table. My darling wife and I were seated in the second floor dining room. The room was clean, and the atmosphere was decent... when the room was at-and-below 25% capacity. As the room began to fill, which didn't take long, it also didn't take long to realize that the layout of tables was poor. My table was far too close to the other tables; every table was too close to other tables. There is also no barrier in between tables. So, a large room, crammed with tables, each of which is too close to the other tables. Not great at all. And, thanks to the cramped quarters, I could smell the vile cheese smells from other diner's dishes which wrecked my experience. We ordered crab cakes. They were crispy outside, and the crab filling was moist, but there was so little lemon-garlic aioli that the cakes were rather bland. Furthermore, there were only two crab cakes serves, each of which was rather small. Drink orders placed with the waitress took a very long time to reach the table. The brandy old fashioned (sweet) that I ordered was not sweet at all and there was an overpowering amount of orange. A failure of this sort should not happen at a Wisconsin fine-dining establishment. The house Chop Salad was boring; a bunch of iceberg lettuce, too finely chopped, covered in ranch dressing, and lackluster bacon. My wife's filet mignon steak was appropriately prepared. The crispy duck, which I ordered, was served with a delicious cherry sauce but there was far too little sauce on the plate. The duck itself, when not coupled with any sauce, was rather boring. Also terribly boring was the bed of wild rice served with the duck. Why did you give me the duck's food? Feed that stuff to the duck and let me eat the bird served with a better side dish! Service was too slow and inattentive for my tastes. Every server looked like they were born in a foreign land, and I struggled to understand my waitress's English-as-a-second language. I don't need to go back. There is better dining available in Door County, especially given the prices asked.

Came here on New Year's Eve with a group, and they were so considerate to allow an addition to our…read moretable! I got a steak which was the best steak I've had in all of door county - the house butters are to die for!

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