Salads were suspect. Lettuce had funny taste. 20% Service fee added to the bill before tip for waitress. Very high price for level of food servid. Steak $60. Not nearly as good as Del Frisco or Ruth's Crisp.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Marc G
Very lovely and elegant bar. Dark wood and leather chairs give it a warm and nautical vibe. Excellent oysters, spicy margaritas, and a bartender
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
gavin etzkorn
After dining at Thoreau’s I am not sure how to rate the restaurant. My wife newborn and I dined here for our Mother’s Day celebration. Our Evening was off to a great start until my steak arrived well done when I ordered it medium rare. We sat waiting to be waited on for 30 minutes so I could get a new steak. We then had to ask a neighboring waitress for a new steak and where our waitress had gone. She replied that our waitress had gone on break like that somehow explained why we were no longer being served. Another 20 goes by and my new steak arrives and I again ask the bus boy who are waitresses was and why we are no longer being waited on. The new steak was cooked properly, but our evening had ended. The manager came over and comped the whole meal as we wrapped up our evening still without a waitress.
Our waitress while we had her briefly was fantastic.
The food was all delicious
I will give the restaurant another shot and update accordingly as I hope this was an isolated incident
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 1
Christina Lorenz-Ferris
Had an absolutely great time. Food was delicious, service sweet and patient. Nice and quiet, if not a little dark. Would definitely return!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chris Capuzzo
If you are looking for a place with great food, great service, and great atmosphere. This is the place to go. I was incredibly impressed with the staff. Very professional and attentive. The food was delicious and the presentation was amazing. The inside of the restaurant was beautiful. The lighting and flooring added to the atmosphere. The reason I gave the place a lower star value was because of two reasons. The first was how hard it was to find the place. The only reason I found it was because I asked someone at a wedding next door where to find it. There was no signage indicating where exactly it was. Secondly, when I got the check there was a 20% service charge. The waitress informed us at the end about it but there was no explanation on why we were paying an additional resort fee when we are not even staying there. I looked at the website to figure it out and could find nothing. The website itself is incredibly bare bones. I thought initially the service fee was for the tip. But below it there is a gratuity fee section. The staff were incredible and I don't feel they shouldn't get a tip. So we did pay that. But I wish a service fee was not thrust on us after we had gone. Otherwise, if you are okay with the fee and can find the place. The staff are great, food is incredible, and atmosphere is sublime.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Krista Smith
Went for the first time to this local hidden gem. Had an absolutely delicious and beautiful meal. The staff was amazing from the greetings at the door to the wonderful server Ellie that did an amazing job making sure everything was perfect. The manager Karin also made sure we enjoyed our first visit while we were dining. I cannot recommend enough! An atmosphere like no where else. Food was delicious 😋
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kelley G
Wagyu Bacon Burger with egg 🤤
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish and Chips
Andrea Malanakarot
The food is amazing!! We ate the apps and entrees too quickly before I could get a picture, but I did get a picture of the dessert and espresso martinis that were a perfect way to end the meal. They even gave my daughter a lobster stuffy to play with! The wait staff were so friendly and kind. Would definitely go back!
Kid-friendliness: They have high chairs
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Judy
This was my first time attending a jazz event where you dined outside and not in 28 Atlantic. I prefer the latter but the buffet was ok. Service was great and the music was fantastic. So glad Wequasset has the jazz festival for us in the summer.
Linda
Our experience at the Wequassett Jazz Festival was less than expected. We have been coming to the Wequassett for over 20 years and always have had our expectations exceeded. This recent visit was not up to the Wequassett standard. We waited in a line with little to no communication from the staff, we were unsure of what we were supposed to do and there was no one available to direct or answer questions. We were finally seated and our table top was unstable and we could not eat/ cut our food without everything on the table spilling. We asked our server for help and she tried to fix the bottom of the table to no avail as it was the top of the table and she noted that she could not do anything further to fix it. After that encounter, she ignored us for the remainder of the night. The food was ok but cold and the line was very long. Most items on the buffet we empty and staff were trying to refill resulting in long waits. Overall a very disappointing night at was our favorite place on the cape.
Excellent food for a certain price The restaurant does not have any competition on this level within the neighbourhood Off course excellence has their price I would recommend the sirloin steak On the terrace you have a nice view on pleasant bay, certainly on the evening at sunset
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Kelly O
Started with our table being off balance and having to be fixed laughed that off as well as the plates edge breaking in the servers hand. Drinks were delicious, the sushi roll tasted fresh, duck bao bun was interesting. However, the waygu steak strip was surprisingly charred dry and chewy for a med rare, wasn't worth finishing.
Food: 2
Service: 3
Kevin
The staff at Wequasset were super helpful. My wife's shoe disintegrated as we walked in and the staff at Wequasset had a bunch of options to help her out. They had duck tape (which worked) as well as flip flops. The staff couldn't have been more helpful. The setting of the resort is also amazing. We'll definitely be back next summer! And make it at least once a summer.
Harbormaster
Enjoyed the resort pre-concert, catching up with family around the fire pits having cocktails w/ beautiful views of Pleasant Bay. Dined stage side buffet style across the hall (lobster Mac, shrimp cocktail, salmon rice pilaf, beef, chicken w/ corn salad & greens). Dessert & coffee/tea was brought to our table 15 minutes before the show. Loved Kate Pierson accompanied by two outstanding musicians bass player & guitarist. Lovely venue for a jazz concert.
Nancy
The venue is physically beautiful The food was flavorless Presented nicely but no taste The shrimp was filled with water so no taste I understand varied tastes but the chicken and salmon were bland. This should not be in a place like this. Very disappointing
Salads were suspect. Lettuce had funny taste. 20% Service fee added to the bill before tip for waitress. Very high price for level of food servid. Steak $60. Not nearly as good as Del Frisco or Ruth's Crisp.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Very lovely and elegant bar. Dark wood and leather chairs give it a warm and nautical vibe. Excellent oysters, spicy margaritas, and a bartender
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
After dining at Thoreau’s I am not sure how to rate the restaurant. My wife newborn and I dined here for our Mother’s Day celebration. Our Evening was off to a great start until my steak arrived well done when I ordered it medium rare. We sat waiting to be waited on for 30 minutes so I could get a new steak. We then had to ask a neighboring waitress for a new steak and where our waitress had gone. She replied that our waitress had gone on break like that somehow explained why we were no longer being served. Another 20 goes by and my new steak arrives and I again ask the bus boy who are waitresses was and why we are no longer being waited on. The new steak was cooked properly, but our evening had ended. The manager came over and comped the whole meal as we wrapped up our evening still without a waitress.
Our waitress while we had her briefly was fantastic.
The food was all delicious
I will give the restaurant another shot and update accordingly as I hope this was an isolated incident
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 1
Had an absolutely great time. Food was delicious, service sweet and patient. Nice and quiet, if not a little dark. Would definitely return!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
If you are looking for a place with great food, great service, and great atmosphere. This is the place to go. I was incredibly impressed with the staff. Very professional and attentive. The food was delicious and the presentation was amazing. The inside of the restaurant was beautiful. The lighting and flooring added to the atmosphere. The reason I gave the place a lower star value was because of two reasons. The first was how hard it was to find the place. The only reason I found it was because I asked someone at a wedding next door where to find it. There was no signage indicating where exactly it was. Secondly, when I got the check there was a 20% service charge. The waitress informed us at the end about it but there was no explanation on why we were paying an additional resort fee when we are not even staying there. I looked at the website to figure it out and could find nothing. The website itself is incredibly bare bones. I thought initially the service fee was for the tip. But below it there is a gratuity fee section. The staff were incredible and I don't feel they shouldn't get a tip. So we did pay that. But I wish a service fee was not thrust on us after we had gone. Otherwise, if you are okay with the fee and can find the place. The staff are great, food is incredible, and atmosphere is sublime.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went for the first time to this local hidden gem. Had an absolutely delicious and beautiful meal. The staff was amazing from the greetings at the door to the wonderful server Ellie that did an amazing job making sure everything was perfect. The manager Karin also made sure we enjoyed our first visit while we were dining. I cannot recommend enough! An atmosphere like no where else. Food was delicious 😋
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wagyu Bacon Burger with egg 🤤
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fish and Chips
The food is amazing!! We ate the apps and entrees too quickly before I could get a picture, but I did get a picture of the dessert and espresso martinis that were a perfect way to end the meal. They even gave my daughter a lobster stuffy to play with! The wait staff were so friendly and kind. Would definitely go back!
Kid-friendliness: They have high chairs
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This was my first time attending a jazz event where you dined outside and not in 28 Atlantic. I prefer the latter but the buffet was ok. Service was great and the music was fantastic. So glad Wequasset has the jazz festival for us in the summer.
Our experience at the Wequassett Jazz Festival was less than expected. We have been coming to the Wequassett for over 20 years and always have had our expectations exceeded. This recent visit was not up to the Wequassett standard. We waited in a line with little to no communication from the staff, we were unsure of what we were supposed to do and there was no one available to direct or answer questions. We were finally seated and our table top was unstable and we could not eat/ cut our food without everything on the table spilling. We asked our server for help and she tried to fix the bottom of the table to no avail as it was the top of the table and she noted that she could not do anything further to fix it. After that encounter, she ignored us for the remainder of the night. The food was ok but cold and the line was very long. Most items on the buffet we empty and staff were trying to refill resulting in long waits. Overall a very disappointing night at was our favorite place on the cape.
Restaurantji Recommends
Excellent food for a certain price
The restaurant does not have any competition on this level within the neighbourhood
Off course excellence has their price
I would recommend the sirloin steak
On the terrace you have a nice view on pleasant bay, certainly on the evening at sunset
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Started with our table being off balance and having to be fixed
laughed that off as well as the plates edge breaking in the servers hand.
Drinks were delicious, the sushi roll tasted fresh, duck bao bun was interesting. However, the waygu steak strip was surprisingly charred dry and chewy for a med rare, wasn't worth finishing.
Food: 2
Service: 3
The staff at Wequasset were super helpful. My wife's shoe disintegrated as we walked in and the staff at Wequasset had a bunch of options to help her out. They had duck tape (which worked) as well as flip flops. The staff couldn't have been more helpful. The setting of the resort is also amazing. We'll definitely be back next summer! And make it at least once a summer.
Enjoyed the resort pre-concert, catching up with family around the fire pits having cocktails w/ beautiful views of Pleasant Bay. Dined stage side buffet style across the hall (lobster Mac, shrimp cocktail, salmon rice pilaf, beef, chicken w/ corn salad & greens). Dessert & coffee/tea was brought to our table 15 minutes before the show. Loved Kate Pierson accompanied by two outstanding musicians bass player & guitarist. Lovely venue for a jazz concert.
The venue is physically beautiful The food was flavorless Presented nicely but no taste The shrimp was filled with water so no taste I understand varied tastes but the chicken and salmon were bland. This should not be in a place like this. Very disappointing
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