Waterfront Tavern

521 W Holly St, Bellingham
(360) 676-1755

Recent Reviews

Natassia Zander

perfect spot to just hang with the boys

Dianne Echols

Local people local Tavern

Atmosphere: 2

Service: 2

Randy Van Egdom

It's a dive bar but service was great and burger was really good.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Jason V.

Awful fish and chips. Saltless, from freezer, and the kitchen was just disgusting. I can't believe they even let you have a view of it. The bar seems cool and the bartenders were nice. But man I have never seen a grosser place where food was cooked. May god have mercy on this place.

Tom Biro

How fun is this place? Great prices for beer and cider and cocktails, fun staff, bar games, and ridiculous people watching. A weekly haunt.

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 4

Michael Klepper

Great service Mike the bartender is always quick with the drinks and up for a story or two. Always a good time.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Blaze Selby

The bartender mike was great had a great conversation with him and was quick with my drink orders, best bartender in town.

Atmosphere: 3

Service: 5

Clay Haskell

The people there are always a party. The servers there are always great, as well as the food, especially if you like deep fried. The atmosphere is actually terrific! All glass back wall looking at the bay, it's fantastic! My only complaint is about the pool table, which is unwarranted because the table is open, it's always free. It needs new felt and should have the top end slid over away from the TWO columns in the way. Otherwise, great plastic tipped datt boards, I think four of them, TVs, and a jukebox turned up enough to actually enjoy. A dollar a song though?

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fish and Chips

Ivan Zhuk

Good place for a drinkLots of old folk but a good

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Cheeseburger, Fish and Chips

Donnie M

Really love the vibe.. the bartenders are awesome and the locals extremely friendly. Basic bar food to hit the spot. Definitely a great find! And the views are epic from the deck.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Gary Ross

Nice historic bar and restaurant on the Bellingham waterfront. Good menu and good amount of food offered. They have a outside order window if you want a order to go, and some outside seating to enjoy the views. Opposite there is a park with trails along the sides of the Whatcom falls outlet to Bellingham Bay where you can observe offers and sometimes salmon going to spawn upriver.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chicken Strips & Fries, Halibut and Chips, Captain's Platter, Cheeseburger, Calamari and Chips, Potato Salad, Clam Chowder

Diana Jonas

The Waterfront has a great view of the Bay from the rear of the restaurant where the best seating is for dining. Also very good seafood

Audra Stiles

We wanted to visit Waterfront as an iconic spooky place. It wasn't, but the Bayview was nice. 5 stars are for the best clam chowder ever, in my life, and I've had probably a hundred. Lots of fresh clam, not thick, brought to us piping hot by a native cook who said she just finished cooking it. Unbelievable! There was one server/bartender at Noon Saturday, so we had to wait and the atmosphere is very vibe - but we will be back for that chowder. Also cheap beer on tap and good specials. It's a Cheers type place where everyone knows everyone. Oh, and the fresh cut fries were hot and tasty!Parking: Limited free parking in lot, free on the street during non business hours.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Clam Chowder

Tony V.

Stay away. FAR away. This place is so full of themselves they have no time to actually serve you a drink and insults paying customers. The so called bar tenders only seem to have time to play with their phones and can't be bothered to serve over priced drinks. First time and last time i've been and will ever be. The young blonde Ally or Holly or whatever was especially rude and made me wonder "why are you even her if you hate us so much ?" and could not put her phone down to look at you and actually ask "what would you like to drink ?" It's a bar right ?? Horrible. Insulting. Hated it.Walked out. Will Never go back and am warning people away. Plenty of other bars in town On the positive side they saved me about 40 bux because we walked out and went elsewhere and had a pleasant evening after this disaster.

Courtney E.

Not a fan. Bad service, bad food. Really wanted to like this bar but unfortunately couldn't. Been here a couple of times but the staff is just really rude

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