THE best breakfast we have had in Door County! We have been to DC a handful of times over the past 4 years and this was our first time at Sunset Harbor Restaurant. The bacon was top notch, hash browns a perfect golden brown, and amazing eggs made to perfection. My husband had the pancakes and says they were “damn good”, which says a lot! Definitely a hidden gem in plain sight. We will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: American Breakfast
Pleb
An interesting dining experience. Food was plated very nicely, while silverware is handed out wrapped in a papernapkin and napkin ring. The servers have black collared shirts but also sportshorts and basketball tennies. You are greeted on entry by a hostess and then promptly encouraged to seat yourselves. The place seems trapped somewhere between fine dining and bar & grill.
The service was very friendly and very quick, which would be expected when you are sitting 5 feet away from the host station.
The food was delicious, well prepared, and came out very quickly. My wife had chicken Alfredo, and I had the "Cajun" shrimp alfredo. I put Cajun in quotes because it slightly missed the mark. A small trace of red onion was the only hint at any part of the holy trinity touching this recipe, and a few thin sliced Andoulli suasages were their to help pay lipservice to "Cajun" cuisine. Some old bay seasoning or even just a touch of celery salt and a dash of crystal hotsauce could have gone a long way to spice up the dish, but as it was, it was a mildly seasoned creamy shrimp alfredo. This is probably nit-picky, but it was a $30 plate of pasta after all.
My biggest issue was honestly the price. $30 for pasta just seems exorbitant. What my wife and I received were very delicious, $15 plates of pasta from a $15 a plate level dining experience, and no clue where the extra $20 upcharge was coming from. I am not saying anything was bad, it just wasn't up to the standard it's priced at. The bones are there for this place to be a very nice upscale dining experience worth $30 a plate, but Im not sure it wants to be. It is, after all, a "Grill".
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Alissa McKenzie
Wow! Amazing little restaurant located upstairs. The atmosphere was welcoming and you can tell it's family owened. The employees seemed to know their local customers. The food was great! We had american breakfast and stuffted french toast. The Mimosas lasted my whole meal! Great portions. We will definitely be stopping here again when we come through.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Stuffed French Tost, Eggs Bacon and Toast
blonde dude
This was a decent little restaurant above a hotel lobby. It was very hot in there at my time of visit. Not sure why ceiling fans & windows weren't opened earlier, since even the "owner?" was even saying it was hot in there and finally opened the windows and turned on the fans.?
Host/server was a young kid, and he was polite & attentive. Prices seemed high, but expected for the area it seems. Food was decent, but for around $20/person, hoped for better. Portions for the meal I had, were very small. It was presented nicely, but again, small. For the chicken breast (1/2), the chicken breast was about the size of a hamburger patty from a mcds cheeseburger. It came with veggies & mashed potatoes, but again, small portions in my opinion. Potatoes looked like it was a childs portion, not the amount one would expect. Veggies were merely squash/zucchini pieces, so not the selection of veggies I was thinking of either.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Ann Capeder
Great food, great service with a beautiful view!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Genell Scheurell
Wonderful little upstairs restaurant. Not your typical tourist spot. Every meal we’ve had there ( breakfast, lunch & dinner) has been great! The service is excellent and price is reasonable. I highly recommend it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Turkey Dinner
H C
We were a group of four and dined last evening at the Sunset Grill. The food and ambience were satisfactory, nothing special. The server, a young man, was pleasant and attentive. The reason for the two star rating of service came near the end of the meal because of the action and attitude of the man in charge of the restaurant while we were there. I’m not sure if he is the owner. We paid for our meal and one person in our group was still finishing his meal. The man tried to take his plate and when my dinner companion said he was still finishing his meal, the man said rudely the restaurant was closed and no one else was there. We were seated at 7:15 and it was now 8:15. Yes, the restaurant closed at 8 pm and we were the last diners there, but we had not been at the table an unusually long time and it was clear he was finishing his food. It was not a pleasant conclusion to a dining experience. I would not return.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Kennedy Larson
Beautiful views of the water! Fast and friendly service. Our waiter was very patient with our toddlers and even let them each pick out one of the rubber duckies that were lined up on the ledge. It’s definitely a hidden gem. You enter through the motel and the restaurant is upstairs. Definitely recommend!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jodi Liebelt
Hidden gem. No wait. Located above the Ephraim Shores Resort. Gorgeous view of the harbor. Excellent service. Food was exactly as I ordered it and tasted wonderful. Will definitely visit again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Eggs Bacon and Toast
JS Giesler
Excellent service and food. Nice that they had the lunch menu available at dinner time. Great views over the bay to go with it.
Beautiful lakeside restaurant with great food and great service! The owners treated us like family! Definitely will comeback again in October when we return to the area!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Melissa W
Delicious food! The owner is very friendly and personable. Would definitely recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Martin Stadler
Been coming to Harbor for years. Hosanna and the crew are amazing. Best venue on Flathead Lake!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
BB Stevens
The Goat Cheese Pear Salad with the Raspberry Vinaigrette was delectable. Highly recommend grabbing a bite here! Portions are large and service friendly.
This place gets overshadowed a bit by Wilson’s and the Old Post Office. It’s less busy when you need a quick bite, and it has many good options. I liked my lake perch basket except that I could have used at least a couple more pieces for that price. You can get a nice view of the bay; too bad the windows in that seating area don’t open! I’d give this a 4.5 if I could.
THE best breakfast we have had in Door County! We have been to DC a handful of times over the past 4 years and this was our first time at Sunset Harbor Restaurant. The bacon was top notch, hash browns a perfect golden brown, and amazing eggs made to perfection. My husband had the pancakes and says they were “damn good”, which says a lot! Definitely a hidden gem in plain sight. We will be back.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: American Breakfast
An interesting dining experience. Food was plated very nicely, while silverware is handed out wrapped in a papernapkin and napkin ring. The servers have black collared shirts but also sportshorts and basketball tennies. You are greeted on entry by a hostess and then promptly encouraged to seat yourselves. The place seems trapped somewhere between fine dining and bar & grill.
The service was very friendly and very quick, which would be expected when you are sitting 5 feet away from the host station.
The food was delicious, well prepared, and came out very quickly. My wife had chicken Alfredo, and I had the "Cajun" shrimp alfredo. I put Cajun in quotes because it slightly missed the mark. A small trace of red onion was the only hint at any part of the holy trinity touching this recipe, and a few thin sliced Andoulli suasages were their to help pay lipservice to "Cajun" cuisine. Some old bay seasoning or even just a touch of celery salt and a dash of crystal hotsauce could have gone a long way to spice up the dish, but as it was, it was a mildly seasoned creamy shrimp alfredo. This is probably nit-picky, but it was a $30 plate of pasta after all.
My biggest issue was honestly the price. $30 for pasta just seems exorbitant. What my wife and I received were very delicious, $15 plates of pasta from a $15 a plate level dining experience, and no clue where the extra $20 upcharge was coming from. I am not saying anything was bad, it just wasn't up to the standard it's priced at. The bones are there for this place to be a very nice upscale dining experience worth $30 a plate, but Im not sure it wants to be. It is, after all, a "Grill".
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Wow! Amazing little restaurant located upstairs. The atmosphere was welcoming and you can tell it's family owened. The employees seemed to know their local customers. The food was great! We had american breakfast and stuffted french toast. The Mimosas lasted my whole meal! Great portions. We will definitely be stopping here again when we come through.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Stuffed French Tost, Eggs Bacon and Toast
This was a decent little restaurant above a hotel lobby. It was very hot in there at my time of visit. Not sure why ceiling fans & windows weren't opened earlier, since even the "owner?" was even saying it was hot in there and finally opened the windows and turned on the fans.?
Host/server was a young kid, and he was polite & attentive. Prices seemed high, but expected for the area it seems. Food was decent, but for around $20/person, hoped for better. Portions for the meal I had, were very small. It was presented nicely, but again, small. For the chicken breast (1/2), the chicken breast was about the size of a hamburger patty from a mcds cheeseburger. It came with veggies & mashed potatoes, but again, small portions in my opinion. Potatoes looked like it was a childs portion, not the amount one would expect. Veggies were merely squash/zucchini pieces, so not the selection of veggies I was thinking of either.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Great food, great service with a beautiful view!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wonderful little upstairs restaurant. Not your typical tourist spot. Every meal we’ve had there ( breakfast, lunch & dinner) has been great! The service is excellent and price is reasonable. I highly recommend it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Turkey Dinner
We were a group of four and dined last evening at the Sunset Grill. The food and ambience were satisfactory, nothing special. The server, a young man, was pleasant and attentive. The reason for the two star rating of service came near the end of the meal because of the action and attitude of the man in charge of the restaurant while we were there. I’m not sure if he is the owner. We paid for our meal and one person in our group was still finishing his meal. The man tried to take his plate and when my dinner companion said he was still finishing his meal, the man said rudely the restaurant was closed and no one else was there. We were seated at 7:15 and it was now 8:15. Yes, the restaurant closed at 8 pm and we were the last diners there, but we had not been at the table an unusually long time and it was clear he was finishing his food. It was not a pleasant conclusion to a dining experience. I would not return.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Beautiful views of the water! Fast and friendly service. Our waiter was very patient with our toddlers and even let them each pick out one of the rubber duckies that were lined up on the ledge. It’s definitely a hidden gem. You enter through the motel and the restaurant is upstairs. Definitely recommend!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Hidden gem. No wait. Located above the Ephraim Shores Resort. Gorgeous view of the harbor. Excellent service. Food was exactly as I ordered it and tasted wonderful. Will definitely visit again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Eggs Bacon and Toast
Excellent service and food. Nice that they had the lunch menu available at dinner time. Great views over the bay to go with it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Pulled Pork
Restaurantji Recommends
Beautiful lakeside restaurant with great food and great service! The owners treated us like family! Definitely will comeback again in October when we return to the area!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious food! The owner is very friendly and personable. Would definitely recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Been coming to Harbor for years. Hosanna and the crew are amazing. Best venue on Flathead Lake!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The Goat Cheese Pear Salad with the Raspberry Vinaigrette was delectable. Highly recommend grabbing a bite here! Portions are large and service friendly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Grilled Salmon, Goat Cheese Pear Salad
This place gets overshadowed a bit by Wilson’s and the Old Post Office. It’s less busy when you need a quick bite, and it has many good options. I liked my lake perch basket except that I could have used at least a couple more pieces for that price. You can get a nice view of the bay; too bad the windows in that seating area don’t open! I’d give this a 4.5 if I could.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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