Hawthorne By-The-Sea

Reviews about Hawthorne By-The-Sea

• 1 / 5

  By Kristen Hollingsworth
  I took my family here for a celebratory dinner this evening because we just sold our house. We decided to go to this particular restaurant because we knew that it wouldn't be crowded like others in the area on a Tuesday evening and we have two children ages 3 and 11 months. Let it be known that my kids are very well behaved and were not bothering any of the other 3 parties in the restaurant. After we finished dinner, which was average at best, my son and his Nana were sitting at the window at the table next to ours looking at the boats and people fishing (again, no parties at any tables remotely close to us).. after a few minutes the host came and seated a party of two AT THAT TABLE. It was the most bizarre thing I have ever experienced. The new party of two was clearly uncomfortable, it was extremely rude and unprofessional and I immediately regretted the $260 dinner I just bought for my family. As a business owner myself, I was extremely disappointed in the host who thought that it was appropriate to be so outwardly rude to their guests. Needless to say, They can count on one more empty table because I will never be going back, especially with all of the excellent, service driven, better restaurants in the area. I will give credit to our waitress, she was great but unfortunately our experience was ruined.
  April 11, 2017
• 4 / 5

  By Mike Thompson
  Clam chowder, mussels and calamari are all excellent. It's not a cheap restaurant though so prepare to spend some dough. Nice view outside too.
  January 31, 2017
• 1 / 5

  By Holly Berney
  Went to here for a celebratory dinner. There were over 70 people at this event. The restaurant was empty except for 2 tables and our very large party. They did not have enough seats so a group of us sat at a table behind the reserved area. We were rudely told to move - that the area that we were sitting was not reserved for our group. Now mind you that we were 5 feet from the reserved area and there were not enough seats The blue water glasses were dusty, there were bugs in the table. Wine and beer were provided by the group. After dinner a person asked for another glass of wine and was was told NO The Bar is closed. The food was marginal and I am confident that our family over paid for a substandard meal and dining experience On a positive note the servers were very nice.
  July 23, 2016