Whale's Tail — Restaurant in Alaska

If I could get this place, zero stars, I would. Though the atmosphere is beautiful, the staff was friendly, and the saxophone player was outstanding. I will not be returning. All the talk. I heard about this place was completely wrong. I was told by many people it was a great place to lounge and drink wine, with a wine stations that are utilized by a card., but this is not the case anymore. When asked about the change, we were advised that the Whales Tail is trying to turn into a steakhouse. When I asked why they would do this we were advised that they wanted to open up their clientele to more than just 21 and up. I told the waiter to look around the room… Not one person on a busy Friday night was below 21. If this is the case, and they want to continue to become just another restaurant, then I will not be spending any more time here. It’s bad enough that Anchorage does not have enough fancy places. It’s even worse that there’s almost no places where adults can just lounge and enjoy the evening . The last thing I want to do is have a drink while little kids are screaming. I can get that at Chili’s. Thanks for nothing...

The annual Pirate Pub Crawl brings thousands o’ scallywags to the bars o’ downtown for a night of high-seas revelry. This year, Whale’s Tail chose to hoist their flag on the official crawl map, boldly advertising that their galley would be open ‘til 10pm.

After hours of rum and revelry, my weary crew charted a course for Whale’s Tail in desperate need of nourishment. Yet when we arrived at 9:40, we were told the galley was already shut tight. No grub. No explanation. Just a cold shoulder.

This be more than a mere disappointment—it be false advertising, and false advertising on a night when thousands of drunk and hungry buccaneers wander the streets is downright dangerous. When a tavern promises safe harbor and hot food, they ought not slam the hatch before the hour they proclaimed.

Whale’s Tail, ye lured sailors with the promise of supper, then left ‘em to founder. Shame on ye. A pirate knows better than to trust a siren’s song—but I never thought a bar...

My wife and I ordered the Sharing Snow Crab appetiser. When it arrived it came our entrees arrived at the same time. We said to our waiter that we didn’t think it was good but he said that was just what the kitchen had done. The Snow Crab was DELICIOUS, but by the time we had got all the goodness out of the shells, our entrees were nearly cold. When the bill came we had not been charged for the sharing appetiser but for the main course which was nearly twice the price. They gave us a credit for my wife’s entree but we didn’t think that was fair. As we left disappointed, we then realised that we had been charged $36 for our bottle of wine when in fact it was $29 on the wine list. Altogether a disappointing end to what had been a very good stay at...