Harry's Downtown — Restaurant in Fredericksburg

We have lived here since 2003 and normally avoid downtown like the plague. Limed parking, marginal over priced restaurant fare, along with the fact that Fredericksburg is drinking town with a history problem keeps us away. We were in town and opted to do lunch at Harry's due to a few of the reviews here.

Very clean and wait staff attentive. Menu has a bit of everything. Appetizer order of the Ruben bites was not very good. They had a light pastry type wrap that was fried and contained some type of sweet taste. The double cheeseburger special was very good and had a charbroil taste. Fries were limp. I got an order of the sweet & spicy wings to try and they were very tough along with the coating tasting like traditional wing sauce. The non traditional shrimp and grits the wife ordered contained numerous items and a weird Marchand de Vin: Red Wine Reduction Sauce not found on traditional SC low country S&Gs. The addition of green pepper strips and andouille sausage just added to the less than original desired taste. Stick with the stone ground grits, bacon, shallots, and tomato paste to make the real thing. It will probably be another 20 years till we venture downtown for a meal.

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We first visited Harris Ale House over five years ago and had such a disappointing experience that we chose not to return. This evening, we intended to dine at Sedona Taphouse; however, their patio was closed, and we had our dogs with us. Consequently, we decided to give Harris Ale House another chance, but unfortunately, we were let down once again.

While the beer selection is extensive, we found that many options were unavailable. We ordered fish and chips, requesting a substitution of onion rings for fries, as well as a beet salad with chicken. Upon receiving our food, we immediately noticed that the dish came with fries instead of the requested onion rings. We informed our server, who took the entire plate back. As a result, I was left with my salad, which was missing the sweet potato croutons, while my husband had no meal. When his dish finally returned, the fish was cold and soggy, as were the onion rings.

I requested the croutons for my salad, but by the time they arrived, I was already more than halfway through my meal. The "croutons" turned out to be mushy chunks of sweet potato that had clearly been microwaved, bearing no resemblance to traditional croutons.

If you are considering adding meat to your salad, I would advise against it. I added chicken to mine and received only about half of a chicken breast for an additional $6.

My salad consisted of lettuce, strips of canned beets (not pickled, just plain), less than a tablespoon of bleu cheese, a teaspoon of pumpkin seeds, a generous portion of pickled red onions, and approximately half of a chicken breast—all for $20. I have had far superior salads at Panera Bread.

In summary, we regret spending our money on such unsatisfactory meals. It appears that the quality has not improved since our...

My wife and I went to Harry's ale house (downtown )yesterday for lunch and I just felt the need to say how good the food was. We've got a 5 and a 2 yr old and we had grandparent coverage for an hourish so we decided to go out to eat for the first time in six months. I've been to both locations, probably two dozen times, and gotten the burger of the week 80% of the time, almost always unique and almost always great, but yesterday I tried the Big Shrimp sandwich and it just solidified how everything I try there is good. The huge perfectly breaded shrimp were just falling off the bun because there were too many to fit (if that sounds like a problem, it wasn't). The bun was perfectly toasted. We got the crab dip too, one of our favorites.

Anyway, I'm not trying to sound like a corny commercial or anything, but when you have so little time to go out and so few opportunities it can feel amazing to have it go perfectly, so thanks to Harry's! If you haven't

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