Gatehouse — Restaurant in Philadelphia

Nice little escape from the city - right in the Navy Yard!

I found the place easily accessible and really appreciated that they have parking right on site.

Since we came after the Navy Yard had closed, we drove up to the guard at the entrance and he waived us through after explaining that we had dinner plans at this location.

Upon entering, you can tell the space is lively, with patrons sitting at the outdoor area taking in the ambiance of a summer night.

This sister site of the CC location has a more laid back atmosphere. There's incandescent lighting outside, and inside there's a full bar that greets you and plenty of high top seating with TV screens along the perimeter.

The host that met us was very nice and let us know to self seat ourselves (there was plenty of seating inside), and she sent a waiter our way to get our drink orders.

The menu looked to be inspired but nothing too crazy. We ordered the nachos, cauliflower, ricotta and jam bruschetta, and grilled avocados. We ordered off the small plates menu and just family styled the whole meal with our party of 3.

The food was tasty, with everyone agreeing the ricotta dish to be the standout. The cauliflower was cooked well enough but I was hoping for a little more flavor to shine through. I enjoyed the avocados - they were grilled so the char on them injected a new taste profile that I usually don't have when eating an avocado.

The service was quick and the waiter was great with filling and refilling our drinks.

Overall a pleasant experience and happy with their multitude of veggie friendly options. I can see this place to be a good happy hour spot or where to chill during game days (especially given the proximity to the sports...

Awe Staff went there with a friend and my service animal after our flight was rescheduled by United. Every one was friendly and had a dog water dish for her and poured her a drink from a chilled glass! Needless to say I am Impresssed I have never seen a business that outright pet friendly. The food may not have been the cheapest but it was worth every penny. We got the fried Brussels with whipped feta, it had a wonderful friend food flavor we all love with a slightly nutty and lemon pizzaz to the flavor that when polymorphed with the whipped feta was a perfect start to out meal. We had Thierry "Frose" drink and Pina Colada both were perfectly blended and mixed bit if Either one of us were a multiple drink person we both would have to choose to go with the "Frose" for best flavor and most enjoyable on a hot and humid day. My Friend had the Salmon with Spinach and Tomatoes and I ordered the brazed pork shoulder. We both split them and starting in order the Salmon was the perfect blend of moist and flaky and the bed of sauce it was on was a beautiful 😍! Now my favorite of all of the dishes was the Brased Pork shoulder Aye Dios Mio! I touched it with my fork and it just never seen meet that tender and flavorful. With or without the based sauce on top was amazing. And the sauce bed for this dish was again perfectly wonderful and all that could be asked for but I will be honest totally unessisary as I felt it neither was equally good with or without it and think I would have preferred the dish without it and more pork lol but this is a preference things, I love...

Should be zero stars!

We arrived a few minutes late for our reservation due to an issue with the gate at the parking garage of the hotel...

We were sat quickly and ordered our meal and drinks at the same time.

Our plan was to have dinner and head to a concert that was within walking distance.

Our drinks were delivered quickly. But 45 minutes later we decided we could not wait any longer for food. Our waiter was busy and another waiter offered to check the status. When he came back and advised that the food was still not ready I paid for our drinks and we departed.

As we headed down the stairwell our original waiter ran after us! He accused us of not paying for our drinks. I explained that was not the situation, and we had paid the previous waiter. He continued to insist we hadn't paid. The waiter we paid came running over and confirmed. At this point I was very upset. I demanded a refund due to him embarrassing me in front of the full staff, and other patrons of this business.

This waiter did not check in on us once after the dropping off the drinks. I was impressed by the second waiter who understood the frustration of the situation.

Finally on our way out of the restaurant the manager/owner approached us. She asked of ours situation. And she took time to assure us that this was handled inappropriately and that we would not be charged for the drinks.

What a waste of a great view and my time!

Hope they get better staff! The food smelled great and the...