Jones Landing — Restaurant in Portland

Inimitable charm, top tier food & beverage, enthusiastic team.

Jones Landing sticks out as a shining example of the hospitality & magic of Peak’s Island, while striding beside the best restaurants & watering holes that so innumerably dot Portland.

Quaint & cool island vibes set the stage for a lovely experience at Jone’s, wether dining or simply stopping for a pint and a game of pool. The atmosphere is immaculate; seamlessly blending fun times and phenomenal food in a stylish and natural manner.

A menu that is notably short provides everything it needs to and more regardless of it’s brevity; balanced cocktails are deliberately crafted by a competent and knowledgeable bar staff, whilst well-portioned and flavorful dishes emerge quickly from an inspired and meticulous kitchen, curated with love and immense skill by a dedicated & charismatic head chef savant.

Jone’s program is flawlessly executed on the front side by a friendly and efficient collection of passionate industry professionals, and the clientele include friendly, fun-loving yet stoic and respectful locals.

Experiencing Peaks Island and Jone’s Landing for the first time with six other young men on a bachelor party excursion, we were welcomed with the most open of arms on more than one excruciatingly enjoyable occasion. To be so delighted and included as a group of strangers speaks not only to an excellence of hospitality & craft but to the peaceful and inclusive mindset of an island community that is so very well represented by this absolute gem of an establishment.

Frothing to return. Do yourself a tremendous favor and make it a point visit. Could not...

We were looking forward to visiting with old friends at Jones Landing after a nice tour of Peaks Island. We arrived at about 1:50 PM and were taking a couple of pictures on the lawn and entryway by the street. They were setting up for what they called "Reggae Fest". As we were heading up the walk, a young man with a cash drawer was walking down from the restaurant and advised us that there was a $20 pp cover starting at 2:00PM. We said great because it was only 1:58 so we got lucky (see time stamp on picture). He said, no, that they were charging the cover as of now. We told him that we were only there for a short time as we were likely taking the next ferry back to Portland. He said that unfortunately he could not make an exception... so we left. Never to return again.

Don't get the wrong impression. We are not cheap... we had a nice lunch earlier at the Inn at Peaks Island and spent $280 for four. We don't mind paying for something that is due but we will not stand for this sort of senseless money grab. We should thank them I suppose because we ended up walking up the street to the Island Lobster Company restaurant and had...

While the food and drinks were fine, our service was ridiculous. For an arrival at 1:30 PM, it had mostly died down from the lunch rush with few arrivals and most tables leaving while we were there. We were sat quickly but waited over 10 minutes to be spoken to, with no acknowledgment of our wait. We ordered a single round of drinks and an appetizer to share, and glad we didn’t get much further. We were one of the 5 (maximum) tables our server had to manage at any given time, one of which leaving while we were there, so I struggle to consider being “very busy” as a justification for the service. We had someone else bring the appetizer and quickly leave, and while we had intended to order additional drinks, never could flag him down to reorder. Once we asked for the tab, our server proceeded to do random work like refill water pitchers before closing out our bill. After gathering our payment method, he continued to do other things while we waited for our credit card back. He even lost our card, attempting to return it and realizing he had not yet ran it or something.

Recommend the food, don’t recommend the...