Harbor Table — Restaurant in Washburn

Worth a second chance if you've been disappointed before!!!!! I had to update my review! You can see my old review below. I left it in place because I was so impressed with how far this place has come. It went from the most disappointing and overpriced meal I've had in the area...TO THE BEST! I had the pecan crusted chicken and it was to die for. It's quite a bold move to put a dish like that on a menu. During a rush it's hard to maintain standards on a dish that is difficult to do in a fast paced kitchen. It came with potato cakes...and again...they were outstanding. They were moist yet crispy and delicate (a challenge to make from scratch). I am going to guess that this dish is the masterpiece of a talented chef. To finish it off...the broccoli was delightfully poached and seasoned to perfection. Simple yet delightful.

My wife got the blue cheese ribeye and it too was amazing!

I can say one thing...deep water grilled was our main restaurant in the area. After a lackluster experience there...we thought we would give these guys another try...and now we have a new restaurant to frequent. I'm eager to try their other entrees but it's going to be hard to not order that chicken again! Bravo ownership and management for making such a radical change!

Old review-Feb 14th 2024-The best thing at Harbor table is raw vegetables. I don't know where to begin. The buffalo chicken dip either had no chicken or it was purred into a meat paste. Either way, the app was a bit of foreshadowing for the main course. The small side salad was good and was the highlight of the lackluster experience. My wife and i got shrimp scampi and sirloin for our main course. The shrimp scampi was clearly their broiled shrimp lazily thrown in a luke warm bath of clarified butter. The steak was a laugh. You can give these guys a preferred temp but it's clearly a joke. I asked for medium rare and my wife ordered medium but we both got a dried out, washed up medium well steak. I can give their whipped potatoes o.k. marks but they weren't worth eating the calories... and to top off this disappointment of a dinner, their steamed, pale asparagus was laid in a limp sad state begging for salt. This was our first visit and it will obviously be our last. For $100 you would hope to enjoy something other than the raw vegetables! The chef and kitchen are pretty sad. They were consistently horrible so I can't chalk it up to a bad night. This food might pass to drunk wedding guests as you serve them out of humid hotel pans but it doesn't belong on a menu. I felt sorry for the serving staff who have to peddle this disappointing meal day in...

My wife and I ate there last night for our anniversary. We traveled 4 hrs for a weekend getaway. When we arrived, there were about 4 waitresses standing at the bay and one asked us if we’d like to eat at the dining area ( I counted about 3 tables of customers)or the bar area (maybe 12 patrons total)we chose the bar. We chose a table off the bar with no help from said waitress. We sat for a few minutes, looked around then I helped ourselves to some menus that were situated on the wall near our table. A waitress came immediately snatched the menus away and gave us identical ones which was pretty rude. The bartender then showed up and was very nice. We ordered our drinks then our meals after receiving our drinks. We waited 40 or so minutes for our food. When it arrived it looked great but we received our appetizers with our food (wings and side salad) My wife ordered a $40 steak that was rare when asked for med well and my walleye was average but for the price ($27)I’d expect better. We were checked on once in about an hours time and never received our waters we asked for initially. Our cocktails sat empty for 20 minutes before we were finished with our meals. We would have ordered at least another round to celebrate. We sat there another 15 minutes awaiting the bill while we watched our bartender stare at his phone in a now virtually empty room. We had to go to the bar and interrupt him so we could finally go. My wife could only eat half her steak and the service was...

The Harbor Table nailed it for us tonight. The drinks with the smoky old fashioned was a fun experience. But just a great location to have this bar back on the Marina. Tuna was perfect, well presented but classic flavors really hit the mark. Clam chowder was super hot and perfect, again classic. Prime rib was an excellent cut served precisely and expected and not to be redundant to classic. The pop over is something historic and dear to me and it also was just spot on and correct but cold, oh what I would do for hot pop overs! I'll come it whatever time you make em just for that if they are hot! And I need a dollop of butter to shake inside them, we are talking memories from when i was 5 from Bobbies in The Park White Bear Lake.... But seriously perfect pub food...