The Galley Grille — Restaurant in Westport

Reading some of the reviews and I can't help think that some of these folks ate at a different place than we did! The restaurant is in a large building, but it is actually quite small (most of the space is a catering/event hall?). We entered the establishment with high hopes but were immediately assaulted with the stench of...sewage? Overflowing toilets? The women's restroom is right next to the front door and that is where the odor seemed to be emanating from? Let me tell you, it STANK to high heaven. We walked over from our nearby hotel and if we had a car, and another option, we would have turned around and walked right out. Ooof!! We hoped to be seated far from the offending source and were sort of blocked from the most overpowering of it, but still, it lingered throughout the room. We were served quickly (thank heavens!) and drinks and our onion rings soon followed. The rings were crispy, though greasier than I would have liked. We ordered 2 items off of the kids menu, and my husband got the Chicken Parmesan Sandwich, while I got a Margherita Flatbread. Hubby enjoyed his meal and said the chicken was cooked really well. My flatbread pizza was not was I was expecting as it wasn't really flat. Thicker than a thin crust pizza, it looked like it was Naan bread, which had been soaked through with olive oil. The interior was gummy and oily, though the cheese and balsamic on top were ok. The thing that annoyed me, besides the sickening smell, was that the two kids meals we ordered were just pasta with butter, and they were $10 bucks each!!!! Are you kidding me?!? For probably 50cents worth of pasta and some butter? Ten bucks. I have never seen a kids menu that pricey before! To top it off, and provided another impetus to hurry on our way, was the live music. Holy smokes lol. Two old gents who look like they just got off of a day on a fishing boat, and sounded about the same. Two acoustic guitars with amplifiers, in this tiny space, made sure that EVERYONE would hear each...uhm...song? Every single song sounded like the one before. The only way we could tell what cover song they were playing was to listen to the lyrics and try to identify it, which, in hindsight, was probably a good thing since it gave us a game to play (basically name that tune but without the tune, just the words lol) and distracted us from the stench of the place. Maybe they are friends with the owner or something, but, god bless 'em, they were bad lol. All in all, I can NOT recommend this place and if I am ever in the area again, would rather go to McDonald's to eat (as...

The food was good, but the experience was lacking..... and a little expensive.

I was staying at the Hampton Inn just down the street so this seemed like a nice walk to get some seafood. The local guy I was working with bragged about how good it was when he dropped me at the hotel.

There is nothing that pisses me off more than walking into a restaurant and getting ignored. The sign said please wait to be seated. So i did, and eventually the bar tender looked over and said ho ahead and sit where you want.

So I did. The first thing that I noticed while being ignored was an unpleasant smell that reminded me of sewage. Not enough to leave, but enough to annoy me. I've been to many older buildings that have older plumbing, and have that smell, so i chalked it off to that.

What i didn't know was that they had a separate dinning room, which I would have known about if the hostess was actually seating people. I thought that the slightly smelly bar was the restaurant.

I eventually got a waitress who told me about the specials for Thursday which sounded good. Lobstah Rolls and sides. The only problem was i was there on a Wednesday. ..... My menu was missing a few pages, which was replaced when the waitress told me that the sides were listed in the back of the menu.....where? Lol

I settled on the Baked Cod. Which was very tasty. It had a butter crumb toping on it, and was seasoned nicely. I appreciated that it was not served in a casserole dish swimming in butter. I ordered the vegetable and coleslaw. I received mashed potatoes instead of the slaw, which just seemed par for the course this evening. The waitress did give me the coleslaw when I informed her.

I just never seemed to connect with my server. There was an awkwardness between us. I know, who gives5 a rat's rectum right? I was there to eat not find a wife, have one of those. It just added to the less than spectacular experience that I encountered.

I would try it again.

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Went here by default because there was not a lot to choose from near our hotel. Had to wait about an hour on a Friday, so I had high hopes that was indicative of this being a popular place and that the food/dining experience would be memorable. Waiting wasn't too bad because we could enjoy listening to the live music from the hallway. Our waitress seemed to have an attitude from the moment we were seated. Not sure what that was about. The menu is limited but we were a table of 6 and hungry from traveling so not too picky. The food was decent/average but underwhelming (and overpriced for the quality). Mashed potatoes were very dry/crumbly and my chicken sandwich which was advertised with a garlic parmesan sauce that swayed my decision, came to the table with thousand island dressing without explanation (I'm not so crazy about 1000 island). Two dinners were supposed to come with cole slaw but it was MIA when delivered. We inquired and two small dishes were later plunked on the table for us to sort out without any apology. Service was adequate borderline unfriendly. Waitstaff repeatedly reached across seated, conversing diners to place things on (or remove them from) the table or expected diners to "pass this down". I know businesses are recovering from the pandemic, so I tried to be generous...