Overboards

Reviews about Overboards

• 1 / 5

  By Linda Earley
  Food is good but be prepared to wait..service is extremely slow!
  April 20, 2017
• 1 / 5

  By Tifani Kirchem
  Unexpected disappointment
  We chose this restaurant based off a high rating and reviews through yelp. However, neglected to pay attention to how old the reviews were.
  
  You'll think I made this series of unfortunate food mishaps up, but I assure you I didn't.
  
  We were the first guests seated when they opened at 4pm on a Sunday. 2 kids and 2 adults.
  We were first caught off guard by the pricey menu.
  We chose to order 2 bowls of clam chowder, coconut prawns appetizer, mozzarella appetizer, kids linguine with million dollar meatball, and kids chicken strips.
  
  You'll see pictures of the menu with our review. The kids menu was interesting (hard to decipher). It's cute that the owner allowed his child to write them out. BUT the food options were all ran together so it took a few times of reading it to determine the different options. One thing we didn't take a picture of was the front of the regular food menu. The fancy folders were previously from another place of business and Overboard placed a printed sticker over the top of the precious logo. A bit tacky. But whatever.
  
  While waiting on food we were served a mini loaf of bread with butter. It was good. The kids ate their apple sauce (came as their side, but before their meal). When our clam chowder came out we were surprised to see it was a Manhattan Clam Chowder (tomato base, not white cream). This was not stated on the menu and we neglected to ask, our bad. The chowder looked like a vegetable soup. Went to take one bite and it was cold, like out of the fridge cold. The waitress apologized and took it away.
  
  The prawns come out and they are a deep, dark, fried brown (clearly over cooked). Tried them anyways. The sauce they're served with the prawns was delicious. I think the shrimp would have been great if it hadn't been fried into a rubber state.
  
  A second mini loaf of bread was offered while we waited for food. It still tasted good but this one had a cold spot in the very middle of each slice. As if the bread were warmed from frozen.
  
  The Mozzarella appetizer had great flavor. The disappointment here is that it was served barley warm. The cheese was not melted at all.
  
  The linguine with million dollar meatball was an epic fail. The large meatball was cold in the center. The red sauce tasted like it was a Vodka sauce or fermented (neither of which should be on a child's plate!)
  
  The kids chicken was served with one of the pieces clearly cut in half. We assume this was to check to make sure the chicken was done. It was in fact done. Like the shrimp, it was so done it was rubberized. The taste? Horrid. We did not allow our child to eat it. The kids did however share the french fries.
  
  Luckily for us the waitress was able to get the meal comped, since we didn't really eat it anyways.
  
  I will add that there was another couple eating at the same time as us. They noted that the restaurant was usually very good and they've been going there over the last 5 years. Maybe this was a fluke?! Not sure. It was so bad that we will not be giving it another try.
  
  February 03, 2017