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| - Everything about PORT has gone downhill. Aside from the view itself from the patio and the friendly servers, there isn't much to praise about this restaurant.
Last Saturday, my boyfriend reserved a table of 10 for us to celebrate my 28th birthday and we were all pretty disappointed with the overall service and quality of food and wish we had chosen somewhere else to eat.
Let's start with the good. Our server was fairly attentive and came around to check on us a few times and ensure we had our drinks etc. I wouldn't blame her for any of the issues in the kitchen since she obviously wasn't the one doing the cooking. The view itself is nice since the restaurant overlooks the water.
Onto the bad. With the menu being so small, you would think that everything on there would be really good. Not really the case. For appetizers, we ordered the spicy pickles, calamari, mussels, and 30 oysters (east coast and west coast) for the table. The calamari portion was quite small so I didn't actually try it and can't comment on that. The spicy pickles definitely had a kick and if you love pickles, then I'm sure you would be a fan. The muscles could have been WAY better. I feel like I've had better at chain restaurants. As for the oysters, we were so disappointed. Seeing as how we were a table of 10, it would have made sense to split the whole order in two across the table instead of having them all jammed onto one platter. The juices came out of the shells and having to pass the platter across the entire table, along with all the sauces that went with them was chaotic. I would never order them again if that's the way they are served.
I tried the strawberry smash and it was good. I had 2 in total.
For entrees - I ordered the salmon, as well as a side of the mac and cheese to share with my boyfriend. Both the salmon and mac and cheese were good. I did enjoy my meal. My boyfriend ordered the bacon wrapped filet mignon, which was not cooked to his liking and when our server came around to check on him, he did tell her. She did offer to have another one prepared but at that point, everyone had already received their meals and he didn't want to wait another 15 minutes for the other one. Our server did end up removing that entrée from the bill, which was nice of her.
Other people in my party ordered the pasta, which they commented was "just ok" and about 4 others ordered the cheeseburger. It was really weird to all of us that at a restaurant like that, the most popular thing on the menu was the cheeseburger but anyway, that meal came with fries.
It did take quite a while to get our food. At one point, our server did approach us to let us know our order would be up next. They need to liven up that restaurant. Put some music on!
Overall, dinner at PORT just didn't live up to expectations and multiple people in my party made that known to me as well. Our bill with my drinks, my boyfriends drinks, all the apps for the table, my entrée (not including my boyfriends since they removed it), was about $300 with tax/tip and I would assume the entire table easily would have been over $7-800.
It would have been nice if a manager or chef came over to check on the table considering we were a large party but I guess that's not a normal thing for them to do.
If you're looking for a good restaurant in the Durham area, I would head to Harvest, Chatterpauls, A Tavola Bistro or even the Keg. At all of these places, you'll be guaranteed a great meal, great service and feel satisfied when you walk out!
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