*Shudder* - The food was terrible. I believe my meat was tainted. My wife's salad was little more than lettuce and an egg. All for $35. Not ok. The service was good. The view was excellent. So if you're going out for a beer, it would be a great place. If you want something to eat, stop somewhere before.

This place was seriously disappointing. I see a ton of great reviews and I'm envious of those experiences. But mine was terrible and I can only go off of what I know. The food: cheap tasting, way over-priced. It costs $6 or $7 to add five tiny shrimp to a salad, just to give you an idea. I had a sandwich which I couldn't even eat half of because the peppers tasted rotten. The service: What service? The hostess pointed in the general direction of our table and left it up to us to decide where we were supposed to be going. We had to flag down out waitress for drinks because she refused to stop. The big catch for me: When it was time to pay, we were told we couldn't split the check "because there were five of us." (It should be noted that one was a child...) This wouldn't be a huge deal if we were told ahead of time. But we weren't. Nobody carries that much cash, it made paying the bill a struggle and this is the most ridiculous policy I've ever heard. THEN- when the bill finally came, our waitress had gone ahead and added in 20% gratuity. Absolutely ridiculous. Like I said, this was very disappointing and I will not be returning. Also, I checked out their facebook page- whoever runs it gets on peoples' reviews there and accuses them of working for their competitors. I have absolutely no affiliation with anything Southport or any sort of restaurant whatsoever, just in case they try throwing that card out there.

We really enjoyed this place. A fantastic location on the waterfront in the Southport Yacht basin. Very colorful inside. Views of the water from the entire dining area. Our server gave us excellent service. We enjoyed their crab sandwich and it was honestly the best crabmeat sandwich I've ever eaten. So full of meat. So may crabmeat sandwiches from other locations fill it with breading. Not here. I've only eaten here once and this is the only item from the menu I have experienced. **Here is why 4 stars and not 5. On the menu it says an up-charge if you split your plate. That is just not what I recommend. I think that statement should be removed from the menu. We actually split our lunch and the waitress did not charge an up-charge. If they had, I would have left before ordering because I'm an ornery kind of guy sometimes. Go enjoy this restaurant. We will be going back.

7 of us went for lunch on a Saturday afternoon. Short wait to be seated... waitress was friendly. One person in our group ordered a Stromboli, it was almost completely empty inside. We showed it to the server and he told us that they make their own dough and they fill up with air... and pointed out a piece of pepperoni and a piece of sausage.. NO EXAGGERATION.. and walked away. Someone else came over and looked at it and said that is how an authentic Italian stromboli is made and if we wanted a soggy one to go down the street! After the rest of us were almost finished our meal we were asked if we wanted to change it for something else. We order shrimp alamafi ... then the owner Jill came out with a huge attitude and said "so i heard you dont like our stromboli" then took it back saying if you eat it then you cant change it for something else (we had already been there about an hour) everyone was about done. Seems she then was discussing it with some other patrons next to us. My cousin tried to politely talk to her about the way this was being handled and Jill said "so, do i have to pay you for this therapy session?" it was ridiculous... the rest of the food was fine... we had salad, hamburgers and pizza... not great, but fine... Bill came to over $100 plus they added 20% gratuity . I would never eat there again.. and i would not recommend it to anyone else.

Excellent food and location. The service is excellent and the view is excellent. I had the Zuppe De Pesce and it was choked full of delicious seafood. Definitely one of the better waterfront eateries.