Harbour Restaurant

Standard pub grub, trip advisor had over 200 excellent reviews which makes me feel trip advisor users do not have a clue!
I had chowder which was fine but nowhere near fresh fish, profiteroles were ordered and came out less than 2 minutes later, think they were straight from the packet.
Meal would have been grand if not priced at normal restaurant prices. The name is misleading, this is not a quality fish restaurant. Waitresses very nice but lack experience.
In fairness we did have a bit of craic laughing at how poor it was.

This place was weird. We wandered in on a Saturday night and it was packed, so put our name in and were given an old-​fashioned tear-​off ticket, then told to go to the other end of the building and wait at the bar for our number to be called. Sure, that makes sense. .. ?
The bar was too crowded to even enter, so we hung around outside for awhile before realizing we hadn’t heard anyone else called, then ventured upstairs to another HUGE bar which was also packed. There was a band playing, and as the song ended a server announced over the PA system a few tables for a different restaurant. Whaaaaat?! Finally we figured out that all the restaurants in the building were related, and this bar existed as a holding place for people waiting for a table at one of them. Bizarre.
Finally, our name was called and we went back to the pizza place for a table. Except, after all that, we didn’t even get table service; we were supposed to order at the bar. (Again, makes perfect sense!) The pizzas were inexpensive, so we assumed they were personal sized, and there was no server to ask, so we ordered two, plus a salad. In fact, they were enormous; we couldn’t finish either one.
Four paragraphs in, I’m finally getting to the food! The pizza crust was excellent, thin and blistered from what I’m guessing is a brick /​stone oven. The sauce was also good, though a little sweet for my taste. The cheese was a little too bland, and like most things in Ireland it needed salt, badly. Salt on pizza?! Believe it. It was also a little on the greasy side, and arrived uncut, so we had to saw through it ourselves trying not to make a huge mess (it was so hot the slices collapsed and needed to be eaten with forks.) The biggest disappointment was the pepperoni, which was basically a sliced-​up hot dog. Gross. The margherita was much better. The salad was also forgettable: badly bruised arugula, bleu cheese and a drizzle of overly sweet balsamic vinegar, jammed into a tiny bowl from which it was difficult to eat.
Getting the check was difficult — in fact, that word, difficult, basically summarizes our whole dining experience. Portrush is a charming town. Find somewhere else to eat.

Yummy!!! I had the warm chicken and Bacon Caesar salad (it’s not your typical Caeser dressing) the best part of dinner was dessert. I had the baily’s ice cream and coffee. Loved it. One thing to beware of is they won’t let you pay separately.

Appetizers:
–Bruscetta: 3.5÷5 (it was some cheesy fried version, but was good. Not fresh, so only 3.5)
–Deep fried mushrooms: ⁴⁄₅ (deep fried so inherently good, the mayo sauce that came with it was the highlight.)
Pizzas:
–Peperoni: 0.5÷5 (that was nothing even remotely similar to Peperoni. Tasted more like bologna than anything else. Total let down and total bummer.)
–Quattro formaggi: ⁴⁄₅ (great and Very cheesy, albeit super duper greasy. Still, would order again.)

Good solid food. Lots of varities
of mussels quaint ambiance