Harrison’s Harbor Watch Restaurant

Excellent we sat at the Oyster /​Raw Bar service was great and the food was amazing as were the views from this restaurant. We loved the steamed shrimp and oysters and the oyster stew is to die for. YUM

We go to this restauraunt every time we visit OC. Always enjoy the awesome view and nice atmosphere! Our server was efficient and attentive. The food was delicious and we had plenty to eat. My dad especially loves their raw bar!

Let me start by saying if fresh seafood is what your after you’ve come to the right place.
Out waitress Brooke was really nice she handed out her own personal pens so our 2 girls could occupy themselves while waiting. Brooke was also super attentive we never had to ask for refills on drinks. She was calm and very polite which goes along way when I dine out.
Now to the food. We ordered several apps which were all excellent. Steamed clams with drawn butter (I could have ate 50 of those) super tender, crab dip was so light and fluffy but loaded with lump and the clams casino was also outstanding.
Our main dishes all came out at the same time ! Awesome!!! They brought the kids meal’s first which is also great (in my opinion) .
I had the grilled yellow fin tuna topped with 2 jumbo shrimp and a creamy tomato and lobster sauce. The tuna was cooked perfectly and theistic was amazing. My wife and brother in law had the stuffed jumbo shrimp. Needless to say I didn’t get to try those, they were devoured real quick.
Now the kids meals: both were great .We ordered our 2 year old penne pasta and my oldest had the lobster ravioli. Both looked awesome. My daughter said the ravioli was «best ever «.
All in all this restaurant has everything from a great view to fantastic food. Do yourself a favor and go!

My sister loves there Margaritas, as they are homemade, no mix. I personally like the signature drink, Rhinestone lagoon, yum! Food is pretty good, but all you can eat veggies, not so good. I would recommend for crab cakes!

Okay because there is nothing else in the area.
OVERVIEW
We wanted something away from noise of the boardwalk but still on the boardwalk (because we’re boojie like that) so we decided to stop by Harrison’s Harbor Watch.
We started off with a hostess who seemed very annoyed that we interrupted her afternoon reading. As a bookworm, I can appreciate this since interruptions to my suspension of reality is often not preferred either; but as a former server, I can’t appreciate the sour mood and poor attitude as she expressed her irritation to her customers (and very polite ones, I might add).
FOOD
The food was okay. If we rated the place on food itself, it’d be a mediocre or average 3. Their entrees brag unlimited side dishes, but unless you’ve got all day, having just ONE of your side dishes come out within an hour of ordering (on a not busy day) would be a blessing.
The blended drinks are ATROCIOUS. This is coming from someone whose favourite drinks are Tangerine and Goose with a spritz of Ginger Ale. i.e., I love me a strong drink, but these aren’t strong drinks. These were just nasty. The rating for the blended drinks is a –1. However, my Bahama Mama (hey — ya gotta go beachy when you’re by the waves) was decent.
SERVICE
Our server tried her best to be perky, but was so busy running away each time we asked for something that she would make three or four runs for what could’ve been a single order. Thereby, inefficient. And by being inefficient, her perky attitude quickly gave way to frustration and despite it being a quiet mid-​Sunday afternoon and having multiple busboys and runners, she was severely overwhelmed.
Food came out cold, which meant it had probably been sitting for awhile (unless kitchen cooks with dry ice in the back) and folks who came in much later than us got their food much earlier.
ATMOSPHERE
Great view of the ocean if you nab a seat near their panoramic windows.
The only reason I didn’t give it one-​star was because I save my one-​stars for some really atrocious sh*t and the view makes up for some of this.

Great service on the large group that we were. Beautiful view of the boats. Food was good. The crab dip and pretzel sticks were heavenly. I ordered the crab cakes which I really enjoyed, the mash potatoes not so much. My husband and I shared a delicious cheesecake.

awsome place I think her name is Catherine but anyway she was the bartender at the time she was Awsome she didn’t rush at all was VERY welcoming, we didn’t feel singled out Bc he were in a nice place young and black. She was amazing! If I could take her with me I would. it was my birthday and she made sure we had an Awsome time. We will deff be coming back when we visit!
We had crab cake sandwich (could have been better) shrimp (AMAZING) and crabs. Along with the house bread and blue berry muffins (AMAZING) lol

Oyster Stew is awesome and made to order — almost as great as our bartender Nick — an OC tradition — make it a stop on your next visit!

Wonderful view of the harbor (we saw dolphins, gasp!), really nice waitress and hostess, but unfortunately… Not so good food. I got the Ahi Tuna, which was recommended and was «house favorite» and also ordered the crab dip to share with my friends.
Everything was slow here. Granted, we were seated at the far end of the hall. But, still.
However, I had good company so after happily waiting, the food arrived!
First, the crab dip was really good! But, nothing superbly different and exceptional about it. I was expecting more since I was at the beach.
Next, the main dish. The Ahi Tuna was dry, and I could immediately tell the tuna quality wasn’t very good at all. They poured so much thai chili wasabi sauce on the dish as well. I had to salvage my tuna away from those dripping sauce. It was edible, but it was not worth the money I paid for.
One good thing is that this place gives you unlimited sides. I got wild rice and green beans. These were good. Nothing special though. I tired my friend’s fish dish, as well (if was the special menu) but it was also dry.
I should have tried the oyster stew everyone else was raving about. Or the crab cake. But the price of crab cake did make me not choose it.
Overall, good view, and a nice family restaurant to go to. However, if you’re looking for some good food and/​or affordable, I wont recommend it.

Oyster stew is to die for!!! So yummy and so cool how they make it all fresh and in front of you!

This was my family’s first time to this restaurant during mothers day weekend… the atmosphere was great, the staff was very good and even very accommodating with our 4 yr old daughter, by lowering the blinds cuz the sun was in her eyes. Food was top notch and we eat every bite, my husband said the crab cakes were second best he has ever had and he’s a hard judge. my filet was great and it’s nice u can get endless side dishes. Will definatly go back next visit to ocean city.

The best crab cakes i ever had. Little expensive but worth it. Great view and location

Walked down the boardwalk and a barman suggested we dine here. The Guinness and oysters were extraordinary. The steamed shrimp was fantastic the oyster stew is made fresh behind the bar. Outstanding.

Great views, food not so great.
We went there yesterday for lunch. First of all it took 25 minutes to get our food, not acceptable. The fish and chips were overcooked (burnt) on the outside and the actual fish, what little fish there was, was undercooked. The grilled chicken sandwich was on a stale white bun that crumbled to the touch. We did complain to the waitress and she relayed the complaint to the manager, who took them off the check. So after being in this restaurant for close to an hour we left hungry and very unimpressed! This is the second bad experience we have had here and will not be back!
***Prices are a bit outrageous also.

Best Raw Bar in ocean city. Oyster stew and fresh seafood. Can’t go wrong with any of the items here.

Go to the raw bar here! Great raw oysters and oyster stew! The old bay steamed shrimp is great as well. The raw bar bartenders are great!

Micky was wonderful. Shucked and cooked our Oyster Stew to PERFECTION. He also recommended the Oyster Shooter which I said yes to and was glad I did. Raw oyster sits in Hot Red Chili Pepper vodka that was VERY tasty! We also shared a pita and hummus appetizer that was very good. Food was yummy. Service was amazing and VIEW at the bar was worth the drive ! Will be my new favorite must visit place when I hit the boardwalk in Ocean City every year for sure !

One of our favorite restaurants in OC. Eat there at least once a week in summer.
The staff is the best. The oyster stew is wonderful. It’s homemade to order at The Raw Bar. One of my favorite dishes is the Lobster Ravioli. We have been coming here for over 15 years and it just gets better. So I feel the rating is wrong. This is a must try and you we see for yourself. The fresh fish is also delicious, prepared several ways.

We went late, there wasn’t a lot of people there, but they sat us at the very last table by the exit door, so people kept bumping into us when they left.
Food was ok, clams casino was delicious! I got a broiled seafood meal, good size portions, reasonably priced at $ 29, for crab legs, jumbo shrimp, corn and a ¼ piece of tilapia with crab imperial. Shrimp Sat in a butter sauce which was Covered in what appeared to be dried parsely –yuk, corn was plain with no butter, my kids don’t like seafood so they had cheeseburgers.
Food was average, scenery was nice, but I wouldnt go out of my way to venture back here on my next visit to ocmd

(6÷27÷2015) Stopped in for a late lunch on a rainy Saturday. Looked like a healthy bar crowd, we tried to sit there for lunch first, but no indication that anyone was going to attend to us so moved to a dining room table (with a view). Harrison’s is one of those stalwarts that has anchored the Boardwalk for over 100 years. It’s the kind of place you go to for the view rather than the food; the overhead is pricey and thus, so is the menu. It’s your standard American seafood restaurant so plenty of broiled or fried seafood platters, sometimes local, more often than not, not.
We started with a nice Smoked Rainbow Trout appetizer that came with warm herbed flatbreads, capers, red onion and a really tasty mustard sauce with flecks of cayenne. The fish was a good sized single filet (one side) with ample lemon pepper seasoning, hot-​smoked. This was a promising start. The Maryland Crab Soup was a large bowl, tasted mostly like Campbell’s Chunky Beef Stew with some strands of backfin and claw; vegetables in it were from frozen succotash mix (minus the lima beans). A side salad with a «balsamic» dressing was almost inedible, was def not balsamic; if I had to guess, I’d say soy sauce to make it brown, white sugar to make it sweet, and distilled white vinegar to make it sharp, and some mayo for creaminess. The Crab Cake was a decent size, all backfin, no lumps, deep-​fried until crusty, exterior of commercial breadcrumbs, significant breadcrumb filler, somewhat bland. ½ lb. Steamed Shrimp were U25-​U30, shrimp looked like it may be been through several freeze-​thaw cycles, not de-​veined, and had a barely perceptible dusting of J.O. seasoning, def not like the good shower of seasoning we’re used to in the Bay area. Would guess most of the food has been dumbed-​down for the tourist crowd. Service at the sit-​down tables was attentive and friendly. Overall, I wouldn’t eat here again (prices not worth what you get), might get a drink at the bar during happy hour (since that, too, overlooks the jetty) after that stroll on the Boardwalk.