harrison's landing

good atmosphere - mediocre food. my husband and i decided to try the tavern on a monday night to avoid potential crowds during the weekend. i had read the somewhat mixed reviews, but it has a really great location so we gave it a try. it was not too crowded and the evening was reallyniceweather wise so a great place for outdoor dining.

we started out with the garlic shrimp dip with cream cheese and spinach. it wasn't too bad but the spinach consisted of one leaf cut in tiny strips and used as garnish on top. i had expected the spinach would be incorporated into the dish somewhat like a light spinach dip. not really worth the $7 for cream cheese with a few tiny shrimp pieces, spinach leaf and chips.

i had read a good review on the monte cristo and had never had one before so that is what i ordered. the sandwich arrived and it was so very greasy, i had to ask for additional napkins and the two i was brought was not even enough. there was at least 2-3 tablespoons of grease in my plate under the sandwich and as much still in the sandwich. you may say that this is what is expected for a "fried sandwich", but my husband has had monte cristos at other restaurants in the past and said they were definitely not saturated like what i received. i ended up sick most of the night due to the "overload" of grease after eating only one-half of the sandwich. i really should have gone with a salad or shrimp poboy.

he was more sensible in his selection of the mahi-mahi fish tacos and they were decent. i also order ice tea which turned out to be instant and i had to ask for refills as our waitress was alright but seemed to not have enought training on customer service.

overall it might have been a bad menu selection on my part, but we probably will not try the place again. for $40 bucks there is better value elsewhere. if we want the outdoors eating experience will probably go to snoopy's. at least the fried food is not greasy .

needs an on-line calendar. although there have been mixed reviews about the service and cold food, my friends and i went to the restaurant last night to try it out for the first time. we were really excited but when arriving at 7p, it was closed for a private party. it would have beenniceto have known this prior to making plans. if there is going to be other times when the restaurant is closed it would be helpful to have a calendar attached to the website. thanks.

i can't say enough great things about this place. the live music last night was perfect! not too loud, not too quiet, just on point! our server mike was great! both managers andrea, and kerri stopped by to make sure everything was ok. everyone was running around helping everyone out! we go out to eat quite often and the teamwork shown here is few and far between from my experience in corpus. we took their 1 hour boat tour after dinner and mike told us that we could bring our what was left from our bottle of wine we purchased (very fair priced i must say) so it was the icing on the cake from an already perfect night! my girlfriend also got somenicethings in their boutique which i was happy to purchase for her because those too were fairly priced. mike told us that they do 2 hour sailing charters so we are definitely going to take advantage of that soon since she told me she has never been sailing. i wish there was a 6th star on here so i could give this place what it deserves! you have a customer for life harrison's landing! thanks for the great evening last night!

fantastic food. my parents and i were visiting from san antonio and wanted to try anicelocal seafood place. we were very happy with our experience. it was a slow day as it was a weekday and it was cold and rainy outside, so we did get excellent service. what impressed me most though was that the food was very satisfying. we ordered the crab cake as an appetizer, it was moist and flavorful and had a delicious sauce with it. i ordered the fried redsnapper with mashed potatoes and asparagus and would highly recommend it. it just tasted incredibly fresh and well prepared. everyone very much enjoyed their meal, and i'd say it was the highlight of the trip to corpus christi

dissapointed.niceplace with good service but oyster po-boy was not good. thick soggy breaded oysters that were tough and not on crusty french bread. fries didn't have much flavor and were not crisp.

this restaurant is old and dirty. we opened our silverware and not one but two dirty knifes were rolled up. that means someone physically took time to roll dirty silverware :( not cool. too bad we ordered before we noticed the knifes. i just took a picture of my plate to scared to eat it, was to grossed out :/ but i can say the waiter was quick to bring two clean knifes and we had aniceview.

good food & pleasant atmosphere. we chose this place because of the reviews, location, and listed as "gluten-free friendly." i booked on the urbanspoon website, and under notes mentioned that we would need a gf menu, or at least a waiter with knowlege of the menu items. when we arrived, even though we had reservations, we were told there would be a wait, unless we wanted to be seated "upstairs" over the gift shop. it turned out to be a very quaint andnicespot, with a table by the window overlooking the marina. when we asked about gluten-free items, the waiter gave us a puzzled look, so it was clear he didn't know what gluten-free meant. nonetheless, my husband found something on the menu without wheat in it--the blackended snapper--and he enjoyed it immensely. i had the lime shrimp, which was also very good. i don't know what was in the sauce that accompanied both dishes, but it was delicious! we will definitely go back again.

its on the t-head marina with a good view of the various boats in their slips and the downttown skyline.niceplace to be when the sun goes down and eat some shrimp ( i'm not much for lobster bisque myself, but, its supposed to be pretty good...certainly, their shrimp are good, fresh from the gulf and generous in size ). service is young ( say, 20-26 y/o waiters ) and the manager should really coach those young waiters in how to serve a cold beer or even a lukewarm one. this may be texas, but, many of us have suufficient erudition to drink a beer from a glass and not straight from the bottle ( there may be some rhodes scholars disguised as rodeo clowns out there, but, on the whole, most people who drink beer and who are not spring breakers prefer to drink it out of a glass into which the beer has been poured by the attentive waiter and not have a distracted twenty year-old airhead set down a bottle on the table and walk away. "yo, dude...ah." ). on a day when its 98 degrees out, many of us that drink beer might like it in a frosted mug ( note...frosted mugs are not margarita glasses with salt around the rim...just a simple frosted mug, thankyou, if we want more sodium with our beer, we'll poison ourselves at our preferred dosage, )...just does nicely with the heat, etc.

another small detail, when you hire live music...next time dont bring out some old guy so far past his glory days that he mumbles the verses of the jimmy buffett he's singing and periodically forgets his place . that fellow sounded worse than my redbone hound on a bender, sorry. and maybe its not so cool to criticize his efforts, but, there are limits and....get a better act on stage, please.

i ordered the grilled amberjack because it was the first time i'd seen jackfish on a menu before. surprisingly, its not bad and their cook hhas his grilling time. down perfectly. they could work on the selection of sauces they serve it with, nonetheless. i wasnt much impressed by their cocktail sauce. they do a great batter on the shrimp that is somewhat reminiscent of tempura batter...or maybe thats what its supposed to be ? they also have a good bar and i found that part of the ambience to be spot on ( despite the painful fact that the waiters have not yet learned to serve a beer ).

there is a fine little breeze coming in off the corpus christi bay in the late afternoon and it makes things quite amenable after you get settled in. yes, there are some regular local customers in evidence. saw a couple of boats come in around sunset. harrison's tavern on the bay is worth visiting and forming youur own opinion of.

i have been going to tavern on the bay since they opened. i always enjoyed the waterfront and open air dining although they were aways a bit overpriced and never (until recently) offered any kind of happy hour specials on wine etc. what i have noticed though, is that quality of service (evident in reviews) since the beginning until now (1st quarter 2012) has drastically taken a nose dive. also, quality of food has plumeted it seems from when they first opened. went there last thursday, got there with a friend about 7:00 waited out front about 5 minutes before being greeted. would have liked a table overlooking water but it was full and we were forced to sit all the way at end of sidewalk next to the dumpster. i am not a big complainer so i quickly found aniceview of the marina to take my mind off the less than appealing dumpster behind us. the waitress came to take our drink orders. my friend ordered a beer and i ordered the long island ice tea....he gets his beer after some time but no long island in site, no ice water either...she apologized and said it would be right out so we ordered food and continued to wait and wait and wait....in the meantime there are a group of wait and kitchen staff sitting on the ground behind the dumpster smoking and the cigerette smoke was blowing directly to our table yet their attitude was like they really didnt care because they continued to sit there and laugh and talk for some time. our food came out we had chips and salsa and the pecan crusted shrimp (which were good and still warm and fresh) but it has been a good 30 minutes and i am having to drink my friends beer becauae although we now have food i still do not have my drink. it was disappointing from many angles and i felt a little ashamed because i had told my friend (who was already apprehensive) howniceit was. also,they used to make really good bloody mary (which is hard to find)the last i ordered one there was a very big disappointment. it seems like there is a lack of staff and also the staff that are there do not appear to really care. id like to see them succeed,i love supporting local business and espessally the more mom and pops. when they opened it was very casual...had a great live music everynight from local talent,small menu and was very laid back and was wonderful. it seems now they have tried to get bigger and are not keeping up with the quality. :(

stop by for a drink, but go somewhere else to eat..niceatmosphere, but awful service, and worse food. i actually sent my food back, it was not edible. it took 25 minutes just to get a glass of wine in a dirty glass, and even longer to receive our meal that looked as though it had been sitting under a heatlamp since the dawn of time. it's too bad, because there are so few places in corpus that you can enjoy a meal on the water. it has a tiny kitchen, and a waitstaf that could care less. oh yeah, a note to the 50+ year old waitress: wear a bra! i'm not even going to elaborate on that one.

perfect fit for a cool night night!. i just had dinner at the tavern on the bay tonight, and i had a wondeful time. the staff made my family and i feel right at home. my husband had the bill's burger loaded and he could not stop eating it. my kids enjoyed the chicken strips, and i had the fried shrimp. i was amazed at the size of my shrimp. i barely could eat all of my food. i subsituted my chips for french fries and they were yummy.
we have eaten here before and it wasniceto have the space heated for these cold winter nights when you dont feel like cooking and just want to hang out with the family and wat something great.
you shoudl check it out for yourself, it is a one of a kind place to eat in this town full of chain restaurants. its a must try!!

tavern on the bay sucks!. stay away!!!! worst food experience ever! chicken strips are the almost one inch in diameter! when complaining about portion size the wait staff did not care! matter of factly just handed me the ticket and told us to have aniceday! very poor food experience! stay away!!!

we have walked past this restaurant on numerous occasions, but only today decided to drop in for lunch.

this place is great. there was a brisk lunch business, but it was not crowded. the wait staff was friendly and attentive. our orders were delivered quickly.

of course, there is the fantastic view of the bay. it was sunny with a slight breeze today. perfect weather.

to begin, we had two shiners along with hannah's nachos. we could have made a meal out of just that.

my partner ordered the shrimp salad wrap, and i ordered the fish sandwich. we both had onion rings. we liked everything, but we thought the onion rings were just a little too greasy. very good, though.

we intend on coming back again soon and ordering other menu items. we both want to try their burger and fish tacos. everything on the menu looks good.

if you want anicelunch spot with drinks and a view, tavern on the bay is an excellent choice.

love this place. november 22, 2011
i love this place!
came into town with friends looking for good food, drinks, and a fun place to relax...this place delivered!!! on top of that, it's on the water!!! staff was very friendly, service was great, and the owner is soniceand was very accommodating! we had such a great time we went back the next day for lunch! i will be back every time i come to corpus!

really good. lump crabcake was delicious, as was the lobster bisque.nicescenery and good live music, all worth the money