harrison's landing

slow service. waitress kept forgetting items, put in orders incorrectly. the food and drinks were truly the worst part of the experience, though; med-high price for low quality.

$3 house margarita on the rocks = absolute worst margarita i've ever been served. served warm and tasted like sweaty feet. husband had the mojito which tasted like tap water with some mint crushed in it.

had the crab cake sandwich on sourdough. bread and crab cake were soggy and mushy; the cake literally fell to pieces onto my plate eachtimei took a bite. barely-there crab flavor overpowered by the breading, bell pepper, and celery used to make the cake. husband had the fish and chips which were basically cornbreaded catfish nuggets with seasoned fries. not bad, but definitely not what one would expect when ordering "fish and chips."

seasoned fries were the only part of the meal worth recommending and the only reason i'm not giving a single star.

something to glow on, something to grow on. atmosphere is casual & relaxing. view is great. food & prices were good. needs major improvement in service. when we walked in there were literally 4 servers/employees standing around by the bar who looked at us but never moved. we seated ourselves. there was one menu on the table- but 5 of us. not one employee walked over. they were very close in proximity to our table-they had to see that 5 people were struggling to share one menu. after sometimei got up to ask if we could have more than one menu. they kind of looked at us like we were interrupting. three of our group did not receive napkins/flatware--luckily we had sandwiches & fries. i had to go to the bar to ask for refill on drinks. again, lots of standing around, chit chatting w/ eachother. would i return? yes, but w/ hopes of a much better trained, improved waitstaff who were there to work instead of stand/socialize.

i've given this place three separate chances and eachtimewas worse than the one before. burnt food, watered down drinks, and super slow service. only thing this place is good for is a beer on the water, bottled of course so they can't mess it up. someone needs to unleash john taffer on this place. go anywhere else.

great staff, terrible management. i've been to this restaurant several times now and eachtimei've had a different experience. there is one consistency, terrible management. during this visit, i had called ahead to inform them of a large party at a specific time, to which they confirmed they would place us on the call ahead list to expedite the seating process. upon arrival to the restaurant, three hours later, we were told we would be sat next. as we patiently waited for a table to be cleared, we noticed guests who arrived after us, with the same amount of guests, were provided tables and sat in a timely manner. after an hour of waiting for this table to be "provided" for us, we decided to forego this already terrible experience. although the experience was a complete disaster, andrea was phenomenal and was pretty much running the extended section. she was friendly, attentive and helpful even as we were standing around with no table to be served at. if she was placed in the management position, you may be on the right track in running that place.

terrible service. the lasttimei was there i had a bad experience. i guess the son of the owner took over. he was our same waiter. thought i would try it again. once again bad. if you like dirt and grime then this is your place.

this restaurant is old and dirty. we opened our silverware and not one but two dirty knifes were rolled up. that means someone physically tooktimeto 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 a nice view.

not a good day. did not like it

from thetimewe got to the restaurant to thetimewe left... the service was awful, and the food we ordered wasnt what came to the table for us to eat.

it was more a reflection of the waitress having a bad day in that all of her tables were complaining and she even forgot to put in the order for the 6 top next to us... causing the restaurant to have to buy their entire meal.

the food was fair at best.... it could have been a bad day, but in that location you cant afford to have a wait staff that inept and food that is so-so... i wasnt happy and far from impressed.

lasttimei was there burgers were eh. mostly it was the bun that was less then decent. their weekend brunch is good and they make really good biscuits and gravy.

its on the t-head marina with a good view of the various boats in their slips and the downttown skyline. nice place 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...nexttimedont 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 firsttimei'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 was amazed by how terrible it was!. i like to think of myself as an easy-going person which i guess is why i paid my check, tipped the flustered and surly waiter and went to burgerking. we couldn't make it through our appetizers so we got the check. i didn't know there was a dressing so bad it would keep me from my salad but their caesar did and the shrimp cocktail made me gag. the cocktail sauce was trying for some kind of tropical jerk flavor and the shrimp were flacid and stinky. i really thought the place would be decent and even good. given the good reviews on urbanspoon i thought it couldn't be worse than mediocre. it was the worst, we felt totally duped. after we left we had a greattimestrolling along the piers, burgerking, and back to the hotel.

i spent sometimedown here for work.
i found myself repeatedly coming back to harrison's.
great surrounding, and great company.
kyle and kk helped me feel at home.
the open-aired deck was a relief.
i highly recommend the good times and great people.
thank you very much.

tommy b.
south jersey.

tommy b.
south jersey

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 a nice view 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 sometimebut 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) how nice it 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. :(

always a goodtimewith great food. the atmosphere is so relaxing and always a good time. i tend to go a lot during lunch and always have great service. i have tried the fish tacos, hamburger, cobb salad, and chicken salad wrap they are all amazing. this is one of our favorite places downtown.

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 so nice and was very accommodating! we had such a greattimewe went back the next day for lunch! i will be back everytimei come to corpus!

incredible!!!!. awesome food, even better service! the best place to go for a greattimewith friends or family! so much fun! view and atmosphere were amazing as well as a great little boutique next door. definitely my new favorite place!