The Gateway Tavern - Wareham, Massachusetts

Elizabeth S.

We frequent this place see as though my mom lives in the area. Whenever I come from Milton, Massachusetts, I like to come and get some great seafood and awesome muscles a little neck.. to my surprise the muscles are now loaded with yellow peppers. They give it too much of a tangy flavor. I could barely taste any chorizo in it. We both ordered the seafood boil, substitute the rice for the potatoes.. the red Bliss potatoes were served hard and cold. They took it back with no problem. The beats have no flavor at all. I have had them before and love them. Mom had zucchini it was flavored really nice with garlic. The bread was impeccable with garlic lightly toasted, and butter. The seafood broiled casserole. Mom had a whole fillet of haddock underneath on top that came with shrimp and scallops. When I received mine, I had a quarter of the haddock underneath so I was extremely disappointed. They were extremely nice to take it back in the chef made me a new one.! I also had a cappuccino martini that was really good
Sarah and Lily were extremely accommodating and friendly great servers !
Forgot to mention it is winter and as we’re eating, there’s tons of flies

Emily R.

Four stars for the food, five stars for the view and service !

I had baked mac and cheese, my son had the kids pizza and my mother had the quesadilla .
Sitting on the back deck is such a beautiful view of the water

john E.

We ordered fried calamari pretzels and steak egg rolls as appetizers fried calamari came with no marinara sauce asked for marinara sauce. Never arrived for the amount of money. You only got a small bowl of calamari. Not very many egg rolls. We're supposed to be steak egg rolls with some aioli sauce. Just had some sweet chili sauce and it was just ground beef and the Bavarian pretzels were good. Wasn't cheese sauce though. It was some kind of white creamy Sutton. The lobster roll was magnificent. The hamburger was a hamburger. What do you expect? You want a hamburger? You get a hamburger. You know the clams strips a little tough little aftertaste chicken sandwich, The chicken sandwich was good. I heard my grandson said it was nice. Macaroni and cheese look like a box of Kraft, macaroni and cheese. Nothing special there and the fish and chips were good. The service was lacking

JasonMPJr

The place is cool and has a lot of interesting decorations. Very nice view. The servers and service was nice no complaints there. The food was just kinda meh. Especially for the price. I got the calamari for an app and it was good. Nice and basic, cooked perfectly. But there was no tentacles. Just rings. Which was fine whatever. But still. Like 17 bucks. I also got the $23 shrimp scampi and whoever made it didn't let the wine cook off or put way too much in because you can really smell the alcohol and it was overwhelming when you at it. I sent it back and it was no problem. Got a pastrami Reuben instead and it was very good. It was still like 17 dollars. My girlfriend got the "chicken and waffles" which is fried chicken breast with sausage gravy and waffle fries. Pretty good but nothing fancy. 22 bucks tho. Like it wasn't that impressive. The food is overall okay but is really overpriced. Go there for something small and a drink. The atmosphere really is cool and the people are very nice. It's just the food i tried really is just not that great for the price. You'd find cheaper and better food at the Plymouth waterfront. But then again what do I know. I only tried 4 things on their very big menu.

Gracie G.

I have to say, I expected more. I ordered the fried chicken Mac and cheese and it tasted burnt. I’m not sure what it was but it had a bad taste. I asked the waitress if I could have something else instead and she seemed annoyed. She also didn’t say you’re welcome whenever we said thank you. She didn’t introduce herself when she got to the table and we didn’t feel very welcomed. We came from out of town because we saw that this place had pretty decent reviews, but I wasn’t impressed. I switched the Mac and cheese for the Alfredo flatbread and it was also just okay.

Jeff G.

Exceptional food, but slow service. I don’t recommend going if you’re in a rush. The food here is terrific. They have a wonderfully diverse menu and very creative specials. They’re all delicious!

Where they fall short is the service. Every server I’ve had has been great, but they always seem understaffed (not the servers fault). During our last lunch visit on a Wednesday, it appeared as though there was one server for the entire restaurant, plus the bar tender. This was for both the outside and inside dining areas.

After you sit down, it generally takes about 15 minutes before a server comes to greet you. I recommend ordering everything at once, because it’ll be about 20 minutes between visits.

That being said, if you’re not in a rush, enjoy!

Jason N.

I ate here with some friends and we shared some of the dishes, so it was fun to be able to taste several different items. The lobster ravioli was delicious, but it was a little bit light on the actual ravioli. The pasta with mussels was probably my favorite dish, I think it is either seasonal or it was a special the day we went in. The tuna poke was very good, but the rice was just OK... keep in mind that of all of the ingredients in this item, the rice is probably the least important! Still worth mentioning though. Overall a very good experience!

april H.

Amazing Salmon. We tried all the appetizers and nothing disappointed. The pot of little necks with the dipping bread for the broth, absolutely my favorite.
Outback on the open deck, where we were seated, made for an amazing view over the water, and where I have pictured my Pastacio Martini, the dirty ice and mini glass, made one martini turn to two