The Porthole

The Porthole Restaurant & Pub has the largest waterfront deck in Portland. We offer a wide variety of menu items and are known for our twin lobster dinner special. We are open year round so come visit us today and enjoy great food, an outdoor bar & entertainment!

8 / 10
150
ratings
  • Phone

    (207) 773-4653

  • Website

    portholemaine.com

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  • Type

    American Restaurant

Address

20 Custom House Wharf (Commercial Street) Portland , ME 04101 United States

Reservations No
Credit Cards Yes
Outdoor Seating Yes
Menus Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Happy Hour
Drinks Beer, Full Bar, Cocktails

Comments / 38


Keywords:

great value breakfast food happy hour casual scenic views beer outdoor seating brunch food mashed potatoes music haddock cream sauce lunch
Wesley Callahan

Local favorite, great food with a nice deck. Stick with the seafood - stuffed haddock with the mashed potatoes and cream sauce is amazing. Seared scallops are crack, and the fish tacos are awesome.

Chip Marshall

Had the Casco Bay omelet on a Sunday morning. Good food, good service , reasonable prices. Nice cozy diner feel to the place.

Carl Walser

Twin lobsters were amazing with $3.50 blue moon how can you go wrong. Live band on Saturday was real fun.

Gary Papritz

Very good lobster dinner . Nice Octoberfest draft . 45 min. wait for table. Quick service at the bar . Good prices.

Brian Caton

The lobster roll and fruit de mar. The waitresses are amazing too.

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Deserves higher ratings. Friendly service and delicious breakfast . The bloody mary wasn't bad either

Brenden Chandler

I had the fried shrimp it was very tasty and the wait to be seated thing is outside of the restaurant .

Michelle

Great location, sit outside on the patio if it’s nice weather!

Michelle

Amazing lobster ! Definitely recommend stopping by for a bite. Delicious food

Michael T. Mooney

Lobster roll is very good. Clam chowder salty & gritty.

Christopher Whalen

If you are a in In a rush person. Leave or skip it. This is the place to kick back and relax. Just have a drink and relax.

Kyle Robbins

Anything seafood , you can't go wrong. I love the lobster roll and the fried clams .

Michael T. Mooney

Lobster roll . Clam chowder a tad salty & gritty. Deck seats not accessible to wheelchair users.

Meg Walsh

My steak was wonderful but when i asked for a side other than fries , I was told they could only sub onion rings ...there were a few other potato sides listed with other dishes though, so I was miffed.

Mike Callahan

Great local beer selection on draft and the seafood was really great.

marlene kiefer

I love the drinks here good view its fun and the bands r great

Bill LaCroix

Awesome good and atmosphere, sit on the deck !!

Trevor Holmes

The fish tacos are awesome! Blue corn tortillas FTW.

ward legrow

Lobster Roll - best in Maine as far as I'm concerned! :-)

Sheila Schumacher

Lobsterman's Breakfast is the way to go.

Ryan Nixon

Great, lively atmosphere on the water

Michael Sales

The crispy chicken cutlet sandwich is pretty good, although a bit messy!

Adela L

Delicious lobster roll . Both, butter and mayo .

Aaron S

Great lobster roll on a brioche bun . Tons of lobster .

Rachel Nicoll

Dogs are welcome on the patio .

Tim Clarke

Was having a good time until their server Joshua said to us "you need to move along because we have a wait" after only being seated for 30 minutes and already ordering two rounds of drinks. Rude jerk.

Nikki Magee

The service sucks. Didn't try the food because god forbid one of the hachet faced Mainers behind the bar actually ask if you needed anything.

Emily Dornblaser

Good food, doesn't look that much different

Yuksel Bulut

Lobster and oysters

Joseph Huppert

The lobster roll was bland, the calamari ,$15.00, was over fried , and mixed with fries . Flies buzzing all over the place.

Melissa

Clam chowdah all day

Keith Harris

Wanted lobster ... got lobster !

Giang B

Cheap beers

Natasha C

Brunch was ok. Nothing too fancy but hearty food

Katie Dombrowski

Breakfast sandwich !

Andrew Flanagan

This place still needs improvement

mattl

Kinda bland, sadly.

Amanda Harmon

Fruit de Mare

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