Reviews for The Pub at Newagen Seaside Inn in Southport, ME

My husband and I ate at the Newagen Inn last Thursday night and we were underwhelmed with the overall experience. This pub is... located inside a hotel that is on the water in Southport, and it has beautiful views of the surrounding area. We had made areservation ahead of time, and when we arrived were given a seat right next to the service station/bar. We asked if it would bepossible to move to another location (there were several other open tables) but we were told they were all taken. (Note: mostof these tables did not become occupied during our visit). Like many restaurants we visited during our vacation in Maine, itseemed the pub was short staffed, but our biggest concern was really the lack of warmth or attentiveness of the staff. Thestaff took our orders, delivered the food but there was no personality at all! We would have received the same level of serviceif we ordered from a kiosk. Once a course was delivered to our table, the serve never asked how it was, or checked in to see ifanything else was needed. When the next course arrived, not all of the dishes were cleared off the table from the previouscourse. My husband had the shrimp cacio e pepe dish, which was delicious. I ordered the hot lobster roll with butter, and wassort of underwhelmed. It was not a huge portion of lobster, and the homemade potato chips were overcooked and hard. For dessertwe ordered the sticky toffee pudding and initially the wrong dessert was delivered. Eventually we got the right dessert but itbarely resembled other sticky toffee puddings I've had, and it was wayyyyy too sweet and we couldn't finish it. While we werethere a woman set up to play the guitar and sing in the lounge area. She had a nice voice, but the whole time she was playingshe was looking at her iPad screen, and never once acknowledged the people in the restaurant or tried to "connect", and it was abit too loud to be able to have conversation while she played. I really wanted to love this res Read more

I ordered the ravioli with asparagus. It only came with a few ravioli bearing filled inside. 4 little hard end stocks of... asparagus. Bearly enough to feed a mouse. Paid $18 almost everything else over $20 Read more

We were treated to a 3 course meal with wine pairings, which was lovely. The mussels in tomato, garlic cream broth were... delicious. The beet and arugula salad was amazing. The baked lobster and Jamaican dish were both very good. Blueberry pie andchocolate torte were the best ever. Tian was our server and deserves praise for his good spirit in assisting us in our meal anddrink selections, as well as his close but unobtrusive attention to our needs. Read more

Excellent food in a nice setting. Reasonable prices compared to restaurants in Booth Bay Harbour.

The Newagen Seaside Inn and pub are charming with lovely ocean views. A talented musician played which added to the ambiance.... We were a party of 5 and ordered drinks, appetizers/salad and entrees. The salads were basic - the eggplant rollatini andmussels were very good. Before we were finished 1st course, entrees were served- a bit clunky and not very orchestrated service(I accepted it as the beginning of season and new servers). My scallop entree did not arrive and no one visited the table for 20minutes. I finally got the attend of our server who was at another table and informed him I hadn’t receive my meal and sinceeveryone else was finishing up, I was fine, but to please deduct from bill. He responded he’d look into it and went away. 5 -10 minutes later Tiffany, whoI assumed was a manager apologized and offered to get me something from kitchen. I told her I wasfine.. She asked if I wanted a drink and I stated no thank you. She then asked about dessert - I checked with the table and noone wanted anything. I thanked her for the visit and asked for the check. Tiffany can back later with the check - reached overmy back and handed the bill to my father in law even though my husband and I asked for it. She smiled and said I didn’t know(she did know and she knew I wasn’t happy with the situation). So what should have been a enjoyable night out with our parentsfor Father’s day, which my father in law paid. We waited another 15 minutes for the original server to pick up the check. No apology- no thank you! A very disappointing experience. we had another reservation later in the week which I cancelled - Iwas inquiring into staying at the Inn in the future - but I know there are many other properties can deliver better service and actually want us there. atmosphere positive, food ok, service below par. Read more

My husband and I both thoroughly enjoyed our dinner. We stayed at the inn for the weekend and it was just such a lovely... dinner. From the views to the food to the cocktails. My husband had the haddock, and I had the scallops. Both were perfectlycooked, beautiful plating and so fresh. Staff was super attentive and we are Looking forward to returning already. Read more

This is one of my favorite Maine restaurants :) Absolutely gorgeous views from the deck or window tables. We had excellent... service, cocktails and the Steak Au Poivre was absolutely delicious. Highly recommend! Read more

The Clam Chowder and Halibut was absolutely superb. The rest of my family’s food was all some of the very best you can get in... the Boothbay Harbor Region. The service was also without mistake, quick, and went the extra mile. The view is very good seeingthe water and fire pit. Read more