The Harbour Town Grill

Usually a trip to Harbour Town in Sea Pines = playing golf or attending the PGA Heritage tournament that comes our way in April (Note to self:  don’t forget to get your tickets)

Wednesday night a few of us took advantage of the 1^st Annual Hilton Head Restaurant Week, stepped out of our same ole same ole restaurant boxes and hit the Harbour Town Grill.  It was…my friend Terri, her hubby our mutual friend David and me.

 We decided to give this one a go mostly due to the exceptionally delicious looking Prix Fix menu at $25.00

I can tell you every one of us enjoyed our meal!  It was such a nice surprise.  First off our waiter, James, was delightful.  He was attentive, friendly and happy.  The atmosphere is more pubby than restauranty which makes total sense considering the location. It was a little noisy since the tables are pretty close together.  But like I said…really not that big of a deal.

I like when a restaurant does the little things.  James started us with a little amuse bouche of pimento cheese and garlic cheese.  What was nice was that the pimento cheese actually tasted like it should rather than just colored orange.

Mic and David ordered the lobster crepes.  I usually stay away from lobster since I can’t stand it over done and rubbery.  I had a little taste and wished I ordered it.  The lobster was tender, the crepe light and a nice hint of Pernod…good choice!  Teri and I had the poached pear, walnut and Gorgonzola salad.  I love salads like this so I was sold right off the bat.  I would have liked a few more greens and a touch more Gorgonzola but that’s my personal preference and the salad was fine.

On to our mains.  Veal Oscar for Mic and me.  The veal was tender the portion generous.  The “crab crust” looked messy but was tasty the béarnaise sauce was runnier than it should be and the fries…not really many there but again, that was fine with me since the portion of veal was so generous.  In fact, the fries, not even necessary with a dish like this…in my opinion.

Veal Oscar

Terri had the Chicken Cordon Bleu (no picture since it didn’t really turn out).  Again a classic done well and a more than satisfying portion.  I think the only one who left the table hungry could have been David, he order the Grouper Royal.  He had trouble locating the grouper but the shrimp and scallops were very good and cooked well.

Grouper Royal

James, our waiter, informed us when we sat down that there were only two Trio of Crème Brulee left…Terri shot gunned one.  There were okay. They were more like a pudding than custard.  I know that might not make sense but they were dense rather than silky.  The Godiva chocolate brulee really didn’t have enough chocolate flavor.  The texture of the vanilla bean was like I said was thick not silky.  And the blueberry one…eh…okay. 

Trio of Creme Brulee

I had the Tiramisu.  It actually had mascarpone cheese in it.  So often tiramisu seems to be more whipped cream based with a hint (if at all) of mascarpone…this was different.  The ladyfingers could have had a longer bath in the espresso, but I was just happy for the texture and the mascarpone. 

Tiramisu

Mic and David had Deep Fried Tempura Strawberries…. they were…uh…interesting.  I think Mic said, “Why would you want to fry a strawberry?”  Not bad, very different…just okay. 

Deep Fried Tempura Strawberries

Now…all the above came at you for $25.00.  We thought it was very reasonable for the amount and quality of the dishes that hit our table.  Including our wine each of us walked away with a $51.00 bill.  Well worth it and the Harbour Town Grill is one for the list for good food…The dining room is small so I am sure you would need reservations and probably can even forget about it during the Heritage golf tournament. 

Harbour Town Grill

Harbour Town – Sea Pines

Hilton Head

843 363 8380