Harba Oyster Bar & Grill Mornington, Melbourne

User Reviews of Harba Oyster Bar & Grill, Mornington

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2.3 Not Recommended

Food 3 Ambience 3 Service 2 Value 1

Do not even bother going here! My bf and I went out for a meal last night, specifically looking for nice seafood, and drove past Harba. Having that it is a seafood restaurant I was sure that it should have been a nice experience. But maybe the lack of patronage should have warned me. First off their service was good, they were attentive, but once they had taken our orders, they never came back for follow up drink orders. My bf deliberately put his empty glass to the edge of the table where they could see it as he wanted a refill but they never came over and asked. And there were only 5 tables of people so being busy is no excuse.

Now the food. I was very surprised that there was no prawn dish on the menu, considering it is a seafood restaurant. We both ordered the Salt and Pepper Calamari, bf the main and myself the entree. The meals came out quick enough, but when they were placed in front of us I was stumped to work out where the $10 difference was. The only difference I could find is that bf had an extra wedge of lemon. The plate was like this - a pile of calamari in the middle, very little dipping sauce plopped onto each side of the plate and then a bit of clover on the top.

I had thought that the main would come with chips, but no. When I asked the server what the difference is she said the size. There was no difference in size at all! I had to ask for a side salad (which I just asked for some lettuce on the side, they ended up bringing out this stupid looking clover! What the?), because I wasn't just going to eat the calamari by itself, it needed something to cut through the oiliness of the batter. The calamari in itself wasn't half bad, but nothing I would brag about.

Overall, this was a complete waste of money, don't even bother going there, you'd be better at your local fish and chips shop.