Toby's Tavern - United States

I went due to the raving reviews of the mussels but was very disappointed. My mussels came steamed in white wine, which isn’t out of the norm for mussels. The top third was okay but lacked flavor, until we got lower into the bowl. The bottom half of my mussel order was completely submerged and swimming in hot white wine that wasn’t boiled off properly or completely so the rest of the mussels tasted like pure alcohol and was inedible. It’s unfortunate as there was a large majority of the mussels left that we couldn’t really eat due to the very strong alcohol flavor.

Eaten here a few times, the burgers are usually pretty good. The cookies in their jar on the counter are SO good. And the garlic bread! Yum!

The BEST fresh Penn Cove steamed mussels in a delicious white wine sauce. The Ling cod fish and chips is a huge winner showing up with no signs of oil. The chowder gets high marks as well. Gorgeous views of Penn Cove. Full of charm , great service, during high season Toby's is so popular, long lines form outside to get a table. Love, love, love Toby's. You will not be disappointed.

Excellent dive bar flare! Try their Parrot beer and enjoy local mussels.

To start, when we walked in, we waited ten minutes at the front door to seated, without being greeted by any of the six staff members that were continually passing by. Eventually, we were told we could be put on a list to get any seating that opened up, and that we could wait outside on the bench and they would just come out and let us know. During the passing 30 minutes, one group that came to wait after walked in and apparently was able to sit down. We learned this after walking and a seeing them seated, along with discovering multiple seats had actually opened up. It was clear that no one had intention of informing us. Finally getting seats, we waited another 15 minutes while once again we were not greeted or in any way acknowledged. Finally, when we got up to leave a staff member finally approached us, and asked if we had found as seat . This older staff member was the one that was supposed to inform us about any the open seats. We explained that we could not wait any longer, as it had already been a hour of waiting put together. Not surprisingly, no apology of form of response was made. The food was and service was horrible the other time we came too. Do not see this place staying open much longer and it is appalling how rude staff could be, given that it was completely unprompted.