Cherrystones

Went for lunch on a Thursday. Service was okay, food was also okay. Nice outdoor seating. Don’t bother with the lobster roll. Worse one I’ve had all week. The deli down the street offers a better one for cheaper as well.

Excellent place for a drink and a few appetizers! We stopped at the outside bar and Tommy was a great bartender! Very attentive and I had a delicious white sangria. We shared the oysters which were a grand slam! The baked Brie app was very satiable as well.
We will definitely be back !

My boyfriend and I stopped here for lunch the other day and I was pleasantly surprised! I had a blueberry martini (because, when in Maine.) and a flatbread «three» — which is just a margarita flatbread and it was delightful! The flatbread was fresh and crisp, the martini was perfect. My boyfriend got the prime rib sandwich and he said «it was the bees knees», haha. Wish we had this place back home.
I try to only give out «five stars» with places I’m very fond of. I was definitely fond of Cherrystones.

Lobster rolls are the most expensive in town but are tiny and mediocre. Service was terrible, we were ignored in favor of a table next to us that was spending a lot more money on wine and appetizers.

Was seated at 5:55 — They stop serving lunch at 6 pm. My wife wanted a burger off the lunch menu — the waitress checked with somebody because when we ordered it was 6:05 they said No. Too bad for them — we would of have a pretty big size check I wanted some local lobster in additional to my wife’s Burger. So we decided to pay for our drinks and leave. Guess they are busy enough to turn away business. We took our business down the street.

Truly Disappointing. Been coming to Bar Harbor for 20 years and never had a bad meal until today. First time eating here, lobster was overcooked resulting in no flavor, pasta wasn’t cooked enough, lobster mashed potatoes had so much garlic making them inedible. Potato leek flatbread okay, steamed oysters and clams were outstanding. Overall for $ 172, our $ 100 went way further and more delicously so at Gateway Lobster Pound yesterday (between Elsworth and B H). There we had 4lbs of lobster to 1.25lb here along with other items at both places. Service was average but wait times were quite long for it being relatively empty in the dining room.
With so many other choices on the island, I recommend passing on this one.

Great food, especially the shrimp and a really nice happy hour from 4 – 6. The flat bread is really good too! We came here two nights in a row bc we liked it so much.

Good food but extremely small portions and overpriced for what you get. Note that we are not typical American diners — ie we would rather have smaller portions of good food for less money than get a dinner plate with enough for 3 portions on it. However my salmon was a very tiny slice with snow peas for $ 25, lobster dinner was just meh (my husband said he had better at the nightly lobster dinner offered at our KOA campground in Bar Harbor). Nothing horrible but we would not return.

I LOVE BAR HARBOR.
And we loved the «burger» we had at Cherrystones.
A sushi grade tuna burger with a wasabi & ginger aioli sauce. Double kudos to soft, puffy gluten free bun.
Please see photo, words don’t do it justice.

Nice restaurant. They had multiple outdoor seating options. Husband got the before 6pm lobster special for $ 20 with the lobster mashed potatoes. The lobster was on the smaller side. I got the lobster roll special with chowder and fries. The lobster roll was great. The fries tasted like they needed to change the oil in the dryer though. My daughter got the lobster carbonara and it was delicious. Our waiter was super nice. Overall a nice experience in Bar Harbor.

Unilocal ROOAAAAAAAST!!!
Our rude waitress showed such disrespect trying to scam us on something as small as a beer glass. My dad collects cups and was very excited to get a custom made glass from the restaurant. she tried to give us a cheap PEPSI cola glass disguised in a paper bag that wasn’t only cheap ($ 1 glass) but not even cleaned (5 dollas for a cup, Bruh seriously). I mean FO REAL that’s low.
NOW THIS WASNT ALL SHE DID. My bro, on his way to the bathroom, overheard our waitress talking smack bout our 10 year old brother (who has troubles communicating sometimes) She was Thinking that he gave her a bad look, when he was just confused on what she was saying. I mean why u talking about a 10 year old. I mean Come on.
All 6 of us even spent 180 bucks eating there and u STILL stealing money from us.
So 20% of 180 is I think above $ 30. She was gonna get $ 30+ from seating ONE TABLE. We didn’t do anything to annoy/​anger her too. And she was still rude. Our dad, as kind and friendly as he is, was FURIOUS. I mean «**** her» and ****. We’ve all never seen him this upset tho. I wouldn’t blame em. We asked for nothing. And got crappy service in return.
GOOD FOOD THO.

Our food was great. We ordered lobster bisque, clam chowder, chicken orzo, many different burgers, and ahi tuna. All great. For atmosphere, fresh food, and drinks, this meal was excellent.

Came to Bar Harbor looking for our «ultimate» Maine dinner and found it here. The lobster, clams, and mussels were delicious and portions were large. The lobster mashed potatoes and blueberry pie were great too. The location is right on the main street in Bar Harbor and has great views of the rest of the street.

This place is okay — nothing bad, nothing great. I ordered the prime rib sandwich and fries and was slightly underwhelmed. The meat seemed a little greasy for me. My boyfriend got a burger that he enjoyed, it had BBQ sauce, onion rings, and other interesting toppings. We both had some chowder which was good, as well. The service was good and the best part about the place is the cute location in downtown Bar Harbor. All in all, it’s a decent (slightly touristy) restaurant in the area for lunch/​dinner.

After eating lobster almost exclusively for a few days we came to Cherrystones for something different. I liked eating outside on the covered patio because there was very good people watching. Food wise and price wise I wasn’t impressed with this restaurant and probably wouldn’t go back. My boyfriend didn’t like his clam chowder and I didn’t like the steamers and my fish sandwich. The steamers were extremely gritty, almost as though they had not been scrubbed before being steamed. I have since realized I don’t really like steamers in general, so this point may just be relevant to my personal taste. My fish sandwich was huge, so if you’re looking for volume this is a good option. Our waitress wasn’t sure what type of fish was in the sandwich, but was sure it was a local caught white fish. The sandwich was ok, but I did find it to be a little fishy. I also tried a glass of their house pinot noir which was not very good at all.
All told not a horrible dining experience, but definitely expensive for what I thought to be subpar food.

Decent «early bird» or patio bar specials 50% off flatbreads, beer, and wine? Clam Flatbread very good with a good amount of clams but quite heavy on the cheese. Harvest mussels were okay sauce was very heavy as well and on the sweet side. Lavender martini was excellent with a strong yet not overpowering lavender taste. One of the early bird specials was $ 1.50 jumbo shrimp. This was very fresh and excellent. Served the classic way in a cup filled with tangy cocktail sauce.
Décor: Layout is strange and could definitely be maximized.
Service: Good, attentive.
Overall: Would be back if I was in the area.

With the many choice for sea food dinners, we decided to try Cherrystones. We came in with a fairly large group. Very disappointed in the staff. We needed a bigger table but they ended up stuffing us in a tiny little corner. I completely understand the restaurant wanting to keep tables for more guest but come on we did not even have enough room for keep all our plates on the table. I ended up putting things on the floor to make more room.
I will give them credit, the food was fantastic. Surf & Turf was some of the best I have had in a very long time. Can’t give them more than 2 stars due to their digesting service.

Had the Delmonico steak with mushroom marmalade glaze $ 24.
Flavor was great! Very fatty steak though. Would have easily given 5 stars but I ended up throwing a third of it away.
Also had a stone punch $ 9 VERY GOOD and a Bar Harbor blueberry ale also very good. Would definitely come back!

Came here for lunch with my girlfriend. The place wasn’t busy, so we were seated right away.
The server was a nice kid. Probably doing work during the summer season in between college terms.
My gf was a fail and ordered chicken here… yeah i don’t get it. I had the lobster roll with homemade chips. I loved the chips. The lobster roll was good, but the chips were better.
We also ordered a tuna sashimi app which was AMAZING. The tuna was sushi grade and it was seared and coated perfectly. I loved the taste of the crust. This was by far the best part of the whole meal.
The blueberry alcoholic drink was really yummy too. It was deceptively strong but not overly sweet. It was a manly drink for a fruity drink.
Love the casual feel and it looked like it got busier by the time that we were done with our meals.

Enjoyed happy hour ½ price drafts and ½ price flat breads from 4pm to 6pm wife enjoyed a clam flat bread and I really enjoyed the mushroom sat at the Bar. Service was great. Young lady was very friendly. She was
Coving the whole bar and all the tables but had time to meet and great everyone.