{"id":3624,"date":"2017-07-16T09:44:30","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T14:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2020-05-25T09:24:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T14:24:37","slug":"port-restaurant-dockside-grill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/?p=3624","title":{"rendered":"Port Restaurant, Dockside Grill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Other than the fact they are both on the water, the Port Restaurant & Lounge<\/a> and Dockside Grill & Rum Bar<\/a>\u00a0are drastically different restaurants in Wisconsin Dells. Both have some good qualities, but I would only return to Dockside.<\/p>\n

The Port is in a quiet, wooded area overlooking Mirror Lake, although the view is not as good as Ishnala’s. The Green Owl was the previous occupant of the run-down building. In fact, you should sit outside. If you can’t get a table, the big outdoor bar is a nice hangout, especially for locals.<\/p>\n

Sadly, that outdoor bar is really the best feature. The BBQ ribs ($15.95 half rack, $20.95 full rack) were super tough, virtually uncuttable by a butter knife. Meanwhile, the ribeye that I ordered medium-rare was served medium-well yet had not outer char (so it looked under-cooked on the outside).<\/p>\n

The Parmesan-crusted cod ($11.95)–deep-fried fish is surprisingly not on the menu–was decent, helped by the garlic butter seasoning. The rest of the one-page menu has mostly standard items, with the exceptions being ham hocks and roast duck. I would have ordered both of them, but the server warned me they were going to take a long time to prepare.<\/p>\n

The Port Restaurant & Lounge is open every day during the season for lunch and dinner.<\/p>\n

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\"20170708_130255\"By contrast, Dockside is in the middle of the action, at the intersection of Wisconsin Dells Parkway and Highway 23 (Broadway), overlooking the dam in Lake Delton.<\/p>\n

This is the place for tropical drinks. I enjoyed my mojito ($7.75) and caipirinha ($7.75) for their fresh flavors and good strength. Other cocktails include the Mai Tai ($7.75) and Rumbo ($7.75).<\/p>\n

The menu is not tropical themed, other than the coconut shrimp ($16.99), which I ordered. I appreciated that they were not overly battered so you could still taste the big pieces of shrimp. It seemed odd that I was given seven shrimp–was that one extra or one too few?<\/p>\n

The steak & gorgonzola wrap ($10.99) included large but tender chunks of steak, as well as caramelized onions, making the wrap quite enjoyable. The patty in my burger was over-cooked, but it was saved by the buttery-grilled bun.<\/p>\n

Dockside Grill & Rum Bar is open every day for lunch and dinner but is not open late as a bar.<\/p>\n

See more photos in our Dockside Grill & Rum Bar Flickr album<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Other than the fact they are both on the water, the Port Restaurant & Lounge and Dockside Grill & Rum Bar\u00a0are drastically different restaurants in Wisconsin Dells. Both have some good qualities, but I would only return to Dockside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[20,227,113],"class_list":["post-3624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-restaurant-reviews","tag-american","tag-lake-delton","tag-wisconsin-dells"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3624"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6134,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3624\/revisions\/6134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eatdrinkmadison.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}