Hudson Point Café - Port Townsend

Okay. Fried oysters were good. Clam chowder not what I expected but good. Had run out of Dungeness Crab cakes when we arrived after 1:00. Overcooked the salmon on salad but replaced it with a new one after we told them it was overcooked. People were friendly but I would try Doc's next store before we'd go back.

Food and service were good….three stars. Had wilted salad good. Reuben…okay. Crab cake just okay..spice overpowered the taste of the crab it really not very crabby. Our server was friendly.

My wife and I stopped by this place after having it recommended to us by a friend. Unfortunately, our experience was less than ideal. We arrived at the end of breakfast as they were transitioning into lunch, so we were understandably asked to wait 20-30 minutes and enjoy a beverage while we waited. We decided this was acceptable and we took a seat. It ended up taking at least 15 minutes to get waters delivered and then another 15 minutes to get menus. Once we ordered, it took another 15 minutes to receive our food. With other things like waiting to be seated and waiting to place our order, it took approximately an hour before we ate. We also noticed that other tables who had arrived far after us were served first. When the food arrived, my wife's fried chicken burger was somewhat small and the potato salad side was bland and had hard potatoes. My Manila clam lunch special was fine, but for a lunch meal, it felt like there were fewer clams than in an appetizer version of this dish that I've had at many other places. During our meal, we were never checked on by the waitress, nor offered refills (despite her walking by us with the water pitcher), and we generally felt dismissed despite several attempts at eye contact. We also overheard other customers commenting about the small portion sizes. Overall, the food was not bad, but the service could use improvement. Other patrons seemed to be more willingly catered to, so we are not sure if our disparate treatment was because we are not locals or for other reasons.

Service was better than the food. A smile and friendly attitude makes anything better. They could hire a few more friendly faces and add outdoor seating that doesn’t get pooped on by the birds. Waffle with rhubarb sauce was ok but the flapjacks flopped unfortunately. Hubby said they tasted like an ingredient was missing. …The eggs over easy saved their bacon.

We asked if the granola had nuts in it, explaining my son has a nut allergy. The server assured us twice it did not. The server came back after a couple of minutes AFTER bringing out the granola and said he’d checked and it did have nuts. Thankfully , my son hadn’t eaten any. This is seriously wrong. Nut allergies can be life threatening.