Kennebec Tavern

This is a slightly touristy feeling restaurant on the water. More about the setting than the food, which is pretty good but not great. I suggest sticking to the lower priced menu items and not challenging the kitchen too much. Sticking to the basics rewards here. They have a broad menu with good burgers etc for those who don’t want seafood.

This place had some really wonderful lobster rolls and a serene atmosphere. Loved the clam chowder as well !!

Very nice experience. Food was decent, but best part was the lovely staff! The servers were so sweet to my less-​than-​perfect toddler. They made us feel extremely welcome, even if there were bits of food and a box of crayons throw on the floor. Thanks a million! It’s so hard to feel comfortable having dinner out with a little one.

One of the nicer restaurants in the town of Bath, conveniently across from the Hampton Inn if you are coming from out of town. When the weather is nice, they have a great view of the Kennebec River with tables and a bar outside.

Went there on two occasions recently while on vacation — food is great, drinks are cold and atmosphere on the Kennebec River cannot be beat. I highly recommend this place especially seated outside on a nice day in July or August.

Lovely location on the river, good service, and most of our party of seven enjoyed their food. I had the haddock reuben which I thought was wonderful.

Walking in, it took probably ten minutes to even be greeted by an employee. She was not very pleasant as she was rude about us saying «first available» since options were open both inside and out. She walked off and we followed, assumingly. She tossed down our menus at a table with five chairs and proceeded to leave without a single word. We are a six party group so, rude.
They have a plaque from a chili competition but I wouldn’t agree with their assessment. It tasted like a pre-​made sauce of sorts with beans and seriously just fatty pieces of beef. The scallop po-​boy came on a hamburger bun with only three scallops. It was lacking. They also have a ghost pepper sauce on a couple of their sandwiches. This sauce is not hot so don’t be thrown when you see it. As my brother said, «it must really be a ghost» because he couldn’t tell it was the hottest pepper according to the Scoville scale.
The view of the water is great. Our actual server was very nice and left us wanting for nothing.

I am not much of a creative writer, I figure I would contribute back to the system via feedback as I rely on feedback when searching for a getaway or a restaurant. The food was delicious, service was great and had a nice seat next to the Kennebec River, if your in town and looking for a seafood dinner I would recommend this place.

Came while on my trip to Maine for the 48 hours shoot, which was the second part of this whole process. We were filming in bath for part of the day and when we rapped the producers and I came here for a late lunch before traveling back to the Portland airport for our spectate flights.
I ordered the lobster which was steamed to perfection and served with asparagus and corn. The one producer ordered the same while the other ordered a steamed scallops and vegetable entrée which was amazing night too, she shared a bite!!!
This tavern is located on the water and is a very scenic and inviting place to eat at all times of the day. I highly recommend if you are ever in Bath Maine to try this place out.

I kept it simple with oysters and Caesar salad with lobster. Nice views, very casual. Old fashioned wasn’t great, but it’s tough to get a decent cocktail.

Meh, not good not bad. Very bland food for the price.

The view is spectacular, the food is… ok at best. Crab cakes were wet and a bit mushy. The prime rib was overcooked and the au jus needed some desperate flavor. The fish & chips were not what i expected. Instead of a beautiful filet i received what i can only describe as «fish nuggets». Chunks of breaded fish. It wasnt bad but it wasnt good either. The only bright spot besides the view was dessert. The peach pound cake with raspberries was delicious and the brownie sundae with caramel sauce was fantastic. Service was great. View was great. Dessert was great. Food was eh.

If you think you can roll the dice and end up with better food than your Unilocal intuition is telling you — you can’t.
This place is the classic, stereotypical restaurant on the water with a nice view and subpar food. It’s really that simple. I wouldn’t have come to the restaurant by choice because I knew it wouldn’t have good food, but other people in our party prioritized the view over food quality.
I had the haddock reuben. It consisted of a wafer thin piece of unseasoned haddock in between 2 enormous pieces of marbled rye (untoasted or buttered), and some kraut and thousand island dressing. The fish had no flavor, and the bread portions were extremely overwhelming. I ended up just eating the fish and kraut by itself. The fries were pre-​battered sysco junk. The food around the table was equally unimpressive.
The view of the river was pleasant and the service was fine. If you must come to this place, I’d recommend just ordering a drink and skipping the food.

Came back and it’s great what a nice spot to eat and have a good time!

My fault for ordering steak on the Maine coast but this is a very nice spot to take in a mediocre meal. Service was good.

They are getting 4 stars for the view. Outside dining when weather permits is spectacular. they have a large deck that sits right on the river. The restaurant food is ok, the pub food like burgers and chowders are really very good. They have great sweet potato fries. Service has always been good. The menu doesn’t seem to change much but some people like that. Great for an afternoon lunch watching the boats go buy, and they do have full bar and good selection of beer.

Delicious. Everything I ate was delicious and the service was oustanding. I had a taste of sweet potato fries, chicken wings, sea scallops, seafood ravioli, fried pickles and a few other things I can’t remember. It was all delicious.

This place was such a disappointment. Located close to the main hotel in Bath, the Hampton in seems to be a staple among visitors (it kept being recommended).
We came here on a Thursday night for a seafood meal. We ordered a few glasses of wine, two shore dinners, the fish Reuben and the warmed salad with duck.
The wine selection was lacking and those wines on the menu weren’t very good.
The warmed salad was good however the fried goat cheese cane as tiny breaded balls the size of sunflower seeds (think ball of breading with a speck if cheese). The duck on top was decent, but I’ve had much better.
The shore dinners consisted of a chowder, lobster, mussels, potato and slaw. The chowder wasn’t well seasoned and had separated, the oil, from the broth, from the base. The lobster comes whole with all the dirty work left to the diner. Mussels were good and the baked potato was your standard potato. For the price, we would have expected a bit more of the lobster dirty work to have been taken care of.
The Reuben was the best dish though the accompanying fries tastes cheap and were clearly Frozen and straight out of a bag.
All in all for value service and quality of food you can do much better in the bath area.

This Tavern had a beautiful view of the Kennebec River. There was indoor and outdoor seating. The Haddock Reuben was wonderful. My daughter had the roasted duck sandwich and thought it was exceptional. My husband liked his tavern poutine. The fish chowder and lobster stew was amazing. Huge chunks of fish and lobster. Food great, scenery beautiful, an enjoyable experience!

I’m going with three stars for KT, and I feel a bit bad about it.
They folks running the place are as nice as can be. Their lobster stew is to die for. They have a big enough menu to vary your choices when you eat here a lot, which I do because its right across from the hotel I stay in when working in Bath.
So why the qualified praise? Two reasons:
1. Beyond the lobster stew (did I mention that I’d step over your dying body to get a bowl of this stew), the food I’ve had there is good but not great. Certainly not as good as several other options in town.
2. Expensive. Sorry, it just is.
I’ll be going back to KT often, its reliable and close and that lobster stew is like the Sirens to Ulysses. You can certainly do worse, so if you’re in the area, you should give them a try.