Bubba’s Bar & Grille

This place doesn’t look like much but we had a good experience. The waitress took good care of us: kept track, good humor, etc. It was a quiet Monday mid-​afternoon. We started with appetizers: Irish nachos and calimari. Both were tasty. The chowder was very good I was told. I didn’t have a starter. I had clam linguini and it was good enough for rural New Hampshire though I have had better at some Italian places. A friend had the Baconater (sp) burger which has plenty of bacon. I had a bite and it was tasty. My wife and a friend had the buttered lobster roll which had plenty of lobster: priced like a meal but worth it. We started with bloody Mary’s which were good and I had some white wine to accompany my pasta. I understand why our friends like this place.

The place is cute with a nice view of the lake. The food however is mediocre at best. I had the stuffed sole at $ 19. I would expect a chef prepared meal for that kind of money. I think the COOK probably got out of school at 3pm. Apps were very expensive. The server brought out food and we never saw him again. I wanted a glass of wine and had to ask the girl cleaning tables. I asked her what happened to the waiter and she said to me, he had to go to the store for something. REALLY??? The pizzas that went by looked good. I would stick to that or sandwiches

Nice wide variety of selections. They are proud of their chowder. It is quite nice, no complain here. Expecting a lot of families including little one so expect to have a plastic cup on the table. Our lobster rolls came with slightly soggy bun but overall is ok. It might be time to update the décor.

the food is pretty good overall with a broad menu overall service is good and there is a nice beer selection. Overall it’s good not great. Prices are in line I with this touristy type restaurant may or may not go back. Sorry for lack of details place just falls in middle of road type of place.

We had a god meal there tonight. We were a family of five and each enjoyed their meal which is very rare. My wife had pasta, my oldest son had a wrap, my younger son had a burger, our six year old daughter had a hot dog and I had their bubba bomb. Can’t remember a recent meal where we were 5 for 5.

The burgers are out of this world and the service is impeccable. A great place to come after a long day of skiing.

Great staff, especially Corey at the Bar. Super friendly and the food was outstanding!

Good option for lunch or casual dinner. The seafood chowder is awesome and really the main draw for stopping in. Number of other fried options for seafood that are good, and they have very good lobster roles. Big hit with the kids, and its a good family restaurant, if you dont get seated too close to the locals bar.
Prices are reasonable, and they always run a bunch of very good choices with specials.

Had the whole clam roll. The clams were BAD and come to find out from the waitress they were informed of it the day before from another customer but kept on serving them anyways. They were kind enough to take them off my bill but didn’t seem to care that there serving rotten food. I never saw a manager or owner.
I would recommend going to the hot dog stand across the street before going there.

Take out order, got a bowl of the famous seafood chowder, came in a little one cup container, what a ripoff, seafood chowder had egg noodles in it, ever hear of noodles in a seafood chowder??? Hamburg plate, they forgot the fries, great. Won’t be goin here again.

Stopped at bubba’s after skiing. Service in the bar was fair, we were ignored for 10 minutes and finally had to get up and speak with someone. Nice selection of brews on tap. We tried the fish chowder and sweet potato fries. Both were fair at best. Based on. our appetizers, I would not be likely to stop again

This place is known for their seafood chowder! It is AMAZING! I had it everyday while I was staying at mount sunapee. Nice place in general.

Always good. Usually sit at bar & have pizza & wedge. Great beer & wine selection. Susan behind bar great asset! Tried new pork chili recently. What a great dish. Summertime try the lobster roll. Also Ice cream window outside great for a quick stop in summer. This is a local place that people love. Good burgers & pulled pork too.

Solid place. Hub always gets the whole lobster and I seem to end up with the shrimp scampi. Haven’t tried the pizza but it looks good. Good cocktails and beers and friendly waitstaff.

Wife and I just «played it safe» at dinnertime and came away with a pleasant experience… Their seafood chowder is to die for… Its won some local awards and rightly so… its incredibly delicious and very good… we each had a bowl,. we shared an appetizer of mozzarella sticks —yummy…I had a bacon cheeseburger (well done).cooked perfectly with decent fries, and wife had crab cakes (appetizer) as her main event. I told you we played it safe. Bubba’s aspires to bigger, better things. they update their menu daily on their website… maybe next time we’ll be more adventuresome. place was very crowded but all the help seemed very attentive and positive. they seem to do a big «bar» business. 2 bartenders were hard at work filling orders. good mix of locals and vacationers. OK spot for lunch or dinner.

Bubba’s is pretty good. The wedge salad is delicious and it is half a head of iceberg lettuce. The fried oysters are yummy too. THe pizza is great thanks to the brick oven installed by the previous restaurant. My only complaint about Bubba’s is that it is relatively expensive. I was struck by the price points after comparing prices to the wonderful lunch at the Old Courthouse in Newport just a few days earlier.

Decent food. Nothing fancy by any means. Salmon with lime hollindaise sauce was pretty good but the green beans that came with it were obviously frozen and still cold.
Expensive beers!

Good salads pizza and basic food for a casual place After a day of skiing or swimming it fits the bill. Great drafts, friendly staff

I give 2.5 star do to the wait staff, or lack there of. I just had the one of the driest, no personality, not caring waitresses ever. I actually had to get up and get my own refill of water from the staff area. Just because you have a nice view of Lake Sunapee, doesn’t give you the right to have lousy staff. We came here for a late lunch after touring the Fells and going on a short hike (nice). Was busy for 2:30ish, We both had their claimed seafood chowder, a bit pricey but well worth it, considering all the seafood chunks in it, it was delicious. I had a pulled pork sandwich which was OK (I’ve had better). Tina had a «cougar» sandwich turkey & Swiss &honey mustard with a focaccia bread, she says it was good.

It was a pretty good day. Swimming and kayaking on Lake Sunapee, seeing distant relatives I haven’t seen in a decade or have never met, celebrating my great uncle’s 80^th birthday. Pretty nice. Gas is still under four dollars up here, and when I took a picture of some guys fishing from their kayaks, they asked me if it was for Kayak Monthly. Uh, sure?
We went here for lunch today, five adults and one small three-​year-​old girl. Bubba’s has a decent looking menu for its kind of place:
–Appetizers like fried calamari, seafood-​stuffed portabella, wings, artichoke hearts. We got the quesadilla filled with tomatoes, black beans, scallions, and cheese, with salsa, guacamole, and sour cream.
–Soup and salad.
–Sides, some of which sounded pretty good, like Biloxi Baked Beans and Bubba’s Honey Cornbread.
–Sandwiches such a Monte Cristo, crab sandwich, Philly Cheesesteak, a glorified BLT wrap, and the burger, which I’ll come back to.
–Dinner entrees like stuffed chicken (goat cheese! sounds good), 14 oz. ribeye, 12 oz. New York strip, ribs.
–Pizza, both with precreated combinations or make-​your-​own.
–Some basic seafood choices.
–Some pasta.
All this is to say, it sounds pretty good. On paper.
And it looks good, too. And the service was good and friendly. And they waited until all our dishes were ready (the little girl ordered a pizza, which took a little longer than our sandwiches) before bringing them all together, which was thoughtful, I suppose.
The quesadilla already described was tasty. That’s all there is to that. It wasn’t out of this world, but the ingredients were pretty expected. Not bad, not great. Fine.
The burger: three of us ordered them. They are $ 7.99 and they come with the normal toppings: choice of cheese (American, cheddar, Swiss), tomatoes, red onions, lettuce. Then, with NO EXTRA CHARGE, you can also ask for bacon, avocado, and or roasted peppers! How great is that? I got the bacon and avocado and only left off the peppers for fear of it not being able to fit in my mouth. And, to top it off, this is the kind of place where they ask you how you want it cooked. NICE. Medium rare, please. My great aunt asked for medium.
It came with fries. The fries were like the quesadilla. OK. Nothing special. Not bad, but definitely a little lacking. They definitely needed the salt and ketchup I put on there.
When the pizza was still in the oven, we could see all our sandwiches sitting, ready, under some heat lamps. This probably meant the burgers were still cooking under there. Either way, my burger was medium to medium well. No pink rareness to speak of. It still tasted like a burger, and the toppings were good, but if you’re going to ask how I want it cooked, I’d like it to be cooked that way. My great aunt wasn’t satisfied either, but she also may just be picky about burgers, I don’t know.
I want to give this place a better review, and if I’m ever in the area again (Lake Sunapee is pretty nice, I probably will return with the fam sometime), I’ll probably try something else there. But from what we had, I’d pass next time.
Whew! That was long.
Last comment: Somehow one of us managed to get sweet potato fries. Was that an option I just didn’t see or hear? Anyway, THOSE were good. I wish I’d known ahead of time.