We've eaten there 3 times with a variety of people.
First time it was 2 adults and 2 children. The adults had the Porterhouse steak for two as an entree. Cooked to order w/ nice exterior char. For appetizers, the table shared a salad (don't recall what kind) but it was not watery, all fresh veggies and good; an order of fried calamari which were tender, not greasy, and lightly breaded, the entire table loved them but I would suggest asking for the spicy sauce to be placed on the side. The sauce tasted of cornstarch and the calamari would have tasted just as good w/ some lemon wedges. The last appetizer was steamed clams and they were sucked back nicely.
The children ordered the fish tacos and the kid's menu version of salmon. One kiddo asked that the avocado not be included on the tacos but it came anyway. We could have asked for it to be returned but I "forced" myself to eat the gator pear
. Once the avocado was removed all children happily ate their main course.
The kids had a bowl of ice cream for dessert and the man had a root beer float. I had none.
Second dinner, there were three of us, 2 adults and a 12 y/older. the man and I shared the Porterhouse again as well as a mixture of oysters from the raw bar. All obviously fresh with a few sauces. The man stayed with the freshly grated horseradish (neither of us are fans of the bottled stuff) and red sauce since he didn't like the cucumber mignonette; I thought the mignonette was an innovative twist on the traditional style. The tween ordered a shrimp cocktail and fried fish with fries.
We all shared a salad....think it was the field greens this time. Ice cream bowls for the other two again and none for me.
Last meal it was 4 adults and 3-4 children. Four or five of the party had hamburgers, the man and I shared another Porterhouse and our traveling tween went her own way with a variety of appetizers: calamari, shrimp cocktail, and a chopped salad. The man and I opted to split a dozen house oysters which was a mistake as they were too briny though meaty. Next time we'll go back to name sourced oysters predominately from the East Coast. The man and I also shared a wedge of iceberg salad minus the bacon. I don't recall what else the burger people had. We ordered several desserts: sorbet, ice cream floats, cheesecake and some sort of chocolate cake. I only had some of the sorbet.
Overall the service was amiable and acceptable. A few missteps but nothing to make me cross the eatery off my list. The surroundings are beautiful and I guess we sat in an area without noise issues (either on the patio or just outside of it) since we were not bothered by the sounds of other parties.
This summer we've decided to eat at Yachtsman to expand our horizons w/ no shade cast on Boathouse in making the decision. We'll be back there again.