Boathouse Rotisserie & Raw Bar

1459 Riverside Dr #4312, Chattanooga - 37406
726 reviews
American Seafood
(423) 622-0122

Not recommended for kids,our first time there,drunks everywhere,they messed up our order,location great,I'm sorry just to many big mouth people drinking,I guess my tea looked bad compared to all else.

I rate this 4 stars because of their facility, location and service. The food could have been better prepared (salmon burger) and a full bar. We had fried clams, chicken strip and salmon burger. The salmon was dry and it should have been fully loaded. The bar does not have frozen drinks or make margaritas etc.We also had chips (fresh made) with cheese dip, keylime pie (very good) and ice cream sundae.Our server was outstanding and offered many suggestions.

Stopped in on a Weds evening while visiting the area, only had to wait 20-30 minutes. Sat at the bar while we waited and the bartender was super, he suggested some off the menu items we could order. We had read that the grilled squid was great and it didn’t disappoint, lovely grilled flavor that didn’t overpower everything and just the perfect serving size to share between the 2 of us. The bartender suggested the Latta lotta garlic salmon (off the menu), my husband chose that. I ordered the fish special of the day while fried flounder, perfectly fried in a super light cornmeal batter. Both dishes were great! Again, just the right serving size so we weren’t stuffed but comfortably full and satisfied. When we are traveling we don’t usually want to go to the same restaurant twice but this might be an exception.

Really good meal. Rashawn was our server and did well. Only disappointment was our entrees came to the table and we were not half way done with the appetizers.Get the grilled squid appetizer it's fantastic. We sat inside on the window with a great view. Yes we had about a 40 minute wait but it was Father's Day and the place was packed. Really liked this place even with the bad timing.

It was ok. Shrimp was pretty good. And the server made me some kind of mixed drink that was delicious. I ended up ordering two of them. The brownie was ice cream was only ok because there was a weird sweetness that I can't explain. It almost tastes like a sugar substitute was used in it but my husband enjoyed it.

I’ve driven by hundreds of times and thought, wow, it must be good if the number of cars in the ample parking lot is any indication. Well, we hit the sweet spot, between the lunch and dinner crowd and wow, the calamari, the wedge salad with salmon, and that catfish po boy was delicious. I wish we had room for more, but I’ll definitely go back. Great food and great service.

We went with a another couple to have dinner. There was about an hour wait when we went so we tried to get drinks while we waited. The bar area was packed and the bartenders (there were 4 of them, I believe) were not very friendly or attentive. The mojito was really good though! Once we sat, things got better. We ordered the guacamole, which was great!!! For our meals, we had fried shrimp and a dozen oysters. The other couple had fish tacos and the grilled salmon. The food tasted pretty good once it arrived, although the shrimp lacked flavor and the cut of salmon was VERY small. We did enjoy the atmosphere and drinks, but as a local, we won’t go back. It was WAY more pricey than it was worth, in our opinion.

We stopped here for lunch before our segway tour. We had the smoked pork nachos and fresh pork quesadillas. My what a treat! Both were delicious!

Stopped in on a semi-busy early evening. Showed up at 530pm and there was a 20 minute wait. They don't take reservations so we waited, but that turned out to be maybe 10 minutes before we were seated by the window with a view. So far, so good. Then we had one of those painfully long waits before a waitress even shows up to take drink orders or answer questions. Like 15 minutes with just us sitting there. Finally she shows up and takes our appetizer and drink orders while dropping off silverware and two appetizer plates. The two plates were stacked up and I took off the top one to serve to my wife and the bottom plate still had plenty of what I would generously call standing water on it. I took my napkin to dry it off and then noticed that my plate and her plate didn't match at all, and neither did the silverware. It's almost as if they just buy them at yard sales and lay out anything. The appetizers arrive quickly and are hot and delicious. Only negative here was they apparently don't serve lemon wedges with oysters which is unheard of, but good luck trying to find a server to get you any. It was still tasty; so far so good. We finish and nobody bothers to collects the two different empty appetizer dishes and two different mismatched plates. Then I begin to notice, that the air conditioning doesn't seem to be working in the restaurant, and we were inside in not on the deck at all.. The water pitcher and tea glasses had little ice, but the condensation was everywhere. Multiple people at multiple tables fanning themselves with a menu, mind you we are inside. Out of nowhere the entrees arrive. The fried seafood and sides were fine except for one glaring problem, The slaw. For reasons known only to the line cooks, the chose to put my fries atop the slaw which I knew would heat it up. I pulled the fries aside and sampled the slaw expecting it to be warm. The slaw was disgusting. Just shredded cabbage with nothing to it. No dressing, no carrot, no onion, no anything. Simply a pile of hot shredded goo. When you think of slaw, you want something cold, crunchy, creamy or sour to contrast fried seafood. When the alleged slaw is hotter than the fries themselves, mate you've got issues. I wished to rid the taste from my mouth, but guess what? Remember that flighty server? It was so hot in there that the ice was melted in all beverages both water and tea. Now I had a glass of just watered down tea with no ice and a pitcher of water on the table with no ice. Perhaps eight feet diagonal to me appeared to be a "manager." Chap with a short beard, crossed arms, and who was quipping with the servers. He clearly looks directly at me and I clearly wave for assistance and he.....does nothing. Just sorta stares back. Even worse, is the bus girl with a trolly to bus tables who is parallel and against our table with the dirty dishes. I thought you put people were put on trolleys in a mortuary, but here we are now in restaurants with it. And the table behind me is ordering and the bus girl is trying to get past her to clear a table. For reasons known only to her she just stands there motionless with a disgusting pile of cleared dishes from other tables that's against mine and she's not moving. I glance back to the manager chap who appeared caught in a conversation with the hostess (which is another issue). The entrees minus the slaw, tastes fine. Magically the server appears (clearly they can't be bothered to refill drinks yet want $15 for a simple mojito. She clears those used appetizer dishes that had been sitting on the table thirty minutes when she says, "you don't want dessert do you?" Because guess what? She had the check already printed and ready to throw out to me. I stop a moment because.....I'm still eating. And look her in the eye and tell her we are absolutely going to have dessert. She stops and sort of huffs, and then abruptly leaves the table. Ten minutes go by and she appears to take the dessert order......and....we have no menu to choose dessert from. I te

Fantastic food and fun atmosphere. Very friendly wait staff. Had the shrimp special and it was great. House made guacamole also very good.