Bubba's Bar & Grille
Categories: Restaurants American (New) Restaurants Italian American (New), Italian [Edit]
Newbury Harbor PlazaRoute 103
Newbury, NH 03255
(603) 763-3290
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
5 reviews for Bubba's Bar & Grille
5 reviews in English
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Review from Sam S.
San Francisco, CA
8/13/2008
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 80th 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. -
Review from Kenan F.
Greenwich, CT
1/4/2010
Relative to other options in a 5 mile radius of Mount Sunapee, this place is a gem. It might get 3 stars in a bigger city, but for this area, a solid 4. Service was excellent, food was fresh and tasty. We each had a glass of wine the Yellowtail Shiraz and Fat Bastard Merlot. Clam chowder was hearty and perfect after a cold day of skiing, homemade cornbread was to die for and the cheezy bread was yummy too (tasted like pizza with no tomato sauce). 2 of us had the grilled salmon with citrus and broccoli, the third had the chicken risotto. Everything was delicious.
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Review from Patrick S.
Philomont, VA
8/15/2010
Took the family there for dinner and watched the Red Sox while having traditional New England summer chow. Good assortment of beers, ice cream for the kids and friendly waitstaff. Like many of the place I grew up going to from the Cape to The Lakes Region.
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Review from Corey H.
Weare, NH
8/14/2010
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.
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Review from Meredith L.
Bennington, NH
8/16/2010
I wasn't overly impressed by this place. Looking at the menu prices, you would think that they would have something extra to offer to the ordinary standard fare. I didn't really find that to be so. They did have some unique offerings (fried artichoke hearts, which were pretty good), but I didn't think they was worth the jacked-up, Sunapee region prices. My husband said his ribs were mediocre, and though I did order the "Chef's Special Pasta", I hardly think cheese tortellini with chicken in Alfredo sauce should be priced at $18.00. But maybe that's just me.
I did think the service was good. Our waitress was very friendly and attentive, and didn't forget to bring anything, which I find is rare. Even when I was a waitress I forgot something simple like a glass of water on a busy night. So kudos to her. The food also came out quickly.
There were two things that made me rate this place so low- we were sat in the back corner, not directly next to, but a step up from the kitchen. The lighting was fine, but it was extremely hot in that corner. We were boiling the whole time. And really, it wasn't that hot of a summer evening.
The second thing about being in that corner is that there was a gathering of houseflies in that area. And I don't mean two or three houseflies- I mean at least 15. At first, we were wondering why we seemed to have this one fly at our table that kept landing on our plates. When I finally looked up at the ceiling in the back I was disgusted to see a mass of them crawling all over the ceiling above. It was gross, and I lost my appetite watching them all crawl around up there.
I did let the manager know when I left, and she was really nice about it, and said that they had had a pest company out. To me, it seems like some additional steps need to be made however, like a few Vector lights throughout the facility, maybe an air curtain at the back door of the kitchen to the dumpster, and making sure nobody is leaving any unscreened windows/doors open for any reason besides delivery. Honestly, it was not a minor problem, and like I said I was grossed out. I actually had second thoughts about taking my leftover food home.
So, like I said, food was okay, though a little pricey for standard fare. Service good, but hindered by atmosphere. If you try it, hopefully you'll have a better experience.
