Causeway Restaurant

***** (5 stars, based on 16 reviews)
78 Essex Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 281-5256 Find location!

The Causeway Restaurant is a seafood restaurant in Gloucester, MA, that Boston's Hidden Restaurants has not yet reviewed, but is considered a restaurant of interest by this Web site. Below is a section where our readers can give us their own reviews of the Causeway Restaurant.

Sample items on the menu at the Causeway Restaurant include fish chowder, seafood marinara, and grilled lemon pepper salmon.

Cuisine: seafood
Cost: moderately inexpensive
Location: north of Boston
One Reason to Go: lots of local character

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READERS' REVIEWS OF THE CAUSEWAY RESTAURANT:

*****Lorenzo & Teresa from Beverly, MA, say:
Speaks for itself. Don't just sit there get over to the Causeway Restaurant, you will be glad you did.
(Posted on 3/8/12)

*****Sally and Ed from Tewksbury, MA, say:
We've been here several times alone and with another couple and have always been pleased with the food, service and surroundings. The portions are large and well prepared. A bowl of their excellent clam chowder can make an entire meal. The interior has just been redecorated and it loooks very good. You can bring your own beer or wine and there is a liquor store right next door.
(Posted on 2/16/12)

*****Don from Daytona Beach, FL, says:
I went to visit a friend of mine and he asked me if I liked fish chowder. He had been working in Gloucester that day and brought some home. Best fish chowder I have ever had and I spent most of my life living in New England where there are many good seafood restaurants. The following week I asked my friend if he would show me where this place was. We drove about 50 miles and it was worth the trip. Very casual and fast service. I ordered a bowl of this fabulous chowder and let me tell you that is a meal in it's self. As I watched the many different orders being brought out I knew this place was going to be my new favorite restaurant. Very reasonably priced. I hope they never change anything. Can't wait to try everything else on the menu.
(Posted on 9/11/11)

*****G.H. Abene from NY says:
Best Fish Chowder EVER! Get wine at the Liquor Store adjacent. You will go back.
(Posted on 9/5/11)

*****rb from Peabody, MA, says:
Awesome awesome awesome love the food and the out of the way location. Never been disappointed thanks enza
(Posted on 7/23/11)

*****Roberta from Stoneham, MA, says:
This is the best seafood around; the portions are huge and the seafood marinara is superb along with the other dishes on the menu. I come back over and over again.
(Posted on 12/31/10)

*****Paulo from Revere, MA, says:
Just happened on it yesterday and we were very pleased. Great Seafood - the very best seafood chowdah (since the early days at Legal). Will go back again and again to try much more of the menu. Right now, I'll reheat the seafood marinara for lunch. yum.
(Posted on 9/21/09)

*****KNG from North Wales, PA, says:
This was the best seafood dinner I've ever had and I wish I had the recipe for the fish chowder. It was so delicious I'd drive the 7 hours to go back for a cup!
(Posted on 9/20/09)

*****Wayne from Salem, MA, says:
Huge portions, beautifully prepared, my wife and I share "Peter's Platter." - it is so large - several times every summer.
(Posted on 7/12/09)

*****ck from Wakefield, MA, says:
Awesome restaurant. VERY casual so you can go after beach. You will never go away hungry from this place. The most reasonable prices we have ever found. 2 things - yes, you might feel rushed but if you tell them you want to relax and slow down they will definitely do that. Sal did leave. He was the one who really rushed you but he did not own the place. Believe it is the same owner. Please don't let Phantom rate this restaurant. In our house if Phantom rates it as good we never go. Their reviews are so biased it is ridiculous!
(Posted on 7/10/09)

*****MBM from Newburyport, MA says:
The food is good and it comes out really fast. The waitstaff always seem to rush you. If you sit in the room near the door, you always have the long wait line hovering over you while you eat.
(Posted on 6/6/09)

*****Yousef from Peabody, MA says:
Well-prepared food, fast service. Great prices. As you guys all have heard it is a hidden restaurant; as you guys may or may not know the business has been sold. Sal has left as I hear.
(Posted on 1/28/09)

*****George from Boca Raton, FL says:
Worth a trip from anywhere to dine here. Have travelled from the Berkshires while on vacation to eat just one meal there and them drove back.
Food quality--excellent
Service--excellent
Value--excellent
(Posted on 11/21/08)

*****Angela and Eugene Cross from Boston, MA say:
This restaurant is fabulous. We got the name from a local while we were staying in Gloucester for a getaway and have been coming back ever since. Sometimes on a weekend, we'll just take a drive up for the day just to have lunch here. We're good eaters but always manage to take some home because the portions are so large. This place needs to be on the Phantom Gourmet. It's such a hole in the wall, it's easy to miss. The place, staff, and food are excellent.
(Posted on 8/26/08)

*****MDR from Lewistown, PA says:
Got the name of this place from a local on a dock. In his words, "Trust me." Pulled into the parking lot and almost pulled right back out. Not much to look at but we "trusted" the local. Our reward was the most fabulous fish dinner we've ever had. Tender, delicious baked haddock - an inch thick and so big it was hanging out over the sides of the plate. We felt like we discovered a hidden treasure!!
(Posted on 8/18/08)

*****Dan and Connie from Wasilla, Alaska say:
We've been here once but are on the way back. There is no description that can do justice to this place - it's way beyond great!
Friends took us and we're bringing friends (from Alaska) just so they can experience this wonderful restaurant.
As noted above, the portions are gigantic, the prices are very fair and the experience is worth the trip.
Please, leave some room for us.
(Posted on 8/5/08)

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