Crab Cake APP
Treat your taste buds to our tender juicy crab cake starter served with whole grain mustard cream – it’s SO delicious!
fresh-shucked-year-round
OYSTER Lovers … are you ready to DIG IN?
lobster roll sliders
Are you ready to DIG IN?
happy new year
holiday hours & gifts
Come make MERRY at the Boat House!
We have a FABULOUS menu for all of your FESTIVITIES with family & friends! Please Note HOLIDAY HOURS:
OPENING EARLY @11am for GIFT CERTIFICATE Sales - Fri 12/20, Sat 12/21, Sun 12/22, Mon 12/23 and Christmas Eve Tues 12/24, with Kitchen serving lunch till 4pm; Bar till 6pm.
CLOSED Christmas Day 12/25. OPEN Thursday 12/26 Regular Business Hours
We Look forward to seeing you soon!
Holiday FUN!
Bring your PARTY to the Boat House this HOLIDAY season!
Come ENJOY a special lunch or dinner, drinks, private functions & gatherings of all sizes with FRIENDS & FAMILY ... and leave the dishes to us! Take-out meals & GIFT CERTIFICATES are always on the menu too.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
House Specialties
Boat House Specialties
There’s bouillabaisse, and then there’s Boat House BOUILLABAISSE!
This sensational dish is one of our Chef’s Specialties loaded with fresh flavors from the sea - scallops, shrimp, mussels, haddock, lobster and linguica topped with a lobster tail - a must try!
Introducing ...
Hannah’s Lavender Haze Martini! An elegant addition to our SPRING Beverage Menu including: Up Beet, Sharon’s Peep-tini, Strawberry Lemonade Stand, Laura’s Pink Bunny COCKTAILS; Selected bottles of RESERVED WINES; as well as Strawberry Lavender Lemonade & Pink Peeper MOCKTAILS … Come try!
OKTOBERFEST
Celebrate OKTOBERFEST at the Boat House!
Come try a Party-Size-Pretzel & SAVOR subtle FALL flavors with these AMAZING BREWS…
Cake – Herb And Spice Beer… Brewed with cinnamon coffee cake, vanilla and light roast coffee – Exhibit ‘A’ Brewing Company, Framingham, MA in collaboration with Grandma’s of New England
Black Cat Porter … A smooth and creamy dark ale full of deep roasted malt character ... Chocolate and coffee notes balanced with a sly hop bitterness - Zero Gravity, Burlington, Vermont
Paulaner … Ask your server about this style of beer developed over 200 years ago to celebrate the original OKTOBERFEST - Paulaner Brewery, Munich, Germany
Oktober Gale … This seasonal brew offers caramel and bready notes - Rockport Brewing Co., Rockport, MA
Drunken Pumpkin … Shipyard Pumpkin with Faber Caramel Vodka
Delirium Tremens … On Draft - Brewery Huyghe, Melle, Belgium
Delirium Nocturnum … In Bottle - Brewery Huyghe, Melle, Belgium
Focal Banger … 16 oz Can - The Alchemist, Stowe, VT
The Sibling Up The Street
Thanks for the Shout Out - Cape Ann Magazine! Here is a link to Cape Ann Magazine’s Fall 2018 10th Year Anniversary Issue & story “THE SIBLING UP THE STREET – Boat House Grille – Blue Marlin's younger sister – catches Essex flavor and favor with ease …" by Joann Mackenzie with photos by Mike Springer on page 38: https://capeannmagazine-cnhi.newsmemory.com/.
Summer Dining With Family & Friends
Come to the Boat House for a delicious meal with family & friends and discover all of the hidden treasures in our seaside garden!
Friends & Family
Did your New Year wishes include more time with friends & family? Boat House Grille Essex is a great place to meet for lunch, dinner, drinks, family parties, date night, birthdays, anniversaries and other special occasions. Follow these links to view > lunch and > dinner menus online, call us at (978) 890-7471 and let us help you get that party going!
Happy Birthday Boat House Grille!
This Tuesday, October 17th we celebrate our first year with a big shout out of THANKS to facebook friends, guests, family + crew for helping us set sail on a fun new dining adventure on the Great Marsh of Essex. We hope you will join us at lunch or dinner on Tuesday and enjoy a free appetizer for the table in honor of this special occasion. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Kicking off the weekend ...
... with a big THANKS to all 1,000+ friends of Boat House Grille Essex Facebook page!
We appreciate your support and are happy to congratulate Karen Long of Ipswich, MA – winner of a $100.00 restaurant gift certificate from our Red Hot Raffle Drawing this week.
Cheers to everyone who participated!
Congratulations New England Patriots Super Bowl LI Champions!
Sunday February 5th - Closing Early
This Sunday February 5th - Boat House Grille Essex will be CLOSING EARLY - kitchen @4pm, bar @6pm. We will be OPEN again regular hours on Monday, February 6th. GO PATRIOTS!!!
"Come for the atmosphere, stay for the food"
Thanks for the Shout Out - Boston.com & Boston Sunday Globe North! Here is a link to Boat House Grille Essex review by Boston Globe Correspondent, Brion O’Connor on January 13, 2017.
Boat House Grille Cold Platter Tower Of Oysters, Cherrystones, Shrimp, King Crab, Lobster.
Boat House Renovations
Here’s a big shout out of THANKS to our friends and team of local artists, crafts and tradespeople, who helped re-imagine and renovate Boat House Grille Essex this summer. We love our new space and are excited to move in, and start entertaining!
