Rudder Restaurant
73 Rocky Neck Ave - Gloucester
Recommended by Sluurpy:
2025
2024
2021
#24 of 104 restaurants in Gloucester
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PROPRIETARY
Popularity
100/100
Quality
76/100
Data Completeness
72/100
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Outdoor seating
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Takeout
🍽️
Dine-in
🍺
Alcohol
🍹
Cocktails
🍷
Wine
📅
Reservations
♿
Wheelchair accessible
♿
Accessible restroom
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Cozy
👥
Good for groups
📊 Popular Times
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Google Reviews
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Fantastic food. Loved the Maine oysters, shrimp gnocchi, and bread pudding. Our server Franklin was lovely.
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Awesome place, mouthwatering fresh seafood, breathtaking view, lovely and friendly staff, great service, very joyful atmosphere!
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Great Fall menu, crispy duck my favorite, Nice wine list and wine by the glass selections.. Cozy spot with bartenders & waitstaff full of grace and personality! We will be back soon.
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Went for my birthday. Everything was amazing. Our beautiful server was a delight. Will definitely be going back.
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Went there august 22 with friends. We had a few drinks at the bar. Bartender was friendly and knowledgeable. Dinner was amazing! Pasta Congolese could not have been better, as were the gnocchi bolognese and the ravioli.
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The team was still working out the kinks but it was an excellent meal. We can't wait to go back!
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We had the most delicious
Evening
From the fresh oysters to the fois grois, then to the fresh halibut with fresh eggplant zucchini and cherry tomatoes
It was a delight. We paired each course with a fabulous wine. The best part of our dinner was our server Franklin,
What a delight!!!
We gave this a 10 out of 10 evening ❤️
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The views are outstanding as is the food. Vegetables from Barbara Lynch’s garden were awesome.
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Barbara is bringing it all together at Rudder. You enter as a stranger and feel like you are leaving friends behind at the end of your meal. Grace is key and an elegant low key vibe runs through the room. Everything is cooked to perfection. Saffron shellfish stew, melon balls, prosciutto, and mozzarella starter and bibb salad were delicious. Drinks are great. You can also spot Barbara’s art on the walls while you dine. Her talent extends beyond the kitchen. Have fun!!
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I read a few of the previous reviews and agree, there may have been a few teething problems in sorting out service..there were a few very minor “tweaks” required during our visit, but absolutely nothing that would stop us from coming again. While timing of arrival of courses, drinks, etc could have been a tad better, our waiter was courteous, knowledgeable and very friendly.
However, when I read a review that criticised the lack of nearby parking, three things sprang to mind: 1) get an UBER, 2) cycle over 3) get a life.
I also really appreciate the small menu - restricting options means us diners are guaranteed the freshest and best….large menus are anathema to fresh food, IMO.
The bottom line - great food is what I came for and great food is what I got!
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