Rockwall Restaurant Guide

I've been dining here since the early 90's - my wife and I love the place - from the delicious beef peppercorn steaks and fresh seafood to the wonderful management and waitstaff. We highly recommend this place and dine often at The Oar House in Rockwall, TX. 5 stars from my wife and I.

The Oar House is our #1 place to eat in Rockwall, we have lived here for five years now, it is also the #1 place for several of our friends. It is an awesome place for a nice dinner out on a date night or with friends.

I am an executive of a company with over 1000 employees in the DFW area and an attorney. I frequent many of the best restaurants in the Metroplex, both for business as well as with my family.

Based on the reviews on the internet as well the description of the food on the menu, we were really looking forward to a fine dining experience at the OAR HOUSE. We have eaten in almost all of the finest restaurants in Dallas & Addison and was looking forward to eating at a nice restaurant closer to
home.

What a terrible choice I made to celebrate my birthday at the OAR HOUSE!

I made a reservation for 4 adults and 5 children. When we walked in there were several staff just hanging out at the bar. The unenthusiatic waitress Dani just asked us, "Are you the party of 9?" and then pointed to a booth next to the bar that had been set up for us. They figured that seating children next to the bar was the most appropriate despite the fact that the restaurant was half empty on a Thursday night.

The mushroom soup that came with our meals and the garlic bread were good. However, the rest of the food was very mediocre at best and the portions sizes were very small. We ordered a halibut which was small tough and tasteless. The lamb shank was a huge bone with
very little meat, which had a boiled flavor. The salmon was tasteless. The veal scallopini was farly decent.

During the meal, the bar tenders and waiters hung out at the bar loudly talking, and we found that to be very irritating.

Overall, the dining experience was VERY disappointing. Since I own 10 companies around the OAR HOUSE, it would have been good for the OAR HOUSE to have
given us good service. We frequent a lot of the nice restaurants in the area and this experience was such a disappointment that our family members all noted that this was one of our worst dining experiences that we could remember. We also cater large parties from the restaurants that we enjoy. However, I will make sure to steer any of my friends and family members AWAY from that horribly run business.

May be the best restaurant east of Dallas. Everything is excellent. Not a place where you have a bunch of load and unruly kids. More of an adult place. Very nice.

The cognac filet was one of the best filet I have ever tasted. The service was great, as was the atmospere. Average cost per couple was about $80.00 including drinks.