Windward Grille - Essex

Celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary at the Windward. Great food, waitress was pleasant and stopped by our table often. The bread was delicious. Fisherman's platter and fried scallops were superior!! Waitress surprised us with a celebratory cake! This restaurant is highly recommended any time you are in the area.

Setting is nice. Food is very good, presentation is good but service was slow.

Love this place. Owner run and staff is so engaging. Excellent service, awesome cocktails and a wide variety of delicious food all prepared to perfection. Nice, cozy atmosphere. Plenty of bar space too.

The best seafood at great prices. No off nights, stay away from woodmans or farnhams on a wednesday, but Windward hits it out of the park every single time. Love you guys

Returned here after the long Covid lock down. Hasn't changed, pretty much the same menu its had for years. Good beer/wine selection. My wife and son started with the crab-stuffed mushrooms. Very good. I started with fried oysters. Very well made, crispy on the outside, soft and juicy inside. My wife had the linguine with shrimp and scallops. Good. Large helping. My son had the rack of lamb. Done as requested (medium rare) and very good. I had the haddock Rockerfeller. Problem here: the haddock was dry, tough and barely warm. Like the fillet had been sitting in a warming oven and then the sauce was just poured over it. Disappointing. Service OK, somewhat slow but to be expected as restaurants get back on line.