Sips Cafe - SOUTHWEST HARBOR

Our favorite bistro in Southeast Harbor. The menu items are unique and delish, desserts and pastries are terrific, drinks well concocted, and the staff is attentive and courteous. Don't pass up this MDI gem!

Meh. Steak was fine, drinks were OK, everything else nothing special. I genuinely do not know how you can make mashed potatoes unappetizing, and this is coming from a guy who sure likes his potatoes, but this place succeeded.The smoked seafood plate was disappointing as well, sure it was indeed smoked, but it just didn't taste good at all. Pretty sure all of it tasted better before it got smoked...

If rating the food alone I would give it 6 stars. 2nd night in a row my wife and I dined here. She had scallop crepes our 1st evening and chicken marsala 2nd evening. Salads were also excellent. I had the meatloaf as I was told it was excellent and it did not disappoint. Best meatloaf I've ever had and I'm from mennonite/amish country. Drinks were also very good. Only complaint is service tended to be slow. Too many tables to serve for the number of wait staff. The owner should limit the number of tables if they cannot find more wait staff. Review would be 5 but for this. Desserts were also excellent!

Friendly service. Good food. Give them a try. Working hard to do a good job. Thank you

TLDR: extremely long wait for food (even just appetizers); don’t get flank steak; good bread.We came in at 3:48pm. Was told that food will be served after 4pm, no problem, we thought to just have a drink, no big deal.Two lovely ladies came in and sat down next to us around 3:52.At 4:10, Our orders mysteriously disappeared from the ordering terminal, had to re-enter our order, okay fine also no problem, we will wait.Long story short, the two ladies finished their appetizers and main course and is waiting for dessert while we are still waiting for one appetizer to arrive.We were so hungry we kept asking for bread.Our appetizer came at 5:12. Main course came soon after. The flank steak was, of course, dry and flavorless. Medium rare steak turned out to be almost as dry as beef jerky, except jerky is more flavorful.Friend appreciated her Parmesan chicken but the fettuccine was nothing special.Possibly the worst experience in the surrounding towns.Added one additional star because the bread and my friend’s drink was great. ??‍