Harpoon Louie’s

Great Sports Bar with great bar food! Weekends Busy — Always busy! Last time here in December, the daughter and I were flying out back to Alaska, needed grub from moving her stuff back to J’Ville from UCF (yes she graduated). So we had to make a pit stop and Harpoon was on the way. Called in a To Go Black & Bleu Steak Salad and Buffalo Burger Med Rare with Onion Rings. I miss you guys! Always good eats!

Harpoon Louie’s is our go-​to place for wings. Karl’s way, which is fried and grilled with a mildly spicy sauce, is our preferred option. Ask for them well done and you get delicious, crispy, flavorful and GINORMOUS wings that will leave you satisfied. Their burgers, tacos and salads are also great, but it’s just so hard to pass up the wings when they are so perfect. The elusive 5^th star for HL is due to spotty service for both in-​house and to-​go orders. Again, the quality of the food (wings) keeps us coming back.

Food was good but service all around was very slow. Took over an hour to get food and 15 minutes for drinks. Was frustrating.

We have been here a few times bc they have a few vegan options and plenty for us meat eaters. Great patio on the water. Normally the service is quick but this vist they are sloooooooooooooow and we brought our parents who were visiting from Ohio. :(We waited a long time to have order taken, had to ask for the soup and for refills. Even after we asked to have the soup brought out it did take about 10 minutes and another 10 minutes after that for the soda refills. Still waiting on our food and we’ve been here at least an hour.

Great place. About 40 mins from house. Neighborhood bar with diverse draft beer selection, friendly and mostly timely wait staff (short-​handed at lunch today). Hamburgers are cooked to order and one of the few JAX restaurants that actually cook them to your specifications. My medium was pretty close to medium. THANKS!

Went there for lunch had chicken and fries. While eating my chicken I realize I was chewing some hard it was metal. Yes metal. I will never eat there again.

First of all, I don’t take pictures of my food, I think it’s weird and I never do it because when I am actually out having dinner with people I really want to be with, I don’t take the time to even have my phone at the table… with that being said, I love Harp’s! Some of the best Ranch you will ever eat, the hamburgers are awesome, fish nuggets at lunch time are unbelievable and service is always great. I can also tell you the prices at happy hour are totally worth the visit and I would say go after work for some cold draft beer.

Well… The waitress we had was super nice & attentive. They were out of the vegi burgers which is our whole reason for the 3 of us going. Plan B. Two of us got the Spring Salad. Huge disappointment. Small serving size, & nothing fancy about it. The home made dressing was average at best. Kind of watery taste. Neither were impressed. Fish tacos were tasty but dry. Had to get extra salsa to help. I wouldn’t go back…
The BBQ sauce is a popular store bought brand, so the vegi burger is just that. A vegi burger ripped apart & bbq sauce stirred in to it. Not super original.
I went home & had lunch after…

One of my favorite places in Jax. I’ve never had bad service at this place and I’ve been going here for over 5+ yrs at least once a month. The food is great. My favorites are the chimichurri steak and the pasta salad. You must go here the 1^st weekend of each month when they have their trolley night specials — $ 1 WINES– need I say more? Plus there’s a trolley stop nearby which will be a whole other adventure. Great trivia host on Tuesday nights also. The have multiple vegetarian and vegan options to suite any crowd and have multiple craft beer selections from the local breweries. Great neighborhood place that will always have my business.

Delicious food and the waitress Savannah is fantastic. I ordered the wings honey bbq and hot. Blt was amazing. I do recommend

Love love love this place. Haha okay probably not that much but this place is awesome. They have some pretty good food. Carls way wings are pretty delish and the burgers never seem to disappoint. They have a pool table which is pay per game. The juke box can be user controlled (country is always a good choice) enough tvs to allow you to watch whatever you want from wherever you are sitting. Drinks specials on the daily. There has only been one bad waitress there and gave her a chance twice so whenever we go we would just ask for someone else. Great place to bring some friends or just casually dine!

Harpoon Louie’s is a neighborhood staple, but it’s suffered from its old owner’s shortcomings for years.
The «new» owners have had it for over a decade, and have combatted the establishment’s former reputation with higher food quality, with simple preparations that hide great flavor, and slow but steady improvements to the restaurant.
Harp’s (as it’s known by all long time locals) is the kind of place that only locals know about, and while they’re glad to have a neighborhood following, they always seem to welcome new faces!
Boasting a solid menu prepared by their line cooks and Allison (the long time matriarch of Harp’s grill), it’s food that can surprise newcomers because of the casual surroundings.
For a long time it was the only place in Riverside that I would eat fish or wings.
The selection of burgers is also solid, but there are two stand out items on the menu:
1. Their grouper nuggets (prepared grilled, lightly blackened or blackened) are great with the freshly cooked veggies for a light lunch selection.
*Pretty much any catch of the day is going to treat you right.
2. Their «Carl’s Way» wings are my absolute all time favorite wings! With a great sauce with a bit of bite that includes garlic and Parmesan cheese, get these whenever you see Allison in the kitchen and you will NOT be disappointed!
Don’t mind the daily regulars at the bar. They’re here for the same reason you are:
Good food, good people, and (if you’re so inclined) cold beer.

I love this place. They have a great happy hour with food and drink specials. Nice outside deck with music on the weekends. Also one of the only places in Avondale that has delicious blackened fish. Check out the catch of the day. Yum. Wings, burgers, salads and steak tacos are awesome as well.

Love Harpoon Louie’s! Helps that I live down the street but I love beer and they just added 25 taps or something. I bring my kids and they love to sit outside and see the creek and listen the live music on Sundays. I like their veggie burger and their wings… love that they have a kids menu and that kids eat free on Monday! The salads are pretty good too and burgers are always a go-​to as well. Just had the clam chowder last night and it was delish. Harpoon Louie’s is an awesome BOA (between Ortega & Avondale) establishment. Happy to have it in the hood!

I’ve been here 3 times hoping that the last time was just a bad night. All 3 times I ordered the same thing. Bacon cheeseburger and fries. I was told the restaurant was known for its burgers and figured it be a good choice. I have yet to get a burger that wasn’t cooked «well done». First I ordered medium, then I tried medium rare, then I just said «as pink as you can make it». Every time it came out the same. The bacon was hard each time and the fries were always over cooked.
Not only was the food a disappointment, but the service was always horrible. It was so bad once that I had to walk to the bar to ask if my server got cut and accidentally forgot to pass us off. We had been sitting at the table with empty glasses and no food for the entire 3^rd quarter of a football game.
People keep telling me to just order something else or sit at the bar. But if a place can’t cook a burger correctly I’m not even going to bother with anything else.

We came here to kick off my boyfriend’s birthday month instead of our usual Brick or Perfect Rack dinner gig. The food was OK. Not terrible, but really just OK. Somehow the burger just didn’t do it for us. Perhaps it was the burger and definitely the bun. If you do not enjoy a toasted bun on the outside, you probably won’t enjoy this one. Pasta salad was simple and good. We had also ordered the sampler appetizer (all fried, but the sauces were yummy) and the chicken special with a white sauce.
The PLUS SIDE, the service is impeccable when we went, we enjoyed all of the sauces they offered, the outside patio area where one can smoke, have a cold pitcher of beer and enjoy the weather is a treat, the one man band that afternoon was really, really good (sang some great songs & had a super nice voice) and a very laid-​back atmosphere add to our experience.
It just didn’t seem like the food was made with a whole lot of love and was apparent for our first time here. That sucks. However, since it is within our neighborhood – we will probably give this place another try as the weather becomes cooler… I mean, everyone deserves a second chance, right?

I’ve been to Harpoon Louie’s before… but had no idea the deck wrapped all the way around the back like that! Killer space to sit outside and enjoy the Florida weather… and my little Unilocaler was welcome as well. Harpoon Louie’s definitely has that «neighborhood pub and restaurant» feel…
We started off with a few brews, the chicken nachos and some Cajun ranch wings. The chicken on the nachos was really tender and moist, seasoned with some nice Mexican spices, but this needed more (a lot more) of the cheese sauce. And maybe some jalapenos. They were ok… but not the greatest.
The wings, oh man. I am pretty picky about my wings. What they had going for them is there was just enough breading (not too much), cooked perfectly, they were a good size, but the Cajun ranch flavor was a bit of a let down. It seemed the ranch mellowed out the Cajun flavor so much, there was no spice to it. Meh. I would come back to try the «hot» flavor… spice me up baby!
For our entrees, we decided to order the chili cheese dogs and one of their «famous» burgers, with intentions to share. It is pretty awesome that for under 10 bucks, you get not one, but two chili cheese dogs! The dogs were good, chili was solid, but next time I will ask for some raw onions sprinkled on top.
The burger was the blackened bad boy… and it had a lot of blackened spice to it. Not hot, just spiced. We ordered medium rare, was cooked as such. It’s not a mind-​blowing experience though, if that is what you are looking for. The fries were hot and crispy and delish, pretty good onion rings as well.
This would be an ok spot to hang out casually, with the pup outside, over a few beers and their hottest wings.

I must say I was a bit disappointed. The Time Union claimed «Best Burger in Jax», that’s what I get for listening to a dying medium.
Don’t get me wrong, the service was just fine, the atmosphere felt like a Clarks Fish camp from 15 years ago before that place turned touristy. Outside seating was a plus as we brought our pup, so… yay for dog friendly places.
Back to the matter at hand.
I felt brave on this afternoon and ordered the Cajun ranch wings as an appetizer but lo and behold I was met with further disappointment. Though tasty and edible, spicy heat was absent and the lady even gave them a, «meh».

Harpoon Louie’s has been a staple for my group of friends that have lived here basically their whole lives. One of our own moved to Seattle a few years back, and he’s in town for the week and wanted that same comfortable atmosphere that Harpoon Louie’s can provide.
A few nights ago, the temp was just below freezing. Today, it is absolutely gorgeous out so the five of us opted for an outdoor table on the patio. There is just enough sunlight and shade for whatever your preference is. In any case, there was no way that we were going to be sitting inside today.
As for food, everyone else ordered some vegan mozzarella sticks and while I got a cup of chili for appetizers. The chili was good. I like a bit of a kick in mine, which this didn’t have, but it wasn’t bad. Everyone in our group ordered a burger for their meal and boy were they juicy. While it was good, it really wasn’t a grand slam for me.
I wish there were more choices when it came to burgers. There are only four that you can choose from, and none really caught my eye. There wasn’t much on the rest of the menu that seemed to float my boat either. Just seems to be plain American faire at Harps. I was also a bit confused by the daily special menu that left out both Monday and Tuesday.
I really wasn’t impressed by the service. We seemed to be left alone for a lot longer than I think we should have been. I guess I’m used to waiters and waitresses stopping by periodically just to see if everything is okay. Here, though, there seemed to be long stretches without our waiter coming by.
I’d have to agree with the «what you see is what you get» attitude about Harps. I feel they could do so much better, though.

Ouch. I have worked in this area for years and only dined here once before. Quite honestly, it looked the same as the last time I was here, fairly disheveled, marginally clean with uncleaned tables sitting to the side.
However, what saves this place are the wings. We got wings that were fantastic and plentiful enough to take some back to the office. In fact, my coworker dropped me a note during a meeting that he had to have a mid-​afternoon snack, which he promptly snuck out pretending he needed to use the restroom. While I am not hurrying back because of the décor, I would like to try more menu items to see if they do more well than just wings.