Portage in Miramichi

193 King St, Miramichi, NB E1N 2P1, Canada

★★★★☆
(407 reviews)
Categories: Restaurant
Website
portagerestaurant.ca
Address
193 King St, Miramichi, NB E1N 2P1, Canada
Plus Code
2H95+GG Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada
Time Zone
America/Halifax

Business Hours

Monday
6 AM–9 PM
Tuesday
6 AM–9 PM
Wednesday
6 AM–9 PM
Thursday
6 AM–9 PM
Friday
6 AM–9 PM
Saturday
6 AM–9 PM
Sunday
6:30 AM–9 PM

Services

Service options
Takeaway Dine-in Delivery
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible car park Wheelchair-accessible entrance Wheelchair-accessible seating Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Offerings
Alcohol Beer Cocktails Coffee Healthy options Small plates Spirits Wine
Dining options
Breakfast Brunch Lunch Dinner Dessert Seating
Amenities
Toilets
Atmosphere
Casual Cosy
Crowd
Groups
Planning
Accepts reservations
Payments
Credit cards Debit cards NFC mobile payments Credit cards
Children
Good for kids High chairs Kids' menu
Parking
Free of charge street parking Free parking lot Parking

Photos

Reviews

4.3
★★★★☆
407 reviews

Most Mentioned

breakfast (34) prices (24) home (9) fish and chips (9) turkey (6) clam chowder (5) parking (5) poutine (4) gravy (4) chicken tenders (3)
5 stars
230
4 stars
105
3 stars
40
2 stars
17
1 stars
15
★★
November 11, 2024

1.5 hours for breakfast, waitress cluless serving people who came in after and not even thinking to check on our food. Waited a while before speaking up(dropped hints with the coffee refills) When I finally got fed up and asked her where the food was, she blatantly lied and said the kitchen was really busy and had new employees......she forgot to put in the order or they lost it ....own up to it don't lie, we watched people leave that came in 30 mins after we did !!! Breakfast was good when finally arrived.

★★★★★
September 22, 2024

Amazing staff, very quick service and food was on the table in short order. V3ry reasonably priced as well. A MUST STOP if travelling through.

★★★★
September 1, 2024

Tyler says the milkshakes are the best in town but I'll have to come back because they were out of ice cream.

★★★★★
July 5, 2024

Having been a truck driver for 43 years, no retired, I knew this would be a good place to eat by the number of trucks in the parking lot. Our waitress was very friendly and the food excellent.

★★★★★
April 9, 2024

Great breakfast. Only 4 stars on food due to coffee being OK, it was drinkable but would like a bit better quality. Everything else was great.

★★★★★
October 3, 2023

Great place for breakfast. Service is quick and friendly. I had the Miramichi breakfast with bologna and beans instead of juice. Very delicious and filling. Price was a value and I will be going back.

★★★★★
September 10, 2023

The dining room is very nice and the service was excellent. Coffee is awesome, probably the best Coffee I have tasted in a long time.

★★★
July 17, 2022

We went there last week for family dinner. We were seated right away, waitress was friendly. We ordered 1 Lobster roll, 1 Lobster wrap, and 1 hot turkey dinner and 3 milkshakes. 1st off the inside had a nice painting of local attire. The seats were worned out in need of new ones. The Lobster roll was average came with onion rings, the Lobster wrap seemed to be the better deal, portions was more, more filling. The Hot Turkey dinner was a disappointment, mash potatoes was tasteless no seasoning at all, no gravy on potatoes. Vegetables were from a can, not fresh and tasted horrible did not eat the potatoes or Vegetables. The Milkshakes were the best thing we had. This restaurant is a average family owned restaurant and we will not be returning due to the canned vegetables. A big no no in the restaurant business.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 1, 2024

Good food, good people and if i could I would go everyday

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 1, 2024

Delicious hot breakfast. They have it decorated beautifully for Christmas.

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

Great Friendly Restaurant

★★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

The waitress was a little snippy but it was a little busy. Nice and clean.

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

Lovely meal, lovely service, wonderful time. Parking: Lots of space, 2 parking lots Wheelchair accessibility: Wheelchair accessible.

★★★★★
Local Guide
September 22, 2024

Food was great and great service.

★★★★
Local Guide
August 22, 2024

A great place for a group with different dietary requirements.

★★★
Local Guide
August 22, 2024

The air conditioning could nit keep the room comfortable. It was very hot and uncomfortable.

★★★★★
Local Guide
June 22, 2024

Impeccable service and what about the fish and chips. Delicious, make a stop if you pass by there. Bilingual service.

★★★★
Local Guide
June 22, 2024

Good home cooking and service was great

★★★★★
Local Guide
May 22, 2024

Great food! Had a minor problem with a cup, but the people here are very considerate and quick!

★★★★★
Local Guide
March 22, 2024

Food is always great at the Portage!

★★★★
Local Guide
March 22, 2024

Great family restaurant, moderately priced. Poutine is around $10. Excellent breakfast. 2 dining rooms and counter seating as well. Tvs well placed with news usually on. Most staff great but the odd one seems lazy and doesnt check back often enough but otherwise great. Food is all good, nothing out of this world but nothing bad either

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Amazing service, excellent food and super low prices! Definitely going to be back as often as possible

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Good service with reasonable price

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

I have tried this place a few times now and I really dont like it . The beans were mushy ...very outdated

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Sometimes we go here for breakfast. Very tasty, there are small and large portions. A showcase with desserts is a dream of a sweet tooth. Always clean and the staff is very friendly.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Great food and service

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Good food

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Best restaurant in Miramichi by far! Home made food priced cheap, big portions, very friendly staff. I would highly recommend this restaurant.

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Always great food!! Friendly staff!!

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Nice place, good food, friendly staff

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

There are 2 sides of this restaurant, and breakfast was being served on the not so nice part of the restaurant. The other side was nice and welcoming.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

The service is great and the food is awesome

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

First time there food was fantastic and the sweetest lady name Denise was absolutely the best server we ever had highly recommended.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Had breakfast here... no different then most breakfast places. It was good and the staff was friendly.

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Food was just meh and servers must have been having a bad day, was not a welcoming atmosphere.

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Worst breakfast I was ever served, and the waitress was very under trained

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

If I could give zero I would absolutely horrible service not even greeted when we arrived no menus were given... terrible

Local Guide
December 22, 2023

no cashier

★★★★★
December 22, 2023

Amazing food and service, will definitely be coming back!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Food tasted great and was good value for the portion size. Our server was awesome!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Excellent little family restaurant...

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Super friendly staff, clean and comfortable restaurant- a great place for a quick breakfast!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

The best home cooked meals you can get away from home

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Decent food, liked the lobster roll. Service was good. Prices were fair.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

Wonderful. This used to be one of my Grampie Eds favorite restaurants. Last nights family dinner was a farewell to him. It was a planned dinner that had reserved seating, and the staff were amazing and so kind. Thank you! Thank you for all the years of amazing customer service and for making such wonderful food for my grandfather all these years.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2023

They have gluten-free bread, which is great for me. The service is always excellent and the food is always good. We go regularly for breakfast. Dietary restrictions: They do try to accommodate my gluten-free diet, which is one of the reasons we eat there . They have gluten-free bread. Parking: Lots of parking but it is a very busy restaurant. Kid-friendliness: I cant remember if they have a kids menu since my kids are ordering off the regular menu, but you can order every item individually. Which is great for small portions. They are great with kids and many families go there. Wheelchair accessibility: There is a ramp to get into the restaurant and wheel chair parking spots. Once in the restaurant, everything is on one level. They have a bathroom that is wheelchair accessible at the entrance for everyone and one in the back, which is for women.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Great food friendly staff beautiful atmosphere

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Always an enjoyable place to go and eat with friends and family!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The fish & Chips were AMAZING and the portions were so big neither of us finished so we each have a nice snack for later. Everyones vaccinated and masked until seated and each table setting is sanitized between patrons. The service was pretty good. We were there at 5:30pm so Im guessing its probably one of their busiest times. The poor waitress was almost running she was so busy. We will definitely be making a return trip.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Very and very good

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Excellent fish and chips and we ate and taste some across , and the therefore can compare same...

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Wholesome and friendly restaurant. The food came out really quick and tasted really good. The only complaint was I wish they had a cheese curd option for their poutine.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Pleasant service, food was good, clean and easy access

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

We live three hours from Miramichi and discovered this restaurant on the way home from a business trip. The food was comfort feel good, type. All of it very tasty. First trip I had chicken tenders wtih rice. Hubby had salad and clam chowder. They also had nicely warmed up dinner rolls. Second trip I had Hot Hamburger sandwich with fries and hubby had the Clam Chowder again. Everything was cooked exactly as we like it. We were greeted at the door and seated within 1 minute. Servers were efficient and friendly.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

We were out for a private dinner party, all meals came out together, quickly, fresh and all correct. The building is newly renovated and clean. Its a must try. Breakfast here is unrral as well. Try the Miramichi special.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Great conference room.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Another favorite place I like to eat.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Food was great

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Came in on a busy day and got great service. Food came pretty quick considering the restaurant was full. Food was better than expected. The strawberry shortcake was delicious.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Very good food was great

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Parking: Grand espace de stationnement. Kid-friendliness: Chaises hautes. Menu pour enfant. Wheelchair accessibility: Rampe pour entrer dans le restaurant.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Good food. Yes they do serve alochol

December 22, 2022

Need more staff

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The server was amazing, on time, hard worker and funny.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Food and service are always very good, but it usually takes a long time to be seated and/or to get my food.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

The lovely thing about Portage restaurant is that they take no short cuts with the food. NO powdered potatoes here!! If you get a hot turkey sandwich.. the turkey was baked that day. One of the few home style restaurants that actually delivers home style food.

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Wonderful homemade food. Servers went out of their way to ensure guests were well served. They were friendly, efficient and knowledgeable. They even smiled as they worked, which is something you dont see much anymore. We will be back

★★★
December 22, 2022

The atmosphere was quiet, served quickly. Unfortunately I couldn t get over the canned vegetables and the frozen crinkle French fries?? Whhhhaat? That is half the plate I could not eat. Still hungry when we left Parking: Lots of parking , probably due too the canned veggies and frozen French Fries

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Good family restaurant, good welcome, good food! Good service, effort from the waitress to speak to us in French, I appreciated it. THANKS!

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Great spot for breakfast. Fast service and friendly staff.

★★★★
December 22, 2022

Good food. Understaffed.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Food was good. The server wasnt very. My girlfriend is lactose intolerant and the restaurant has few choices. We asked for Margarine for her bread. She brought butter and said it was Margarine. We read the package and it was butter. She said it was all she had. Bad form.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Food tastes like home cooking. Haddock and chips are always a good choice. Friendly staff!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

It was a nice breakfast with everything for 12.99 plus tax

★★★
December 22, 2022

Went a few times; waitresses look at ya like you just fell of a turnip truck ! (-: Went another time ; waitress with English accent was terrific ; witty , engaging ... Clam chowder was excellent .

December 22, 2022

We went to have breakfast at 6:35 on Sunday morning, as Google maps says open at 6:30, they were closed.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Great meal, will be back

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Great Breakfast! every once and a while you might feel a dark chill over your shoulders. I believe there may be spirits there.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Fantastic restaurant with great service and decent prices.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Service was a little slow but food was delicious. Had a cheeseburger platter and smoked meat sandwich. Good portion size. Parking: Large lot.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

We were treated so friendly when we visited, We had our 1st grandchild with us, they even brought us a container of hot water to warm her bottle. So above and beyond service. Kid-friendliness: We had a 9 week old baby with us, And they even brought us a container of hot water, to warm her bottle. Kindness above and beyond

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2022

Awesome service

★★★★★
December 22, 2022

Great spot to eat.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Its a family restaurant and homemade reas. Its very good and mmm for desserts.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Fair selection, good service, good food

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Great place to stop and have a meal

★★
December 22, 2021

Every time I order fries they are spongey and stale , bread is usually soggy when ordering a sandwich also, otherwise good food, staff are nice.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Great food. A nice pleasant atmosphere and friendly staff.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Nicely updated interior. Service was great, fast and accurate. Good prices and great food. It has been a while since I have been here and it wont be so long next time.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Tasty food and good service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Excellent fish and chips.

★★
December 22, 2021

Food has gone down hill

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Great food, always consistent and friendly staff..try the marimachi special!

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Why the food has no taste from hot turkey to cheese burgers I dont know. And they are way over priced

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Great food excellent service

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Had the Lobster club and it was great!

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Exceptional lunch like never before.

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Very good food

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

I had the lumberjack special for breakfast...it was super! The coffee kept coming the food was perfect and the service was top notch!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Great staff, the fish and chips were great.

★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

good fish

★★
December 22, 2021

We sat down, waitress took our drink orders then took the food orders when she brought the drinks. Never saw her at our table again. Another waitress brought out our food. We were missing a soup and a side of gravy tried to tell that waitress and she just walked away. Dad went up to our waitress to ask for the missing gravy and after making him repeat it three times she said she would bring it right out. Never saw her again. Went to pay and our waitress was at the cash desk, she asked for our bill, husband said and how would we get that when you never came back to our table? They removed the soup and side of gravy and our two drinks as an apology. This trip was meh.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Very good

★★★★★
December 22, 2021

Good food and good service !!!! Will be back

December 22, 2021

Everything is store bought. Nothing is fresh. Soggy depressing fish and chips and ice cold egg rolls that were clearly microwaved. Don t come here.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Excellent service - delicious coconut cream pie

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Good food. Excellent service

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Great Restaurant delicious food. Friendly employees

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2021

Good food, but they asked already for a vaccine passport for a child under 12 and serious considered not letting us in over our 7 year old not having his vaccine yet, despite that not even being a rule. To which she pointed out it isnt Yet may be the last time I eat there.

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Super good.very good service

★★★
December 22, 2020

Good

★★★
December 22, 2020

Good & fast service! The fried clams were store bought & the poutine would be better with cheese curds but it was still good and the portions are very generous.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Love there homemade meals...get the salmon....great friendly staff also

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Stopped here for lunch on my way through town.The decor was nice, everthing was spotless and the server was attentive and freindly. I had the fish and chips, while my friend had the clubhouse.The fries and battered fish were crispy on the outside, tender on the inside. The clubhouse had real Turkey and bacon, and the cheese wasnt processed. The plate was overflowing with a giant portion, and the prices were very reasonable.I highly recommended you check this place out...you wont be disappointed.

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Recently I have been very pleased with any meal I have received here.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Had not been there in years. What an amazing meal. So tasty! Great comfort food.

December 22, 2020

Use to love eating here, went to visit for first time in 5 years to show my girlfriend after bragging this place up, only to sit there for 20 mins with no one to come take our order and wouldnt look sideways at us. Finally we had enough and left to go eat else where. The service I got today was not the service I was use to from here. Food still looked amazing was, very disappointed that no one came to take our order to try the food.

December 22, 2020

Judging from the reviews this seems like the place to be, unless you were my bf and I today. So disappointed, thanks for the water I guess, it was refreshing while we watched the waitress serve other people and not even look at us. Maybe you have to be an older couple to be here? We looked like children compared to the other guests here. No idea, not even a sorry or a look in our direction when we left. We must have been invisible.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Best pancakes ever

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

We always stop here for breakfast on our trips from PEI to Montreal. Good food, quick service, reasonable prices...and great staff!

★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Mix and match.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Excellent service compliments of Misty. Good home cooking.

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Grrat homemade food and excellent service

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

The food and service is always amazing

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

A very good lunch with good and fast service.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Recommended by a friend, wraps to die for, best service.

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Food very good

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Friendly and welcoming service, lobster club with rice is delicious. And I must say beef barley soup deliciously soothing.

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Service was amazing and they were super quick! I got rice and chicken soup and BLT wrap and my boyfriend got hamburger with fries, both were AMAZING!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Not bad.. good service. Food was good but I just got the special which was a hamburger platter and the specials are only a dollar off so dont bother getting a special get what you want.

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Good food

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

decent breakfast selection

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

Great home cooked meals!

★★★★
December 22, 2020

Great food and the greatest staff and #1 place to eat

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Really nice people and excellent donair meat Come down too see grants donair

★★★★★
December 22, 2020

Breakfast is IMHO the best. My boiled eggs are cooked to perfection. We do go there frequently for Sunday breakfast and sometimes, return for supper. The food is well prepared. The Roast turkey supper is our favourite followed by their Roast beef supper, and their chicken strips and seafood platter is something I recently tried. Delicious. The place has great desserts, pies, cake, cheesecake, sundaes etc. Covid rules in place. Waitresses are the best!

★★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2020

One of the best places to have breakfast in the city.

★★★★★
December 22, 2019

Great food!

★★★★
Local Guide
December 22, 2019

Nice place. Serve is awesome and good prices are equally to what you order

★★★★★
December 22, 2019

Best burgers in town

★★★★
December 22, 2019

Good service.