The West End 20 Scudder Avenue, Barnstable, MA 02601

"Wonderful meal complemented by excellent service. The West End has the perfect date night atmosphere. I ordered the Baked Brie appetizer which had a sweet fig jam inside. For entrees we got the two specials, Lobster Fra Diavolo and the crusted Ribeye steak. Both were delicious! Will definitely return to try other items on their menu."

"Expensive for what you get. $150 for two meals steak and duck - and one appetizer and one cocktail. Don't mind paying that price but the steak was tough. Not even any rolls or bread served. Very limited menu - not a single special. One waiter who was fantastic. Grill 23 in Boston is the same range and food is always great - plenty of bread - and a sommelier along with a second server to clear the courses. West End looks great decorated for Christmas but it did not live up to the expectations."

"I am really so sad to give this negative review, as I’m a local resident n super foodie who is eaten all over the country. but I went there for my anniversary dinner last night and the service was great, the guy was so friendly and sweet. but the food was not good and so not worth the money. I went there in July in although their spicy chicken appetizer was over fried, the rest of the food seemed OK. Last night we paid $45 for a little beach tower which consisted of way over cooked cocktail shrimp, metal tasting clams, the six oysters on there were good, but it seemed as though that was prepared ahead of time and stuck in the walk-in as it was hard n did not taste fresh. The shrimp Were so hard I couldn’t believe someone would serve cocktail shrimp that overcooked. Moving onto the calamari, which was super tiny and small, way over salted, and not enough meat to the calamari itself- it was basically all breading. No flavor except salt Moving on to the entrées, I got the salmon entrée, the the dish I would rate a 5 and my husband got a sirloin. He would also give it a 5 out of 10 the mashed potatoes are OK. I feel like they try to do way too much to make the plate look good and make it look high end, but they are seriously lacking on the quality. Next time I’m ready to pay $280 for a meal. I certainly won’t go there. I even considered go in there for Thanksgiving as this is the first year My husband and I are not going to be cooking and for the $65 price of their Buffet you won’t find me anywhere near that place. I feel bad is the place was completely dead on a Friday night and maybe that’s why because it’s overpriced and not good. I’ve spent 20 years in the cooking industry my husband’s a major foodie with a crazy ability to cook. When we go out, we really saver and enjoy our food and we notice immediately if stuff is not well or just not good and I hate to say that our anniversary dinner was so bad but literally in the middle of eating, I told him I’d have been happier with cheeseburgers and fries. You can’t go wrong with cheeseburgers and fries. Maybe my expectations were high just because of the price tag on the menus. I want to clarify that the place itself is absolutely adorable inside extremely nice and whoever is picking the music is definitely picking the right stuff. The champagne was absolutely phenomenal.!!!! Here’s some pictures and once again, everything looked good, but looks don’t make up for a bad taste"

"Had a fantastic meal! Service was wonderful. We had a cheese plate to start, which was filled with jams, cheeses, candied nuts, honeycomb (!), grapes, crackers, apricots, and more. It was very well appointed and tastefully displayed. I had the “Barcelona” cocktail- a gin concoction with fresh juniper berries. So refreshing! My wife had the salmon. It was cooked perfectly and the sauce was delicious. I had the duck. Cooked to a medium temp, just as requested. It was so good! This was easily one of the best dinners we have had out this year. Highly recommend!"