Was really looking forward to dining here based on the TA reviews. Harwigs is a small, friendly restaurant in downtown Steamboat Springs. Our group’s experience, though, was quite disappointing. We found the craft cocktails lackluster, even returned a couple for alternatives that unfortunately weren’t any...better. Though we thought the French onion soup was excellent, and we enjoyed the escargot, we had major problems with the main courses. The lamb and beef entrees were just not very good-either oddly seasoned or not great cuts of meat. Further, they did a major restaurant 101 no-no for our group that ordered the fish-they switched entrees (from sea bass to cod) without asking. Look, I get it-a small restaurant can run out of an entree, but its a major no-no to just switch an entree without asking the customer whether the alternative is acceptable. As it turned out, two of our group has to order something else when the cod came. Our waiter was very accommodating about this, as he was also surprised about this switch.
So overall we had a disappointing experience here. I would have at least expected an explanation or an apology about the entrees. But between that issue, the cocktails,and the other entrees, I’d say this place is overrated-big time. Sorry.More