We recently celebrated a family member's birthday at The Anchor while visiting in Wilmington. My mother recommended the restaurant after having several good experiences here in the past. I'm sorry to report that we were mostly disappointed. We were seated upstairs, adjacent to doors leading...to a balcony overlooking the street. When we arrived there were diners on the balcony, which meant that wait staff was constantly going in and out. That would not have been a problem except that this was a chilly September evening, and some of our party felt quite cold sitting next to the doors. I wore a jacket throughout most of our meal. The wait staff was unsympathetic to our predicament. Our waitress, who was running up and down the stairs all night, complained incessantly about how hot it was in the room, and intentionally propped the door open a couple of times. We closed it. Sadly, the food wasn't any better. Some of our group enjoyed the Lobster Bisque, but my New England Clam Chowder was very ordinary. No one was impressed with the salads, which again were entirely ordinary. We were also disappointed with the Ahi Tuna, which my mother commented was nowhere near as good as it had been in the past. My Grilled Swordfish was dry, tough, and tasteless. Other members of our party thought they their meals were "okay"; I think only my son was completely satisfied with his Frutti Di Mare. Perhaps our experience was an anomaly. In any case, I doubt I would return, partly because the food was subpar, but also because I don't need to hear a waitress complain about how busy she is, or how hot she is from running up and down the stairs. That's the gig--if you don't like it, find a different one. So I can't recommend The Anchor, but as in all things, YMMV.More

Just had the worst experiene. I ordered the tuna with the cucumber sauce which I had last time here and loved it. The waitress said it didn't come with cucumber sauce only the salmon did. My husband pointed to the menu and showed her the...cucumber sauce was one on the choices. When our meal was served, my tuna was rare, very rare, I usually get it medium rare so I was going to ask her to have it cooked more, the only problem with that was that despite only two other tables a 2 and a 4 in the restaurant she didn't return to ask how everything was until my husband had already finished his meal. When I told her I couldn't eat the tuna, she said they alway cook it that way if you don't tell them, well ususally I am asked how I like tuna cooked but on top of that there was confusion about the sauce so I didn't think of it. The waitress was not apologetic at all she actually laughed and was rude after that. They did take the meal off the menu but she never mentioned instead she rudely just put down the check. She had an attitude like she could do no wrong and nothing was her fault . We have been there before and had a great waiter. I don't know if we will ever return but if we do we will always ask for him.More

Honestly, my wife and I first discovered Anchor when Dots was closed and we needed a place to have lunch. We were glad we did because the food is really good, the atmosphere is nice, the server was very pleasant and the prices are more...than fair. We both ordered the salmon burger - it came with plenty of fries and slaw. Priced at $12.95 it was a great value. Of course, we will be back to try another dish ! We should also point out there are other items on the menu besides seafood. This is a really nice place, so go !More