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The Waterworths may have waited more than 12 years to unveil their ultimate vision for a property on Donaghadee seafront which they bought in 2002 \u2013 but it\u2019s been well worth the wait!<\/em><\/p>\n

Harbour and Company is an eye-catching new 70-seater restaurant in Donaghadee and it replaces the Ocean Drive bar which traded successfully in the prime seafront location for many years.<\/p>\n

Following a fresh investment of around \u00a3750,000, the Waterworth family has created a bright, contemporary new eatery with unequalled panoramic views across Donaghadee harbour.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll see from our images that Harbour and Company is a bold departure from the more traditional approach that the family took in their award-winning Pier 36 restaurant \u2013 which is just four doors along the seafront from the new venue \u2013 but Lewis Waterworth told LCN that the family felt the time was right for this new investment:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe built Pier 36 in 1999 and it was of its time,\u201d he explained. \u201cPier 36 is still doing very well for us, but it\u2019s more of a traditional offering these days. Harbour and Company is a modern restaurant that is also of its time and it\u2019s different in quite a number of ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of those points of difference involves an \u2018adults only\u2019 policy \u2013 children under the age of 14 aren\u2019t admitted to the restaurant \u2013 in a move that\u2019s designed to create a relaxing and mature dining environment:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe took that decision because we wanted a modern, adult restaurant,\u201d Lewis added. \u201cOur other restaurant does very well catering for families and there are a number of other excellent family restaurants in the area with which we don\u2019t want to compete, we wanted this to be something different. The rule applies to a couple of my own children as well, but it\u2019s part of what we wanted to achieve with Harbour and Company and our customers have embraced it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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They\u2019re also chasing differentiation in the kitchen with a new wood-fired grill:<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a really big deal. The new grill uses kiln-dried wood and pretty much everything that we cook is done on there,\u201d added Lewis, who explained that they\u2019d decided to add the grill after his father, Denis, saw one in operation at a restaurant in Portugal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just gives food an incredible flavour,\u201d he went on. \u201cIt smells great and it gives us that vital point of differentiation. We\u2019ll still be using the same great cuts of meat that Pier 36 is famous for but the new approach to cooking in Harbour and Company is going down very well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harbour and Company has a bold, modern new look but it\u2019s clear from the pictures that the emphasis is squarely on the big picture windows and the striking seafront vistas that they offer:<\/p>\n

\u201cCustomers are either looking out over the harbour or they\u2019re looking back into the open kitchen where there\u2019s an element of theatre going on for them,\u201d explained Lewis, who runs the business alongside brother, Jody and his parents, Denis and Margaret. \u201cAlthough Northern Ireland has some fabulous coastline, we don\u2019t think that there are many restaurants that actually try to take advantage of that.<\/p>\n

Harbour and Company opened at the end of June and Lewis reported that feedback so far has been \u201cfantastic\u201d. He hopes that an advertising billboard \u2013 due to be erected in Belfast next month \u2013 will help further boost trade at the new venture.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve hit the ground running,\u201d he added. \u201cWe\u2019ve brought in an excellent team of staff, including a lot of the management from Pier 36 and our new head chef, Ricky Madden, who has worked for us in the past\u2026Our focus now is just to consolidate our trade in both venues, continue to do well and hopefully, introduce some new customers to our offering.\u201d<\/p>\n

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