2008 Woodie Awards
H2O Makes a Splash in Newport Dining and Nightlife
Kristen Tomaiolo
Issue date: 10/5/06 Section: Entertainment
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The appropriately named restaurant H20 is becoming Newport's newest hotspot for dining, drinking, and dancing with a spectacular view of Newport Harbor.
H2O is located at the end of the Ann Street Wharf rested between the Harborside Inn and tied yachts.
If one enters by wharf side, an outdoor sitting area welcomes you to the restaurant's soothing atmosphere. Ocean blue table clothes and walls, flowing sheer white drapes and water glasses with an ever so slight curve in them give customers the feeling of not only being by the ocean, but being a part of it.
Adding to the serene environment is live music. Afternoons are mellow with acoustic sounds while Friday and Saturday night's host local bands and college night's (Tuesday and Thursday) offer a DJ. Bands and singers performing include: Ravers, Mac and Jamie, Pat Cottrell and Chad LaMarsh.
For college students, H20 will be a new place to socialize and dance after 10 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There's a cover charge of $5 and $2 for students who present their Salve ID. Students must be 21 to get into H20's bar named the Water bar lounge.
"The atmosphere is fun," says Ashlee Irons, junior at Salve Regina. "I think it'll be another decent place for the 21 and over crowd...and the menu was 'different.'"
This "different" menu is Asian meets American. The restaurant offers everything from familiar entrees such as New York Sirloin and oysters to more foreign dishes like mahi-mahi all topped off with Asian touches making for a sophisticated taste. Some dishes include: the sesame crusted tuna block with braised baby bok choy and green tea foam; filet mignon with broccolini, a crispy potato square, and foraged mushroom marmalade and a Cantonese style whole fish of the day.
However, this restaurant saw a recent make over. According to manager Kate Turner, the owner's Jody and Tom Whittington bought the pub Sabina Doyle's in summer 2005. This past winter, the owners decided to change the restaurant and name to where it was located and to reflect more upon their tastes. They brought in chef Todd Whiner, who helped developed a menu in the summer. Whiner left, and now Jim Roddy is head chef. H20's grand opening was this past Memorial Day weekend.
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