Fisherman's Wharf

User Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

My family and I went here duing our vacation and loved it! We got to eat out on the deck and had a very nice view with our very tasty dinner. If I am ever in Hot Springs again I will eat here again.

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User Rating: 1 out of 5 stars

My husband, my son, and I just got back from a trip to Hot Springs. We decided to give this restaurant a try and are very regretful that we did. While the atmosphere and the view of the lake are nice, our food was horrible. My husband's fish was terrible. I ordered pasta alfredo and it was disgusting. The sauce was terrible and the shrimp in the dish was very off flavored. My son got chicken strips and they were completely tasteless at best. We were hungry when we got there and we were starving when we left because none of us ate our food. I will never walk through the doors of this establishment again.

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User Rating: 1 out of 5 stars

My wife and I went here and are still wondering what the attraction is! The view? Maybe, but I don't frequent restaurants for the view - it's the food. The food was mediocre at best. We started with oysters and a crab cake. The oysters are frozen (I know because I work in the seafood industry), thawed and presented - they're fine, but nothing special. The crab cake was tasteless and if they are using lump crab they need to learn not to shred it. Dinner was a Galley Catch Platter and Swordfish. The Galley Platter was all overcooked with the fish dry and chewy, the scallops were like rubber as were the shrimp. I had new potatoes which evidently had been sitting in water for hours, they were water-logged and had little taste with some drawn butter over them. My wife's swordfish was overcooked and had little flavor - most likely frozen as well. The orange sauce did nothing to help the taste, although it gave it some moisture. We both had cole slaw which was so-so as well, apparently sitting in the dish ready to go as it was dry on top and sitting in a pool of dressing that was bland. At this point we chose no dessert as most sounded like they were bought frozen and didn't elicit any desire in us.
So $75 later we were wondering who suggested this place - oh yeah the front deskman at our hotel - we'd let him know our feelings when we got back later.
Yes, it was busy - and loud - and almost out of control. TV's intruding on dining - kids running around wanting to feed ducks in the lake - and waitstaff in a hurried pace with less than clean uniforms of nothing more than shorts and t-shirts with aprons in some cases.
It was not pleasant - the view from the deck (98' and humid?!) of a highway bridge and a little lake channel, well I guess if you don't travel anywhere this is a view - food that is not well prepared and food that did not appear or sound as if it were freshly flown into the area, it appears to be strictly frozen fish, shrimp, and the like - and far from moderately priced for what is being served, remember true fresh seafood is expensive, requires proper handling you should never mind paying for it if you know the origin and preparation meets the standards required of fresh seafood.
We know when we return to Hot Springs this will not be on our return visit list!

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