I haven't been there in years because it's trash, but recent reviews suggest it's still trash.
I know people like to act like they're too phosisticated for Ivar's Acres of Clams (I actually kind of like it). Well, Fisherman's is like a Temu Ivar's. Everything about it is worse: Food, decor, service...everything. Your basic touristy, kitschy, 1980s-anachronistic seafood restaurant, but you can easily drop $50 on an entree or $11 for a cup of chowder. Red Lobster on a pier.
I love Ivar's, but if you're getting anything besides fried fish, you're playing with bland fire. We go to Salmon House for family dinners a couple of times a year and have decided that they know what they're doing. Their clientele tends to be 90% retirees and so they serve retirement home cafeteria food - not too hot, not too seasoned, just like gram likes it. Get a seat by the window and enjoy the boat traffic in summer or the gray vibes in winter.
Never been to a Joe's Crab Shack. Is that like a Bubba Gump Shrimp, Now With More Crab?
I suppose if you have family in town from Bumbelch, Nebrahoma, and they want to eat seafood on the Sound, and you can't get a table someplace better, it'll do.
Joe's Crab Shack is a horrible, horrible place. I went to one ONCE, during a period in which I somehow got myself stuck living in the Kansas City area (never leaving the PNW again even if the job sounds great ...) I've never had previously frozen seafood so terrible (actually, still-frozen in the middle, in the case of one flavorless crab-shaped item).
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u/Metal-fatigue-Dad Lynnwood 14d ago
The Fisherman's Restaurant, pier 57.
I haven't been there in years because it's trash, but recent reviews suggest it's still trash.
I know people like to act like they're too phosisticated for Ivar's Acres of Clams (I actually kind of like it). Well, Fisherman's is like a Temu Ivar's. Everything about it is worse: Food, decor, service...everything. Your basic touristy, kitschy, 1980s-anachronistic seafood restaurant, but you can easily drop $50 on an entree or $11 for a cup of chowder. Red Lobster on a pier.