Fisherman’s Catch: It’s easy to miss this little house, across the street from the local Krispy Kreme and rows of huge chain stores, and it’s not much to see from a distance. Get up close and some of the best murals (older photos here) in the area come into view. I’ve always found the murals fascinating.
Food here is good, and you won’t need me to tell you this. However, this whole meal was peculiar from the start, and I don’t think representative of my experiences here in the past.
To note, the inside has a consistent nautical theme. Oars, miniature boats, netting, wooden paneling, all the trappings of a seafood place are here. It’s quiet, tends to have a crowd of older regulars, and is inexpensive. The most expensive filet on the menu is the wild Alaskan salmon, and that’s what I ordered. At least, that’s what I think I ordered. I also thought I ordered the clam strip appetizer, but what came out was the crab leg appetizer instead.
A good set of legs, and I didn’t argue the point. The one that lingers, though, is the salmon. Perhaps the fish was indeed salmon, but it lacked the pink color normally found in salmon – I eat sockeye salmon a few times a week precisely because it can’t be farmed, and I know the look. It also lacked the distinctive flavor of salmon, and interestingly, I wasn’t charged the salmon price, either. I suspect a silent switch.
That said, the fish was grilled as I asked, it flaked the way salmon does, it was a mild and delicious fish.
All told, going in, I thought this was going to be a home run of a review, but it’s more like a single after a bad whiff or two and a couple foul balls. The food they serve here is good, but the one time I show up with a camera to talk about a well respected place (see this review on Snellville Eats, for example), the service was kind of off.
Despite the whiffs, recommended.
Fisherman’s Catch
4132 Stone Mountain Georgia
Lilburn GA, 30047
(770)-979-2296
Update: typo fixes.
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June 8, 2012 at 4:52 am
I NEVER leave bad reviews of restaurants, I’m southern…so I grew up believing that if you have nothing nice to say, say noting at all. That being said(to my suprise) there is a first time for everything! My experience was HORRIFIC! the worst thing to report is that there was a baby roach in my iced tea, when I brought it to the waitress attention, she just said “oh, okay” and brought me a fresh glass of ICED TEA! of course after that I decided not to drink anything. I asked for a to go box, to later throw the food away, and not cause a scene. She hurriedly brought us the check, as if we were going to complain about the tea…and then, they didn’t apologize or even offer us a discount. I was outraged. So we quietly paid our check and left, lesson learned. WORST dining out experience I ever hope to have.