Crab and Mermaid and Fish Shop Scottsdale AZ
(5-19-17 update this business is now closed for business)
I was looking forward to dining at a newly opened seafood restaurant in Old Town Scottsdale AZ.
I enjoyed the interior of the restaurant as it looked very nautical. The restaurant offers a mix of comfortable booths, high top tables and opens to a patio. It truly looks as if you were dining at the shore and not in the desert where you are.
If you are a fan of libations then you might like to know that there isn’t a bartender here. They have a well known mixologist so your cocktails should be special.
My visit was for lunch and I was torn with several choices. I ruled out the Halibut Sandwich because I felt $24.00 was too expensive for a Halibut Sandwich so I thought I’d try the open face Tuna Confit Tuna Melt. ($14.00)
I received one slice of bread that tasted slightly burnt that was spread with seasoned avocado and was topped with creamy tender moist tuna. My sandwich had several toppings but most of them were very larges chunks of unripe tomato that tasted similar to cardboard. I didn’t think my sandwich was awful but it was just OK and I though maybe a squeeze of lemon or some fresh herb would improve it. I don’t know if the restaurant made the chips or pulled them out of a bag from the store. The chips on the side were ok but they seemed like from a bag.
My husband had the C&M Gumbo.
It was a non-traditional gumbo that was topped with fried okra and contained broken clams and some shellfish that wasn’t fully cooked. My husband had to use his hands to pull some of the shells open. This dish also contained overcooked dry sausage.
Broken Seafood
We felt the need to called this to the attention of the manager on. His only explanation was that they are newly opened and are still working things out.
So we paid and left.
Out of consideration for this newly opened restaurant I will not give a rating. I hope that they improve because we have very few seafood restaurants in the area. Perhaps the night time crew pulls off the food better.
update 5-19-17 Now closed for business
Sometimes a new restaurant needs to learn how to swim.
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