Marietta Fish Market

This was a surprise dinner date for my bf. I called to see if we needed to make reservations. The person that answered the phone said that I did. She asked when, what time, & my last name. I gave her my last name & told her that I needed it for today (Monday, June 19th) anytime after 7pm. She took my last name & said that she had us down. Strange thing: I asked the time to be there & she said anytime after 7 since that's what I asked for. She didn't say it rudely. I just found it strange. Upon arrival, the hostess didn't ask about reservations. He just asked, "How many?", grabbed 2 menus & said, "Follow me, please."

We were greeted almost immediately by our server, Brian, after being led to our table. Brian was amazing!! He was very attentive & hospitable! Because we were celebrating, he even took my silly request to have our coke n sprite served in wine glasses (which he kept refilling on cue). He was very knowledgeable about the menu. I mentioned liking bisque while looking at the menu. After putting in our orders, he stated that he really wanted me to try the bisque so he ordered a cup on the house for me! It was soooooo delicious!!!! It had soooo much seafood in it.....I really wanted to lick the cup! My bf jokingly (or maybe not) suggested I use my bread to get the rest of the bisque. It fleetingly sounded like a great idea. But I did manage to maintain control & did neither. LOL The homemade cream cheese bread was hot, fluffy, & superb!! We had the fried seafood platter which had flounder, scallops, oysters, clam strips, shrimp, hush puppies, & fries. It was an actual PLATTER of food! We both dislike scallops, but no substitutions are allowed. We thought we might just throw them away. We tried them and LOVED them! NOTHING on that platter was over battered, overseasoned, nor greasy!! My bf LOVES shrimp n grits. So much so that if it's on the menu, 9 out of 10 times he orders it. But because we read how much food would be on the platter, he tried to talk me out of ordering it. But I ordered it anyway. After all, it was a celebration & we drove over 35 mins to get there. MFM's version is shrimp & cheese grits with bacon. My bf was overjoyed that I ignored him. He actually said that it looked so good that he didn't want to eat it! So, he took out his phone & took pix. (For the same amount of or sometimes for more money, a lot of places skimp on the shrimp. If the shrimp are large, they give so few that we have to practically shred them in order to get some in with all the grits! If the shrimp are little, they give a modest amount that can be stretched to get some with every spoonful or forkful of grits. Sometimes the grits are either too watery, too thick, and/or underseasoned). This was by far THE BEST shrimp n grits we have EVER had!! The shrimp were big and VERY plentiful!! We also had add-ons of 1/2 lb. crab legs and an 8 oz. fried lobster tail. Neither of us had ever had a fried lobster tail before. Tho a lil salty, it was very good. Brian also treated my bf to any slice of cake of his choosing. My bf chose what Brian called "a suicide of chocolate". LOL Brian placed a candle in it & had other servers sing happy birthday to my bf. It wasn't a slice of cake. It was a WEDGE!!!! It was almost the size of an actual cake!! Needless to say, we left with PLENTY of leftovers!! PLENTY!! The only downer of the dinner date was an older female server YELLING at another male server about closing duties & going home. She didn't care who heard & yelled from one end of the restaurant to the other end until I guess when he walked out the door! When Brian came back to check on us, I asked was she the manager or the lead server. He said "no" to both. Not that it mattered one way or the other if she did have a title. She was VERY RUDE & OBNOXIOUS!! Other than that, Brian made our first time a memorable time!! The service and the food was outstandingly FA BU LOUS!!!!!! Portions for the money are RIDUNKULOUS!! LOL Recommend with ALL the stars possible!! Not only thumbs up....ALL fingers AND toes too!! LOL Go for it!!