Slappy’s Chowder House — Restaurant in Grover Beach

food is great but be ready to pay so much more than what the board prices claim. I live here and walk over most days , most of the time they’re closed from the hours I go. They’ve never changed the prices on the board. There’s only one item changed in sharpie that’s been changed for as long as I can remember.What’s not fine is being charged $7 for a half cup of ice when the board says $6.50 not only that the picture shows a giant ice not half a cup other wise I would of passed.. if I hadn’t already paid and would of seen how tiny it was I would of said hell no. Every item I ordered was priced differently from the board, I brought it up to the guy, he walks over to the board puts his thumb over the one sharpie marked item that I didn’t even want and says oh well we marked it but someone took it off…. Over sharpie… those boards have NEVER said higher prices as long as I’ve gone. I wish I’d caught this sooner after wasting so much money. It was every item I got, there’s no signs nothing stating higher anything. He said he can come up with some sort of discount I said not to bother. What’s the point of a discount at that point? 2 cents off $30 extra. The food is great but there’s also better elsewhere where the prices aren’t lied about. I asked for a receipt and instead of having it itemized like the screen showed I was only given a receipt of the total. It’s not hard to be honest over price’s especially the times we’re...

Had their fish tacos after some ATVing, they frankly weren’t very good - especially for the price. It was a tiny bit of fish with way too much lettuce/cabbage/veggies. I love me some lettuce and everything, but I could barely pick up the tacos. Everything just tasted like cabbage, honestly was struggling to even tell there was fish in there. I don’t leave many negative reviews but I was highly disappointed in this dish. The menu mentions getting onion rings with the tacos, as you can see there were 3…so for $18 I felt rather unsatisfied with everything. To top it off, a bottle of water was $4 and they said I couldn’t have tap water due to a boil advisory - fair, but $4/bottle is silly in and of itself. I went without something to drink, which didn’t help matters. Maybe I hit them on a bad night, and I only tried the one dish, but overall...

We are staying at an Airbnb down the street in Oceano and we decided to hit Slappy's for a casual dinner. What a great idea. Unfortunately they were out of Tri-Tip, which is what 4 of us wanted. I guess not 'out' but a 30 minute wait. We didn't have time, so we made other selections on the fly. Half of us got chicken sandwiches, and the others got corn dogs. To quote my son, 'If a Wendy's chicken sandwich is a 5 out of 5 stars, then Slappy's is a 7 out of 5 stars. So good.' And the corn dogs are huge. I got an order of onion rings, and between that side and the corn dog I was stoked, and left feeling full. But not so full that I couldn't add on a soft serve ice cream cone. Love the food, and love the atmosphere of the outdoor dining as the sun was setting over the ocean. I will definitely be coming back to order the tri-tip, even if I...