Surfs Up Beverly — Restaurant in Lake Township

I swear everytime I've gone into a fish place recently they've all been out of catfish, but luckily not today! This black owned business has above average standing room in the waiting area, two TVs and an ATM with a good amount of seats/benches. Seems like it might've been an old chinese food joint with a few tables, but they opted for a pure takeout experience (which is unfortunately the trend nowadays.) Since it was my first time I thought I'd try both the fish and chicken combo along with the dirty rice. The total came out to be $24 with the wait being about 15 minutes.

After leaving the place and checking the food. I realized that the combo dinner didn't contain a roll and coleslaw like advertised which was kind of disappointing. It did have the fries though. The requested lemon pepper was there, but they also seasoned the chicken/catfish with garlic powder, salt and parsley which is fine. Everything was fried hard, but not dry which creates the perfect pleasurable crunch. The chicken and fish tasted better than a lot of the restaurants in the area with the fish having a lightness to the breading that's sorely missed. Some of the chicken was weirdly tough though as if it was slightly undercooked.

Speaking of misses we have to talk about the dirty rice. Dirty rice is one of those dishes that seems like it either is absolute perfection or an abomination with no in-between. This unfortunately falls into the latter with it not only looking boring with all brown notes, but the initial taste as well as texture being an off putting creamy rancid trip to flavor hell. After a just a few bites my stomach turned which does not bode well for this dish. I have no idea what went wrong here, but it seems like it may have been sitting out too long. Even the smell was a bit rancid. At least it has a good ratio of ground beef to rice which a lot of places skimp on. They also attempted to add in some vegetables like peppers although they are barely noticeable.

Overall Surf's up is a good spot with friendly staff, decent prices, but some issues with quality. My advice is to make sure the cooking temps are correct and consistent. Definitely make sure if food is sitting idle, that it is kept at the mandatory minimum of 140 degrees farenheit to avoid it going rancid so quickly. Also, double check the orders before sending them out or edit the menu if it...

I’ve ate here for 4 days straight my lady friend Dajuanna who’s also in the review wants me to go back for the Grilled catfish and rice potatoes and corn it’s truly delicious. Eric did his thing and personally came out to ask me how was the food and Service. Very nice guy and I’m coming back for the Hennessey wings lol. I came back the next day and the lady Felicia let me try the biscuits and did her own spin on the perch and wings and it was fresh and super tasty! I don’t know who’s the better cook but they both did and excellent job. I also had the...

I had eaten at two other Surf's Up locations before I found this gem, and I'll never go back. The Hennessey wings at Surf's Up Beverly are amazing - nothing like I've had in the west suburbs. Not even close. And it's not just the Henny sauce and the perfectly-seasoned wings that got me hooked - the shrimp taco is amazing as well. But that Henny sauce - it's much better than other locations. I'm not sure what they do to give it an extra kick, but they need to bottle it. I highly recommend this place. And D9 family, stop in to represent and support the...