Whale's Tale Fish House — Restaurant in Mount Dora

This is a little diner in a shopping plaza which seemed odd for a seafood place, but hey it works! There were 3 of us. One ordered the haddock fish sandwich basket with grits & cheese & an upcharge of sweet potato fries. It came with 2 hushpuppies & coleslaw. The sandwich bread was really too thick, but all was good, no complaints. Another ordered the catfish basket with fries and it came with hushpuppies & coleslaw, he ordered fries and baked beans for sides. He didn't personally care for the beans, but nothing was really wrong with them, just personal preference. I ordered the trio platter with fish, oysters & shrimp. They came with several onion rings, perfectly cooked, hush puppies & coleslaw. I ordered grits & cheese & apple juice steamed carrots. I am a carrot lover, never met a carrot I didn't like, until today. They would be a pass for me in the future. The shrimp was just a minute(ish) overcooked giving it a tougher chew but had good flavor. The fish & oysters were totally on point, delicious & cooked perfectly. The oysters were decent size & plump. I enjoyed them. Both of us who had grits & cheese really liked them, they were perfect. We had no coleslaw eaters in the group, thus we have no rating on that. I was the only one who eats hushpuppies, they were really good. I didn't care for the sweet tea, at all, compared to most southern style sweet tea, it just wasn't good.

So, overall we liked everything but it wasn't anything to make us run back for more. Still, if we were in the area, I would go back.

It felt a bit pricey for lunch & the atmosphere, but they have rent and other bills to pay, too. Overall it was a solid meal, not perfect, but good. Important to note, we came in pretty late for a lunch and way too early for dinner. We were seated and tended to immediately. No one else was dining at the time. Drinks were brought very fast. She offered to take orders right away, yet gave us time to review the menu instead, and she answered several questions for us.

The server was excellent, accommodating and had a good sense of humor. She tolerated my husband's sarcastic the spirit intended and she was funny, too. They have plenty of great parking & weren't in the messy mix of the walking parts of Mt Dora. Check them out if you are...

Well went on 4/14/21 2pm. First I noticed bench seats were filthy ,floors didn't look clean either however food well the side of cheese grits were a tablespoon if that with a $13 meal yes a tablespoon, onion rings blandest I've ever tasted in 57 years and super small, onion soup taste like water and onion no flavor, no flavor on the shrimp batter flour and water seems like, soda was flat for some reason? Waitress was a older lady not to knock anyone but as I go out to eat 5 times a week and forever this was the worst unfriendly unprofessional I've delt with maybe the owner and or just burned out at the job? We felt like we were imposing on her time, Never gave us no refills or even offered and never asked if we needed anything else while she walked away at the same time giving us the check she seemed not to care at all, One of the female helpers or cook was wearing bandages all over her arms while cooking or preparing food maybe not good to handle food while having semi opened bandages? I'm sorry to say it's not worth the money for the quantity or quality or cleanliness, will NOT go back ever, I am sorry as I love and support small business especially restaurants ,I hate to say this but I've had friendlier service at McDonald's and yeah...

Racist place! Went there with my family in the beach, (we r Asians by the way), minding our own business until a lady (must be the manager or something), came running up to us yelling at us saying her husband died last year trying to save a child from drowning from the waves, (don’t want to be insensitive, but god must have wanted him and took him to save him from the lady bc she must have been the devil), and starting yelling at us in front of our kids while other “white” families were literally swimming in the waves while she’s throwing her tantrum at us. Supposedly she saw 4 kids drowning and called the lifeguards, which they came and were so confused as to who the lady was referring to. Do not eat here bc this place Lacks ethical and principle manners, most likely will treat you poorly bc you’re a minority. By the way, the place looks run down and looks like it needs to be shut down bc of how trashy it looks! I’m not a poor asian, not saying I’m rich either, but if u want a good place to eat, and you’re a good person, you don’t deserve this place and their service and food! You’re better than them! God Bless this place and hope God can save them and show them kindness and equality on...