Anchor Restaurant — Restaurant in Ocean City

Ugh.. Breakfast..

Usually before I enter a restaurant, I take all the reviews (good and bad), the price, and others’ experience into account before experiencing myself, and even considering writing a review.

I’m giving The Anchor a one star because it was simply that. Our service was nice, not very on point though. The atmosphere was a little meh as the place needs a touch up, especially the airflow, it seemed very run down, the edge of the tables were sticky, the dispensers (salt, pepper, syrup, etc) need replaced/modernized.

We were hungry, it was close by, and saw the prices were lower compared most places in the area.. and right there (the “low” price) should’ve said it all, even though our bill was high. $43 for two people..why? ESPECIALLY with the food not tasting good. The fan above our table also caused our food and my coffee to get cold.. my half filled coffee tasted TERRIBLE after it got cold, and I can usually tolerate cold coffee.

The 5 individuals at the table beside ours were missing multiple items on their plates and kept having to ask their server for these items, which the server then explained that they apparently didn’t have those items.

There was this weird smell that started to fill the air after about 5-10 minutes of sitting which was very displeasing.

The Anchors priorities are not straight, obviously, as each server was using touch screen devices to put in our order and for payment. Why not put that money into something else such as new syrup dispensers, or simply better tasting food?

I don’t usually write bad reviews, and when I do, it’s not to make the establishment look bad, but to simply inform others of the quality - and to hopefully inform the owner to get their ducks in a row.

We had breakfast, so maybe lunch and supper are better - however I will not be returning...

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