Marie's Seafood Market & Lobster House — Restaurant in Sea Isle City

I ordered on the phone from home to pick up an order . I ordered a fried flounder platter and 12 blue claw crabs with old bay seasoning, which I was told were cooked that morning. They told me 30 mins for pick up .When I got there, people approximately 3 to 4 were waiting. I asked for my order and was told they were waiting for it to be cooked still . Not may orders went out for about 10 to 15 mins, then people were coming in to pick up orders and left. As I still waited. By the time my order finally was ready 30 mins later after I got their, I looked in the bag of crabs, and they forgot the old bay seasoning, not a big deal. they added it after I told them. Now remember, this is after waiting about another 30 mins from when I got to the place to pick up my order. Now it's been over an hour since my order was placed. I then drove back home about 7 mins from Marie's needless to say, I am really aggravated now because the food that I waited for that wasn't even cooked when I got their was cold that was the flounder platter if it was just cooked it still should have been at least warm but no it was cold. The 12 crabs all male were mixed sizes 4 of them were under legel size, so tiny but they were on the bottom of the bag so I didn't see them until after I was already eating them out of the bag .The one and only large crab was empty. No meat at all weight was so light. The other 6 of the crabs were the right size, but 1 or 2 the meat was mushie. Don't you think they should have gotten it right after paying $40 dollars for just 12 crabs and only 4 edible . Needless to say, I was so disappointed I will never go back again, not even to complain. To have them severe under size illegal to sell crab and they knew it because they put them in the bag individually that was the last thing I needed to never go back, I who bought from Marie's since 2010 when the father was alive and ran the business I never got a bad thing from them. But the customer service and product they are selling is not the quality that it once was . Sorry for their lost of the owner. But they have now lost a customer . I will now go to Mike's a block away for Marie's for my...

Have to say I’m not too impressed with this place. We got takeout, and while the ordering/pickup process was seamless and staff was friendly, the food left a lot to be desired. We ordered all of our entrees a la carte (no sides), and though they tasted pretty good, the portions were really small. Particularly the broiled “Captains Special”, which contained 2 large shrimp, 2 large scallops, a tiny piece of flounder, and one of the smallest crab cakes I’ve ever seen. I’m sorry, but for the price I’m paying ($18, entree only), I was expecting a little more food than that. Luckily, we also ordered some appetizers/sides, but even those failed to impress. The clams were done in an oddly thick white sauce, almost like a chowder broth. I understand that restaurants might have different recipes and ways of doing things, but I have never seen clams done this way, so it was a little out of the ordinary, and not something that me or anybody else in our party cared for that much. The macaroni salad was essentially just mayo, macaroni, and a few chopped veggies. No seasoning or sugar, very bland and boring. The fried Calamari was probably the least appealing of all. The breading was soggy and the calamari itself was soft and mushy, with almost no texture at all. It was also not very warm. I understand that this could have been caused by the time spent in transporting it back home. However, all our other food was still hot and fresh upon arrival. So in my opinion, the calamari had to have been sitting out for some amount of time before we came to get it.

All in all, I can’t say I’d recommend Maries or even try it again myself. It’s a real shame, as I had always heard glowing praises of this place and had high hopes. Maybe dining on the dock would prove a better experience. Until then, I’ll...

My husband and I frequently dine out, so we tried Maria’s. We loved the atmosphere and had a very nice professional server named Bonnie. We were extremely disappointed in such terrible seafood. I just can’t fathom how anyone can own a seafood restaurant and not know how to serve good food. We ordered the vegetable red crab soup, it was lukewarm warm with very little flavor and very very salty. I ordered mussels in red, they literally steamed them open and poured tomatoe sauce over them, they were also cold. My husband ordered clams casino, they were served in aluminum made shells, not the actual clam shell, the filling was bread crumbs soaked in oil with a piece of bacon on top, if you were lucky you found a micro piece of clam. At this point I lost my appetite and waited for my husband’s spaghetti and clams to arrive. The disappointment continued with the watered down bowl of tasteless pasta was brought out. It appeared as thought they cooked this in pure clam juice, and it was tasteless. The best part of our dinner was our server Bonnie , I began to feel bad for her having to serve the...