The 100 Pound Clam — Restaurant in Seattle

$80 for two orders of fish and chips, one order of hush puppies, and two ice teas. 🤯 (Mandatory 18% service charge added to all bills). All served in paper to-go boxes, eaten at a plastic picnic table. For that price you can go eat at a fancy restaurant with real plates and multiple cocktails. If it's just two of you eating, I suggest splitting one order of fish and chips since the portions are a good size.

The guy who rung us up was friendly, but the waitress working the restaurant that this shack is attached to was rude and snotty and refused to let us sit at the "nicer" wooden picnic tables he told us to sit at. So we had to sit at the nearby plastic picnic tables by some kids day camp, and paid an 18% service charge for what service exactly? I...

A gem on the water with some delicious meals to boot. Fish and chips were good, but we left talking about the burrata with heirloom tomatoes and watermelon. Clams had a nice kick from mamas lil peppers which I enjoy.

Plenty of libations to keep you cool on a warm sunny day. Lots of beer in tallboys or wine and spirits as well.

Dogs were not a problem and they happily let us tie up ours while we noshed on food at the plentiful picnic tables.

I believe you can also arrive by boat with four slips available for carryout. Pretty cool and great to see a place embracing Seattle's...

An automatic 20% service charge to hand an already over-priced item over the counter is ridiculous. That is not service, that's the basic business function. You can't do any less than that. And then they want a tip on top of that. It's just an excuse to trick you into paying a lot more than you planned. Don't support this ridiculous behavior. There are better options nearby that actually provide service and let you reward it...