The atmosphere is what really seals it. It's relaxed, welcoming, and full of good energy -- the kind of place where locals, families, and people who actually know good food all end up at the same tables. You feel comfortable staying, talking, and enjoying your time instead of being rushed out the door. The staff deserves credit too. Friendly, attentive, and genuinely proud of the place. That always shows. When people care, it changes everything. Catcher's Fish House isn't trying to chase trends. It's grounded, consistent, and confident -- and that's exactly why it stands out. If you're in Freeport and want real seafood, real people, and a place that gets it right without pretending, this is where you go. Highly recommended. read more

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Finally went to Catcher's for the first time the other day after passing by it on a near daily basis for the last year. Their mocktails and gelato dessert were quite tasty and I loved that they had the Knicks playoff game on. What I didn't enjoy however was that they didn't once check up on us after our drinks and food were ordered. I most likely would have ordered another beverage had I been asked how my first one was. Also, I didn't really appreciate the automatic addition of the 20% tip on the bill nor the additional service fee, especially when it was only two people. I took a look back at the menu and neither were disclosed first hand. I'm now seeing other reviews from fellow annoyed Yelpers who were equally frustrated. Perhaps a reminder to dig deeper next time when choosing a place to dine, even if it is just for drinks and dessert. read more

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Came here last summer with a group of 4 and I recall our server making a smart remark because I ordered a mock tail while everyone else got shots & cocktails. He remained sarcastic the whole time. Anyways I let it go, maybe it was just this server. Came back recently on a weekend. We sat at the bar, the bartender was nice and greeted us. After placing our order, and receiving our items, we were no longer checked upon. There was an unusual smell at the place too, not sure what that was about. I wish we would have checked previous reviews, because service tax & gratuity automatically added to our bill? For a group of two? Lol over priced& not worth the service. Luckily there's plenty other spots on the mile to check out! read more

There's a lot of places on the Nautical Mile, but I enjoyed going to this one. Classy place, and the staff treated my family and I very well. As for the food, I had the paella and it was quite tasty. Admittedly I took a piece of my son's fish sandwich and it was delicious. Definitely recommend. read more

Catcher's Fish House - Paw - Seafood Near Me - Freeport, New York

I visited Catcher's with my mom and aunt for a cute lunch date. The place was clean, staff were friendly, and we sat right away. The menu features many appealing dishes so it was hard to choose. I ended up getting the salmon with double spinach instead of potatoes and it was phenomenal. Perfectly seasoned, good portion, and ever so slightly overcooked but I don't mind well done salmon. I look forward to going back and trying something else. read more

Catcher's Fish House - Grilled Salmon with double sautéed spinach - Seafood Near Me - Freeport, New York

Food was good, service was ok, but getting special buyer beware. 30 dollar a piece for a drink, surf and turf special we should had price first, and 20% gratuity was unexpected. Definitely over price For portion and ambiance. Food took long time but was fresh. read more

Catcher's Fish House - Surf and Turf - Seafood Near Me - Freeport, New York

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I've been here a few times and the food is very delicious. I've always went with my dad and his girlfriend when we were on the boat. There is also a street side so you can park in a parking lot and walk over. The place is very nice and you can sit inside and outside. My dad and his girlfriend all sat outside and it was a very nice day for it. The place is very modern which I like and where you can take your family to. As long and thin and not really wide. Service was great considering it was about 5 PM on a Tuesday. There was only a few people there and even when we left it wasn't crowded at all. I got the salmon which was very delicious , my dad's girlfriend got a burger, and my dad got the seafood dish. we also got steamed clams as an appetizer. Like I said before everything was very delicious and we enjoyed the meal. We got the bill and saw how expensive was. This place is definitely a place where you go once in a while not all the time. considering it was expensive, I do highly suggest going to this place to at least try it out read more

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We were hanging out yesterday when I grew a but hungry, and although the next door's business had a great group singing cover songs - Catchers was just the vibe and I liked . The space is like others but a bit more intimate. The server was friendly enough while explaining the several specials on the menu (so much that I couldnt remember them all) I was getting alittle chilly so I ordered the bisque and to my surprise it was delightful . Generous chunks of lobster and the base was creamy and flavorful (unlike many others; including city islands "must go to's" Sorry guys Ive been dieting so the food has been limited . However, everything we ordered was great - EXCEPT for our margaritas, which were way too much lemon lime mix and not enough don. read more

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My first time here and it was great. We started outside but the flying bugs ran us inside. We had the oysters that were delicious in a cream sauce and we sopped up the sauce with the fresh bread they gave us. The mussels in white wine sauce was also really good. My main dish was bronzini fillet with spinach and roasted potatoes. I will definitely be going back again. It's a lil pricey but I can't complain . Oh and we had a tiki martini, the bill was $244 for two ppl. They have the nerve to add gratuity for two ppl, where do they do that now. read more

I recently visited catchers fish House for dinner and a few drinks. This was my second visit within a few weeks. Isabella the hostess was professional, courteous,and accommodating. I had another tasty dinner along with a few mojitos made by merlin ( the best bartender on the Nautical Mile). Catchers is spacious, inside and outside dining, clean, and perfect for a family dinner or big group. It is my favorite restuarant on the mile. read more

Catcher's Fish House - My salmon dinner - Seafood Near Me - Freeport, New York

Tried this place for the first time yesterday with my wife. We sat at the bar. Johanna the bartender was great. Even though she was pretty busy, she was super attentive , took the time to explain things on the menu, made awesome recommendations like the crab cake and our drinks were right on point. Obviously the views of the water were amazing also but the service was even better. Highly recommend. read more

Catcher's Fish House - Seafood Near Me - Freeport, New York

A few of us stopped in for a quick lunch. We sat at the bar and Lisa was our server. She offered us regular menus and also lunch menus. She also told us there were certain drinks on the menu for $5.00, including an espresso martini! She makes them great!! Also, I want to mention Lisa was friendly and upbeat and we shared a great conversation. We had the smash burgers and fries, which were cooked the way requested and also the cheese quesadillas. That was delicious as well. I would definitely go back. read more

My friends and I were looking for a spot for lunch and came across this restaurant after roaming up and down the block. It stood out cause there was a huge space and there was indoor and outdoor dining. Plenty of tables but fairly empty on the Sunday afternoon that we came. Prices are reasonable considering there's lots of seafood options on the menu and portions are big. We ordered a few appetizers for the table: - Crispy calamari: wish the calamari was thicker. The ones here were the thinnest I've had and not my preferred texture since it was so thin but still fried well. - Crab cake: delicious, good chunks of crabmeat. - Coconut shrimp: 4 big pieces of fried shrimp per order with some kind of fried things in the middle. Good flavor! As for entrees, I got the crab bucatini. I was looking forward to bucatini pasta but unfortunately, they said that it would be served with linguine. The flavor was actually really good. Lovely tomato cream sauce with good amounts of crabmeat. I also got a side of seafood risotto which could be on entree on its own! It had smaller pieces of seafood but still very flavorful. I got to try my friend's seafood paella, which was so yummy. It was a huge portion, good to share for sure, and had lots of seafood and even chicken. The seafood on this was bigger pieces than the ones that came with the risotto. The tomato flavor in it also stood out and was really tasty. I also tried the sides of lobster mashed potatoes and parmesan truffle fries. The fries were just okay, not much truffle flavor and more like shoestring fries but not crispy enough in my opinion. The lobster mashed was delicious and had a good amount of lobster in it too! Overall, a great spot for lunch, dinner, casual meal with friends, or even a date. The menu has a decent variety of items but seemed to be more Italian and seafood focused. Definitely get their seafood items cause they don't skimp on the seafood and everything was cooked nicely! They also season their entrees really well, loved all the flavors. read more

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We did not have a reservation the day we tried Catcher's Fish House, but I'm sure glad we stopped in. I had my two toddlers with me, and they accommodated my stroller on the outside deck area (while my youngest son snoozed peacefully). We placed our orders and took in the view of the water, and our food came in a reasonable amount of time. Let me tell you, I tried my son's chicken tenders (to test the temperature of course), and this is literally the BEST chicken tender meal I've ever had. I didn't know if I was just really hungry, so I had my friend taste a piece too, and she confirmed these were top tier chicken tenders we were dealing with. The waffle fries that came with it just somehow made the meal better (and they were perfectly fried). We had the calamari for an appetizer and it was delicious. My 3 year old even got in on helping us devour it. My salmon was good, and my friend's rigatoni dish was also good. These folks know what they're doing with their breaded chicken. With the combination of the beautiful weather, scenery, polite staff, and delicious food - this was a delightful experience. We'll be back! read more

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Opted to give this "new to us" place on the Nautical Mile a try tonight. This is there 3rd year in business according to our waiter, on the site of what was the former N'awlins restaurant. What was good - the service, the atmosphere, the seafood bisque and the charred octupus appetizer. It also looked like they had some nice cocktails as well - but we stuck with wine (pinot grigio and merlot) at $16 a glass. What was not good - the prices! I know food prices have gone up but damn! The lesson I learned, ask the price of the specials before ordering lol. $65 for the fra diavolo and $65 for the seafood paella. Wouldn't have been so bad as the portions were decent, but the seafood paella was disappointing. Not in the amount of seafood (plenty), but in the flavor. From now on I will be sticking to ordering this dish only from authentic Spanish restaurants! The other thing I didn't like is that they automatically added a 20% gratuity - we were 3 people! Luckily the service was good so they would've gotten that anyway. Would I go back - maybe? But definitely not for the paella! read more

Catcher's Fish House - paella - Seafood Near Me - Freeport, New York

Been twice - both times sat at bar - 1st time was just to have a glass of wine which was horrible because there were not bottles behind the bar - so they grabbed a bottle from their stash and it was so warm (Sauvignon Blanc) but the bartender was engaging and really sweet - the 2nd time was a Monday and the bartender let us know 1/2 price mussels and margaritas - the margaritas were really good - I also ordered the tuna tartar which was delish - my friend had clam chowder and coconut shrimp which was also very good - also I love the bar placement it's large and open to the outside - just a great feel beautiful views all around read more

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We met a dear friend for lunch. This restaurant is clean,nicely set up, low noise level and all around welcoming. I had the linguini&clams. My sister had the seafood special. It had an amazing amount of king crab and plenty other stuff. My wife had penne ala vodka with chicken. All amazing fresh made dishes. I was totally thrilled with our lunch. Service was not rushed but totally there for us. read more

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Came here once this summer and I would have never thought that this place would have kicked out the food they did I mean it was horrible I have to be honest. I started with oysters and had to send them back they were DIRTY a bunch of black stuff I was wiping on napkins it was gross!! Just horrible I sent them back and the replacement's weren't much better. I would never order oysters from here ever again & most importantly I do not recommend. Next I ordered a crab cake it was a good size , very good and tasted good also. I ordered a crab pasta and they must have held off on the crab because I didn't see any pasta in my dish at all. Unfortunately for me a random stranger walked up to me and touched my food so I had to send it back. When they sent it back out to me the pasta was completely different. Different color, missing ingredients but one thing that was the same there was no crab even though I asked for extra crab. To drink I had an espresso martini which was good. The place is beautiful they should invest in good quality food and chefs to match. read more

I don't mind paying for any meal but don't include my tip without my consent you're not a five star Manhattan restaurant actually the place is kind of dumpy and was dirty I grew up in this area you're in friggin Freeport read more

Only thing good about this place was the food. Service was horrible. Sat down had to ask for someone to take our order. Drinks took a while to get there. Owner didn't seem thrilled he had to come over and take our order. Server never apologized they automatically add 20% gratuity so he probably didn't care to make it right. read more

Great food but I'm a bit disappointed at the fact that they automatically add gratuity to the bill of 20% regardless of it's a party of 2. They also add a service charge of 3.5% along with suggested Tip up to 7% I must admit the meals were splendid but the constant hustling by the manager or owner isn't needed. Especially a couple on a budget read more

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Service was terrible, they barely acknowledged that we were even there. The hostess told us we couldn't sit outside, yet they sat couple after couple outside? The bartender didn't pay attention to what we ordered or even remember that I'd even ordered a drink. And the place was not even full or busy! And the drink I ordered didn't even have all of the ingredients in it. The jumbo shrimp was good, the shrimp oregenata was decent. The cheeseburger came out raw inside...but was good on the 2nd try! For high end prices...this was a disappointing experience! read more

Food was just ok, service was terrible. Our table was ignored while the table who was right next to us who came after was serviced quickly and before us. Got the managers attention and he was the one who served us while the waitress continued to ignore us. Of course the manager didn't have time to serve us. When I tried to talk to the waitress she said you can talk to the manager. He listened while not even making contact, and out of party of 8 gave us one complimentary glass of wine. The food was overpriced for the quality and the service was terrible. Worst I've ever experienced!! read more

If I could give a negative star review, I would. The first thing we noticed, was there was no one eating at the restaurant at 6:30 at night when we walked in. We should have left.... The Máitre'd was a bit abrupt as he gave us our menus. He did read off the specials, but did not mention the prices, which is not the way it's done. There were two people at the bar, no one else came in through out our entire stay. Food: MEDIOCRE. The lobster was soggy. The rice in the paella was cold. We alerted the Maitre'd that our friend has a dairy allergy.... Oooops! That was forgotten. Not good. There were four of us, we ordered coffee. Only two were served. We ordered three deserts.... Two came out, and the Maitre'd began an argument with one of the servers in front of us. He threw the check in the table before we had finished our meal. We gave him two credit cards.... He charged one twice and said we could take it up with the credit card company. What should have been a $250 meal for four was $475.00 The prices on the menus were reasonable, but because he did not say the prices of the specials, we were shocked. The prices were not appropriate for the quality of the food. Even if it was less expensive, I would not recommend this restaurant. I have been dining in Freeport for a long time.... There are better choices. read more

Last minute decision to get dinner. Cool atmosphere and the waiters were very pleasant. However we ordered the "special" (price wasn't given)***** way over priced for lobster and steak. The steak was good but the lobster was dry and probably sitting around for a while. The crabmeat inside the lobster wasn't tasty at all and mixed. $300 plus later! Not worth the price for the place. read more

Catcher's Fish House - Lobster stuff with crabmeat - Seafood Near Me - Freeport, New York

My Husband and I went to Catcher's Fish House on Saturday. We sat at the bar and had some cocktail and appetizers. The drinks and the food were good However, it wasn't until we received our check that we noticed a very unusual "note". The Bill read "WHITE COUPLE" on the upper right. I get that some restaurants use unique descriptions to identify customers but labeling ANYONE by race, and/or ethnicity is just not OK. It's really sad and unfortunate they chose to label us in this way. this is the ONLY reason we will not return. read more

Catcher's Fish House - Seafood Near Me - Freeport, New York

Had such a great time and Merlin the bartender was a pleasure. The music was great and the bartender made the stay worth it! read more

Catcher's Fish House - On the house - Seafood Near Me - Freeport, New York

Cute place! Great variety of food on the menu. The service was great our drinks were not the best but they changed them up and apologized which was sweet. The salad was amazing I would totally go back for the salad. My friend had the seafood and enjoyed it as well. The pasta was very different and I really enjoyed it go give them a try! read more

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We had the fried calamari and baked oysters appetizers and the fried flounder sandwich. They were delicious calamari was okay but the marinara was watered down and flavorless. The oysters were good but they were made with chopped oysters not worth the market price of $39 for 6. We did not eat the sandwich. There was a tiny piece of fish that was very thin. It was over cooked and the bread was burned in places. The cost was $110. They added a 20% gratuity for three people and would have added a service charge had we not paid in cash. I will never go to this restaurant again. read more

Three only because of the DJ, space is nice......first time I had lobster bisque that only contained shrimps and no lobster. The server then says he'll tell the chef to added it, yea no thanks.(normally would wait to comment or complain at the end of my dining experience ) Had the grilled salmon it was just ok, the calamari was not fresh, tasted a bit stale/old. The decor is nice, establishment was clean Dj played accommodating music, food mediocre . read more

Nice atmosphere and decor. Was definitely crowded and the music was loud but not deafening. I enjoyed the spicy vodka sauce and my friend liked her Caesar salad with steak. The wagyu meatball appetizer was good but nothing special. The spicy margarita ($18) and rum cocktail served in a pineapple ($30 or $32) were delicious. Service was friendly but inconsistent. My friend's salad came out 15 minutes before my pasta and no one seemed to notice. Overall, prices were on the higher side even for Nautical mile standards but would come back for the drinks. read more

Food was delicious and great service. My only issue was the fact that there was no air-conditioning on a human evening. read more

Catcher's Fish House - Surf n' Turf Tacos! - Seafood Near Me - Freeport, New York

Terrible service. They don't come to check on you and don't time bringing your apps and entrees out, just load it on the table all at once. Overpriced for no reason and food was mediocre at best, nothing exceptional. For the mandatory 20% tip and 3.5% service fee go elsewhere on the strip. Nothing special here. read more

Great place to have a good time with friends, couple or family. Good service Bartender can do better . Great hostess and manager 20/10 read more

Catcher's Fish House - Great place to have dinner, a drink . Charred Octopus for appetizer Jewels of the Sea Linguini for entree. - Seafood Near Me - Freeport, New York

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Terrible. !! Service was horrendous... had to order drinks 3 times. Half table served and others waiting. Mussels were inedible.. then they add a 20% tip. Are u serious?? Over priced and understaffed. They just don't care. Don't go read more

I really enjoyed my experience here! We went early afternoon on a Saturday of Memorial Weekend and it was pretty empty. I brought my dog and we sat outside. There was live music and it was a really nice day which made for a nice ambiance. Service was good, our waiter kept coming back to check on us in a timely manner. They brought water for my dog which was nice. The cocktails were good. For food we ordered Clams Oreganata, Surf & Turf, Lobster Ravioli, and Truffle Fries. We could've skipped the truffle fries but everything else was good! The fries took a while to come out but otherwise everything came in decent time. read more

Catcher's Fish House - Clams Oreganata - Seafood Near Me - Freeport, New York

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Good food with nice view of the dock. It would be better if they don't automatically add after tax 20% service charges on the bill.

Catchers is always a fun time, definitely one of the best places on the mile, Food and service is always a 10/10. Would definitely recommend to check it out. read more

First of all, one of the chefs left the bathroom without washing there hands. The food was awful for our whole table. Do not go here.

had my birthday party here last week! Armando was amazing!! service, food, vibes all 10/10 would definitely recommend for any event and will be back! read more