Fatty's never dissapoints!! Hands down this place knows food and how it should taste! Huge portions, everything I've had was delicious. Recently my family wanted seafood. I said let'd go to Fatty's! Finally decided on fried catfish. Wow, the flavor was perfect! The fish was lightly breaded, so you could actually taste every bite and filled me up. The fries were crispy and I dipped them in my crab bisque....yum! So creamy and huge chunks of crabmeat. Being a person, who lived in Easton MD, we knew seafood and how it should taste. I have to say thank you Fatty's for wonderful service and amazing food....and beer!! read more

Fatty's Taphouse - Bars Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

Excellent lunch menu. Hubby and I split the sliders since we don't eat as much. Our friend got the Caesar wrap with chicken. We always leave satisfied. read more

Fatty's Taphouse - Sliders and onion rings - Bars Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

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Great food. Great customer service. Great flavor. Perfect Lemon drop. Seafood nachos were yummy too. My Goddaugther brought me here while I visited from San Antonio and I loved it! read more

Fatty's Taphouse - Shrimp and crab legs pot w/ extra sausage. Plenty for 2. or 3 small eaters. - Bars Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

Fantastic! Great food. Pour your own beer. Great service. They have Oysters on the half shell, my son and I split a dozen. I had the Mahi Mahi broiled with Cole slaw and a salad. My son had a Snow crab steam pot. All the food was outstanding. My Son enjoyed pouring his own beer. The waitress was very nice and very efficient! A great experience! read more

Fatty's Taphouse - Front entrance! - Bars Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

Sorry I don't have pics. Wish I'd taken some. We sat at the bar. The bartender was a fun young lady who made the experience great!! I had the cuban sandwich with onion rings. My husband had the grilled chicken sandwich with onion rings. we both thought the sands were very good. The onion rings were batter dipped and very good. I loved the option to taste as many beers as you want and pay per ounce. (I think all breweries should move to this! It was fun and would save them the cost for free tastings) Anyway, I was able to try 3 beers and my husband had 2 beers and it cost us about $15. Nice price! We live over an hour away. It would probably be our place for beer and food if we lived closer. Another plus was sports bar feel with the game we wanted to watch. read more

This is the first time we have eaten here so I don't know what to expect. The inside is decorated nice. Their is a big variety of food here from seafood to burgers to pizza. The service has been pretty fast, but being here at 5:30 pm it is not busy yet. They have a bar here as well. The food was very good. We will be back. read more

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We were maybe one of 5 parties in the entire restaurant...that should've been a warning to turn around and go somewhere else. Servers/staff standing around, tables were sticky, food was mediocre at best. Give it a pass. Such a disappointment. We were traveling, hungry, and wanted a "sit down" dinner. read more

Husband got food poisoning from the seafood. My friend went there a couple weeks later with her partner and got sick as well from the same thing. Find it weird they have another yelp page on top of their other one, but service was pretty good in my opinion. Main issue seems to be quality of food :( EDIT: Im not sure why you would accuse me of sabotaging you and that I use to work there. I'm a stay at home mom who use to be a teacher? I have nothing against the Stafford location, just had an issue at this one. Said everything else was great just got sick from the shrimp. Sort of weird to come at a customer like that. Letting people know is part of this app. Shocked by your response, but hope you have a great day. read more

I love seafood and I've had it many places. Last night my husband and I went out to dinner after a long weekend in North Carolina. We should've picked somewhere else based on a very empty parking lot and restaurant, the bar was hopping though, we were seated and after a short wait our sever came over and we ordered. The appetizer was good and the beer wall was cold. My husband ordered a simple Philly and they didn't have any he wanted a side of broccoli they didn't have and I actually wanted King Crab guess what they didn't have any. We adjusted and I got the steam pot will 1lb of snow crab and 1lb of Jumbo Shrimp peel and eat I requested simply steamed. When it came out the first thing I noticed was a lot of Old Bay Seasoning a condiment I don't care for but seeing as it was just on the shells I figured I could live with it. So I got cracking the crab was good but many of the legs were broken at the claw or joint causing may bones in the bigger pieces of meat, no huge issue but for the price I expected nice clean clusters. Okay shrimp yes I know it's peel and eat but the shrimp were so dirty and when cooked with the digestive tract "no it's not a vein" it taints the meat. A manager came over and said they could change them out to a smaller but clean shrimp. No thanks I wanted big ones. My husband the took the task off helping me clean these. Needless to say after all the cracking and cleaning I had cold seafood with giant potatoes and corn that when I bit into it the cob came with the bite. The server was decent enough I just don't know if it was enough to go back. For $70 I expected better food. You can clean shrimp if you split the shell then not only do you not cook it with poop it is easier for your customers to eat. read more

Fatty's Taphouse - Steam pot #5 - Bars Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

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The food was ok, but I expected better. The best part of the meal was the beer. Service was a bit slow, and the atmosphere was dull and unpleasant. I would not recommend this place. read more

Absolutely awful! I'll just start there. What a nightmare of a restaurant... I'd been looking forward to eating here for a few weeks. Looked at the Yelp reviews, checked out the menu, it has great curb appeal...I was ready! Date night came along last night (Valentine's Day weekend) and it was dinner and a movie. Came in about 7pm last night. The place wasn't super busy. A young man went to seat us (and when I say 'young', I mean most of the employees looked like they had barely hit puberty). He looked around for a place to seat us. I requested a booth and he said they didn't have any open booths. He said, "Would a high table be okay?" I said, "I'd prefer not". So he started walking us towards a regular table that sat directly in front of an empty booth. Before sitting I said, "Well how about that one?" as I pointed towards the empty booth. He said, "They must've just cleaned that, because it wasn't open a minute ago". Fair enough. He starts to walk us towards it, and trips over a chair. We take a seat and another young male comes to the table to get our drink orders. I'm expecting that since we're in a sports bar/seafood restaurant, I'd see more "adult" adults, but nope. My husband and I order unsweetened iced teas and request sweeteners. The waiter picks up our menu, and then drops them on the floor. Nobody had any agility in this place. He then asked what type of sweeteners we wanted, because they don't keep them on the table for some odd reason. For our appetizer, we ordered the crab dip. On the menu it stated "served with your choice of EITHER pita bread or chips". When it came out, it came with both. Okay, we just shrugged. The pita bread was fully cooked; almost burnt on one end, but when you flipped it over, it was not at all brown. The chips, supposedly made 'in house' were okay at best. The same could be said about the crab dip. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't mind blowing. For dinner, we'd ordered the 'crab and shrimp' entree, which came with 2 sides. We opted for the fries and rings and for $4, also requested a side of hush puppies. We'd be splitting the meal, which was adequate in size for the two of us. The food came out fairly quick...well at least most of it. The fries were not brought out with the meal, but roughly 5 minutes later. That would have been fine if they'd come out piping hot, but they were limp and cold, like they'd been sitting under a heat lamp for hours. In fact, that was the premise of our entire meal...cold. Just like the restaurant! It was literally freezing inside. I wore my coat the entire time, as did many of the patrons as I looked around, and I was still uncomfortably cold. It was as if they didn't have the heat on. I'm hoping that it's not ordinarily that cold. Back to the food. Gordon Ramsey always says, "Why make hot food and then put it on a cold plate?" And there is so much truth in that. All of our food was cold. Not lukewarm. Cold. Even the melted butter for the crab legs was cold. So that doesn't make for a pleasant meal. And speaking of the crab legs, they were mainly hollow; they weren't meaty and juicy, and my husband noted how overcooked they were. The hush puppies and onion rings might have been good, had they been hot. Now onto the shrimp. This is where it went really downhill. For one thing, it wasn't shelled or deveined. I do realize that 'some' seafood restaurants leave it up to the customers to devein their shrimp, but it's not something that I've ever come across. For those that don't know, when you don't devein it, you are left with the intestines and fecal matter in the shrimp. Although supposedly not harmful if digested, who wants to eat dirty shrimp? And for reference, it is noted that it could be contaminated bacteria. To me, this is just lazy cooking on behalf of the restaurant. To make matters worse, I ate one shrimp and guess what? I was throwing up in the toilet by the time I came home. I felt deathly sick last night. Not the way I wanted to spend my Valentine's Day dinner out. I left this restaurant with food poisoning. I typically won't mention how bad the food is to the wait staff. My thoughts are, I've already digested it, and I just won't ever come back. However, I was physically sick, and the majority of our meal was left untouched. Aside from one shrimp, the only thing we actually ate were the crab legs, and they weren't easily digestible or kind on the palate. Luckily, the waiter did try to make things right and removed the hush puppies from our bill, and he also gave us a small discount on the meal, which was still overpriced. It was very nice of him to try and make things right, so we did leave him a decent tip. Nevertheless, it goes without saying, we will never return, nor will we recommend this place to others. I left with food poisoning! It doesn't get worse than that. read more

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We've travelled quite a bit and by far, hands down, the best seafood we've ever had! And it's not just Seafood. They have burgers, ribs, sandwiches, steam pots.... It's going to be hard to go back and not order Seafood but we really want to try lots of different things from their menu. The staff, and we mean you Shay, and Chef Bobby are down to earth fun people. This is our new go to spot. Oh yeah, happy hour starts at 4:00. Now you know why us old folks go to dinner so early! read more

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It took a while for us to get greeted once we sat down. The waitress seemed disinterested in helping us. We didn't get a drink menu with our food menus nor offered one. Once we asked for one, it seemed like an issue. I asked what drinks were on tap, so we ordered two beers on tap. My husband waited for the drink menu and that took a while for to bring it back. It took even longer for her to bring our beers and my husband received his Bloody Mary when our food came. The Bloody Mary was just watered down mix, unfortunately I had to return it. We placed our order and the wait was rather long. Once I received my Buffalo Chicken Sub, it was quite salty. I didn't really enjoy the sub not the service. I will not be a returning customer. read more

Fatty's Taphouse - Buffalo Chicken Sub with tater tots - Bars Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

Interesting name! We must have arrived just when they opened because it took a minute for someone to seat us AND forever for someone to take our drink order. We had to stop someone who just so happened to be the bartender. He stoped only because we said something. Ordered our food and a drink from the bar. Drinks were in point. Food was good too. Decor could be better. It's one of these tap houses that you get a glass and then you can get the beer you want . I believe they had like 30 choices. read more

I just had my company Holiday party here and I just had to come and post a review. Mike, I would personally like to thank you and Erika for the hospitality that was shown to my employees. Everyone was raving about the taste of the food and it showed when there was nothing left at the end of the night. I have to say something about Stephanie, Justice and Michele. The best team of servers and bartenders hands down!! They made sure that my team was taken care of and they smiled the entire night. Thanks to you all my holiday party was a memorable event. I'm sorry that I didn't get any pictures of the food, but that also shows how good it was!! read more

Fatty's Taphouse - Holiday party with the best servers ever Stephanie and Justice!! - Bars Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

Fatty's is so much fun! They have fantastic service, one of their head bartenders, Zach, will make sure you have a great night out, but make sure to bring your DD along! He makes fantastic cocktail concoctions for those that want to be a bit more adventurous and want to try something new. Besides great bartenders, they also have a self-pour beverage wall for all the beer lovers out there! Thanks to their PourMyBeer self-serve system, you can pour tons of local craft beers by the ounce. Plenty of options - IPAs, lagers, sours, stouts, you name it! Also, so much fun that you don't have to stick to a full glass of something you don't like and can try every beer just for a few cents. Love it! The food is awesome, too! You can't go wrong with calamari here and also their desserts, oh man! The key lime cake and chocolate cake are must-haves! Can't wait to be back for more! Enjoy your visit! read more

Fatty's Taphouse - Fatty's PourMyBeer self-serve wall - Bars Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

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I had the catfish basket for dinner, and the food was fresh and hot, The service was quick and efficient, It the spirit of October, I ordered the Witches Brew cocktail. read more

Fatty's Taphouse - Witches Brew - Bars Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

I've been here a few times over the years and this time in particular just wasn't the best. I came here with my mom for lunch right when they opened. We got in quickly and the woman working the hostess stand got us seated with menus. I know seafood is pricey right now but the prices on their menu are a little crazy. We ordered the crab dip for an appetizer, I think it was right around $14-$15. I ordered a crab cake and side salad with mashed potatoes, $30. That was for a single crab cake. The food wasn't hot for it being only us in the restaurant. Service was good. Our waitress was training a new girl and they were friendly enough. For the prices alone, I would not come back. read more

The food at fatty's was so delicious ! At first, we were unsure about giving it a try because the parking lot was bare. However, our waiter said that Sundays they aren't busy. The service was fast and our food was seasoned to perfection. Highly reccommend giving it a try. read more

Fatty's Taphouse - Sunday Special: $20 - 6 Honey Garlic wings and 2 sliders combo w/side - Bars Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

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Food was great! My husband loves the oysters on a half shell! - special on Saturday nights!! 1.25 an oyster - Our server Maddison was amazing! Very friendly and perfect! We will be back again soon!! read more

Should have been a -10 stars. Bison Burger & Fatty Burger Went on a Tuesday arriving around 11:45am and there was 5 of us. The lot was empty and we weren't sure if they were even open. No one in sight when we came in, a young black lady came up and asked how many and then sat us right next the entrance to the kitchen and seafood smell was horrible. We asked to move and she didn't want to move us to a table closer to the front door. Waitress/hostess made comment, "You do know this is a seafood restaurant" Next didn't receive a drink menu and she had no idea what they had and said i can get up and look. We all ordered, burger had no flavor besides the pepper jack cheese and my orings had been cooked with grease used on seafood, boyfriend's bison burger was supposed to be rare and was well done same happen for another person in the party on his smash burger. Our family was apologizing for taking us there. read more

Thought I'd give it try. Greeted promptly and pleasantly and seated with Chris as the server. She quickly greeted us and got our drinks with personality and a smile. From a non-drinker and based on a sip, the Fatty's martini was quite good. Chris warned that the servings were of a great size. She was not kidding. The sliders were nicely sized and good. With a nice helping of fries. The Pale Ale Pasta was delicious and a large serving. This was a decent value for the money and left me no room for complaint. The restaurant was clean and had a decent atmosphere during the time I went. 1300 hours on a Sunday. I would return. Sorry, I missed food photos.. Next time for sure!! read more

Good food I'm giving it 4 stars because of the small portion for the fries with bacon and cheese read more

Fatty's Taphouse - Bars Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

Went to dinner here with my friends on a Friday night and it was not packed at all! Our waitress was very kind and our drinks were really good. They also have a beer wall where you get a card and basically pour your own beer. I gotta say, their seafood nachos filled me up and I was sharing with a friend! Would definitely come back here again. read more

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This restaurant always gets five stars !! They continue to have excellent food excellent service. I highly recommend if you're in the Stafford area to give this restaurant try, they will not disappoint read more

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Fatty's is near our house and we go there at least once a week. The employees are all great and we always have a great time. The oysters are always fresh and large. Highly recommend! read more

Service: fantastic I'd come back for drinks Food: gross The crab dip tasted like like warm frozen mystery meat. It's what I would imagine cat food tastes like. In fact, I can honestly say that it's the absolute worst crab dip that I've ever tried. The Alaskan crab was okay. The oysters were not good. Overall nothing really tasted fresh. Their cocktail sauce was frozen and flavorless. How can you mess up cocktail sauce at a seafood restaurant? Ambiance: good The place has a fun vibe. The bathroom was clean and so was the restaurant. read more

Not the greatest meal. Fried catfish was ok but tots were cold. Grilled cheese bacon cheese burgers tasted OK but not cooked to temp. Sesame salad was over dressed but chicken was good. Really slow poor service though. It was like the server didn't really care we were there and I think we were her only table. read more

Amazing Cuban sandwich! Would like to give 5 stars however the service was lacking a bit. However it would not prevent me from coming again. So many food options. The Cuban was not pressed but the pork was over the top delicious! read more

Fatty's Taphouse - Cuban sandwich - Bars Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

...................................... ..................................................... Ok seafood. Good service. Cool beer wall ...................................... ..................................................... read more

Stopped in for a late lunch/snack and cold beer. At 3pm on a Friday, the place pretty empty. I was seated and waited on quickly. Waitress asked if i was familiar with the beer wall. Told her i was, ordered fried shrimp w/boardwalk fries. By the time I was done sampling beers and returned with my favorite, the shrimp was delivered. They were cooked correctly, though i should point out, they had very, very little breading on them. My son will love that, I'm ok with it, but might be a surprise to some. There were 8 medium large shrimp and the fries for 11.99... not sure about the rest of the menu, but i found this to be a good value. The fries were also cooked right in my book, not soggy, not overly crispy or greasy. I was served attentively by Julia. I have zero complaints, and was pleasantly surprised given the reviews, and the fact that they are somewhat new. Will be back soon to try more of the menu. read more

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I had seen this place and never went in. The customers at the bar were friendly. What stood out to me was the AMAZING service by bartender Aaron Jackson. He is friendly, efficient and took time to make everyone feel welcome. I can get a burger anywhere, but great service keeps people coming back, and Aaron definitely will have me returning here. I commend management for hiring such great worker. He is what any company wants representing their brand. I will be back. -Miami Joe read more

Food is great. Ambiance a little lacking for such a nice menu. Food was excellent and portions were huge so you really get several meals out of one menu offering. I had the clam basket and easily got two meals out of one entree which was less than McDonalds and the food was really tasty. The hush puppies were excellent. My husband got the lunch shrimp basket for ten dollars. Portioned correctly for one meal at $10. Mine was the dinner portion and I got two meals out of it for $15. So $7.50 a meal. Nice economics. read more

Went here on a lunch date with my wife. Gator skewers were excellent. Love their selection of beers and self pour beer. read more

Fatty's Taphouse - Self pour beer station. - Bars Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

Love the food. Enjoyed the service with a luncheon date with a good friend. Would recommend.

We were happy to see a place we haven't been to before. I ordered the Buffalo chicken sub and the chicken was dry and stringy, it was a mess, and worst if all, it was served on a flimsy hotdog roll. The roll couldn't stand up and the whole overloaded mess fell apart. I don't look for perfection, but it was so bad. My daughter ordered a "half pound" of steamed shrimp. She received 8 small shrimp that couldn't have been a quarter pound. I got Mac-n-cheese on the side that has a nice taste. That's why I'm comfortable with the one star. It's ridiculous imo to invest the capital to open a restaurant and then just mail it in with the food. Never, ever again. read more

Stopped in on the way to a wedding. There's not much around but chain restaurants. We are really glad we stoped in. The bar favorites are here - wings, nachos, tacos. They are done well. Fattys Steam Pot looked great - fresh steamed seafood. We didn't have time to try that. The staff was so welcoming and patient (my husband kept asking to switch college football games - no problem). Beer fans will love the by-the-ounce self-serve beer taps. You get a card, pay by the ounce, and experiment as much as you like. Great place. We will be back if we can find the smallest excuse to head this way. read more

Fatty's Taphouse - Beer card, bar, sampler - Bars Near Me - Fredericksburg, Virginia

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Started with the $1 oysters, fantastic. My wife had the seafood nachos, a meal by itself and very good. She then had the crab cake basket with tater tots, also very good. I had the $45 crab leg and shrimp special prepared as a steam pot. Very disappointing this time. Crab legs were the skinniest I've ever seen, no meat to speak of. Seemed like there weren't enough shrimp either. A major rip off for $45. Young, inexperienced waitress insisted that the portions were correct. read more

I never understand why they don't get much business during lunch, the food is great. Had the Buffalo chicken pizza the other day and it was fantastic. The beer wall continues to have a nice variety and our server was very attentive. read more

Our service was great, all the food came out in a timely manner. The seafood baskets have a good portion of food, not too much, not too little. The side house salad was massive for a side. It was fun pouring our own beers to boot. read more