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    Skippers Pier

    3.6 (506 reviews)
    ModerateSeafood
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    SKIPPERS PIER ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating

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    Seared Tuna Tacos
    Randy B.

    Good food, good service, good music, and great view. Sit outside at the bar especially if live music is playing.

    Mike C.

    Boy has this place gone downhill. What a shame... I grew up going to skippers with my family and remember, back then, the welcoming service and yummy seafood. A recent visit included rotten coleslaw, limp frozen-not-fresh shrimp and stale bread on a poboy, and Maryland crab soup ruined by poor quality canned veggies. Our server was also so brash and rude, especially to the (well-behaved) child at our table, most of us were afraid to request anything.

    Steamed shrimp
    Tia C.

    The location its self is worth coming to this restaurant. The staff was awesome very friendly and attentive. We ordered the xl large crabs hush puppies and steamed shrimp and everything was delightful . Being on the water seems like it makes the food taste even better lol.

    Crab crusted oysters
    Jahaan T.

    This place has potential to be great.. I'll start there! Food is great when made correctly. My first visit (August), I'd give 2.5 stars. Zach was our server and was great! From the pictures, you can see all that was ordered. I loved the crab dip with the pretzel bread and the crab crusted oysters. I also ordered the dynamic duo which to my disappointment came out cold. It wasn't even lukewarm. The whiskey sirloin was cool too. The grapefruit crush was yummy. Just has a lot of pulp. My second visit was much better in October. I ended up getting the rockfish which was delicious! My soup was piping out. And the raw oysters were fresh. Cozy vibe in there and they also have outdoor seating for nice days.

    Clam
    Thuntana C.

    This restaurant has such a beautiful view that I was amazed. I have never seen such a beautiful view before. The seafood is very fresh.

    Our Valentine dinner date. Lobster on special menu was delicious. Fried oysters, mussels were yummy. Waitress was great! Gorgeous view..
    Joyce T.

    Had a great lunch at Skippers today. I'd recommend Skippers to anyone. Very tasty food, great service too. View is amazing. Joyce/Stinky

    Fried green tomatoe
    Glorie G.

    We loved our food, our cold IPAs, the great sunset view and shout out to our friendly servers Hunter!

    Lia M.

    This was a nice little getaway from the city. We were here mid-afternoon on a Saturday, and while we were seated immediately, we did use overflow parking. Service is slow, but that wasn't an issue because we knew that prior to visiting. Our server was friendly and so were the hosts. Our food was good. Can't go wrong with a burger and a chicken sandwich. I loved my sandwich. Drinks weren't great. Definitely watered down and flavorless, making this a future skip if wanting cocktails. Vibes were fun and it was nice to be on the water.

    Orange Crush
    Kimberly M.

    1st I have to give our server Hunter all the praise! He was fantastic! We had a reservation for 10, 14 showed up. We were celebrating a birthday and Hunter did not miss a beat! Drinks were timely and flowing, food came out correctly despite the comings and goings/seat changes of us girls. View is gorgeous, restaurant is so cute. I love the number of bathrooms on each side. Food was delicious. Crab cakes and crab dip were YUM! Fried pickles, so good. My friend had the nachos and shared. The entire table loved them. Overall, great dining experience!

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    Great place food drinks parking service and the deck is amazing. Nice place to sit back with friends

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    We had a wonderful time. The food was good and the drinks were as well. Kendall was our waitress who was great.

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    The outer doors

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