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    The Fish Guy

    4.1 (263 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Grace H.

    This is a popular seafood eatery at Tarpon Springs area. We ordered a hot lobster roll with potato salad and sweet potato fries. It took a while for the dish to come out. When I ate the lobster meat, it tasted like imitation lobster meat. Maybe a very small percentage of the meat was real lobster. But most of the meat tasted fake. I don't like synthetic seafood . I would rather eat real shrimp, clam or real grouper fish. We bought a jar of New England clam chowder to take home. After reheat it in microwave, the soup tasted very good -big chunk of clam meat, some vegetable and good flavor. This clam chowder made me happy, kind of compensated my disappointment of the lobster roll.

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    Melvin B.

    This one came to me via email so I decided to drive out and get something to bring back home. It is a small place with about 7 tables holding from 2 to 4 people. The decor is old style as can be seen in the photo. The clientele when I went was more of the senior citizen variety. Not that there is anything wrong but don't come expecting a lively crowd. The menu is simple and straightforward. I ordered a bowl of the Gumbo to save for tomorrow's lunch. I also ordered the fried oyster platter with fries and baked beans. In order to get a feeling for their offerings I got the fried catfish platter that came with fries and I got the homemade bean salad. Once I got home and opened the boxes it showed that the portions were okay but it was over $40 for what you see. The bean salad and baked beans were small in size. Now the taste of the bean salad was surprisingly good. I tried the baked beans and they seem to come out of a can. There was no extra seasoning or it was cooked with any type of meat at all. The french fries would not season didn't seem to have salt and pepper. I went for the fried oysters now I could tell once again no seasoning in the batter just seem to be straight fried. They were OK but once again, no seasoning, and I could tell by the look of the catfish no seasoning there at all. All in all I have to say that the food was filling but not exciting to the taste buds. I'll have to give this place 3.8 stars.

    Great service food and atmosphere and it is very clean and fast for lunch when you are working. Thanks Y'all

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    Peter B.

    We found this place with an internet search. Glad we did. Our lunch for 4 was fantastic. Our server always had a smile and was there for us the entire time. Prices here seem reasonable. The place is a converted house, which adds to the experience. Check out us a little odd. You show up at the front counter and the owner tallies up your bill. You don't see the calculation. Then he asked "do you want to leave a tip." What if I said "no?" I liked our lunch and will return.

    Blackened grouper Rueben with macaroni salad and sweet potato fries
    Danielle B.

    We ate here on a Saturday night around 6 pm. It is a small, clean place with about 8 tables or so, mostly 4 tops. We were sat right away. They only have canned soda with solo cups and ice which I didn't care for. We ordered the hush puppies and smoked salmon dip to start. The hush puppies were crispy and moist in the center and a nice portion. I didn't care much for the dipping sauce but we got cocktail sauce instead and that paired well. The smoked salmon dip was not a typical fish dip. It was more like a heavy cream cheese dip like you would put on a bagel. It has slivers of lox type salmon which threw me off. I figured it was going to be filets smoked and shredded in some mayo/sour cream type of dip. The dip was decent, but I wasn't loving it. I ordered the shrimp and clam strips basket with bean salad and Cole slaw. The clams and shrimp were crispy and breaded nicely. Again, they served it with this orange colored dipping sauce and cocktail. The bean salad was good and the coleslaw was not bad. The seafood was fresh so that was a bonus for the mediocre coleslaw. We also tried the grilled, blackened grouper Rueben. The grouper was not very seasoned, the sandwich tasted mostly like sauerkraut. For the price, it was on the smaller side as well. The sweet potato fries were good. The macaroni salad was not edible. It was oily from the mayonnaise curdling and had an odd seasoning in it. I gave three stars because the seafood was fresh and the food was hot. But the taste of everything was just not that impressive.

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    Anne S.

    Super nice guy. Priced more than the old menu so I was shocked and he was so nice about it. I posted new pics of the current menu. Food was worth it!

    Double fisherman's catch... friend has throat cancer they accommodated him immensely well

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    Great service & very fresh selection! I've been back again n again. Love the awesome restaurant fresh food too! Well worth the trip!

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    This place always hits the mark. Food is always fantastic and the service is great as well.

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    good selections I had the dip. I love the look of the place and just good people. Definitely give them a try

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    This is a hidden gem. Great server and cook. We enjoyed the fresh fish and fries. You can also buy fish to take home.

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    Love the food here. The owner such a cool guy to talk to . Love the grouper sandwich and catfish .

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    Quick courteous service and best fried and baked fish and chips in Pasco County. Generous portions

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    Wonderful fish and sides, with great service. Can't ask for anything more ! Out of the way but worth it.

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    Fun low key ambiance. The food is mediocre- it was a bit bland for my taste. Great service!

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    No, they don't sell alcohol but you're allowed to bring your own alcohol if you want to which in my opinion is pretty cool as you have more freedom to get what you'd like.

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