Food was good! The wife and I have been here a couple of times and the food has always been good. Also the deserts are always delicious as well! It's a nice quiet relaxing kind of romantic vibe too, especially if you come after the sun sets.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Angela Saldana
Winderful service, excellent t food, perfect atmosphere
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chowder
Ramon Resendez
Wonderful place to go eat, I always bring friends and family here, the clam chowder is always incredible
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jenny Regalia
Sherry is the most amazing waitress I've ever had. As a waitress myself I can really appreciate all the time and attention she gave us. She made our engagement dinner (and lunch at the Fish Hopper) a very special one. She even took pictures for us and gave me a rose. Ask for Sherry!
Shirley Gilliwag
Valerie was a great, informative person to have as our server. She told us about the family owned restaurant and was also very knowledgeable about the menu. She definitely made us want to return
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chowder
Sarah Canlas
Food was great. Servers were friendly and attentive. They give the women in the party a long stem red rose? at the end of dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Tower, Grotto's Famous Clam Chowder
Fantasy Football Huddle
Food was ok but not worth making our kids wait outside. Weird how we didn’t have a place to park the stroller or anything.I’d say try a different place for better food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Collin
One of the more popular restaurants along the wharf. Oysters were very fresh and clam chowder was good too. Paella portion was huge but taste of the rice was average. We were quite impressed with the value that we came back the second night. Ordered halibut the next night which turned out average. All in all a great restaurant that serves extremely fresh seafood.. focus on the seafood and you will not be left disappointed. Plus they also gave a rose to every lady!
Recommended dishes: Oysters on the Half Shell, The Best Clam Chowder
Julia Mejia
No children allowed in the Restaurant. That‘s a joke, because Americans are the loudest people on Earth and Restaurants are always so noisy ?
Service: 1
Juan Perez
Amazing view, and tasty food accompanied with excellent service.
We returned after over 20 years to Monterey and the first thing I told my wife was we have to go to this restaurant. I told the owner about my memories of my last visit and I hope it would be as good. He told me, "it will be better" !!!! He was definately right. The did was excellent and our server Giavanny did a fabulous job. The only thing I missed were the baby artichoke hearts we had years ago were no longer on the menu. The calamari, the calamari chowder and the shrimp were all fabulous and the desserts too were amazing !!! I can't recommend this restaurant enough... it's a 10+ !!!! I do wish they still shipped their clam chowder. It was great even canned !!! Thanks Chris !!! Congrats !!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Trevor Nance
Dietary restrictions: Being diabetic, I was able to get strawberries and whipped cream for dessert rather than their something from their wonderful dessert tray.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Macadamia Crusted Halibut, Fish
Daniel Altobelli
Abalone....was the most amazing dish. Think wagyu, but for seafood!!!Kid-friendliness: They love kiddos!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Original 'Monterey Style' Clam Chowder in Butter Garlic Toasted Bread Bowl, Dungeness Crab Salmon and Two Grilled Prawns, Grotto Seafood Sampler, Seafood Linguini Isabella
Shelby Apple
The food was wonderful, as always. My husband and I grew up eating here with our families on vacations, however, this was our best experience yet! Our server, shout out to Tara, was prompt with bringing our food and was extremely personable with all of her table including us. She absolutely made our evening with her joyful personality. The support staff was also pleasant; they kept drinks fill and table clean. Great experience overall!Dietary restrictions: Dietary restrictions friendly! Vegan and gluten free option available.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Original 'Monterey Style' Clam Chowder in Butter Garlic Toasted Bread Bowl, Chowder
Aimee Olson
Revised: Went back before we left town and somehow they exceeded our last visit! Got the calamari this time when was perfectly done and generous. This is THE best restaurant in Fisherman’s Wharf! Service is top notch.Dropped in because they were voted best clam chowder in the area for the last several years, and we wanted to see for ourselves. They didn’t disappoint!They were generous and friendly and you cannot beat the intimate ambience.We didn’t know that they were a sister restaurant to Fish Hopper down on Cannery Row. I recommend Old Fisherman’s Grotto over Fish Hoppers.
Recommended dishes: Original 'Monterey Style' Clam Chowder in Butter Garlic Toasted Bread Bowl
Food was good! The wife and I have been here a couple of times and the food has always been good. Also the deserts are always delicious as well! It's a nice quiet relaxing kind of romantic vibe too, especially if you come after the sun sets.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Winderful service, excellent t food, perfect atmosphere
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chowder
Wonderful place to go eat, I always bring friends and family here, the clam chowder is always incredible
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Sherry is the most amazing waitress I've ever had. As a waitress myself I can really appreciate all the time and attention she gave us. She made our engagement dinner (and lunch at the Fish Hopper) a very special one. She even took pictures for us and gave me a rose. Ask for Sherry!
Valerie was a great, informative person to have as our server. She told us about the family owned restaurant and was also very knowledgeable about the menu. She definitely made us want to return
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Chowder
Food was great. Servers were friendly and attentive. They give the women in the party a long stem red rose? at the end of dinner.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crab Tower, Grotto's Famous Clam Chowder
Food was ok but not worth making our kids wait outside. Weird how we didn’t have a place to park the stroller or anything.I’d say try a different place for better food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
One of the more popular restaurants along the wharf. Oysters were very fresh and clam chowder was good too. Paella portion was huge but taste of the rice was average. We were quite impressed with the value that we came back the second night. Ordered halibut the next night which turned out average. All in all a great restaurant that serves extremely fresh seafood.. focus on the seafood and you will not be left disappointed. Plus they also gave a rose to every lady!
Recommended dishes: Oysters on the Half Shell, The Best Clam Chowder
No children allowed in the Restaurant. That‘s a joke, because Americans are the loudest people on Earth and Restaurants are always so noisy ?
Service: 1
Amazing view, and tasty food accompanied with excellent service.
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We returned after over 20 years to Monterey and the first thing I told my wife was we have to go to this restaurant. I told the owner about my memories of my last visit and I hope it would be as good. He told me, "it will be better" !!!! He was definately right. The did was excellent and our server Giavanny did a fabulous job. The only thing I missed were the baby artichoke hearts we had years ago were no longer on the menu. The calamari, the calamari chowder and the shrimp were all fabulous and the desserts too were amazing !!! I can't recommend this restaurant enough... it's a 10+ !!!! I do wish they still shipped their clam chowder. It was great even canned !!! Thanks Chris !!! Congrats !!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dietary restrictions: Being diabetic, I was able to get strawberries and whipped cream for dessert rather than their something from their wonderful dessert tray.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Macadamia Crusted Halibut, Fish
Abalone....was the most amazing dish. Think wagyu, but for seafood!!!Kid-friendliness: They love kiddos!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Original 'Monterey Style' Clam Chowder in Butter Garlic Toasted Bread Bowl, Dungeness Crab Salmon and Two Grilled Prawns, Grotto Seafood Sampler, Seafood Linguini Isabella
The food was wonderful, as always. My husband and I grew up eating here with our families on vacations, however, this was our best experience yet! Our server, shout out to Tara, was prompt with bringing our food and was extremely personable with all of her table including us. She absolutely made our evening with her joyful personality. The support staff was also pleasant; they kept drinks fill and table clean. Great experience overall!Dietary restrictions: Dietary restrictions friendly! Vegan and gluten free option available.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Original 'Monterey Style' Clam Chowder in Butter Garlic Toasted Bread Bowl, Chowder
Revised: Went back before we left town and somehow they exceeded our last visit! Got the calamari this time when was perfectly done and generous. This is THE best restaurant in Fisherman’s Wharf! Service is top notch.Dropped in because they were voted best clam chowder in the area for the last several years, and we wanted to see for ourselves. They didn’t disappoint!They were generous and friendly and you cannot beat the intimate ambience.We didn’t know that they were a sister restaurant to Fish Hopper down on Cannery Row. I recommend Old Fisherman’s Grotto over Fish Hoppers.
Recommended dishes: Original 'Monterey Style' Clam Chowder in Butter Garlic Toasted Bread Bowl