99 Sea Level - Bethany Beach

One of the best meals we've ever had. Service was great, this presentation was great, and the food was fabulous

As regular visitors to Bethany Beach, we decided to give this restaurant another chance after having an unsatisfactory experience two years ago, where I felt it was overpriced, underwhelming, and pretentious. My husband suggested we pop in and take another look at the menu, so we didn’t plan on dining there that night, just wanted to check it out. I was dressed casually in leggings, a t-shirt, and a jacket—not looking homeless or disheveled. However, that’s how I felt I was treated. When I requested a menu, I was snobbishly told, “We don’t have carry-out menus," which made it seem like if you don’t fit a certain appearance, you’re not worthy of a menu. It’s clear that nothing has changed. Unless you’re interested in overpriced, pretentious dishes, there are many better dining options available.

Nice place for a light lunch. The mussels and calamari app was wonderful. Note to the chef, serve it with a nice crusty baguette for that wonderful tomato sauce.

The restaurant is in a beautiful location a great place to see the sun set. They very nicely gave us a taste of the wine we wanted to order so we could be sure we'd like it, and the bisque soup was delicious. The Pate' was disappointing, expensive, small portion and not much flavor, but that was the only off note. Dinners were very good and the service was good considering how busy they were.

Overall impression in brief: A rip-off. I must admit, the food tasted good, but honestly, how can you justify charging so much for a portion suitable for a 10-year-old? I ordered a jumbo crab cake sandwich, and it arrived with the tiniest roll imaginable and a disappointingly small amount of crab. Seriously? $30 for that? The calamari appetizer was a complete letdown. On a positive note, the service was very good—no complaints there. There was a girl trying to sing, but it was too noisy to hear her. So it’s really up to you whether to go or not.