Lorraine's - Tangier Island

Loved this place. Crab dip and scallops were great and crabcakes are overflowing with pure crabmeat! Quaint, clean and great Tangier hospitality. Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $20–30 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Recommended dishes: Crab Cake and Soft Shell Crab Combo, Tangier Island Hot Crab Dip

- **Service:** Dine-in - **Meal Type:** Dinner - **Price per Person:** $20–30 **Ratings:** - **Food:** 5 - **Service:** 5 - **Atmosphere:** 4 **Recommended Dishes:** - Cream of Crab Soup - Crab Cake and Softshell Combo - Crab Cake Sandwich - Soft Shell Crab Sandwich - Tangier Island Hot Crab Dip - Seafood Platter

My wife and I recently took a day trip to Tangier, where Lorraine’s is currently the only lunch option available, so that’s where we decided to eat. We started with the crab dip, which was fantastic. For our main courses, we ordered crab cakes, and I chose mine with scallops. Having spent my entire life living near the water, I have a good understanding of seafood, and I must say, those scallops were far from what I expected. I'm not sure if they were skate or sand shark, but as someone who loves scallops, I've never left any on my plate—until my visit to Lorraine’s. If you find yourself at Lorraine’s, I recommend sticking with the crab dip and crab cakes and skipping the “scallops.” Food: 3 Service: 2 Atmosphere: 2

Currently the ONLY sit down restaurant on the Island. (Tangier was hit pretty hard by the shutdown of tourism due to the Vid many businesses closed. Truly hoping that all the lovely reviews this year will see a resurgence to the Island and they are able to continue to recover! It is an island of crab shacks so... come on, you need to order crab related things here. The crab dip and crabby fries are delicious every person we talked to recommended these items : I am not a fan of soft shelled crabs gasp (I know the horror ... so I can 't comment on them directly, but the other visitors we ran into were raving about them. I ordered the flounder sandwich twice, the fillet was massive, a meal itself and very well fried, so if you aren 't into fresh soft shelled crabs, I recommend whatever fish fillet sandwich they have they know how to prepare fish! Crabcakes are fried, not lump I think that is a VA vs MD thing not sure. I prefer lump so again I passed on that, but the other excellent items they have are coleslaw and macaroni salad. I know, weird thing to rave about, but every place I go the macaroni salad has overcooked noodles, too much mayo and no flavor and the coleslaw is a watery flavorless mess... NOT HERE : Both sides have a good balance of mayo to vinegar and the coleslaw is nice and peppery just absolute kudos to whomever is making it. We ate here 4 or 5 times and got both sides with each meal. THAT. GOOD. It is a small place and it is the ONLY restaurant, so be prepared to wait during prime lunch and dinner hours they have a lot of hungry people to feed : IMPORTANT TIP If you are staying on the island on a Sunday EVERYTHING closes at 4 PM. Get your dinner with your lunch if you don 't have groceries to cook for yourself. Lorraine 's will even take your order at lunch, prepare it and deliver it or have it ready to pick up before closing if you don 't want to reheat. Parking: Like 3 spots for golf carts ; Seriously?? The island is like a mile long, where are you staying that you need parking anyway? : Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $20–30 Food: 4 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4 Recommended dishes: Cream of Crab Soup, House Salad, Tangier Island Hot Crab Dip, Flounder Sandwich, Flounder Platter Parking options: Free parking lot

Service: Dine in Meal type: Lunch Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5