Fat Mermaid - Valdez

Came here immediately upon arriving in Valdez. No wait, great view. My friend and I both ordered tacos and split a salad and the food was filling without being heavy.

@TheWanderingBrocks Place was busy so service was a little slow. Pizza was good, I’d go back if back in the area. Seemed to have a huge local atmosphere.

Delicious food and friendly, efficient wait staff. We had the Halibut fish chips, breaded and also grilled.

As a local Valdezian I love to support local businesses. That being said, I feel every time I support the fat mermaid it is an utter waste of time and money. I have never eaten here and left happy with my experience or satisfied with the food. Its always mediocre at best, and extremely overpriced. As for the service, Every server I have ever had has been unattentive and has almost no personality at all. My partner and I ate breakfast there this morning and it was the straw that broke the camel 's back and led to this review. I usually NEVER write negative reviews and don 't take them lightly at all) But, in this case, it 's completely deserving. This morning we waited over 10 minutes just to be seated, when there were empty tables around the entire restaurant at our time of visit. When we were seated, the hostess said nothing at all to us before seating, there was no good morning, no how are you guys, not even an acknowledgment of any kind. When she placed the menus on the table, the only thing she said was, here you go after she had turned and started walking away. after this, our waitress who served us was almost completely void of personality and gave us no proper greeting at all. while taking our orders she asked no clarifying questions and just stood there in awkward silence expecting us to place our orders our entirety in silence. This is my BIGGEST pet peeve. The LEAST you can do is speak to your customers, ESPECIALLY when it is customary to leave a 20% tip on already EXTREMELY marked-up food. Unless there is a major change in service and quality, I will not be re-attending this restaurant. I have been 4 times in the past few months, and every time it is equally disappointing, and I surely hope this will be fixed, and stop tarnishing Valdez 's name and food scene. HIGHLY DO NOT RECOMMEND EATING HERE.

Very nice service, quick to take our order, food came out quickly and our waitress kept our waters full. Fish tacos were ok, could have had more fish but they were tasty. The Mermaid burger with fries was delicious. The meat was cooked perfectly.