Reviews of Grannan's Seafood (Fish Shop)

DH R.

I would tear off it even if I become a winner of gift coupon of this restaurant at a Sea Dogs hockey game because I don't want to go there neither my friends . The vegetables withered and the fries were cold and the portion was as small as a kids menu, which made me to doubt that the food might be reused. On top of that, the manager (or owner) in his 60s was brutal as well as the young waitress didn't know what she was doing even though she was kind. Tourists, be aware that locals don't go this place twice. (I talked with some of my friends living there long time about this restaurant) You will be ripped off with poor food at much higher price with very small portion. Walk uphill just 50 meters and you will find lots of restaurants and bars at better price with reasonable portion. If you don't want to talk, just stay away from this one. What I felt when coming out after paying fifty something dollars for quick but long-waiting lunch for two people was hunger and rage. My impression after my first and last visit was that this place had been run by dishonest beings, which is shame.

Kathy McKay

The dish was very tasty, but it was not hot and the cod was overcooked. I have never had tough cod before. Our waiter was very pleasant and helpful. We do not plan to eat here again!

Benjamin Grim

And everybody was so concerned about the restaurants? Had dinner here. Think they are catching up on what hey missed out on. Slow service... expensive.... and too we had a table at the back of the dinning... a little bit like being in a closet. Wow... I'm going back to takeout.

Mihael Vučetić

Strange smell inside restaurant. Food is nothing special... We eat lobster, and it was overcooked... Wine was great... Pricely for what we have, prepare to leave 100 CAD per person for dinner... Service was poor...

Nicole Clarke

Would not return. The seasonal vegetables were just boiled veg, lacked seasoning. All the fish was over cooked and two dishes came out cold. Server was nice but not very attentive, drinks often empty

Christopher Radcliffe

They were very busy but still our waiter was friendly and kept checking on us to be sure we were good as it took a little longer for our food to come.

Ollie LeBlanc

I had the best fish and chips ever!!! Great service and nice atmosphere. Wish I didn't live two hours away.

Judas September

Got takeout here, my fiancee wanted crab and this was the only place I could find. I shared the meal with her, it was likely the best seafood I've ever had, with mussels, clams and crawfish. And the crab was delectable. That sauce is unreal! 10/10 and a very satisfied fiancee! Turned a bad day into a good one, I guess money can buy happiness!

Serena Bell

My father was visiting from Vancouver, we brought him to grannan's for drinks and chicken pita nachos. Seems as though the serving has gotten quit a bit smaller since I had been there last. Wasn't enough to share. Drinks were good but expensive, food good but not much for the price. Used to be amazing, note I would say average.

Jeff Cook

While the service was slightly slow the night we were there it's excusable considering how pleasant our server was. Last time I ate here it was during Saint John's great Chop Chop week. Their plate was creative and well executed. Some places aim too high and fail but the blackened cod and ice cream churros were perfect. Given some other experiences I've had at boardwalk restaurants lately I think this may be the go to now.

Jason Thompson

Great food and atmosphere. Love eating here outside right on the water. Clams were wonderful as was everything else the table had. Will definitely be back!

Beth Shaw

We loved the lunch specials,so many choices. The service was great and the sever was very nice.

Bryan Tait

Couldn't make a reservation, no one answers the phone. Once seated, took 10 minutes to get drinks. Ordered food, which took 25-30 minutes to come to the table. Server only checked on us twice during the entire meal. Asked for the bill, server disappeared for at least 15 minutes. Food was excellent, but the service, particularly since it was not busy, was unacceptable.

Thomas Anderson

Lobster melt was great! Convenient location, friendly staff, great music, not much to complain about! Would've liked to have some sort of dip with the fries.

Merin V

The seafood bucket was awesome. The service was great and our server was very patient with us.

The Golden Dog

Great service on 07/26/2021 thanks to Luke. Out of oysters on this night. Unacceptable for a place with “oyster bar” on their signage. Food was otherwise good, not great. Escargot was good but too smothered in cheese. Seared bacon wrapped scallops were tasty in garlic butter. Service by Madelyn on 07/27/2021 was very different. She was rushing us to order and made us feel as though our patronage wasn’t wanted. She really ruined the experience. Salmon was good, but as I said, the evening was ruined by the server. The three stars is for 07/26/21. Madelyn gets no stars. Will not return.

Lisa Mossing

Wonderful lobster roll on a gluten free roll with a delicious blueberry salad. A perfect meal for a traveling person with celiac disease!

Danielle

Had my first ever lobster roll here and it did not disappoint! The whole family enjoyed their meals and the service was great. The view from our window seat upstairs was lovely and we would definitely return.

Gerry Cox

Great food and awesome atmosphere. One of my favorite places to go when I visit Saint John.

Miguel Mendez

I got this recommendation from google and it didn't disappoint! We were looking for seafood, St. John style and we ended up getting the seafood bucket. Sooo good. The Cajun seasoning was perfect. I also have to talk about the decor and location. Both were excellent. There is live music outside and the inside is updated but still has some historic roots. Very cozy

Annette Kirby

Mixed review for this place. We went for dinner and drinks on Monday July 26/21. Had a great time. Our server Luke (?) was fantastic. Although, it was a bit disappointing that an Oyster bar was out of oysters. We got there at about 4:30pm. Didn’t plan on eating right away, Luke (?) was fine with that, provided excellent service and when we did order food he was great with suggestions. At the end of the meal we were talking about what we would be doing the next day and he suggested we go to St Andrews which we did and loved it. Because of this experience we went back for drinks before dinner the next night about 6:15(Tuesday July 27). This time we were served by Madelyn, what a difference, we again said we wanted a couple of drinks before deciding what to eat. She brought our first drink and immediately asked about ordering food. We reiterated we wanted to wait, she then came back and said the kitchen was busy and we should order soon. Once we had an appetizer she came back to ask if we would be ordering anything else, we did order mains and as soon as we were done she came by and asked if she could bring the bill, didn’t ask if we wanted a coffee or dessert, by then we were just plain annoyed and said fine. The whole time it felt like she just wanted to rush us out of there. If this was my first time there I would not have gone back.

Greg Noonan

Food was ok. Not a lot of flavor to anything our party ordered, with the exception of the blueberry salad. Ok food, can be overlooked, if it was not for the extremely long wait and high prices. I don't mind paying and waiting for good food, but it took over an hour and a half after we are seated to get our meals, and one of the plates was wrong. I don't like leaving a bad review, but they missed every opportunity to made a bad situation better. A simple sorry for the wait, can a get your an appetizer on the house, or a round of drinks, or basically any gesture that actually seemed like you cared about our experience at your restaurant.

Ryan Gagné

Stopped at Grannans for a bite on the patio and ordered off the lunch menu. God love the poor young fellow who was serving as you can tell that they were understaffed and he was doing his utmost best and was very good however the kitchen totally let him down: Ordered a shrimp skewer, 5 cold cocktail shrimp on a stick. Fried clams & chips, cold clams out of a freezer bag, the chips were thick cut french fries cold, a limp and tasteless coleslaw like it's been sitting out in the heat. The wife ordered a smash burger and fries and a blueberry salad, the definition of smash burger was taken very liberally, and it was just a grilled patty that I could have done better at home, the fries didn't appear until we asked, the salad was the best part, hard to mess up putting a couple ingredients in a bowl. The two stars are for the young gentleman who served us but this was the crappiest 60$ meal I've had in the city.

Gordon Wetmore

This is a really nice spot to relax on a date or work meetings, really good food and awesome customer service.

Bobbi Cooper

Service was horribly SLOW on a Friday evening it's unacceptable. Waited for 10 minutes to be acknowledged and seated... another 10 for a drink. Food was good but the lack of servers would keep me from coming back. Also the restaurant is located in a mall with a parkade and does not offer any parking validation.

Augustine Ujah

Fantastic lobster. We went for the lazy lobster and it was a treat. Nice service as well.

Claudette Boucher

Great customer service and delicious food. My sister and I had the haddock and fries. Everything tasted fresh and home made. You know the cole slaw was super fresh. The tartar sauce definitely tasted freshly made and was awesome. The fish was crunchy outside, but tender and flaky inside. Best fish and chips I've had in a while.

evan 963

Horrible service waiter was a duche to everyone served cold clam chowder fish with no tartar sauce just down right disappointing ???? it was supposed to be great at one point not anymore

Curtis Godin (Google Maps Editor)

This is such a really great restaurants for seafood probably the best in the city there's always live music outside and outdoor seating really great place really good prices for very friendly and kind really excellent customer service all we should try to sign the crowd I highly recommend you check this place out you will really enjoy yourself to send carpeting guys. Hope to see you again real soon.

Al Adams

Service was super friendly and accommodating. Very dog friendly on the patio. Drinks were great, but food was clearly not made from scratch.

Dave McTavish

ordered the seafood bucket which was great the stuffed mushrooms also great chicken sandwich was a bit over cooked scallops were way over cooked lobster roll was a bit too much bun but the filling was delish

Michael Donovan

Excellent food and service. Highly recommend this place

Lisa “Piinkie” Ross

Do yourself a big favour, and stop at this restaurant if you haven't already. A saint John uptown favourite. The food is always very tasty, especially the fish tacos! The atmosphere of the restaurant is very inviting, and cozy. Get yourself a window seat, and you'll even have a nice view to go along with a hearty meal. That tastes like home.

renu

Not impressed at all! We specially went for mussels as none of the other restaurants had mussels due to the long weekend. Tje service was poor. It seemed like the server was happy that we didn't order anything more than mussels and drinks. Just from the picture of drinks you can see how unappealing it was. The beer glass is not even chilled. And she didn't ask if a refill was needed until we were done eating. Mussels were okay, wine was good. To top our disappointing experience (maybe our expectations were too high after having dinner at a restaurant next to this one), our neighbours were talking at the top of their voices, don't know why. The server will not bring the machine to the table, you have to go inside and pay. This is the first time I am giving such a poor review to a restaurant as I am pretty easy to please. I lost my appetite!

Vy Do

I really really enjoyed my dining experience here. The sever was professional, the oysters were the best thay I have ever had, the lobster was cooked perfectly. Overall, i have nothing to complain about this place. I love it!

J C

We loved our food. I had haddock and blueberry salad (I absolutely loved the blueberry salad). My husband had the lobster roll and mashed potatoes and he really enjoyed those too.

Jennifer L

Food was just okay. The lobster pasta had the smallest amount of lobster. The taste was good but nothing to call home about. The service was friendly and attentive which was nice. It's also quite a pricey joint too. It's not very good bang for your buck but it's conveniently located in downtown Saint John.

Maria

Fresh delicious food, melting in your mouth. I felt transformed by the flavours. Also sea bucket is a great fun.

Flo Wong

Service cannot consider as good at all. Food is not good but expensive. The fresh oysters are 6 for $18 , soooooo small, just can't believe it. Saint John is the oyster capital. I ordered Norwegian Cod fish, so disappointed, the fish has no taste at all, it cost $30, end up I can only eat half of it with that kind of taste. My husband ordered jumbo scallops, $40, and only three piece of Looney size of scallops. If it taste good then is better. He has to admit that he felt like a biggest sucker. When we asked for the bill, she gave us a wrong one, which was at least $30 more. It was not busy at all, only five tables of customers, how can you mixed it up. If you asked me, not recommended at all, unless you want to be a sucker too.

Shawnna Turner

Joe and Johnny were outstanding. Honestly had a wonderful conversation and sampling of their amazing product. Can't wait to come back. Great job gentlemen, above and beyond

S. C.

The seafood bucket and lobster filled mushrooms were really great! Blueberry cheesecake was also really good. Service is excellent!

Bob Betts

The stuffed mushrooms are to die for. However, it went downhill after that. We all had separate meals and we all had legitimate complaints. The server asked us how we liked our meals and we told her. The clams were just tiny overcooked strips. The expensive raspberry mint vodka drink was terrible. The cole slaw had no dressing, bleh. The fish was overcooked. The lobster roll was full of finely chopped leftovers. The waitress was lovely and attentive. One great thing was even though it sounded like we were looking for a free meal, that was the furthest from our minds. However, she did give us a 50% discount. The need to hire a better cook. Was so looking forward to a great meal. Oh well. Maybe next year.

Julia NASON

I went there today with 3 family members 2 were visiting from Montreal. The patio was nice........ Unfortunately that was where the good experience ended. The waitress took our drink order, the drinks took forever no water was even brought to the table. We finally got our drinks and waited no less than an hour for our food. (It was not busy at all) There were no apologies for the wait. The food was mediocre except for my aunts chicken burger was more like chicken jerky. I dont know what was going on in the kitchen but cooking was definitely not the priority. We will definitely not be back and would never recommend. Do yourself a favor and go up the street to Brits where customer satisfaction means something.

Timothy Dekeyser

Don't go there. We just ordered lunch menus and had to wait an hour for our food (while it wasn't even busy) and you saw they didn't do much effort in it. The lunch menu was an appetizer for a child, the grilled chicken a tasteless cardboard and the vegetables were tasteless. 1 star for the location and the friendly service tough

Sean Fraser

3 staff walked by our family before someone acknowledged us at the door. Server was pleasant however food is overpriced and and service under delivered for what you pay.

Denise Carr

Had the wings for a starter they were delicious! My meal was the burger and fries hands down the most amazing fries I have ever eaten I prefer a thick cut fry and these did not disappoint! The seasoning on the fries was incredible. The burger was the best restaurant burger I have ever had. I was a little worried because I had never had a burger prepared this way baseball shaped patty but this ended up being perfectly cooked still pink in the middle so juicy and delicious. Would definitely return for the burger and fries alone

Hunt Hunts

Great food, great portions and great staff! Service has always been timely, the food has always been good and have always had the right portions no matter the time of day. Also love their lunch specials!

Zaid Rab

Went with my family (all adults) at around 10 pm on Friday night . The ambience was nice but that’s really about it The server was nice but the food took ages to come , probably an hour or more in total from when we sat to when we received our food. Out of the 8 dishes we ordered 1 was good (cheese cake) , 2 were meh ( 1 summer steak, coconut shrimp) and remainder was awful (fish and chips , the two philly steak sandwiches , and the other summer steak) . The awful food just didn’t have any taste, it was like eating cardboard . For this price point , I would give this place a 1/5 . The only reason I am giving it a 2 is because of the ambience and live music outside . I should’ve looked at the other reviews before going in , they were spot on . Slow service and very overpriced food

Teo S

Delicious food, great customer service, nice patio located near the water. The mussels are amazing! Good lobster roll as well. Delicious fish and chips too.

Mark LeGassick

Oyster Rockefeller was ok but pricey at $20. Very few people in restaurant and I waited an hour waiting for oysters and fish tacos. Would recommend trying others seafood restaurants before this one. Seems more like a tourist trap...although the fish tacos were tasty and reasonably priced.

Liliya K

nice place, they have restaurant upstairs and bar downstairs. For restaurant, reservation is required. It is a pretty big place and it was very busy on Sat night when I was there. It took too long for the food to come. Otherwise, the food was tasty, decor is nice and location is right on the water. Service was nothing special, but again, probably they were too busy on that night.

darlene kenney

Food was good, prices were good, waiter was attentive, our only complaint was we waited over 1 hour to get our meal to the table and it was the lunch special, we were not pleased with the timing of things!

Anita McDonough

Visiting St John with family, decided to stop here. The service was horrible, took over 20 minutes for the waitress take our drink order then waited close to 30 minutes for our drinks. Lunch order took over an hour to be served even though there was only 2 other tables being occupied. 3 of the 4 meals had issues. One of the meals was a chicken sandwiches and the piece of chicken was tougher then a piece of leather. Waitress seemed lost and we had to ask for glasses of water twice as she forgot we asked the first time. I would not recommend this place.

Barbara Morin

Great food. Service a little slow but nice evening

Darcy Nhieu

Whilst the food was decent (but a tad overpriced), we were extremely disappointed by the overall service. We were not greeted properly (« Go upstairs » as a greeting), and our waitress made us wait 20 minutes before taking our order and bringing us drinks. After ordering, the wait time was easily 45-60 minutes with no sign of our waitress until the food actually arrived. The diners that had been seated just a few minutes before us had already been served and had time to enjoy their meal, pay, and leave, before we had actually received our food! Once we received our food, our waitress never came to check on us and kept us waiting a good 30 minutes after we had finished our meal to bill the whole thing. Overall, the food is okay but the service leaves to be desired. We will not be coming back anytime soon. There are other great seafood restaurants in Saint John…Yelp them!

shane foster

Came down to Saint John this morning and stopped by Grannan's and had an amazing lunch with wicked staff , pricing and food was amazing, I'd go there again in a heartbeat. We then looked for a place that evening to get supper and was recommended by sister owner to go to Churchill's Pub where we thought we were in for another amazing meal but it ended up being over priced for small portions and unflavorable and the staff we had was not sociable. Definitely will never eat at Churchill's Pub again. Waste of money.

Carmen Nicholls

Stopped by Friday just after 3pm. We had the "Shuck a buck" Oysters (3-6 pm) and the fish tacos. The tacos were excellent and a bit messy. Thanks Alice for being a great waitress! We sat out on the patio. Would definitely come back.

Christopher Ian Ferguson

Disgusting embarrassment to seafood, and food in general. Worst restaurant meal I’ve had in years. Seafood chowder: Arrived with a skin on it and no spoon. Fish and shrimp was incredibly tough and chewy, chowder thin and tasteless. Small portion for $18, which turned out to be the only positive since I was nauseous with a knot my stomach for hours after. Fried clams: Texture suggested frozen and microwaved. Fries were somehow wet. Hair on plate Service: Careless - never came to refresh drinks during 35 minute wait. Brought tartar sauce for clams to sit for 20 minutes before food came. Never asked how food was, a telling sign. Would be bad at any price but charging $18-20 for this is particularly bad.

Jesse Critchley

So me and my girl friend head to the board walk to go eat and we pick Grannan's, we walked in the the restaurant and they seated us outside at a table. Our waitress a blond curly haired girl brought us a menu and asked what we wanted for drinks, my girlfriend ordered at glass of wine and I got a beer while we waited to order our food. We sat there and we finished our drinks wondering when the waitress was going to come take our order. Then a group of 4 people where seated right beside us sane girl seated them and brought them drinks . Then she comes back and takes there orders completely forgetting us as we where sitting there with empty drinks and no order taken. So we decided to leave we go back into the restaurant to pay for the drink we had. I was standing there by the cash no one even acknowledged us as we wanted to pay so we could go and eat because we were hungry!!! Then our waitress comes back into the restaurant and asks if she can help us . I said yes I would like to pay for the two drinks we had and this is the funny part she asked me who my waitress was lol I looked at her and said really !!! You are lol. So won't be going back poorest service ever in my opinion we left and went over to Gahan's and had the best service and the food was out of this world good and our waitress didn't forget she served us and took our order as well !!!!

Jimmy Bond

Went to dinner at Grannan's on Friday, July 30. Fantastic! Server David was super, food was delicious, all was outstanding. I have not been here is years as we always took friends and family to another up town seafood restaurant but not anymore! We will be back real soon!!