Blue Marlin - Columbia

Great service! The food was mediocre at best. The mixed appetizer plate on special included crab cakes (bland , small fried shrimp fried green tomatoes (both were way too spicy! Seasoned does not have to mean hot. , and pimento cheese with pita (the best part of the complete meal . Entree of shrimp grits. The grits were delicious creamy. Small shrimp on top with a small bit of sausage that was it. Not very impressive. Where are the shrimp purchased? Are they local? The dessert of a chocolate cake slice was too large very expensive. The plate, ice cream whipped cream were nicely presented, however, the cake appeared to have been baked on a sheet and the hard edges were not trimmed. The cake itself was fair, just big but nothing special. Checked yes as to recommend to a friend because perhaps this was an off day.

Food what’s outstanding; service was spot on; ambience was great. Cannot think of a single thing that would have made the dinner better.

It was good and delicious. I can only recomend it to my friends and colleagues.

Staff was excellent food was good and my mixed berry lemon drop delicious

This was our first time at Blue Marlin. We had a great experience. Had reservations for 5:30 on a Tuesday evening. Seated right away. Our server was Addy(sp? . She was super sweet and knowledgeable about the specials and menu items we had questions about. I was really impressed when another couple was being seated after we were there for a bit. I didn 't quite catch what they didn 't like about the table the hostess had chosen, but I heard her say We can go somewhere else! Let 's put you somewhere where you 'll be comfortable! And they went to another part of the restaurant. We also had a manager come by and ask how things were as she cleared some of our used dishes. The food was excellent. We had an appetizer special that included crab cakes, the pimento cheese with pitas, firecracker shrimp, and fried green tomatoes. All of it was delicious. The shrimp was tender and juicy. My husband got shrimp and grits and I had the salmon Pontchartrain- both dishes were excellent. We were very impressed and will happily come back.