Fins Ale House & Raw Bar

I highly recommend this place when coming to Ocean City, it has great food! One of my crabcakes was a little salty, lacked lump, and tasted like baywater, but the other had good lump meat and tasted great. The shrimp were good, and the scallops were amazing. My mashed potato and sweet potato fry sides were awesome, too. Two people who ordered salads were disappointed, though. Another party member got broiled rockfish and it was really good. This place also has the best calamari I have ever had. Squid is typically chewy but this was not, which was pleasantly surprising. I've never had it so good!

Someone at our table had their food delayed because risotto needed a new batch made and some of us finished our meals before they got their food, but they took that meal off the bill which was incredibly generous of the staff. They clearly care about their customers. The risotto was great, too! The wait was worth it.

We started the meal off by ordering a Caesar salad and calamari. The calamari was very tender and cooked well, but the dipping sauces left a little to be desired. The sour cream and horseradish sauce was more bland than I expected it to be. The Caesar salad tasted great, but they included the heart of the romaine. I couldn't finish the salad because it had some grit in it.
Next, we ordered cioppino, softshell crabs with broccolini, scallop risotto. The cioppino had a very rich broth and the seafood was cooked very well. The softshell crabs were ordered sauteed. They were prepared in a dredge of garlic, butter, and lemon and were cooked to perfection. The broccolini was very tender and cooked well. I also order a side of mac & cheese. It was very rich, but a little lacking in flavor. The scallop risotto was amazing. The scallops were perfectly seared on each side and super tender and rich. The risotto was cooked perfectly and had bits of corn and shaved carrots to add texture.
For dessert, my wife ordered the lemon twist. It is a lemon cake with a layer of raspberry filling. It was delicious. It had a very strong lemon flavor and was very tender.
The staff was very friendly, courteous, and helpful. Overall, we were very pleased with the experience and will be coming back.

Absolutely beautiful place, the lobster was a decent size, very good and tender tasted great and the raw oysters very meaty, very good. Just a little bit of too much grit and dirt inside