Conch Fritters

Suzannecat
Suzannecat
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Conch Fritters

  • May 20, 2004
  • Rated 1 of 5 by Suzannecat from Cortlandt Manor, New York
Conch Fritters is a popular, well-advertised restaurant only a few blocks from the Ferry dock and Straw Market.

However, we were disappointed here with just about everything we tried. The namesake conch fritters were fine, but we've had better, with more meat in them several other places, and for $7 per order, they were no bargain. For entrees we ordered grilled conch, Fish in Bag, and a side of mac and cheese for our two-year-old. Both the conch and the fish in bag (snapper) came wrapped in foil -- we expected that for the fish, not for grilled conch. Both were in a similarly spicy mixture of onions and peppers. The fish was still intact and full of bones (they politely removed the head for me when I asked, but the bones were everywhere). The vegetables it supposedly had in the bag were really just the aforementioned onions and peppers. I picked my way through the bones, but the snapper still tasted too fishy for me. The "grilled" conch was chewy in the foil and not nearly as good as the conch we had at Anthony's on Paradise Island. We did enjoy a good virgin strawberry margarita. It looks as if they do a good bar business, but we found the food, especially the touted "best conch around" overrated. The best thing we had was the half a sweet potato that came with my fish -- my daughter gobbled it up. We would have ordered another, but the sides were $3.50 each and half of a small baked sweet potato isn't worth that.

Otherwise, the prices were moderate for the area. Dinner with the conch fritters, two entrees, one extra side dish, and one drink came to about $75.

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