Island Mermaid - Village of Ocean Beach

I spent my birthday here I love everything about this place

My girlfriends and I have a tradition of coming to Ocean Beach every August and The Island Mermaid has become our lunch spot! Great food, refreshing drinks and excellent service .We love being on the water for lunch. All of the staff is wonderful and the owner is hands on .You can tell he loves what he does. We have never been disappointed and will continue our tradition at the Island Mermaid. For a refreshing treat you may be lucky enough to get one of Scotty's secret cocktails the perfect beachy beverage.

Scallops are great, the cod is great and the lobster bisque was the best I ever had anywhere.

Saddled up inside bar with Joe B. Scott always working said hello….. AC cranked. Coldest coctails and view for lunch. A must first stop to settle in and plan before your bender

Contacted restaurant. We errantly told the staff our food was fine out of politeness. Afterwards we discussed our food experience concluded it was poor at best. A $200 lunch for eight should be great, not mediocre. Fish tacos, crums of dried breading on cold corn tortillas. Dry chicken salad sandwich. Dry chicken sandwich. Burnt chicken fingers. Fries might have been good if they were hot. Certainly the farthest thing from the photos shown on the resturants web site. Chef so and so must not have been present. I don't think the renowned chef was on the island at all. Drinks good, service good, dock support very good. A truly disappointing lunch experience had by us all. Was promised a gift card credit by the owner. $50 on a $200 tab. Never received it. He said he mailed it out the next day. I provided my daughters address on Long Island. Doubled chked it, was correct info to owner. He wanted us to call him again. Getting the run around. Be wary.