Maria's Olde East Hill Grill

Hands down, the food is outstanding, fresh, and tasty. The menu is a bit pricy, but the portions of grouper were generous. Atmosphere is good. But ...here comes the “but”.... My husband and I would give 5 stars, however, at the counter, we looked at the menu and found the Grouper Dinner which very specifically indicates “Served with 2 Hushppies and choice of 2 sides”. When asked what sides we wanted the lady pointed to the list on the board, which does not show prices. We randomly picked okra and sweet potato. Mind you that ordering at the counter makes you feel rushed as there is a line behind, so this also works on their favor. Nothing else was said and then we were given the bill for $52.98, not itemized. We were confused, since our dinners were each $19.99 (not $20). Initially we hesitated to ask because of the line. This did not set right so we went back to ask and then we were told that we had picket “premium sides” which the cashier never explained, so now our dinners went from $19.99 to $26 each in a blink without any explanation. How premium can okra be? This seems done deliberately so that the restaurant can up charge an average of $6 per person per order. Later we found out that premium sides are $2.50 – 6.00. The ladies were polite but were ok with the way they handle orders and never indicated they would do anything about it, not tell a manager, not write the price on the board. I hate this happened because we are locals and have visited before with family and friends and were happy to find quality food; we shop at Maria’s once a week, but this feels just like any other business out there trying to up charge and make extra money from unsuspecting clients. If you multiply $5 or $6 times as many customers that fall for this daily, we are talking about a large amount. If businesses continue this patron, we are in for a hard world. Not impressed!

Loved this place! Great seafood.

Great seafood store with a variety of options at moderate prices.

Great food friendly service

Love their daily specials

Great food and service Grouper sandwich one day two days later had a sblt both delicious