We go to Mariners once a year because we always get a gift certificate for this establishment. There are some very good aspects and some not so nice aspects to this restaurant. \n\nMAKE A RESERVATION\n\nThey say you don't need a reservation, but if you don't want to be treated like you're second class you had better make a friggin' reservation. We went there once without a reservation because the dummy on the phone told us we didn't need one. So imagine our surprise when we showed up and the host looked utterly taken aback when we said we didn't have a reservation. After fumbling through some papers on his little wooden podium, he advised us that it would be a 45 minute wait for a table, (even though there were no other people waiting and we could see several empty tables) and in the mean time we could wonder around the restaurant and look at their decor. What?!?! It was like six different kinds of retarded. \n\nThe food itself was pretty good. I had stuffed lobster tails, and my dining partner had steak. But it was the clam chowder served before the main course that launched me into orbit. Who would have thought here in the middle of the country, far away from the ocean, one could find the most excellent clam chowder ever to be made?!?! It's true people. The clam chowder is worth standing around for 45 minutes looking at retarded nautical decor. \n\nThey do have a bar, but who cares.\nThey have a decent menu but who cares.\n\nGET THE CLAM CHOWDER or all is lost.
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