Marina Grille

Katie Lee

Beautiful and big restaurant right on the water! It’s basically right on the marina and has a nice view of the pier and docks. The restaurant is giant with 3 bars (2 outside, 1 inside) with lots of booths and tables. There was a wait for the outside understandably so we sat at the bar inside. There are TVs at all the bars so if you’re looking for a sports bar as well as a nice seafood restaurant, I’d recommend coming here. They also have a good selection of beers, wines, and cocktails. We got the calamari with a New England clam chowder to start. Definitely recommend the clam chowder! It was so creamy and chunky and just perfect. The calamari was different than other places, especially the sauce. For entrees, we got the linguine with clams and the tuna tower. The linguine was a lot of pasta and not much clams. The tuna tower was good, especially the fish, mango and avocado, but the rice inside kind of threw us. I passed by some tables and overheard some servers recommending food and the pizzas look the best! There is a brick oven for wood fired pizzas and looked absolutely scrumptious. Also, their raw bar looks fantastic. Overall, I think we made the wrong choice in what to eat which is why I’m giving it 4 stars since the food we got was not the best, but I’d come back again to try other foods for sure!

Wilmar Luna

Best location on the bay. Mediocre food at best. I took my family down for a trip to Belmar and our usual hangouts were either closed or too busy to get in. We've seen Mariana Grill passing by on the way home and decided to give it a shot. The interior of the restaurant is lovely and open. Plenty of space, high ceilings, and you can sit out on the shaded deck to enjoy a sunset with some drinks. Food? That's a different story. We're not drinkers, so our goal was to enjoy some food before heading home. Since the menu was mostly seafood, almost all of us got a fish dish. We ordered oysters, halibut, mahi mahi, tuna nachos, salmon, and even short rib. You could say we tried a bit of everything And everything was underwhelming. Not only was it underwhelming but our server was not knowledeable about the menu and had our soups come out at the same time as our entrees. *also, my wife ordered the "sweet tea" and had to send it back. It was so bitter you could have called it "salt tea." (And they still charged us for the tea after we sent it back!) My mahi mahi, the fish itself, was so bland. Even the supposed "nut topping" did nothing to add flavor. The only time it seemed to taste good was when I drenched it in the sauce of which there was not enough of. My mother enjoyed the salmon but found the toppings gross. My sister's boyfriend who works at a restaurant was cometely disappointed in the food but tried to be a good sport about. My wife enjoyed the short rib only if it was paired with the potatoes. Really, the food was just so disappointing. This "restaurant" should just go all-in on rebranding itself as a bar. The layout and decor is clearly designed to give drinkers a place to watch the games. The food was honestly, abysmal, and bland enough to convince me never to return to the Marina Grille despitr having a beautiful view of the bay. Had I known the food was going to be so bland, I would have waited the hour and a half for the restaurant we really wanted to go to. The worst part of it all? Everything on this menu was over-priced. $258 dollars for 5 people may not seem like a lot. But it is when all 5 of those people hated their meals. (With the exception of the tuna nachos. Everyone enjoyed those.) That money would have been well-spent going to a different restaurant with better service and significantly better food. I cannot in good conscience recommend anyone come here for dining in. Honestly, how does a seafood restaurant not know how to make good seafood? Come for the ambience and the alcohol. Order the food from someplace else.

Christine Li

Great service, awesome views. Food was ok! Everything was a little fishy though. Even the coleslaw. Also had the fish and chips and everything was a little bland. Not really worthy the price in my opinion. Definitely recommend the drinks! Those were quite delicious. Now for my standard COVID comments as of April 2022. No one is really wearing masks anymore. Seating is nice outdoors though so if you don’t feel comfortable indoors, grab a table outside! Beautiful views and fresh air.

r y l e e r o c h e t t e

Great service, but my daughter ordered a kids pizza and it was burned and each slice was very small. It was very oily also. She was still very hungry after eating. It only took her 4 bites to finish a slice! I didn’t get picture of the whole pie, but there were four identical slices to the slice below.