Yelp

Just amazing deliciousness from start to finish. The creamiest clam chowder I've even had. Oysters were fresh, calamari had the perfect crisp, the pasta in the seafood pasta tasted homemade and the crème brûlée was a beautiful ending!

Great service and fresh food from my takeout order. Easy to find and a really nice setting. The clam chowder and bread bowl is my favorite and something I always order when in town. Definitely recommend!

We eat here every time we are in Monterey. The best clam chowder!! Great service and they treat veterans especially great !!

We ordered clam chowder for lunch.
It was so good that we went back for dinner.
Our waitress Janeantte is the best, very attentive. Great food, ambience and service.
We will come back here again.

I like the location
Good was not impressive, just average taste. Fish was fresh however.

Top notch! The service is unmatched! There's no other place that can compare to Old Fisherman's Grotto service. No mumbo jumbo! Keep up the great work Chris!

A great restaurant. Every detail was tended to. The restaurant owner stopped by our table to welcome us. The food was top notch and we eagerly took the excess home to enjoy later. We will be back.

Steamed crab was super delicious. Service was excellent. At my request kitchen prepared finely chopped ginger with balsamic vinegar as dipping sauce which is a perfect match to steamed crab. Will definitely be coming back if I was ever in the area again!

Great clam chowder! Ambiance is nice, especially the music they play.

Service is very friendly. They were doing 25% off bottled wines. My friend and I opted for a half bottle, which would've been just over a glass for each of us. Our server was constantly trying to "upsell" us to the full bottle, but backed off when we said we had to catch a flight out the next morning.

My go to for all these small coastal
towns up and down Cali, each with some sort of seafood joint on a wharf/pier is: A Crab Louie Salad & Clam Chowder cup/bowl. Hands down - Best crab Louie of my life. Menu described it as having 'chef's choice of garnishes' or something like that. It had Papaya, Mango and Strawberries. What?! Unreal and paired so nicely. Ambience and service were great, but that salad... sheesh! Gonna think about that one for a while.