Ocean Cafe

Outrageous prices for sub-par food. I thought someone poured a water bottle, which is the only way they will serve you water, into my pasta before serving it. The flavors were bland and boring. I always finish my food and never complain but this place is the exception. The only upside to this place was the pleasant wait staff.

DO NOT COME HERE! We were tricked into thinking that this place would be nice and have amazing food but it was quite the opposite. The food looked good but tasted HORRIBLE. I couldn’t Ben finish one half of the burger. It was so bland and tasted so disgusting. And the prices were crazy! 3 drinks and 3 burgers was a total of $75! And it wasn’t very peaceful. There was this one waitress (who we thought was the manager) was acting like the boss and was yelling everyone working there which is sad because they were all nice and kind and didn’t deserve that kind of disrespect.

***Owner is a dishonest scam artist!!*** Beware of the specials with no prices listed. All the menu pricing was average for the area, coming in around $8-9 for a traditional breakfast. This is why it came as such a shock to be charged $15.95 for a breakfast called the "grandslam", which only came with 2 pancakes, 2 bacon, and 2 eggs. $15.95!!!!! I questioned the owner and was told snarkily "look where you are!", with a gesticulation of her arm towards the ocean. She also claimed this was "3 breakfasts". I am especially torn because the food and service (except the owner) was good, but the server also indicated they have had many problems due to the owner's dishonest pricing. I personally can not support a business who's owner intentionally rips off the customers. If you choose to eat here, I hope that you will confirm pricing ahead of ordering. I would recommend you look a block north for your breakfast, however.

Service was good. Had a party of 13 and all meals were good. The chicken limone had a really nice citrus zip to it. Lobster ravioli were good. The blush sauce just needed to get punched up a little. I put a dash of salt in it and that did the trick.

Food was actually pretty good. Owners are out of touch with reality and hospitality. Nothing bad really happened to us dining, but just hearing others and other conversations. Also very rude to her staff. Gordon Ramsay.
Also had to use the bathroom and the person behind the bar was like “did you eat here” and I was like.. yea. What, am I going to skip all the public restrooms to go in a random restaurant to go pee? Are you insane lady??????

We decided to eat here for breakfast. Being new to ocean city, we didn’t know what places were good. We should’ve checked the reviews beforehand! The food was subpar, the sausage had a funny taste, the prices were RIDICULOUS! $6.50 for a SMALL kid sized chocolate milk. The head waitress was yelling at all of her employees constantly and it was very uncomfortable. We felt terrible for her employees. Do NOT eat here!!

Was looking for a cool place to sit and have some lunch with table service. Unfortunately, they don't have air conditioning, there was a minor fly problem, and their bathrooms are out-of-order. So, not much more comfortable than the food court. Food was mediocre and prices on par with NYC! Weird restrictions like booths are reserved for dinner only and tips must be in cash. However, the wait staff did their best.

Visited this little cafe on the Gillian’s Wonderland Pier thinking that I’d get some good, not at all that I would treated with the utmost disrespect!

My sister, and I ordered the chicken florentine, absolutely disgusting and bland. I have never sent any food back at a restaurant until now, it was inedible. Our waitress was a very sweet girl, and when I told her she spoke to the manager who was very rude and unprofessional. Shortly after another waitress came over and asked if something was wrong. I told her it was bland and her EXACT reaction in a hostile manner was,

“Ok what do you want me to do? Like what do you mean it’s bland? Do you want some hot sauce? Some seasoning? Like what do you expect me to do”.

While my toddler ate his pizza, the unprofessional and rude manager and waitress were making rude remarks about us not liking the food.

The owner was very nice and our waitress, apart from that, I would never go there again!

I think a lot of the recent reviews speak for themselves but we tried it. Walking by, we thought it was more of a cafe where we could sit down and get sandwiches and a meal. It’s more Italian then a cafe - I guess they change the menu for dinner?Ok, well we’re here let’s give it a go. They were busy and short staffed (like everyone I get it) so naturally it was somewhat cumbersome to get seated but everyone was friendly enough and we had a good waitress.

That all said, the food was not good at all. We had a large party so we “sampled” a lot. 2 of the plates came out dirty. Oil on one and food on the bottom of the other. The shrimp was chewy, the prosciutto on the Italian flat bread was slimy, and the dough on both flat bread was not great. The bread for the table was soggy and chewy, and all of fried food (chicken fingers and mozzarella sticks) seemed to be refried and super greasy.

I would highly recommend walking by and it’s very unfortunate because they have a great location.

Great location, terrible food and service. 3 out of 4 breakfast sandwiches were made incorrectly based on the order and there was black floating things (looked like fuzz) in my daughter’s orange juice. When we told the owner/manager the food was messed up when she served it, no apology, just a perplexed look like we messed up how we ordered.

The place was dead at 8:15 am during prime breakfast time, which foreshadowed our meal and the service. With so many good places on the island, do not waste your time or money, since all items are extremely overpriced, at this place. I would give 0 stars if possible.