anthony's seafood

though i was born and raised in rhode island, i had not been back for many years so my first lunch of the trip had to be rhode island clam chowder and clam cakes. i checked online reviews and decided to giveanthony'sa try. the parking lot was almost full which is always a good sign, though the exterior (and interior) are hardly impressive. you walk through the seafood market section and get in line to order and pay. a hostess seats you, in our case a booth with a lovely view of the parking lot and the food is brought to our table. the clam chowder was filled with red potatoes and several morsels of clam though the underlying flavor of clam was at best described as muted. the clam cakes were hot, oil light, but again did not overly impress with clam flavor. i am glad i ordered both, but i am not sure i would return. on the way out i checked the "fresh" fish case and again, i was not impressed.

overall everything we had was very good. went toanthony'sbased on seeing their fried clams on food network. they were out of clam strips at 1:15 during lunch. told would have to come to dinner if we wanted clam strips. only shortcoming. good, fresh seafood.

great seafood at a great price!. if you are looking for fine dining with the romantic setting, you won't find that here! but what you will find is incredible seafood at an incredible price.anthony'sis a seafood restaurant/fish market. as soon as you walk in the door, you see the cases of fresh seafood for purchase. they had some of the biggest shrimp i have ever seen before in my life! the largest shrimp they have are $19.99/lb. which i think equaled approximately 10 shrimp. we ended up getting shrimp two sizes smaller than those, took them home and grilled them up--delicious!

if you decide you would like to eat at anthony's, you order/pay at the counter, and then when your food is ready, someone will bring it out to you at your table. there are cups of markers and pages to draw on for the kids, while you wait for your meal. if you do not want to order a soft drink, you can ask for a carafe of water (no charge).

i ordered fish tacos for lunch one day, thinking i would get two small little tacos like you would normally find at a place like tgifridays or applebees. wrong! they brought out my plate and i saw two huge overstuffed tacos with a couple pieces of fried flounder, black bean salsa, cheese, tomato, and lettuce in each tortilla. it also came with fries and a small cup of coleslaw, and a small cup of sauce to put on the tacos. i thought $9.99 for my tacos was an excellent deal for the amount of food, and it was cheaper than tgifridays or applebees, plus, it tasted so much better!

my husband got the shore dinner which had mussels, clams, corn, red potatos, and chourico (sausage). i can't remember exactly how much his was, but i think it was around $15.99.

they do have a kids menu with fish and non-fish items. our son ended up getting the macaroni and cheese ($3.99), and ate it all. nothing else was included with his meal, but after his bowl of mac and cheese, i don't think he could have eaten another thing.

while they do have a dessert menu, we were just too full after eating our meals to try anything from it!

the staff is friendly, and i felt like i was eating at a local place and not some tourist trap with inflated prices for mediocre food. this was a really great place and at these prices, i can see myself coming back again and again in the future when i visit the area.

we were visiting the newport area and were directed toanthony'sby a local. the food was excellent. one of us had the chowder and clam cakes. they have three different chowders so we asked the server to give us the one she liked best. we got their portugese chowder and were instantly in love. they even gave us the recipe to try at home. the fried clams were the best i ever had. the atmosphere was very casual and the people were very friendly.