Whale's Tale

Our server "JJ was awesome she told use what was her favorite thing and now it's mine tooThe food was so deliciousAlmost everything is homemade!The he Slaw, soup, Onion Rings, sweet potato fries, Haddock and Shrimp tasted So deliciousEven the Sweet Tea was YummyThe atmosphere is good and we will definitely return to this wonderful restaurant‼

We stopped into Whales Tale for dinner after shopping at the Treasure Marts next door. We wanted to get dinner before heading to Eustis for the annual lighting of the Christmas tree; however, after seeing pictures of the food, I didn't want to eat here because everything was fried and was just brown, where is the color?? Well we decided to eat here because of convenience and I have to say the food was pretty good, but as anticipated, fried and mostly brown.The three of us chose the seafood duo with the a variety of catfish, shrimp, and fried clams coming to $13.99 each. The plate comes with two sides, we selected grits, beans, coleslaw, and steamed carrots. Since we ordered catfish as one of the options we also received several fried onion rings and two hush puppies each. Instead of going with a piece of fried catfish I decided on broiled. Nancy and I ordered a bowl of the New England clam chowda to share for $5.99 and my mom ordered the cup $4.99. All of the food was fresh, hot, and delicious. My only complaints are that the cat fish fillets are tiny and the hush puppies were very dry inside, almost like raw flour.Our server, Paula, was very friendly and our food was out in less than 15 minutes. I ordered two Amberbock beers ($3.50),they were ice cold and Paula brought out a frosted glass for me, that was a big plus, thanks Paula.The restaurant is a bit dated and is in need of a renovation. It's in a strip mall so maybe they don't want to put money into a building they don't own?? Regardless, owner/staff could do a better job cleaning and dusting areas in the dining room and restroom. All and all, this was a good experience and if I was in the mood for this type of meal again I would come back if in the area but because I'm not a huge fried food fan and the fish portions are very small I might try another restaurant in the area or go to a tried-n-true like BTW in Tavares.

We came here Nov 2024.Small place. On a Friday afternoon we were the only ones here. Food was good. Served hot and crispy. I got the New England chowder with cream sauce, potatoes and clams. So good. I also got the lightly fried shrimp and catfish with coleslaw and grits Came with 2 hush puppies and 2 onion rings. Yum! $13.99.For the price, the food was very good I would come here again. However the decor in this place is very dated. The bathroom still has old plastic greenery with a inch of dust on them. Need to be tossed. This is located in a plaza with plenty of parking.

Pretty good food. I was going to order at Tony's chowder house. I've ordered there in the past and the food was good. I tried ordering this time and they just completely upset me so I just asked for my money back and tried this spot out and everything was really good. Their salad was fresh and clean, the chowder was actually creamy. I'm over all satisfied with what I ordered and will go back. I also enjoyed the grits, I wish they gave a bigger to go portion of them and more cheese on the salad but that's about it.

Second time to whales tale and it proved the first time wasn't a fluke. The food and service where better than the first and we thought that couldn't be beat It was

The atmosphere was horrible. It wasn't clean and service could improve. There wasn't any other restaurants in the area so we ate there.

We had the fried clam basket and it was so good. The breading was light and they were fried perfectly. We ordered sweet potato fries and they were delicious. Food came quickly and service was very friendly. Although there were 4 or 5 other tables of diners, it was relatively quiet and pleasant. Prices are reasonable. Will go back to try their shrimp and fish entrees.

Excellent Shrimp Basket dinner. Great service at a cozy, small diner. A real gem of a place.

Casual, good service, great sweet potato fries. Onion hush puppies were very nice. Fried haddock fair. Fake scallops.......horrible. Possibly punched out of skate. Dense, rubbery and all the same size. The texture ,color and taste was a give away. Considering that seafood allergies are very specific, I do not think this is a good practice.

A nice local seafood restaurant. We enjoy eating there once or so a month. I enjoy the fried scallops and onion rings the most. Their batter is light and crisp. You can get seafood fried, broiled and blackened.