Ford's Fish Shack Lansdowne

We usually go to the Ashburn location but tried the Lansdowne location tonight. We were very impressed! The server was very friendly and attentive. We started off with the Angry Mussels that includes a first rate broth and yummy garlic toast. The mussels were perfectly cooked. I had the Salmon medium rare served on a bed of mashed potatoes and a side of el dente green beans with pearl onions. To finish we had the hot blueberry pie with cinnamon ice cream. Everything was perfect.

After no good times for dinner at Ashburn, we visited the Leesburg location, smaller but always available. Greeted warmly and got to choose a nice booth after being seated somewhere else. Our server made sure o tell her it was her first day (Hannah) and except for slightly messing up our salad, she got the most complicated meal all OK. We ordered guacamole, Maine ships and for main course 2 chopped salads, lobster tail with scallops and crab cake (kids Filet also). Glass of wine. Nice visit and polite management (who fixed our dry salads by getting us more dressing)

Highly underwhelmed and completely disappointed with this restaurant. We made reservations and arrived before our scheduled time. Our hostess seemed less than thrilled to be there and expressed it with her annoyed and irritated greetings as she was seating us. Our server came over. Spoiler Alert: I loathe when servers choose not to take orders using paper/pen or some type of recordable machine. It's a HUGE red flag that something from my order will be incorrect. Nevertheless, he took our order from memory and repeated it before he left. Our meals came and wouldn't you know it, the order was incorrect. My husband's entire order was incorrect. We flagged down another server and she checked the order. I heard her tell our server that he put the wrong meal in the system. The server came over to apologize and let us know the correct meal would be served in 5 min. That was the last we saw of this server assisting us. Well, technically we saw him several times after, but he chose not to come to our table. He came over a few times and checked on the two tables around us, brought water to them, checked on them but didn't even look our way. My food, the fish and chips, was nice and crunchy but lacked ANY seasoning or flavor. The fries were average, but the coleslaw was pretty good. After seeing that our server had no intention on coming back to check on us, I flagged down the manager. The saving grace of our visit was the General Manager, Ben. After I described our less than pleasant experience, he apologized profusely and said he was taking over our table. He also comped our meals and insisted we take home a dessert. He went above and beyond to assist us and we truly appreciated it. I still can't give a higher rating because it was just too many mistakes. If we were dealing with Ben and Ben only, this review would be five stars.We don't live near here, but if we did, pretty certain we wouldn't be return customers. Thanks Ben for your professionalism and providing us with excellent customer service.

When the first Ford's Fish Shack opened up in Ashburn, we went for a meal. As it was still new at the time, the hype had yet to wind down. We ate at a counter in the bar. It was cramped and not comfortable but we did enjoy all the food we had ordered. Over the years. we would talk about going yet again but...so many restaurants, so little time.Recently, we were in Lansdowne and noticed that there was a Ford's there. We made a reservation for 5 p.m. on a Saturday. When we got there, we immediately noticed that a reservation during that time of day wasn't necessary.The decor theme is New England "fish shack" with the theme carrying into the names of the menu items.Service seems to be whomever notices you first either takes your order or says they will be right back. A young man said he would take it in a few minutes but a woman server showed up before he came back and took the order. Still...the young man showed up after she did.To drink, I had a seasonal non-alcoholic drink (although they did offer to add alcohol to it---at what extra cost, who knows?). It's called "Frozen Blueberry lemonade" which consists of: "Home-made frozen lemonade, wild Maine blueberries". This was surprisingly good. The blueberries were lightly macerated and were, indeed, sweet. Good thing it's served with a wide straw! This is one of those drinks that can give you brain freeze if you drink it too fast. My husband ordered a beer (can't remember what kind).We chose to start with an appetizer called "devilish Good eggs" which consists of: "Praline bacon, spiced pecans'. This comes with 5 eggs halves, which is an odd number when 2 are dining. In addition, if you want that 6th half, it costs an extra $3, which we thought was extravagant even considering inflation. The eggs were okay. There were 2 pieces of bacon which was nicely sugared. Still...we much prefer Jackson's version.My husband had the "Faroe Island Salmon" which consists of: "marinated short-smoked , Dijon cream sauce, basil mashed potatoes" He said his salmon was overcooked and on the dry side.I ordered a Connecticut style lobster roll. This dish comes with grilled corn and thin fries. When I've had a lobster roll served CT style, it comes with the butter on it. Here, at Ford's, it comes with a small cup of melted butter that you add to the roll. The roll was decent. The lobster was moist. I liked that it was served on a New England style roll. The grilled corn was mostly bitter as some parts were over blackened. The parts that weren't blackened were actually sweet.We didn't have room for dessert. So...in conclusion, we weren't impressed like we were when we previously tried the Ashburn location. We were left wondering if they are resting on their laurels.

Lovely dinner at Ford's Fish Shack! I sat in the bar due to the great people watching and I could watch the US Open! At first I didn't have a waitress for like 5 min, but once she came she was great!!My drink and salad were amazing. The lemonade didn't really taste like there was any alcohol in it, but it was still tasty. The crab cake was ok. 5/10. Not true lump crab cakes like one would expect in the DC area. While there was a lot of crab it was held together by a mayonnaise type sauce. Overall was favorable, just not what I was expecting.

I came by with my family on a Saturday evening and we were able to be seated immediately. We ordered a variety of items - fish and chips, fish sandwich, salmon, and a kids meal cheeseburger. I personally had gotten the salmon, medium rare. It was a huuuge portion of salmon which was fabulous but unfortunately I found it a bit salty. My dad really enjoyed his fish and chips which was definitely a steal. I've done here before and had gotten the cod which I think I had enjoyed more than the salmon so think it depends on what you get. Fish and chips is def the star of the show here.

Loved the oyster shooters and steamed long neck clams. It made us feel like we were in Maine. The restaurant was very nicely decorated.

I am not sure if it was just because it was Mother's day but this was by far the worst dinner I have had out. Service slow but I realized it was very busy. We waited and waited for our main entrees. Table next to us got their's way before us even though they were seated later. When we were served one was incorrect and the waitress acted annoyed and then brought the right entre. It was missing Cole slaw not that big of a deal. However all our food was stone cold not even luke warm. I never complain about food but this was bad. Asked to speak to a manager after letting them know and the manager was like so what do you want me to do? Hmm. I would think they would have a plan . They did comp 1 meal and gave another discount but just overall seemed very unprofessional. Will not be going back or recommending

Everything was great! Delicious. I forgot they have fried lobster that is amazing but I forgot to order it and too full to do it!

The food was what you would expect from an American style seafood spot. The restaurant is kind of a beach like vibe. Booth seats. Nothing fancy. Crab cakes were small but surprisingly had a great taste! Calamari and Rocket shrimp could use more sauce. Service was good. Staff greeted us and were very friendly. No complaints there. Oh and the food came out super quick and was hot and still tasted fresh. I would certainly come back if I wanted a quick decent seafood meal. No complaints and enjoyed it.