River Watch Gets Good Review

Does the thought of crab, fried green tomatoes and mustard sauce make you hungry?

Good, because River Watch in Essex has more where that dish came from.

True to its name, the restaurant features seaside delicacies like cream of crab and seasoned steamed shrimp on the menu. But it also puts its own spin on Maryland's celebrated crustacean, with offerings like a crab tortilla or a crabcake-ham-bacon-cheddar sandwich called "The Crisfield."

A recent review in The Baltimore Sun applauded the restaurant for its creative dishes.

"The simple combination of salty meat and crab cake was a good one," according to the review, in reference to The Crisfield.

The one gripe The Sun had was what it called "noticeably slow" pacing of the meal: "...everything from drinks to the food took a long time to arrive at the table."

The newspaper gave the restaurant 2.5 stars. On Essex-Middle River Patch, River Watch has 4 stars.

Have you been to River Watch? Rate it on Essex-Middle River Patch or tell us about it in the comments.