This outer suburban, roadside business has been there for a while. It's part country market, part…read moreseafood and fishmonger and part restaurant seemingly specializing in carrout. On our first visit on a winter Wednesday, we were impressed with everything we saw. Being a self-professed seafood snob with extensive periods of my life living ( and eating) in coastal areas, we bought some fresh fish ("blue catfish" to be specific). We help the Chesapeake Bay by eating this endangered species. We also bought some homemade compound butter - they have several seasoning blends. The verdict was that the freshness was outstanding and the trimming (no bones or other waste) was perfect. And with fish, freshness is everything. The price was fair too for the area and the service was personable and helpful. (Note that the inner lining paper of the wrapper stuck to the skin too much - they should change that but I'm not deducting a star - the fish itself was that great). On return trips, we'll check the other faire (shellfish, prepared-on-premises seafood, dine-in options). For now, we are quite happy and the Lighthouse deserves more business.

I've been a happy customer of both the retail store and the wholesale ops in the back since they…read moreopened. (Anyone want to know how to cold smoke 24 filleted salmon in a cardboard refrigerator box? Let me know!). I needed to find some Chesapeake Channa to make updated Baltimore Coddies for a tasting event. (IYKYK, hon). The Trouts were able to special order the fish for me - not easy to do because CCs are a by-product catch so not always available. Outstanding service! If you can get them you really, really should. Chesapeake Channa are an invasive species that are wreaking havoc in the Bay. The good news: they are incredibly tasty, with a firm, flakey flesh that's suitable for pan frying, roasting, poaching (and sous viding, my technique of choice for this event). Everybody raved about how great the fish was - even after I told them that Chesapeake Channa is more commonly known as "Snakehead". (Hey, it worked for Chilean Sea Bass, which used to be known as "Patagonian Toothfish"). So, thank you to Lighthouse for helping me introduce an old Baltimore dish to a new audience, and help save the Chesapeake Bay at the same time. Score!

Prices have gone crazy in the last year. Can no longer Alger an affordable piece of fish…read more Many staff members lack knowledge of the products. No longer have prepared meals which are missed.

Both the food and the and customer service were wonderful. Cooked to order and the portion size…read morefits your needs

I wanted crabs this past Saturday and all the places I called only had small and medium crabs…read more Found this gem on google and sure glad I did. Bought xl crabs for $95 what a steal and they were full of meat. Sweet and filling! The people that own this are the sweetest!! They even placed the crabs in my car for me! Who does that these days? I will definitely be going back!

I ordered a dozen any a half large crabs. They were great! I ordered ahead of time and they texted…read moreto let me know when they were ready. I paid and they assisted me with carrying them to my car. They have very good customer service. I would definitely order from them again!

Amazing! New owners and a Michelin chef inspired menu just a WOW!…read more LOVE THAT THIS IS ACCESSIBLE.. no parking issues great atmosphere.. date night favorite!

Morgan's was a nice find as we were looking for lunch after moving to the area!…read more The service was fast, friendly and attentive, the menu has plenty of choices but it was not overwhelming so I apreciatte that, however they could improve by adding some vegetarian options. The food was fresh, and tasty, and presented really well, but it was oily, specialy the spinach and and artichoke dip. As far as the atmosphere goes, it was not very loud, and the decor was your standard modern American restaurant style. I recommend Morgan's for a quick stop over lunch and try out their southwest chicken wrap.

Marylander born & raised... however this is the first time in a significant amount of years where…read morethe blue crabs were cooked to perfection, SUPER heavy, and delicious sweet meat. The AYCE was large males for $65. We will absolutely be coming back here when we want to pick crabs. Everywhere else that offers AYCE seems to fall short. I loved that it gave the classic crab shack vibes. Service was fantastic- super quick on everything, and other staff were aware of shell dumping. GREAT place! Best crabs we've had in a LONG TIME!

Local family's restaurant with excellent service, fresh seafood in DMV…read more Found this by some FB recommendations after dine-out seem outrageous by jump up $$$ and poor service. an hour drive from my home and got the real deal. Save $20-40 a dozen compare to another's. The most important was quality of blue crab was 5 stars.

Great food, service and value. Hard to believe how long we had waited to try this place!…read more Had dinner with friends last night at Surah - at our friend's suggestion. We ordered hibachi and sushi rolls. Our meals came with soup, salad, fried rice, noodles, sautéed vegetables, and dessert (delicious vanilla ice cream). All the hot foods were cooked on the grill right in front of us, with the theatrics you'd expect from a Japanese Hibachi restaurant. Our chef was quite skilled with both the tricks and the cooking. All of the food was delicious, especially the filet mignon steak hibachi and the sushi rolls (a "Fire Crunch" roll with spicy tuna, cucumber, salmon, and spicy crab, and a spicy salmon roll). The wait staff checked on us frequently and someone even came running out of the restaurant after us to thank us for coming. Our part of the bill was around $50 (for one hibachi and two sushi rolls) AND we had leftovers. I expect we will be returning.

Sometimes the best dining experiences happen by accident. We decided to give this little local spot…read morea try, and while we came for dinner, we left talking about the people. The couple preparing the sushi made us feel genuinely welcome when we walked in. There wasn't a lot of conversation, but their warmth and kindness spoke volumes. The highlight of the evening came after we had already left as she actually chased us into the parking lot just to say goodbye! That simple gesture made us feel less like customers and more like family. It's the kind of hospitality that's becoming rare and deserves to be recognized. The food was enjoyable too. My husband loved his generous serving of chicken yakisoba with fried rice. My sushi selections were beautifully presented. I'll let the photos speak for the food as what truly earned this restaurant five stars, was the heartfelt hospitality. In an area with plenty of dining options, it's the genuine kindness and welcoming spirit of the owners that will bring us back. Thank you for making us feel so at home!

Have been going to Lu & Joe's for over 20 years. Always a huge crowd of locals. Recently sold to…read morenew owners and things really went downhill. They now have a new chef and a new menu. I can't rave enough about the food. They're coming back little by little and I hope people will give it another try.

Former employee here, anybody else that currently works here will know exactly who I am within a…read morefew sentences of reading this, and I refuse to remove this review. I started working here as my first job in March. Everyone seemed very nice and pleasant to work with, I was getting decent working hours, the workload wasn't hateful, and it was what I expected out of a first job. A couple weeks after getting hired, however, a few cracks started appearing from working there. First came one night after one of my shifts where a very nice man approached me as I was waiting outside how he admired my appearance and professionalism when asking for an application, the interview process, and working there, but then he advised me that this establishment is not the place I would want to be if I expected good treatment from my management. I naively dismissed this remark as I hadn't noticed anything negative come from anyone higher up thus far and we bade each other a good night. My first real indication that something wasn't right was that it took a full month for me to receive my first check (on April 29th from starting March 28th) on the bi-weekly pay schedule everyone was set up on. To their credit, they had paid me for all the hours I had worked up to that point up to April 12th where that first pay period ended, but after that was when there began more issues. For the first few weeks I had worked there, I was working 4 days/week (20hrs/week) then one week came to surprise me because I had been under the impression that my schedule would be the same each week when I had learned that I had been scheduled only to work that weekend: there was a sheet I had been previously unaware of until I asked why my hours got cut and got told about it. I'll admit I could have asked for more hours albeit I had been told I was scheduled based on the flow of business so I decided not to question it. On my last day of working there, I had arrived on time, a few minutes early, for my shift that started at 10am that day. Problem was, was that the owner (or what I presumed to be the owner) hadn't come yet to open the place which was supposed to open at 10am that day until around 10:10am with customers and other employees waiting outside with some talking of leaving and going elsewhere if the place hadn't been opened within another few minutes. After the place had finally been opened with everyone now inside, I was instructed by the wife of the person I presumed owner to start cleaning up the server's station. A little bit later, I was told by a different coworker, another former employee, in the kitchen that, that type of work I wasn't hired for and that I needed to help in the kitchen and then he told me to help prepare some of the food which I started to do. Soon after THAT, I was redirected by the wife to clean the server's station again, but this is where my coworker intervened and told the wife what he had told me a few minutes before. So she gets on the phone with the boss who had hired me to begin with about what I was supposed to be doing there and then he called me to tell me that I was now only to do dishes, and to only listen to him and the kitchen manager for instruction. Everyone else was to be ignored beyond that, but not 5 minutes later, did the wife come over and tell me the same... except that I was only to listen to her, her husband, and another manager who wasn't the kitchen manager, and that I was not to enter the kitchen area without permission. So, I just listened to the boss that actually hired me and did the dishes for the rest of my shift. Later that day I had informed my boss that I quit. Up to this point, I had not received my paycheck from the period of April 13th through the 26th. Nor had I been fully compensated for the period of April 27th through May 10th, being paid for working one shift when I had worked 3 during that time. Now, after 3 whole MONTHS of arguing back and forth have I gotten that final check of the money they owed me. Like that man said, management is not good here. Don't go here if you can help it, thank you

This is our favorite Mexican restaurant. The atmosphere is authentic and beautiful. Servers are…read moreso friendly always smiling, and take good care of you. The Original Marg with Fresh squeezed lime juice is delicious but a bit pricey. Tacos Al Pastor are the best and so tasty. Shrimp fajitas are Best around. Thank you for Quality experience all around !!!

Food is excellent! We were served very quickly. Staff pleasant and accommodating. Everything we…read morehave ordered has been delicious. The ambiance is calm and relaxing but not too boring. TV's are on for sports. Large windows bring sunlight in. Eat here- you will not be disappointed!

I should have paid attention to the reviews. I ordered General Tso's chicken - a pretty basic dish,…read moreright? I've had good and bad Gen Tso's and unfortunately this was the worst. Mostly breading or whatever they coat the chicken in, and that's if there really was chicken in the dish. If there was, it was extremely flat, almost paper thin. I paid a little extra for all white meat but who could tell. I honestly couldn't tell it was chicken at all. Fora minute I considered the idea that it was chicken skin, I just think it was paper-thin chicken. The "sauce" was super thick and "gloppy" if that's a word. And it did not have a good flavor. The rice was too sticky. The broccoli was good though. I hate to leave bad reviews. I really do. Usually I just don't go back and I keep my mouth shut. Please this really wasn't good.

I ordered Szechuan chicken. It was not at all spicy. I asked to have it made spicy and their…read moresolution was to bring me some chili oil. No thank you. It needed to be re-made in the kitchen. But, apparently that was not an option. I will NOT return. I should have read the room, so to speak. No customers and no seeming prospect of customers.

The food and service is always amazing! I recommend the meatball sub it is delicious!! The space is…read morecomforting and fits in with the small town vibes of Mount Airy! It's a staple in my rotation!

Our group went for lunch & had the classic platter, the western omelette, & sausage gravy from the…read moreall day breakfast menu, which was all delicious. I had the grilled cheese on Italian bread with provolone cheese & the sausage & cabbage soup which a chicken broth base combo. We had cannolis & the cannoli cookies for dessert were all great. The place is very small with limited tables to sit after you order at the counter, & have a limited time of 60 mins to stay at your table. They bring the food to your table & have very friendly & helpful staff.