Oh Honey, On the Bay! is fried fish sandwich vendor that's located in the Hollins Market 'hood -
Their menu also offers wings, shrimp, and seafood salad.
We ordered:
+Oh Honey Puppies - hushpuppies with some corn kernels and drizzled with honey; these were crispy, but could have been more warm
+the Loaded Seafood Salad - prepared with tri-color pasta, shrimp, crabmeat, and imitation crab in a mayo/Old Bay salad dressing; served with a mini pack of Ritz crackers; didn't really seem to have any jumbo lump crab, only a couple of shrimp and shredded imitation crab; since these were 'recently' made, they were still at a room temperature and may be better when chilled
+the Funky Fish Sandwich with the Sweet Shebang Shrimp and Fries - this is one of their daily specials; deep-fried swai fish in their house flour mixture, set on a toasted Hawaiian sweet bun; the menu stated that it was drizzled with their 'signature honey sauce' but everyone was asked what they wanted, in which choices included regular honey, Old Bay, Heinz Mayochup sauce, or hot sauce - while the fish was hot out of the fryer, the batter was not as crispy as one would have though; it was also was on the bland side, so having the drizzles sort of helped; there were 4 piece of shrimp, which were large in size, but, again, no flavor or seasoning to the batter; served with a side of crinkle-cut fries
I wished they had small condiment cups, as whatever sauce(es) you choose, they have to drizzle it all on for you, so you really can't control the dipping situation.
The staff here highly recommends their patrons to pre-order, as they state that their food will sell out; there was a 'walk-up' line, which was a first-come, first-serve type of a situation, and people start congregating around half an hour prior to the supposed opening hour.
One thing to note is that they don't open on time - we had to wait 35+ minutes, in addition to the preorder queue... getting there about 45 minutes to 1 hour later may be your best bet.
Glad I was able to try this viral place out, but not sure if I'd go out of my way to return.
+doesn't open on time
+Oh Honey Puppies
+pre-orders available
+in the Hollins Market neighborhood read more