The Sterling Tavern

I had the great opportunity to surprise a friend of mine for her birthday🎉. I drove 🚗 from Baltimore to the Eastern Shore to celebrate her awesomeness as a friend, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great great grandmother. YES‼️ I said Great Great grandmother. After asking her sharing she would enjoy seafood, especially crabcakes I went to Google. I searched "great seafood in Berlin, MD 21811" I read 👀 some of the reviews about this place then checked their menu (Reservations are not required😉). I wanted to make sure they had crab cakes 🦀and fresh oysters 🦪 on their menu📋. I also wondered how different their fresh oysters may be from the eateries in Bmore🧐. The area where this restaurant is located 📍has a "small-town" vibe. The streets and sidewalks are narrow but there was plenty of parking around the back. There is also a few parking 🅿️ spots out front, including disabled ♿️ but it’s going to be about timing ⏱️ to get those. We were pleasantly greeted when we entered and shown to our table. The space is a bit tight in some areas. They have indoor, outdoor and bar seating. Perhaps next time we may venture outside, if it is not a sweltering heat day. For appetizers we ordered fresh oysters and the loaded onion rings. The portion for the starter loaded onion rings (🌟🌟🌟🌟) can feed more than one person. The oysters (🌟🌟🌟🌟) had a briny, salty taste and were served with horseradish, lemon and cocktail sauce- 😋 YUM! (answering my ❓ about where they stand with my hometown). They were as good as my most recent experiences at the eateries in Baltimore. For our main dishes, she chose their fried Crab Cake sandwich🥪 on Brioche with sweet potato fries. After getting advice from our server on some of her favorites, I chose their Crab Louie stack which is jumbo lump crab meat, avocado 🥑 , pico, fried green tomato🍅 and chipotle mayo with fried wonton chips. For drinks she had lemonade and I had unsweetened iced tea. Our appetizers and drinks 🥤came quickly which was a little surprising because more customers were beginning to come and they were seating some upstairs🪜. Our main dishes took longer but what do you expect? We came during lunch/brunch on a Sunny Saturday. As for the taste of the food, my Crab Louie Stack (🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟) was delicious. The flavor with the mixture of soft & crunchy textures made me want to savor every bit of it. It's one of the reasons I decided to order something to go (Old Bay Chicken Wings🍗). My friend said the crab cake (🌟🌟🌟🌟) was full of taste and was not overbearing with filler, the brioche stoked her love of bread & was huge so she decided to only eat one slice of it. As for the sweet potato fries (🌟🌟🌟🌟), she said they were a subtle sweet with the just the right amount of crispness. We give the food 4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Value for money = 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Atmosphere 4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - for their multiple seating choices (just a little tight in some areas). Menu Choices - 4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - this is a seafood eatery and they offer a great selection of seafood, fresh, grilled, broiled, and fried. Vegetarians 🥑 🥬🥦🥔🥗 would not find a lot of options here apart from a few sides/starters. Parking 🅿️ gets 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ because there is plenty of it around the back and the size of the spaces accommodate several size vehicles. ♿️ Accessibility gets 3.5⭐️⭐️⭐️ because although The restaurant has a great ramp, and the bathroom can accommodate a wheelchair 🦼 , there are certain seating areas of the restaurant where it would be challenging to navigate. Server/Staff = 5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ because they were friendly, professional, informative, and kept us updated to any changes in how long it may be for certain things. My overall rating for this restaurant is 4.5🌟⭐️🌟⭐️ stars, and I would definitely come again and try some more of the dishes, suggested by their servers.

We had a group of 12 for a later dinner and we had a great time. The oysters were amazing. Try the old bay spice wings. Yummy. Great live music

Stopped her for lunch after seeing wild horses in Assateague National Seashore Park. I ordered the scallop cheesesteak (without cheese) and diner on their covered patio. Scallops were seared to perfection on a fabulous roll with peppers, house made chips, and a hard cider. My husband had a cauliflower flat bread & beer, which he enjoyed. Fair prices. Delicious food. Our server Cameron was delightful and so courteous.