Gunning's Seafood Restaurant - Hanover, MD

Gunning's Seafood Restaurant - Hanover, MD Review


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7304 PARKWAY DRIVE • Hanover, MD 21076
410-712-9404 • http://www.gunningsonline.com/maryland_seafood_crabs/marylands_best_seafood_restaurants.html



Overall 5.00 of 5 (by 1 user)
 




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nuzlady
Elkridge, MD

Their cream of crab soup is unique and worth the drive.

5 star rating

appreciative of good service, appreciate nice things, married, seafood lover, expecting good, fair service
Pros

    unique taste, great service, very busy all of the time

Cons
    a little pricey

DEC
1
2007
     We moved to our first condo after two years in an apartment in Laurel, MD and we did not find a good local seafood restaurant in Laurel so we were looking for one we could depend on when the seafood craving hit us.  We like Red Lobster but we wanted to find a local , not franchised, restaurant.  Within 10 miles of Elkridge we found a dozen reataurants  that claimed the best Maryland Crab Cakes so we decided to visit a few and see what the claims meant.  Literally next door to Gunning's is Timbuktu which claims the crab cake crown but we wanted to try Gunnning's first.  Our trip to Gunning's was delightful.  Our waitress recommended a bowl of their cream of crab soup and we decided to order a bowl and share it.  I have no idea what their recipe is like but the soup is totally unique.  It has to have cream whipped and added in because the soup is like a meringue on top and the liquid underneath the whipped top is also delicious.  We almost asked for another bowl of soup but we were on a "fact-finding" tour.  I had the crab cake and found it to be very good but we could not forget the soup.  We did manage to visit three other restaurants and tried their crab cakes but the soup at Gunning's keep bringing us back there.  If you want a memorable eating experience with cream of crab soup, you really should try Gunning's and their seafood entrees are very good.  They also serve steamed crabs at the table with butcher paper table covers and the mallets to crack the crabs.  I have not worked up my nerve for that yet but we had to leave something for the next trips.  The prices are in the upper ranges but the amount of food is really generous.  My husband and I usually share the soup and an entree like the seafood platter which really is served on a platter covered with salad greens and has their crab cake as well as scallops, shrimp, stuffed shrimp, fried clams, haddock and flounder.  House salad is also served with the platter.  Just come hungry and prepare to be filled.



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