Reviews for Blue Marlin in Columbia, SC

Genuine southern hospitality at its finest! The bartender was great he told me about some of the local favorites. Explain a... little bit about the town. I had appetizers for my meal. I love the shrimp and grits, and excellent pimento cheese, and thegumbo was not my thing that night. The building itself is beautiful! Read more

Was an awesome experience. The staff was very friendly and the service was amazing. Our server Hillary went above and beyond to... ensure we have a great experience. Their portions are very generous and the prices are very reasonable. We'd ordered multipleitems, however I loved their She Crab Soup and the starter variety with southern pimento cheese. Update: Visited again at thisplace and the same amazing experience. Will definitely recommend and visit again. Read more

We came for drinks and appetizers on our date night. We got fried green tomatoes and the fried shrimp appetizer. They both... tasted absolutely great? The flavors worked so well together, and we will be back next visit to SC. One thing I will say I wasnot fond of the blueberry lemon martini it reminded me of NyQuil. The espresso martini was great, it has the best flavor. Ourserver was friendly and brought everything to the table rather quickly even with the restaurant starting to pick up and himhaving multiple tables. Kudos. Read more

I had a Fantastic Lunch with my Bride today at Blue Marlin!! The Seafood Gumbo (no rice for me) is sooo good. We then get the... Taste of the South appetizer and split it and still have leftovers. This appetizer is a meal by itself. Fried green tomatoes,firecracker shrimp (with red peppers that will hurt you), crab cakes loaded with crab, Southern Caviar (homemade pimentocheese)!!! To make lunch perfect, we had the best waitress, Katie, that you could ask for!!! Read more

Wow. Flavor!!! The jalapeño mescal mule too. All the food was full of flavor. A great stop for us on the way home to Florida... from Tennessee. Gumbo. Shrimp and grits. She crab soup. Calamari and crab cakes! Read more

The Blue Marlin is a cozy restaurant in Columbia serving steak, fish and a variety of other plates. I?ve been to Blue Marlin a... few times. I recommend scheduling a reservation. The filet has always been cooked just right and flavored well. The corn grits,vegetables, and spinach are excellent sides. They also have a nice red and white wine selection. The outdoor seating hasheaters when the weather is cool. Read more

I went to this restaurant with my wife to celebrate. I can honestly say the service, the food, and the atmosphere was great!!... My wife and I ordered 4 appetizers, 3 meals, and a dessert. I can honestly say that we never had to worry about sitting withtons of plates as our server, Dononvan, made sure it would come spread out to allow us time to try everything and wrap it up togo before the next set of plates came. All 8 plates were seasoned and cooked to prefection!! Read more

Great service, large portions of tasty food at a terrific price. Pecan dusted Calamari, Fried Green Tomatoes, Shrimp n Grits,... Creole Shrimp, Firecracker Flounder x 2. Our party of four visited late lunchtime, it was crowded but we had made reservationsahead of time and were seated immediately. Looking forward to a return visit for the salt and pepper catfish. Read more