The Optimist - Nashville
Seafood · Nashville · $$$
Seafood · Nashville, TN · $$
Dive into food and fun at the Aquarium Restaurant, located in the Opry Mills Mall! Your underwater adventure begins as you are seated around a 200,000-gallon aquarium tank, home to a wide variety of fish, sharks, stingrays and more! Make a splash with deliciously fresh seafood, steak, chicken and decadent desserts all served in an unbelievable underwater setting. Make Aquarium part of your next field trip, birthday party or special event. Customized birthday parties, special events, educational programs and tours are available. Plan a visit to the Aquarium today!
“We got there at a good time and were seated immediately. Our waiter Thomas was outstanding. He was very friendly and asked if we needed any drinks. Once we got our water he took our order. It was very busy and our food was brought to our table by Thomas. He asked if we needed any thing else we asked for cocktail sauce for our shrimp in which he retrieved right away. I had the parmesian crusted chicken and shrimp with Alfredo pasta. It was delicious and cooked to perfection. Loved the aquarium filled with many types of fish, I kept watching as young children we so excited to see the fish. The cool thing is you can walk around the tank without dodging tables. I will come back.”
“Definitely recommend seeing this place. Reservations recommended as it seems like it’s always busy. Absolutely stunning views of sharks, rays, guitar fish, look downs etc. I could have spent hours here just walking around and observing the ginormous tanks. The food was decent enough. I ordered a surf and turf special. I asked the steak to be cooked medium, but it came out well done. The shrimp were cooked to specifications though. The cocktail I ordered didn’t taste too appeasing, so I didn’t finish it. We passed on dessert. I’d definitely go back when in the Nashville area again for the 🐠”
“What a great place to have some lunch. Portions are a good size. You are definitely getting what you pay for. Sam was our server. She was great. My husband got the classic burger with chips and i ordered the seafood stir fry. This was sooooo good!!! Cajun big shrimp, Octopus was flavor and tender, chicken and veggies. What a complete dish. I also got the strawberry lemonade. Not too sweet. Perfect to balance out the canjun flavors of the rice. Drinks+appetizer+two main courses=$110 We are happily full.”
“Waitress was great, atmosphere was great. calamari was good, I loved the vegetables with it. coleslaw was just cabbage no sauce like coleslaw. fries were good, breaded shrimp were great as was the gator but both regular fish and cat fish were very soft and soggy meat inside the breading. Not bad just not what we expected. Tartar was like a mix of tartar and ranch but sweeter, very unique. If we came again, we’d try something other than fish but would definitely try again”
“The atmosphere here is so fun and engaging, especially for children. We had a date night here and made reservations ahead of time. The service was good. The food was extremely underwhelming and flavorless. The menu made it look so appealing. The portion of steak was good but the fish and shrimp were small portions and the sides smaller, the menu looked like fresh perfectly cooked carrots but instead came out as overcooked green beans and way too many onions. Everything was not seasoned at all. The Maui Maui and shrimp did not taste fresh and the fish had a cheese sauce which was not in the menu at all. We were so disappointed in the food it almost ruined the whole date and we wished we had gone somewhere else. It was all flavorless!! I got a cocktail with the to go home package glass, but sadly the cup was plastic! I had no idea and would have chosen the other 3 options that came in glass but I didn’t know. Also the drink menus were not even updated and the prices were all wrong, very disappointing!”
516 Opry Mills Dr, Nashville, TN 37214, United States
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