Mermaid Inn is indeed wonderful, excellent seafood, very fresh and tasty, New England atmosphere, bargain for price(entrees are all $20 and below). The front room has a bar and the atmosphere is very bar like and very loud. On the other hand, back room is very romantic, red brick walls, candles and wine bottles everywhere, facing a small garden which is relaxing. We sat there and our waitress is very accomodating. Water were serve all the time and she asked us if we need anything else. Me and my SO had 1/2 dozen oyster from the raw bar (3 of West Coast's and 3 of East Coast's) which were really fresh like they've just been picked up from the sea. For other apps, we also had clam fritters (very crunchy with a creamy dip and onion hint on it, which I found a little too creamy for me, I'm a light eater), last apps was so great spinach and blue crab dip with perfectly air crisp garlic bread. For entree, we shared nively done grilled dorade fish, which served on the top of spinach sauteed with red paprika, tomato, onion. spicy garlic cubes with red sour sauce (which my SO said it's very New England). They don't serve dessert but gave everyone a tasty small cup filled with chocolate pudding with cream on top. The fun has not ended there, while handing us the check in an old sardine can, they gave us fortune teller fish in plastic sheet to be put on top of our palm and the moves indicate our personality. Definitely a must to try, I left feeling like "a robber"