Cafe Mirage - Ocean City, MD, US

Cafe Mirage is a little hole in the wall place. It is in the corner of a small strip mall right off Coastal Highway in Ocean City. What 's worse for Cafe Mirage is that they are located almost directly behind a Higgins restaurant (multi-locations, popular in OC)Most of my party got seafood and they thought it was pretty good but short of great. One ordered crab cakes and I tried them and I would agree with the very good but not great review. I got a hamburger and I thought it was great!They closed early because of the weather so we had to take our order to go. The service was excellent. There are almost too many choices for food in OC but this is one I 'll probably visit again.If this review was helpful to you please give it a thumbs up.

Great Food and attentive service. Small tucked away location brings a sense of a neighborhood ralling point

Absolutely delicious ! There were 4 of us, and we shared all meals and every single one of them was amazing!

My wife, daughter, and I stopped by here for a dinner on our way from Philadelphia to Ocean City, MD, on a Saturday evening in December 2023. Although given the restaurant’s excellent reviews one would expect the place to be crowded on a Saturday evening, we were the only patrons at the restaurant that evening. This may have been because we were there on the 23rd of December, and the restaurant was closing down after that evening’s dinner. The experience of being the only three folks seated at the restaurant was a bit surreal, but it did make sense given the time of the year, and then later on we saw that almost as soon as we left the building, the staff brought the wreaths inside and started shutting the place down.Coming to the food, which is what one cares about the most at a restaurant, I had been following the restaurant’s Facebook page for a few days prior to our visit and was getting excited at seeing some of the specials that were being listed. During our visit, we ordered an appetizer from those specials – a beet salad with pan fried goat cheese, as well as an entrée – red wine and rosemary braised leg of lamb. The other entrée we got was from their regular menu – shrimp and grits – and finally for our daughter, we got the chicken tenders. The lamb was rich and flavorful and what shocked us was the price tag for that item at $22. I doubt I have ever seen a place, including food trucks not to mention sit-down places, offer that quantity of lamb for $22. For my wife for whom lamb is her favorite meat, this entrée proved to be an excellent choice. The shrimp and grits I had were nice as well, although a tad under salted. It came with a side of fresh veggies that were nicely done and flavorful. My daughter enjoyed her chicken tenders as well. The portion sizes were huge, and the chicken tenders had more fries than I ever recall seeing accompanying a kids’ meal!! Prices were reasonable enough that even with all of this food, plus a drink, and a fairly generous tip, the total came to $98.While the ambience of the place isn’t much to write home about, situated as it is in a generic nondescript shopping mall, we would happily come back to this place if we were in Ocean City again, attracted especially by their wonderful specials and great value-for-money. Parking: The restaurant is located in a nondescript shopping mall so parking is not hard to come by.

Top rated for a reason. My favorite restaurant in ocean city. Great food. Great service. Don't let the mall location scare you away.