The Greene Turtle

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  Great carryout service. Love the Apple Pecan Salad, as well as the Firehouse Chicken.

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  Posted on 01.27.13 Meredith H.

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  This is a great bar for watching sports and drinking beers.  The food however is sub par.  The wings are pretty good but everything else I have tried on the menu was bland and unsatisfying.

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  Posted on 08.19.12 Jeff S.

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  The bar is good for watching out of town football not on local TV.  
  
  The food is just average.  I usually get the sweet potato fries.
  
  The draft beer is sketchy, specifically the Yuengling Lager.
  
  Check your bill before you pay.  On two occasions I have had the staff(1 bartender, 1 cocktail waitress) add beer and mixed drinks to my order.  It was corrected both times but it is a little suspect it happened twice.

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  Posted on 07.13.12 Scott J.

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  I've been in here about 3 times now, and each time I keep hoping the food will get better, and each time I leave slightly disappointed.  Don't get me wrong...it's not BAD, it's just not GREAT.   But it is pub food, so maybe I'm just expecting too much.  This time around, I got the jerk chicken, which was juicy and spicy, very tasty and the rice was good.  But the broccoli was rubbery as if it had been re-heated one too many times.  The wings were pretty good, with a spicy sweet chili sauce that had a bit of heat at the end.  My son got their turkey-raspberry flatbread, which is one of the better choices on their menu.  It does have a good flavor, but can get messy, as the raspberry sauce tends to soak through the flatbread, causing it to drip down your arm and the bread falls apart.  The sweet potato fries were a little on the dry side, but tasty.  
  
  I think they rely entirely too much on their microwave (the food comes out WAY too fast for them to have actually cooked it), and while some items are tasty, many are just bland.  I think they use a little too much spice in some dishes, perhaps to compensate for the texture?
  
  As for the service, they've always been quick to get us to a seat, fast with the service, and very friendly.  Another plus is all the TVs at the tables, and you can choose your own channel, you're not stuck with whatever the bartender decides to put on.   They do have outdoor seating with a good size patio, but the view is of a K-mart parking lot, so nothing to get excited about.

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  Posted on 06.06.12 Dawn R.

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  This place was fun and the service was good. Had a lot of fun and next time I'll try their food even though I've been to a lot of Greene Turtles. What can I say? I love that hard shelled buddy.

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  Posted on 09.09.10 Tonya H.

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  Ok, since my family and I are new to area we fell upon this place out of luck  and desire for a sports bar.  Actually, I Yelped it!
  
  It has all you ever need in a sports bar=lots of big tv's with many games going on, but best idea is the individual tv's at booths in lounge/restaurant area.  That way my husband and I can watch the games and my young kids can be captivated by "spongebob".
  
  Food was std. bar fair, but big menu to choose from.  It's isn't the cheapest in town, but a great atmosphere!  We will be back!

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  Posted on 01.20.10 Crissie H.

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  Nice selection of food but it's definitely pub food. Prices are just right.  But the best way to enjoy green turtle is at the bar.  Good bar appetizers, good drinks and free peanuts you discard on the floor make for a good time.

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  Posted on 07.18.09 Sean D.

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  * No ESPNU?  No problem.  
  
  ** I'm not sure even a "Terrapin Bomb" could console a Terp fan after their 85-44 loss to the Blue Devils.  I wonder if there's a Greene Turtle in Durham that serves "Blue Bombs?"  
  
  *** But with 20 wings for $13.99, what's not to like if you're a teenager with a healthy appetite?
  
  Took the family to the Greene Turtle for Sunday lunch to watch a college basketball game on ESPNU.  For some reason the Comcast cable package at home includes  different  flavors of ESPN and MASN but no "U."  (Verizon's does.)  Our answer is usually to head to the Turtle in Edgewater, just over the South River bridge from Annapolis.  
  
  It's not necessarily easy to find because you don't see it from Route 2 (Solomon's Island Road).  If you miss the entrance to the mall, you can still catch the service road at the Maryland Avenue intersection.  If, heading south you cross Central Avenue, you've gone too far and need to turn around.  It's a stand-alone restaurant tucked in the corner of the lot.
  
  As you go in there is a bar area on the right with lots of big screen televisions although only one has the sound on.  On the left is the restaurant with lots of booths.  The neat thing about the place is that every booth has its own flat screen TV.   Kelly K., our server took drink orders and put the game on our set for us.
  
  There was a Sunday special on wings, 20 for $13.99 which is a dollar less than you normally pay for 16.  This made teenage son very happy.  How do you eat 20 wings?!  They'll even split it between two "flavors."  In his case it was teriyaki and a barbecue sauce.  The BBQ sauce was a nice mix of smokey and tangy and not too sweet.  
  
  They had a poster for an advertised drink special called "Terrapin Bombs."  We asked Kelly what they were.  Evidently it's cherry-flavored vodka mixed with a red energy drink.   Is it designed to numb and console the Terp fans after their 85-44 loss to Duke?  I was driving and stuck with water.
  
  I ordered the Philly cheesesteak (for $8.98) which had a generous portion of the shaved beef but was a little light on the grilled onions.  Darling daughter had the "Tipsy Turtle Burger" (9.98 with fries) which she couldn't finish.  My beautiful bride had the apple salad (7.99) which looked delicious.  
  
  We started out with an order of nachos (7.99) which we could have done without.  They looked like something that you left in your microwave for too long and tried to salvage with a dollop of sour cream.  The service was nicely paced for watching a basketball game which would have been too slow for a normal lunch.  Kelly did a good job refilling the glasses.   The bill for 4 with tip was $78 (no alcohol).  Kind of pricey for lunch, but I wasn't hungry again until 8 o'clock that night and only needed some soup for dinner.  TMI?
  
  Will we be back?  I'm sure we will next time there's a big game we don't get at home.  The website advertizes a free appetizer with a ticket stub from any area sporting event.  I'm going to test this next time, but it won't be nachos.

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  Posted on 01.27.09 John K.

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  Nothing too exciting about this place - it's a Green Turtle and as such it's exactly like every other Green Turtle.  It earned it's 4 stars because of the sheer volume of Maryland Terrapin memorabilia strewn across the walls and the Chesapeake Burger...
  
  I went here last Sunday with some friends to watch the men's MD vs. Duke game.  Wearing entirely too much red and optimistically keeping our hopes high, we grabbed two tables by the bar and settled in.
  
  Our waitress was awesome - she kept the drinks coming, got all 15 of our orders right, and managed to cheer for the Terps with us.  The food was exactly what we came for.  I had the Chesapeake Burger: beef, crab, bacon, and cheese.  Heaven in burger form....
  
  Even when the Terps began to head south and Duke took the lead, we all still enjoyed the rallying company of MD fans voicing their frustration.  (Nothing raises your spirits like a drunk guy shouting "f*ck duke" or "Krzyzewski, would you like to buy a vowel?").  When it was all over, we finished the round and left - our wallets not all too affected.
  
  I may not come back here to watch a game again, but that's not a reflection on the restaurant - it's just superstition...

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  Posted on 02.01.08 Angela Z.

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