Lou & Mary Anne's Bar - Fish Fry

Location: 

Lou & Mary Anne's Bar in Bee, Nebraska

What was Ordered: 

Double order of fish, just fish

(The top photo is my double fish just fish, the bottom two photos are the regular order of the fish fry)

Pitcher of bud light

Dine-In/Carry Out/Delivery:

Dine-In BUT please please please only carry out for your own safety 

Time waiting for food:

8 minutes

Cost:

Too much, but i didn't pay.

$7.00 single order

$6.50 single fish no fries 

$13.50 double order

$13.00 double fish no fries

(you can ask for no coleslaw, but it costs the same)

HungryHollys: 

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Review:

Woot! Woot! 5 out of 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I am cheating a little with this post because i have eaten here before and know the rules to achieving the 5 out of 5 experience. While i wasn't able to follow all the rules this time, because i have in the past, i am posting about the 5 out of 5 experience. (read the "overall" section below to see rules). If this seems a bit confusing, it's not, i am just beating around the bush so i don't spoil the review. (spoiler alert) To put it in a nutshell, the fish rocks and everything else sucks about this place, so just get the fish and take it home.

We ordered our food and a pitcher of beer. The waitress came back with a full pitcher and said it was the bottom of the barrel so she would come back with a free half of pitcher of beer once they got the new keg ready. Very nice, but the beer did taste like crap. She did bring us the free half pitcher during our meal and it tasted better.

The food came shortly after. I always seem a little disappointed when i see that this is $13 worth of fish and don't think it will fill me up, but without fail i am always pleasantly surprised. I got my plate of fish, which they pile on top of pickles and bread. This is part of what makes the fish taste so good, i am sure. I actually like to take the fish and eat it with the pickles. Oh yeah, and squeezing pickle juice all over the fish is freaking awesome too! 

This fish.. is the best fish you will ever eat, period. The batter is perfect. The fish flakes apart perfectly. It's a meaty fish and always cooked to perfection. PERFECT is the only word to describe the fish from Bee Nebraska. If you talk to Lou he will tell you all about his trials with finding the perfect fish and he said while it may cost him more, the Cod from Halland is the perfect storm. Don't let him fool you, he sure does pass that cost right on down to you. 

So in short, the place is a complete dive, the staff usually isn't the friendliest, (although this time she was extremely friendly and generous), the rest of the food is awful, you might be breathing in mold spores as you wait for your food, but they still have the worlds best fish fry in all the land. 

Overall:

Well not only is HungryHolly back, but she has given away her first 5 out of 5 HungryHollys. There are a few rules though, that you MUST follow for you to get the 5 out of 5 HungryHolly experience with this place. If you do not follow the advice as follows, then your experience most definitely will not be a 5 out of 5. 

1) Order only fish. The fries and coleslaw are not worth it at all. If you insist of the fries, fine then, but don't you dare get the coleslaw.

2.) Get a double, don't want you going hungry.

3.) Get it to go and eat in the comfert of your own home or even a park, or better yet, get extra and share some with HungryHolly.