What Did We Think of Mo's Seafood Restaurant | Florence, OR 

I lived in Florence, and I think you guys are being generous. Mo's has the worst seafood in Oregon. I don't think I ever met a local who liked their food, so if not for the unsuspecting tourists the place would have gone out of business long ago.

Thanks for your review! I, personally, avoid Mo's when on the Oregon coast. I love to travel to the coast, frequently. And, there are so many wonderful places to eat fresh seafood. The food trucks are often amazing! Gold Beach has a great one! Nehalem's has a wonderful fish and chips spot! Astoria has one of the best fish and chips with a variety of fish, including tuna which is absolutely delicious!! The local chefs from food trucks to nicer restaurants know how to cook the local, fresh fish!!! 😋😁💯🤩😍

Next time in Florence, go to Novelli’s on the dock. Guy Ferrari says they have the best seafood chowder on the Oregon coast.

It's been years since we've been to Mo's just because of experiences like this. Thanks for reviewing the Florence location!

Firehouse right down the street is good chowder, get the deluxe, it’s covered in shrimp and cheese baked on top.

If you ever come back to Florence. The resto bar and the casino both have great chowder.

I used to make a 2 hour trip to Mo's back in the early 80's just to get their seafood. Wonderful chowder and everything was delicious. That was still when Mo's was in the old garage and Mo herself would come around and pour coffee. It seemed like the Mo's experience got less and less enjoyable after they built the first "annex" right across the street and closed the original location.

Tabasco in New England clam chowder is a must.

Mo's hasent been fit to eat for 30 years

We have a restaurant just like that in SF. Sinbad's. Not sure if it is still around. It was a trap for Prom Night dinners and tourists. I fell for it a few times when I was young and did not have a finer dining sense back then.

Next time you go to Florence, go to the Firehouse. Some of the best on the coast. If money doesn't matter, Killo's in Lincoln City.

Just for tourists, locals avoid it

The best clam chowder in town is at the Krab Kettle. It's available after 12:30pm and they are open until 6pm all days but Christmas and Thanksgiving. Krab Kettle has clams in their chowder, no bacon. Krab Kettle is a monger so you have to have the chowder to go.

Mo's is so middle of the road, that may even be a compliment. There is sooooo much better seafood on the Oregon coast. We live in southwest Oregon.

Mo's is definitely a go-to for many people but a lot of the food is middle of the road IMO. The clam chowder is good but I prefer the Chowder Bowl's chowder. It does depend on what you get, though. Always loved the bay shrimp sandwich and the peanut butter pie at Mo's.

I lived in Florence for seven years. Mo's was known as the McDonald's of Clam Chowder. Like McDonald's, Mo's was dirty and the food was very poor quality. And like McDonald's, you could literally, buy it and place it directly in the toilet. It was a place people went to once, unless they were a McDonald's patron or just a fan of bad food.

To die for clam chowder is found at Trinidad Bay Cafe in Calif.

Much of Mo's food is big chain pre prepped somewhere other than the restaurant you're at. The chowder is a bunch of powder in big plastic bags

Thanks for the heads up, I'm from North Carolina and need to find some seafood spots

When in Seaside, hit either Doogers or Norma's

I thought it said, "OH." I used to live in Kentucky and my bf's people lived in Ohio. That'd be a weird seafood review. But my family live(d) in Newport, very close to Florence & this Mo's. I'm pretty sure I've been, but I'm also pretty sure I can't remember a damn thing about the food! This review is bizarre. "Well, the food is weird, but I'm hungry, so I'll eat it." Not really reliable!

I live in Florence, having retired from Seattle. Sadly, I must say that the food here leaves a bit to be desired. After the chaos of covid, the various restaurants have struggled with staffing, pricing and quality. We're paying Seattle prices for food that simply doesn't meet the same standards. I guess I got spoiled by the unparalleled quality, variety and freshness. Still, I do enjoy it here and the people are very, very friendly, one of the shortcomings of the "Seattle cool".

Mos serves canned clam chowder

Mo's has really gone downhill, especially after the COVID situation. We ate there last year, in Florence, and thee was nothing good about any of the experience. Service was poor, food was mediocre, place was not as clean as it has been in the past - so pretty much done with Mo's. We can get much better meals elsewhere, for the same price, or slightly more, which I am willing to pay if the food is quality and service is good. Too bad, as Mo's used to be the place. Tourists just have not figured it out.

Locals don't go to Mo's.😅

Sea food on the coast is mostly deceiving, you expect its local fresh fish. Mostly not. Your getting mostly frozen commercially available off the back of the Sysco truck fish, fries and bagged soup. There are some rare places that do serve the best local fish but your not getting actual quality out of season. Crab season if you can afford $30-50/lb crab is amazing. Stick w the local rockfish, as any salmon you get is dyed Atlantic frozen crap, unless your paying $45-65 per plate for Chinook from up north. Oysters are not a local item in most of Oregon. Don't waste your time, I've actually been served Jared oysters on a clam shell as fresh on the half shell. Beware of small towns on busy weekends. They never have enough stock or help.

I do not like Mo's clam chowder - never did. It's got a bacon flavor that overwhelms whatever clams might be in the chowder.

As a 40-plus year Oregon resident, Mos was okay back in the 80s. But it has dramatically gotten worse. I will eat anywhere else. Not worth it.

Wisconsin has great fish frys

I live an hour away. Moved here 20 some years ago. We saw Mo’s billboards everywhere, bragging about their “world famous” clam chowder. I love clam chowder. Mo’s has the worst clam chowder I’ve ever had. Bar none. I’d rather have Campbell’s out of a can. Seriously.

thank goodness the beer wasn't flat....did you ever put any kind of vinegar on fish & chips? i would always put malt vinegar on my long john silvers along with the tartar sauce

That’s too bad about the food quality - that’s the problem with chains sometimes. It was my MILs fav but that was many years ago. K’s comment to your French fries was “the frenchiest fries” 😂

😅didn’t you try the whine? It’s fresh.

In your opinion

Picky picky picky!

Eat where the locals eat….. it’s NOT at Mo’s we know better

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Mo's is no bueno. You could have had great Clam Chowder right on the dock at Novelli's Crab and Seafood.

Too bad it was mediocre. Looking forward to the crabbing!

from a native; moe's kinda sucks! the best thing is fish and chips. if you want anything else, go up on the coast hiway to the bell bouy, cheaper and better!

People who film while dining. Disregarding the privacy of others. Not Cool.

Same as the Mo's in Lincoln city. Whatever they make needs to go in the dumpster