Judith M.
Yelp
This place has been around for quite some time and we were able to give it a try for my husband's birthday celebration. We were expecting a lot more than what we got, and the bill was not worth the food and the quality of the seafood we tried. I would have loved to find another place in town we'd be able to go to when craving seafood, but this place did not hit that spot unfortunately.
When we arrived in the afternoon, there were not a lot of people in the restaurant, but there is a lot of space, so if their menu was altered, they'd probably get a better chance at getting more people in the door. The decor is similar to a boiling crab style, so it's very relaxed. Our server was nice, and explained what family options would be good, recommended some of the items off the menu, and quickly brought us our drinks.
Now, the food..... The food was just not good.... We tried the 5 cheese shrimp and crab dip, and that looked like it was microwaved, or just sitting in a soup pot all day with green onions on top, it was bland, not cheesy, and we didn't see or taste any of the blue crab the restaurant advertises it has in it. We had the fried sampler and chose calamari and fried shrimp. The calamari was not fresh, it was frozen, deep fried, and tasted like rubber, and the shrimp was oily. We also tried the family feast to share. They brought us a big mixing bowl with our food, and got spice level 4. The only thing that tasted fresh out of our meal was the crab, which was hard to believe since the shrimp tasted overcooked, and our lobster was also overcooked. There was no flavor in our seafood, despite it being drenched in their spices also.
Overall, this location would be a great place to have a seafood restaurant; but I will not be back. When we go to a seafood, crab shack, shrimp shack, anything that's from the SEA, we're looking for authenticity, and though we are nowhere near the beach, we're also looking for decent tasting seafood that will at least make us remember why we love the beach.