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| - Restaurant: Buster's Sea Cove
Cuisine: Seafood
Location: St Lawrence Market
Address: 93 Front St E
Price Range: $10-15
1: Poor 2: OK 3: Good 4: Very Good 5: Excellent
Food: 3
Service: 2
Ambiance: 3
Overall: 3
Extra information:
*Located inside of St Lawrence Market
*Limited seating infront of the store
*Different special of the day
*Food court style
Buster's Sea Cove reminds me of Granville Island in Vancouver, BC. They specialize in seafood and most of their customers are tourists, serving Grilled seafood, sandwiches, salads, fish & chips, mussels and soups.
Buster's Sea Cove works like a food court, you go up to the cashier and make your order and pay. And then they will give you a number and you wait until they give you their food.
You can do take out which a lot of people seemed to do, or grab one of the chairs to 'dine in'. When I was there, they had around 4-5 cooks behind the counter working super fast. So even if there are a lot of people waiting for their food, don't worry about it- your food will be served very quickly.
Ordered: BOSTON BLUE FISH & CHIPS 3/5
*4 pieces of boston blue fish served with coleslaw and curly fries for $8.85
*Fish is thin and flat with overall very light batter
*It's not seasoned at all so you need to add something or use the tartar sauce
*Tartar sauce was kind of bland, it could use more kick since the fish is unseasoned as well
*There are ketchup, hot sauce, malt vinegar on the table if you need them
*coleslaw was refreshing but again, needed more seasoning
*Curly fries were nothing special and it was soggy
Ordered: CRAB CAKE SANDWICH 3/5
*Crabcake sandwich served with coleslaw for $8.95
*2 small crabcakes inside the sandwich
*crabcakes are mushy (not much crab meat, more doughy)
*They had consistency of a soft oden
*It wasn't the best crab cake I've tasted but it was decent as a sandwich
*Lots of fresh veggies and the sauce went well with the bread
I noticed a lot of people were getting the grilled calamari or shrimp- especially those ones who were getting it to go. Maybe they are regulars and they know what's good here (share all the details!)
Summary: Seafood is fresh but overall the food is kind of bland. The quality of ingredients makes up for the lack of seasoning. I would go back one more time to try the grilled calamari.
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