We went to a fantastic seafood boil restuarant in Chicago called The Angry Crab and it was outstanding both in terms of food and atmosphere. When we noticed that new chain of seafood boils (with the exact same menu and concept ...) had opened in Toronto we were excited to try it. I am sorry to report, however, that the food was absolutely horrible. One of the worst meals I have had in the last 365 days (and that includes my own cooking).
We ordered 1lb of clams in garlic sauce, 1lb of mussels in captain's boil sauce, 1lb of shrimp in garlic sauce, and 1lb of shrip in captain's boil sauce for a total of approx $90. The food was disgusting:
1) OILY ... all the food was coated in and dripping with heart attack inducing amounts of oil.
2) FLAVOURLESS ... both flavours we tried and ordered in various spice levels had no flavor. Just the taste of oil.
3) 1LB of CLAMS WAS MAINLY SHELLS ... most of the clams had fallen out of the shells so the bag was full of empty shells, we only found 5 clams total.
4) EVEN THE VEGETABLES WERE OLD ... for example, the corn that we added to the bags was old and shrivelled. And drowned in oil - the okra was basically just an oil sponge.
4) the only decent item was the side of garlic bread we ordered
A thorough waste of money and calories. We ended up throwing out most of the meal bc it was basically just oil.
Do yourself a favour, save your money and skip The Captain's Boil.