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| - My first (and probably only) experience of Captain's Boil was definitely disappointing. I came here for my birthday with 11 other friends, expecting a great time while trying something messy and new. Instead, all we thought while leaving was that we overpaid for an over-hyped meal of mediocre food.
Pros: you get cute bibs and the concept of bagged seafood in a spicey, garlicky sauce is enticing.
Cons: pretty much everything else...
They have several different selections of seafood for you to choose, plus sides for extra. You get to choose a sauce (Captain's Boil is the obvious choice, which is a sort of chili oil/garlic combination) as well as heat level. It skews high, so if you choose "Fire" make sure you're up for it!!
Crawfish (seasonal price, around $17 at the time): these were absolutely tiny and had almost no meat - skip this one unless you like to eat shells only.
Dungeness Crab (seasonal price, around $40 at the time): we didn't even try this because of the outrageous price...they may have upped the price since opening on this item.
Lobster (around $30 each): this was probably the best item on the menu, I enjoyed my lobster which was meaty and the Captain's Boil sauce really enhanced the flavour
Mussels (around $12): we asked the waitress if these were frozen - and if so, we'd get the clams instead. She gave us clams.
Clams (around $12): nothing really special but pretty decent with the sauce.
Shrimp (around $12): these were very over-cooked and many of the shrimp felt mushy, which is probably a sign that they weren't fresh. Skip these.
King Crab (around $40): didn't get a chance to try.
The best food items were the corn and cajun fries, which is pretty sad for a seafood restaurant.
Service was also pretty terrible - one of my friends didn't get her food until we were all pretty much done. They said they cook everything in batches so her order was 30 mins later than all of ours. That's not really our problem is it? One waitress got really flustered by this situation and started bitching to another waitress about it. While it was clear she was passionate, that's also not a very professional way to behave on the job...
At the end they comp'd my friend's seafood (not even her whole meal, just the crawfish) but at that point she was already so disgruntled that she didn't even end up eating anything. Unhappy friends is definitely NOT what I wanted for my birthday.
Also, the waiting area is extremely tiny and you feel like you're in everyone's way all the time. Given it's winter, we had to cram inside but it was so uncomfortable.
Perhaps just growing pains, but this is one of those "tried it, never again" restaurants for me.
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