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| - When you walk in, the first couple of things think you think is sports bar meets seafood boil restaurant and cool interior design. Compared to The Captain's Boil, this place is bigger in size and has more of a sports entertainment vibe (and has plenty of bars on tap to match). With TVs lining the walls and a huge screen at one end of the restaurant, this place is built for keeping up with your fave teams. A group of four, we arrived around 7pm on a Sunday evening and the place was packed with groups waiting to be called. It took about 30-40 minutes for a table to free up for us. Once seated, we were greeted by a friendly, kind, and patient host who was knowledgeable about market prices (for dungeness crab, lobster, & crawfish) and super helpful in navigating the menu.
We ended up ordering 5 items: A pound of shrimps ($12.95/lb) with the Good Catch Blend in mild and a cup of vermicelli on the side ($2.00), gumbo soup ($5.95), the soft shell crab basket ($13.95) with sweet potato fries (extra $1.00 for the fries upgrade to sweet potato; regular fries are included in the $13.95), fried calamari ($13.95), and the picture-worthy lobster nachos ($29.95).
I would have rated Good Catch higher if not for the general saltiness of most of the items we ordered. While the flavours were definitely on par with what you'd expect and even a bit more than average, the salt levels in the calamari, soft shell crab, and gumbo soup were too high for all of us which was a let-down because had it not been for the salt, the dishes would have been closer to perfect (especially the soup and calamari; of all the three, the calamari was the saltiest then the crab then the soup though maybe it's just the night we came in - I don't see other reviews with the same issue). The lobster nachos, however, were up there on our list - the gooey cheesy, chunks of lobster were tossed together with black olives, tomato chunks, sour cream, jalapenos, onions, tri-coloured tortilla chips, and, oh yeah, guac (yay for not having to pay extra for guac though at $29.95 it needs to be included haha). Only complaint is it needs more lobster. The tail it comes with is empty - I'm guessing they've emptied it out for you to mix in with the nachos but the head still has meat stuff in it so chow away. The shrimps with the Good Catch blend, on the other hand, were the real highlight. You go to these seafood boil places mainly to experience the bib, gloves, and delicious mess and the shrimps we ordered did not disappoint. The blend wasn't salty - it was perfect, I'd say even better than the Captain's Boil blend.
I'd recommend Good Catch - I'd come again mainly for their bagged seafood and spice blends and their menu is pretty extensive (more choices than Captain's Boil though Captain's has good stuff not offered at Good Catch). At the end of the day, Good Catch has a great atmosphere to relax in and definitely fits the downtown vibe Markham is building.
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