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| - This is the second time we attempted to dine at The Captain's Boil. This will be the last time we will eat at this restaurant.
After a lengthy wait, we were seated. Looking around we noticed messy tables filled with plastic bags, sauce, oversized plastic gloves and bibs. The menu was small and concise. Our waiter quickly reviewed it with us and was insistent we order immediately.
Our party of three ordered 3 of the 1 1/2 pound lobsters in the Captain's Boil sauce along with an order of sweet potato fries and an appetizer of shrimp. Kind of odd to receive everything in large plastic bags. Still wondering if there was BPA in the bags and we were all semi-poisoned!!!
Great fries, mediocre seafood. The gloves were huge and cumbersome making it difficult to navigate the shells. The food was very hot so trying to get it out of shell was actually painful. The restaurant has no silverware/cutlery except plastic forks. Since they couldn't locate any crackers, we fought with the plastic forks to get the lobster and shrimp out and into our mouths. Finally we were given some crackers that were seriously the worst quality ever!!!! You would think for a total bill of $156.00 they could've at least provided us with decent crackers????
The sauce the seafood was cooked in was decent but to be honest, I prefer my lobster steamed. The sauce just made things messy. And, I mean MESSY!!!
They can't have much in the way of overhead costs at this place. Everything is disposable. And, you basically do it all yourself. They take your order, serve the food out of wine buckets and every so often (after begging) pour you water into a plastic cup. Your only means of cleaning up is from a paper towel roll balancing upon each table.
My next seafood experience will be at a restaurant with a nicer ambiance where they have working crackers, glasses to drink from, cloth napkins and china plates. Funny thing is, I'll bet my bill will be no different!
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