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| - We're not from Madison but my parents just moved there recently and my dad was hellbent on trying Captain Bill's. So we went. It's fine for what it is- an old school, nautical type restaurant that is more pricey than it needs to be. We sat outside, on plastic chairs, and fought off mosquitoes as we watched the sun set over the lake. My dad ordered some crazy martini and the rest of us ordered our drinks. Well, the server comes back with our drinks some 10 minutes later and tells my dad that they are "out of" certain ingredients with which to make that cocktail. I mean, why would you wait until the rest of us have our drinks? We got them piecemeal, too. Anyway, he got something else and our server did not rush back with it, either. That said, the server was trying really hard to be charismatic. This is not a fine dining establishment. I had haddock, which tasted frozen. Not great. The baked potato was about as good as I make at home. The salad came with shrimp, which I liked. The wine list is actually decent, which was a plus. We didn't stick around for dessert. Would I come here again? If I had to. But I wouldn't go out of my way. There's nothing to say where the seafood comes from or if it's wild or farmed, sustainable or not...It's just a very basic, old restaurant with ok food and spotty service. I had to point out that the server left the drink they were out of on the bill. Frankly, it was Father's Day, he should have comped my dad the other drink he had to order, but he didn't. Whatever.
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