The Captain's Boil

Interesting idea for a restaurant, but needs to be implemented better. Price should account for type of food, effort to cook food, amount of food, presentation of food, among many other factors. The food, I believe, is simply boiled then shaken in a plastic bag with sauce and served. It doesn’t take much effort to serve the food they’re giving, and the price/ambience is not fair to customers. What I’m trying to get at, is you get similar if not better prices at Red Lobster and they go through much more prep to make your food. I understand this is your theme, but it just doesn’t seem worth how much you’re asking for. Another issue we had was the ‘famous’ seafood fried rice. There were barely any shrimp, the scallops were minced much too small (therefore we didn’t get very much), and the rest was just rice. For $17?? I liked the taste but $17 for some seasoned parboiled rice and 3 pieces of shrimp is a rip off to put it nicely. We ordered shrimp and my wife was put off by the head still attached and skin on. While I understand this is how they naturally are in the ocean, it would be nice to have the option of having your shrimp served peeled. I ended up peeling the shrimp for her and with it, all the flavour of the sauce it was shaken in. I mean it was $22, is the option to have my food prepped the way I like it too much to ask for? I was really looking forward to this place because family in Toronto has told me much about it, but I won’t be wasting my money here anymore. Good luck with your business and hope you can re-evaluate your prices. 👍🏾

I'm really mixed on how to write this review. On one hand, we enjoyed ourselves as we laughed at how ridiculous the meal was compared to what we'd been expecting. So in that case it was fun. We visited for our wedding anniversary before a movie out. We struggled a bit with understanding how to order from the menu, with no help or direction from staff, and we ended up ordering far too much food even though on the menu it seemed like that's what you would order for two people. So keep that in mind when you are ordering. We choose options for the mateys boil (two flavours of shrimp). As others have said, we were shocked when the food arrived in large plastic bags and was dumped unceremoniously on the table. No plates, no utensils, two plastic spoons were left for (I'm assuming?) the rice. Even the three side dishes came all together in a plastic bag (we ordered potatoes but they were literally just cut in half - so I guess you eat them like an apple?). The food was ok. There was some deep fried shrimps that were amazing. There was no way we could eat it all, and since it cost over 100.00 we had to drive home to drop the left overs in the fridge before the movie. I guess we can make soup tomorrow? We're going to laugh about this for a while, but I don't think we will be going back. I'm not sure why cutting so many corners is a thing there. Honestly I would have been much happier with a plate, cutlery, and maybe a quick how to order guide or video so I understood what we were getting into.

The food was not cooked very well, we ordered shrimp boil and everything was overcooked. When we tried to peel the shrimp it all turned to mush and the flavor was terrible. Also the portions are very little compared to what they charge; 10$ for a handful of fries that were soggy and flavorless. I wouldn't recommend eating here.

We wanted a different place to celebrate some milestones (other then The Keg) and decided to give this place a go. We were so surprised and extremely happy we did! Unique, fun experience, nothing we have had before which made the celebration memorable and special. I had the king crab and my husband had the lobster. the servers were so friendly and service topped the night off. It was awesome!