Cap'n Cat Clam Bar Reviews Summary

Category: Seafood restaurant

Address: 3111 Delsea Dr, Franklinville, NJ 08322, USA

Phone: +18566949888

Rating: 4.4
based on 165 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "I had the 50 shrimp, pick and peel and they were delicious."
  • "The raw seafood was fresh and delicious, and the soups are out of this world."
  • "Food was amazing."
  • "The food is so so SOO FRICKEN DELICIOUS because it's cooked to perfection!!!!"
  • "The VERY BEST SEAFOOD IVE EVER HAD IN THE WORLD is at this quaint country restaurant, Capn Cats Clam Bar in FRANKLINVILLE."
  • "Everything we have tried has been delicious. The seafood is fresh, the soups flavorful."
  • "The seafood chowder was excellent! So tasty and seasoned well."

Cons:

  • "Horrible service and the food was a little overcooked."
  • "One of my party members ordered clams which had a live worm in it."
  • "The food was mostly very good, except the horrible clam stew, seriously it was degusting in a cream / milk buttery mess."
  • "Crabs had a smell like they sat out for days."
  • "The lobster... was wayyyyyy overcooked and no flavor."
  • "The shrimp & the crab were over cooked."
  • "Food terrible. Mussels over cooked. Other order of mussels ice cold."

Service

Pros:

  • "Quick service, thanks Falon !!!"
  • "Very attentive server and very helpful in reference 2 the menu."
  • "Service was amazing server took care of our need food tasty very authentic."
  • "The service was second to none, she knew her menu & was very attentive."
  • "Our waitress was the only server working that night and she killed it! Never missed a beat."
  • "The waiter was very courteous & kind."
  • "Our waitress was very attentive to our needs can't wait to go back."

Cons:

  • "Terrible Service, Waitress Forgot Our Drinks then took forever to bring the food."
  • "The service was awful. The servers don't care because they are getting a garentee 20% gratuity."
  • "Service was slow with not many tables, maybe 5 tables total."
  • "The waitress was young and just seemed like she had no clue or just oblivious with serving."
  • "Service was terrible waited over an hour for an order of steamed clams."
  • "Service was horrible. Overbooked and waited 45 minutes with a reservation."
  • "The worst service I have ever experienced."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Had the most nice entertaining music at the piano bar."
  • "They even had a pianist playing who set the mood."
  • "Very quant good for family large groups and a date night."
  • "The atmosphere is very cozy. You feel like you're at home with the fireplace crackling in the background and a room full of laughter coming from the bar."
  • "A local Clam Bar ..Love the atmosphere."
  • "We love everything about this place!! The atmosphere is cozy and warm."
  • "Live Piano music nice touch."

Cons:

  • "Not very clean there."
  • "But, they regularly close well before the posted hours causing a detour on the way home for nothing."
  • "Needs a renovation."
  • "When we walked in, the whole bar area smelled like someone peed on the carpet."
  • "Not a very elegant room though."
  • "This place looks like a dive bar from the outside. It is also connected to the liquor store from the inside. The place seems dingy."
  • "The dining room was a disaster with debris all over the floor, the rest room I slipped on piss and water on floor."

Pricing

Pros:

  • "They are not overly expensive, but serve huge portions."
  • "Where else can you get a dozen clams for seven bucks?"
  • "Prices are fair to what you get."
  • "Fresh, flavorful and reasonably priced seafood served with a smile."
  • "The seafood is delicious and fresh and the prices very affordable."
  • "Cheap and good. No frills seafood place."
  • "Delicious fresh seafood stripped of all the goop other restaurants bury their seafood under."

Cons:

  • "The pricing has gone way up though. $120 for 3lbs of crab legs is outrageous."
  • "5 of us went there for my daughter's birthday, the bill came to $385.00 not including the tip, we had no liquor, just soft drinks. What we ordered just was not worth it."
  • "The prices are crazy expensive now."
  • "Food was absolutely delicious, but WAY overpriced."
  • "It’s too expensive for what you get."
  • "Very good seafood that is incredible expensive."
  • "The prices were outrageous since I came here last."

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