Captain's Galley Seafood Restaurant

We are from the Boston area and this is by far the best seafood we've had since moving here.

Delicious food, excellent service. I was not surprised to have another day of amazing service at Captain's Galley.

The food was okay but much too greasy for me. I thought the price was good for the family meal but the Mayflower is much better and much more food in the family meal. Also not as greasy so I don't get sick

Newspaper reviews aside, this is the best seafood place Caldwell county. Where CG really shines are the fish entrées. It's hard to go wrong with any of them. You get generous portions, that are consistently tasty and properly cooked, although some may find them a bit underseasoned. That lack of seasoning seems to be common for pretty much all of their fried offerings.

I usually get the large flounder plate, and it's always good, except there is always at least one piece with bones. Even so, I've tried flounder in dozens of restaurants on the NC/SC coast and none of them had a better flounder fillet. Where other restaurants use a heavy breading to hide a smaller piece of fish. Captain's Galley offers a bigger piece of fish, with very light breading.

Most of the other seafoods and sides are also decent. psalm you can tell are frozen, but they still work. The Cajun shrimp appetizer is one of the best, IMO. The hushpuppies are the sweet variety, but also very good.

Unfortunately, a few items range from blah to nearly inedible. The fries are always bland, undercooked, and soggy, especially if you order takeout. They put them in the same container as the fish, so by the time you get home they're soaked with moisture. Being undercooked and apparently not seasoned in any way doesn't help. 20 minutes in an oven and a sprinkling of salt can salvage them, but you shouldn't have to do that.

The baked potatoes are usually bland, soggy, mushy, and taste old. The coleslaw is watery, too sweet and nothing to write home about.The most disappointing item on the menu is the crabcakes. They appear not to be made in-house, taste awful and look like a frozen, mass-produced puck from an institutional supplier.

The service is great, especially given all the Covid restrictions. So, go for the fish, but avoid those fries and crabcakes.

We won't be back. The table was nasty. The silverware was dirty. I had to ask for clean silverware. There was more breading in the fish than there was actually fish. Our waitress never came to refill drinks or check on us.

Food was gross fries come out cold, left a whole salad because it tasted of dirt with grit in it. Will never eat here again. Waitress was so rude kept walking by and Had a poor attitude.

I cook nicer than they can. Fried, fried fried. If you like fried overpriced, greasy food.... Go eat there. Their food SUCKS!!

Love Captain's Galley! The food is always brought to the table hot. Their hushpuppies are the best I've had. Great food good atmosphere and friendly staff

Used to be very good. Used to be! Last three visits have been complete strikes. Food is incredibly greasy and came out luke-warm at best. Baked potatoes taste like they were left overs from the previous day. An occasional bad meal might be overlooked, but they have struck out. The waitresses are always great, but the kitchen is going to put them in the unemployment line.

It's not "sea side fresh" but it's certainly not bad. It's extremely southern in taste and style, so beware whenever ordering if you're not from the Lenoir area. Honestly, it's a fast and good quality sea food joint that is quite tastey.