Captain D’s

Not as good as it used to be. We were very disappointed with our dishes as they were too plain. The service was fine. The restaurant was clean enough.

Love the Fish and Chips! Nice staff, clean restaurant. I love the hush puppies and grenade beans. Food comes out hot and fresh. Seafood platter is great.

It’s basically seafood fast food. The food was descent & prices were good but nothing really special. My dad likes this spot and our taste levels are totally different, but it’s worth trying if you’re looking for quick, fried, inexpensive seafood.

The Management and their Team is always welcoming, helpful and courteous. I love the variety of meal deals you can get along with a variety of sides! The food is hot and well prepared! Everything from the grilled salmon to the fried fish is very good. Skip the fries and get a Loaded Baked Potato for only .89 more!
The restaurant has just been renovated and is very nice! The lightning is way too bright, but other than that, this is a great place for a meal!

I knew when my friends Chris and Cory walked into this Captain D’s with me that we were in for the meal of our lifetimes. I called beforehand and asked if the fish was fresh. The kind young lady on the phone informed me that their fish was the freshest in town. Needless to say, I was sold. I suggested Captain D’s as the evening’s dining establishment to my comrades, and both of them readily and eagerly agreed. So we set off We piled into Cory’s beautiful Kia Soul and set a course for deliciousness, as the original Captain D himself must have done out on the open seas so many years ago.
Upon our arrival, the piquant aroma of fried fish and the Captain’s inimitable hush puppies greeted our nostrils and gave our olfactory senses something to celebrate. «Welcome to Captain D’s, may I take your order?» With these magical words I was certain that my palate was in for a piscatory treat that couldn’t be beat. I scanned the menu — so many choices, all of them superb — and settled on a three-​piece fish dinner. «What sides?» My mind reeled as I took in the dizzying array of side dish options, each sounding more delicious than the last. After some contemplation I decided on green beans and corn-​on-​the-​cob, regretting only that I couldn’t add them all.
Then the friendly Captain D’s employee changed my entire world with the following words: «Would you like to add an order of butterfly shrimp for just $ 1.50?»
Yeah, go back and read that again. Now read it one more time. Now close your eyes and imagine the crisp. savory taste of Captain D’s butterfly shrimp absolutely melting into your tongue. Now try to come to grips with the fact that the price is only $ 1.50. My initial reaction was one of mind-​bending horror. Was I dead? For a deal like this has né’er crossed my path in the realm of the living. But no — it is indeed the truth. Falling to my knees, tears of joy brimming in my eyes, I answer «sure».
After paying my more than reasonable fee for such a culinary delight, I wait patiently as my food is prepared by what I can only assume are the most grizzled of seafaring fisherman, mere hours ashore after weeks at sea. Finally my name is called and I approach the counter, collecting my tray and heading back to my table. Trembling with anticipation, I unwrap my black plastic Captain D’s fork and sink it into one of two golfball-​sized hush puppies (always the first thing I decide to eat when I’m dining at «The Cap»). I take my first bite and…
Heaven. These are the hush puppies that launched a thousand ships; these are the hush puppies that haunt my dreams; these are the hush puppies whose siren song calls me back, over and over again, singing my arteries to inevitable but totally worthwhile shipwreck.
It is at this point that I begin to lose touch with reality — vague memories of arriving in a Kia Soul with two friends… what were their names? Chad and Courtney? — I look around but my vision is blurred beyond the confines of my Captain D’s tray. Nothing else remains. Only my three-​piece fish dinner with two sides is real; all else is fiction. Has my entire life led to this moment? Has fate drawn me here? Every decision I’ve made, every person I’ve known, every journey I’ve taken — any one of them could have been different, could have contained within them some small variation. But no. I am here.
And for the very first time, I am alive.