Mayflower

Wait is pretty long. Fried fish is not the best but better than others in town. They really need to change their frying oil more often. My fish had burnt oil smell. Servers are nice.

The food is greasy and cold. The atmosphere is awful and very loud and crowded. Not the type of place for a younger crowd. There are a lot of elderly residents who dine here and if you aren’t in their age bracket, they stare and make you feel uncomfortable.

Update: Management seems to have addressed the issues I previously posted. I’ve been back a couple of times, and the food was hot, well prepared, and had great flavor. Although I got a fried combination, the food was not greasy. I’ll definitely be back. Excellent job addressing my previous concerns.

Sorry guys, had been hoping for better. Had been to Mayflower in Raleigh years ago and it was good. Best I can say about this is that it was fair. The staff were friendly and the food came in the right amount of time. We were 3 out if 5 families eating at an a slow time of day.
Let me just say that my Husband and I have had quite a few laughs in the car on the way home trying to come up with names for the «scallops» that we were served. I’m not sure what kind of meat they were but most certainly not scallops. Husband says they were sclauggts = scallop/​chicken nuggets. We dissected quite a few and couldn’t determine what meat it was. It was too rubbery/​bouncy for fish. We are not the type to make a scene so we didn’t bring it up. I’ve read quite a few posts about scallops sometimes being plugs from another source. In my 40+ years I have never experienced this type of scallop substitute. While the popcorn shrimp were definitely shrimp, the slaw and hush puppies had a good flavor, being frightened by the fake scallopy things makes me feel a little woozy from the meal. While we’ve had a good laugh, I’m just ready to put some hours between myself and this meal.
A lot of food does not = a good meal.
I heard sandpiper was good (havent eaten there) but we passed it and landed at Mayflower.
Because the other items were in line with resturants of this type, we rated it 2 and not 1.
If you like fried bouncy mystery meat this may be your place.

Last time I ate at this location, a couple of years ago, I was very pleased with the food. This time, however, it wasn’t as tasty. I had a 3-​seafood platter: fried shrimp, scallops and oysters and taste-​wise, Sandpiper in Lagrange, NC is quite a bit better. In particular, the fried oysters weren’t as tasty as they should have been being in season. Hushpuppies were excellent. Also, the restaurant was surprisingly slow in traffic on Easter Sunday right around noon — I was quite surprised to see that… if it was a restaurant in, say the Triangle, people would have been lined nearly out the door but we walked right in and immediately were seated. The service from the waiter was excellent but it’s just unfortunate the seafood wasn’t all it should have been — I guess this would explain the lack of customers. In summary, I really can’t recommend this restaurant for great seafood when there are better choices in the area.

I went once this week and will not be going back. The broiled fish is ok, but the jumbo shrimp is anything buy jumbo, the service was lacking, and the atmosphere is reminiscent of a hospital cafeteria.
The service started out ok, but our server didn’t refill my tea but once and I had to wait for 15 mins with an empty restaurant, therefore no excuse. They were generally inattentive and avoided talking entirely. The server tucked the bill under a basket full of butter without mentioning it, so we sat there for another 15 or so waiting for them to come back with a bill that it turned out we had all along. When we finally got their attention, without a word they pulled it out and tossed it down on the table and just stared at us blankly. It was quite rude.
They walked by us once while we were waiting and my grandmother leaned to get her attention by saying excuse me and they passed us by, completely ignoring her.
Not worth it to eat in, but if love your fried fish or shrimp (and I’m sure plenty of people in Goldsboro do) then take out is probably a good idea. If you’re interested in a healthy seafood dish, I’d say no. Terrible side salads, too.

My family loves Mayflower. We have tried everything from fish, flounder, shrimp, chicken fingers, etc and we have never left the restaurant without a huge smile. Our favorite time/​meal is to go for the fried shrimp platter at lunch. Staff members are always friendly and quick, they can accomodate a single person or a larger group (without reservations). It is casual and laid back here, so don’t expect a lot of frills. You get large portions but they don’t cut the quality– a rarity these days! the price is especially great at lunch time with no compromising on the portions, they are the same size at dinner. We come here often and will continue to do so!

I’m not from the NC area but from the DC/​MD where we are known for seafood restaurants. When I came to Goldsboro, my only request was seafood and then i’m cool. Well my brother granted my wish and took me to Mayflower. Mayflower was not where we were suppose to go but because it had gotten a little late we went to Mayflower. The food was delicious.
After I reviewed the menu I was stunned at the prices… I truly thought I needed to put my glasses on. For the price for one person, lets just say that would be double in DC/​MD. I had the pick any 3 fried platter, scallops, shrimp and fish, which came with baked potatoe, coleslaw, and hush puppies (I say they’re onion rings)…When the waiter bought the food out, I was like is this all mine… this is alot of food. I was in heaven. The food was on point and delicious. My server was great as well. Very nice. We seem to get the same one all the time. Hope to see him this weekend when I come down.
Every time I come to Goldsboro, it’s almost a requirement that my brother takes me there to eat.
I wish I could post a picture. I highly recommend Mayflower to all seafood lovers. Especially the fried food. Have yet to try broiled or the crab legs.
If only we could get a Mayflower in DC/​MD area. Only down side, they don’t serve alcoholic beverages.

So my co-​workers decided to go back to Mayflower the second night in a row. Surprisingly we had the SAME waitress! This time there were six of us at dinner and everyone except for one person ordered the crab platter.
The salad was a whole lot better this time, no wilted lettuce and no old tomatoes. The crab legs were like a little piece of heaven in my mouth! Most of them were full before they even finished the crab legs. I would have posted pictures but I kinda ate them all! LOL! The meat was perfect and came out very easily. The hushpuppies were excellent and still not a single one was burnt or mushy.
The waitress actually was a lot better than the night before. She did not forget anything except my friend, Jones’ salad but that was just because we confused her. It came with bacon bits and he did not eat bacon so he gave it to my friend and asked for another one. Shoot, even I was a little confused about it.
Rule of thumb: The snow crab leg platter may be $ 16.99, but it is the best investment you could possibly make on seafood in this town! Plus it comes with a salad, hushpuppies, and a choice of a side. The fried platters are pretty good as well.
This is definately a great place to eat although if you eat crab bring some hand sanitizer or wet wipes because they do not have any at the restaurant.
Big improvement from the other night… you have my blessings!!!