Cap’n Yoby’s Kelso

Use to be the BEST, of course that was twenty years ago!
The halibut had a cakey breading — thick and doughy. Not my style.
The family fry basket is a great deal and tasty.
Soda was to spendy and if there were refills available you would have to wait for the stressed out only waitress.
The «sliders» were good and larger than most fast food burgers, the sauce was tasty.
It was pretty busy, which made me think it was gonna be like it use to be — fooled me!

I certainly do not mind paying a good price for fish if it’s good… But, the halibut here is like a dough ball… The batter is way to thick, and doughy… The place is ratty and very out dated… Not to mention it’s pretty dirty… I won’t be going back to this hole in the wall…

Some of these reviews perplex me. Best halibut fish and chips anywhere. Sorry for those of you who think it’s so expensive. You must live a very sheltered and spartan life. This place rocks.

Best halibut fish anywhere. The prices are outrageous so I don’t eat here often and the chips are… Lackluster. Worth it just for the fish.

Yikes.
The one star you see is unfortunate. Put a minus in front of it and that will make it more accurate.
I really wish I had checked Unilocal before even crossing the threshold.
First, the fish, and ‘chips’. Hmm. What fish?
Taking a surgical cross-​section of a chunk of fish with a sectional height of 1 inch and a width of 1.5, the actual fish content was about a 3/​8″ to ½″ tube of meat running the the center, the rest breading. In essence, this was fish-​flavored bread. By far the worst fish-​to-​breading ratio it has been my misfortune to encounter. I wonder how they got the fish into such small pieces before dipping it into the batter.
And of course the prices were absolutely sky high. I was taken in on that one. The sign *looked* like it said 5.99, but there was a very slight vertical sliver in front of the 5 that I didn’t notice at first because I thought it was a gap in the sliding letters. So, it was actually a «1» and I was paying 15.99.
I usually eat anything that doesn’t eat me first. But honestly, I just couldn’t take it. I decided to write this up as a loss and just eat the fries. Big mistake. The fries were definitely not up to fast food standards either.
I wonder how this place survives.
Eat here if you want an excuse to write your first 1 star review..

This place is rubbish! Way overpriced and honestly just down right nasty! Fried food should be crispy– like the sun should be warm, and beer should be cold. But for some reason, their golden fried halibut is chewy.
I used to eat here often as a kid when I visited my grandparents in Longview. So this proves two things, either this place really took a dive, or kids are idiots and will eat anything. Whichever it may be, I love fish and I love fried food and the food here is barely worth swallowing.
On top of that, the «village idiots» work here. Absolute flippin’ morons.
Will never come here again, ever.
On a positive note, their shakes are quite good. and their tartar sauce is above average.