Reviews for Cap'n Cats Clam Bar & Tavern in Westville, NJ

Great food & service. Fantastic environment & welcoming bartenders. The best crabs, freshly shucked oysters& clams, and seafood... platters around! Bring the whole family. Read more

I have gone here for about 8 years, and never had a complaint. The seafood platters were always hot and tasty and the appetizers... fresh. But in the last year or so, it has gotten indescribably worse. I don't know if the cook is different, or the restaurantchanged hands or something, but the food has taken a hard left turn now. A few weeks back, my boss got food poisoning fromspoiled cole slaw and puked for hours. When I ordered for lunch take-out recently, my clam chowder was literally cold andcongealed in the container and the broccoli was cooked so long it was mush. Not sure what is going on here but all I can say is,it's definitely not worth the $70 it costs for a 2-person meal. Sad, because this is the original Cap'ns and it used to begreat. Read more

Received completely disgusting and unprofessional service today. Was served undercooked fish and then when asked if it could be... cooked longer we were instead yelled at by the cook in front of the entire restaurant where he came out with a thermometer andsaid we were wrong and it came out of the kitchen at 113 degrees (which is still undercooked). It?s bad enough that food costsare so high therefore raising menu prices, but if I?m paying that much for a dish I expect it to be at least fully cooked. Thiswas one of our favorite spots and is now crossed off our list. Please do better with your employees or more customers are goingto be driven away. Never in my life have I seen this kind of behavior. Read more

Usually this location is pretty hit or miss but lately, it has definitely been a miss! A few friends of mine, my husband and I... dined there last weekend and was disappointed to say the least. Out of almost $300 spent, the only thing that came out hot wasthe corn and the soup. That is purely ridiculous. Once we notified the waitress that the crab legs and shrimp were cold, sheoffered to reheat, which just further dried them out. I don?t understand how food is supposedly just prepared and is alreadycold. The worse part is they weren?t even busy. Food should never come out cold and have to be reheated especially in cases whenthe reheating it will cause the flavor to be compromised. Furthermore, the crab legs had no seasoning to it whatsoever, again, Idon?t understand how you can?t sprinkle a bit of old bay and garlic on them. My friend dined there last night and stated thesame issue, food cold, dried out crab legs and flavorless. Needless to say, that was my last time dining at this location andthe last time paying top notch prices for subpar food! Read more

Very good place, my grandfather used to come here way back when it had a dirt floor. Predominantly seafood, but its all quality... stuff Read more

This restaurant saved us during the height of the pandemic with their delivery. Tonight we decided to visit the brick and mortar... restaurant and we were not disappointed. Loved the sea-shanty atmosphere. There?s a full bar and seafood market on site. Ialmost felt like I was at The Shore. The kitchen and wait staff were A+. Definitely a new go to spot. Read more

I?ve gone to this place for years. Food is always pretty good, but expensive.The service has really declined. I have had... multiple visits lately to make this decision. This last visit sealed the deal. I was rushed to order food because the kitchenwas closing soon and people walked in behind me ordering food and they weren?t given this same information. If there?s anythingI can?t stand is when people walk into my job right before closing, but I am always respectful. When I looked online afterordering my food to see the closing time I realized I showed up 45 minutes before close. So I asked to just box my food and thebartender told me to just eat my food because the people at the end of the bar were just getting their food. How uncomfortable,I didn?t want to be rude and sit there eating my food when you?ve already made it clear you were upset with me. Shame on me fornot realizing you guys close at a much earlier time now. I won?t be giving my money to this place anymore. Read more

The best way to describe this place is a hole in the wall with good food. You walk in through a fish market and in the back... there's a bar full of locals so you know they're trying to keep it as a well-kept secret. Again not much in the appearancedepartment pretty damn good in the quality of the food department. Beer selection was so so. Read more