Captain Woody's Seafood - Bluffton

My mom and I get there at 3:55 pm on Labor Day. He asked to go upstairs but the hostess said it wasn’t open until 4 pm and to wait downstairs. People came in asking about the upstairs minutes afterwards and the waitress told them to go up but the door was locked. Anyway, we all go up after they unlocked it and there was a bar full of people who appeared to be the bartenders friends and had bar stools “reserved” so we couldn’t seat at the bar upstairs. How was there a room full of people if the upstairs had just opened? Anyway the whole experience was awful.

Cute decor. Not one smile from the staff. Couldn’t really find any clams in the basket. Shrimp was okay, the scallops tasted rancid. Mayonaise in coleslaw tasted funny. But when the staff ask if I wanted a take home box I said. Why would I want to eat bad food twice. They gave me a discount but I ask to pay the full bill. But I just ended up tipping $20 for that 2 second smile from my waitress. Good news . After my 2.5 mile drive home the food evacuated my body. Never again will I recommend or eat at this place. I hope this review makes them a better place to come experience the food and supposedly southern hospitality they promote.

We had a wonderful evening there. As tourists from Germany. The service was extremely attentive and my drink was refilled several times. The food is like home cooking. I was very excited. The prices are reasonable. The atmosphere is a bit “shabby”. That's part of the style of the restaurant. There were a lot of locals there at the bar.

Fish and chips were horrible. Appearance and taste as if it were out of the frozen section at the grocery store.

If I could do no stars I would. If you’re looking for a place with overpriced bad food then this is it. Overcooked shrimp, not fresh oysters, and the worst hush puppies I’ve ever had. There were flies in and out of the bottles of sauce on the table and in and out of the straws. Long John silvers is cleaner, cheaper, and better than this place.