After running a few errands with my mom, she mentioned wanting to get fish from a place she used to visit with her mother (my grandmother) and her sister (my aunt). Since it was Mother's Day, we expected a long wait, but to our surprise, we were seated quickly. This is a large restaurant up on a hill with plenty of parking and a warm, welcoming feel. It was clean, and our greeter was kind. Our waitress was patient as we took our time deciding what to order, and we also placed a to-go order for my aunt. There was a small mix-up with the food, but it was quickly resolved with no fuss. My mom ordered the fried flounder with fries and coleslaw, and I had the same, but swapped the fries for fried okra. My husband went all out with a ribeye steak, fried scallops, fried okra, a side salad, and a bowl of clam chowder. The fish was fried perfectly--just a tad more salt would have made it ideal (though that's an easy fix), and next time I'll remember to ask for tartar sauce or hot sauce. The okra was crispy and satisfying, and the standout for my husband was the clam chowder, which I agree was rich and flavorful. More than the food, this place holds special memories for my mom, and now it holds one for me too. It's the kind of spot that becomes part of the family story. Every time we're in town, I'll be sure to take her back--for the fish, the view, and the memories. read more

Mayflower Seafood Restaurant - Seafood Near Me - Danville, Virginia

One of my hometown favorites! Combo popcorn shrimp and chicken or fish is my go to. Add a side salad and baked potato and we're good to go.

Have had the broiled shrimp, broiled scallops, their clam chowder soup is very good. Sweet potatos are excellent - done just right. When you order you have to add on 15 mins. time for any broiled foods - which was ok -- they have nice painted sea pics and boats all over the place to keep you occupied while waiting for your meal to go! Will be back. read more

After working my booty off to be able to afford MayFlower, I was so disappointed. Nothing was good, I ordered the Captain's platter for both my husband and I, the oysters were watery no taste, the fish was soggy with zero taste, the fries were not even cooked all the way. The popcorn shrimp soggy and bland, even the slaw was terrible. The blooming onion was mediocre, but nothing to brag on, hush puppies were delicious though.. What has went wrong with this restaurant? If it doesn't improve, I feel Danville will be losing another restaurant. Still looking for my scallops.. ugh... UPDATE*** After letting my food sit overnight in the fridge, it was actually good when I got up.. Everything tasted as it should. so I guess if you eat from here, leave it over night and eat it the next day. Went from 1 star to 3/ read more

My fiance and I was seated at a back table near the white float for fifteen minutes. No waitress ever came to the table. Nothing. After waiting, we decided to leave. I stopped at the register, speaking to Sean, that we were leaving because of poor service not because we wanted to escape paying the bill. I explained the situation and he spoke to the 'so called' manager who offered a lousy apology but no solution for the time wasted. The one star is for Sean trying to fix a bad situation. Being low on staff is NOT a reason for poor service. Manager (short caucasian male), work on your people skills. read more

I love this place. Each time I come to visit my family that lives here, I don't leave until I've had some mayfloer or I get some to go. It's so good and the portions are VERY generous. It has been like that for years. I have been coming to this place and had a love for this restaurant for, at least 15 years. No matter the changes, the service and food are still great. As long as these two factors stay consistent, I'll keep coming. Unfortunately, I can't give a half star, it should be 4 1/2. The,long drive I male to get this great food is worth it everyone. If I can't get tger e to get it, I get someone to bring me some when they cone to visit me. lol Its that good. read more

Mayflower Seafood Restaurant - Their Choose 2 combo meal..... whiting with popcorn shrimp, hushpuppies, and the fries are under the pile of food. - Seafood Near Me - Danville, Virginia

About two or three times a year, I get the craving for fried seafood and this extremely popular Greek owned fish camp is hard to beat. It is always bustling. The food is delicious and serving sizes are incredible. Even the small combo is huge compared to other restaurants. Although they specialize in fried, they don't gripe about serving it up broiled if desired. My family has eaten here for years and have never been disappointed. Service is friendly, fast and attentive. It is well managed and the sanitation scores are always high. If you get the hankering for seafood in Danville, this place is a Gotta Try! You can't go wrong here. Keep in mind though, it is fried, so yes there will be grease involved, which is especially obvious if you order your meal to go and happen to notice the cardboard to-go box. Still, it is less greasy than most and I can justify treating myself a couple times a year regardless of my spiked cholesterol level. read more

My favorite place to go for fried fish! Every time I come home I have to stop by mayflower. It's the best food for the price. Huge portions!

I don't see where the food taste any different than the original Mayflower that was there before or the one before that years ago fried seafood good that's the only thing I tried shrimp, and flounder so far. I've tried Captain Cook's and I like there's also just a matter location read more

Well, I love this place. I love that for $17.95 I get enough crab legs to feed a family of eight (really), baked potato, hush puppies full of deliciousness, and a salad. Also, the sweet tea here is a perfect combination of sweet and strong. The strong brew makes it dangerous, as I could drink 15 glasses and never get a sugar overdose. The dining room is huge, but the waitresses are all very sweet and the service is incredibly efficient. Yum yum, I miss home. read more

Food is hit and miss what I mean is....Sometimes it's good and sometimes it isn't!!! Service is and has always been awesome!!! BEST Sweet Tea I've ever tasted! So you just take a chance if you eat here...... read more

Went here for my 25th birthday. Being from the Chesapeake area, I am pretty picky about good seafood. I was extremely impressed at the quality of the seafood as well as the side dishes and service. Bonus? The price was extremely reasonable! Will definitely be back! read more

Mayflower Seafood Restaurant - Seafood Near Me - Danville, Virginia

Been to a lot of restaurants but none can match Mayflower's. Every plate that comes out of the kitchen seems to be overflowing with food. Flounder is my favorite and their preparation is second to none. The wait staff is very professional but above all, the price is very reasonable. read more

So disappointed... waited over 45 minutes for 2 meals... mine finally came out and it wasn't hot... sent it right back!! When questioned about how long much longer we got tons of excuses... People who sat after us, were served before us. Please don't make excuses about how busy they were, it doesn't matter... we should have been informed long before the 30 minutes.... read more

My food was terrible. I ordered 2 captains platters. On.each plate I received 3 oysters that was old and hard. Three scallops that was old and so little you could nor taste them. mayflower food is not good what happened read more

Food is pretty good...everything you order tastes like everything else because it's all fried in the same grease. It scratches an itch. It's where we used to love to eat years ago but not so much anymore. I noticed that every time we eat there it's 98% senior citizens eating there, never younger people. read more

We went here for my grandma's 65th birthday. The serving sizes are good for the price we paid for it. It's a bit expensive but very delicious read more

Mayflower Seafood Restaurant - Seafood Near Me - Danville, Virginia

Horribly small portions of catfish and small amount of fries in the takeout boxes...The managers are rude and not friendly. I pray that Danville Va get another seafood restaurant down here, so I can skip this cheap joke of a restaurant. read more

Great seafood for the price. The small plate is large enough for the biggest appetite.

The service isn't what it used to be when Gus was the manager. Today there was barely no air conditioner and the tea was horrible. The food portions was small as well. They purposely only cook a certain amount of Greek chicken every Sunday and you have to get there before 1 pm to get some. It is the best Greek chicken I've tasted around but I can't stop what I'm doing for chicken. It's so disappointing that the manager will not allow the cooks to prep more because of the demand. I don't care for the place anymore but my father loves it. #disappointedwithchicken #terrible read more

(2.50 stars) Set atop a steep hill, Mayflower Seafood is difficult to envision. From my New Jersey sensibilities, the building and interior would define a classic diner. This impression would be further enhanced by the efficient, but overburdened waitstaff tearing from kitchen to dining room at warp speed. Yet, I've never seen a diner offer valet parking (they didn't on my last visit) or so heavy an emphasis upon fin fish and seafood. The portions are ample, and the prices reasonable, but more in line with larger metro areas. Plenty of fried and broiled choices, all of which were good from my sampling. Textures of their cooked product point to a significant portion of the menu being frozen, rather than fresh. read more

They were delicious and fast. The portions were huge. I got the build ur own small plater of Fried Scallops and Fried Clams for $8.95 and had plenty to spare. The hush puppies were in a donut shape ( which was different) but still very good. The scallops were good size too. Over all a great family outing and My Grandma in- law goes here all the time. read more

I ate here over the weekend while visiting my family. I used to eat here back in the day when I lived in Danville and I always liked it. The last 15 years haven't changed it. I still like it. I got a seafood combo platter for 11.95 and it was more food than I could eat. We ordered take out and from phone to picking up the food was less than 15 minutes which is not bad at all on a Saturday night. I recommend giving this place a try if you are looking for some decent seafood in a non-chain restaurant setting. read more

Overall an okay seafood restaurant. Nice servers. Nothing extraordinary but not bad either. The specials are better than ordering off of the menu. read more

Great food, pretty good service. I wish they had more that wasn't fried.

Stopped by Sunday after the race. Got there almost closing time 8pm we had good service and the food was delicious.

Personable service in a very busy atmosphere. Clean enough, and the food was prompt. The menu is the sticking point. If you want fried food, you have it in spades. If you want vegetables or something not fried, forget it. If you want anything besides fish, forget it, it will still taste like fish. Bathrooms ok. read more

This is the first restaurant I have been in that I wait thirty minutes to get a menu. Then when you ask for the manager, the manager can't speak for the man telling me to get out for complaining. Never did get anything to eat. Because he owns the restaurant he can treat people any way he chooses. Back to NC for good fish. read more

My favorite place to eat! They say, never order a steak at a seafood restaurant... well... here they're wrong! I order the steak every time, and every time its done right! Large portions, good service, great value. read more

Took forever for a waitress to ask me what i wanted and then took forever for them to deliver our food . they gave food to several other people before me. Coleslaw was pretty good though read more

I went to the Mayflower Seafood Restaurant on April 12th to celebrate my brother-n-laws 60th B'day (twins). There were about 40 of us. Although their PUBLIC NOTICE states, "All parties of 12 or more, will have to split up into AVAILABLE SECTIONS!! The management did not adhere to their policy. 12 of us were seated at a table for 12 in one section, 2 were seated in the same section at a table for 2 and 4 in the same section at a table for 4. The problem was there were 5 booths and 4 tables that seated 4 each STILL AND STAYED AVAILABLE THE ENTIRE TIME WE WERE THERE as well as a booth that seated 6 in the same section we were seated. NOTE*****On the policy that the management has posted, made sure that they underlined AVAILABLE SECTIONS. You be the judge. Were these empty tables and booths available or not? They rest of our party were spread throughout the restaurant and I do mean spread out. To add salt to our disappointment, the manager, Joann Kostopangioitis REFUSED to come and speak with us when we requested her to. If there were no available spaces we would not have had an issue, but there were clearly plenty of EMPTY AVAILABLE seating in one section. read more

here is what i will tell you. the food comes out cold and when you complain they take it back and still comes back cold. crablegs are suppose to be hot served with hot butter. the waitress barely checks on you. when you talk to management they tell you they will fix it on your next trip and they don't. well i can tell you i will not be going back there. you get better food and service from western sizzlin read more

We like this place a lot. We travel from Clarksville, almost an hour, to eat there. I personally don't like seafood but I love their grilled chicken with baked potato and salad. The place is huge as is the parking lot. Service is great as are the prices. All in all a great place to visit. read more

This was as good as I remembered it. Was visiting and had to eat here, so glad we did. You get a lot of food and it really is good. I gave it 4 stars cause the shrimp was a little fishy not much just a little but all in all it was great. read more

Went for takeout 45 minutes before closing. Was told that they were closed early for lack of business. Poor business practice. Hostess was very indifferent. read more