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    Skrimp Shack

    4.1 (89 reviews)
    ModerateSeafood
    Open 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    Good for kids

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    Shrimp basket lunch
    Stefani S.

    Service is fast and friendly Food is amazing Clean restaurant Lots to choose from Kids menu is large

    Fries and Hush puppies
    Monica A.

    I'm shocked this is my first review for Skrimp shack. We order from here often. Good , not great fried catfish, fries and super delicious hush puppies!!! The fries are ok. Usually under cooked but ,ok lol. The 4 star is totally for the Cole slaw. Its always fresh crispy not to much vinegar. I usually wait for hubby to serve himself then I empty the rest on my plate. The fish really could use more seasoned meal. This is thr family meal deal. Comes with tarter and cocktail sauce. I appreciate how they add thr packages of sauce to the fish container, so it's not super cold when u use it. The Skrimp shack offers Catfish and whiting fish. I order take out online and hubby goes to pick it up. So I don't have any idea about the customer service. Check em out tho.

    Skimp PO Boy & Fries
    Fina K.

    Service is quick and very attentive to your needs and questions. I have herd they great and generous of the seafood! And they are correct! My skimp PO Boy was awesome! Everything done perfect! I am an Okra fan, so it's nice to see there pretty good size! Yummy! And you can ask to have your PO Boys fried or grilled. Love options!! Definitely will be back!

    Fish dinner w/ green beans
    LaCora H.

    Inexpensive, golden brown fish and skrimp (shrimp). Dine-in or takeout available. Bottled beer, ABC on. The sweet tea was perfect! A perfect southern meal.

    Rock basket with Mac n cheese, side small hushpuppies, crab bisque.

    First things first...I am known as the pickiest eater and the one that can make it better girl. This food is absolutely amazing. I just took a few bites and had to stop to write up a quick review. I ordered the Rock Basket with Mac and Cheese, small hushpuppies and their crab bisque soup. I can truly say, I don't think I could have done it better. The inside is so clean and modern. The staff is very welcoming and warm. I wish I had the time to eat there so I could say thank you to them personally. Great job! I'll be back and bring friends along.

    Grilled shrimp po boy with crab meat.
    Hunter L.

    If the po boy looks a bit soupy in the picture, it was. I thought it was a bit strange that if you want any sort of toppings on your sandwich, they charge extra. Lettuce and tomato should come standard on a seafood sandwich, but that is just my opinion. My wife and I both got the mild/ spicy sauce on our po boys; however, it tasted sweet. Shrimp are best served savory, not drowned in a sweet tasting sauce. The sweet potato fries were also very unflattering. They were a bit soggy and had the occasional green bean mixed in there (neither of us ordered green beans) so that was a little off putting. There was no seasoning on the fries, or on my wife's collard greens. After she nibbled at them, I drowned them in Texas Pete and that supplied them with some flavor. For the sweet potato fries, I ate them with a fork and dunked them in ketchup. My wife's macaroni and cheese was the highlight of our experience, as it was really good! Our food was okay, but for the $36 I spent on it, I would've been happier paying less and going to Chic-fil-a or Wendy's. If we come back here (and that's a strong 'maybe' for me) down the road, I would order something fried. Skip the sandwiches and get a basket unless soupy shrimp po boys or bone dry bread with a hunk of fried fish on it is your thing. If you guys read these reviews (and I hope you do) fry your fries, or at least bake them until they are somewhat crispy. Not many people prefer mushy french fries. Next, don't call it mild or spicy sauce because it is neither. It's sweet, and tbh I would've rather had some shrimp stuck in a piece of dry bread. Seafood should be savory. I'm giving this place two stars because my order was ready in a timely manner, and it was edible-- just not worth the money in my opinion. Lettuce and tomato is fairly cheap at the grocery store and customers shouldn't have to pay $2 extra to have it added onto their $11 sandwich. That's just... Dumb. If I were to try this place out again, I'd get a fried basket with the macaroni and cheese. Skip the fries and the super bland collards. Don't order your food with that horrible overly sweet sauce that is supposed to be somewhat spicy. Sweet on seafood? That was a first for me, and it didn't work. Perhaps the fish is better than the po boys. I'll give it like a year or two before I come back.

    Shrimp basket with sweet potato fries

    This place is a family favorite. Tonight we ordered food to go. My nephew ordered the chicken basket dinner & did not like it. The dinner only came with 2 chicken strips with was surprising but the receipt says it's based on the weight of the chicken which was 10.5oz. As a grown adult it was not filling, but the fries were decent. Also, we had the fried shrimp basket & the whiting basket with regular and sweet potato fries. Fried shrimp is pretty good as well as the whiting.

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    My new go to place on Fridays! I get the Shrimp Po Boy. The sauce is amazing! I like how clean it is inside and the staff is ver friendly.

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    This is my Chesapeake "go to" for takeout seafood. (Fish and shrimp). Never had a bad experience.

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    Always super fresh! Very friendly service and clean. This is my favorite place to grab lunch!

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    This was a nice change, the place is in a strip mall. I had a shrimp PoBoy it wasn't what I typical know as a poBoy but it was really good

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