The food and service is amazing (special shoutout to Cross, he's the best!!). I always get the crab with some mix of potato, corn, broccoli or egg and it's perfect every time. I also highly recommend the seafood rice. I've been to a couple of the other locations, and while they're all great, Ajax is my favourite one. read more

I was craving some seafood and dropped by here with a friend. We ordered the Pirate's feast with lobster, mussels, clams and shrimp. We got both the Cajun and Captain's boil seasonings and both were equally delicious. The lobster was very fresh and delicious. Everything was delicious. We got the corn, okra as sides. They were a little bland and would have been nice to have seasoning. We added them to our seafood seasoning bags and got some of the flavour. The seafood fried rice had the perfect flavour and seasonings. The cajun fries were well seasoned. The portion sizes are very big and we definitely satisfied our cravings. read more

Really good food. Ordered the pirates feast with clams, mussels, lobster and crab. Really quick service and place was very roomy. We got Cajun spice and it wasn't as spicy as I expected. Ordered sides of corn, sausage and okra. The sides were rather bland and would have preferred to have been cooked with the boil in the bag like other places. The okra was rather bad and not fully cooked, rather slimy. But everything else was good and will definitely be back read more

Ordered for pickup for my husband's birthday. We've had positive experience before. But to our surprise, what we got was definitely not worth $120.00. The portions are just outrageously small. The cajun fries hardly had any cajun seasoning. At $8.99+tax, we got a small takeout Styro container that's not even full. So does the calamari at $16.99+tax was half the container it was before. The seafood fried rice container was also way smaller at $19.99+tax. We also got the clams with Captain Boil sauce, chicken wings and shrimp basket. Nothing was worth what we paid for. Although we like the flavors of the wings and calamari. Shrimp was ok. The seafood boil and fried rice were too salty. Overall, it was a total disappointment. Will be our last time ordering read more

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Ordered takeout from this place after reading soooo many bad reviews and it was the total opposite. Food was great and reheated it the next day and was still fire. read more

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I want to preface this review by saying that I really wanted to love this place. I've heard so many great things about The Captain's Boil and my family and I were so excited to try it out! I went with my partner and our toddler. We ordered the rice, deep fried softshell crab, broccoli, fries and crawfish. I wanted to order the Lobster, but our waiter advised us not to and to order the crawfish instead because the portion was bigger. So, we followed his advice and ordered it. The rice was okay. The deep fished softshell crab was good, it was tiny, but the little piece that you did get tasted like sweet crab. The broccoli was okay, cooked and in a garlic butter sauce. The fries were okay. The crawfish. I cannot describe how bad it was. First of all, when you google photos of crawfish, they look like mini lobsters. The waiter agreed and said that's what we would get. What we got instead was shrimp-sized with lots of little legs - so it looked like a centipede. I have a phobia of centipedes, so I wasn't able to eat them. My partner and toddler also didn't eat them and they still charged us for them, despite telling them we cannot eat them. Our waiter was a teenager and did nothing for us. Overall, my initial impression is that the food is mediocre, overpriced and the staff are not helpful nor professional. I would not return nor recommend this place to anyone. read more

My wife and I went to this restaurant with great expectations as we love seafood and Cajun cooking. I would have given a 1 star rating if it had not been for the food which was actually very good. The service was absolutely terrible and very disorganized. There is a combination of bad attitude and just plain inexperience with how to create a good customer experience. We arrived around 5:30 pm with no line up and many open tables. It took over 10 minutes to be greeted while the hostess was chatting at the bar. After being seated, it took over 15 minutes to have a server come by and after I had to ask another server to find our server. After ordering 2 beers, another 15 minutes. This was very disturbing and really spoiled our dinning experience. I realize this restaurant has only been open for about 1 month but I expect much more. Where is the management who should be overseeing customer service??? One other issue: the air handling system seemed to be off and the place was extremely stuffy. So we asked about this. Then all of a sudden there is air flow! Such a shame. Poor management, inexperience, and certain employees who have no concept of how to serve customers and display bad attitudes. If I return to give them another try, I am going to wait a while until they hopefully get their act together. read more

This place is great! I went there on a Saturday night around 8:30 PM. The restaurant was fairly busy. We were promptly seated. The server did not seem too familiar with the menu. But nevertheless it was pretty easy to figure out. We ordered 1lb of snowcrab legs - fantastic but my 11 yr old son ate most of it. He complained about it being too spicy (medium) but kept eating anyways!, 1lb shrimp with sausage added which was very good and enough for 2 people. 1 seafood fried rice - amazing! I could have eaten just the fried rice. And a yam fries. The bill came up $72 including tax which is not bad for a great seafood meal. I would definitely go back for a 2nd visit. read more

The Captain's Boil - Seafood Near Me - Ajax, Ontario

A great place to go for family fun. I loved the crab legs! Shrimp was okay. I really recommend this for family or friend outings. Super interactive and the food was amazing. The Cajun fries are bomb!! read more

Not great. The rice dish was well put together but I also had 2lbs of cajun shrimp with okra. The okra was undercooked but still tasty. However, I found that the shrimp hadn't been cleaned properly. The shrimp hadn't had the digestive system cleaned out properly. I was wondering why the shrimp had a mouth feel of pastey and now I know why. To put it bluntly there was shrimp shit in the shrimp. I've had Captains Boil in Toronto and it's fantastic. So I figured I'd try it out in Ajax. Needless to say I'll be taking the train to Toronto the next time I wan't to eat Captains Boil. read more

Came here for a nice dinner out on Valentine's Day. Love the concept but the place is very disorganized. The wait was very long and service was poor. I never saw anyone in charge when I was there and our waitress never came by to check on us. My husbands food came a half hour before mine so we basically ate separately. It took them a very long time to realize I had not received my meal so they " checked on things" and realized they were out of two if the items. Long story short they comped part of the bill but we left starving. Disappointed I was hoping to love this place as we are huge seafood lovers and the concept is great just poorly executed. read more

AVOID THIS LOCATION AT ALL COSTS! This location is just terrible! I've been to other locations and enjoyed the food and just happened to be in Ajax so wanted to grab something to eat. First of all, they messed up our order. Asked for cajun fries and got regular fries which were soggy. When we wanted to tell someone. NONE of the servers were making eye contact or when we would say excuse me would get ignored. Literally took an hr just to get a servers attention to refill water, get more ketchup and tell them that our order was wrong. Had to keep reminded the server we asked for extra ketchup. When they remade our fries they only gave us one serving of cajun fries when both of our orders were wrong. Then when we asked for 2 take out boxes, we only got one even though clearly both of us still had a lot of food left. The customer service here is just awful. The time it takes them to get you seated, take your order, prepare your food or even bring you fucking water is ridiculous. And the food tastes autrious compared to other locations. Not happy at all. read more

Unique experience but service and serving sizes could use improvement. We visited the Captain's Boil with my family to celebrate my sister's birthday. Unfortunately we were kind of disappointed. The waitress never asked us if we wanted any drinks and forgot two of our orders. We waited 45 minutes before asking her where the rest of our orders were - only to find out it was never made.. Food is good though read more

Family outing for an eating experience. We were not promptly seated, We had to ask for napkins, they didn't get our soft drink order correct, the food was mediocre, and above all, we were all ill from the food. read more

We went to the Captain's Boil, Ajax for a second time. Although the food tasted as good as before- our order of shrimp in cAjun sauce was as flavourful as expected, calamari was fresh and crisp, but most probably due to understaffing, our subsequent orders of drinks and more calamari never arrived. There was just one harried waitress trying to take orders from a fast growing crowd of guests. In the end we had to cancel the second order. We came back slightly disappointed. read more

Undercooked. Overpriced. Mediocre flavour. Gimmicky. Server was nice. Do yourself a favour and go to any other restaurant in the plaza.

Positive: Service was good Other: You are served your food in a plastic bag and eat with your hands - this wouldn't be bad if I were a Gypsie or Viking. Now fortunately I am quite strong (I goto the gym) so I was able to snap the crab legs open with some effort however it would have been nice to have a cracker for the shells, a fork would have been nice for that matter. I asked for a glass of water and it came in a paper coffee cup. I am assuming the theme of the restaurant is supposed to be Carnival or Street vendor? Not sure but I am sure I won't be going back. Food is at best mediocre. read more

Love this place! The crab legs are so fresh and the seasoning is amazing. The service is exceptional also

It was great, we had shrimp and snow crab legs with the captains boil sauce. And the server was great as well we had originally ordered the crawfish but they weren't what we thought they were so she brought us the shrimp instead. read more

We went there Friday night and it wasn't too busy. For appetizers we had the Calimari. The main course we ordered Lobster, King crab, Shrimp, Mussels and Cajun Rice. Everything was delicious! I would just go back for the rice. Service was great. Will come again and I love the hours. read more

Amazing. Took my family to eat there. Lobster in their Captain Boil's sauce with a medium heat was perfect. Lot of meat in their snow crab legs too. My mother ordered the clams and muscles. Was enough to satisfy her appetite. Owner was great to chat with. Highly recommend ordering the rice and using the container to put sauce in for further dipping. It's a great mess to eat, but it's a great delicious mess. read more

Had to leave without ordering. Sat down at 8:50pm on Friday March 29th, nobody came to even take a drink order until 9:15PM. 25 Minutes!!! Decided if that was going to be an indication of how the service would be through the night, we couldn't deal with it and walked out. Loved the Vaughn location and loved the food when we came here a few months ago and the service was good. But that's not how you treat paying customers. Won't be coming back. read more

This is a terrible dining experience. We have been to the other Captain's Boils and had good time there. So we found this restaurant online and drove all the way there. First we were told only wine and beer and nothing else. Fine. And then we were served with paper plates, plastic spoons and foam bowls. The one you will use for BBQ at home. Again we were told they were out of plates and whatever. Food was ok but there were flies around us the whole time while we were eating. At the end before paying the bill we spoke to the supervisor (the manager was not there) about our concerns. She didn't seem care and gave us bad attitude. When I mentioned about the flies her answer was "yeah yesterday I was in a restaurant with flies too. " unbelievable!! I think public health should go there and check it out. Strongly not recommend anyone to eat there. I have to choose one star in order to post this. read more

delicious seafood and fun environment. service is nice and polite. If you haven't eaten at a captains boil before, you order your main seafood with a side, sauce, and spices. you will receive a bag of your food, gloves and a bib. this place probably isn't a good place for a first date cause it can get messy. read more

Hear me when I say this, this is some of the best seafood you can get for an affordable price. If you gave me the choice to go here or Red lobster(lowkey rip off except for the​ biscuits) in picking captains. It's a bit messy, if you are not trying to eat with your hands you might not enjoy it as much. But, they do have other options that you can just use utensils. Honestly best seafood restaurant around absolute unadulterated fire. You all should try!! read more

Our new favorite place. Great seafood but horrible service during Sundays. We went during the weekdays and it is way better service.

Nice experience with family and friends. We all had enjoyed the foods. Eating with hands from a bag

I had lunch here a few times with family and friends. The servers here are just wonderful. Not only is the food great, but the music was too. Must try! read more

I've been to several other locations of The Captain's Boil and this location was the most disappointing. I ordered the muscles and it contained a lot of sand. It was a turn off biting into gritty food. I've always ordered the muscles and that was the first time I was grossed out. I tried some of my friends crab and that was great! The London Ontario location is by far the best location ! read more

Since when did it become okay to serve food in plastic bags? Turn off number one. I brought my boyfriend for his birthday expecting this place to live up to the hype only to be completely and utterly disappointed. We ordered snow crab legs, shrimp, mussels, broccoli, potatoes and rice. The snow crabs were not pre-cracked and were incredibly difficult to open as we were not given any tools before asking. Turn off number two, the shrimp were not de-veined meaning we had to put even that much more effort into our dinner. The only thing we didn't have to do was kill the shrimp ourselves really. The mussels were okay. The broccoli was $7 for not even a head of broccoli, menu says it would come in garlic sauce but it was just steamed with butter. The potato was just that, a potato in a bag, cut in half and tasteless. I would tell you about the rice, but unfortunately or not, it never made it to our table. After struggling with a few shrimp and one or two crab legs, we gave up frustrated. We really just wanted to leave and were completely turned off by the whole experience. After waiting and waiting for a waitress or a staff member to come by, I had to seek out the manager myself, and tell him about my experience. I offered to pay for a small portion of the meal yet he still came back with a $35 bill, claiming that as a manager, he's powerless to make any changes. Will never be returning to any of these franchises again. read more

This specific location has no flavour to their food! I've tried many locations many times but it's as if this location taste like they don't put any flavour in it. It's very weird considering the fact that they apparently pre-season their food. I won't be coming back to this location. If I'm going to eat greasy food, it has to be worth it. read more

Love everything about this restaurant. The servers are exceptional and so is the service! Highly recommend.

The food here is good, but not enough for the price. The water also tasted weird, but maybe that's just me. Don't get the ice cream either, it's freezer burnt and overpriced. Nice looking restaurant tho read more

Enjoyed a meal here with four others and it was delicious! I've been to another location before and this, by far, had better atmosphere. It's a large space with lots of tables and it was nice and bright. It's perfect for large groups. We ordered shrimps, mussels, king crab, and clams and enjoyed all of them as they were perfectly cooked. The service was friendly and courteous and the servers were mostly knowledgeable, especially given that they just recently opened. I would definitely be back here for another visit. read more

Got takeout out twice. Amazing food and great portions. I recommend getting the captain boils flavour. Will be a return customer :)

Went there and they didn't give any knives and forks. Was going to leave but was hungry. They gave me a metal fork and plastic knife. Certainly they can provide silverware when asked. Not to mention the ecological effect of using a plastic knife. The restaurant was lucky to be 15 degrees Celsius. Had to keep my jacket on and drank my beer with gloves on. Food was good but the silverware and room temperature took away from the dining experience. read more

Best seafood as long as you know what to order. Shrimp and crablegs with captain boil sauce are to die for. First time to try Cajun fried rice it was oily at first but on our second and third try it was amazing. Most servers are great but others are not worth the tip. I will definitely come back. read more

Ordered king crab, it was saturated in chunks of garlic. Could not even taste butter or the crab. Over 40.00 a pound, which is a good size leg, but could not get past the heavy garlic taste. Shrimp in basket ok but very greasy. For $125.00 for two, without drinks or tip, without plates, cutlery, and pop served in plastic cups, overpriced. read more

The two stars are for the food which was delicious. If I was basing this review on the food alone, it would be a 5; however, the service was deplorable! We went out for a birthday dinner (group of 12). We received our sides before we got our appetizers. Our meals came bit by bit. First we got the sides, then the meal, then the appetizer. Some appetizers did not even make it to our table. When we were almost done, the waitress (Abigail?) came to us and asked if we still wanted the appetizers. We said no because we were halfway done with our meals. When we finally got our food and were still eating, she came and asked us if we wanted the bill! We reminded her that we just got our food after over an hour wait! When we asked about dessert after dinner, she said they only had ice cream. Then she came back to say they had none of the flavours mentioned; just vanilla. There were so many mistakes made with our orders and no apologies for them. Instead we were overcharged and then kicked out because "there is a 2 hour limit!!" It didn't matter that we waited over an hour for our food. The restaurant was not busy; there were lots of empty tables and nobody was waiting. It was 10 pm. We were charged for more items than we ordered, as well as, for things we did not order. Throughout all this, we were very understanding. We did not get angry and we were all pleasant to Abigail. When she told us we have to leave because it was a 2-hour limit, I asked her what if we were still eating? We waited over an hour for our food. Did that time count in the 2-hour limit? She then replied, "It's ok. You don't have to leave. it is not busy. I was just mentioning it to you." Why bring it up then? I do not recommend going to this restaurant unless it is for takeout. read more

don't open a restaurant when you don't have utensils or a bar, food was bad and over cooked!