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The Original Seafood

3.7 (160 reviews)
Open • 11:30 am - 8:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Outdoor seating

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Fried chicken
Stuart K.

My wife decided on the fried chicken plate. Can you believe that! It was actually excellent. Nice and juicy with a great crunch. Onion rings were also awesome! Will try the seafood next year.

Big 3   Fried fresh clams, shrimp and calamari
Sunny L.

When your in Dennis Port Ma Make this place your Go To! There are a few broiled plates for the gluten free guest Otherwise you can go crazy of all the fried goodness choices I went for the haddock sandwich as you can see they give you a nice filet on a soft roll The BiG 3 fried shrimp,calamari and clams I ended up using their chipotle sauce for my dipping pleasure! I was speaking to the owner about the fat and perfectly cooked clams he came out with a tub Fresh clams to show me they aren't frozen cheap stuff Came for lunch and will be back for dinner and a shake

Fish bites
Deb C.

decided to have my fish bites for dinner tonight. I got them at the original they're fantastic thank you guys .... you did it again they're fabulous

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Seth F.

I waver back and forth between three (3) and four (4) stars for The Original Seafood. The word of this venue is GREASE. Here you can absolutely satiate your deepest and darkest desires for oil and smoke and fat and batter--all available menu items are fried. In fact, purportedly because of COVID-19, there is not a grilled item in sight: viral transmission is apparently greater via GRILL than GREASE, and as such The Grill is out of service. Very sad, and a single star has been deducted from this review for this reason. Nevertheless, for GREASE, The Original Seafood indeed delivers. At a reasonable price point for the market, you can get fried fishes or shrimps or clams or squids or potatoes or onions. No octopus though! It must be noted that the food is only tasty because of GREASE. In fact, all of the food tastes the same! I ate a fish and a squid tentacle and a squid torso and a potato and an onion and they all tasted the same! Flavor profile is Salt & Grease. Who knows what the quality of the seafood is because you cannot taste it, even if you try. Low effort and low cost, but the masses will come back stricken with desire for another rush of GREASE-driven dopamine. I used some ketchup and tartar sauce and even a little bit of marinara sauce to provide some diversity of flavor to the GREASE. The ambience is simple and the staff chronically mischarge customers and immediately realize their mistakes and make it known and apologize and charge you the difference. Learn from mistakes, they say, but said advice goes unheeded and unheeded again. Alas! When it comes down to it, The Original Seafood is a good annual venue at a good price point, with hefty and calorie-rich portions. Customers leave feeling oiled and greased and ready to face the world.

Road Signage
Dana W.

It was Father's day and I had a craving for fried seafood. My wife daughter and I decided to take a drive down to Dennis to give The Original Seafood Restaurant a shot. We have always driven by it but never stopped in for some odd reason. There was plenty of parking when we arrived, and when we walked in we were greeted with a friendly smile. My wife and I decided to split the regular seafood platter (They also have a half size). My daughter got the chicken tenders with onion rings instead of fries as she does not like seafood. There was so much food we couldn't even finish it. The food was fresh and tasty. The counter staff was very friendly and accommodating. The place was very well kept and very clean. If you are in the Dennis area stop by and check them out. I know we will again.

Take 3 - fried shrimp, clams, calamari. Bowl of clam chowder.
Kay K.

This is abysmal flavorless fried seafood. I really don't know why people flock to this joint for seafood anything when there are a plethora of so many other good seafood joints in the area. Long John Silver's would taste better than this place. I'm not an angry yelper or trying to be mean. I'm not a food snob. Bad food is just bad food. We spent almost $40 here and walked away wanting to kick ourselves for taking a stranger's recommendation to come here. We're from out of town, spending a week in Yarmouth so we wanted to soak up as much local seafood as possible. Our server in another restaurant raved about The Original Seafood. Our dinner consisted of clam chowder, side salads, and fried shrimp/calamari/clams. The clam chowder tastes like grocery store average clam chowder. So go to the grocery store and pay less there. Don't buy it here. Our side salads (EXPENSIVE $6 each) consisted of just washed lettuce leaves - not cut, these were broken up big pieces. You can't mess up lettuce leaves but you also don't need to pay $6 for lettuce leaves! Go back to the grocery store and buy a bag salad that you'll enjoy more. Now the shrimp/calamari/clams - an expensive mess of fried tastelessness. If I closed my eyes and ate one, I wouldn't be able to distinguish clams from calamari. It all tasted the same. We spent 5 days in Cape Code; ate out almost every meal. This was hands down the worst thing and overpriced meal we consumed. I truly don't know what people see in this joint.

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Service there is terrible!! Waited 25 min for my order( fish sandwich and sm chowder) . Never going back ! Food was delish though!

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ordered a small whole belly clam order. awful tasting portion of fried whole belly clams. would not recommend.

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Great fish and chips! The Cod was tasty nice light breading and good tartar sauce, onion rings and fry good too. Definitely recommend!

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The food was good excellent service and friendly employers and the restaurant was nice and clean I will definitely come back again

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The food is fresh but very bland. We ordered fish and chips the fish batter was with no seasoning.

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Amazing authentic seafood cooked to perfection. Clam strips we're delicious. The hot dog was amazing. Can't wait to come back

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Expensive for an 8 oz. cup of chowder to go; $10.50. Wasn't as flavorful as it used to be.

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Everything was very tasty and fast. We all got the fish sandwich and chowder/bisque. Will be going back soon

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