The Captain's Boil - Richmond

When my family arrived, we found this restaurant to be bustling with activity! It was clear that they serve delicious food, as everyone appeared content and enjoying their meals.

The lunch special at this restaurant is a great deal at only $12. It includes fried fish, rice, 3 large shrimp, 3 mussels, and 3 crawfish.

The shrimp were a great size and the sauce was really delicious. Overall, I enjoyed my meal. I also ordered the mussels, but I wish they were a bit larger in size.

We didn't make reservations (highly recommended), but they were able to fit us in. We only had about an hour and half and that was plenty of time. This place was a little different from what I'm used to, but it seems to be normal for these types of places in Vancouver. You choose your feature, the type of spice, and how spicy and then you add your sides. We had the snow crab, king crab, shrimp (1lb each), corn and potatoes. They give you this huge bib and gloves to wear. Thank goodness! It got messy really fast. The food comes in individual bags (kind of weird, but I'm guessing that it's easier for clean up? Or perhaps they cook it that way?). With the snow crab, we got about 2 legs and 1 leg with the king crab. The king crab was about $40/lb and the snow was $20/lb. 1lb of Shrimp = a lot!!!! We left super full and super happy. For the spice, we choose the captain's boil and mildly spicy. The food was definitely 5/5. The service though....other than the girl who was nice enough to fit us in, our waitress was not so great. She didn't check on us once and we in fact had to wave down another waitress to get OUR waitress's attention so we could order the snow crab. We didn't get a refill on our waters until we were paying the bill. And for that, I'm only giving 4/5. Overall, this place was pretty good and perhaps we just came on the wrong night.

It was my 2nd time and my friend's first. We enjoyed ourselves immensely, from the delicious shrimp and lobster to the excellent service from our waiter, Steven. He was very friendly, efficient and accommodating. I don't know why other reviewers complained about the service. Both times I've been, the service was really good and the food was messily yummy! I will definitely be back for more!!