Captain Joe's Seafood, Baxley, GA

I came a couple of Days ago and wanted to make this review I loved the food and the atmosphere it was amazing I especially loved the hostess she was amazing she is kind and I think her name was Erica she made me feel welcome and also my waitress was amazing I would come again and again I loved everything and the salad bar was amazing it was fresh and good this is the best captain Joe’s I’ve been to. 10/10

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Was a great dinner and service had the seafood platter for 2 and was more than we could finish...

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Well this was certainly a surprise!

Located only a few (5.5) miles from Baxley Municipal Airport, 1.5 miles from Baxley City limits (also a sister restaurant in Waycross).

I arrived at 2:30 on a very hot Friday afternoon. Being from Florida, near Crystal River, I was excited to see if the phone call to the hostess made any sense. I called prior to arriving and inquire as to fresh or frozen. I was told the restraint gets fresh seafood four (4) times each week. Get if we’ve got it fresh OR don’t get it! I get it AND like it!

So, I was greeted by the hostess and promptly seated and further greeted by the waitress who promptly returned with my requested fresh and crisp glass of water (filtered I’m sure). I ordered the “Combination TWO”. My choices were fried Fantailed Shrimp and fried oysters. The shrimp were good since, likely 31-40s (I like the light dusting of batter so I could taste the shrimp). The oysters on the other hand were very small (photos) by comparison to Florida’s Apalachicola oysters. Because of their small size, I believe they were a tad overcooked. I’m not sure how I would even cooked these without dumping a bowl of them into some chowder or Oyster stew. They just didn’t have the flavor or size to give them the oyster consistently I’m accustomed to at home. The Collard Greens were delightfully full of flavor, with bacon and just enough heat/spice to make my nasal passages run! The greens were the highlight of the meal NEXT to the trip to the soup bar. Today, my favorite is Clam Chowder. Both bowls were delicious! The salad bar was like all other salad bars EXCEPT every item in the bar was fresh and crisp. The Tuna Salad and Crab Salad was awesome! They were definitely made on site and NOT from the food vendor. Banana pudding was my go-to dessert although the fresh and crisp pineapple was a nice finish.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Banana Pudding, Seafood Platter, Salad Buffet, Seafood Combo Platter- Baked Fish Fried Shrimp and Crab Cake, Butterfly Shrimp

Best sea food around

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

So stupid me once again FORGOT ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WHEN THE REVIEW WAS WRITTEN BELOW AND I STOPPED BY AGAIN ON FRIDAY 9-5-25. Captain Joe’s has a very good salad bar and I was craving some so bad. Once again I walk in and wait a good 10 minutes and finally justify I need to be seated. So a waitress gets a menu and seats me. So I am starving so I get a bowl and get a few things. I returned and my placemat and menu had been snatched up. So I asked 1-2 waitresses who knew nothing. So I just simply walked out. I will train my brain not to stop at this dump place ever again, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT TIME. Captain Joe’s will not lose any money from me anymore! If I would have had a friend with me this would not have happened. So no more Captain Joe’s for me ever again. Now I am beyond starving so I am going to go choke down something to get me home. Obviously if a menu is placed on a table means a person has been seated there. But I didn’t use proper etiquette and wait 49 minutes for a waitress to come profile me to see if I was good enough to be served. Yes I am upset. But I will never stop at this place ever again. After only 3 times of this I have learned my lesson the hard way. And don’t bother to speak to a manager because one of those are NEVER AVAILABLE and every time I go there they are very short staffed.
Warning to ALL SINGLE WOMEN: YOU CANNOT GO IN RESTAURANTS AND BE SEATED AND SERVED BECAUSE THE RESTAURANTS WILL NOT MAKE ANY MONEY OFF OF JUST 1 PERSON EATING AND TAKING UP AN ENTIRE TABLE WHERE THEY CAN SEAT 6 PEOPLE AT A TABLE AND MAKE A BETTER HIGHER PROFIT!!! The last 2 times I visited this restaurant for nightly dinner I was standing in by myself and employees overlooked me and seated 5 families behind me. I finally said “I am a single woman who needs seating.” Employee response was “Oh I’m sorry I didn’t see you standing there.”Another employee said, “I thought you were waiting on someone to come join you for dinner.” This has happened to me several times at this restaurant. It has also happened to me at other restaurants as well. I loved the Captain Joe’s salad bar but never again! I understand it is a busy Saturday but restaurants please post signs on your front doors explaining the reasoning behind company laws and policies on why you cannot serve just one person so hungry customers will know before they waste their time and energy going in restaurants.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Excellent service and food.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best tasting food in baxley

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Seafood Combo Platter- Baked Fish Fried Shrimp and Crab Cake

Drove 90 minutes only to be refused to be seated. I don’t care that your staff called out. We even tried to be seated separately. We will not be back.

My favorite place in Baxley

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The food was great! They were short staffed this night and it took some time to be seated and get our food. The staff were very friendly and did what they could with the amount of staff they had.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 3

Excellent waitresses, great food, salad bar was fresh - a great experience.

Has a really great time, our server Jasmine was awesome.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Salad Buffet

I had the fried popcorn shrimp and oyster combination platter with a baked potato. It was absolutely delicious! Highly recommend!

Recommended dishes: Fish Sandwich, Salad Buffet, Clam Strips App, Deviled Crab, Seafood Combo Platter- Baked Fish Fried Shrimp and Crab Cake, Fish and Shrimp

Captain Joe's Sea Seafood, in Baxley GA was the best food ever.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Appetizer of fried mushrooms arrived after the entree was received and was so greasy and bland we could not eat it. The seafood was the same and over priced. The staff was rude and unprofessional. We had to remind our server of our drink order 20 mins after the order was taken. The salad bar was stale and not well maintained. This was around 6:00 pm on a Sunday night and here were approximately 6 tables of people dining in. Will not return.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1