4 Best Seafood Restaurants near Carbondale

“Our party of 9 drove 45 minutes for All you can eat crab legs that was advertised on the SI Eats page. We arrived a little before 7 & waited approximately 20 minutes to be seated. 1 Waitress was working the entire floor. There are no drink menus & the food menus were missing pages & not marked correctly. The salad bar had 1 plate, half a bowl of lettuce, a bin of red onion, croutons & 2 half filled dressings. They were out of margarita mixes, most liquor & several beers. They were out of crab legs, then about 20 minutes later, also steak. 45 minutes after ordering, the waitress returned to tell us one of the other items ordered as a meal was also out. The food was brought out one plate at a time throughout the course of an hour & appetizers also brought mixed in with these. 3 people of our party never got food. Almost all meals brought out were cold & the crab cakes were still frozen in the middle. (which all the food served in plastic baskets came directly in the mesh basket with no liner or paper) After asking to speak to the owner, he blamed everything on the delivery truck. Our party was visibly upset with the lack of communication, lag of service, lack of quality & EXTREMELY limited items. He ultimately pointed his finger in the face of one of our party & began cussing at us at which case we left. It's incredibly hard to rate the actual food as most of it was cold or not even brought out.“

“Amazing place! Very friendly staff and great environment. Would definitely visit again.“

“Food was good! I had the fish and chicken meal. Mac and cheese was decent, green beans was fire too. I ordered some sweet potatoes that I didn’t end up getting, I ain’t trippin tho. I’m sure they’re 🔥 too . Overall I definitely recommend. Oh yeah, the mild sauce was very good as well!“

“Excellent food and atmosphere. We ordered a sea bass , a prime rib and some appetizers. Steak lollipops , pheasant civet were very tasty. We got a tiramisu as a birthday cake, however we had our own cake with us. Blake took excellent care of us , he arranged a knife and water to slice the cake, extra plates.
We were looking for a fine dining in Carbondale, it wasn’t easy but we got a last minute reservation. As Chicagoans we are little spoiled with good places to eat, and Ruthie’s Steak & Seafood was a great place to go.
The restaurant is very nice so rather is better to overdress than underdress. Our waiter was very elegant. Thank you Blake for the wonderful service.“