White Cap Fish Market & Seafood Restaurant

This place is an experience you never forget. Walking in feels like you are definitely in the right place for some good seafood! The restaurant is very small but the food makes up for it! The owner is quite the character too. Everyone was very nice and helpful. The salmon was incredible. The shrimp was amazing. The chowder was thick amd delicious. The pasta was ok. Thank you for a delicious meal!

Have been a customer for years great quality & selection . During the summer great outdoor eating with that south shore feel by the docks ,something that has disappeared in many south shore towns

Places like this are disappearing all over Long Island this is old school: the food is great The staff is friendly The place is old but charming.

Had a great experience at White Cap Seafood in Islip. The steamers were super fresh, sweet, and perfectly clean with no sand at all. The crabs were locally caught and a really good size for #1s. You can tell they take pride in their seafood, everything tasted like it came straight from the bay. The service was friendly and welcoming too. I’ll definitely be back.

Been my Fish/Seafood Monger for past 25 yrs! Love these guys😍

Enjoyable view good food

I've lived in New York for over 40 years, then moved to San Antonio after starting my own businesses and wanting to retire early instead of paying out the wazoo to the blockheads who run NY State. I will tell you what I do miss, the freshness of the seafood. One day, I was driving east on Merrick Road, after a crap job laid me off, and I found this small inlet to the south. I turned off, and had the best new england clam chowder and red snapper steak I have ever had, even at Michelin Star restaurants.

These folks are the fisherman who supply some of the best local catch to the fancy restaurants around the Island and the City, even throughout the country. What they don't sell, they cook up right there; nothing pretentious, just butter, salt, some pepper, and they let the fresh catch do the talking. Even the steamed vegetables are incredible; garlic, salt, butter, and finished in a pan.

I've noticed some reviews on here that mention they were disappointed. I can understand and would agree with them. But the issue is, these are folks who are ordering items that the fisherman would NOT catch locally. To expand the menu, they do buy and order some non-local seafood. It won't be completely fresh if it is not locally caught, and may even have been frozen. Do the research and order only what the fishermen are catching locally, and you will get great quality food.

They close at DINNER TIME!!!!

It is like going back in time. The food is fresh, reasonably priced and full of nostalgia. In a old boat yard, lots of character. Like a movie set. The lobster roll is packed with coleslaw and French fries. Bring your own beer.

Had dinner there yesterday and was a little disappointed! We had fried calamari appetizer the was dry with little taste! Entrees were broiled combo platter with steamed veggies, second was crab cake platter with fries and both were very good. Staff was friendly and helpful but for a very laid back, dive kinda place the prices were a bit high.

Always fresh seafood. Purchased little neck clams and made linguine with clam sauce.

Thank you to the nice young man that helped me today! I think his name was Aiden! He greeted me with a smile, made sure there was nothing else I needed, rang me up and thanked me and sent me off with a smile! Dont usually get that kind of service from kids these days! Thanks kiddo and keep smiling! Great job!

Staff was friendly and very helpful. We ordered fried calamari, mussels marinara with pasta, and lobster ravioli. The fried calamari was tough and soggy, the mussels were tasteless. There was no sauce, just some canned tomatoes thrown on top. The pasta was lukewarm, undercooked and swimming in red tinged water. The lobster ravioli in pink sauce was pretty good. Prices were high, which I wouldn't have minded if the food had been good, but that was not the case.

Delicious Long Island Clam chowder 🤩 helpful staff. Tucked away out on the dock. Special place.

Don’t miss out on this dockside gem. Really fresh seafood at reasonable prices. Nice weekend hangout