Captain Benjamin’s Calabash Seafood

Prices too high for the quality of food. For a family of 4 expect to spend well over $ 100. Wait staff was great, but the buffet food quality was weak (including desserts) at best. Best part of the meal was the crab legs, but not worth the $$$

A bit pricey, but the all-​you-​can-​eat crab legs are worth the price of entry. Lots to choose from, and everything is decent, for a buffet, that is; but the crab legs are awesome. Great service, and a fun family atmosphere… Did I mention crab legs?

I should have looked at Unilocal first. Way overpriced with low quality. It’s buffet-​style so some drop in quality can be expected. But that doesn’t excuse food that tastes like it’s been sitting out forever, like shrimp scampi. Only come here if you are super hungry, have a coupon, and don’t mind so-​so quality.

Not impressed. Food was barely warm and just blah! Website offers a $ 2 off coupon anytime, but waitress stated that was only good before 4 PM. Total for 1 buffet, pepsi, and tip was $ 41. If you’re going to pay this for dinner at least go somewhere that’s good!

Oh how I love crab legs. These were okay, and they kept them coming, but they were cooked too long. Rubbery. But hey, they are crab legs. Lots of fried fish. I tried all the white fish. The flounder was the best. I don’t care for the «fishy» tasting fish and a lot of items like that. Fried shrimp was good. Coconut shrimp was almost burnt. Went to get more and the same ones were out there.
Word of advice, most of the calabash buffets in Myrtle Beach and Surfside and surrounding areas are all priced about the same. If you walk into one and you are seated immediately, turn around and go somewhere else. Last time here, we went to Crabby Mikes. Not a disappointment at all.

Flavorless. Norhing had flavor. Quite an accomplishment. Ended up eating cheese sticks and chocolate pudding. Stay away!

Do not go to this place. The food is absolutely horrible. It has been sitting out for hours and you can tell.
This is literally the worst place in Myrtle Beach to eat. And on top of it being horrible food wise. It is way over priced! $ 30 per person to eat their nasty buffet food?!
NEVER AGAIN will I eat here. To sum it all up, the food sucks, it’s overpriced, and the waitresses are super nice but the management was very rude to the staff!
One star only bc the waitress was super nice.

The only reason to go to this restaurant are the endless crab legs. If you’re in the mood for them and are on a budget this is your place to go. The rest of the food sucked. It was old and cheap quality.

Really enjoyed. Pigged out on shrimp and crab legs. Great variety of food, chicken, prime rib and others. Salads and desserts aplenty.

Drive on by! Over priced. It felt as if we were eating Shoney’s. But paid $ 30 each for sub par seafood.

okay,
The team that work the floor and directly with people are awesome!
The back staff that keeps the main buffet full a big F! Food fried and dried, and sat on the buffet and could not eat, unless you are a 100% consumer of crab legs, oysters, mussels, you will go hungry.
This place has great potential unfortunately the owner doesn’t give a shit and makes a killing on 29.99 for ages 11 and up and we all know a child can hardly eat 19.99 of food.
If this place has a line out the door, do yourself a favor and go else where.
Seriously!

The price hurt but the food was awesome, would highly recommend :) 170 items and the drinks were perfect all in all a great experience

One of my favorite places to visit when I stay in Myrtle Beach! The food is delicious, nicely cooked and well seasoned with plenty of choices to pick from. I have tried other calabash restaurants and nothing compares. The food quality is consistent everytime. The best and biggest crab legs also. I love it!

Highly overpriced for the quality of the food. While it was clean, the server was nice, we will not be back. Plenty of other seafood places in the area that are a better value.

It was our first time at Myrtle Beach and we didn’t want to leave back home without eating some delicious crab legs.
Little did we know, a lot of these places don’t open until 3 and we were starving and it was only 1. With much disappointment, we drove up and down Kings Hwy and used our Unilocal App as well as one of those coupon book just for Myrtle Beach. We stumble upon their coupon and with it being 1:50, we drove there and they were opened at 2. We got there just in time!
We got sat down right away since it just opened, but to my surprise, there was a bunch of people already.
Early bird before 4pm gets $ 4.00 off and we ate well worth enough of $ 23 crab legs. If only I didn’t live 4 hours away, I would probably come here every weekend.
They have varieties of food. I should had had crab legs last because I grabbed a plate of food first and the last 10 plates were crab legs. I have never eaten such delicious crab legs in my life. They were so worth my money. Big, juicy and so much meat. Who doesn’t love all you can eat crab legs? Yum.
Ugh, I am dreaming until the day I go back!
Oh, I forgot to mentioned. Love our waitress! Didn’t catch her name, but love her. She’s so kind

Food was delicious! Everything was fresh and lots alternative foods other than seafood. Service was fast and friendly. The price is a little high for my liking but still enjoyed the food. The best was the crab legs and salmon.

When you arrive, prices aren’t posted any where and you can’t find them online either. $ 29.99 per adult. 14.99 per child. Drinks are 2.99 and free refills. 3 adults with 2 kids was $ 144.00! The buffet was mediocre. Almost all seafood options are fried, so if you are Looking for anything grilled or blackened, keep driving. The steaks are in a buffet pan in some sauce.
The mussels were good, so that was a bonus. The rest was your basic deep fried variety of clam strips, different dish, scallops, shrimp a few different ways and what were calamari scraps. The raw options looked great but I can’t judge taste since I didn’t try them.
The redeeming factor is, of course, the crab legs. But if you like any other type of seafood that is actually quality seafood, don’t do a buffet. Certainly not this one.

My family stopped at this restaurant and we’re not impressed. Let me start with the price. $ 28 for two small lines of buffet. No drink included. Then we visit the actual buffet lines and wow-​underwhelming. I don’t think they can decide if they want to be crab buffet or an Asian buffet. It was a mishmash of fried foods, crab legs that were small, Asian rice and baked potatoes. So confusing. The last straw was the owner stepping out of the office and the hostess handing him some slips – the way he showed his disrespect, arrogance, and total disregard for the customer watching the interaction was as disgusting as the food. Not a place for me or my family.

All you can eat crab legs for $ 27 was amazing. Outside looks a little iffy but the inside was neat and clean. All the staff was super nice and super attentive. Food was amazing and there was multiple variety.

I should have listened to my gut and walked out as soon as I saw the buffet. The price is roughly $ 29 per person, all you can eat. The problem is, after your first plate you don’t exactly want to go back for more. Perhaps it is because we came after the dinner rush (we were here at 8:15 pm) so everything wasn’t so fresh. Perhaps it is because we came on a Thursday night not a busy weekend night. Whatever the reason, I will never come back.
The service was slow but our waitress was nice enough. My 1-​star rating is because the food quality is poor. Take what you’d expect from any average, every day buffet, then lower your expectations 5 fold. We came with 5 teenage boys and only one went back for a 2^nd plate of seafood. They went back for the «back up» buffet stuff (knock-​off teriyaki chicken, instant mashed potatoes, frozen pizza, box mac and cheese, etc.).
The desserts were cheap, but about what you’d expect. I actually liked them (sometimes I kinda like cheap sheet cakes). Everything else, not so much.
With so many other buffets and seafood restaurants in the area, don’t stop here. Just keep going. You’ll be glad you did!