Capt’n Hooks Seafood & Takeout

Lobster roll had a ton of big claw pieces of meat but was a little heavy on the mayonnaise for my taste. Fries were crinkle cut previously frozen & unsalted.
I did enjoy sitting by the fire while I waited for my food though.

Two of us split a clam and oyster combo. More than we could finish. Light batter, not greasy. Weather was perfect for sitting in the shady picnic area.

We make this place our destination quite a few times while we spend the summers in Maine. Very laid back atmosphere and you can eat outdoors. It’s not fancy but good food. The lobster rolls are good but not the best around but the local Crab Rolls are the best and I think better tasting than the lobster rolls. Wednesday night in the summer, they do an All-​You-​Can-​Eat lobster bake. Yes I did say that! Not many places on the east coast can say that. I did my 10 lobsters last time and it’s about as easy as it gets. Very kid friendly with lots of choices, a nice cozy fire pit, lawn games and Smoked BBQ as well. My only reason for not giving a five star is the drink selection which isn’t very good and a soda machine outside and the fact that if you are eating lobsters, you have to pay outside, everything else including drinks are paid inside. It’s kind of a pain! Overall very good!

We come to Wells for a week every year — and eat at Cap’n Hooks at least twice in that week. Highly recommend the onion rings with steamed lobster. Very relaxed atmosphere. Love that we can bring our own drinks and sit outside at picnic tables.

Wonderful surprise when referred here by a local. The weather was lovely and we sat at tables outside. The lobster bisque was very good with large chunks, and the lobster roll excellent, again with plentiful amount of meat and no fillers.
Would return again when in area.

I have no idea what people are going on about with these wonderful reviews… This place is pretty lame. Drinks are $ 2 from a vending machine. Picnic tables are filthy with other peoples food. Prices are high and portions are small. Six people, two are little kids, and it was $ 90 with no drinks: 2 lobster rolls, wimpy piece of haddock, two kids chicken tenders, pint of clam strips. All with a few fries and a single side of onion rings. The onion rings were good and the lobster rolls were OK but $ 90 for what we got was ridiculous. AND if you want lobster or BBQ, you order and pay at a different location. Staff was OK. Could have sat down somewhere low key and paid less for better.

Very overpriced considering the quality and ingredients. We had a hard time explaining our order to the clerk and it was very obvious that English was not her first language. She got half our order wrong and forgot an item.
Also their food containers use non-​recyclable materials that are very bad for the environment. This place being on the coast and close to a nature reserve makes this especially worth noting.

So in my tour around New England, this will be my LAST review from this trip (yes, can you believe it — finally, you are done listening to me ramble about the places i visit. ok, lets face it, thats not true, I will always ramble, and always talk about the places I visit — even if not traveling!)
What makes Capt’n Hooks great? The fresh seafood? Well, yeah. Its maine, it better be fresh!
the weird way they spell their name, making it hard for you to find them in the phone book or google? Ok, maybe not
Their all you can eat lobster out on the back picnic tables on Wednesday — well, yeah, thats pretty cool
But most of all, it is the servings, and how MUCH of that great seafood you get.
ok, it is a drive in/​take out place. Small building (see the pic I posted). You go in there, order what you want, get a number. Lots of picnic tables outside, under tents, with lights for night.
I ordered a clam and scallop platter, and OH MY!
8 – 10 scallops the size of a pear (HUGE!), loads of full belly clams (not just necks). about 12 pounds of french fries (ok, i exaggerate on the fries, but not by much)
The scallops were so big I found myself cutting them into fours to eat. each quarter of the scallop was the size of the ones you get at a lot of other places.
I actually could not even finish my food. And for me and friend seafood, that is amazing. i always finish. I should have held back on the fries…
The atmosphere is fine if you dont mind picnic tables. But when you drive up you see this. You arent going there for the accommodations, you are going there for the GREAT seafood.
Is it pricey? well, it isnt cheap. But once you see the portion sizes you are fine. (next time I go, I can see splitting a platter with someone)
check it out if you are in the area. It is away from the water a little, but still easy to find. If you are heading south you will see it on your right (the building doesnt face the road, so if coming north, you might miss it on your left)

I usually stop into this place when I’m in Wells. It’s just a basic seafood joint with great clam chowder. They have a lot more there, but I don’t believe I’ve ordered anything else there. They do have lobster, fish, fries, corn and more. I also like their outdoor seating. The traffic can be a pain in the neck, when it gets heavy though.

OK, I’m trying to decide if this place gets one or two starts from me. I went here yesterday and ordered a seafood platter. For $ 25 I think I should get more than a basket of fries with a few baby shrimp, a few bay scallops and a small piece of white fish. Yeah, the seafood was fresh. It’s Maine, no challenge there. The fries were tasteless and overall I was totally disappointed. My wife did get the fried clams and her portion was ok. Maybe it’s just the seafood platter that’s all wrong here? The onion rings were middle of the road, nothing to write home about. Can I give one and a half stars?

Got the seafood platter (fries, fried clams, fried shrimp, fried scallop, fried haddock), steamers, corn and clam chowder. This is the kind of place I love to eat at. Nothing fancy, just delicious food at a decent price. We ate under the shade of the trees in the «picnic» area they have. Just perfect.

Ordered the fried clam plate dinner which was served in a small container. A mound of french fries, a quarter of a cup of cole slaw and just seven fried clams. Outrageous at $ 19.99! While the clams weren’t horrible, neither were they great, which at $ 2.50 a piece, you would expect. A ripoff preying on tourists who have never actually had a decent fried clam dinner! Avoid at all costs.

Wanted lobster for a good price, without all the frills. Right on hwy1 in Wells ME with out door picnic tables and our dog was welcome with us. The lobster was very fresh, surved with butter and lemons. They cooked them outside with you and the fryed fish clams cooked inside. They served beer, and chowder also. Great prices good service and nice people.

Sitting in traffic from Kennebunkport to Ogunquit, you roll through Wells on Route 1 and it is a slow roll. So the GF and I decided to u-​turn it and hit this spot since the driving to the food destination was growing tiresome quickly (Which was only going to be another lobster spot anyway).
We ordered up 1 ½lb lobsters each, steamers and some onion rings. All of it was good. Typical fried onion rings that were fresh not frozen with a light crunchy batter. The steamers were a generous portion served with a side of drawn butter and same with the lobsters. This spot also offers fried seafood (Clams, scallops, etc. and ofcourse french fries) galore and fresh seafood, live or cooked lobsters to go.
The GF and I enjoyed this instead of our planned stop as the alternative, cause how bad can a steamed lobster be if cooked right. Which ultimately it was! It didn’t hurt that the weather was perfect as well. If you are staying in Wells and want lobsters to go or to eat at a casual spot with outside picnic tables or a few indoor seats and other typical New England seafood offerings, stop here.

So a few weeks ago we were staying in Ogunquit and didn’t know where we wanted to go for dinner. The usual spots were all beyond packed, so we drove down into Wells thinking maybe we’d hit up the Maine dinner. Well, it was — as usual — insanely busy, so we started to head back to OG when I saw this place. It had a small deli/​grill area, and a HUUUUGE lobster bake area setup in the yard. Picnic table eeating, a tented area, and just a really laid-​back, super casual, nice little area. Best damn lobster I’ve had in a long, long time — and reasonable, too, with a 1 ¼ lb lobster with corn and potatos only $ 15. Nice!