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6/18/2014 6:01:57 PM

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6/18/2014 6:45:22 PM

50/50 chance you get some kind of food poisoning

6/18/2014 7:14:34 PM

The buffet in Meadow is better.

6/18/2014 7:25:32 PM

Whats that?

6/18/2014 7:31:20 PM

This stupid fucking place.....

I lived in Carolina Beach until last month, my girlfriend still lives there. All the locals avoid this place like the plague. I don't know what possessed the owners to put giant fucking crabs and sea animals all over the building. It makes the town look like Myrtle Beach.

As for the food, its fucking horrid. I tried it, just to say I made an effort. The seafood is mostly frozen/imported. There is a seafood house and commercial boats literally 100ft away, yet they sell cheap frozen shit instead of supporting local fisherman.

I hate seeing crappy tourist establishments like this move into quaint beach towns.

Fuck. This. Place.

[Edited on June 18, 2014 at 7:52 PM. Reason : They have a Sanitation Grade of 80. Fucking 80!]

6/18/2014 7:43:44 PM

Mad?

6/18/2014 7:56:38 PM

Buffets in general have frozen horrible shit.

6/18/2014 8:25:12 PM

I miss tangerines

6/18/2014 8:28:39 PM

^^ not necessarily. Larry's Southern Kitchen has a phenomenal lunch buffet. Milton's has a good buffet on the weekends too.

6/18/2014 8:48:21 PM

Larry is an asshole

6/18/2014 8:52:25 PM

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"50/50 chance you get some kind of food poisoning"

I was trying to formulate this thought...you phrased it perfectly before I could quite do so.

6/18/2014 10:08:29 PM

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"They have a Sanitation Grade of 80. Fucking 80!"

wut?

6/19/2014 12:38:21 AM

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"avoid this place like the plague"

6/19/2014 1:42:11 AM

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"quaint beach towns."

Lol

6/19/2014 9:00:47 AM

Quaint beach town? I've always thouhgt Carolina Beach was a mini-Myrtle Beach, going back to the late 80s at least.

6/19/2014 9:28:41 AM

Any seafood buffet is going to be garbage. If it was all fresh, local stuff, it would be $50 a person to stock that much food. It's $27 for shitty Chinese Restaurant style stuff. Think about that.

A normal, good sized combo plate of fried shrimp and oysters with hush puppies, slaw, and fries from a local place is like $20 max, and ain't nobody got any need to eat All You Can Eat. Congrats, you paid a extra 10 bucks for diahreah and jello for desert.

6/19/2014 10:05:58 AM

I had a decent seafood buffet in Myrtle Beach one time.

6/19/2014 10:44:30 AM

Seafood buffet in MB is good. Unlimited crabs.

6/19/2014 10:46:15 AM

You can get unlimited crabs for free all over MB.

6/19/2014 11:38:00 AM

6/19/2014 11:42:08 AM

Cooked.

6/19/2014 11:53:48 AM

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"quaint beach town? I've always thouhgt Carolina Beach was a mini-Myrtle Beach"

Maybe if you only stay on the boardwalk or the North End....

Seabreeze, Kure Beach, Fort Fisher, and any of the number of islands in the river and waterway are all awesome parts of the Pleasure Island/CB area with no crowds or tourist traps.

Outside of tourist season, downtown Carolina Beach is awesome and laid back.

6/19/2014 6:39:21 PM

You have all the great food Wilmington has to offer so close by, and you choose to eat this garbage for 2x as much. But hey, you get PUDDING!!!1

6/19/2014 8:19:59 PM

I enjoy "Something Fishy" in Wilmington...

It is often overlooked and underrated.

6/20/2014 8:28:07 AM

^

It's cheap but you get plenty and no one slops food all over the floor.

PSA: Parents! I know you think it's cute or a "learning experience" to let your kid that's too small try to grab stuff from the buffet. They are small and uncoordinated, however, and it will get dumped on the floor or on everyone else. I watched a mom give her kid a garlic shaker to shake some on their pizza once. The 2 year old proceeds to smash the thing into the plate sending the pizza and garlic (the only garlic shaker) everywhere and all over the gathered crowd. The mom just giggles and leaves with the kid.

6/20/2014 8:34:04 AM

I cant find a link to verify this Sanitation Grade of 80. I think its quite scandalous if true.

6/20/2014 8:43:00 AM

I think 2-3 of those reviews in the op say that it was 80. One said they didn't care, one turned around, one said it was covered up.. Unless you meant something else to verify that

6/20/2014 8:59:09 AM

Something Fishy is our go-to spot if we want fried seafood

6/21/2014 8:49:27 AM

I'm heading to the beach tonight. Staying in Wilmington and hopefully will hit up the battleship, fort fisher and the aquarium tomorrow - weather depending

6/21/2014 9:43:29 AM

Are you gonna check out Seafest Seafood Buffet??

6/21/2014 10:00:40 AM

Seafest: for the hepatitis lover in you

6/21/2014 10:40:07 AM

The only thing wrong with this place is the price.

Otherwise, unlimited fried seafood of any quality makes for a great restaurant.

6/22/2014 8:19:12 PM

I lived at Carolina Beach for a couple of years.

I went to Zaaki grill all the time. Best Gyro ive ever had.

I never went to that place, or any seafood place on Carolina Beach. There are better restaurants on the river downtown for that

Carolina Beach was a good place to live in the summer. Very chill and loved driving out on the beach.

Yes there are rednecks but they are very easy to avoid unlike Myrtle.

[Edited on June 23, 2014 at 8:55 AM. Reason : .]

6/23/2014 8:54:34 AM

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"Something Fishy is our go-to spot if we want fried seafood"

one of my best friends' family owns that place. I worked there for a summer. good fried food, so glad I dont work there anymore though

The Dive down on the Boardwalk in CB makes an excellent fish taco, the Shuckin Shack isnt a bad place to get some oysters. Michaelangelo's Pizza is great if you want a huge single slice of pizza. Sandpiper Subs (which I think is gone now) used to make the best subs I've ever had.

If you go down to CB though, you gotta get a few beers at the Fat Pelican

[Edited on June 23, 2014 at 9:15 AM. Reason : I love carolina beach]

6/23/2014 9:12:59 AM

Don't forget to ride a few rides at Jubilee Park.

6/23/2014 9:41:26 AM

was down in CB this past weekend. Everyday for dinner this place was PACKED! I guess when you have a bunch of tourists and it's the only buffet that stands out in CB. I never went in to check the Sanitation grade though.

My go to chill spot is The Lazy Pirate. They just actually opened the bar and "shack" outside and are doing boils and oysters and some other stuff out there now.

6/23/2014 10:24:45 AM

I'm at Kate's pancake house now lol

6/23/2014 10:52:19 AM

I went to the Riverview Cafe in Sneads Ferry last weekend. Damn good eats.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/riverview-cafe-sneads-ferry

6/23/2014 10:55:53 AM

We went to the shuckin shack at the word of my friend who lives in CB. Got a couple of the steampot boils and it was amazingly good.

plus, in the mornings you MUST go to Britt's for their doughnuts. long'ish wait but well worth it

6/23/2014 10:56:27 AM

Fat Pelican is fantastic. Last time I was there I blacked out halfway through

6/23/2014 1:14:21 PM

I had 4 people talk to me there (fat pelican) that were so drunk I didn't understand a single thing they said.

6/23/2014 2:29:39 PM

Can confirm...fat pelican is a dangerously alcoholic place. I enjoyed it.

6/23/2014 2:34:31 PM

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"Otherwise, unlimited fried seafood of any quality makes for a great restaurant."

Lotta truth in here

6/23/2014 2:42:14 PM

I worked in a seafood buffet restaurant for several years, and I gotta disagree, it was pretty disgusting.

[Edited on June 23, 2014 at 2:45 PM. Reason : ]

6/23/2014 2:45:10 PM

I went to Britt's last weekend on Saturday morning, even though the sign says they open at 8:30 they were open and gave me donuts at about 8... no line, another guy had just got donuts... I guess everybody sleeps in

6/23/2014 11:28:46 PM

Does Str8BacardiL shop at Wings or Eagles?

6/23/2014 11:37:42 PM

Eagles!

They have the best Confederate flag beach towels!

6/23/2014 11:43:48 PM

Surfhouse, is hands down, the best eat spot on the island. Incredible fresh, local food, good beers, chill atmosphere and cute surfer-girl waitresses!

7/9/2014 3:08:45 PM

set em up

7/9/2014 3:15:32 PM