We Tried 16 National Seafood Chains. Here's The Best And Worst
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- There was a time when you could only get good seafood if you lived near a coast, but that is thankfully not the case anymore. Plenty of seafood chains can be found all over the country, and many of them are quite good, even if you’re in the Midwest. They may not all be as common as Red Lobster, but some of them are really worth seeking out. We’ve tried 16 of the most popular ones and ranked them from worst to best. Of course, it depends on what kind of fish you’re looking for, but here’s our ranking of 16 national seafood chains.
#Seafood #Restaurants #Food
Long John Silver's | 0:00
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. | 1:08
Arthur Treacher's | 2:07
Landry's Seafood House | 3:11
Joe's Crab Shack | 3:52
Chart House | 4:40
King's Fish House | 5:24
Ocean Prime | 6:01
Red Lobster | 6:52
Eddie V's Prime Seafood | 7:47
McCormick & Schmick's | 8:26
Captain D's Seafood Kitchen | 9:10
Legal Sea Foods | 10:06
Truluck's | 10:41
Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen | 11:41
Bonefish Grill | 12:21
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If you live in New😁England, it's a crime to go to a chain seafood restaurant
Soooo true.
Wait what do u mean
I'm sure that is true!
@@pastelivxbes3716 We don't have many around here. We have locally owned seafood restaurants that pick up right from the docks first thing in the morning. They got rid of the only Red Lobster here about 15 years ago. They used to be good but fresh was turning frozen with a lot of their items.
I have to speak up for Legal Seafood. I went to one in Boston like 20 years ago. I can still taste that delicious seafood meal to this very day.
It's nice you didn't throw Red Lobster under the bus this time. 😂 Long John Silver has a unique taste I enjoy and where else does the chicken and fish taste so much alike! 😋 I would gladly go to Captain D's first, but they have all gone any in my area.🙁
Landry's owns Bubba Gump, and you can tell. But at least the waiters do movie trivia fun at Bubba Gump! 🤣
If you live anywhere the Chesapeake Bay, don’t go to a chain seafood restaurant. Ask around for a local seafood joint. Steamed crab, oysters any style and rockfish or flounder should be really fresh!
Found that out in Boston.w ent to McCormick & Schmidt's our first night. It was pretty good. A few days later, while in Martha's Vineyard, we went to a local restaurant and was AMAZED at how great the seafood was. My favorite was the lobster rolls we had for lunch while there. It spoiled us for seafood restaurants back in the Midwest where we live.
I live in VA beach. Chicks is so good for seafood
True - the area around Annapolis, MD/Kent Narrows has the best seafood that I have ever had in my life.
My favorite seafood restaurant is Shaws crab house in Chicago. I have been going there since 1980.
Glad I live in New England. Try the nearest place.
Yes, I used to live 200 yards from the waterfront. Ate seafood every day: Clams, lobster rolls, cod. But those days are gone now that I live in the desert.
@@keiththomas3141 Now no seafood and soon no water !
You live in the best place….I’m in Texas and I grew up going to Massachusetts every summer….nothing ever compares to the seafood I ate there. Lobster rolls at Scituate Harbor….fish chowder… and scallops!!!! I love the seafood there!!!❤️
Chain restaurants always suck especially when it comes to sea food, go to your local mom and pops and support your community.
Agreed. Mom and pop's need to be supported.
I was eating a Captain D's sampler plate while watching this. Their fish and shrimp are always tasty, and I love the polynesian style sweet and sour sauce with crushed pineapple in it for my chicken tenders. The best sweet and sour sauce anywhere. They have very good sides too, with baked potato, corn on the cob, hush puppies, fries, mac-n-cheese, green beans, slaw, or garden salad to choose from. Sometimes they offer jalapeno poppers, cheese sticks or fried pickles too; and occasionally fried green tomatoes.
I love captain d's but unfortunately my local one has gone downhill due to poor management
Trust me here in New England we're not jealous of California seafood restaurants .that's ridiculous
Truly! LOL
You are right. California is a big state never heard of Kings. None anywhere around this area. I would love to try some New England restaurants. Yum!
It would be wonderful to find a reasonably priced east coast seafood restaurant ❤️
Fried clams with bellies!
@@Mardasee Don't go there! I love those New England fried claims. Hard to get in California. The closest place to me that had them is 30 miles away. The restaurant would have them shipped in twice a week. I don't know what has happened since the pandemic. That would be a treat!
Very good! The salmon burgers are excellent. I have ordered the salmon patties online.
Long John Silver introduced me to the world of hush puppies. They are NOT the worst! I like them. I do agree about Bonefish Grill though. Went there once and it was delicious. Never had a fish taco and that was great. Plus I had an iced tea that looked like a special mixed drink.
Long johns batter for chicken and fish amazing but sadly as they diminish so has the quality. It sucks. I remember being 5 or 6 years old and it was awesome. Now. It is dirty and food is questionable.
Best is Bonefish!
I DO not like anybody's hush puppies!
Best fish & chips is the dinner plate at Culver's ~ best tartar sauce that I have found. Breading = perfect. Fish = beautiful
The last I knew Culvedrs was still serving Cod while others had shifted to Pollick.
I'm the guy that goes to Outback Steakhouse and orders the salmon...it's actually respectable.
I'm the guy that goes to Outback Steakhouse for the authentic Australia experience (lol)...
@@SpaceForceCooks 🤣
I hesitate to say the lobster is good value because the portions are tiny, but I think it actually tastes better than at Red Lobster.
I was very surprised Red Lobster ranked as high as it did.
It’s that the rest were so much worse
Me too ugh!
I agree, Red Lobster in my town is marginally better than LJS. The food is bad the service worse.
Last two times I denied at red lobster it was hardly edible
she's NOT kidding about Pappadeaux's if you order that platter you should be STARVING not hungry because it's HUGE!!! Eddie V's and Bonefish Grill and Mccormick and Schmidt's are all tied for first in my book! love them all!
I wish we had a Long John Silver in our town, love it
Lol
The few times I ate at LJS, I experienced the same thing. Everything fried was drenching with OIL. The food at Bonefish Grill is tasty, but the serving size is small for the amount they charge for it. I live on the Gulf Coast where local seafood restaurants are plentiful, you get a lot for your buck and it is FRESH.
It's been a while since I've been to either Arthur Treacherous or Long John's, but in my experience, AT's fish was a little fish surrounded in tons or breading, and I always preferred LJ's over AT's. I didn't have the greasiness problem described in this video. I like Red Lobster, but I've had some tasteless langostinos there before. We have darn few seafood options in my area anymore.
Red Lobster ruins lobster and shrimp by not using butter. Nothing like oily lobster
When I was a kid there was an AT's in town that was really good. It has been gone for decades now, probably because of the cod wars. So good with malt vinegar on it.
Pappadeaux for sure. Other than them, I'll eat the Cheddar biscuits at Red Lobster.
I finally had Papadeaux's back in May and it was amazing. Expensive but well worth it
I like this channel's list but Long John Silver's will always be a late night favorite
Popcorn shrimp were most certainly not invented by Red Lobster. They have been served in Calbash, NC for generations.
That's Calabash.
@@composer1663 Sorry, I missed a letter. I used to live at the other end of that county, Brunswick County.
Very disappointed in red lobster twice. It was awful.
@@cathyakins3995 I used to think they were pretty good. I ate there in the 70s in Greensboro, NC, a lot and it was good. I used to to eat the AYCE crab legs and they were mighty fine. They don't have crab legs except by the pound and they are too pricey.
@@tomvernon2123 The last time I was in Calabash, someone told me it was the origin of Jimmy Durante's famous sign-off phrase, "Good night, Mrs. Calabash."
Red Lobster is the IHOP of seafood 😆
Agreed. It was really quite terrible.
@@Ginger30161 No never that's the best thing on the menu 😋
Does that mean IHOP is the Red Lobster of pancakes?
With all that IHOP black misbehavior even.
I don’t any seafood restaurant around me except red lobster
Looking very nice.
Red Lobster: unlimited cheddar bay biscuits + free refills of Boston iced tea = a double dose of my personal kryptonite.
I love Long John's silvers.i always get their fish and green beans and corn.
Joe’s Crab Shack is questionable🤔 Love their full bar. Another tourist trap👁👁
We’ve been to the Chart House in annapolis MD and it excellent
There is an upscale seafood restaurant on the Eastern Shore of Maryland that has been there for at least 50 years. I had heard that some restaurants cut out shark meat with little cookie cutters and sell it as scallops. My wife is allergic to scallops, but not to shark meat. I said to our waiter in that venerable restaurant, "I know that your establishment would never sell shark meat as scallops. However, my wife is allergic to scallops. If she eats your scallops, will she get sick" The waiter looked around to see if anyone could hear the conversation, and then whispered, "No." She ordered the "scallops," and did not get sick.
There used to be a great seafood place out by O'Hare airport in Chicago. It closed down a few years ago. I don't remember the name but it was next to a Sheraton hotel. I used to eat there whenever I was in town. It was a place where the wait staff wore dinner jackets and long white aprons.
Babe Fish Grill!!! 🦞🦐🦀 We go there often!!! Yeah!!! Wow, listed as the best! Cool! 😎
Last Arthur Treatchers I went to was at the Myrtle Square Mall in Myrtle Beach SC.
My favorite place in Myrtle Beach used to be the Sea Captain’s House or something like that. Is it still there? It was a long time ago.
the joe's crab shack near me has been closed for years
they were overpriced shit and the staff was all lazy crackheads
Ours closed the snow crab was very good.
It was decent, but overpriced
So how's the food?
Auburn Hills?
This reminds me......I need to treat myself to some Long John Silvers in the near future.
"Better than Long John's? I'll be the judge of that." 😂
Food looks really good
Glad to know the 2 seafood Resturants that we go to are in the upper NUMBER for consistency and QUALITY... Capt. D's just came to our town THANK GOD... Otherwise we only had Mucky D's for A fish filet sandwich and the closest Red Lobster is 3 hours AWAY. But at least we got one.
The Fish House in Peoria, IL has the best seafood I’ve ever, ever had! I miss it soo much since we moved to AZ I. 2014.
I was born and raised in Peoria, IL. and I approve of this message. (Tucson here for about 8 months from Point Loma/San Diego, CA.)
Bob Chin's
Used to be at LJS, you got a serious piece of whitefish. I went the other day and the fish was like a sheet of paper.
I grew up eating long John silvers and have always enjoyed it. So hate it all you want but I love it
Try Bob Chinn's in Wheeling Illinois. Great.
Is Joe's Crab shack closed? They closed in Pa. Also Hooters, closed in Pa.
Nothing beats Joe’s Stone Crab on Miami Beach. Fresh means sending out their own fleet of boats every morning. The stone crabs eaten inside the restaurant are never frozen. They were caught that day. (When they ship them, they are frozen and the taste is different.) Fresh stone crabs, lyonnaise potatoes, fresh rolls and their famous cream spinach is why you wait in line to get inside a get a table during stone crab season. After more than fifty years in business it is still the best.
They have them all over but the Miami is great and also The Palm summer 4LB. Lobster special. Heaven.
I saw this same video before ( At least months ago if not longer) either here or another channel that has the same narrator. I've noticed a lot of repeat vids on channels lately with a new logo under it.
Bonefish is excellent consistently. Since I rarely agree with this channel, I thought it would be appropriate to comment. We eat out frequently and are pretty picky about food, cleanliness, service and menus, especially in the upper tier venues. Bonefish checks all the boxes.
They are going out of biznass fyi
Bonefish is also consistent in causing food poisoning 🤦🏻♀️
Went out of business in our area!
It is a bit expensive. Economically hit areas have struggled to keep it open. Chain restaurants are always consistent based on a proven gig. Never has good as a locally owned places. They are most often even more expensive. Well worth it. Joe’s Crab Shack sadly everything tastes frozen and not that fresh. Ocean prime pretty good too
No bonefish leave gaps on ur plate and over priced
If you dip a cheddar bay biscuit at red lobster into the ranch dressing and follow it with some sweet tea you tip your toe in heaven. Just let it wash over you. So good
Was wondering if Bonefish was on the list. Glad to see it is
A pee can is something you urinate into, a pecan (puh-cahn) is something you eat - Signed, TEXANS
And respectable South Carolinians! Its a pehcahn
Try to give the Yankees a break. They try so hard, but just can’t ever get anything right. Very sad .
@@culliedavidson9428 lmfao 🤣
Relax rebels it’s called ‘pee-can’.
That’s it
@@robertmecionis8061 do you eat any variety of nuts called piss pots up north? Dont worry, i will wait for that answer. And yankees think were stupid down here.
Wow...Captain D's is ok, but better than Long John's...agree to disagree.
Captain D's LMAO !!!
I think that is exactly what they said.
Glad I live in New England. I like this channel but most places or products you review are not near Me in Massachusetts.
The best place to eat seafood is where you like to eat it and how you like to eat it!
I like to eat sardine and bacon sandwiches
Red lobster and Arthur treachers for me growing up late 80's and 90s
Have been dining at Bonefish Grill at least once a week for nearly 11 years. Bang Bang Shrimp is the best appetizer, ever. Food and service is consistently great at the Stuart, FL store. Great staff.
Bloomin Brands, the parent company of Bonefish, Carrabas Italian Grill, Fleming’s and Outback Steakhouse has filed a bankruptcy warning and they are closing hundreds of restaurants across the nation in an effort to stave off filing Chapter 11. Their problems started BEFORE the pandemic, but Covid didn’t help their situation.
Hopefully they sell Bonefish off because they would be better if Outback wasn't dragging them down.
Yes. Bang Bang shrimp is an amazing dish. Bang Bang sauce recipe is out there on the internet.
Bonefish is one of the worst places to eat it's obvious that you have no idea what good seafood is
@@dominicksimonetti6726 Why are you making this personal and take it out on me? How about telling the folks who wrote the article that they don't know what they are talking about!
We were in Bubba Gump in Fort Lauderdale last Saturday. It's not good anymore as it used to be. The shrimps in the net catch were milk-and-water. It looks like they use frozen shrimps....
I went to Bubba Gump's on the Vegas Strip a few years ago. The shrimp was okay, but nothing spectacular and it was a tourist trap.
It is one of those places that everybody should go to - once.
Red Lobster has entirely sustained itself during the pandemic with its $4 ceddar bay biscuit box to-go lol
Captain D's has the BEST pecan pie. It's my go to place to eat seafood!
My first serving job was at Bubba Gump in New Orleans, it used to be good until Landry’s brought them out and cheapen everything
Landrys has ran down other restaurants they own. I do not eat at any of them. I know profits are very tight or nonexistent in the restaurant business but don't lower quality to achieve it!
They just closed the Bubba Gumps here on Maui. I’m very sad. I know the quality went down but u couldn’t beat the view. I always got the New Orleans Shrimp🍤
Landrys ruins everything everywhere
Try Cioppino in SF or the Pacific NW !
Alright I'm Starving for some new shrimp fra diavolo & Lobster!
Red Lobster will always be my favorite for seafood
While informative, the problem with this list is that fish places are highly regional (other than Red Lobster). Never heard of many. Bonefish Grill is kind of an east coast chain (but seems to be getting out west). Joe's Crab Shack is southern but seems to making its way north.
There's been a Joe's in Boise Idaho for years. Didn't know it was from the South lol
Bonefish is on the rocks and will have to serve cheaper stuff because Outback is causing the chain to fall apart.
I live about as west (except Hawai'i) Joe's Crab Shack has been in Oceanside, CA since the early 2000s when it replaced Chart House in the harbor.
I happen to love Long John Silvers! Fried food was never meant to be healthy, just damn tasty
I ate it yesterday! I just travelled 3500 miles to and along the eastern seaboard and ate shrimp everyday. The shrimp I had at LJS yesterday was better than any of the high dollar eats on our trip.
Exactly I live in Massachusetts we don't have any of those Long John Silver's but we got plenty of place to get fish and chips and it is greasy and it's delicious
I'd have LJS over Capt D's anyday
Last time I went to Long John's will be the last time I go to Long John's.
The fish and fries both tasted like they were were cooked in oil left over from the Civil War.
Everything there was fried. At least, at Captain D's, they have broiled options, low-calorie options, and salads. Not too bad, but the service could be better.
Go for REAL crab. Skip the imitation crab (crap) unless you want diarrhea before you leave. The sugar alcohol in it is responsible for making me I'll several times-they assured me the crab was real when it was that red/white gummy fake crap. Order the shrimp instead; no fake shrimp (yet).
2:56 "Uncle Leo?!!!!"
"Helloooo!"
0:35 Only + for LJS is their slaw is great (at least when I was last there a few years ago
Love fried 🍤 and fried fish and baked salmon . plus some times fried calm ori and snow 🦀 legs
Bone Fish Grill....out stomping grounds! Wow, reported as the best! Yo!
The menu is extensive and the food is delicious.
I must say...I endorse most of this report and analysis. And a special shout to the writer's of this script! lol.
Lol! What's the movie at 3:07 right before Landrys? It looks funny!
I live Central Point, OR Red Lobster is so good i love it
Seafood=Expensive, no matter where you go.
She hating on LongJohn’s 😂 it ain’t that damn bad lol
Love me some Long Johns right... LOL!!!
If you like your fish soaking in grease. The worst fish I've ever had.
@@stevee9973 I’ve had waaaaayyyyy worse seafood than LJ. It’s not that bad.
Eat at Long John Silver's...only if you want your pores to exude oil for the next three days!
Heart Attack Grill of seafood is LJS.
I live in an area where we don’t have fast food fish chains. We really don’t need ‘Em.
The best are:
•SPLASH CAFE’, Pismo Beach, CA
•GIOVANNI’S Fresh Fish Market & Take out (eat on the Embarcadero), Morro Bay, CA
•GAFCO, Morro Bay, CA
•ROSES LANDING, Morro Bay, CA
They’re are the chains if ya wanna drive to Santa Maria...but it’s in Santa Barbara County.
We just have soooo many here that are great!!!!!! Too many to mention, actually 😉
Always had great food at LJS
This video blew me out of the water lol
I’ve only been to long John silvers which disappeared in Miami !! And Red libster
Legal Seafoods was just sold to a new owner about 3 months ago. The first thing they did was take those awesome looking Cherrystone clams @ 10:20 off the menu. Can't get 'em anymore...and I am sad. :(
Usually can’t go wrong with fish&chips, and a 🍺
I live in Dallas Tx and Razzoo's is my favorite place.
But if you're in the area try Nate's seafood in Addison...
Ate there several years ago and I agree, Razzoo's was amazing
Most of the New Orleans style chains are good.
Razoos is amazing! Their drinks are potent!
Razzoo's is great, but Flying Fish is hard to beat!! Several locations around DFW.
I miss Arthur Treacher's in Tucson. It left my town so long ago, I forget what my favorite dish was but it tasted very good to me. I was also upset when the Long John Silvers' nearest franchise closed. We still have The Red Lobster, but I find buying live Maine lobsters and boiling them myself just as good and a lot cheaper.
The greasiness is part of Long John Silver’s appeal…
Pappadeaux is why I like changing planes at the Houston AIrport.
Pappadeaux.. 💯
There is a place called Crabby's in Joplin MO. They are giving Red Lobster a run for their money. The food is fantastic and prices are lower than Red Lobster. I highly recommend if you are in the area.
Try Famous Dave's salmon...but only if they offer pineapple strips as a side dish.
Not here for this LJS slander! Those fried clams smothered in cajun chef are fire!
Slapfish, SlapFish, SLAPFISH! Chef Gruel is a genius
What do those chains know about fresh fish! I moved to the Pacific side of Costa Rica. From my beachfront home or a quarter mile off shore, I catch tuna, red snapper, octopus etc.
Arthur Treacher's DOES NOT date back to the 1860's! It was "founded" by a British actor who was relatively popular in the 50's and 60's.
This is EXACTLY why I gave up on this video!!
@@mickalber8335 Well... If you were a proper snob it would be because of their ratings and mentioning such places as Red Lobster. I can deal with a miscarraige of history if they mentioned some decent restaurants. Red Lobster is total shit, you get higher fish quality from a fish fillet at Mcdonalds.
Long Johns FTW!
Pacific Northwest has some amazing seafood spots :) Even in this region my favorite is home baked sockeye salmon with Tom Douglas Salmon Rub, fresh dill and fresh lemon juice :)
Where's that at? I'm from Idaho. 😔
You’re damn right about that PNW has some good ass seafood! Love some Ivar’s, Crab Pot and a few other places!!
Not a chain but my all time favorite is Phillippi Creek Oyster Bar in Sarasota FL...
I work in a steak and burger place. The number one seller is salmon and then trout and then beef/bison!
Been to McCormick's in Raleigh, NC. Never going back.
why
@@bethanyward7189 Complete bad experience from bad food to wait staff indifference.
@@rwmcgeesr There’s I Chicago. I been interested igoing
My favorites are Bonefish, Pappadeaux, Red Lobster, and Captain D's.
A comfort food stable plate of battered shrimp not breaded battered. Hush puppies and fries with a side of coleslaw and some sweet tea. And then pecan pie for dessert. Yummy
LJS , Arthur Treachers and Red Lobster,,been to two of the three...the rest, never heard of them.
I’ve never seen so many commercials!
Here's my favorite: Gumbeaux in Georgia!!!
Never had a red lobster that everything wasn't overlooked
I LOVE BONEFISH THEIR BANG BANG SHRIMP, CRAB CAKES AND THEIR WOLF FISH 🤤🤤🤤🤤