The Captain’s Boil

I’d been dying to try this place for quite some time and it did not disappoint. My friends and I ordered the shrimp, snow crab, mussels, Seafood Cajun fried rice, Cajun fries, and clams. For the sauces, we picked captains boil which is their signature flavour and garlic for the clams. One waning when selecting the heat level however, not being one for spicy food, medium spice was too much for me and I ended up having to settle for mild. All else, everything was so tasty and the whole experience of eating with our hands just out the entire experience over the top. I will definitely be returning.

TLDR: Food arrives hot and fast. Mild captain’s boil sauce isn’t spicy at all. The garlic sauce is packed full of garlic and is pretty salty. Fries are good. Don’t wear nice clothes here — you’ll leave smelling of fish.
What I Liked:
Extremely quick service — For small parties during off-​peak hours (i.e. anytime that’s not a socially designated mealtime hour), expect to be seated fairly quickly. After my friend and I were seated (under 2 minutes) and had ordered, our food (1lb shrimp, 1lb clams) arrived at our table in under 12 minutes.
Portion sizes — 1lb of seafood is enough to fill up the average diner without causing the «–itis».
Cajun fries — while they weren’t especially «Cajun» (to me, they didn’t have any distinct flavour other than salty), they were crispy and came in a good size for 2 people.
What I Didn’t Like:
Smell — Obviously, I knew this was a seafood centric restaurant. However, the entire place smelled super fishy.
Shell disposal — There was no bucket/​bin provided to dispose of leftover shells.
Paper towel dispensing — Each table is given a paper towel roll to wipe up messes. However, it would be more convenient for the diners to have the paper towel roll on some kind of stand/​dispenser to make tearing off sheets easier. The way it is now, the tops of the paper towel roll get dirty from people holding it in order to tear it.

Due to many stories, arrived before 6pm to avoid the long lineup. The hostess was welcoming and helpful. The servers were nice and knowledgable, they gave realistic suggestions and warned customers who ordered more than average. Once seated, there’s a plastic bib with different outfit designs, a pair of plastic gloves and a roll of paper towel.
The seafood came out piping hot and it felt fresh. The servers repeat the order while dropping off the plastic bag of goods. Ordered the first 3lbs of seafood (crawfish, mussels, clams) in mild and that was more spice than expected. Was excited they had crawfish as many people had said its a seasonal item or sold out early. Had to order another lbs of shrimp not spicy at the end. Chose captain boil’s flavour was packed full of butter and garlic (on a date: bring gum). One pair of gloves was definitely not enough as the claws of the crawfish kept ripping the fingers.
Overall, it was a nice experience, a bit on the pricey side and lacks variety. Maybe a place to come back on a special occasion.

Great place for a family dinner.
It’s kind of fun to eat with your hands, no bowls or utensils once in a while. It must be convenient for them not to worry about any dishes.
Captains boil sauce is really good!

Decided to give this place a try last night! BOY OH BOY, we did not have reservations because they only take reservations for parties of 8+, so we had a 1 hour wait when arriving at 9:30PM. This place is definitely not huge, they do have an upper floor and a lower basement floor but are for large parties. The main floor consists of tables and booths, and the booths definitely take up a lot of space, makes it a little crammed.
We ordered the whole lobster in garlic sauce, clams in garlic sauce with mild spice, mussels with lemon pepper on mild, and cajun fries. I can’t really take spice personally, so my mouth was on fire, but it was sooooo good! Their prices are definitely not cheap, but it is 100% worth it because the size of the seafood is huge! All the food was boiled well, and everything was fresh. I do wish they had the lobster claw clippers rather than a pair of scissors for me to cut through the thick claw, or maybe I just didn’t know how to use the tool.
Service was good, except we had to ask for extra ketchup like 4 times, but the food was too delicious for us to care about that too much. One of the servers, not sure if he’s the manager, came by once we payed our bill and checked in with us to see if everything tasted great and if we had any feedback, definitely appreciated that.
I will definitely be back again to try more dishes with my other friends!
HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

I want to give this place 3.5 stars, but can’t seem to so I am rounding up.
I went to my first seafood boil in California 5 years ago so I was pleasantly surprised to see we got a Seafood Boil resto in Toronto finally.
Note: this is seafood boil, its not to be meant fancy so leave your pretentious attitude at the door and don’t wear your Sunday best. You eat with your hands, its messy, but so is life sometimes, so learn to love it and you’ll enjoy yourself.
We went to the Yonge and Finch location on Jan 21, 2016 around 7:45 and we were a party of 3. We didnt have to wait even the main floor was full. We were led to the small dining area in the basement and the hostess also informed us there was seating area upstairs above the main/​ground floor which explained the stairs leading upwards to the left of the entrance.
The server was friendly and all off the staff that we saw seemed to be university/​college aged kids. They were polite but a little inexperienced but happily provided us with more gloves and drink refills. They did keep forgetting our corn which we were told takes the longest to cook and we got that towards the end of our meal when we ordered an addional pound of snowcrab.
The food itself was great. We had lobster, clams, and lots of delicate, sweet snowcrab and everything was fresh.
For sides we chose cajun fries and sweet potatoes fries and corn. Though everyone (all other reviews) seems to be facinated with anything cajun (because we are in the Great White North), skip the cajun fries. They’re just seasoned frozen fries. The real standout are the sweet potato fries, which are probably frozen too but they are CRISPY. Any sweet potato lover knows you always run the risk of getting soggy sweet potato fries. Whatever they are doing to the sweet potato fries, works and they are one of the best servings of sweet potato fries we had ever had. The corn was ¹⁄₃ of a cob for $ 1 Seemed a little expensive for 1.5 inches of corn on the cob. I would skip this in the future. We dipped our fries and corn in the sauce at the bottom of the bags like true fat kids in training. Just do it, its ok. Unless you’re eating like this every day of your life. Then maybe don’t.
As for flavours, my favourite was the Captain’s Boil which is a mix of all the other ones. Be stingy with you heat selection as it tends to build. You might be thinking «it’s mild. Mild. Mild» Then the heat hits you and you’re gulping down your drink to put out the fire in your mouth.
We had a great meal, the atmosphere was casual as we wanted and the food was great. We definitely will be back here in the near future we hope, but see its pretty busy because its the first Seafood Boil place in Toronto and it just opened up a while ago.

Now that I’m in a seafood coma… let’s try to remember my overall experience lol.
So we arrived around 7:20pm on a Friday night and I anticipated a wait-​time, but when we got there, there was a long line of people. The hostess informed us it would be about 1 – 1 ½ hour wait. We drove all the way from Brampton, so we said ok we’ll wait. The cool thing is, they take your phone number down, then a text is sent to your phone to confirm your wait… then when a table is ready, you get another text and then you have 10 min from when your text is sent to get to your table. I think it’s a good idea in case you don’t want to wait in the cold as there really isn’t a waiting area. In exactly an hour, we got our text that our table was ready and it was game on.
We wasted no time at all, as soon as our server came… we ordered and the food was coming out nice and hot.
We ordered…
1 lobster, 1 lb. of shrimp, 1 lb. of mussels, 1 lb. of snow crab with corn on the cob, raw oysters and Cajun fries. All of our items that were served in a bag had the signature Captain’s Boil seasoning with medium heat. Anything spicier than the medium would have been unbearable to enjoy as the medium was spicy enough. It was greasy, spicy, garlicky… finger licking good! Everything tasted fresh and I can’t really complain about the food. We got all our seafood in the same flavour, but I still liked it. Some ppl might get bored of it so switch up the flavours for different things, but I liked the captains boil seasoning on everything.
The Cajun fries were great! Nice and crispy with the Cajun seasoning. Now the oysters!!! I wish I had more, they were nice and big… hit the spot for my oyster craving lol
If you’re scared to get dirty… don’t worry, you get gloves, bibs and a whole roll of paper towel, but you might still get dirty lol
The downside to this place, is that it is a bit small. They can’t really do much about that but it’s not a big restaurant. I know they had a few tables downstairs and I think upstairs too. Also, I asked if they had the shell/​nut crackers for the crab and lobster but they didn’t have. I’m not sure if they don’t have any or they didn’t have any when I asked, but you would think they would have that as a necessity for cracking open the shells. We got scissors and they don’t work that well :(
So it was a bit of a struggle to break open the lobster claw.
Our server was very pleasant and made sure we were good with everything from beginning to end. Always topped up our water, which is a must with the grease and spice!
The food was great and I would definitely go again! For the overall total of our bill and how full we were, definitely worth coming again!

My first (and probably only) experience of Captain’s Boil was definitely disappointing. I came here for my birthday with 11 other friends, expecting a great time while trying something messy and new. Instead, all we thought while leaving was that we overpaid for an over-​hyped meal of mediocre food.
Pros: you get cute bibs and the concept of bagged seafood in a spicey, garlicky sauce is enticing.
Cons: pretty much everything else…
They have several different selections of seafood for you to choose, plus sides for extra. You get to choose a sauce (Captain’s Boil is the obvious choice, which is a sort of chili oil/​garlic combination) as well as heat level. It skews high, so if you choose «Fire» make sure you’re up for it!
Crawfish (seasonal price, around $ 17 at the time): these were absolutely tiny and had almost no meat — skip this one unless you like to eat shells only.
Dungeness Crab (seasonal price, around $ 40 at the time): we didn’t even try this because of the outrageous price… they may have upped the price since opening on this item.
Lobster (around $ 30 each): this was probably the best item on the menu, I enjoyed my lobster which was meaty and the Captain’s Boil sauce really enhanced the flavour
Mussels (around $ 12): we asked the waitress if these were frozen — and if so, we’d get the clams instead. She gave us clams.
Clams (around $ 12): nothing really special but pretty decent with the sauce.
Shrimp (around $ 12): these were very over-​cooked and many of the shrimp felt mushy, which is probably a sign that they weren’t fresh. Skip these.
King Crab (around $ 40): didn’t get a chance to try.
The best food items were the corn and cajun fries, which is pretty sad for a seafood restaurant.
Service was also pretty terrible — one of my friends didn’t get her food until we were all pretty much done. They said they cook everything in batches so her order was 30 mins later than all of ours. That’s not really our problem is it? One waitress got really flustered by this situation and started bitching to another waitress about it. While it was clear she was passionate, that’s also not a very professional way to behave on the job…
At the end they comp’d my friend’s seafood (not even her whole meal, just the crawfish) but at that point she was already so disgruntled that she didn’t even end up eating anything. Unhappy friends is definitely NOT what I wanted for my birthday.
Also, the waiting area is extremely tiny and you feel like you’re in everyone’s way all the time. Given it’s winter, we had to cram inside but it was so uncomfortable.
Perhaps just growing pains, but this is one of those «tried it, never again» restaurants for me.

Came to Captain’s Boil for dinner with my boyfriend — new to the seafood boil type of cooking. Loved it! Service was okay — there were many tables available when we arrived but it took a long time for the servers to organize which table to seat us at.
You will definitely need to get your hands dirty for this — they provide you with plastic gloves, which does 60% of its job. I’d suggest you avoid wearing white even though they provide you with a cute bib!
Highlight of my favourites:
* King Crab legs
* Clams
* Shrimp
(in Cajun Cajun /​Captain’s Boil sauce) — Spicy
So yummy! I have to come back to try their crawfish.
It wasn’t in season when we went — will re-​visit soon :)

So good!
We came for lunch, not only did we eat some delicious seafood, but we had so much fun! From the bibs to the gloves and eating with our hands this dining experience is pure joy!
We shared the shrimp and mussels both with the Captains Sauce (which we highly recommend: A blend of Cajun, Lemon-​Pepper and Garlic)
We’ll be back and we’re coming for the lobster, crawfish and crab next!
Bravo Captains Boil nice to have some more options in our North York neighborhood!

This is my second time coming here and this place is still hella packed. Came here on a Sat night around 9pm and it was a 2hr wait! However they do have a system of adding your name to the wait list and texting you when a table is available. My friend and I killed time at the arcade at cineplex and loblaws. The wait wasn’t actually 2hrs, it only ended up being an hour long.
For $ 80 (includes tax + tip) ordered 2lbs of shrimp, 1lb of mussels, cajun fries (ask for ranch sauce!), 2 pieces of corn, 2 orders of sausages, 2 bowls of rice and a diet coke AND WAS COMPLETELY STUFFED. Didn’t even finish all the sausages/​rice/​fries.
Flavour: got captains boil in mild for each bag and it was perfect. i suggest getting an order of (cajun) fries just so you have something to change the taste/​flavour up.
SERVICE:
— ok service straight up sucked but i love this place too much to only give it 3 stars.
— they forgot to put a corn in my friends bag and forgot to bring us our rice
— when i asked for ranch sauce they kept forgetting to actually bring it and when they did, it was friggen mayo
TIPS:
— they give you lime with a bowl of salt & pepper. they don’t really explain what to do with this, I made the foolish mistake of squeezing the lime into my shrimp bag and not even noticing the salt & pepper. WHAT YOU SHOULD DO is ask for extra lime and squeeze all those babies into the bowl and dip your shrimp/​seafood in the sauced up bag and then into the lime bowl — SOOOO good trussssssss miii
— ask for ranch sauce (its free!) for your cajun fries, it makes all the difference
overall i’m probably going to eat here as often as i go for sushi (once a month). dinner here does hurt your wallet but i think its worth it — completely full and satisfied. the music is really good too! they just need to improve their service and make the pop refillable (canned pop — like whats that about)

What could have been an unmitigated disaster of an evening was adequately fixed by their Supervisor, Alvin.
Couple weeks ago, we visited this place with a party of 10. We had made reservations a few days earlier which was a good thing as when we arrived, a long list of people were waiting in the tiny waiting area that they have.
They should really revise the policy of expecting 80% of the party to get there before seating you — as only 8 of us made it on time while the last 2 were looking for parking nearby. Most other restaurants expects only 50% of your party to be present before being seated. Anyway, small annoyance.
Once we all checked in, we asked to be seated upstairs and proceeded to order our food and drinks.
Beers and pop arrived fairly quickly, and so did the first round of seafood boils. We loaded up on mussels, clams, shrimps, chicken wings and cajun fries. Notably missing were the fries, but our server assured us it would be forthcoming in the next few minutes.
Eating seafood without utensils was not a foreign concept to us as Asian cuisine sometimes calls for us to eat with our hands. The thin, clear plastic gloves provided are a nice touch. For the sauces we had settled on garlic, cajun and the in-​house sauce called Captain’s boil. It was hot to taste and hearty, definitely a highlight over the other sauces. It tasted similar to the cajun albeit with a sweeter aftertaste. Shrimps were juicy and fresh, definitely not frozen. Clams size wise, was just right. These were my favourite. Mussels were large, and cooked to perfection. Quantity wise, since the mussels were so big, you don’t get as many as you would say with shrimps and clams. They were all delicious! Chicken wings were really good as well. Be careful you don’t burn yourself as everything does come piping hot!
Within less than 5 minutes, we had finished the first round of seafoods. Still no fries. We ordered round 2 of more or less the same, more chicken wings and regular fries. And waited.
And waited. A bag of clams and mussels came. Still missing were more mussels, shrimps, wings and the fries.
We waited once more. We ordered another round of beers. Beers came quick within 5 minutes. And waited for the rest of our 2^nd round.
Finally, at the 35 minutes mark, I was getting restless and concerned and spoke to Alvin the aforementioned supervisor. He tracked it down and came back within minutes that our 2^nd round of orders were lost by the kitchen. How do you lose your customers’ orders? Much less a big party where by your own policy, a 18% gratuity would be tacked on for parties of 6 or larger.
Alvin apologized profusely and assured us our missing orders that was retaken would be expedited ahead of everyone else’s in the restaurant.
True to his word, all of our orders were rushed out and came within the next 10 minutes. The fries were big, crispy and fresh, the cajun season provided a nice salty and spicy flavor to it. Reminds me of the NYF cajun seasoning actually.
By this time though, even though we wanted to order a 3^rd round, we were not confident in the service as it was getting to be late in the evening. Alvin would also comp us all of our fries orders, all 6 of them. A gracious gesture.
When our bill came, we noted that the 18% gratuity had been waived. Still, for their gesture of saving the night, we still tipped the 18%.
Overall, an experience worth trying at least once, Captain’s Boil is the first of its kind in Toronto. We finally have a seafood boil much like the popular California Boiling Crab chain. Only time will tell if this place will improve on its service and offerings in the future.
My gf and I do plan on returning sometime in the future to try the crab and lobster, and hopefully, our orders won’t go missing… again.

Decently long line on a Sunday and they don’t accept reservations for parties under 8. Small wait area so expect that you might just have to wait outside, however they do have a good system where they will call/​text you when your table is ready so you could just wander around until your table is ready.
The table is line with a thick white paper and there were bibs and gloves, which was smart because it gets really messy. I wish the gloves were slightly thicker or better because mine kept ripping when it would get caught on a sharp edge of shrimp shell or other such things which meant my hands did get a little messy but at least it’s better than going bare handed.
There was no crawfish, which I was informed about when I had originally called in seeing if I could book a reservation, however we opted for the clams, mussels, and shrimps with a side of cajun fries. We tried three different sauces, captains, cajun, and lemon pepper. Definitely out of all three captains was the best sauce. Lemon pepper tastes a little weird, I didn’t like it. It has an almost plastic-​y taste. Cajun was pretty good though, I might opt for mild next time, my mouth was on fire. A good fire. The seafood itself was very tender and well cooked. The cajun fries were delicious but to be honest, the spice level made it hard to taste anything after eating the seafood xD.
After dinner I’ve never food coma’d so hard in my life. The copious amounts of butter make it hard to function afterwards and I smelt like garlic and butter and spices for a long while after. Even brushing your teeth won’t help.
Overall pretty good considering there isn’t anything like it around Toronto that I know of.

First time here with a party of 4 ppl on a Saturday night. We had to wait an hour and a half which wasn’t too bad as I wasn’t starving yet (there were so many people, I didn’t even get to go in and smell the food first). There’s also lots of bubble tea (^.^) and other places to lurk about while you’re waiting.
We were seated after ~2 hours later and was served immediately which was really nice for a place so busy! There are three floors and we were seated on the main.
Food: SHRIMP, clams, mussels, and Cajun fries. We had about 5 pounds of the shrimp, all in the 3 different spices and one mixed. My fave is the Cajun and my spice tolerance just matched the hottest one on the menu. But if it were not for the shrimp shells, I don’t think I would of been able to close my mouth for the rest of the night.
You get a bib and gloves which I thought was super fun. Oh and no plates, no cutlery, and the table is covered in what seems like thick white paper the servers can just toss out once we were done being savage.
But BE WARNED. You will smell like seafood/​spices for a while as I’ve been told several times by my family when I got home.
A bit more on the pricier end, but I’d say it is worth it, especially with a larger group of people.

More like 3.5 stars ~
We made resos for a holiday evening and boy am I glad we did. The place was rammed — I mean line up going up the stairs and hovering over ppl eating kind of rammed. At the end of our meal the server was saying there was still a wait-​list of 60 (!!) and it was already 930pm. But note they only take resos for groups of 8 or more so go at an off time if you don’t have a big group or better yet, wait till the hype dies down — it’s not thaaaat amazing.
The food was pretty good all around. We got captains boil seasoning in mild and holy mother garlic. It was delicious but we were vampire repellant for the next week. Seriously. The next day I had a few ppl tell me I stink.
Shrimp, mussels, corn, Cajun fries yummy. Lobster so-​so and snow crab was not very meaty. Order rice to make into balls and dip it into the sauce in the bottom of the bags — delicious. They forgot the crab and it took like 30 minutes after we were done everything to finally get it after we inquired (and with the wrong seasoning) (and we were already full at this point).
They don’t give enough extra gloves so you need to keep asking and they rarely top up water in the dinky glasses they provide so you need to keep hounding them cus that food makes you thirstyyyyy.
Aside from some flaws it was a very fun experience! Messy and loud and devour food with your hands! Not worth the hype for a 2 hour wait but ok if the line isn’t crazy. Cost us $ 25pp and we were full (didn’t order drinks tho). Extremely messy and smelly. Wear rags or make sure you wash your clothes asap or burn them. Shower a lot. Don’t breath on ppl. Leave your jacket/​scarf/​purse in the car. Don’t go on a first date within one month of coming here. You will stink for days. I am serious.

When I came into this restaurant I was a little underwhelmed. The tables are wobbly, the place was crammed and they serve water in a plastic cup. However, all these impressions were shoved aside when the bags of delicious mess came along and the real fun starts. I guess I walked in not expecting anything but it was very fun eating with your hands. The meal is extremely messy and you’ll soon see a mountain of carcass pile up in front of you with fragrant garlic chilly oil leaking out of the bags of whatever they serve you.
The Cajun fries is a must get, it was extremely crunchy and fried to perfection. Dip it in the sauce that came with the shrimp/​lobster/​snow crab that you may have ordered. The quality of the ingredient is not shabby. The mussels are surprisingly fat, the shrimps taste juicy and fresh and the lobster was yummy. Did I mention the Cajun fries? In addition we ordered a bowl of rice. We rolled it into a ball and dipped in the sauce. That was fun and tasty as well.
Overall I enjoyed my experience there. The fun factor is certainly worth noting. Aside from the positives there are some downs. They are a little strict about the «whole party must be present» rule. We were only missing 2 but couldn’t get 6 people seated. The place could use some work. It feels like they bought yard tables and stools. Very flimsy. The downs are apparent but the yummy food and experience makes up for the flaws.

The service was a hot mess. Probably messier than the aftermath of what was left from our lunch. During prime lunch time, they only had two staffs running the whole restaurant. We felt irritated by the poor service but guilty at the same time that they were so overwhelmed + short staffed!
Half of our foods never arrived — we saw the table seated next to us ordered the same items but seated after us received theirs, I knew ours were either forgotten or given to another table by accident. An hr into lunch and with no seafood left on our table, the sides were still nowhere in sight! We were fed up with the wait and cancelled the other half of the order.
As if the missing food items weren’t enough to drive us away from ever coming back, hair was found in our bag of King crab legs. Bag was snatched out of our hand when I notified the staff. No apology was given. And the new order wasn’t served for another half hour. My poor mother in law watched us eat for majority of the meal.
Lobster, King crab legs, shrimp — all taste fine but nothing to write home about. The captain boil’s sauce (a blend of lemon pepper, Cajun, and garlic) was my personal fav. The chicken wings were outrageously small in terms of portion — I would advise to sticking to their seafood or other sides. Overall — It’s a matter of time before a handful of knock offs open up — captain’s boil needs to straighten up its act before competitors come on.

Came here on a Wednesday night with a friend. Unfortunately they do not take reservation unless you have 6+ people so we got no choice but to wait. I am so glad Yonge street is pretty lively at night so to kill the 2 hours wait (yes 2 hours wait time!), we decided to go to a nearby izakaya spot to eat something small and chat a little. Returned 1.5 hour later and was told the table is almost ready which took another 10 minutes.
It was already 10pm by the time we got our table but the store was still VERY busy. We were seated at a booth that is good for 6 people, so my friend and I were very happy with our booth seats (tons of rooms for our jackets!).
I ordered the garlic sauce clams with non-​spicy while my friend ordered the snow crab legs with Captain’s Boil own special sauce and medium spicy. Food came after around 15 minutes and we were dug into it right away! Seafood in a bag is pretty cool, but make sure you roll up your sleeves and wear the gloves they provide because it will be VERY messy.
Food wise, the crab legs were pretty good, although a little too spicy for me, but the snow crab legs tasted fresh and the sauce was good. My friend loved it after she took a first bite and didn’t stop eating then no matter how hard it was to remove the shells WITH tools! My clams on the other hand was perfect for me! Large clams with tons of garlic = super tasty! To top it off, we ordered the Cajun Fries which surprisingly was very good as well. My friend totally destroyed it! Just a heads up that the spice (powder) on the Cajun Fries leaves an interesting spicy aftertaste on your tongue which i think is one of the reason why it makes you want to eat it after and after again.
Food was good. Service was okay, some servers sounded a bit harsh which is understandable due to how busy the place was, but they were all very attentive! 4 stars out of 5, mainly due to the long wait time and average service. I will for sure be back but maybe when the hype cools down a little so I don’t need to wait 2 hours again!

3.5÷5, +.5 for service
Well, this is definitely a unique addition to the community, and the hype blew up very fast here. I definitely wouldn’t think I’d be served food in a plastic bag, nor would I actually be expected to eat from food in a plastic bag!
All that aside, to enjoy this experience you actually have to dine here. Unfortunately they only take reservations for 6 people or more, though under exceptional circumstances they will take reservations for 4. The first time I tried to dine here on Saturday night, I arrived at 9:15pm and was told the wait was 2 hours long. I noped right out of there, but only after I made a reservation for Sunday night at 8pm. Since I was only a table of 3, AND because I reserved in-​person, I was granted to be first on the 8pm waiting list that night.
Sunday night came and I got my table after about 10 minutes of waiting. We were seated upstairs, where there are two large seatings and two small seatings available. There’s a dedicated server upstairs, so waving down someone to take our order wasn’t hard at all.
We had the lobsters, king crab, two rounds of clams, and raw oysters. We had the captain’s boil sauce for everything except one of the rounds of clams, in which we had the garlic sauce instead. The clams with garlic sauce and raw oysters came first, and I must say the clams were very good considering they were only $ 11.95. There were a couple of clams whose shells weren’t open though. The raw oysters were on the smaller side, and I definitely preferred Nomé’s raw oysters over this place.
The lobsters and king crab were both very good as well, and despite the fact both were only 1lb, they packed a lot of seafood meat into both shells so it was enough to share. The captain’s boil sauce was okay, but I didn’t find it mix very well with the garlic sauce. Next time for me I would just go with the garlic sauce and the cajun cajun separate.
After all this, the environmental side of my mind wanted to wonder if all the plastic bags and disposable utensils get recycled or reused eventually. While I understand the convenience aspect of this kind of dining, I really don’t like supporting restaurants that clearly don’t have an environmental mandate when it comes to post-​dining cleaning.
Service was excellent, and I liked how there was always a server in the upper level to handle tasks for its customers upstairs. He was also very knowledgeable about the products and knows very well about its specials.
To sum this long review up, I will likely return for special occasions. However I really want this place to be transparent on how they contribute to benefiting the environment, considering the large amounts of plastic bags they use in making these meals.

Within a week of their grand opening, The Captain’s Boil already has a line up out their door! I came in around 1:30PM to avoid the lunch rush, and was seated pretty quickly.
If you’ve been to The Boiling Crab in the states, this is something similar. Seafood lovers like myself are given a bib and plastic gloves. All the items on their menu are served in a plastic bag and even their water cups are plastic! They certainly don’t need a dishwasher!
I didn’t get a chance to try out their lobster, crab or crawfish because they were all sold out, and the crawfish was not yet available. We opted for what was left on the menu: King Crab legs, shrimp and mussels. We paired them all with the Captain’s Boil sauce, and just to put it out there, if you can’t handle spicy food, go for «mild»!
You’re given a little container of salt to squeeze some lemon juice in, used as a dip if you’d like the Vietnamese style of eating your seafood. I personally enjoyed eating the shrimp with just the Captain’s Boil sauce (mix of garlic, cajun & lemon pepper). The seafood is fresh, and the King Crab was meaty with a sweet tang of freshness!
On the side, we ordered the cajun fries, which I will order one just for myself next time! I’m glad this concept was brought to Toronto, and so close to home! Till the end of the month, they are offering 10% off discount! They accept reservations, and you’ll need to make one. Trust me!