Captain Steve’s

Just left this place. The hostess was rude to my bf when he asked if there was topping to go in his «sweet potato mash». She told him, «This ain’t Thanksgiving».
Anyway. The «mac n cheese»…was in no way, shape or form appetizing. Boiled elbows with that powdered, watery cheese. My hushpuppies were cold and hard, and my shrimp were cold and mushy. The breading would fall off as I went to pick it up. Oh! And I ordered a combo, & was given ONE piece of fish as opposed to my bf’s 2.
I have eaten at the Harrisburg location. Runs circles around this place. Don’t waste your time. I surely won’t.

Well this could be either a 4 or 5 star depending on what you expect. The term I was given when I moved here was «fish camp» and that’s what it is. You want good fried fish and lots of it for the money come on. Large menu and all is good.

I really do not like to write a negative review, but, this time I cannot help it. I was the last person to arrive in our large party of 23 people. I seated myself within my group. As soon as I sat down, I borrowed a menu from another person within our party. I barely opened the menu when the waitress asked me if I know what I wanted. I replied not yet, please come back. She promptly took the other’s dinner requests and never came back to me. I was sitting calmly waiting for her to return. When another person in the party realized that I had not ordered, they went to the waitress area and a waiter promptly came over and took my order. No hard feelings, everyone can make a goof. The gentleman across from me ordered the same thing I had. It looked good.
My order was simple, chopped steak dinner, baked potato (extra butter, no sour cream), salad with french dressing. The salad was fine, the potato no extra butter, had sour cream. The problem came in when I cut into the chopped steak, a combination of grease and blood came out onto my plate. It was cold to the touch. I sent it back. In another 10 minutes a properly cooked steak, baked potato, garlic bread came out. They also brought me out an order of Jumbo Shrimp that I did not want. I passed that out to the others within my group. When the bill came out, I noticed that a 20% tip was automatically added.
Another man in the group ordered a loaded baked potato, it was just a normal baked potato. The lady across the table said that she hoped that next year they chose a different restaurant. I know ordering a chopped steak in a seafood restaurant may not be the best choice. If it is on the menu, I expect it to edible. I am sure that the chopped steak did not meet the minimum temperature requirements for safe service. Sorry Captain Steve, I will not be back.

Captain Steve’s is very welcoming! Makes you feel like your in a boat when you walk in! The food was awesome and great portion for the price! Service was very good and never had an empty drink. Will definitely be back to get my seafood fix!

Pretty good. I enjoyed the shrimp. Didn’t really care for the hush puppies. Waiter was very friendly.

Drove in from Mississippi to enjoy Charlotte N.C. with Family. Stayed in Ballantyne and stopped of at your restaraunt for a meal. LOVED IT! Your staff was GREAT and the Food beat our expectations. Had the Flounder & Shrimp fried. It was so much that we went out and bought some tupperware to take the rest home with us. We were broken hearted as we got half way home and questioned each other on who got the food out of the refrigerator… OH WELL! It is far better to have eaten at Captain Steve’s and lost… than to have never eaten there at all!!!

What a great place for lunch they have great sandwiches and salads at great prices as well as their seafood and other entrees. I was really pleasantly surprised to see so many selections.

First time. You get started with a bowl of hush puppies — next time I won’t eat any. They are good, but there’s no sense filling up on those. Ordered a broiled seafood platter — it was very reasonably priced and we could have shared it and been done. Flounder, Oysters, Shrimp two ways, Scallops and more. Instead, we also ordered clam strips. In the end, we brought quite a bit home. In any case, the food was prepared just right.
On the downside, the affordability seems to bring out the K-​Mart crowd. Additionally, the ambiance is lacking in pretty much every way. This place could do with a bit of a décor overhaul, along with some healthier prep on the menu (most everything is deep fried) and an updated beer menu.

I’ve been going to this «fish camp» for years.
It’s like a HUGE 2 dining room building… very open with tall ceilings… lots of tables and booths.
During prime time hours, it can get really busy with lots of «INTERESTING PEOPLE» to look at.
Menu has typical seafood items grilled, broiled and fried. Shrimp, Scallops, Clam Strips, Oysters, Crab Legs, Lobster etc. They also have great side salads with Bacon, Cheese, croutons, cucumber erc. The dressings are super good. PORTIONS ARE INCREDIBLY HUGE! The «small fried shrimp» platter is enough to feed 2 people.
They also have some pastas like Lasagna, Spaghetti, Fettuccine. They have Burgers, BBQ, and Steaks (which i prolly wouldnt try a steak here). Side items are FF, Homeade Onion Rings, Slaw, Broccoli, and other things like that.
Varied menu for sure. I have tried most things at least once… and i would say that they obviously do seafood the best… and the fettuccine is a close second. The rest, i could take it or leave it.
One pet peeve of mine, (which some people seem to enjoy) is that they have a «singing waitress». The woman can sing gospel like none other, but shes so damn loud and disruptive. …it really gets on my nerves… and it distracts all the servers from doing their job efficientally. Save your sinnging and witnessing for the church house… not the seafood house. She really does it for the attention and when she gets done singing… she then races through the dining room drawing attention to herself by acting all panicked that shes got to catch up on her tables and get back to work. VERY DRAMATIC. UGH! People record video of her… and im sure she is waiting on a video to go Viral so she can get a «big break». I think i may have one or two in my phone as well… guilty.
All in all, this place will be a regular stop for me simply because when i eat out… i dont always want the typical Plaza Midwood selections… or a coorperate meal… this is a way to switch it up.
Definitely not a 5 star experience, food is a 4 star experience,…but the singing waitress brings it to a 3 star for me.

RUN LIKE HELL!!! New to the area and I have heard so many people talk about Captains Steve’s and how great it is so this past weekend I decided to try it out. I was really excited! We went on Saturday around 2pm for lunch. Wasn’t a lot of people there so I thought perfect. This would be the perfect time to spend some time with my family, relax, and enjoy lunch. Walked in and never received a greeting welcoming us to the place. We had received dinner menus so as soon as I sat down I asked for the lunch menu was informed that they do not use the lunch menus on the weekend. Ok no big deal. Our waitress Kristen was the absolute worst!!! She had a horrible attitude! Never smiled and came across like we were bothering her whenever we asked for something or when we asked her to come back because we were still reviewing the menu. She failed to refill our water glasses and when we finally brought it to her attention she poured water all over our table and did not even offer to clean it up. Horrible customer service experience! The food was just ok. Wasn’t seasoned very well. Overall I was not impressed and will not be back!!!
**After talking with a few people about my experience. I learned that Captain Steve used to own this location on Monroe but it was bought out a few years back and they kept the name. not the same owners as the one in Harrisburg or Fort Mill. I’ll try Captain Steve’s again but it will NEVER be the one on Monroe.**

Captain Steves is is a bit overrated I feel. It is pretty similar to other area restaurants such as Mayflower and Captains Galley. I really enjoyed the all you can eat crab legs on Tuesday nights, but they now limit times and have increased prices again. If you’re in the area it’s not a bad place to visit, but don’t go out of your way to come.

Wish I could give them half a star or less. Ordered AN 8 ounce sirloin and it was cooked well done after I ordered medium rare. Brown in the middle (big difference from warm red center). No big deal would’ve just sent it back without a fuss but the manager, Christine, saw it fit to bring it back to our table and tell us that we didn’t know how to order a steak and try to argue that it was medium rare even though it was fully brown. Ruined date night, we were so pissed to be treated like scum. First time I’ve ever sent a steak back, not like we were trying to mess with them– I hadn’t eaten off it, didn’t even ask for a refund. Still can’t believe she brought it back to the table just to be a rude jerk. Ugh!

This was my first «Fish Camp» experience and overall I thought it was pretty decent. I made the mistake of checking out the Unilocal reviews after I ordered my small fried shrimp platter. Someone posted a photo of the shrimp that were not deveined which I could have gone without seeing. I tried to suck it up because the shrimp were miniature so I would imagine most of the time they are not deveined but the breading hides it. Anyway, I survived and the shrimp tasted just fine. The cocktail sauce was good and spicy, and side-​note, they serve awesome ranch dressing.
Overall the food was pretty good and super plentiful .the small platter (around $ 8.50) easily made two meals.
Where they fell off for me was cleanliness. The place just felt dirty… basically everything on the table seemed to have a thin layer of grease on it. I know it’s tough when serving fried food to keep menus and tables clean, but when large crumbs fall out of the menu that’s a good sign they need a little scrubbin.
The service was on the slower side but they were busy splitting bills for a large birthday party. Overall we were happy with our server and this wasn’t a big deal.

Great seafood hours from the coast! Very friendly staff and nice nautical theme. Restaurant large enough to handle busy crowds, but still has a family owned feel. Highly recommend checking this place out!

I love Captain Steve’s. The customer service is always through the roof. I love the salt and peppered catfish. The hush puppies and tea… Soooo good! Captain Steve’s will remain a favorite of mine.

This restaurant was okay. I wish they would turn down the 1,000 watt lights so you could relax while having dinner! The décor is «interesting» and definitely needs updating, however it is whimsical in a way. The lights ruin the entire experience.
The food was decent but not great. My husband tried Grouper fish for the first time. It was so fishy that he could barely eat it. The server told us that was the type of fish it was, after he ordered and complained about the fishiness. No «fresh» fish should ever taste or smell fishy.
On a positive note, I had the shrimp skewers that were very good and so was the fried okra. The server was very nice and went on and on about how great the food was.
Again, it was okay but due to the extremely bright lights, loud décor and fishy fish, we won’t be back.

One of the best waitresses I’ve ever had works here! Her name was Eva & she MADE the experience. She was sweet from the second we sat down & she can SANG! She sang for he birthday celebrants & a couple of tables, including ours. Go on Thurs, Fri, & Sat because that’s when she works.
You get ALOT of food for the money you pay. & The hush puppies are SO good! I had the crab cakes with sweet potato. The potato was the half the size of my plate. Definitely worth it.

What a great, casual seafood restaurant! This place is really popular, so there’s usually a lot of people, but never a wait. I enjoy the pick two/​three fish meal. It’s enough food to eat twice over again for a very inexpensive price. It’s definitely a great family restaurant. I love it!

Captain Steve’s is a great casual seafood place. It’s nothing fancy but you certainly get your money’s worth here.
When you order scallops, even with one of their platters, they give you several instead of 3 or 4 like some seafood places. Same with everything else. You can get it fried or broiled and they have all you can eat specials of crab legs.
I had a broiled platter including filet of flounder, scallops and grilled shrimp with a side of fries. The worst thing in that group was the fries which were flavorless and could have been cooked longer. The fish was good with 2 thinly sliced filets. The shrimp was a little over seasoned for my tasted but it was cooked perfectly. And the scallops were quite good.
Service is great here. Everyone was so friendly and appreciative of your business. The place is also huge so it can definitely handle larger groups. And from what I understand, this place gets packed on weekends.

There really aren’t that many fish camps left in Charlotte proper. Heck, there aren’t that many of anything left in Charlotte proper. We’re too busy clearing out everything to build something else to keep anything, much less the lonely fish camp. But Steve’s is a reasonable facsimile of a fish camp. To get anything better you have to make a decent drive, to for us city dwellers, it will do just fine.
Most fish camps get rather busy, especially on the weekends, and Steve’s is no different there. Pull into the lot at the wrong time and you will think you were left off the guest list to the family reunion. This place can get busy.
Still, it is not much of a secret that the best days of Steve’s are likely behind it. As enjoyable as they are, mounds and mounds of fried food are just not as appetizing as they once were, and don’t tell anyone, but just as Charlotte refuses to hold onto anything from the past, we are also not exactly a hotbed for seafood. Do not be dismayed, however. Wear your pajama jeans or unbuckle your belt, shimmy into the booth and partake in the glory of the oil-​basted goodness as you feel your arteries harden.
Then eat salads for the next few weeks.