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Cap'n Tobey's Chowder House
Category: Restaurants Seafood Seafood [Edit]
20 Straight Wharf St.Nantucket, MA 02564
(508) 228-0836
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
- Has TV:
- Yes
6 reviews for Cap'n Tobey's Chowder House
6 reviews in English
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Review from Nick C.
Waltham, MA
5/23/2011 1 Check-in Here
First of all I don't know what all these haters are doing blowing up Cap'n Tobey's score. Relax. Yes, the menu isn't that robust and the chowder is good but not Sayle's caliber but come on....its more a good times kind of pub than a high priced snooty eatery.
Likes: service was outstanding. We sat in the bar area and were served by the bar tender that just moved there from San Diego. One person in our party was gluten free and he had the chef grill hot wings for her. I ordered a cup of chowder which too a little long to get there so he hooked us up with a couple free shots. The nachos were so so but the wings and chowder made up for it (they were solid). Plus this place has some awesome games to play (a shuffle board type game and some arcade games).
Dislikes: not too many gluten free options but they did their best to accomodate. Menu isn't THAT robust but this is a pub with tvs, games and down to earth service not a fine dining restaurant.
All in all I probably would give 3 out of 4 stars but the service was what changed the game. -
Review from Cassie B.
10/15/2009
If a business decides to put a specific food in their name, one might stupidly assume that food is at least Yummy, if not outstandingly delicious. This however, is not so true with the good ole Cap'n. This may be the second weirdest chowder, i've ever had the displeasure of consuming (first goes to the Mews Tavern, which i SWEAR tastes like pollution...oil slicked baby seals come to mind). Here at the Cap'n their cup is served in a mug, and has the consistency of something that goes Glop! It is drizzled with some festive christmasy looking oils, and was overwhelmingly rosemary-ish. And in case a pound of rosemary wasnt enough some thyme was thrown in. On a chicken this would be delightful...however in this gloopy mess it was terrible.
Also ordered a fish fry sammich, which was mediocre, although the tartar was good. And a crab cake slider app. The sliders themselves were kinda passable, but the dipping sauce was a mind fuck...It was this pink-ish orange color, and gelatinous in nature. It looked kind of Seussical. And weirdly, one could submerge their finger in it, pull it out, and all the finger did was glisten. No actual dipping sauce on the finger, just this weird shine...Quiet alien-like.
We got back to our house after lunch, and was told by the vetran Nantucket-er that this was the only restaurant she would have told us to avoid...after a bad experience 30 years ago...Consistency is impressive, but 30 years of consistent yuck is sad. Also, pricey for what they are serving, both in terms of quality and quantity. -
Review from James H.
Brooklyn, NY
8/28/2009
An except from the diaries of Jim Hero, Buck Hunter -
I crouch alone, a champion, a master of the 12-gauge. Waiting, patience is key, I hunt the elegant beast of the American Northeast.
Quiet.
Any noise or movement will alert the bucks of my presence, sending them scampering away through the pines, into the solace of the growing haven of evergreens.
Quiet.
I raise my weapon, calm, cool, waiting. Peering down the barrel I line up the end sight with the meat of the largest bucks' neck. A single shot should end it; clean.
The first shot is the easiest, its' flight is true as the beast is felled. But this is merely where the challenge begins.
As soon as the shot rings out, two other bucks, three does and a plethora of wildlife screech across the scene like wild banshees. The smaller of the two bucks breaks away from the pack. Another shot, another trophy. Time slows down. The final buck makes a break for it. I wait.
3 Seconds.
The large buck darts behind a doe. I cannot kill her, I dare not even take a shot with her in range.
2 Seconds
A brief moment of self-doubt. I won't be able to hit the final buck. He's too quick and the doe in front of him stymies my angle. Wait. I tell myself. Just wait.
1 Second
Just as the edge of my view saves him, just as the avalon, the valhalla, the elysium of green engulfs him, saving him from the pain of my 12-gauge, his hind legs appear. Three quick blasts to the back hips. He's down.
5 shots. A triple buck. Merely another perfect site.
For a brief moment I wonder. Will it ever end? Will my carnal pursuits and desires ever be fulfilled? Or will I continue to hunt, endlessly and eternally mount my walls with the head of those great beast.
Only time will tell.
-JH -
Review from dave h.
Olney, MD
10/29/2006
Okay, so i was in Nantucket a few weeks back B.Y. (before Yelp) and i just came across their match book from this place.
When in there on a rainy Sunday afternoon on Nantucket with nothing else to do but drink beer and watch football. Ordered a few beers, and ordered "Mozzarella Logs." Yes, logs not sticks, logs; we just thought it was a funny name to set them apart, oh no, we got mozzarella logs. These things are about 4 inches long and about 1 1/2" in diameter. Seriously, think of the normal mozzarella sticks you may order and then quadruple the size. Now, if they were logs and actually good, that would be one thing, but they were heinous.
BEWARE of the Mozzarella Log. They did have good beer and did have NFL ticket so we got to see the sucky Redskins play. -
Review from Ed W.
New York, NY
8/4/2010
I thought this was an okay place for a quick seafood bite. It is true that the clam chowder wasn't very good, which is kind of a big strike against a "Chowder House". Having said that, I did really like the fried clam sandwich, and my wife's lobster Newburg pasta was actually decent, in a simple and rich kind of way. Service was nice and they had good beer on tap. Don't get me wrong, this is clearly a touristy restaurant serving average food, but i'm rounding up here since it surpassed my low expectations and the waitress was quite friendly.
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Review from Stephen K.
Pasadena, CA
7/9/2008
The place is called "Cap'n Tobey's Chowder House". That should tell you everything you need to know.
