Boathouse Restaurant - Wilmington

Wonderful food, excellent service and best prices around! We called and could reserve a table for a party of 11. Our waitress was on everything, offered excellent service and everyone on our table had good things to say about their meal. The portion sizes are great! The menu has a variety of options so our group had everything from pasta, seafood, steak, salad and pork chop. There was something for everyone and we would definitely try something new again.

I was visiting Wilmington and decided I wanted to try a new seafood place. It was my first, definitely not my last. The food was amazing, the scallops I could eat a whole plate of them. The portion size are off the chart and the prices are reasonable. Good food, good prices it's a win win to me. I'll be coming again

UPDATE: I am updating my review to 4 stars due to the owner Daniel) taking ownership of this issue and discussing my concerns with me in a professional and courteous manner. The others in my party enjoyed their meals and had no complaints. I learned that the non-deveined are not supposed to be served broiled. As the owner stated in his statement below this review. It is served plain and unseasoned unless you ask for it to be seasoned. I did not think to ask, and my server being new did not think to offer. I appreciate the owner taking he time to reach out and discuss this and explain everything. I will give Boathouse another chance and when I do I will update this review again.. Original: My family and I visited the Boathouse for dinner. This was the first time I had come to this restaurant for dinner. My previous experience was with breakfast about two years ago. The level of disappointment that I experienced was shocking given the reputation and location of the restaurant. There were many issues with the meal. The first issue was that the shrimp were served NOT deveined. Every seafood restaurant Deveins its shrimp. To not Devein it is absolutely disgusting. I am so happy I did not order the fried shrimp or else I never would’ve seen this. When I brought this to the attention of management, I was told that’s just the way it is. The next issue I had was the crabcake. While it had a lot of crab meat in it, it did not taste or smell like crab. To verify this was not just an issue that was only occurring to me I passed it to the three other people at the table and everyone agreed it did not smell or taste like crab. The crabcake was extremely oily and had a weird smell. The next issue I had was with the scallops. While they were cooked they had no sear on them, were sitting in oily water with no flavor, there was no seasoning or salt or anything. The pasta salad tasted like pure oregano and really had no vinegar flavor, it was just like oily oregano. The only good thing with my meal was the okra. The only positive thing I have to say is that our server Jackie L. was very nice and attentive. She apologized and even appeared shocked at the shrimp. I do not plan on returning to this restaurant as I feel I wasted a great deal of money $150 plus) taking my family out. The Wilmington market has plenty of other seafood restaurants that know how to prepare shrimp and scallops. The ONLY reason I am giving two stars is that some of my family members had acceptable meals. Their meals were NOT perfect but relatively acceptable.

Had a great meal at Boathouse! It was nothing extraordinary or fancy, but sometimes having good food at a good price with great service is all you need. It wasn't the best seafood I've ever had, but it was worth going back to again. Plus, there's plenty of free parking and fewer crowds than some of the more touristy places nearby.

Firstly, the service was immaculate. Everyone was friendly and our waitress was quick and kept checking on us to make sure we were okay which was amazing. Secondly, the hush puppies were ah-mazing and the reason why I’m giving three stars instead of two. Thirdly, the hush puppies were the only food here that had actual flavor. Everything was bland and basic; my fries didn’t even have salt on them. The chicken tenders were also super tough and hard to chew. This restaurant has potential, but the food needs to have more flavor.