To give this place even one star is being generous. What an absolutely dreadful experience. Wait staff was rude, dismissive, let is stand waiting to be seated while they stood talking about their shoe sizes. Finally seated. Ordered potato skins as appetizers. $10 for six(actually 3 cut in half) which were obviously frozen. Next, $31 a piece for two ribeye dinners. Two sides, a salad with spoiled blue cheese dressing, and grilled onions swimming in a vat of oil. Frozen, crinkle cut French fries...no dinner rolls- no bread, they finally gave us one hamburger bun(!) as a roll. Both steaks were supposed to be Medium well, but were virtually half raw. I guess if you ask for a rare steak, you better plan on going out back and butchering the cow yourself. Take your plate, knife and fork. Steaks were supposed to 16Oz. At best they were maybe 10oz precooked. Took the steaks home to cook them ourselves.. . Bill arrives after we'd basically given up on trying to eat the mess that was our "dinner". $86 bucks. Must be some kind of new math-31+31+10=72 so unless 1 beer and 1 iced tea cost an additional 14 bucks, somethings wrong here. After leaving a rather obligatory tip-$100 for two people. Worst dining experience ever from start to finish. Still paying for it today, via non stop runs to the bathroom due to the half raw, spoiled mess that was dinner. Save your time, money and stomach. Go to Sav a lot, who has great meats, Texas Roadhouse (where they actually have dinner rolls),Applebee's or anywhere but this dive. What a giant disappointment.
Recommended dishes: Baked Potato with Butter and Sour Cream, Steaks
Jean Ann
Had fried oyster meal and snowflake margaritas. Coleslaw was salty, small baked potatoes and 8 small oysters $53 for 2.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Slim Peters
Good food, still bad service on each visit. Despite there being only two other couples in the restaurant, I had to approach the waitress, who was simply standing and talking with co-workers at the bar, in order to get a water refill. I should have expected as much, as we arrived at opening time and our waitress was running in the door at the same time. You'd expect staff to be inside and ready at open. Service should really improve at this restaurant that has been a local favorite of many.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Darren Poston
Great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Connie Bowman
Crystal is the best server! And Charcuterie board is filling.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dr. Chris Tencza
Went to Castaways today (12-2) and had great food, great service, and a good time. Thank you for this experience!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: House Side Salad, Baked Potato with Butter and Sour Cream
Michael Schrader
Great ribeye steaks cooked perfect. Hometown steakhouse with a big city punch!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ribeye w 2 Sides
Beth
The food was OK. The staff was supper nice but it was to expensive for what it was.
Castaways is a hole in the wall treasure. Food is great, service is great, and it’s pretty fast. The wood fired pizza is a must if you’re in the Lancaster area.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Deborah Walt
Castaways is an old establishment in Lancaster. Well known for the steaks, which my husband got. What I was surprised about is that they do not serve coffee.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Cindy Wolfinger
I hadn't been here for quite some time. I was disappointed with the food before and found it wasn't any better than the last time. The salad was just a bed of greens that was old and wilted, no other veggies added at all. The fries were crinkle cut out of a bag and undercooked...and the fried jumbo shrimp was just mediocre. I don't plan on going back again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Kevin Montgomery
My wife and I stumbled upon this place as we were driving through the area. Now I’ll warn you, it is off the beaten path and just when you’re about to give up and turn around, just keep going haha!When we arrived we were seated promptly. The hostess and server were very friendly and quick.My wife ordered the chopped steak and I had the Ribeye. Both were cooked correctly and had a good flavor. The ribeye did have a little gristle and some tough spots to it but overall it wasn’t bad. We both got salad, and green beans which were good as well.We really enjoyed the atmosphere and will plan to come back and try something different.
Shane Sawyers
Great food and service! I recommend the steak for 2 on a date night!
To give this place even one star is being generous. What an absolutely dreadful experience. Wait staff was rude, dismissive, let is stand waiting to be seated while they stood talking about their shoe sizes. Finally seated. Ordered potato skins as appetizers. $10 for six(actually 3 cut in half) which were obviously frozen. Next, $31 a piece for two ribeye dinners. Two sides, a salad with spoiled blue cheese dressing, and grilled onions swimming in a vat of oil. Frozen, crinkle cut French fries...no dinner rolls- no bread, they finally gave us one hamburger bun(!) as a roll. Both steaks were supposed to be Medium well, but were virtually half raw. I guess if you ask for a rare steak, you better plan on going out back and butchering the cow yourself. Take your plate, knife and fork. Steaks were supposed to 16Oz. At best they were maybe 10oz precooked. Took the steaks home to cook them ourselves.. . Bill arrives after we'd basically given up on trying to eat the mess that was our "dinner". $86 bucks. Must be some kind of new math-31+31+10=72 so unless 1 beer and 1 iced tea cost an additional 14 bucks, somethings wrong here. After leaving a rather obligatory tip-$100 for two people. Worst dining experience ever from start to finish. Still paying for it today, via non stop runs to the bathroom due to the half raw, spoiled mess that was dinner. Save your time, money and stomach. Go to Sav a lot, who has great meats, Texas Roadhouse (where they actually have dinner rolls),Applebee's or anywhere but this dive. What a giant disappointment.
Sirloin steak was just ok
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Surf & Turf, Fried Shrimp & Fries, Steaks
I had my very first real date here.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: Baked Potato with Butter and Sour Cream, Steaks
Had fried oyster meal and snowflake margaritas. Coleslaw was salty, small baked potatoes and 8 small oysters $53 for 2.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 4
Good food, still bad service on each visit. Despite there being only two other couples in the restaurant, I had to approach the waitress, who was simply standing and talking with co-workers at the bar, in order to get a water refill. I should have expected as much, as we arrived at opening time and our waitress was running in the door at the same time. You'd expect staff to be inside and ready at open. Service should really improve at this restaurant that has been a local favorite of many.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 1
Great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Crystal is the best server! And Charcuterie board is filling.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went to Castaways today (12-2) and had great food, great service, and a good time. Thank you for this experience!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: House Side Salad, Baked Potato with Butter and Sour Cream
Great ribeye steaks cooked perfect. Hometown steakhouse with a big city punch!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Ribeye w 2 Sides
The food was OK. The staff was supper nice but it was to expensive for what it was.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
Castaways is a hole in the wall treasure. Food is great, service is great, and it’s pretty fast. The wood fired pizza is a must if you’re in the Lancaster area.
Food: 5
Service: 5
Castaways is an old establishment in Lancaster. Well known for the steaks, which my husband got. What I was surprised about is that they do not serve coffee.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
I hadn't been here for quite some time. I was disappointed with the food before and found it wasn't any better than the last time. The salad was just a bed of greens that was old and wilted, no other veggies added at all. The fries were crinkle cut out of a bag and undercooked...and the fried jumbo shrimp was just mediocre. I don't plan on going back again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
My wife and I stumbled upon this place as we were driving through the area. Now I’ll warn you, it is off the beaten path and just when you’re about to give up and turn around, just keep going haha!When we arrived we were seated promptly. The hostess and server were very friendly and quick.My wife ordered the chopped steak and I had the Ribeye. Both were cooked correctly and had a good flavor. The ribeye did have a little gristle and some tough spots to it but overall it wasn’t bad. We both got salad, and green beans which were good as well.We really enjoyed the atmosphere and will plan to come back and try something different.
Great food and service! I recommend the steak for 2 on a date night!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5