I guess the last couple of reviews tell the story. We stopped by on Aug 25 for dinner and there was a sign on the door "Closed for the Season." Perhaps a victim of the labor shortage?
IlivetheCaribbean
This place is terrible. 7 of us arrived and seated at a little after 7pm. Waitress Brianna took drink orders and returned fairly quickly with them. At this time it was about 7:15. She took our orders. We sat for 45 minutes waiting before she returned and said one ordered item wasn't available. This person reordered. Well we waited another 45 minutes so 1.5 hours before food arrives and one entree was missing. We were very hungry after a day of travel as it was. No one came to say order was delayed. Food when it arrived was terrible...Cold, unappealing appearance, didn't taste fresh, mushy french fries. Very disappointed. We had checks split to 5 and 2. Our check for 5 arrived and it was over $200 for junk. I reviewed bill and said it was not right. There were 2 dinners on there that we never ordered. She corrected but only took 1 off, had to ask again. Finally actual bill was $144. This wasn't worth half of that! Dirty appearance in there too! Poor lighting to cover filth. I normally don't leave bad reviews but justified.
Jerry N
Clueless waitress to start with. I asked if oysters were fresh shucked in house and was told yes. First clue they may be " food service was they came swimming under water with cubes of ice on "top" instead of them resting on a bed of crushed ice to preserve the flavor and natural juices. Came without silverware. Food thereafter took nearly an hour but to be fair entrees were all good, especially the blackened fishbites. I guess you shouldnt expect more for happy hour oysters these days...
Karen M
It was meh. We’ve gone here every year for about 10 yrs. I feel like the food used to be better. But it’s the only thing like it in the area. Not bad but just ok to us.
Gianni Riggione
Just had one of the best experiences at a restaurant in awhile. Let me just start off by saying joules has got to have the best service on the beach. Other than the service the food was cooked to perfection and everyone had a smile! 10/10 recommend
Zack Johnson
BEST SEAFOOD AT THE BEACH! My brother, girlfriend and I all sat at the bar after walking right in and talking to the hostess. The bartender Zachary gave us some of the best service we’ve ever received at any restaurant. He made amazing Royal Flush shots and all our other drinks were very tasteful as well. If you come definitely try the Low country boil to eat and any of the rum punches to drink which can come a very neat way called a fishbowl. We will be back very soon!
Heather P.
Duffy's has always been one of our go to places when we are at the beach, we came in yesterday. While we were waiting on our room to be ready we went to Duffy's to eat, BIG MISTAKE! Not only did we wait an hour and 40 mins for our food (which was either overcooked (shrimp & oysters) or undercooked by far (potatoes ect) and gross) we finally had to ask for silverware after an hour and 15 mins. There were only 4 other tables at this time mind you, the waitress was overwhelmed and over worked to say the least. Menu had less choices and prices had sky rocketed. Not one our favorite spots anymore, will definitely be looking for another new favorite spot! We hope Duffy's, can get it together once again like it use to be.
scc4eyes
With my family from Charlotte and stopped in for lunch after a few hours of beach time. When we got in there was only one other table. The waitress was very friendly but EXTREMELY over worked as she was the only waitress. There were 3 adults and 3 kids in our party. She was helpful in our questions, and even suggested we order the adult chicken dinner for the kids to share. As we were there they got busier and she was doing her best. The bartender was not busy and did nothing to offer any help to the waitress. She could have used a hand for sure. We waited an extra long time for food and when it came the chicken was so over cooked, dark brown , and honestly we were not able to eat it, much less the kids eat it. FF served with it were not crispy at all and Luke warm at most. I got the shrimp tacos, requested fried instead of blackened, that’s were right tasty…2 large, stuffed with shrimp! The red potatoes were very undercooked (boiled)- the fish tacos were only ok. The seafood platter was a lot of food, and again only ok , oysters were really under fried, flounder fishy. I will say the hush puppies were great! Again, many many kudos to the waitress, she was doing her best! Unfortunately, we will not be back to eat there. If not for the waitress I would have given it 2 stars
Lisa C.
This place was great! We were seated quickly, and our waiter Johnathan was friendly, efficient and did a great job checking in to make sure we were happy with our meal. Our drinks stayed full. My crab cakes were amazing, all lump crab and very little filler. My husband's fried oysters were excellent, cooked perfectly. The asparagus was cooked well. My sons steam pot was fantastic as well. Will go back for sure.
Yanni K.
Not operated like most adult run restaurants may leave one to think that they the customer are not so important in n this line of business.
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Horrible experience. This place had been recommended to me so thought I'd give it a try. Wait wasn't bad, 30 minutes or so. The worst part was the service and the the wait for the food. It took approx 45 minutes to bring the food out after we ordered. We may have seen our waitress three times all night. Drink refills were never checked or brought. Further more, some things that were supposed to come with the order we did not get and when we ask for it our waitress seemed to get an attitude about it. Food was OK, I'd say middle of the road. I will never go back after this experience.
Billy G.
Food is not what says on menu. Orderd a low country boil. Nothing was boiled. Shrimp maybe but was over cooked sausage was grill burnt corn on cob was fried potatoes was hard. Also ordered baked flounder and it was straight awful. Well done flounder n inside like mosh. Negative -10 rating.
Scarlett E.
well it used to be a good restaurant.. not anymore. Being a former food industry worker I have a lot to say, but the basics are; we waited 2 hours for food. tables that arrived after us were served before us. food came out cold and we were still charged full price. The servers are rude and this place desperately needs new management..it's absolutely disgusting what this restaurant is getting away with. Do not waste your time here. It's probably only still open because this is a tourist area, they price gouge, and no one knows any better.
M B.
Very disappointed. Ordered 2 steam pots to go. Get them back to hotel only to find out that crab legs weren't included (even though it clearly states on the menu that 1/2 lb crab legs comes with it) and they were out of red potatoes. The right thing to do would have been to tell us that when we picked up the food and given us some kind of substitution but no, I had to call to find out that crab legs no longer come in the steam pots. Um..might want to remove them from the menu then. And if the menu says red potatoes come with it and you are out, let someone know.
Mike McDonald
Stay away! I really want to like this place. In the past it was good. One of my favorite places to go while in town, but it's just disgusting now. The place was dirty. Napkins on the floor. Food on the floor. The men's bathroom had no soap, the person who had been in the bathroom before my son and I found there was no toilet paper, as evidenced by the paper towels in the toilet. The shrimp I had were gross and almost disintegrating. The hush puppies were not cooked all the way through. All in all everything was not pleasant. The best thing at the table was my younger son's burger. This is supposed to be a seafood place.
I guess the last couple of reviews tell the story. We stopped by on Aug 25 for dinner and there was a sign on the door "Closed for the Season." Perhaps a victim of the labor shortage?
This place is terrible. 7 of us arrived and seated at a little after 7pm. Waitress Brianna took drink orders and returned fairly quickly with them. At this time it was about 7:15. She took our orders. We sat for 45 minutes waiting before she returned and said one ordered item wasn't available. This person reordered. Well we waited another 45 minutes so 1.5 hours before food arrives and one entree was missing. We were very hungry after a day of travel as it was. No one came to say order was delayed. Food when it arrived was terrible...Cold, unappealing appearance, didn't taste fresh, mushy french fries. Very disappointed. We had checks split to 5 and 2. Our check for 5 arrived and it was over $200 for junk. I reviewed bill and said it was not right. There were 2 dinners on there that we never ordered. She corrected but only took 1 off, had to ask again. Finally actual bill was $144. This wasn't worth half of that! Dirty appearance in there too! Poor lighting to cover filth. I normally don't leave bad reviews but justified.
Clueless waitress to start with. I asked if oysters were fresh shucked in house and was told yes. First clue they may be " food service was they came swimming under water with cubes of ice on "top" instead of them resting on a bed of crushed ice to preserve the flavor and natural juices. Came without silverware. Food thereafter took nearly an hour but to be fair entrees were all good, especially the blackened fishbites. I guess you shouldnt expect more for happy hour oysters these days...
It was meh. We’ve gone here every year for about 10 yrs. I feel like the food used to be better. But it’s the only thing like it in the area. Not bad but just ok to us.
Just had one of the best experiences at a restaurant in awhile. Let me just start off by saying joules has got to have the best service on the beach. Other than the service the food was cooked to perfection and everyone had a smile! 10/10 recommend
BEST SEAFOOD AT THE BEACH! My brother, girlfriend and I all sat at the bar after walking right in and talking to the hostess. The bartender Zachary gave us some of the best service we’ve ever received at any restaurant. He made amazing Royal Flush shots and all our other drinks were very tasteful as well. If you come definitely try the Low country boil to eat and any of the rum punches to drink which can come a very neat way called a fishbowl. We will be back very soon!
Duffy's has always been one of our go to places when we are at the beach, we came in yesterday. While we were waiting on our room to be ready we went to Duffy's to eat, BIG MISTAKE! Not only did we wait an hour and 40 mins for our food (which was either overcooked (shrimp & oysters) or undercooked by far (potatoes ect) and gross) we finally had to ask for silverware after an hour and 15 mins. There were only 4 other tables at this time mind you, the waitress was overwhelmed and over worked to say the least. Menu had less choices and prices had sky rocketed. Not one our favorite spots anymore, will definitely be looking for another new favorite spot! We hope Duffy's, can get it together once again like it use to be.
With my family from Charlotte and stopped in for lunch after a few hours of beach time. When we got in there was only one other table. The waitress was very friendly but EXTREMELY over worked as she was the only waitress. There were 3 adults and 3 kids in our party. She was helpful in our questions, and even suggested we order the adult chicken dinner for the kids to share. As we were there they got busier and she was doing her best. The bartender was not busy and did nothing to offer any help to the waitress. She could have used a hand for sure. We waited an extra long time for food and when it came the chicken was so over cooked, dark brown , and honestly we were not able to eat it, much less the kids eat it. FF served with it were not crispy at all and Luke warm at most. I got the shrimp tacos, requested fried instead of blackened, that’s were right tasty…2 large, stuffed with shrimp! The red potatoes were very undercooked (boiled)- the fish tacos were only ok. The seafood platter was a lot of food, and again only ok , oysters were really under fried, flounder fishy. I will say the hush puppies were great! Again, many many kudos to the waitress, she was doing her best! Unfortunately, we will not be back to eat there. If not for the waitress I would have given it 2 stars
This place was great! We were seated quickly, and our waiter Johnathan was friendly, efficient and did a great job checking in to make sure we were happy with our meal. Our drinks stayed full. My crab cakes were amazing, all lump crab and very little filler. My husband's fried oysters were excellent, cooked perfectly. The asparagus was cooked well. My sons steam pot was fantastic as well. Will go back for sure.
Not operated like most adult run restaurants may leave one to think that they the customer are not so important in n this line of business.
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Horrible experience. This place had been recommended to me so thought I'd give it a try. Wait wasn't bad, 30 minutes or so. The worst part was the service and the the wait for the food. It took approx 45 minutes to bring the food out after we ordered. We may have seen our waitress three times all night. Drink refills were never checked or brought. Further more, some things that were supposed to come with the order we did not get and when we ask for it our waitress seemed to get an attitude about it. Food was OK, I'd say middle of the road. I will never go back after this experience.
Food is not what says on menu. Orderd a low country boil. Nothing was boiled. Shrimp maybe but was over cooked sausage was grill burnt corn on cob was fried potatoes was hard. Also ordered baked flounder and it was straight awful. Well done flounder n inside like mosh. Negative -10 rating.
well it used to be a good restaurant.. not anymore. Being a former food industry worker I have a lot to say, but the basics are; we waited 2 hours for food. tables that arrived after us were served before us. food came out cold and we were still charged full price. The servers are rude and this place desperately needs new management..it's absolutely disgusting what this restaurant is getting away with. Do not waste your time here. It's probably only still open because this is a tourist area, they price gouge, and no one knows any better.
Very disappointed. Ordered 2 steam pots to go. Get them back to hotel only to find out that crab legs weren't included (even though it clearly states on the menu that 1/2 lb crab legs comes with it) and they were out of red potatoes. The right thing to do would have been to tell us that when we picked up the food and given us some kind of substitution but no, I had to call to find out that crab legs no longer come in the steam pots. Um..might want to remove them from the menu then. And if the menu says red potatoes come with it and you are out, let someone know.
Stay away! I really want to like this place. In the past it was good. One of my favorite places to go while in town, but it's just disgusting now. The place was dirty. Napkins on the floor. Food on the floor. The men's bathroom had no soap, the person who had been in the bathroom before my son and I found there was no toilet paper, as evidenced by the paper towels in the toilet. The shrimp I had were gross and almost disintegrating. The hush puppies were not cooked all the way through. All in all everything was not pleasant. The best thing at the table was my younger son's burger. This is supposed to be a seafood place.