Great food and choices to try, Great servers and Great atmosphere... Well worth the stop!

Picked this buffet because my husband read the crab legs were served hot. Crab legs were plentiful and delicious with all the required utensils and butter options. We also enjoyed the fried options like cocnut shrimp and cod. Enjoyed the shrimp and grits as well. Most all the fish we tried (fresh or fried) was tasty. The sides we tried were okay, small salty but we really came for the crab legs and fish. The service was exceptional, the place very clean with a bright atmosphere, and the buffett fully and continually stocked. Plenty of options for fish and non fish lovers plus options for kids like pizza and French fries. The dessert also had plenty of options. While we haven't been to other buffetts in the area, I would be happy to return to this one . read more

We went here on a Sunday night. They had parking. Their parking lot was tight. We waited about 10 min to be seated when we arrived. The place was nice and clean. The staff was friendly and attentive. This place is all you can eat. They had a variety of items from cold to hot seafood. Cold seafood ranged from shrimp cocktail, raw oysters, to fried seafood to fresh crab legs. They also had a variety of different non seafood items as well like ribs, chicken wings etc. they had a nice little dessert bar with cakes pies and a chocolate fountain. They have a full bar. Their prices were reasonable. They do add gratuity for large parties. This place was nice I will be back. read more

Had to check out this awesome place while we were in town. They definitely deliver. The buffet is amazing, the Customer Service was awesome too. Crab legs and crawfish were my favourites. Absolute awesomeness. Looking forward to coming back. read more

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Katya was our server and she was absolutely amazing! The food was outstanding and dessert was to die for . Everything was so fresh and delicious we will definitely be visiting this place when we come back this way read more

Excellent food and services, lots of food options and delicious dessert. The servers were nice and I got full off all the food I got. read more

Captain Benjamin's Calabash Seafood - Dessert - Seafood Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

We tried out 3 AYCE seafood buffets while we were in town! Foodwise- this was by far our favorite. It had the most options for seafood lovers. It also had plenty of options for the nonseafood lovers as well. There was a large dessert selection! All the food was very tasty and warm. Plenty of crab legs, no wait and self serve! Our waiter was friendly but very soft spoken and at times hard to understand. He never let our drinks get empty and kept our trash bucket and empty plates cleaned up! The restaurant appeared very clean and well decorated. It was not overly busy so lines for food were almost nonexistent! read more

Captain Benjamin's Calabash Seafood - Oysters Rockefeller, Collard Greens - Seafood Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

The atmosphere is is very welcoming. It has a more modern appeal. Many selections of food. The beef tips, crab legs and corn were delicious! You definitely get your moneys worth. Our waitress was very attentive and kept our drinks filled. Will Most definitely come back! read more

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So, the staff is attentive and super friendly and the most fascinating thing about the restaurant is its amazing collection of model ships and other interesting items, so go for that. My wife enjoyed the crab legs, but to be honest, this food was pretty horrifying and a real punishment to the cardio system. It's all fried or drowning in butter or some fatty sauce. No local fish at all. Breaded shrimp and oysters were okay, but the very biggest thing missing in the kitchen is love. This restaurant does not cook with love. And that is a sin to any true chef. read more

We were looking for a good seafood buffet and decided to go here. I was pleasantly surprised! The restaurant was really modern and up to date. Service was excellent! Lukash was attentive and friendly. The food was flavorful and there were a ton of options. I partook in the fried fish, calamari, clams and chicken wings and then the snow crab legs. I think I ate 5 clusters all together. They were ok but about what you would expect at a buffet like that. It was on the pricier side but typical for a seafood buffet that offers as many options as they do. We'd try it again if we come back to town. Recommend to check them out! read more

We came to Myrtle beach for vacation and a lot of locals and other reviews rated this place very high. The food is very mid, not worth the $50.00. We truly did not like any of the food outside from some of the desserts. read more

Jasmine was awesome and had us kept happy food was amazing service was good and so was the restock on all dishes

This is a must-visit buffet which was super clean. There were plenty wait staff, so you're not waiting for too long. There's a huge selections of different seafoods, as well as rice and chicken, hot dogs and hamburgers for the children. Lots of desserts and a fondue, a chocolate fondue fountain. Will definitely come back again. read more

Captain Benjamin's Calabash Seafood - Dinner - Seafood Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

CAPTAIN BENJAMIN'S CALABASH SEAFOOD BUFFET ~ My family really enjoyed this buffet. This is the CLEANEST buffet we've ever been to. The staff kept all of the selections full, and our server kept our drinks full. The atmosphere is nice, clean, and colorful. The food is very good. My favorites were the clam chowder, mussels, ribs, olive medley, and chicken tenders. This buffet is a bit pricey, but if you love seafood, it's worth it. I recommend this restaurant read more

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Captain Benjamin's Calabash Seafood Buffet is a seafood lover's dream! The crab legs are fresh, the shrimp perfectly seasoned, and the variety is unbeatable. Friendly staff and a lively, coastal vibe make it a must-visit in Myrtle Beach. Come hungry--leave happy! read more

Captain Benjamin's Calabash Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

The service was exceptional. However, I was expecting the food to be better. Some things tasted good and some were over cooked or cold. I wish that the crab legs could be a little cleaner. read more

Not at all the hype of good seafood. Yelpers ‍ Small very tight parking area. Not greeted upon entering. We waited to be seated. They make sure you know how much the buffet is BEFORE ($50.00) you get away from the table. Lots of food, but not a lot of hot, seasoned and good food. It was a hit & miss for us. This captain benjamin raves about being number 1 -- NOT CLOSE. Crab legs were hot, but very tiny crab cakes still looking for the crab, the crab imperial again hunting for the crab...the calamari was cold, desserts looked store bought, with no effort there. I would NOT recommend this location to anyone. Not a good experience For the same price with an outstanding experience, amazing ambiance, greeted and very helpful staff, good, hot & well seasoned seafood and all the fixings, plenty of parking, an amazing dessert bar with ice cream etc., ‍ run don't walk to ‍ ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ "THE ORIGINAL BENJAMIN'S" Calabash seafood 9593 N Kings HWY Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 843-449-0821 Voted Best @ the Beach Seafood! Started in 1986 read more

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I enjoyed the shrimp and crab boil. The corn was good! Atmosphere was okay. Service was okay. read more

Service was really great with Nico! Loved getting a seafood buffet experience. Great atmosphere to bring a young family read more

All of it. Massive amounts of food and choices without good flavors. Not the healthiest choices.

Amazing food, service and the ambiance of food selection. This place is amazing and the lines stay long but they move very fast. The waiters and waitresses are very good. The customer service was great. read more

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DO NOT EAT HERE unless you want food poisoning. I ate there lastnight with my family, bit into a blue crab and all I tasted was ammonia, this was 9 at night , I stared feeling the symptoms by 1 am , headed to ER at 5 am with confirmed food poisoning. The restaurant will not answer my calls for a refund and the bill was $150 for 2 adults and 1 child , THANKFULLY the rest of my family didn't get sick. It was the last day of our trip and I had to pay a hotel an extra night to stay while I puke and shit myself every 20 minutes. Worst experience of my life. Not to mention the buffet closed at 9:45 when the restaurant says it's open till 10. My bf was SO mad he wasn't able to get any dessert because they took it all away. Go somewhere else and have a better experience. NOT voted #1 seafood buffet in myrtle beach. read more

Boy! Did they make money on us! I was unsure when we walked in but as we walked past he buffets, I thought it would make me change my mind - unfortunately I was wrong. We were seated and I had to go find someone to wait on us after a 15 minute wait The quantity of food was impressive but we found the choices we made were not hot. After finding cold food that was supposed to be hot we were greeted with a bill of over $120 for TWO people! All in all, it has made up or minds to NOT eat at a seafood buffet again. read more

Genuinely so terrible. Do not waste your money here. $50 a person for the crappiest food ever is ridiculous. Came here a few weeks ago while visiting Myrtle for the first time. This place was recommended by a colleague so we thought we'd give it a try. Food is basically microwave-ville. Everything is like warm and soggy and nasty. Their seafood was horrible and I was genuinely afraid I was going to get food poisoning. Couldn't even get my moneys worth because the food is basically inedible. HORRIBLE!!!!! read more

Very good food...best buffet around..excellent dessert bar..great crab legs..good service..nice manager

Great food and great service! Favorite family restaurant! Favorite foods include crab legs, shrimp and Tiramisu!

Friendly staff, many food options and variety would keep you coming back! The ice cream was surprisingly good!

A Mixed Bag - Great Wings, Weird Brownies, and Cold Crab Legs I really wanted to love this place. Walking in, the atmosphere was fantastic--clean floors, a comfortable vibe, and even the restrooms were in good shape (minus one broken toilet stall). Right off the bat, the setting made it feel like we were in for a great dining experience. Unfortunately, the food and service didn't quite keep pace with the first impression. The Good Stuff First: The wings? Amazing. Crispy, flavorful, and cooked just right. Definitely a highlight. The pizza also delivered--great crust, tasty sauce, and fresh toppings. Honestly, if you're coming here just for wings and pizza, you're in good shape. There was also a gooey, creamy chocolate cake that totally hit the spot. Rich, soft, and indulgent--the kind of dessert you actually remember in a good way. Drinks were mostly solid too. Most were served quickly and tasted fresh, though the Sprite was noticeably under-carbonated (flat soda is a small but sad letdown). Now the Not-So-Great: Let's talk about the carrot cake. I don't know who thought it should taste like fruitcake, but it totally missed the mark. Overly spiced, with weird chunks of dried fruit--not what you'd expect when ordering carrot cake. The brownie had one of the strangest textures I've ever experienced. It wasn't fudgy or cakey... more like a spongy, chewy hybrid that didn't quite work. Cupcakes were just okay--the cake part was fine, but the mountain of icing on top was overkill. The steak? Yeah... no. It was tough in some spots, oddly mushy in others, and the seasoning didn't help. Definitely not worth the price. Seafood was a letdown. The grouper was bland and dry, the crab legs were served cold, and the red seasoning on top looked faded and old. Also, the silverware literally bent while trying to crack a crab leg. Not a good sign. Service & Vibes: Most of the staff were friendly and attentive--our server did a great job. But there were a few employees off to the side joking around and goofing off, which was a little distracting and didn't fit the otherwise professional vibe. Final Thoughts: This place has potential. Great wings, solid pizza, and a killer chocolate cake could make it a go-to spot. But the inconsistency in the rest of the menu really drags it down. If they clean up the quality control in the kitchen and tighten up the staff, it could be a winner. For now, I'd say go--but stick to the safe bets and skip the seafood and steak. read more

Captain Benjamin's Calabash Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

While the price of $52 per person seemed a little high this restaurant was our favorite one to visit for our first time in Myrtle Beach. Usually when you see the word buffet, it means crusty carpet, dim, lighting, and outdated furniture, but Captain Benjamin's was the complete opposite everything was clean white tile and the waitresses would come around every five minutes to not only clean up the bowls of trash and used plates, but to make sure you had everything you needed. They did also explain the price first before we even went to get food, which was very upfront and more businesses should practice this. There were several items that my girlfriend and I were looking to try, but didn't feel like spending a lot of money at other places only to end up with things that we didn't like specifically blue crab oysters, green shell, muscles crawfish, and a couple other things the main course being snow crab legs was everything we could've asked for in a two hour span. My girlfriend ate three clusters, and I ate eight of them. We also shared a plate of fresh fruit which compared to other buffets was not gross old or beat up their food selection not just seafood was perfect. The only things I could recommend is that they open up a separate area specifically for the snow crab leg since that's what everyone is therefore putting it in the back corner with only one area to pull from created a line and it was congested, even though they were turning it out as fast as they could other than that I couldn't make any recommendations truly a great experience for our first trip to Myrtle Beach read more

My Visit was very disappointing. Their oysters on a half shell they were not fresh you could tell they were daysold. The crab legs were so salty. Didn't really have a very variety on their food. Bar was very disappointed would never visit there again. read more

Sorry to say that the Google reviews i read before going were not accurate. The food was bland, the salmon was over cooked probably from still cooking on the bar, the oyster Rockefeller were mushy and not good at all and not on the half shell but in an aluminum shell shaped thing. Fried calabash shrimp was greasy. Scallops were just small bay scallops with no flavor. Only up side was our waiter was great. Expensive lesson to learn at $120 for 2 people that left unsatisfied. read more

Food was ok. Overpriced for what you're getting in my opinion. Ambience feels very blah and not anything special. Service was good.

My 11-year-old nephew taught me how to pick snow crab legs! That alone was worth the price, in my opinion. Lucky for me, his Pop Pop paid the bill - double score! I also figured out how to pick crawfish. Once I learned these skills, I could have sat there for much longer, but all the experts were ready to go, so we went. I'm just going to have to find a local Baltimore buffet to hone my skills. Looking forward to that. We were a party of at least 10, so there was a bit of a wait, but that gave us time to catch up with some friends we hadn't seen since September, and to goof around with friends who came down to MB just for the day. Our waitress was competent. This was my first time at a Calabash, so I wasn't sure what to expect and still don't know if I should have expected better. The place was packed and our waitress didn't seem flustered or put out, so it seems to me that she's used to this kind of crush of people. And after seeing what was available on the buffet, I can understand why it would be packed every day. I didn't even see all the buffet tables. Once I got my snowcrab and a couple other items, I didn't see the point in trying the ribs (my father-in-law said that he cooks better), chicken (looked like something my grandmother used to make - simmering chicken legs in sauce for an hour), veg, fruit, pasta, and pretty much anything else you can think of. I love that there are trash/shell bowls on the table, so you don't have to pile them endlessly on the table. There's butter dipping sauce, and cocktail sauce for shrimp (I had quite a bit of shrimp), and Lord only knows what else available. Several people in our party had salads, though I don't know why. My boyfriend had the steak and he exclaimed that it was "Stupid good" - a couple days later he had a steak at California Dreaming that was horribly overcooked. So get the buffet steak. It's delicious! He also says that the stuffed flounder was a wash. The fish was good but the stuffing was not. The dessert selection is no joke. I had some amazing butter pecan ice cream, but a couple people had soft serve. There was also berry cheesecake bites, cookies, cannoli, an assortment of pies... The strawberry daiquiri was incredible. Gotta love a buffet where you can get a quality cocktail. Yes it's expensive, but you're on vacation, right? You wanna have a once-in-a-lifetime experience? Captain Benjamin has got you covered. Give him a chance. Would recommend. read more

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So, when I dialed this into Google Maps, I didn't know the buffet was going to be so low brow. We went in not knowing what it would be like. This place is heavily advertised in the coupon books etc. I give it a 2 but this place is a hair less quality than Golden Corral on a Sunday. The place was packed. I was trying to imagine the original buffet I went to back in 2017, the first time I went to one of these many, many buffets. That one was massive and had 5 rooms and was also packed (and some of the patrons were also half-ton weight class). This one was not so massive, and based on the patronage, everyone was under 30 generally speaking. The place is very well lit, the food area was messy and competitive, the bathrooms are oriented near the buffet and away from the eating area, which reminds me of a Friendly's or a diner seating. Everyone is there to eat the endless crab legs. The other food is fine, but nothing to write home about. I did like one of the beef dishes. I was not convinced it was all that sanitary. When we were there it was chaos, so a lot of the dishes were splattered around on the buffet and mixed into each other. Many kids under 16 running around. I felt dumb for eating here. read more

From the outside the place doesn't look like much, but you get in and it's clean, the ambiance is good, service is great and the food is amazing! Way above the 3 stars yelp has. If we return to this area, we'll definitely stop by again! read more

We got food poisoning! The crab legs were not good. The service was quick. The beverages were good and refilled timely. The seating was way too cramped! Not very private. Lots of food! Easy to get lost returning to your seat. Free hush puppies. Won't do it again. read more

Food is decent Service is fine Atmosphere is like a cafeteria with a child screaming read more

Ate here today for the first time & was totally satisfied. Wonderful food, so many items & the food & service was awesome. Restaurant was very clean. I think we actually prefer this over the Pirates Table. Thank you Captain Benjamin's for a great dining experience. Love the fact it opens at 2;30 for us "old people" who like to eat early. Until next time. read more

Delicious food and good vibes. Great employees and we just had a wonderful time together

The food was great with a large selection to choose from! We had Janelle as our server and she really was nice, helpful and kept our table clear from piling empty plates! Overall a great buffet with great service! read more