Amazing bacon wrapped scallops. Amazing crab cakes and collards!! Very cozy atmosphere. We will be going back soon! read more

Pirate's Cove - Crab cakes with collards and red potatoes - American Near Me - New Bern, North Carolina

My husband and I waited over 30 minutes just to get our drinks, and another 30-40 min for our food just to have people who came after us be served first. The food was absolutely horrible. The alligator bites were soggy and way over priced for the portion size. The shrimp scampi was basically a soup and had no flavor whatsoever, I think my husband used the entire pepper shaker trying to make it edible. The cold slaw was some of the worst cold slaw we've ever had, it was basically cut up cabbage that they threw into a bowl with what tasted like mayonnaise. The Mac n cheese was flavorless and watered down. The tuna was under seasoned and the shrimp was way over cooked. Super disappointing. Won't be coming back. read more

We are locals and decided to try this place out. All the better known restaurants in town were packed, and this place had lots of tables available. We now know why. The decor is cute (it's a tourist place), the beer was good. Then we ordered our food. After a fairly long wait my smokehouse burger appeared. The fries were lukewarm. The burger was shaped like a golf ball. At first I thought it wasn't seasoned, but my second bite had all the salt and pepper in it. How do you make a burger tough? Obviously the chef doesn't care one bit. Finally my wife's shrimp poboy arrived. Her fries were hot, but the shrimp were obviously frozen and very bland. On our way out, we noticed a couple tables that had half eaten burgers on them. The whole experience just screamed "we don't care, we're here to take your money ". If you're thinking of turning in here, don't, just keep going, there are many, much better, places just down the block. read more

Love this place! Great food and atmosphere. Our server was extremely nice and wonderful personality. It's one of our favorite spots when we feel like a drink and good food without all the fancy stuff. And the decor is fantastic also! Love love the pirate/theme right downtown. read more

Great shrimp poppy. Mac and cheese side. We were the only people there but we got excellent service.

Decent food. Nothing fancy. Absolutely horrible service. Not worth the time or money. Seems to be a trend as COVID is the excuse for crap service. read more

Slow service. Cooks were behind. Food was horrible. Mango shrimp tacos was just some sliced fruit thrown in regular salsa with runny coleslaw. Husband fish was dry. Not impressed. Would be an ok place to drink I guess? Bar fish tank was cool. read more

Had lunch here yesterday and I have to say it was amazing! I had the Lobster Cobb salad with their homemade triple play dressing. Outstanding! There were 5 of us ladies and we all had different salads and all were great. The service was also top notch! My first time there but not my last! read more

First and foremost, the bar top was a freaking aquarium. Never seen anything like that. The service was fast and the food was pretty good. Big menu, and great selection of craft/draft beers! I had a good time and I'd recommend this place to anyone read more

The food was tasty - we had the clam chowder and fried fish platter. The fish was moist and flaky and the Cole slaw was wonderfully refreshing, which is saying a lot since I don't usually eat it like most restaurants slaw. The only reason I won't give it five stars is when we first came in order to get served after waiting for 5 minutes my husband had to talk to someone to get a server to our table. But our server came she was friendly and efficient. read more

We were very disappointed in this seafood restaurant. I gave it two stars because the service was good, the decor unique and they have a good selection of beers. However the food was not even mediocre. We both had fish, it was bland, obviously not fresh and dry. They even managed to serve tasteless coleslaw! Probably a good place if you want a beer and enjoy the pirate themed decor but until they hire a new chef skip the food. read more

DON'T GO!!!! We had high hopes for this fish and oyster bar.....so needless to say we fell hard. We first order a round of oyster shots...no one knew how to make them. When they finally brought them the vodka was not chilled... at all.. think warm vodka and a uncooked oyster.. our food was even more disappoint. Freezer fish, soggy and cold tortilla straight from the bag. ******* Lunch features and specials are NOT at special prices!!!! Just a "highlighted meal at regular price" say what!!! I know just don't go!!! Btw use the bathroom before you go... the first stall is impossible to get in if your over a size 10 ( watch your face as the door closes.. your welcome)! read more

Guess it's ok establishment for the 21 year old, don't know how to cook crowd. Beer menu was not accurate in description of beer. Menu did not accurately describe the shrimp and grits --hint of cheddar cheese was more like cheese soup. Asked waitress if the seafood was local. Waitress told us the salmon was local, as was shrimp, and a few other fish I don't recall. Needless to say, salmon was not local. Neither was the shrimp that night if you know what you are eating. Can't ever see myself ever going back there. read more

Our server was nice, but we had just got back from a beach trip and were starving. Not many places were open but pirates cove which was supposedly open until 12, so we called and told them before 11 that 4 would be coming and asked if we could eat inside they said yes but the kitchen closes at 11. we get there before 11. we come in and sit for 5 minutes waiting on someone to greet us and when she does she lets us know we can only order from the "blackbeards menu" which was a disappointment because we wanted seafood. we figured out what we wanted before she came back and we start to order and she informed me they were only doing fried foods. we would have loved to know this before coming, they wasted my time and we had no where else to go. if we wanted fried wings we would have visited buffalo wild wings. i feel like this is a really nice place but we should have been informed that they weren't going to be waiting for us to cook our meal. they told us over the phone we could still order. closing the kitchen an hour before the resturant closes is a little absurd. i understand the restaurant life, i work at a sports bar that closes at 12, but we take tables until 12, and i usually don't leave until 1:30 on those nights, closing the kitchen an hour early is unacceptable. read more

We had dinner delivered from Pirate's Cove tonight. We've been wanting to try their food for a while now. We're not brave enough to go to restaurants yet (or many other places honestly). We rely on Doordash to deliver restaurant meals to us as a treat. Tonight's dinner from Pirate's Cove was amazing!! We ordered the Seafood Nachos appetizer, the Scallops wrapped in bacon and the Lobster Roll with mac and cheese as our side. I highly recommend all 3 items. The Seafood Nachos were outstanding. They were made with pita chips that were so tasty and crunchy and they held up well under all the seafood piled on top. There was a very hearty amount of shrimp, scallops and crabmeat. That was topped with chopped tomatoes, tiny pieces of jalapeno and a very light cheese sauce. My only complaint is that I would have loved more of the sauce and a few pieces of lemon to squeeze over everything would have made these even better. The scallops wrapped in bacon were also yummy and there were 5 nice size scallops in the order. Again, the only thing that would have made them perfect would have been a squeeze of fresh lemon. The lobster roll was filled with lobster meat. It tasted fresh and it had very little extras...just lobster meat and a little bit of celery. It was very good and would have been perfect, you guessed it, with a little pop of lemon. The mac and cheese was creamy, tasty and delicious (no lemon needed...lol). I can't wait to order from them again. I will definitely get the nachos again and maybe try a few other things, like the Oysters Rockefeller. read more

Sat at the bar and nobody ever came to check on us, but the bartender on the other side (at Black Beard's) was awesome!

Pirates Cove Seafood and oyster bar. So disappointed. Let me start by saying the atmosphere of the restaurant is very nice only wish I could say the same about food and service. I called for a reservation and was put on hold for 5 minutes and no one came back to the phone. That should have been my first clue to go to our favorite seafood restaurant in New Bern. We arrived and the hostess did not even say hello. Asked if we wanted a beer and wine menu then we were seated. Our waitress did not introduce herself to us and was not knowledgeable about beer selections at all. She stated to my husband lots of people order this beer pointing to a beer on the menu. Our food order was taken in a reasonable amount of time and we were given hush puppies which were very good. My husband ordered fried clams and oysters and I ordered fried shrimp and scallops. Our meals came with fries and coleslaw. Our food arrived. the fries were cold, my scallops were burnt on the outside and cold on the inside and the shrimp were warm and cooked correctly. Cole slaw was good. The clams and oysters that my husband had were burnt, as well as his fries being cold. He dropped a clam on the table by accident and it broke in half! Crispy to say the least The waitress was called over and we expressed our concerns about our meals. A women came over who I am assuming was the manger once again never introduced herself and my husband asked her to taste the food and she stated she did not eat seafood! By looking at the breading you could tell the food was burnt which she did admit. She was very apologetic and offered to recook our meals which was not an option for us. It appeared that the oil they were cooking in needed to be changed or it was just to hot.. The waitress's need to be trained to refill drinks, come and ask if everything is ok once the food is delivered and most of all learn the items on the menu and just care about their customers. The group that was sitting beside us had many issues also. No appetizer plates, sides not brought with dinner and the best was when someone ordered a glass of wine she was asked if she wanted it from the tap!!. Really would love for this restaurant to take off in New Bern. The building is great and carefully though out. I hope they can work the kinks out. They did take money off our bill which was not necessary at all. We wanted to try a new place and it just wasn't to our liking at all. I would go to the bar for a drink because I really do think that it is designed beautifully. Disappointing food with food and service. read more

Well I hope it does well.24 beers o. Tap.Can you recommend some of your go to beers I ask.Answer I dont drink beer. Little to no attention once you are placed at table..Atmoshere is great except if you are facing the wall. The bar is very well done. Food the owner should be embarrassed over. Cold fried to a crisp. I actually dropped a friend clam on the table and it broke in half. Oysters cold fries cold. Ask the waitress to taste the fried clam she doesn't eat seafood..They rushed to take money off but never really wanted to know the issue at hand..I asked the waitress how were they trained and she look stunned. We were told to memorize the menu and we were walked around the bar for three days..I love New Bern and the people here really love it..Pirates Cover..Please try harder..you desire it you put to much $$$$$ into making it a nice place read more

Ordered the stuffed mushrooms, the was 5 pieces, and the mushrooms were small, the size of a quarter.... also had the 1/2 pound of peel -eat shrimp again small portion, just 6 shrimp, certainly not 1/2 lb. . Bartender did not know anything about the menu.... Go to MJ's instead read more

The place has some very good food. We were seated right away and the service and the grilled seafood the best.

Made the mistake of stopping at this place looking for food...... 20 dollars for burned fish. My wife had the Cajun "Alfredo" pasta, Alfredo sauce was nowhere to be found, chicken was burned and there was more garlic pieces than chicken read more