Went there last night with my wife ! Food was awesome service was amazing, everything was made fresh and well seasoned!

Quick stop on our way out from a basketball tournament. We needed a bite for the road. We ordered the shrimp cocktail and the shrimp salad for a total of $28. Quick service. Cool staff. Dine-in option available with tables are outside. Outdoor seating was cool. Friendly quick stop that we will be sure to return next year for the tournament again. read more

We were excited to order from Rick's because of the reviews on Yelp. It was out first night in town for a family vacation.. and after the business of travel, we were ready to chow down on some seafood at the shore. On the street parking only, which can be a little tricky, but you should definitely be able to find a spot that is not too far. Small spot, takeout only.. it was pretty busy on a Friday night. The menu looked so appetizing.. I decided on the deviled crab sandwich and crab mac and cheese (refrigerated so you need to heat in the oven at home). Service was friendly enough.. it definitely took longer than we'd hoped.. we ran over to the Wawa to kill some time. Regarding the food, let's just say that I was underwhelmed.. even though the sandwich was HUGE, I think that the crab cake breading coupled with the actual bread was just too much. And the crab cake itself was ok... seemed like more filler than I'd prefer. The crab mac and cheese was really disappointing.. it tasted like a box mac and cheese with really no crab meat in it. I was sad because it looked so good and we truly were waiting for it to knock our socks off. Other family members ordered items that they said were ok. It wasn't a terrible experience, but I think our expectations were high and that left a bit of a void after it was all said and done. read more

Fresh seafood. Walk in establishment. You definitely get what you pay for. Good assortment of items to take out. read more

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i got the fried flounder platter with baked potato. It was good, big portion, & nicely seasoned! There's like a 30 minute wait so definitely order ahead. Its only take out also. read more

Rick's Seafood House - Fried flounder platter & fried flounder sandwich platter! - Seafood Near Me - Wildwood, New Jersey

I absolutely love Rick's! If you are in Wildwood it is a must visit. The seafood is fresh, and flavorful! The Clab soup is our favorite! Its 50% clam chowder and 50% crab chowder. The portions are huge and well worth the price. I also wholeheartedly recommend the broiled seafood platter, its very generous and can easily feed 2. The only down side to Ricks is that there are only 2 picnic tables outside to eat there. The better move is to get it to go and eat it someplace with a nice view. read more

It was our first time here and we are so glad we stopped by! We drove all the way from Los Angeles and decided to try this place based on other reviews, and then go to the North Wildwood beach for our first visit to the Atlantic Ocean. I had fried calamari, we shared their "clab" chowder, husband had fish n chips, kids had lump crab cocktail and fried shrimp. It was all delicious and we'd definitely visit again. Plus all the people who worked there were very friendly, great customer service! read more

Our family has been ordering from Rick's Seafood House for over 15 yrs. Never have I had a problem with their service and the quality of their catch. This year I brought my mom on her first trip to Cape May for the Memorial Day holiday and booked Rick's 2 WEEKS in advance just to make sure we were ahead of the game and she could have an opportunity to try a tradition I have indulged in every summer. I put in my order with Justin and even called the morning of pick-up to ensure we were all set. Problem #1: Pick-up time was set for 5p, They were just beginning to fill my order when I arrived at 4:55p. Problem #2. As they were filling my order, they were picking crabs from the remnants that were left after a busy holiday weekend days worth of sales. Only small crabs available. Problem #3. In my original order I had ordered (6) stone claw crabs, NONE were available to fulfill my order after being sold-out. Problem #4: Front staff were completed disconnected from BOH staff, weren't communicating with each other to fulfill my order. So they were fulfilling two orders instead of one with the completely wrong items. (Had requested boiled corn, front staff was packing raw ears of corn in a bag, and had absolutely no idea that boiling corn was even a service provided by Rick's). WOW. Problem #5: After voicing my frustrations with the staff and how disappointed of their service I had been, I didn't even receive an apology. They just blamed it on the BOH never communicating the order to the FOH to hold items for me, so that my items wouldn't sell out + I would be able to get the size crabs I had ordered 2 WEEKS PRIOR. Problem #6: It was 5:45p when I finally walked out of Rick's. Problem #7: Immediately after walking out of Rick's, I felt a warmth running down my clothing and arms/legs and realized there was so much liquid leaking out of the trays they had just handed me. Simply because they were in a mad dash to fill my order + had pulled everything from the steamer moments before and didn't allow things to properly drain. Problem #8: To add salt to the wound, they handed me more bags, no napkins. And proceeded to throw in (2) crab mallets for the inconvenience. I've never been through such a horrible take-out experience in my life and one that literally brought me to tears. I am so beyond disappointed in the staff for not stepping in to rectify the situation, for their lack of service to their loyal patrons and honestly just for their shit service. Rick's was something I would always look forward to every single summer and honestly now, I will never order or recommend their name ever again. Shame on you guys. read more

Great TAKEOUT ONLY seafood place in North Wildwood. IMPORTANT: do yourself a favor and call ahead to order your food. Also make sure you call WAY in advance! If you tell them what you plan to order they will tell you the wait time. For example, I called at 4:30 pm on a Friday to order two platters and they said they were already pushed out to 8 pm pick up but were able to fit me in for a 6:10 pick up. If you give yourself enough time, you won't be disappointed. I ordered the seafood combo platter and it was so much food! I saved half of the seafood for another meal. The platters come with two sides, either baked potato, steak fries, or onion rings and either cole slaw or apple sauce. My husband has the flounder stuffed with crab, he said the flavor was great but he was hoping for more flounder. read more

Rick's Seafood House - Flounder stuffed with crab - Seafood Near Me - Wildwood, New Jersey

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I have only done take out. You can be sure that whatever you order will be fresh and delicious.

My wife and I are attending a car show and staying at the Jersey shore for the weekend. After the show was over, I wanted to kick back with a cold beer at a local seafood spot. Being from Long Island, I expected these places would be peppered throughout the town. This is not the case, we're in Jersey! Jersey has to make everything a challenge, even their turn lanes are silly. My search leads us to Ricks Seafood. Ricks seafood is a take out spot serving no cold beer. Im tired and hungry at this point, I asked for our take out soups now and we'll wait for meals. I ordered a fried flounder and scallop combo and my wife ordered fried flounder and shrimp combo. We go outside and dive into the soup. OMG! The soup was incredible!! Large fish chunks throughout and just the right amount of cream. Total fan. Now even though this is a seafood spot, it's not fine dining. We're sitting outside at a picnic table with the garbage bins over flowing with trash. There are no bathrooms to use or tables inside. Wait for your food and split. We finished the delicious soup and our takeout food is ready. Looking at what we ordered, this is a very large portion. I have to say the seafood was very fresh. My scallops were cooked perfectly. The flounder was heaven in my to go box. This takeout spot is a hidden treasure. Fresh fish cooked very well to go. All I needed was a cold beer! read more

Rick's Seafood House - Rick's! - Seafood Near Me - Wildwood, New Jersey

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Rick's is the best. Best fries, seafoods fresh. They give you all the sauces you need, without even asking. The people are kind, and hard-working. I hate having to give such a raving review because that means longer lines for us this summer, but they are the best and everyone deserves to give it a try! read more

Rick's Seafood was recommend by a family friend. We knew it was a take out joint. We went on a Thursday evening around 5:30. We placed 3 fried platter orders and were told the food would not be ready until 8:00. We were hungry, so we left. The next day we called about 2:45. Placed the same order and were given an 8:30 pickup time. We did not get our food until 9. Was it good? Yes. Will I eat there again? Probably not, unless I was in Wildwood off season. The kitchen is not equipped to handle the volume of food they prepare and there are too many restaurants options in Wildwood. I don't know how the staff works in that hot little place. I definitely could not do it. read more

Food was excellent! Unfortunately, there was no place to dine except 2 picnic tables by the trash container while one of the employees emptied spackle buckets of recycled grease past me other than that food was excellent for an excellent price! read more

Very good place. Excellent quality fried shrimp and scallops. Pleasant and friendly staff also.

Called, phone was answered, then I was told to hold. Did so an heard whoever answered me proceed to answer another phone, take their entire order, then hang up and go about doing something else. I spoke loudly into the phone to try an get someone and got no response. Hung up and tried calling back three times to no answer. Called up someplace else for fried seafood and was taken care of immediately. Never trying to order from this place again. read more

Placed a large order for 10 people. Food was great and order was perfect. Nothing was missed. They double checked everything before letting us leave! read more

What we got: 2 dozen large steamed blue crabs Call to confirm what time they close. During the season, the close at 9:30pm. We called ahead to place an order. We decided to eat there since there was an open table. The crabs were meaty and had the right about of seasoning! As we were waiting and eating, there were so many people picking up their own orders up until closing. So be sure to call ahead! read more

Rick's Seafood House - Seafood Near Me - Wildwood, New Jersey

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Steamed crabs awesome!! Did them take out - ready on time. Picked up good sides like Cole slaw too

I came to wildwood for a vacation. This is my families first time getting seafood together. One of my members saw this ad in a paper.. so we decided to go ahead and try. Took 3 attempts to get a hold of someone. After we headed out and got the food. Sat down at the hotel table and one member opened their container and the entire fish wasn't in there.. only the potato. Everyone else got their meals.. luke warm and good portions. Unfortunately, forgetting an entire fish for the price is no excuse. I can't make an excuse for forgetting a fish when you're a SEAFOOD restaurant. read more

Service was great! Food was slightly under seasoned, but still really good. The shrimp was outstanding, as well as the clams and mussels. It seemed like they are set up for pick up service instead of eating in. However they had a couple of picnic tables that we used and it worked out perfectly. read more

After getting a subpar dinner at the Lobster House in Cape May we went up to Rick's. Staff were great and food quality was excellent. Got the broiled seafood dinner. All the food was cooked right. The seasoning was spot on. Only down fall is that we had to eat in the car. However, we knew that before we ordered. Have ate from Rick's many times. Great place. read more

I love Rick's! I have been going to Tick's for many years and have NEVER had a bad meal! Rick's seafood is the very, very best !!

Just spoke with the rudest man on the phone. I asked a simple question Regarding crabs. He immediately had some attitude.... I don't know why. He never asked me the day I needed my order (which was not today, but in the future btw). Told me they are too busy on a Saturday and that I should call around other places. I informed him it was not for today, that I have never been there and will never Now. He said nothing. read more

First time here and it won't be the last. We've been coming to North Wildwood since we bought our summer home there years ago and I can say we've eaten at 90% of the many restaurant offerings both off and on the 5 mile island. We've always known about Rick's seafood and their favorable reviews via word of mouth and of course on Yelp, but never patronized them. We always preferred to eat seafood at a bar or restaurant because we felt that spending the money on quality seafood should be coupled with some sort of nice atmosphere or setting, preferably on or near some body of water. Conversely, since the pandemic and associated restrictions on restaurants we felt that paying restaurant prices for takeout from our favorite places that have the ambiance wasn't that appealing to us. And then there is Rick's. Well known for their seafood market and takeout dinners we decided to try it. We called in an order for their famous clam chowder and a broiled seafood dinner. We called at 7 PM on a Friday night and was given a 9:05 PM pickup time. I arrived at 9 PM and was told it would be ready in 15 minutes as they were a bit behind schedule. I was instantly impressed with the seafood market and all the selections and the decent prices. They also offered a decent selection of locally made seafood related products such as Hank's sauces made in nearby Sea Isle City and cans of Cape May clams. Alas, my order was ready and I was asked if I wanted seeded or unseeded bread. I chose seeded and was handed an entire loaf of Italian bread with my food. The clam chowder was fair but not fantastic and the potatoes were a bit hard but the broiled seafood combo which we got with our choice of sides (baked potatoes and cole slaw) was absolutely phenomenal. So, good that it may have been the best seafood dish I've ever ordered. Definitely, more than enough for 2 at just over $30 and loaded with sea scallops, a lobster tail, clams, and jumbo shrimp all cooked perfectly and in the most delicious sauce I would guess is a white wine, butter, parsley, fresh lemon, coriander seed and some other spices. Eating the seafood was one heavenly bite after another and then as we took our last delectable bites and although feeling full, I found myself looking at the menu and planning what to order for the next time. read more

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It pains me to write this review. I had really high hopes for Ricks given all of the positive accolades. It just wasn't it for us. Tip: call ahead to order. We ordered probably 5 hours in advance and there were only 2 time slots left when we wanted to pick up. I had seen a recent prior review with the crab and linguine on google and it looked incredible. I gave it a shot. The portion looks like it doubled in comparison to last year since ownership changed (based on Google review photos). Normally I would not complain about quantity, but it was quantity over quality here. The sauce ruined the entire dish. The pasta was a little gummy and the sauce was super gelatinous and drowning the dish. A huge turn off. The crab was amazing but ruined by the sauce. The cream of crab has zero flavor and tasted like pure cream. For $80+ dollars I was super disappointed. The pasta sauce was leaking everywhere and the employee handed us an entire long roll as a thank you for ordering pasta. While this was appreciated, this was done with his bare hands after touching money, etc. read more

Rick's Seafood House - Seafood Near Me - Wildwood, New Jersey

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Excellent take-out seafood place. We've been wanting to try this place for a while now and it was worth it. Stuffed flounder is a generous portion and flavorful stuffing, shrimp basket loaded was loaded as well as the fried clams. There was 2 1/2 hour wait for food, bear that in mind when placing your order. read more

I was in the mood for cooked blue crabs and having a hard time finding them in Wildwood Crest. The first place I went to informed me that they no longer sold crabs (despite having a logo of a crab on the roof of their business..) but they recommended that I try Rick's. So I called ahead to make sure they had them before driving and eating gas. And boy am I happy I did! Rick's doesn't look like much.. Just a quiet mom and pop like corner takeout store with a wide variety of fresh seafood. Not only did they have cooked blue crabs, the crabs were a nice size still had all the legs and claws on them and the bonus for me was that they were well seasoned!! I wasn't expecting that they would be seasoned let alone well seasoned! I also purchased their homemade lobster bisque and clam chowder soup. You can taste the love, the richness of the bisque. It was so delicious that at the end of my trip and before heading back home I'm swinging by Rick's for more of their soups, bisque and to try their Crab Mac and cheese!! Oh and lastly the prices are great here too!! read more

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We were visiting Wildwood with kids at the beach, then went here as per local recommendation. We were at the place (take out only) at 6pm and was told we had to wait for 3 hours in order to get our food as the kitchen is behind. We only wanted fried seafood with clam chowder, we left the place and said no thanks for the 3hrs of wait. Can you imagine the wait with kids with us? How do you operate a restaurant when you have to ask your guests to wait for 3 hrs to get a platter of fried seafood? There is nothing close by either and the place is your typical take out joint. Not tourist friendly and will not make another 30mins drive to stop here again! read more

Ricks nephew Conor suggested this location and he was way off about the food The service was amazing the waiters made me feel at home Idk what Ambiance means read more

Rick's Seafood House - Seafood Near Me - Wildwood, New Jersey

I ordered stuffed flounder this past weekend while in Wildwood, picked this place because it has a 4.7 rating. First of all it was $60 for 2 little pieces of fish, you forgot my potatoes and a so so salad. The crabmeat for the stuffing was awful. I won't be ordering again. read more

AMAZING food!!! Generous portions! Order early and be prepared to possibly wait but it is well worth it! read more

The food is great, staff courteous, and the portion sizes are huge! Highly recommend.

The food had no flavor! It was shocking. To the point of inedible. Like we could not eat the food. We were so excited to eat here and we ordered 8 hours in advance and convinced my elderly mother to stay up until 9:30 for dinner because it had such a great reputation. It was almost like they forgot to add flavor- no salt- pepper- - We spend over 175 and the only dish that was truly edible was the fried shrimp. Sigh. I hate wasting food. read more

My favorite thing to do is order a meal from ricks before heading off the beach Their food is always fresh and delicious Also I have them make me crab cakes and I bake them myself on the fly ... best crab cakes on the island. read more

The only thing better than the food is the staff. As if that's possible. Every dinner I've ever had there is absolutely amazing. And this is from a guy who lives in New Orleans. Gable & Mike are the coolest people in North Wildwood. Hands down. read more

Service was excellent ordered 1.5 pounds snow crab and 1.5 Dungeness crab me and my girlfriend sat outside and ate and it was excellent one of the workers came out and gave me and the other family eating napkins. Service was great food was even better. Highly recommend read more

Rick's Seafood House - Outside of the restaurant after a fabulous meal - Seafood Near Me - Wildwood, New Jersey

5 star super dive seafood joint. Quick tip, order ahead. Save yourself the hassle of a wait. Outside dining only!!!!! The fried shrimp is probably the best I've ever had. read more

Rick's Seafood House - The best fried shrimp! - Seafood Near Me - Wildwood, New Jersey

Excellent take out seafood at a very reasonable price point. Everything we had was delicious. Placed an order Wednesday for a Friday pick up. Everything went off without a hitch. read more

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We got the broiled seafood platter in garlic & butter, a stuffed flounder, fried shrimp platter, a pint of crab chowder & chicken tenders for the kids. It's nice all the entrees come w coleslaw and a side, so we loaded up w fries & onion rings. The chicken tenders, fries & onion rings are all pre frozen Sysco. Does the job but basic and the same anywhere you go. The broiled stuff flounder was the star of the show. It was large, stuffed generously and super tasty. The fried shrimp platter was a solid runner up. Large and fresh shrimp. It was gone in seconds btwn the wife an kids. The seafood platter consisted of scallops, shrimp, clams, flounder & a lobster tail. Overall it was ok. It was a bit bland & the lobster tail was small and over cooked. The rest of the assortment were good quality but still lacking that garlic lemon butter pop you expect. You can get the same platter without the anemic overcooked lobster tail mini and save like $10. The crab chowder was terrible. Bland tomato soup w assorted veggies & the suggestion crab may have stopped by to say hello but didn't stay long. No one wanted it, not even the sea gulls, so I chucked it. I would most likely go back, but stick to the stuffed flounder and assorted fried seafood options. Ricks, I'm never gonna give you up..... but I ain't gonna be a regular either - In! (Once in a while) read more