The best fish place in Gastonia, North Carolina frrrr I went to New Jersey and when I came back, I didn't know there was still open and I looked it up. Haven't been here in eight years so glad I came it was soooo good read more

I was in Gastonia for 1 night on my way to Charlotte. I asked AI what would be a unique and affordable dinner for one person in the area, and it suggested Twin Tops Fish Camp, so I gave it a try. It was a Thursday night, and on arrival, I realized there was no restaurant service. So I walked over to the carry-out side where I was neutrally greeted. I asked what was the most popular items. She mentioned two fish (which I don't recall) so I got a combo plate that included both. It was roughly a 10 minute wait for the food. I took it back to my hotel to eat. My thoughts: - it as a very generous portion size. Good value for the $18. - fish was good, but I prefer a nice crispy batter. Theirs is more like a breading. - fries and coleslaw are not special - hush puppies were good Overall, it was ok. Good value, but nothing special about the food in my opinion. read more

Twin Tops Fish Camp - Seafood Near Me - Gastonia, North Carolina

Literally anything could improve about this restaurant. The food and service could take advice from just about anyone and it would be better. The ambiance can't even be discussed now that they are carry out only. read more

If I could face zero stars I would. $75 order zero condiments not one napkin! Potatoe so cold won't melt FAKE BUTTER. Worst chicken tenders! Grease old perch plate NASTY! Tartar sauce $1 a must be ask for! Out of diet drinks! Across the street was packed no wonder parking lot was empty. Go across the street! Lady that takes order had an attitude I called talked to owner an he sucked too! A 45 min wait for a to go order with an empty restaurant! pathetic all the way around! read more

I've order twice in the past 3 weeks and I would say the flounder, fillet is so delicious. Plan on ordering from here often. I just wish they would open for dine in. read more

My parents love this place and they introduced me to it. A nice hidden gem in Gastonia. Nicely fried everything! We tried the shrimp, fish and hush puppies! Seasoned to perfection! They don't have indoor dining but their setup and organization with the to go process was impressive and fast! read more

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Stopped in here on a Friday night to pickup dinner for the family and was met with friendly service from Stephanie and Chris. They were so nice and helped me place my order. Food was ready quickly and it was delicious and a great value for the money. The catfish and green shrimp are so good! read more

I ordered a whole order of pork chops pd $23.00. Got home and was very disappointed. The plate had 2 chops half order of fries and hush puppies. I'll not be eating from there anytime soon. read more

A favorite place when I go to visit family in the area. We always try to get the aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, etc, for a shared meal and memories. This time was no different. We asked for a quiet area for our party of 16 and were given a small room all to ourselves. Even with a good crowd, service was quick and exceptional. We had barely been seated when they brought piping hot hush puppies. Then tall glasses of really great iced tea. My wife and I ordered the senior plates. She the shrimp and scallops, me shrimp and oysters. Sooo good. Piping hot and cooked perfectly. And the best cole slaw ever! And the senior plate is a smaller portion?? We could barely finish most of it! All across the tables, whole or filets of flounder and catfish, salt & pepper shrimp, crab legs - all smiles. No wonder this has been an annual tradition for our visit from Florida for over 20 years! Food was so great, I completely forgot to take pictures until half my plate was gone! Also in attendance was my best friend from elementary school on, some 60 years. We relived many memories while our wives smiled and chatted. Our wonderful waitress just quietly cleared the tables and kept checking if we needed anything - for an hour! Who does that?? Love this place. See you next year. Oh yeah, be careful when paying the bill at the exit. They have shelves packed with every candy you can imagine. No room left! read more

Last time I ordered take out the fish was so greasy we couldn't eat it. Last time I'll order from them.

My favorite fish spot! My family and me have been coming to this restaurant for many years. Their food is consistent.

I have never been to a fish camp before. I'm brand new to Belmont. This place look rather deserted during midday during the week but this place explodes on the weekends! I had attempted to eat light. I told Lindsay my waitress I was a rookie. She sat down and explained everything, the differences between the Green Shrimp and the Calabash and whether to choose the whole fish r the filets. I opted for Fried Salt and Pepper Catfish filets and Regular Flounder filets. She even asked if I wanted more filets to take home. I barely made a dent with what I had on my plate! Holy cow! My "Doggie Bag" is overflowing! French fries, salad bar, coleslaw,hush puppies, and fish fish fish..... read more

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I ordered flounder perch and shrimp. I got a small amount of flounder no shrimp and dirt lake Wylie bass. Gross, I will never go back. Zero customers in the to go area. Ray Nathan's across the street was packed. read more

I went there last week and ordered a large plate of Croaker and man was it good, there were 6 pieces of fish. I was in seafood heaven. Now, this week, I thought it was so good that I would repeat but to my surprise they only gave me 3 pieces of fish in 2 large plates so they cut it in half from last week, so I asked what happened, so they explained that the fish was bigger this week, but I couldn't tell they were bigger. However I am disappointed with the explanation that was given. That was only my second time going there (I'm a new customer) hummmm. I'm just saying read more

This saddens me so much to make this post but I don't foresee Twin Tops making it much longer. I've eaten there for years but these last few months it seems like the quality of their food has drastically decreased. I'm pretty sure today will be the last day for me. read more

Donna was our waitress and she was awesome, very friendly and accommodating. THEY HAVE REAL BACON FOR THE SALAD BAR!!!!! They have a great breading for the fried food, real ranch dressing, mountain dew on tap, oh and the squash was fresh squash with the homemade breading, so bonus there. (Probably bc it was is in season) There is a full fledge candy corner as tall as the ceiling and everybit of 20 ft long. So if your looking to get your calabash on, fish camp style, I do recommend this place. I will be back here for sure. read more

Twin Tops Fish Camp - This is a great sign at any restaurant. Hand sanitizer next to the silverware rolling station. - Seafood Near Me - Gastonia, North Carolina

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I'm fortunate enough to live in the food mecca of Manhattan, yet Twin Tops continues to rank as my favorite restaurant (seriously.) The exceptional food (most of which comes in fresh from the coast, yet still maintaining impossibly low prices) is exceeded only by the charming wait staff and incredible value. And I dig the kitschy decor! Twin Tops, you'll always have my heart! read more

Always have a great time when I visit here , food is simple and good . Staff always friendly and the portions are huge . Sweet tea is SWEET just how I like it. Can't wait to try their all you can eat crab legs which occurs on Tuesday . If you're looking for a good ole home town feel , try this place out . They also have a candy area full of nostalgic goodies . read more

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Everything was hot, crisp, and fresh. Highly recommend. The car service during Covid was prompt and efficient. Have gone there twice now and both times the order was 100% correct and the food was excellent. Only thing I did not love was the jumbo shrimp were very much under seasoned, but they were HUGE. read more

I have always loved this place but today was terrible. My potato was rotten and I didn't get the extra tarter sauce that I paid for. My deviled crab was burnt Am so disappointed. So not worth the money. read more

Went there last week for take out. Ordered salt and pepper founder which was yummy and deviled crab, which unfortunate was burned. Baked potato was slightly overdone but not too much to enjoy. Sweet tea is amazing and the tarter sauce (that you have to pay for) was yummy and they give you a lot. Would go again but hopefully my crab won't be burned. read more

We recently relocated to this area and I honestly had never heard of "fish camps" before. My son absolutely LOVES this place. He gets the calabash and I usually get catfish or shrimp. It has been consistently good. The salad bar has a lot of toppings to choose from including REAL bacon, boiled eggs, homemade ranch, and homemade 1000 island, etc. And (to top it off) the sweet tea is super sweet (if you're into that-which I am!) read more

I don't know how they stay in business here. You go in, and are greeted by the most incredibly kind servers in the world. The ambience is straight down-home; if you got this kind of sweet and genuinely Southern service in a major city, you'd think they were screwing around with you. Everyone is "sweetie" or "darlin'." You get a ton of delicious and fresh hush puppies, and the fried pickle chips are to die for. Your order will consist of an obscene mound of whatever you order I'm six foot two and two hundred pounds and I couldn't hope to choke down everything they put in front of me. Unreal. It's all pretty good deep-fried deliciousness in the old school style. A warning: They don't take credit cards, and in lieu of a debit card reader, they actually have an ATM behind the register. It's kind of a royal hassle, and the main reason this isn't a five-star joint. Summary: The sweet potatoes are to die for, the hush puppies are fabulous, the servers are a panoply of insanely sweet and amazingly Southern gals, and the fish itself is pretty danged good. It's just a royal PITA to pay for your meal. read more

Very mediocre. Ordered Shrimp Scampi which was overloaded with garlic. About made me sick. Ended up getting a cup of water and dipped shrimp in it before eating which made it bland. Husband ordered flounder, just eatable. French fries old and reheated. Would never go back. read more

After moving away 22 years ago, my wife and I returned to Twin Tops and memories of old. They say you can never return and find things the same or better. Not true in the case of Twin Tops - the sea food is as good and plentiful as we remember! The only difference is that we are now ordering from the senior menu. It is supposedly less food but it was plenty. The meals all came with a trip to the salad bar (which we should be eating). The sea scallops were large, sweet and lightly breaded. My wife got butterflied shrimp which she enjoyed and I got the green shrimp, a friend got the fried oysters. All were good. Each dish came with coleslaw and choice of potato. If there was anything disappointing, it was the French Fries; they were not crisp but I had so much to eat, I didn't try them until after everything else was devoured. Twin Tops is back on our list of favorite places. read more

Me & my family have been going to Twin Tops for 40 years or more. I must say that when Howdy died, the business slowly died as well ! The business recently sold and it is really bad now ! Poor customer service, cold food, and higher prices ! It seems like the new owners just don't care ! It's so sad but we won't be back ! read more

We were there 1/18/2019, 5 in our party, 4 got food poisoning from something, it hit all 4 of us around 3.30 am Saturday morning, needless to say we will never go back, we were so sick all day Saturday read more

Great family atmosphere. At first glance, I wasn't impressed. However, our server set down this delectable basket of fired goodness called...wait for it..."hushpuppies". I must say that im not a HP connoisseur yet these lil nuggets came with the most amazing dip/ sauce. The sauces always get me. Any who, girls grub time usually means we jet to something fancy but today we were feeling like a little seafood would do the body good. Boy, there is nothing little about these portions. I stuck to my purpose: JUMBO SHRIMP. I was in heaven. I got the half order which was a heafty 10-12 pieces. My friend got the plater which had a whopping 4 pieces of fish and green shrimp. It was soooo good I had to take my shrimp home. I didnt make it past the salad bar and potato. Lets just say that the food was good and prices were great for the portion size. read more

I grew up coming here every week with my family for our fish camp get together and yes, it is a huge thing in this area. Every family has their go-to fish camp and ours was always Twin Tops and for good reason too, they had the best seafood in town! I'm honestly not sure what I'm trying to say in this review. As described, I have this fond childhood memory of this place (we even had the same waitress every week for 15 years). But my most recent experience was less than stellar, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. The food is usually on point, but it seems like they changed the batter for the seafood? The oysters were small (seasonal I know), the scallops (I don't think they were anything other than skate?), the fish was overcooked and under seasoned, and the slaw was off. They have put in a salad bar I guess to be healthier? The irony is watching the locals get iceberg salads and loading it up with bacon and ranch then stuffing their faces with deliciously fried seafood. Honestly just kind of a confusing addition. I will be back because I love this place even if I'm in love with a memory. Hopefully the next time they will be on their A-game. ALWAYS FRIENDLY STAFF- which is a plus! read more

On one of our many trips to Charlotte we stopped for dinner at Twin Tops Fish Camp in Belmont. In addition to very tasty seafood - the fish and fried oysters were my favorite, this place also has a neat candy shop that will make you nostalgic for your favorite treats. I got a Charleston Chew. Included with all meals is a generous portion of hush puppies and a salad bar. I was impressed that they even had gourmet toppings like Craisins (which, as an aside, are apparently extremely difficult to find in countries like Chile, where my cousin is currently studying; we got her a bag at Costco when she came to be in the wedding!) for the salad bar. The food is plentiful - next time we decided we only needed one plate! Fish camps are abundant in some parts of the NC Piedmont. There are several on the way to this place from the highway. I'm really glad this authentic kind of local food still exists. read more

When I was young I used to eat at twin tops every Friday night with my family. And went back recently after a long time for me in the way. And I was not disappointed it was just as I remembered. The food was excellent it was fresh it was hot. In the oysters in the green shrimp and the crab.I also had taken a friend from New York with me that had never ate at a actual fish camp before. She was very impressed she kept telling everybody about it. I cannot wait to go back. For the price for the food for the service. And for my history with it. Thank you twin tops for a really nice memory read more

If you're looking to eat a ton of fried seafood, then this is your place. Fried shrimp is my dad's favorite food. Growing up a couple of miles from the Gulf of Mexico, there was never a shortage of fresh seafood to fry up. As a matter of fact, where I come from, a fish fry is more common than a BBQ. So, being serves mounds of fried fish, shrimp and hush puppies takes me back to summer afternoons in the backyard with family and friends. I'm told they have excellent sweet tea, which I will have to try upon my next visit...which I expect won't be too long from now. read more

Love this place. One of the best seafood restaurant in all gaston and surrounding areas. Going for the crab legs today. Will give an update.

Great salad bar and chicken tenders also. Fish is awesome too! Old fish camp style great taste.

Very good fish camp with more than enough fish. We had the platter and brought home over half of it. It had oysters, crab, shrimp, perch, catfish and flounder. More than enough! Was excellent tasting. Will eat there again. read more

What amazing food and service for the fish camp. I would recommend to anyone that loves seafood. Love this place!

Great place for fish or shrimp, just make sure that you are ready to wait on a Friday or Saturday at 6pm. I normally try to get there before 6 or shortly after and it is still about a 10 minute wait but way worth it. Donna and Tasha are the best servers there plus they always take good care of me, while I am in so it helps quite a bit. if you have rated this place less than 4 stars, you are un-American bubba read more

Family get together for dinner Saturday August 27th 6:30 p.m. after 30 minute wait for a table for a party of 7. The waitress brought out hush puppies to the table they were cooked in old grease and also our fried food. We have always enjoyed twin tops in the past and understand it's got new kitchen management. It was nasty food cooked in old grease We will never go back. I guess all things change. read more

My Father and boyfriend are absolute addicts of this place. As a matter of fact, they drag me here pretty much every time I come into town. I'm not the biggest fried food fan, but this place does it right. The calabash fried shrimp, fried green shrimp, and salt and pepper fried flounder are great. And the crab legs are seriously the best I have ever had. read more

Excellent place to go you get alot of food for your money. Our waitress Ashley was hands down the greatest this girl needs a promotion or a bonus read more