Florida Seafood Festival Inc — Local services in Apalachicola

Very disappointed. We drove two hours expecting fresh seafood off of the boats with sampler plates but arrived at a carnival with about 5 booths of very expensive seafood. The coconut shrimp looked good so I got some but it was mostly batter and very little shrimp with tails still on cooked into the thick rubber batter still on. The food sits under a light in the sun until it is sold. When we told the vendor they said to buy another and maybe it wouldnt have tails. $15 wasted. A church had oysters for 12 for $12 and if it had not been so hot and crowded and a place to sit we would have enjoyed those. We stopped at Mad Anthony's seafood restraunt on the way back and had a much better time and had some good cold oysters and...

It was good despite hurricane damage all around and we were glad they decided to hold the event but a lot of seafood vendors were not local and can barely speak English and this is supposed to be the Florida seafood festival and when we ordered we did not get but we asked for so we had to go back when we realized that two dishes did not have a couple of ingredients. It was lack luster. Disappointing but the establishment surround the festival or fun and our group of people made...

It was very fair-like, with lots of crowd, and no one wearing masks. Didnt have that local feel. We went for the seafood but it was very disappointing because the vendor we chose sold us grilled shrimp that tasted, and smelled spoiled. Lots of fair food that didnt feel local. Some gumbos. One food truck had excellent seafood chowder. One of the locals had a seafood boil that looked pretty good. Glad to have experienced it but not a must go...