seafood boil & sushi house — Restaurant in Carteret

Would have liked to give this a 3.5 because I think the pricing is very good but some parts were disappointing.

Recommend: green mussels, seafood boil in a bag Good: shrimp, dungeness crab*, potato, (and overall pricing) Ok: sushi Meh: corn

Recommend green mussels over black because they are larger and come on the half shell.

Dungeness crab gets an asterisk because the meat from the body (top part) of the crab is perfection, but the meat inside the crab is hard and shriveled.

The rice is very hard - and I like firm rice but it was even too hard for me. The rice was hard on both on the sushi and as a side, though it was nice to get a side of rice to soak up the sauce with the crab boil. The sauce is very tasty.

The sushi fish seemed pretty decent but the rolls fell apart when picked up.

Shrimp were slightly over cooked and were not deveined.

Can't go wrong with potatoes but the corn was really very tough.

Decor...

Crab and shrimp combo was really good. Gyoza, soup and hibachi were awful. Most of the food was obviously microwaved and either over cooked (meat) or undercooked (veggies). Microwaved meat... Yuck! The restaurant also needs to pick a lane and go with it. They handed us four menus each with a different assortment of Asian food and seafood, but gave us stale chips and salsa when we sat, served the food on paper plates and played music with lyrics filled with curse words. It doesn't need to be that complicated. Do one thing and do it right, not lots of things and most wrong. We did mention our thoughts to the waitress, she didn't seem to care. We won't...

Had so much fun and the food was EXCELLENT!!!! there is a wall they allow you to sign , my husband and I were like a kid writing on the wall . The waitress was the best she catered to our every need . I recommend this place if you want good food, good service and a little bit of fun . There are other stores in the strip mall if your in the mood for a little shopping , or if you need to food shop after you eat , there is a ShopRite a stone throw away ( next door) , but go after you eat that way you won’t be tempted to pick up things you don’t need because you’ll be too full lol. Don’t take my advice , try it for yourself , and while your at it...