JB’s Shrimp Shack — Restaurant in Georgia

10min outside of Brunswick GA, just off I-95 at US17 is a great new (since Feb 2024, I think) seafood place. It’s JB’s Shrimp Shack, a small-sized casual restaurant and take-out with a clean bright nautical theme and red-checkered tablecloths. They serve very fresh seafood of every kind, with got-to-have daily additions to the menu.

This last Friday they had freshly-caught triple-tail, trigger-fish, and grouper. The special was a huge serving of stuffed flounder. They even had frog-legs, which if you don’t know, tastes like really juicy tender white-meat chicken. The regular menu included shrimp, scallops, catfish, and deviled crab. You can get nearly all those blackened, grilled, or fried, and some are available in appetizer servings. They have ribeye, burgers, and chicken tenders, too.

We got broiled tripletail, which is a firm flakey white-fish that to me tastes sweet like red snapper. Oh my! Perfectly tender and juicy and flavorful! We also got broiled triggerfish, which I rarely see anywhere. It’s a lighter white-fish, with sweetness and a bright lightly-lobster-like flavor. Excellent! Sautéed fresh veggies were excellent, baked beans were good, too. We love getting oyster crackers :-). And we got some juicy fresh fried-shrimp to-go, with tasty crispy pillowy hushpuppies and good piping hot fries.

Very pleasant, accommodating staff. We couldn’t have been happier with the freshness, the perfect cooking, and the flavors. The servings were generous, especially the fish. We paid $17 to $25 a plate. We felt that was a very fair price for this quality. Note: There’s a 3% surcharge on credit cards. This is not a frozen-fish restaurant-chain. There are also chicken or fish baskets for $8 to $15. A sign said Kids eat free 4-8pm on Wed, probably from the $8-$9 kids’ menu. Another sign said $2 beers on Tue. Open Tue-Sat 11-9, closed Sun-Mon.

JB’s is easy to see, set back from the south side of the road, in it’s own parking lot just east of the gas station. We’ll often be one of the happy tables saying Yum with...

I must admit to being overwhelmingly pleased with this restaurant. The restaurant serves fresh seafood and fried chicken. Their carry-out business was almost unceasing. I enjoyed the Captain's Seafood Platter. Also, a cup of crab stew. If any dish was weak it would be the crab stew. Delicious, yet, a bit too watery. IMHO, if it was thick and creamy nothing in the area could touch it. The platter was unbelievably delicious. The shrimp were lightly dusted. No digging through gobs of breading. The oysters were cooked perfectly. The scallops were sweet and tender. The flounder was cooked exactly right. The biggest surprise was the deviled crab. Nothing compares. It wasn't until I was in the car going home that I realized they had forgotten the coleslaw I had ordered. There was so much food it wasn't missed. The staff was friendly and sincere. They will indeed get my...

The atmosphere rocks if you’re looking to eat at a true “Shrimp Shack”. Plywood booths and galvanized steel wall panels. This looks to be a converted fast food restaurant, that wants to focus on quality of food and good service with a retro, no frills ambiance. We had stopped for gas on the way to Jekyll Island and saw their parking lot was PACKED! Always a good sign. Once we were seated, Emma proceeded to take great care of us. We had the hush puppy appetizer. I’ve never had them served with cinnamon butter before, but I can tell you that the combination made for the best hush puppies I’ve ever had! We split a pound of fried, fresh caught wild georgia shrimp. Nothing can beat fresh shrimp when you’re at the coast. The sides were a tasty cole slaw and equally good green beans. It was a wonderful dining experience and I highly recommend this restaurant. We...