Bay Breeze Seafood — Restaurant in Hendersonville

Looking for a Friday fish fry? A Thursday… Thirsty day? Pardon the play on words, but the only play you’ll need after an hour at Seabreeze will be a play with the sink. Because the food splashes right out of the water. It is the freshest seafood. In fact, it’s more sea than food. That’s why the breeze of the salty wind blasts through the heating vents. They pipe it in like music for the nostrils. The wind of the ocean enters the room, transforming the ambiance into a coastline of promise. A true sailor’s delight. The number one pimp of shrimp? Another one, number one… It’s called Bay Breeze, right? Baby, please bring me to Bay Breeze and Tongue Twist of the Taste Buds. You want some lobster tail? Well, slap your sassy self down in the seat, and you’ll get it lickety-split. Don’t forget the complimentary gloves, wet wipes, and nappies. Bib yourself from shin up to chin up. Because you’re in for a splash of a good time. The place is big. It has many options. The waitstaff? Pleasant. However, short. But not curt. Short in stature. Oftentimes. However, not always. And they’re open seven days a week. Their hours seldom change. 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. I don’t know if they even have a good breakfast. Have you ever had a scallop omelet? That is delectable. They also crack the clams with their hands right in front of you. And they do a little thing, like the guys in the streets with the cards that flip around real fast; you don’t know which clam’s cracked until suddenly they’re all cracked right in front of your eyes. Boy, oh boy. Take yourself down. Best in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Asheville doesn’t have Seabreeze. Lame. Swannanoa? Ha! They don’t even know what a seabreeze is. Best you’ll get there is a chapel and a cross. The only place I know, nope, not Black Mountain, wrong, it is Hendersonville, Buncombe County, baby. God...

I’ve been coming to this establishment for at least 15 years. Today, I’m done. We got there at approximately 11:05 am. It took at least 15 minutes for the waitress to come to the table to take our drink order. The funny thing is my daughter, and her boyfriend went in behind us and sat at a separate table and watched our waitress as she sat in a larger room doing nothing but googling on her phone. My daughter and her boyfriend got service at least 7 minutes before we did. We saw our waitress one time and we were her only table until they sat another family of 4 directly beside us. I waited on her for approximately 20 minutes to get a refill on a drink and a to go box and never did she come to check on us. I got up to get my own to go box and she came out and said oh I’m sorry. And then realized she had a second table. Everything about this establishment has gone downhill and is very disheartening. Don’t order the cheese grits either! I have had them many times, but today they were gross. And when you pay extra money for jumbo shrimp, they should be butterflied and deveined. Not the case! They were butterflied, but veins were not removed. Totally dissatisfied after 56.00 for 2 plates of 2 item combo at regular size. My daughter’s chicken tenders were like rubber as well. And if you notice on other peoples complaints, you get no response from management. Very interesting that they would ignore their Google reviews when the majority of your customers come from Buncombe and...

Decided to try this place since we had seen it in a magazine earlier in the day, we were in the area, and our theater plans fell through, giving us the time to dine comfortably. It would be nice if they served alcohol, but that didnt take away from our experience. They were pretty busy. The place is large, so the wait for the food seemed a bit long. Maybe I was just hungry? It wasn't overly long I don't think. Anyway, when our food came, my wife was a little disappointed that she had no hush puppies on her plate, but didnt want to fuss about it. Our portions were large and delicious and we ended up with a doggie bag and we don't even have a dog at home. 🤪 Guess I'll just have to enjoy it again for lunch. In any case, as I was eating my ton of popcorn shrimp, which I loved, I decided to try a bite of one of the onion rings. OMGoodness, these aren't onion rings, they're hush puppy rings!!! I had to tell the wife. She was so happy. So, all in all, a very delightful experience, with good seafood. She had catfish, jumbo shrimp, & clam strips with a side of okra, while I had Grouper, popcorn shrimp, & jumbo shrimp with a side of cheesy grits. It's making me hungry again just thinking about it. We'll definitely be back. Finally made it back and the food was just as good an now they serve alcohol. Had a hard cider with my jumbo stuffed (with crab) shrimp. Didn't let the ringed hush puppies fool...