DryDock Seafood & Spirits — Restaurant in Hilton Head Island

EDIT: The restaurant seems to have deleted their response to my review (I can't see it anyway) but I am adding it to my review at the bottom. The nasty response confirms my decision not to dine there. INITIAL REVIEW: I stopped in because I saw the reviews were decent. Had I sorted them by date, I wouldn't have gone. I get there and someone is smoking right next to the door, which was the first bad sign. When I get inside, there is a sign that said "Please Wait To Be Seated" so I wait. And wait. And wait. Bartender looks over at me, doesn't care. Grey haired guy standing next to bartender looks over, doesn't care, just goes right back to changing the channel on the TV. I look over where there are only two tables eating food (everyone else is at the bar) and I make eye contact with a woman eating and the look on her face is "Don't do it, run!" I just turned around and left. The fact that every other restaurant I went to afterwards had a wait told me everything I needed to know about this empty place. If you can't even seat me, I'm not going to beg you to take my money and provide a substandard dining experience. I already got that at the door. RESPONSE: Response from the owner 4 days ago "You're wrong, another customer asked for a TV station. The bartender was helping others. The sign has a purpose. What are you entitled. There is no help on Hilton Head. We try. 7 days a week. I was finding a channel. Get a life."

There you have it, folks. No, I'm not entitled, I'm a reviewer sharing their experience. Thanks for asking though. I do have a life, a very fulfilling life, one in which I don't...

Clean open space. Nice lighting and on theme decor. It does have a 2 sided bar with lots of TV so it is not a quiet dinning experience but the noise is not loud enough to disrupt conversation in the booth area. The wait staff were extremely friendly and prompt with drinks and service. Wonderful customer experience.

The blue crab dip was amazing. Warm, creamy and full or large chucks of crab. Properly seasoned and delicious. Due to dietary restrictions I was unable to eat the tortilla chips that it is served with but they substituted those for celery sticks which was a perfect alternative.

For the main course I had the ahi tuna dinner with steamed broccoli. The broccoli was properly cooked and still had a bite to the stems. It was however not seasoned but was fixed quickly with a dash of salt. The wasabi sauce was mellow and a delicious addition to both the broccoli and the tuna. I ordered the tuna grilled and medium. The cook and seasoning was on point but unfortunately it was only just above room temperature, it feels like the fillet was cooked prior and just reheated on order. I hope that’s not the case but it was a huge disappointment as it was cooked and seasoned perfectly.

Both plates were served with a pointless tiny pile of cabbage (clearly out of a slaw mix with no dressing) with a few chunks of tomato. It was pointless and unappetizing. Leave it off! The plate was also dusted with creole seasoning which was also pointless. I’m not sure if these additions were to add interest or a pop of color to the plate but I’d rather a clean plate than one with inedible dust and pile of undressed,...

DO NOT GO HERE THEY ARE RUDE AND DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYEES OR THIER CUSTOMERS AND THE FOOD IS MEDIOCRE AT BEST!! My boyfriend and I went to this establishment the first night of our Hilton Head vacation. We found it online and it had decent reviews. My food of fried shrimp and hushpuppies was well seasoned and delicious. That is where the good with the place stops. The first issue is the owners wife who is anything but professional and a good example of customer service. She is an argumentative, rude individual without regard for personal space or normal correspondence between owner and customer. She opennly/inappropriately reprimanded/bullied her waitress for a simple issue in full view of my table and made the waitress apologize like a disobedient child. The second issue: My boyfriend ordered a seafood steampot that when it was served they should have been ashamed of themselves. The dish costs almost 30 dollars, the shrimp were mealy, limp, water logged. The crab legs were quite the same and the clams and mussels were cold and tasteless like everything else. It truly seemed that everything was cooked earlier than reheated in the microwave then dosed with old bay seasoning on top for show. When this was brought up to the waitress the owners wife came to the table again and was disrespectful, over-talked me without listening at all. The owner came out said that he "took care of it"....they took 9 dollars off the bill for a almost 30 dollar plate, 60 dollar bill. DO NOT GO HERE THEY ARE RUDE AND DO NOT CARE ABOUT THEIR EMPLOYEES OR THIER CUSTOMERS AND THE FOOD IS...