Dale's Seafood — Restaurant in Lake Waccamaw

My family and I were so excited to try Dale's Seafood at Lake Waccamaw because we were told good things. Unfortunately it may have been the worst dining experience of this year. We went on a Friday night but there wasn't too long of a wait. My mom and I ordered a cup of chowder to start with however mine was refrigerator cold while my mom's was just warm. I told our server and she admitted they don't keep a pot of soup on the stove all day, they keep it refrigerated and heat up in the microwave when ordered. My mom ordered senior plate of shrimp which she liked but was still hungry when she finished. My uncle got a seafood platter which he thought was okay. And I ordered the stuffed flounder. When they served our main course mine did not make it. They told us it would be out shortly. Fifteen minutes pass, my mom and uncle finished their plates and I was still sitting there with nothing. They didn't even serve us hush puppies. Finally after I had lost my appetite and we were basically waiting on the bill they brought out my food. The server, which at this point was the third server we had explained they had one of their main cooks walk out. Again I was over it. I understand that can happen but a manager should have talked to us. It was highly unprofessional. We waited too long for mediocre food and as for me, no food. We will never step foot back in this place. And I recommend others to safely question eating here. Best of luck to this...

Most of the time i would have given this a 4. However, this trip the waitress was short and snappy with my friend. Who was trying to understand what he was ordering. Then a man came out from the back and stated the waitress was his daughter. He wanted to know if my friend had a issue with her. They both could have handled it better. As for the waitress and the cook. Also my friend could have been a little nice. You know how men are when they are attacked. Which is what the cook did when he came to our table treating the person with me. Like I we were trying to understand the menu. When the waitress brought out our food it was not what we told her (and tried to explain) that we wanted. She said and I quote "well that's what you ordered, so just eat it". At this point I walked out. Left my plate and all right there. My friend went up and paid for the meal that neither of us ate. That was a waste of money. Will not have anyone treat me that way. On top of her attitude the waitress had her father come out and make a huge seen in the dinning room. How RUDE! All I can do is...

We came here after visiting Lake Waccamaw and it was packed when we first drove by. We kept exploring the area and headed back after “lunch hours.” The food was good; typical fried seafood. Popcorn shrimp & clam strips were good. Fries were the crinkle kind. However, the restaurant was full of flies - normal for the south but still they could have done better controlling that and we sat by the window to see the lake and the blinds were dirty. Old building so don’t freak out when you go in. Our waitress was not very friendly. Idk maybe she was having a bad day. The wait time to get the drinks (water and sweet tea) was super long. Like 20 minutes to get drinks. And then waiting on food took forever. The salad bar bowls are soooo tiny like salsa bowl tiny. I thought we would have drinks and the hushpuppies while waiting for the food, but it all came out at the same time. Again, the food was good typical fried seafood but service was not great and honestly they need to work on cleaning the restaurant. I can’t stop thinking about how gross the blinds were...