Captain Cass Rock Harbor Seafood — Restaurant in Orleans

Went for early dinner. One of us had the clam chowder. The other fish & chips. Substituted onion rings for the fries. Plenty of food so we shared. The atmosphere was interesting, plenty of photos from the 50s and 60s of fishing, harbors, boats etc. Right in the harbor, so the decoration was great.

The daily board in the restaurant had no prices - just "market". We didn't ask for prices, but we expect in any restaurnt without prices that the waiter would announce them when we were given menus. Not so. Also, it is easy to write today's market prices on the daily board.

The waiter was a bit over the top, asking whether we were native or visiting, and stooping down putting her face close to ours. We heard other customers being asked the same question. When she returned with the food she filled a small dish with ketchup from the squeeze bottle.

The clam chowder tasted exactly like canned chowder, potato starch and all. The large portion of fish was further along than what we normally eat at home, but edible. At least one of the onion rings was from a mushy part of an onion.

I'd say that if you're going to pay Le Bella Vita or Mahoney's prices, then go...

We have come to Captain Cass’s for years and loved the old nostalgic place! Couldn’t wait to come back, but we’re sadly disappointed! The remodeling was great, similar to the old place, bathrooms roomy and clean. The one server for the whole place, randomly decided to wait on a customer that came in after us, his soup came out immediately and we sat and waited for ours. The clam strip platter was pretty generous, covering a pile of fries! But the clams were barely warm, fries were somewhat warmer! Obviously they seemed to have been sitting under a light, not fresh out of the fryer! Not ones to ever complain about food, we said the clams weren’t warm! Apologies made and plate taken back to the kitchen to just dump into the fryer again to make the clams hot and tough! We have 2 chefs in our family and tend to have a high standard for food and know that some kitchens aim to please and others don’t care! Also their Prices seem to be somewhat higher than other places on the Cape for the amount of food you get. Will probably give them...

We were the first customers of the newly reopened captain cass. We’ve been going for years and it was our favorite lobster roll on cape cod. The new owner spent a lot of money updating the place, and while it lost the 1950’s divey charm, it looks great and feels clean and new while still very cape cod. The scallops were really moist and fresh and the lobster roll was a good size and also super fresh. The fries are very similar to what they used to be, battered style. Only minor gripe is to have a buttered/toaster roll for the lobster roll but otherwise the prices were fair and portions good. Very happy they are back with new owners investing in a cape classic. They added a new takeout window and outdoor seating overlooking the marsh (bring bug spray and beware the flies...