Cedar River Seafood

Not that good, cookie cutter scallops, that tells me that they are not scallops! Baked potatoes not baked. Not worth the money

This was my first time at Cedar River. We had a large group of 15 and they seated us in a back party type room. Everybody enjoyed what they ordered, they had a few options for land lovers including a gigantic burger, chicken sandwich, or chicken salad. The sides were REALLY good. The mashed sweet potatoes were especially fantastic. The restaurant is a bit older and outdated but it was clean and comfortable. Cedar River has been a go to stop for my husbands family whenever they are in the area. I look forward to our next trip so we can go back.

Is the food good? Yes
Is rundown inside? Yes
Do they need more wait staff? Absolutely yes
I really enjoyed the peanut shrimp (popcorn) piled high, fresh, and perfect breading and the catfish was great on our 1^st visit.
Second time we waited to be seated after waitress said «just a minute» after seeing multiple tables with no drinks/​food/​and still looking at menus we decided to. leave after she took drink orders before seating us. We could tell they were severly understaffed (saw 2 ladies working) and didn’t want to wait all night for dinner.
Maybe next time I’ll call to. go since food is good and it’s old inside with shortage of wait staff

I had the 10 ounce NY Strip steak with fried shrimp, baked potato and green beans. It was great. I enjoyed it immensely. The steak was medium well and tender. The shrimp was fried and a little small but good. The green beans were seasoned with a ham hock and they were tasty. I got plenty of food for the money and service was excellent. I will eat there again.

Go to the DQ next door for a better meal in a cleaner environment!
We ate around 8:45 on a Sunday night and the place was a disaster– most of the tables unbussed, junk all over the floors… Plenty of servers around who could have cleaned up the place while we were there but never did. Food took 30+ min to come out (they were not busy) and was pretty nasty. My kids chicken strips were fried to one shade short of black (if you can’t even fry chicken strips…)
Trust all the bad reviews for this place and don’t eat here.

We ordered ours to go. Huge amount of fried shrimp which were the best we had while visiting. I couldn’t finish my plate. Mashed sweet potatoes were excellent. Ordered chicken finger plate and it was gigantic, clam chowder was decent but nothing to go back for.
Inside looked old and worn down but the food was good and very reasonably priced for the area.

Run, run, run away captain D’s is better and I don’t eat at captain D’s food is twice the price and not good. wife and I both would like to give it back

We are visiting Amelia Island and had lunch here today. The place looks sketchy from outside and we thought about going somewhere else but I’m happy we didn’t. Our server was very friendly and gave us excellent service. Our meals came quickly and the portions were rather large. Four of us had seafood and we all enjoyed our meals a lot. My wife had scallops and they were sweet and perfectly cooked. Two of us had the all you can eat perch special and the fish was moist flavorful. You can have any fish grilled, fried or blackened. The atmosphere wasn’t too good, rather tired thus the 4 star review otherwise it was inexpensive and a great value. We would certainly come here regularly if we lived close. It would have been nice to be able to get a beer or glass of wine.

Our family stopped in for lunch on vacation. The place doesn’t look like much on the outside and the interior is pretty plain, but the food was great. You get huge portions and the prices were very reasonable. I gave it 4 stars because of the décor and no liquor service.

Ate here about 5 years ago with my wife. The service and food was so bad that I’m surprised to find that the place is still open.

I went to Cedar River today out of curiosity, Ive seen reviews that were very favorable to very bad depending on the year. For me the place was very good. If you’re looking for a fine dining atmosphere then you’re in the wrong spot. But if you’re looking for good fried seafood then this is the place to go. The lunch specials were very reasonable and the amount of food was plentiful. I had the fish, shrimp and sea scallops and they were season and cooked perfect. As was my wife’s shrimp. The coleslaw and okra & tomatoes were great. The price you couldn’t beat as well. Under 20 dollars. My only complaint is that the staff looks to be over worked and short. Those waitress looked like an Olympic track team running around trying to accommodate the customers. Other than that it was a good experience and we plan to visit again real soon.

The food here is terrible. I have eaten there three times since it is right around the corner from the condo we vacation at and each time have been hopeful it will be better than the last time. Each time I am just completely disappointed. It makes no sense to not serve fresh seafood when you are located that close to the ocean. Spend your money elsewhere!

Filthy dirty place with terrible food.
Went today, have not eaten here in about three years, it was very good then.
Now, not so much. Wish I had checked Unilocal prior to going.
Today I ordered Mahi-​Mahi broiled with lima beans and a baked potato. The fish was so dry, and not from the broiler, from the freezer I think. The potato was undercooked and the waitress apparently deaf as our complaints were ignored.
My dinner companion also said the stuffed salmon was dry, hard to do that to an oily fish.
I brought my fish home, not to savor later but, in case I got sick I wanted a piece for the lab…
The absolute worst meal I have been served in a restaurant in 15 years.

I have rarely had such bad service. The salad was puny & when I asked for more greens I was given an Attitude. When I asked for the manager I was given more attitude. I attempted to call the owner & never got my calls returned.

This place is gross. My friends said the seafood was good, which was the only positive part of the meal. I had chicken that was disgusting. It had a weird gross texture. The sweet potatoes were full of sugar and the lima beans were full of bacon. Don’t go there expecting anything healthy.

Decidedly mediocre. The fried entrees where pretty good but fried food is always at least pretty good. Blackened fish and scallops where terrible.

Soo, I come here almost every time I’m at home for a short visit. It is cheap and okay for seafood. Local fresh caught seafood is very expensive and hard to come by. This is not locally caught seafood– with that said, I’ve been here more times than I can count, i’ve never been turned off by the food and i’ve never been disatissifed with the food or service.
I recommend going for lunch, the prices are cheaper.

Gross. One time I ordered the whole catfish and the waitress brought me a basket of fried minnows– No Joke. When I said something she replied, «yea…people been complaining they are kinda small». If you are looking for fresh local seafood this is NOT the spot. If you need some bait on the other hand–

We always stop for lunch here on vacation. The food is decent for the lunch price (about 8 $ for a fried basket), but expensive for dinner (about 20 $ for the same food). The shrimp is frozen shrimp from North Carolina, which is disspointing knowing that fresh is readily available. The service is unsatisfactory. There is no host, so we stood at the door waiting to be sat for a few minutes, were appoached by three different waitresses to take our order (they obviously were confused about who had which tables), waited to get our check, then waited again at the cash register. I’d suggest this place only for lunch!

I love this place. The fried shrimp are lightly battered, crisp on the outside and tender inside, and I think their lima beans are so good I recently ordered a side to go. They fry their food in rice bran oil (which they offer for sale), supposedly a healthier alternative to other trans-​fat-​free oils like canola. Everything tastes clean and fresh, and the people are friendly and easygoing.