Knightdale Seafood and BBQ

05/11/12

Disgusting and Gross

by RHAS

Nothing is fresh or made to order. Vegetables are all canned. Seafood is all frozen (sad, considering how close we are to the coast!). Ribs are disgusting slabs of gristle and fat. Suspect they are not made on site, but came in a bag. Greasy. Overpriced.

If you like your vegetables overcooked and swimming in grease, and your meat bland and fatty, and swimming in grease, and your seafood frozen, and watery, and your food just plain disgusting, I recommend this place. Just be sure to BYOBB (Bring Your Own Barf Bag).

09/06/10

Very bad, unprofessional service and just OK food

by Schnauzer

My son had bought food from the takeout several times and said it was pretty good. So, we took eight family members there yesterday (9/5/2010) for my son's birthday. We were seated immediately. Ordered our drinks; five of us ordered the buffet and three ordered from the menu. The five went through the buffet line, reseated, started eating and finally our iced tea arrived about halfway through eating. The waiter said were were held up by others being in front of us in the "drink" cue. When we received the tea, two weren't unsweet as ordered, were taken back and then FINALLY we all had our beverages. The container of sweetners had about 6 packages of assorted sweetners. We had to ask for more sugar and then more artificial sweetner, twice. The three that had ordered from the menu had not received their food 40 minutes after arriving. The rest of us were through eating. My son spoke with the manager and she said it takes 20 minutes to grill a boneless chicken breast. That was 40 minutes into the wait. The lunches were finally brought (then about 45 minutes). The size of the chicken breasts would never ever require 20 minutes to cook. Also, there was no vinegar or hot sauce on any table, as you would find in any BBQ restaurant. They had ONE bottle of hot sauce at the end of the buffet line and that's the only one we saw in the entire restaurant. If you needed to add some, you had to walk back to the buffet line. Very inconvenient. When asked if we needed a tea refill, the waiter leaned ACROSS the table to do this, rather than go behind each person (as should be done) and poured the team. There was room for him to go around the table.

Then, on checkout, my husband paid for all, asked if there was a senior discount (four of us were seniors) and the lady at checkout was abrupt and said they did not. The only senior situation they have going on is a senior plate that contains smaller portions. Great deal, huh?

We will definitely not be returning. This service was really really bad, the food just OK, the prices competitive. As a side note ... my daughter-in-law was given two containers of free banana pudding for the inconvenience.

01/13/10

Disgusting.

by Akb

Don't eat at Knightdale Seafood and Barbeque. It used to be awesome, but now it's horrible. Steaks that taste bland and like they were frozen, overcooked seafood, and WORST of all the owner has an attitude problem. It's sad because I used to love this place. It has a great atmosphere.

• Pros: Great fried Okra and kind staff, great atmosphere
• Cons: Anything meat-related tastes awful, Owner is rude

11/22/08

Kind of Average overall.

by jondix

The waitress was terrific. I loved the hushpuppies. I had the whole catfish platter with BBQ Beans and stewed cinnamon apples. My wife had the steak salad. I thought the catfish was a little plain. I like a more seasoned breading. My wife liked the steak salad. She would have perferred a creamy garlic dressing, not available here. The cost was probably a tad over average $32.00 with soft drinks and tip. They had the Carolina BBQ which I don't care to acquire a taste for. I was currious how there ribs were prepared. It would be up in the air if I would return again. Other than the hushpuppies there wasn't anything that would draw me back.

• Pros: The Hushpuppies were really tasty. Waitress was very attentive
• Cons: Nothing that really made it memorable

10/28/08

Don't bother

by jenniej61

I liked K-dale Seafood and BBQ until I learned of the tyranical and unfare way they treat their loyal staff. I will never set foot in there again. Not too mention, the quality of the food has gone way down and the prices has skyrocketed. The owners, Phylis and Larry have gotten lazy and greedy!