Captain D’s Menu Prices

Captain D’s is an American fast-food restaurant chain specialized in serving mainly seafood and fish. This restaurant has locations all over the United States, but also overseas. Captain D’s is well known and appreciated by its customers, thanks to their tasty food served in a welcoming and friendly environment. The restaurant’s core values are great service, great prices, and even better food. Some of the most popular Captain D’s dishes include Cajun fish tenders, batter-dipped fish, shrimp skewers, country-style fish, and premium shrimp.

Captain D’s offers good quality meals at affordable prices. They make sure that the ingredients used for preparing the meals are the freshest, including everything from vegetables to seafood. The side dishes are freshly prepared every day and the food is hand-battered. Their menu has been perfected in time.

In the table below you will find the latest Captain D’s menu prices.

Brand History

The first Captain D’s seafood restaurant was opened on August 15, 1969, in Donelson, Tennessee. In the beginning, it was named Mr. D’s Seafood and Hamburgers. The letter “D” comes from one of the foundersț last name, Ray Danner. He founded Dander Foods company, which owned and operated the restaurant.

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Mr. D’s Seafood and Hamburgers grew in popularity over time and by the year 1973, there were 15 restaurants opened in the United States of America. The restaurant changed its name to Captain D’s Seafood in 1974. The same year they merged with Shoney’s, Inc. Their menu started to be focused only on seafood meals such as shrimp and fish and chips.

In 2003 Danner Foods and Shoney’s, Inc. sold the restaurant to Lone Star Funds. One year later, in 2004 Sagittarius Brands, Inc. bought the restaurant chain. Captain D’s was awarded the “Menu Masters Award” in the category “Best Menu Revamp” by the Nation’s Restaurant News in 2007.

In 2010 Sagittarius Brands, Inc. sold it to Sun Capital Partners. During this time the restaurant grew substantially. In 2013 the restaurant was bought by Centre Partners and it is still owned by them.

During the 1980s and 1990s, the company’s logo and building design changed in order to get a more updated appearance. In 2012 Captain D’s presented a whole new “21^st century image” so the customers get an improved overall experience. This new image included a friendly and welcoming “coastal” vibe so the clients feel like they are at the beach.

Nowadays, there are more than 500 Captain D’s locations all over the United States, but also overseas in countries such as Japan, Germany, and South Korea. As for the United States, you can find Captain D’s in California, Tennessee, Arkansas, Georgia, New Mexico, Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, Missouri, Maryland, Mississippi, New York, Kansas, New Jersey, Louisiana, Ohio, Alabama, Colorado, Texas, West Virginia, Indiana, and Illinois.

Our review

The Captain D’s menu includes mainly seafood such as shrimps, fish fillets, seafood stuffed crab shells, white fish, and many more. Expect to pay anywhere between $7 and $12 for the food items in the seafood section. The sides cost anywhere between $3 and $6 and include baked potatoes, coleslaw, mac and cheese, French fries, corn, side salad, broccoli, green beans, and okra.

For the items in the fish section, you will have to pay anywhere between $7 and $11, and this includes two to four pieces of country-styled fish, two to four pieces of batter-dipped fish, fish and fries, and the catfish feast.

Captain D’s menu also includes “From the Grill” items like the Lemon Pepper White Fish, the Shrimp Skewers, the Grilled White Fish and Shrimp Skewer, the Blackened Tilapia, the Surf and Turf, and the Wild Alaskan Salmon.

The kid’s meals include popcorn shrimp, fish tenders, and chicken tenders. These cost anywhere between $6 and $7.

Captain D’s offers family meals which include a seafood feast, a fourteen-piece chicken value, and a ten-piece fish value pack. The seafood feast costs $28 to $30 and includes two regular family-style sides, batter-dipped fish, hush puppies, butterfly shrimp, and stuffed crab. Expect to pay anywhere between $22 and $25 for the fish value pack which consists of two regular family-style sides, hush puppies, and batter-dipped fish fillets. Also, the chicken value pack costs $22 to $15 and includes two regular family-style sides, hush puppies, and fourteen breaded chicken tenders.

The customers’ favorites are the shrimp, but Captain D’s menu has a whole separate section named “Other Favorites” that includes jalapeño poppers, batters dipped fish and chicken, mozzarella sticks, wild Alaskan salmon salad, grilled chicken salad, and the Captain sandwich.

The restaurant’s operating hours are anywhere between 10:30 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., depending on the location. Also, the prices vary from one location to another, but in general, are reasonable. The staff is friendly and welcoming but the service tends to be slow. In conclusion, Captain D’s is a very popular, affordable, and family-friendly seafood restaurant.

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