Captain J's

What in the actual heck is going on here? This cannot be a functional restaurant. It's like a time capsule from my childhood, a themed "booth" restaurant from the 1980s. It's so dirty, so old, so broken. The food is absolutely so suspect. Nothing is on time, everything is FROZEN. Right next door they pack a standing-room-only crowd in for a fairly white trash experience, but here they don't even try. How is there no spillover? Truly, how? This place needs to be completely rebuilt and relaunched. The good? It has the capacity for a view and, if you can believe it, a small indoor waterfall. But that's it. If you like the food, you haven't been around much. But this is clearly a front. It's too lonely and weird to recommend.

A gem in the rough! The fish tacos were surprisingly tasty, and the crab cake sandwich was nice. Prices are fair, but the rooftop cafe needs repairs. Wobbly stairs to the bathroom and uneven floors. Worth a trip for a nice view, and you don't have to pay the $30 parking fee at the pier.

My family and I were visiting Cocoa Beach for the day during our Florida vacation Thursday, July 7. We were at the beach most of the afternoon and were starving by the time we left. We were looking for a seafood buffet for dinner. I searched Google maps for seafood buffet and this place was the first restaurant to pop up. Reviews were good so we decided to stop. Although Captain J’s is not a seafood buffet, I am SO GLAD that Google brought this place up in my search!! I was nervous when we first arrived because the exterior of the restaurant wasn’t much to look at but I thought we’d give it a try. We’re a family of 8 and were starving, we were also in 3 vehicles so I wasn’t gonna make everyone drive somewhere else just based on how the place looked from the outside, so we gave it a shot. We walked up the stairs to the host stand and waited to be seated. Our waitress came and took us to two booths with a GORGEOUS view! From what I could tell it’s all outside seating, you are h