King of the Sea

I had the chance to visit Kings while catching up with an old friend on my last visit to NYC. Upon arriving at the restaurant I was not all that impressed. However, by the time I left my taste buds were screaming. The food was absolutely amazing, the boil had a perfect balance of seafood and veggies. The flavors hit on every level. If you are haven't, try the egg, you will be glad you did.

My friend and I came here and the place met all my expectations. For others like me that are allergic to basically everything under the sea. I had the fried fish and chips, which was really good. It was catfish and it was my first time having it. And it was so delicious!!! Between that and the drinks that are first of all beautiful to see and taste very good. The waitress we had, was fantastic. Super sweet and helped get my to go order together. Overall a great experience, I will say yes you will end up spending quite a bit. But for the quality it was worth it. Just add more bacon wrapped scallops please!!! 6 is good, but 8 would be better 😂

Let me begin by stating that this establishment did not accept credit or debit cards. Before approaching us and informing us, they waited until my companion and I had seated down and placed our drink orders. Hey, we don't take credit cards, but we do have cash app. He wrote his cash app down red flag one… number two, we ordered the seafood special bowl with lobster tail and muscles. Let me tell you, the brown sauce tasted terrible. I was very disappointed and irritated.Something could taste that awful. Kindly avoid going here. It's the worst… sauce I have ever tasted.

I really wanted to NOT think about the reviews and come see for myself. The food was delicious. Drinks were great BUT our server forgotten our food. We sat for 2 1/2 hours (drinking) and didn't get our food until 10!! Even still the order was wrong but at that point, I was disappointed. It's a shame though as the place had great vibes. Our server though bless his heart 😪

My visit to the King of the Sea was my worst experience at seafood restaurant. They have a 90 minute seating rule which they don't follow. Me and my group waited for almost 3 hours for a group that was already eating when we arrived. Their were only 6 of us and the staff could not figure out how to sit us ANYWHERE else except for their table of 10. The food was just okay. Not one of us finished our food nor wanted to take the rest home. The "bar" is a joke. We had a better bar in our college dorm room than what they have on display. Overall, we were extremely disappointed. The King of the Sea seems like the corner store of restaurants. The staff communion in groups while customers wait up to an hour for their orders, drinks took 30 minutes to be fulfilled. The one order for a shrimp salad at our table was the last order to make it to the table and it took 15 minutes longer than the rest of the entrees... The more I write the more I remember. I'm going to stop here. Don't waste your time or your money. The King of the Sea should be sunk.