Don's Seafood and Chicken House and Pirate Pub

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  Went here for Sunday lunch. Food was average. Wife had the crab cakes..those were above average. Quick service, reasonable prices.

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  Posted on 04.10.13 Lon H.

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  Delicious, fresh local seafood! I had a crab cake as big as my fist- all crab, no fillers. Yumm! The soft crabs were deep fried (a little too much breading for me). Everyone enjoyed their meals. Definitely a good place to stop while driving up Rte 13 on the Eastern Shore.

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  Posted on 05.14.12 C S.

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  The fried chicken is pretty good.  Seafood isn't above average, especially considering this is the Shore.  When I'm in Saxis with family, I like coming up here for Terps or Ravens games.  Good sports bar atmosphere.  If you approach it as a kind of average spot that's good for chicken, you'll have a good time.
  
  Looking for the Shore's finest seafood?  Wrong spot altogether.

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  Posted on 02.08.12 Izzy B.

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  (1.50 stars)  Context means everything when trolling small towns and rural areas for dinner.  Over the years I've had business trips to places where alternatives to McD's are few.  I've spent full weeks in Pocomoke City several times, usually in travel to clients just over the VA border of the Eastern Shore.  There are a few options here, and while it isn't fine dining, Don's is alright.  Their fried chicken is fresh (there are bazillions of chickens in this area), well seasoned and competently cooked.  I've also been served by Don's seafood alter ego; shrimp overcooked and drenched in Old Bay seasoning.  Piled onto shell-on shrimp, Old Bay seasons the diner's fingers as much as it does the shrimp.  This vile seasoned salt is a regional custom, and undoubtedly masks the taste of much past-prime seafood.  They use enough Old Bay on the steamed shrimp to ruin any shrimp flavor.

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  Posted on 12.25.11 Steve G.

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  Restaurant was clean and wait staff was friendly.  I had the Fried Chicken and Steamed Shrimp combo.  The chick was moist and flavorful,  The shrimp are prepared per the local custom (shells still on and Old Bay).  Prices were reasonable.  It was not overly crowded and I received my food quickly.  It is worth trying out if you are in the area and looking for a decent place to eat and grab a beer.  the only fault I have is the beer selection was not all that robust but that isn't uncommon in this neck of the woods.

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  Posted on 08.23.11 Sean D.

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  As you can tell by the name, Don's doesn't really know what it wants to be. Is it a seafood joint, a fried chicken place, a pirate pub...? And as a jack of all trades, Don's is really a master of none. It's a so-so seafood place, so-so fry place, and a piss poor pirate pub, of which it's only attempt to espouse is by plastering the place with it's eye-patched, peg-legged chicken.... Arrrrgh! It's like they took a poll things tourists like and smooshed the results into something they thought would be appealing to all... Throw in Chincoteague pony and they'll have everything covered.
  
  In tribute to this, the food is not memorable, but not disastrous. You can eat here ok, and the decent selection of beers on tap will help it go down.

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  Posted on 05.04.11 K B.

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