Woody's Eatery

This is a two part "restaurant," I say that because this is like two big food trucks in their own lots. There is the Eatery- seafood based and the other is BBQ. There are lots of games to play while you wait for your food. The fries are excellent and they have a bunch of teas and lemonades which are yummy. Seafood is great! My family ate at the BBQ part and said it was also amazing. Worth a trip!!!

(very limited outdoor seating) (no bathrooms!)

Even one star is too much for Woody's. My family and I were looking to end our awesome weekend on Chincoteague with a bang. We had eaten at so many great places during our 3 day stay, places with great fresh seafood, yummy southern breakfast, even the McDonald's on Chincoteague was great! All the places we found to eat on the island were recommended by Yelp and so, on our last day there, right before we hit the road, we stopped by the Yelp 4-star rated "Woody's" (I am completely convinced that employees of Woody's are rating it so well after our experience). My family and I ordered about $175 worth of food between the 6 of us for LUNCH. $175 went down the tube that day. My boyfriend and I ordered the shrimp tacos, shrimp po' boy and the corn nuggets, clam chowder and mac n cheese to split. The shrimp was not fresh at all, fishy and iodine flavored then fried in old oil. The clam chowder, I mean, creamy chicken noodle soup sans noodles (and clams for that matter) was filled with pieces of bacon fat, celery, potatoes and carrots. I must have ordered the potato, celery and carrot chowder by mistake (not an actual menu item). And the mac n cheese, oh the mac n cheese! I am mac n cheese obsessed! However with Woody's mac n cheese, I am not. The noodles were over cooked penne, and when I say over cooked I do not mean a tad bit past al dente, I mean so mushy I could not even pick it up with a fork without it dissolving to pieces. I haven't even gotten to the cheese on the mac n cheese which was some gritty, pale yellow sauce that I have no idea where it came from. Now this was just our meal, I could go down the list of what everyone ordered and complain but I will only mention one other, "The Duke" sandwich my cousin ordered. Cold chicken fried in old oil, topped with cold "grilled" pineapple (I'm pretty sure it was canned), topped with cold, burnt, bacon, topped with some mystery "Duke" sauce, on a bun. Oh, don't forget the huge jagged bone hidden inside the chicken breast...that part is really important. We were so livid with our experience at Woody's that we didn't even bother asking for new food or a refund. Lesson learned, a very overpriced and overcooked lesson. Spare yourselves!

As a foodie with limited options on the island, I was wicked excited to try Woody's. Unfortunately, a host of problems soured my experience.

The wait was long, but I was ok with that. They were clearly busy, and moving as fast as they could. One of the workers gave us our lemonades, but apparently the lemonade machine had run out, and it tasted terrible. When I told him, he told us that couldn't be possible, but then checked the machine and saw it had indeed run out of flavoring. He replaced our drinks, and we stepped back to get our food.

After a long wait, we took our food back home to enjoy it in our rental house. I sat down with my family to eat, opened my shrimp Po' Boy, and audibly moaned in disappointment when I saw that they had given us a second crabcake sandwich instead. After a long, exhausting day, the last thing I wanted was to drive the half hour back to the shop to fix my order. Pure rage fueled me out the door and back into the car.

I must say that the owner did a great job trying to appease me. He gave us free desserts, which is why I gave this place a second star.

Unfortunately, I still wasn't impressed. While I was waiting for the order to be corrected, I saw one of the cooks making a crabcake...in the microwave. Really guys? C'mon!