Wanted to confirm if can order a la carte off the menu for the Cape May buffet at Beach Club. My daughter is not a big seafood eater and hate to pay buffet price when she may only eat one or two items.
I will say having stayed at the Beach Club this weekend even as a seafood eater I wouldn't eat there. Sorry I just don't think seafood even on a buffet should ever smell that strongly. Every single time you walked by the restaurant you could smell the strong odor of seafood.
You can NOT order a la carte at Cape May Café. It is an All You Care to Eat buffet and everyone is charged the full buffet price regardless of how much or how little you eat.
We own at BCV and stay there every year. I walk through the lobby yearly and I have never found a offensive fishy smell emanating from Cape May Café. I have read that others have as well. But I don't
We ate there a few trips ago. I only ate the shrimp and the other non fish items. It was ok but I am in no hurry to return.
I'm not doubting you smell it, I just don't. We usually do that hall too about once a year.I never smell it in the lobby but I definitely smelled it coming from the Yacht club back to Beach Club. It isn't so bad at the entrance (which is weird because the buffet is closer to that area) but in the L more towards the Yacht it was nauseating.
For those pp's that are saying that Cape May has a very strong 'fishy' smell - they are sooo correct!! That smell is very 'normal' and consistent with most places that sell/serve boiled/broiled/steamed seafood. Am used to our crawfish/shrimp boils in Louisiana, plus we have gone a few times to Maine and had some great lobster boils!
If the smell is offensive to you, it's probably because you do not care for that type seafood, and this place is definitely not for you. It smells great to us and we can't wait until next week to go there again, and again (twice while we're there). We would be so disappointed if it 'didn't' smell that way!!
But, to the OP, we've never seen a menu there. It's strictly buffet and one price.
Grew up with a grandpa who use to be a shrimper, we had crawfish boils and lobster and crab legs are my 2 favorite seafoods so I definitely don't dislike that type of seafood. NO crawfish boil I've ever been to smells like Cape May does. It just smelled like low quality seafood not the fresh caught straight from the gulf I grew up with.
Nope, I love all the types of seafood they serve (and those in boils) but hate, can not stomach the smell at Cape May. It's nauseating. And yes, you can only smell it in the hall walking from BC towards Beaches and Cream.For those pp's that are saying that Cape May has a very strong 'fishy' smell - they are sooo correct!! That smell is very 'normal' and consistent with most places that sell/serve boiled/broiled/steamed seafood. Am used to our crawfish/shrimp boils in Louisiana, plus we have gone a few times to Maine and had some great lobster boils!
If the smell is offensive to you, it's probably because you do not care for that type seafood, and this place is definitely not for you. It smells great to us and we can't wait until next week to go there again, and again (twice while we're there). We would be so disappointed if it 'didn't' smell that way!!
But, to the OP, we've never seen a menu there. It's strictly buffet and one price.
I totally agree. Fish places I've eaten at in Louisiana don't smell nearly as bad as Cape May and we usually hit one once a week. It's nauseating to have to walk past the dining area. You can even still smell it in the morning sometimes.Grew up with a grandpa who use to be a shrimper, we had crawfish boils and lobster and crab legs are my 2 favorite seafoods so I definitely don't dislike that type of seafood. NO crawfish boil I've ever been to smells like Cape May does. It just smelled like low quality seafood not the fresh caught straight from the gulf I grew up with.