Castle Harbour

Castle Harbor is a great place in Shepshead Bay. A little off the beaten track - further down Emmons Ave. The Food is always consistently good. Large portions, well prepared and nicely presented. Good selections on the menu. Very resonably priced and downright cheap with the specials. The restaurant is an interesting mix of a saliors dream and a hunters conquest. Lots of stuffed mounted animals including a complete lion. This is not a place for PETA, but if you agree with hunting, it is a great place for the kids. Private parties are good here and the staff was very accomidating to special requests. Negatives? Service can be slow. At a party, the wait staff forgot to bring coffee at dessert and had to be proded into it. The valet parking does park your car on the sidewalk, but I haven't had any problems. Pros: CHEAP, Reliable food, Great Atmosphere Cons: Parking, Wait staff needs help more

One night when Lundy's air conditioning failed, we gave this one a try. We were seated promptly, and after an inordinate wait, somebody took our drink order and disappeared for half an hour. This set the tone for theevening. The seafood is good for the price, the decor is an unfortunate mix of dark timbered walls as if you're in a ship, with a stuffed lion, antelope heads & crocodiles on the walls like Bwana Hemingway was about to arrive. The service stinks, it's atrocious, terrible. The hostess explained that the problem was it was busy, but the place was almost half empty. My wife responded to our waiter's inattention by giving him a tip around 12 percent. He had the gall to insist he was entitled to twice the tax. As we left we realized the valets had parked several cars illegally and those lucky customers were receiving summonses. Pros: price, food Cons: service, valet parking, decor more