The Original Benjamins Reviews

So much food to choose from and the crab legs are outstanding.

Great seafood buffet! A great selection of model ships to look at inside as well.

Best Calabash in Myrtle Beach, I would pay just for their hushpuppies!!!

Expensive, but what isn t nowadays. Have tried most of the seafood buffets in Myrtle beach and this is still the best one we have found. So many food choices, and great atmosphere!

I was very satisfied with my visit. Lots to choose from. I m not a big seafood eater (my wife is) but I had a great time and left Full. We ll definitely be back.

I eat here everyone I come to myrtle beach. Best seafood buffet for the money

So much food! Everything was delicious. The service was great. The experience was awesome. The interior of this place is so interesting! There is a whole kid's play area downstairs and a nice deck out back.

The food ok, the serving centers are close together and when there's a lot of people it gets very congested.....always bumping into someone and their food

Great selection of quality items you can not go wrong here for the price.

Wow! Great, fresh Calabash buffet! Very clean, hot, fresh. Staff helpful and professional

If you like different kinds of seafood this is the place to go the food was good little bit expensive

Great variety of food to choose from. Lesa was a wonderful server, with a great personality. She took such good care of us, we highly recommend being seated in her section. We look forward to a return trip... The only reason we didn't give it a 5-star rating was because the fried scallops didn't taste good...

Food was delish, huge place we had a party of 9 and we got right in. It was very busy though, people running into each other around every corner.

Wonderful atmosphere, the food was good, but a little pricey for 3 people ($134)

Came from out of state, perfect place for family for sure. Price was reasonable, staff was super nice. Good vibe.

Rather than have you read through my whole review I will just answer the question everybody has upfront Was this place worth it?? The answer is a resounding no..

it was $37 per plate and the only thing that was worth anything were the crab legs. Even those were cooked in brine , so they were crazy salty , but we made do.

Nobody was rude to us and there were no bugs to be seen but the food was marginal at best . The fried stuff was soft , the broiled stuff was hard , and you'd be better off going to the grocery store and cooking seafood yourself .

If you think you can salvage things with a nice dessert Think again. the desert comes from those boxes that you buy at BJ's or someplace like that . Lastly, the venue was hot as hell .

Great selection of seafood. Friendly staff & short wait. Will go back again!

Food was awful! Paid 175.00 for greasy popcorn shrimp, old butterfly shrimp, raw Calamari and spoiled sausage. Will never go back

Great food friendly wait staff a bit pricey 38 bucks a plate but its all you can eat

Tuna steak was so dry I had to chase it with water to get it down. Even the hush puppies were dry and tasteless. How do you screw up hush puppies? Crab legs were reportedly "OK". Service was slow. For $27 a pop? Only in Myrtle Beach. Captain D's is better.

Go for the crab legs FIRST.... .then everything else. The crab legs were to die for. Fantastic hushpuppies, staffed was very attentive, the side dishes were good. Loved the cold shrimp salad, hot mussels and clams, excellent stuffed shells folks! This is THE best Calabash for sure.

Very disappoimtrd. The food was cold from their 170 bar items. The only thing that was hot was the crab legs and the basket of hush puppies. It was not worth the $74 my wife and I spent and that was with a military discount. I will never return back and advise that whomever reads this don't waste your money. This was an expensive bust!

What a great meal - if you can't find anything on this 170 item buffet then you are not normal. great service and everything was great

I'm from the Midwest. I love Seafood. When I ate there I felt like I died and went to heaven amen

first time there and it was wonderful many many choices of food my waitress was wonderful she stayed on top of our table from the time we set down to the time we left all the crab legs you can eat it was great I loved it I will be back....

The selection is overwhelming but everything seemed to taste the same.

During the off season,a good place for crab legs, at peak season, waste of money.

Food was fantastic, place was very clean and the service was great! Will be going back soon!

I have eat here many times over the years. This was the worse. There was sand in my boiled shrimp. Crab legs dry. Rest of food was dry. Only thing good was salad bar. Will not go back

Get place! Very friendly staff and wonderful seafood of all kinds! Will definitely be back!

Everyone I went with loved it. I am very picky so I 0aid 35 bucks for flounder

The food was good, the wait time was extremely long.

Very disappointed. Seafood wasn't fresh. Food that should have been hot was cold when I put it on my plate. Definitely won't be going back.

This place is way over priced and the food is not that good. We went on 4/27/2019. For 2 adults and 3 kids the bill was 146$. The butter for the crab tasted like movie theater popcorn butter. Which is not good on crab. The shrimp had a really weird taste and none of us would eat them. And I usually love shrimp. The desserts where not good either. When my 8 year old turns down chocolate cake. There has to be something wrong with it.
Needless to say it was a sad and very expensive dinner.

Never ever again. I can't really blame this place since this is my 2nd seafood buffet and I disliked the last one as well. I'm convinced I am not a seafood buffet person. The food was cold, very bland I mean not even a ounce of seasoning. Our waitress was not on point and she didn't even have that many tables. We had to wait FOREVER for our drinks. She never removed our dishes unless we asked and refills were non existent. For the amount of money I say skip the buffet and check out a good seafood restaurant. Oh and the butter for the crab legs was a joke as well. This was my first and last visit but the place was huge!

I was very disappointed in the crab legs. It was like eating a box of salt. They were so salty I really could not enjoy them. Didn't care much for the coconut shrimp either. Prlce was not worth it. Will not be going back to this restaurant.

My family really enjoyed it. The food wasnt as good as I know it could have been because it was at the end of the evening......Tripp was Great !!

We decided to come as a family for dinner and the food was horrible. The food on the buffet was not fresh. For this to be a seafood buffet the food should be prepared correctly and fresh. Of course I was not expecting the at home cooking taste, but for the price at almost $40 a person wasn't good at all and I would not recommend. The manager was notified and she wasn't pleased with my concerned and was upset by my complaint. I believe with me. However the manager did take off my meal, but for my family of 4 it was a loss we took. I would not recommend. My advice before you vacation always research the nearby resturants. However our waiter Brittany was awesome!

Omg out of this world!! Ask for Tyler as your server!!

Fantastic seafood! Something for everyone, even if Seafood isn't your thing! Worth the trip, especially if you love crab legs! Great artifacts throughout that are totally worth looking at. It can all be a little overwhelming if busy, but the lines move quickly! Super kid friendly! Next time we vacation in MB, we definitely will return.

Best meal I've had in a very long time. Felt it was worth every penny. Extremely pleased with the seafood quality.

We had our first vacation since our son was born. He is autistic and has sensory issues also we both have Celiac disease. This place was SO awesome not only did they accomendate my son sensory issues by putting us in a table kinda in the corner they also offered us a gluten free menu. It was worth every cent thank you so much for going beyond what you had to do!!!

My family loves seafood and this calabash restaurant in particular. With 170 items in the buffet, it s not hard to find something for everyone. If seafood isn t your thing, there s still plenty of options like grilled steak, sliced roast beef, and chicken with plenty of southern sides to choose from. The crab legs are fresh and hot and the meat is perfectly cooked and not grainy. It can be a bit pricey at almost $40 per adult so be sure to get a coupon for $4 off before 4:30. Kids pricing is set by age so it varies a little my daughter is 10 so her meal was $15 (no kids coupon that I m aware of) which was OK because she loves crab which makes it worth the expense.

It is still served buffet style and masks and food service gloves are provided at every station and guest must adorn them before every trip to the buffet. The floors are marked at 6 foot intervals although we were not there at a busy time to see them in use.

Dining in COVID times is an experience unto itself but the tables were properly spaced and sanitized between seatings. The place is plenty big enough to dine socially distanced. If you are not happy with the spacing of your table, ask for another.

It's a bit pricey, but the food there is really great, the service is polite, and the views can't be beat. It's like a dining fisherman's museum, lots of neat model ships to look at. Definitely a place to visit on your vacation!

Big variity.go hungry and eat all you please food great

Delicious...a lil to crowded for my liking but the food was awesome!

My favorite seafood buffet in Mrytle but, it's hotter than hell-o in there dress lite.

The best of all the buffets there. Everything good, nothing amazing. Seats about a thousand people.

The staff was super!! Best service! The food looked and tasted old... crab legs were not even warm much less hot... everything tastes the same.. very bland.... food was not worth the $37 plus charge... and $2.99 for a soft drink . Also the place is very dated and dirty .

Crab legs and calabash coconut shrimp were very good. Just grab a few plates of crab legs and enjoy!

Absolutely LOVE this place! Every time we go to the beach we eat here! Granted it is very loud and crowded but that would tell you it's obviously good.! They have awesome crab legs and other great fried sea food also a mile long desert bar. The staff are always nice. For adults (12 &up) is 29.99 children (5-11) 12.99 children (1-4) 2.99. It's a of course high but it's an all you can eat crab leg buffett.

This has been my go to seafood spot for years!! My parents used to bring me and now I visit with my children!

One of the better buffets we tried. Alittle pricey.

Food cooked to perfection and staff attentive,friendly and engaging. Loved it!

Great family fun..alot...alot of food,the pasta station is worth a try..several good dishes to choose from

Its a buffet and it's so crowded there is a large variety of seafood to crowded and long wait for food because of long lines

The best crab legs and hush puppies (little mounds of joy) on earth! The waitress was so attentive to our table. I will be back.... FOR SURE!!!

I loved it it s by far the best food I ve ever had great price.

First off they gave us a downstairs table when we ask for a upstairs table. Then they were out of oysters and the waitress was slacking. Will not go back. And it's way over priced.

The best snow crab legs in Myrtle Beach... period. Lots of other food choices and excellent customer service.