clark's fish camp

just read the lowest reviews and look at the dates… the place is rapidly going downhill. there are no replies to the bad reviews, they don’t care.

awesome place must go to if u in jax beach area!!! if u want pretty much any type of meat cooked they have it from alligator to yak. but we stuck with shrimp scallops etc

very disappointing meal and terrible service.. i honestly don't understand the appeal of this place. the food was just terrible and the service even worse. it may be that all the dead annimals on the walls give it a feel if some swamp disneyland. whatever it is, that was my last trip to this place.

horrible service & horrible food. the service was horrible and the grilled shrimp came out cold and 15 minutes after everyone else in my party was served and it tasted like farm raised indonesian shrimp - definitely not local shrimp, i should know being born and raised along the east coast of florida. the wait staff did not communicate with one another and our order was screwed up from the get go. the only cool part was the fresh water tank when you first enter. we went at 4:00 on a sunday, so it wasn't too crowded, but the service was one of the worst i've ever experienced. i will definitely never go back!
st. augustine local!!!!

i'm gluten intollerant and had a waitress that was kind of vague so i just had oysters but i know one thing, you need to hold your nose when you walk in. blah!!! and it was kind of stuffy an it wasn't even hot outside. not my favorite place. don't know if we will go back.

my favorite restaurant in duval.. i've avoided clark's for years in jacksonville believing it couldnt be as good as everybody said. i was wrong. my gf was visiting from out of town, and although the place is under construction and temporary toilets had been erected outside on the swamp that didnt dampen our evening, let me address this thing about service, our seating hostess and server were terrific. however, this place has the worst bartenders i have ever seen. they are aloof, redneck idiots and need to be replaced. we were the only people at the bar and asked the bartender to change the channel off the friggin michigan game to the auburn game, the bartender looked boored and said "the auburn game is on that tv" pointing across the bar.... so we moved. now to this place being "expensive"??? thats the most ridiculous thing i've ever heard. entrees here are cheap for what you get. i mean come on, they have a 3.5 lb, prime rib for $28 fer cryin out loud. i paid the same at the chart house the night before for a 16. oz cut, all other entrees were very very reasonably priced. my gf had the ahi tuna and it was perfectly seared and melted like butter in our mouths. likewise my filet was great. the selection of wild game is amazing from llama to python to ostrich to gator ribs, yes gator ribs. we got out the door with 2 rounds of drinks for less than $60, anybody that says this place is too expensive is a moron. the decor is so bizarre and rustic its hard to explain. imagine having dinner in the jungle surrounded by tigers, lions, leopards, and even a giraffe. they were everywhere, the collection of taxidermy and the way its displayed is beyond belief. the website doesnt do this place justice at all.

anyway, if you're visiting jacksonville you need to check this place out. ignore the negative reviews, these people are either out of it or are some kind of snob that just cant appreciate a place this unique. remember though, its under construction right now so if that kind of thing bothers you..... btw, the parking lot was overflowing when we got there but we only waited 20 minutes for a two top. great place.

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satisfying past-disappointed now. my family went to clark's for my husbands birthday dinner. arrived early so it wasn't very crowded. my husband and i have been many times in the past and have enjoyed looking at the different animals. when my son was young, he was in awe at all the exotic animals. at 18, he was less than enthused to see "stuffed" animals staring at us from every direction. he said it made him feel guilty for eating there. i was looking forward to having broiled scallops but was told by the waitress that because i was ordering the scallop "basket", it had to come fried. that was disappointing that the cook wouldn't throw them under the broiler. my efforts to eat healthier went out the window when that big plastic basket of fried food arrived. my husband ordered the jamaican jerk shrimp skewers. they forgot his fries. he thought being a jerk recipe, it would be a rub perhaps allowed to marinate before grilling, instead it was just a jamaican spice sprinkled on the mere 10 medium sized shrimp. needless to say, he ended up eating some of my son's food as well as mine. my son had breaded chicken planks that were way overcooked. some parts were inedible because he just couldn't chew them, they were so tough. the waitress was nice enough but we waited way too long to receive our check. there was only one table of about 8 people next to us and by the time we left about 5 other tables filled up, mainly couples. not enough reason to keep us waiting for so long. as far out and remote as this place is, i think we'll choose a closer resturant with better quality food. by the way, she told us the "cook" was the one who brought out my husband's fries. he must've been 19 yrs old, if that. guess he had a problem with broiling scallops if you ordered them in a basket instead of a platter. i chose to go with the basket because i knew the platter would be way too much food, so, my bad (and it was). next time if we're going to drive out of our way, we'll head to trent's on the westside.

great food. if you want a great meal at a fantastic place, check out this restaurant. there is something for everyone. i love to check out local places when i visit a new place.i'm very picky when it comes to restaurants and food. i can honestly say that the food is great, terrific service and beautiful decor with the taxidermy specimens. if you miss clark's while you are in jacksonville, you will regret it. whoever is saying they had bad service and poor food must have gone somewhere else , maybe long john silvers?

clarks is iconic in jax, known for having more animals (think taxidermy) than a small zoo. there is a musty smell when you enter, but it passed quickly. clarks offers so many choices on their menu ranging from kangaroo to gator to chicken tenders. we ordered the potato skins for an appetizer. these were absolutely delicious. the quail was also quite good. worth a visit for both atmosphere and food.

my old navy buddy really wanted to take us here. the ambiance is quite different, it's like a huge diorama on a bayou, quite eclectic but a really good time. we showed up right as it was opening so the crowd was minimal but within a hour the place was packed, on a tuesday. we shared some crab dip which was top notch and i had their catfish which was excellent, it was not fish fillets but 3 whole bone in fish that was perfectly battered and fried. fish must have been pan fried because it was so crispy and not oily at all. the wife had sautéed shrimp that she would not share. crazy place but excellent food, the captain and cokes were very tasty also. we ate on the covered porch over the water and watched baby gators and turtles doing their thing, very cool experience.

been going to clark's for years. they used to have some of the best food around. sadly that is no longer so. on my last visit, the creamed peas tasted like corn starch, the greasy spoon quality of the rest of the meal (steak baked potato and mystery veg ) was disappointing. my taste buds cried for the formerly great cuisine. regards to the the girl at the front counter, who,  was rude beyond belief. the table service was awful. 

oh! how the mighty have fallen...

smells like dead animals. almost ruined the meal for me. kids loved the animals but the food has been hit or miss. overall pretty good though.

a fish camp that does not offer fresh fish?! need i say more? we ate here on a saturday, no wait, great waitress, bad food. every single thing on their menu is frozen. i asked our waitress what their fresh catch was and she said we don't have one. very sad.

bland, flavorless, underseasoned and overpriced. did i mention bland?. this place used to be a lot better, now it's basically just an over-hyped, overpriced tourist attraction.

my latest meal there will most likely be my last. the overly-thick, wallpaper paste-like and bland crab soup appetizer (brought to me without a spoon, which i then had to wait another 10 minutes for) turned out to be an ominous portent of the disappointment to come. my first attempt at an "entree" was the #10 stuffed flounder, with buttered shrimp and scallops. while everything was cooked to the proper texture, at least, it was otherwise almost completely unseasoned and bland aside from the melted butter, which was pretty much the only "flavor profile" that dish had to give. the cream peas were also pasty and overly-thick, but the garlic red-skinned mashed potatoes were actually quite tasty. i kind of wish i had just ordered a big bowl of those and called it a night.

i was so disappointed with the soul-killing blandness of the flounder that i sent it back and ordered the seafood pasta instead. while marginally better, the cream sauce was - again, too thick and the dish was, you guessed it, very bland overall, but by this point, the rest of my party had already finished their meals, so i just went with it, ate about half of it and drowned my disappointment with some captain morgan.

i tasted some of my party's other offerings, fried shrimp and oysters were properly-cooked, but were... yep... bland and woefully under-seasoned. picking up on a theme, here?

this place is set up to turn as many covers as possible in a busy saturday night, and it shows in their lackluster, flavorless and vastly overpriced food. i won't even get into the parking on a prime-time evening other than to say it's an absolute nightmare that you could live with if the food at least lived up to the billing, but becomes just another huge annoyance when the food disappoints this badly.