theBoil

The Jersey city location is permanently closed!!! Got here at 6:45 and was seated immediately! Maylene took our orders and everything came out correct and to the tea!!!!! Casey our server was very nice and attentive as well despite being busy! The bus boys and and the guy with the glasses that bought out our food was nice and good! Overallll, this place is awesome! Wayyyyy better than Jersey city location

Traveled from Jersey to a concert at Brooklyn Steel and my teens wanted a seafood boil after the concert. Decided to drive to theBoil, sat in traffic about 40 minutes, and when we arrived, the door was locked. I knocked and explained how we just traveled to eat there, and they let us in and served us immediately! Food was excellent, service was outstanding. Would definitely recommend and return. 5 stars!

The butter garlic flavor is done really well. I’ve been coming here for years. This place is cash only. Also, they used to automatically add a 20% gratuity only for parties of 6 or more. But when we went a few days ago with 5 people, they still added the 20% tip automatically. Not sure if they changed their policy.

I love the boil and would hands down return. HOWever, cooks- please watch the items being baked/reheated. I couldnt believe my mac came out like this! Hard as a brick and burnt on the bottom.

The food was really good and came out really fast. The server was very attentive and caring. The atmosphere is chill and the boat theme is really cool. I liked the food and I would come back. 10/10. Highly recommend.

I always have a great time when I come to this place. The food and atmosphere is good for connecting over the love of seafood and good drinks. We were celebrating 2 special birthdays and they were happy. Awesome place

Had a fantastic dinner at The Boil tonight. The seafood was incredibly fresh, and the Boil Special sauce was amazing—rich, buttery, garlicky, and perfectly spiced. We ordered the mixed seafood combo with shrimp, crawfish, snow crab, and Dungeness crab 🦀, and everything was cooked perfectly. Even the corn and potatoes were full of flavor.<br><br>Special thanks to our server Casey for the friendly, attentive service, and to manager Tommy for taking such great care of us. Great food, great service, and a wonderful experience overall. We’ll definitely be back. Highly recommend!

I recently visited The Boil - 17 Waverly Pl on Friday 02/27/2026 at 8:00 PM for a reservation and unfortunately had a very disappointing experience at the bar before we were seated.<br><br>We arrived a few minutes early and were directed to wait at the bar. The bartender was making drinks, but despite us being the only people there, she didn’t acknowledge us for about 10 minutes. Not even a quick “I’ll be right with you.” Just completely ignored.<br><br>When she finally came over, her attitude was immediately rude and unwelcoming. I asked for a drink that I thought was listed on the menu (I used a slightly different name), and instead of clarifying politely, she instantly screwed up her face, walked away, grabbed a menu, and literally threw it down in front of me on the bar. She then turned her back without saying a word. It was shocking and incredibly unprofessional.<br><br>We ended up sitting there another 15 minutes waiting for our table, and she never once came back to take our drink order. She was wearing an AirPod the entire time and clearly had no interest in engaging with guests. The lack of basic people skills was honestly astounding.<br><br>We’re not confrontational people, so we didn’t say anything in the moment, but it definitely left a bad impression. It’s a shame because the rest of the staff at the restaurant were very kind and welcoming, and the food was great. However, one person’s horrible attitude can easily ruin the start of someone’s experience.<br><br>Management should seriously address this. A bartender sets the tone for the entire visit — and this one completely missed the mark.

First, I’m going to this location. We had the Queen’s combo with shrimp. It was very delicious, very flavorful.<br>Our only critique was that we ordered the garlic bread and received hamburger buns with garlic and butter on it. We had to send it back because it didn’t taste like garlic bread and we also weren’t expecting it to be hamburger buns. Also, ordered the oysters, we thought that they would be on the Monday special, however, because it was a holiday they were a regular price.<br>However, they’re very accommodating about it and they took it off of our tab. We also had the lemonade, which was also delicious! And a classic margarita.

It’s been a while since I last had the boil, and it tastes just as good as I remember! The shrimp is still great with that lemon pepper sauce. I didn’t recognize any of the staff from before, but our server (Kassidy or Kasey) was very sweet. It’s so good to be back!

The Boil is literally one of our group's go to spots! The food's great, the atmosphere and the service is quick and efficient.

I don’t like “sea food” or any kind of crab, lobster or food i have to fight to eat. i’m not into that. I can’t speak on the boils but the appetizers that i got were good to me. The BBQ shrimp was just ok i wouldnt get again. The catfish sliders were good. I enjoyed that. I don’t like how a sprite isn’t free refills that’s crazy. It’s 2025. We shouldn’t be getting less for what we pay for. That’s Absurd. The waitress was also lame. I asked her opinion on the other sliders and she would not give me her opinion. Are you ok? Either way i’m happy with my food. Ill come again in the distant future

Best value and flavor: headless shrimp(more fresh). Snow crab and dungeness crab are merely fine. If you love spicy order at fire(pretty spicy//numb tongue) or spicy(mild level spicy). Fried calamaris good. Oyster is okay happy hour price a dozen for $15.

Do not come here for happy hour oysters! The oysters were small, tasted not super fresh, and in general were not great. I really liked their happy hour margarita though. Fried calamari was also pretty good. I also tried the mussels seafood boil, lobster roll, and soft shell crab basket on another occasion, thought everything was ok but nothing exceptional. Note that they are cash only.

Cool place for the most part. I'm happy they let you know and have it posted that is a cash only place, and that 20% will be added to the bill, so there no need to tip.(there's an ATM on site) There was a 15 min wait for a table, I felt like the small tables where to closed together nice place a bit dark for my liking. Saff was polite over all. We didn't like our food, but unlike my date, I chose not to continue eating and told the waiter I was unhappy with my meal. She offered me other choices, but I was over it,and my great Aunt 92 told me never to send anything back to the kitchen, so I never do. I feel like in any establishment, you have one time to make a great impression, and that's not what I experience with the food. It looks flavorful, but looks were deceiving in this case. I told the owner who was walking around and he informed me that he doesn't normally take things off, and I said even after I didn't eat it, he said yes cause I came by and asked how everything was. I haven't even started eating when he asked only my date and she doesn't like to complain so she didn't and just took it home. I, on the other hand didn't and it was removed from the bill. I am happy it was cause I was unhappy with the meal preparation, so why would I pay for something I didn't like nor eat. I found it on Google and don't see myself returning or recommending.i guess it's a hit or miss, but most definitely a miss for me . But I did enjoy the zucchini fries they were the best.