Cap'n Jaspers Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The sizes of the sandwiches are amazing."
• "I would recommend the mackerel roll with onions...yum yum yum."
• "The food was always delicious and quick."
• "Half a Yard of hot dog is a legend!! Delicious!"
• "The burger, OMG I had the North Atlantic burger and it was scrumptious."
• "The bacon baps are yummy."
• "The food tastes amazing and the sea view is also great."

Cons:

• "If you prefer a fancy restaurant, you won’t get it here."
• "Agree with some other reviews in here. In the age of quality burger restaurants....this does not cut it."
• "Burgers are a bit of a miss sadly."
• "The food is really awful."
• "Burgers tasteless and like cardboard."
• "The burger pattes where thin, tasteless and cheap."
• "The bread rolls were awful. Cheap produce."

Service

Pros:

• "Top quality, good portion sizes, clean, amazing views, friendly staff."
• "All food is fresh and prepared on site with a minimum of fuss and short waiting times."
• "Always good value, outside seating, some undercover. Staff very friendly and efficient."
• "Staff are friendly and attentive and the gulls waiting for any crumbs to drop are always a bonus on a damp winters morning."
• "Staff were very happy and friendly, a real pleasure to visit."
• "Good friendly staff who work quickly but the wait is because your food is always made to order."
• "The staff are always pleasant and, considering that it is always busy, you do not have to wait too long."

Cons:

• "SO RUDE! I stopped and ordered a tea and coffee and asked if I could add the milk to the tea."
• "The service was bad didn’t get what I asked for."
• "The staff were hard working, but it was all abit chaotic."
• "While ordering the hotdog staff were rude towards us because apparently we wasn't stood in the right place!"
• "I received appalling service from two of the staff and tried to complain to the management, For then to receive a call from the owners giving me stick and saying i'm a liar and swore at her staff."
• "Sadly it was spoilt by a very odd lady who works here."
• "Greasy overcooked burgers and horrible coffee made by rude staff spoil it now."

Atmosphere & Location

Pros:

• "Plenty of seating areas and beautiful views of the harbour."
• "Good views of the inner harbour."
• "Great atmosphere at captain jaspers motorbikers, police, families, grumbly old men and cyclists."
• "Lovely chilled surroundings to eat and just be whilst people and boat watching!"
• "A beautiful sea side view will grab you and I'm sure the food will keep you coming back for more."
• "This place has existed for many many years and is a landmark of Plymouth with lots of bikers congregating here."
• "Situated on the beautiful Barbican, you sit on picnic style tables right next to the water."

Cons:

• "If it rains, you’ll be wet."
• "The tables were dirty and the surrounding area was covered in bird muck."
• "It's very slow when handling veggie orders."
• "Food quality had declined and prices have gone up."
• "Could benefit from a daily jet wash."
• "Cost cutting measures have killed the place but the prices seem to climb..."
• "Not a patch on the old days."

Value

Pros:

• "A plymothian classic... Great food at a reasonable price."
• "Good value for the money and large portions."
• "Congratulations for keeping the prices low."
• "Cheap and decent grub, with friendly staff and a great biker meeting place."
• "Very cheap and nice burgers."
• "Prices are reasonable - the most expensive items cost £6.50."
• "Always great hot food and super value."

Cons:

• "Burger van quality greasy grub that is overpriced."
• "The food is at a very good price compared to other nearby eateries."
• "The cheeseburger was pretty tasteless and the cheese, while real cheddar, was cold and un-melted."
• "It makes a microwaveable Rustler Burger look like fine dining."
• "The actual beef patty’s themselves would benefit from being better quality."
• "Visited again this year (2023), burger still brilliant but the massive hotdog was a real let down."
• "The burger I ordered was over-cooked and hard on the outside, and a tasteless mush on the inside."