Cooke's is a favorite on every trip to the Cape. In the past I would go out of my way for the fried shrimp. The best on the Cape imho & light batter & not greasy.
Sadly that may be only a memory.
My husband...& I arrived tonight to find a new Cooke's. It looks the same outside but now instead of ordering at the counter it's now a regular restaurant with hostess, menus, waitresses. What's not to love?
No daily specials!
Concept is flawed. In this economy when no one can get consistent help wait staff have to seat customer, take
orders, bus tables, deliver food & cash out. No surprise. Wait staff were hustling so hard as they could with little time to check in with patrons. My gin & tonic; tonic flat. Took 10 minutes to catch wait staff.
If you want order just shrimp, clams, etc. it's not lusted on the menu so you have to ask wait staff cost, sizes etc.
Food is basically the same:
Shrimp was good quality however batter was not as light & tasted greasy. Onion rings were sliced thick , batter different, tasted greasy.
My husband ordered the baked stuffed scallop & shrod. Fish & scallops excellent quality & taste but overall flavor of dish flat. After he added a lot of condiments he enjoyed it. Too bland for me.
Side options were same vegetable medley (no seasoning, bland) , rice pilaf, french fries, cole slaw, baked potato. Pick 2. A huge amount of food. You can substitute onion rings for $4.
I'm not sure if lunch menu is the same.
We left thinking Cooke's may no longer be a must stop for us. If we are going for a sit down, full service restaurant Cooke's doesn't have the ambiance or top cuisine of other places we frequent. If I'm going to spend the amount of time this took I'm looking for more....More