Kool Kone

Kool Kone

374 Marion Rd - Wareham, MA 02571

508- 295- 6638

Date of visit: August 14, 2013

My cousin had seen a review about Kool Kone on one of the local t.v. shows. She forgot which one it was exactly but she was pumped up to try this place out. The t.v. show was raving about how good their fried chicken was. I thought this was odd since, by the name, I was thinking ice cream. But what do I know?

This place it normally pretty out of our way. Luckily, we were in the area while we were all camping at Myles Standish in Carver for the week so we figured what better time for a visit?! We ordered the seafood platter, which is supposed to be for 1 (very hungry) person ($23) and a 12 pc bucket of chicken ($18). Not exactly our cheapest meal but it was split for 4 people.

Oh. My. Word. This seafood plate was so great. I really wish we would have just ordered 2 of these... just for me. I was already really in the mood for clams and no stinkin' clam strips. I wanted the whole sha-bang with the bellies. I got them and boy was my belly happy. The scallops were big and moist and tasty tasty as was the piece of fish. Shrimp could have been pulled out of the oil a little sooner but they were still good. It wasn't greasy AT ALL. I hate greasy food and this was just perfect. I really don't remember the fries. I can't even remember if I actually ate any. I know my daughter was eating them so they must have been good. My brain was too busy doing a happy clam dance too notice I guess. We all agreed this plate was awesome. See evidence of the mauled seafood plate ...

After we finished the seafood plate we remembered we still had the chicken. Like I said my cousin had heard about how great the chicken was. We all tried some. My cousin asked us, "So do you thinks it was award winning?" which was greeted by shrugged shoulders and crooked puckered mouths.... After all the hype we had heard it wasn't what we were expecting. The chicken itself was very very moist and tender and good. The problem was the crust. We all agreed it was just a little too hard, like it was overcooked and dried out. We all ate a piece and packed the rest away to eat back at camp after we swam off some of our food. I will say though, when we had the cold leftovers the coating must have gotten a little soggy and softened up a bit because we all seemed to enjoy it better later.

Okay, here's the deal. We also wanted to try their ice cream since you know Kool KONE implies ice cream. Since we were too full we ended up driving around and wasting some time. We came back for ice cream later on. We were on vacation. The first rite of vacation is to be little piggies. So here we were back for more... sigh.

My cousin ordered the Graham Central Station ice cream which she had at another place before and she loved it then (review to come) so she was going to have it again. She said it fell short this time but not quite sure why exactly. Her son and I, and I split mine with my daughter, had the special of the week "Cookie Monster Sundae". It was cookie dough ice cream, cookie crumbles, caramel sauce, whipped cream and a cherry. Sounded good to us. What could go wrong? Well... I guess it just seemed too much like something we could have whipped up at home. Maybe I'm just spoiled. Which is probably quite true. It tasted like ice cream from a box with crushed chips a' hoy and wicked overly sweet and fake tasting caramel sauce with standard whip cream and cherry. Like I said not necessarily bad but certainly not farm fresh ice cream with real caramel sauce.

Then my cousin found an ice cube. A literal ice cube in his sundae. 

My daughter clearly thought this was the weirdest and grossest thing ever. Her face was priceless. I believe this is the same reason my cousin probably though her ice cream wasn't so great.. just an over all iced over taste. Oh well. Mixed reviews on this place. I'd definitely come back for that seafood but probably won't be getting the other stuff again. It was pretty busy the whole time we were there on our two trips. Filling more as it got closer to dinner. It sure isn't hurting for business. They have a nice little patio area to eat outside which was surprisingly clean as far as outside patio eating goes. And a bathroom! Woohoo!

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