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| - The Original Oyster House is a restaurant I've been intending to visit for quite some time, and finally got around to trying last evening. Honestly, I was a bit underwhelmed. As you walk in, it comes across as a bit of a small, a little bit dingy, diner. I have no problem with that, I happen to love diners, but it's not what I would expect from a place I am hoping to get good seafood. The selection for beer with dinner was rather limited (but let's face it we weren't going there for beer, it's just something I noticed) The service was seriously lacking. When asking for our order, the waitress was literally on her cell phone. I could never tell if she was paying attention to us or not.
I also found the set-up of the restaurant to be rather lacking. It feels very claustrophobic, and while we were sitting up at the counter, a number of people bumped into me due to the fact that there is very little room to walk around.
Now, as far as the food goes, nothing was BAD, but it wasn't stellar. Nothing on the menu seemed to be "Great" to me. I ordered clam strips, and there was absolutely nothing special about them whatsoever. They are the same clam strips I could get anywhere else I were to ever go. There was no extra flavoring, no pizazz, nothing. Just some strips of clam fried up. Same goes for the french fries. Now, the green beans I got were of note, because they were really gross. There was no flavoring added to them whatsoever, they were just plain, boring, soggy green beans. I was very much let down.
So all in all, if you are looking for something quick and find yourself downtown, the Original Oyster House is perfectly acceptable. If you are looking for some place that makes very unique, delicious seafood meals, find something else.
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