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Hadn't been here in years, but I remember it being very loud and very casual. It was still casual, but since there were very few customers besides us, we had to provide the noise. (Thanks, kids). Not sure what happened to the crowds, but it might be menu changes like the no-longer-available AYCE crab legs on Mondays. They now run daily specials, but the all-you can-eats are pretty much limited to shrimp and catfish.
I was pleasantly surprised by the salad bar. Back in the day, it featured a few paltry selections like cole slaw, carrot sticks and some weird pickled green tomato concoction. These are still available, but now they have added a sufficient array of vegetables that you can hook yourself up with a pretty nice salad.
The hush puppies, as others have stated, are pretty bland, but not bad when slathered in the honey butter. Those who ordered the cornmeal- fried catfish seemed to enjoy it; personally, I find those strange dark veins running through it quite off-putting and generally avoid it. Like calamari, it may not taste bad, but there's just something creepy about it.
On the other hand, I am not in the least bit creeped out by oysters (go figure), and the deep fried ones are served with a tasty remoulade. Shrimp stuffed with a spicy, savory crab meat mixture then battered and fried were not bad, and even the french fries were also battered and seasoned. Babygirl was trying to eat clean and got broiled chicken with collard greens and salad, and the Anaconda was eating light so he stuck with the gumbo.
Everyone enjoyed their meals although no one was blown away. If you go, you won't leave hungry and theatmosphere is pleasant unless you happen in on a night when our kids are misbehaving.
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