Okay my wife and I visited last night sans kids for an adult dinner with drinks. Started with an old fashioned which was pretty good even though I prefer mine a little less sweet.
My wife and I settled on oysters and shrimp for the starter. The oysters were as fresh as if we were actually somewhere off the east coast where they came from off Long Island. The giant prawn were great and meaty. Fresh horse radish and separate cocktail sauce was nice but they added this third sauce that was supper tasty as well and I couldn't put my finger on it but it was delicious.
Finally for dinner my wife chose the scallops and I chose the jambalaya. My server helped me navigate as I couldn't decide between that and the braised short rib stew. But since I told him I was starving and preferred a larger dish we went with it. Next time I'll try the stew. The scallops were perfect. The server actually told us the chef vetoed the first batch as they were slightly over cooked which takes me to the three ***. Before that my jambalaya was super flavorful. He advised it was 8 of 10 on heat index and I would put it about 6 but I have higher tolerance than many.
Okay the 3 stars is because it took sooooo long, 30 minutes, to get raw oysters and cold shrimp. Granted the manager advised the seafood guy had to shuck 80 oysters. Next it took forever to get the entrees which above I said the server advised that the scallops had to be redone. This was what appeared to be an average Saturday night. The wait was about 5 minutes although we had reservations.
Lastly our server was top notch. Knew the menu cold and had great descriptions about and opinions of every dish. This guys has to be one of their best.
I was a little disappointed when the restaurant forgave nearly half the menu of the couple next to us for their inconvenience but didn't even offer us a free dessert. I guess not complaining and being pleasant has its limitations as it appeared the server and manager recognized the delayed service therefore no need to chatter about it or complain. Squeaky wheel gets the grease!
Regardless we will be back. Great food, good atmosphere and hopefully the kitchen will be more organized next time.