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| - Thanks Angry Crab in Mesa for making my 25th anniversary dinner a disaster. We are not fancy people, but we love good food and have been to Angry Crab in Ahwatukee many times, it was fantastic. For some stupid reason, we decided to go to the Mesa location for our anniversary and it was not a pleasant experience.
First of all, we are seated at table/booth that is right on top of other customers, even though there is plenty of room in the restaurant. Nothing like getting close to people you don't even know while shelling seafood and getting greasy fingers. The first thing the waitress says is basically they are out of the 2 of the 3 types of seafood we wanted. We should have left at that point. But it gets better.
Would you like to order a drink? How about sangria? Nope, out of that too. She brings us water while we decide what is left on the menu (or is it on the menu? It might be technically, but do they actually have it? No way to tell). She brings back ice water in flimsy plastic cups. It tastes like salt. WTF? Never mind, I'll have a Corona. 15 minutes later, my Corona arrives- at room temperature. WIth no lime. Husband takes it back to the bar, they offer me another one at the same temperature. Apparently the beer cooler is malfunctioning.
Meanwhile, our oyster plate arrives. Some mysterious waiter/server/bartender (I have no idea who he was- he didn't introduce himeself) whips by our table and says, "Can I take that plate for you?" while simultaneously trying to remove the plate which is still half full of oysters. I told him to calm down and get away from my table.
The food was good, but atmosphere and service leave a lot to be desired. Come on, Angry Crab, you can do better. You need to step up your game. I'll tell everyone I know to go to the Ahwatukee location.
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