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| - Went to the Ahwatukee location to try it out tonight for dinner, fist impressions of the place was nice. The decorations were interesting. Very open, tables lined with paper, people with bibs on and the bar was full. The hostess sat us and asked if we had ever been to their restaurants before and we replied "no". She then walked away and said our server would be right with us. I was thinking she would explain the theme of the restaurant or the menu but I guess not.
Our server came by and got our drink order. While we were checking out the bar the manager came by and greeted us and asked us if this was first time we said yes, he thanked us for coming in and walked away, again no explanation of how the menu works or how things are prepared, not a big deal our server will get to that hopefully. The food choices is short and simple, the back side is covered in different beers. They might have more beer choices than food.
Server comes back with our drinks and he explains the menu sections and market prices for seafood and the different seasonings. We started with hush puppies and a half dozen of oysters. We then ordered a pound of clams in the trifecta with corn and sausage. We also ordered the soft shell crab po boy.
Oysters and out and they were nothing special, golf oysters I think. The horseradish sauce was tasty, odd they served it with limes though. Hush puppies were good odd it was served with ranch.
The clams, corn and sausage come out in a plastic bag. No plate to dump it out onto, different to be earring out of a plastic bag but kind of neat too. What surprised me was that my clams, corn and sausage were drowning in a butter garlic sauce. not what I expected because the server didn't make mention that it was butter based until after we are and I asked him if all the sauces were butter based. He neglected to tell us that all of them are butter based except for the plain boil which is water based and the pacific rim is curry based. That would have been good to know before ordering. The menu states it's crab boil, I expected a crab boil. I think I might have gotten 12 clams and only 9 of them had meat in them. Sifting through the bag and sauce I found 1 piece of meat. So for 12 bucks I got 10 pieces of clam. Totally understand the pound is including shell weight but at 12 bucks a pound I'd expect a piece of meat equivalent to the number of shells. Sausage was tasty as was the corn.
The soft shell crab po boy came with Cajun fries. Fries were really good, good seasoning and crispy. The Po Boy, not so much. The crab had a real fishy taste to it, can't say I've ever had the same taste in other soft shell crab Po Boys I've eaten before. The breading was so so, had a very heavy taste that left an after taste.
Total bill came out to 50 bucks for two of us. It was worth trying but for the money I've had better elsewhere. I might come back to try the gumbo.
They are newly opened so hopefully the service works itself out. I can see this place being a decent place for happy hour or maybe lunch but I'd skip this place for dinner.
Value in the food not so great, service was only ok but that should improve over time. Selection of beers was excellent. Overall I won't bring the family there but might do lunch or happy hour there.
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