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| - Eeeek! I am sad to write this update after my previous 4 Star Review. I thought the Oysters were so good, that my husband and I decided to purchase one of the "I love locals" coupons - $25 for $50 of food and take my parents who were visiting from WA State. It was an Anniversary dinner of sorts and to take my dad who Loves oysters. I told him how great they were. To meet the $50 coupon we had to order an appetizer. We choose Crab & Artichoke dip..No Bueno. Hardly any crab, which was very "fishy" and the dip was as thin as water and had a very strange herb taste. I didn't find any artichokes. My dad and I ordered the fried oysters special. It comes with Fried Oysters - a huge pile, fries and 3 hushpuppies. My mom ordered the Shrimp Louie, it was ok - nothing special. Small salad shrimp on a regular very small green salad with thousand island dressing on the side, it said it came with avocado - that was not present, and expensive for what it was - over $11...Schmeh. My husband ordered the Fish and Chips, they were decent. Nice white fish, not overcooked. Now, here is where the real problem began...I bite into my lovely looking fried oyster and yikes, a shell. I was able to fish it out, when right at that moment it happens to my dad. His was much worse, it was such a big chunk of shell it shattered into pieces and couldn't get it out of his mouth. It caused quite a scene, so much that we made him leave and go to the bathroom to rinse out his mouth. As you can probably imagine, we were all totally grossed out and lost our appetite. By the time the server came over, my mom and husband were nearly done eating. We told her the problem and she sent over the manager. Who was nice, but My goodness - I have never heard anyone speak this loudly in my life! She asked if we wanted to remake them. I pointed out that the oysters are probably all in the same place and could potentially still have shells. She said that "sometimes this happens and they try their best to rinse off the shells" hmmmm....try HARDER it could have broken a tooth and it's gross! Ok so she offered to let us choose something else. I got fried shrimp and my dad got grilled shrimp. They ended up tasting ok, but neither of us were hungry by the time they came - which was almost 30min after they had taken away my mom and husband's plates!!! So now we have 2 different dinners and can't eat all together. But the biggest problem of all...I decided to taste my husband's coleslaw while waiting for my new food, he doesn't care for coleslaw. I took a big bite and started gagging, sorry to be graphic but I choked and threw up in my napkin. It was totally rotten!!!! When the waitress came over, she said the could smell that it was rotten just from picking it up to take it away off the table. The manager refused to smell it, although I begged and pointed out the server said she could smell it was rotten. This just really topped of the whole meal! Holy mother of grossness! Ok so the manager did not charge us for any of the food, offered free dessert, which we declined and gave us our coupon back to come back and use again, since my husband had already paid $25 online for it, so it was like cash. Now...I guess we will have to go back and give them another try - if I can work myself up to this. I will not order the Oysters, and ask that the coleslaw be left off my plate. We may just forget the $25 we already paid and not go back, still undecided. It is hard to believe that one thing after the other could happen like this in one dining experience, but, yep it sure did! Be careful when getting the oysters and stay far away from their rotten slaw!
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