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| - I tried this place on the advise of a friend. I have read many of the 3 and 4 star reviews here and was shocked to what I found. Are people really that ignorant of what good ribs and seafood are? Apparently the average person has never been outside of a Walmart grocery... So here is my take. If you enjoy TGIF's then you won't need to read any further, this place will be heaven for you. Stopped in for lunch and had the Coconut Shrimp for $11.It included a small bowl of Italian soup straight out of Campbell's kitchen circa 1950. The shrimp were worse than the kind you get in the frozen section at Walmart. Overcooked, gummy, small and pathetic. I much prefer the frozen grocery store type. The breading was thick brown and nasty, also overcooked. Yes it tasted like Coconut, but really anything contains Coconut does. I've had this dish many times in many different locales, and this was the worst by far. But my friend insisted it was a great place.. So, I thought maybe I need to try the ribs. So back I went with a different friend. We ordered a shrimp app and the ribs with cornbread. I don't mind the Kansas City style ribs and there were 3 sauces on the table to choose... but...The spicy wasn't spicy, the smoked sauce lacked much smoky flavor... The other I decided to ignore as the disappointments we're adding up and up. Then the ribs came out.... very dry, poor quality meat. The cornbread was OK but not memorable. I kept asking myself why do they even bother with a menu that fails in both of its main categories? Why have a sign that advertises "Cape Hatteras tuna, etc when you don't offer them??? Are they hoping it will trick people into believing this a real seafood restaurant? How desperate are they? I never visited Joey's seafood which was the former name of this place, but I have to believe it was better than this. In fact I bet the sign is a leftover from better times. The staff is very nice, but then comes the bill with a marketing trick: A sealed envelope with a promise of ten to 100 percent off IF you wait to open it next month in the restaurant. Well if you need to create that much drama to get somebody to come back to your restaurant what does that say about your food? Other questions ran through my mind, are you just undercapitalized and can't afford quality seafood or ribs? Prices are way to high for this level of dining. My advise to the owners: Madison will not support this type of "quisine" for very long. I always feel bad writing a terrible review because I realize how hard it is to make it in the restaurant business. It's nearly impossible. Many good restaurants fail for reasons beyond their control, but with product like this it's hard to see a reason for thier existence in competitive market like Madison. My advise: Go North or go South but avoid this place.
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