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| - I would say 3.5 but I can't and while the atmosphere is quite welcoming, the food is very ordinary. That's not to say the food isn't good, it is. For example, the seafood is fresh, they display the origin and a description of their oysters on a blackboard which is nice. They also have the steam pans that they cook most of their dishes in, which cooks the seafood to a great consistency, undeniably a good thing but when it comes to flavor profiles the dishes I had seemed uninspired as there was nothing risky or impressive about them. I had "The King" ($19) and "Tide Roast" ($14) steam pots and the Cajun Shrimp Boil ($15). The king was a spicy tomato cream sauce with crab meat, scallops, salmon and calamari with fettuccine noodles. The tide roast was basically the same thing with a simpler sauce and instead of noodles you get a scoop of dirty rice, the rice was actually more bland and dry than dirty; it had a nice color but contributed no complimentary flavor to the meal. The Cajun shrimp boil was about 7-10 Shrimp in a multi-broth (fish/chicken/beef, I'd imagine) with added oils, herbs and spices and some corn to top it off. The broth was good probably my favorite of the three, and shrimp were a decent size but collectively everything was so similar it was like eating the same meal with small variations that had no significant impact. Maybe I have a hard time justifying the cost or I should have tried something else but based on my first visit I don't think I'll be returning.
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