Seafood in the desert is always a challenge. Earnie's is not the place to get it. I was excited to see the menu of seafood and try it out and did the other day. The joint is located at what once was a Jilly's location. They haven't changed one thing outside of the signage either. We got sat in a corner booth and I immediately noticed the dirty table. The salt shaker was completely slathered with grease from a prior patron - half filled too.
Sat down and waited for service..and waited...and waited. Christ the place is empty, why such slow service? Literally was a ghost town. No abckground music made sitting there a bit uncomfortable, a TV had sound in the background - what an ambiance killer.
Eventually the manager came over and waited on us the entire time. That said, the service was abysmal. First two appetizers I ordered they were out of - not a good sign. Asked for a wine list and I quote, "We don't have one. We have a red and a white." After ordering, he never took the menus away and they sat there until end of meal, never cleared app plates, failed to ask for follow up drinks, forgot to deliver 2 ordered food menu items.
The "White Wine" was horrible. We ordered the crab cake sampler and they weren't "cakes" at all but rather three small cake balls - disappointing. Peel and eat shrimp were OK but was served with onions and the onions were so friggin' salty it was crazy. My friend had the fried scallops which was a good portion and he said tasted good. I had soft shell crabs that were not good at all.
Bad ambiance, poor service, meh on the food - a negative trifecta.