Oh my God, this definitely isn't my type of restaurant. I hate having my dinner conversation interrupted with disco lights and an extremely loud version of the YMCA. Children probably love this restaurant because of how loud and colorful it is. And for birthdays they usually have the guest of honor dance around in fairy wings or some other Halloween costume accessory. So I guess this would also be a good restaurant to take someone for their birthday if you really want to embarrass them.
Never the matter, I hate all of it. But despite the obnoxiousness that is guaranteed to accompany my meal, I continue to frequent Joe's Crab Shack because their crab steampots are sooo effing good and only run about $20-25 each. Oh and the crab nachos are pretty good too.
I don't really have much else to say about the food because those are about the only things I order when I'm there. But I've been there at least once almost every day of the week, at different hours, and I've never had to wait more than two or three minutes for a table.
A quick tip though: Don't sit outside unless you have a big selection of where to sit. The outside tables are like wooden picnic tables and many of them mysteriously wet or slimy because of week-old ketchup that was spilled and never completely cleaned off.