Overall, good experience. We went there on Saturday around 1 pm and the hostess told us eta wait time of 15 minutes. The place was full and there was only one other party waiting before us. We waited for about 20 minutes and our table was ready. I've been to boiling crab in cali several times, so I was familiar with the drill but my party wasn't. Our server Jazzmin right away asked us if this was our first time and kindly explained the drill and thoroughly went over each item on the menu and how much we should order. We ordered half dozen oysters, assorted shrimp (half lb Louisiana spicy, pound hot and juicy mild, and lemon pepper baby spice), corn, and a catfish basket in case my girl doesn't like the spices on shrimp. I'm not a huge fan of crawfish, so we skipped that. When I visit my family in cali, we always go to boiling crab and one of my favorite things is to order raw oysters as an appetizer before I start devouring my shrimp, so naturally I was looking forward to getting my Oyster first. I even asked the server if they could bring out the oysters before anything else and after she went to check with the kitchen and told us that it couldn't be done. I could've sworn oysters were on appetizer menu.... Anyway, The first thing they brought out was the lemon pepper shrimp. My daughter who can't eat spicy seasoning started digging in. Shortly after, they started bringing out other shrimp but still no oysters. I asked the server if we could have our oysters asap as we ordered them for appetizer and she said she'd go check with the kitchen. She came back and told us oysters were still not ready. By the time we were almost done with our shrimp, they brought out the catfish basket. The fish was hot, fresh, and juicy and the side of sweet potato fries were also fresh. My girl really like the lemon pepper shrimp, so we ordered another pound and it came out reasonably quickly. We were getting too full to finish the extra order of shrimp, so we asked for a box. By the time our server brought the box, we were totally stuffed. By this time, STILL no oysters. It's not like our server forgot to put in my order, she kept on checking with the kitchen every 5 minutes and I don't even know what the hold up was. We ended up canceling our oysters but of course by the time another server brought our check, we were still charged for the oysters. So additional 10 minutes or so spent unnecessarily to have the oysters taken out of my check.
Anyway overall everyone in my party was satisfied with the flavor and the amount of food ordered. I was bummed out about not getting my oysters and that's why I give 4 stars but by the time we were done, I was so satisfactorily full, it didn't bother me that much that I didn't get my appetizer.
People started pouring in by the time we were leaving (around 2:30 pm on Saturday) so I think we made it just in time. Shrimp was plump, seasoning was flavorful (except the Louisiana one. I mean it was ok but wasn't the best), plenty of drink refill, our server Jazzmin was attentive, friendly, fast, and knowledgeable, so overall, a good experience for us.