killer shrimp

only good people, are the bussers. everyone from the hostess, to the two servers could care less. 20minutesper request, no matter how small it was. stay away, far away!!

resturant service. we arrived about 1:28 pm, no one greeted us, and we sat ourselves. we sat
about 5minutesbefore the waiter gave us we the menu. 1:49 pm other waitress finally took notice of our empty drinks and gave us a refill, order of food came at 2:05 pm. 2: 15 pm waiter finally came back to give us refills,
hen i ordered coffee. 2:30 pm the waitress came and cleared our table, 2:35
i got up to show my mom -n- law the restroom and the waitress said goodbye
to us. she did not realized we had not paid our bill, so we could have walked right of the place. i informed her we needed our bill and i sat at a table until
the bill came. 2:40 pm the waiter came to pick up the payment, then the rude
waitress had the nerve to ask him if he took her tip. like she did anything to
deserve it, i felt like she went out of her way not to serve us and becuse of
that no one got a tip. yes, you all were busy, but he was the one that des-erved a tip, not her, but due to her unprofessionalism one was not given.
this used to be my favorite place, it went from a 5 star to a 3 star, the food
was great, but the silverware was dirty, stuff was floating in our coffee cream,
service took forever to get.

there back!!. as most of you know by now, our favorite eatery in marina del rey is back, and better than ever. their menu has been expanded, but the three originals are still there; killer shrimp "original", killer shrimp over rice and killer shrimp over pasta. i know several of you have written that the food is still spot on, but the services is not. to be fair, dear readers, the restaurant is not even one month old, and all restaurants take at lease a month to figure out how to operate, so with a totally open mind i will give my review.
first the food; i and my husband ordered the "original" and it was exactly as i remembered, although i actually think the shrimp are a little larger, but the broth is still as buttery, hot, spicy and as wonderful as i remember. dipping my figures in the sauce, pulling out a big beautiful shrimp, ripping pealing off the shell is all still part of the fun. then taking the wonderful french bread they provide in a big colander, and letting it soak up the broth and then setting it on your tongue and chewing the mouth full of spicy goodness is a pleasure not to be missed. i have always loved the "original" and put up with the mess just to enjoy some of the best shrimp this side of new orleans.
now, normally i could care less about the service, as that should only be a very small part of what one is reviewing at a restaurant. you come to a restaurant for the food, not for the staff, and yes, if the staff is bad, then mention it, but the food is the big attraction, and killer shrimp is no exception, however, because the majority of the reviews i have read on the various web sites have been very harsh regarding the wait service, i want to pass along this - to be honest we did pick a time that was neither lunch or dinner, as it was a little after 4pm on sunday (9/18/2011) afternoon. the bar was hopping, due to the many tv screens that were showing an nfl game, but the actual restaurant was fairly open. we were greeted by a very nice young lady and asked if we wanted to sit outside or inside and did we prefer a table or booth. we stated booth and after a quick look in the dining area, we were taken directly to a booth, right by the window, where we could watch fellow diners on the patio and the boats in the marina. that was twominutesfrom walking through the front door until we were seated in the booth. a very nice young man came by with drinks for another table and smiled and said he would be right with us, and he was. we placed our order for dinner and drinks within 4minutesof walking through the front door. (again, to be honest we know exactly what we wanted, having had prior knowledge of what killer shrimp is all about.) we were brought our drinks and within 19minutesof walking through the door our food was placed before us at the table. our waiter, who by then was getting more busy, as more diners were coming in to eat, continued to check on us, and even noticed that we were almost out of the bread, before all of our bowls were empty, so to my delight he appeared at our table with another colander full of bread, without even being asked to do so.
bottom line - food; as amazing as i remember, and i plan to go through the menu, but it will be very hard to get me to eat anything outer than the "original", wait service; i could not ask for better, our waiter (david i believe it stated on our check) was very helpful and anticipated our needs.
we are making a reservation for friday night, and even though it will be crowed, i don't expect there will be any problems, as there appear to be plenty of wait and bus staff for that very large restaurant. thanks for reading, and happy dining!

wait staff is horrific. we sat for nearly 20minutesafter finishing our meal and never got our check - or even a waitress coming by to check on her table. we left a 4% tip only because we didnt want to wait for our change. all waitresses were dressed like hookers, making the environment uncomfortable. i am happy the food has returned both updated and unchanged - the original was among my favorite places to eat. i hope the owners put their trust back into the great food and not in skanky, untrained, incompetent staff.