oceans at arthur's

oceans little rock. my husband and i had our anniversary dinner at oceans. i had heard about this newest seafood restaurant and the freshness of the seafood so we decided to try it. the service was good and the quality of food was good but the quantity was disappointing. my husband had the mixed seafood grill and the largest portion on his plate was the asparagus. for $20 we felt like he should have gotten more than 2 skewers (yes really) of seafood. 2-shrimp, 1.5 scallops, 2 one inch cubes of salmon and 2 slices of polenta. my $22 grouper was a decent portion and good flavor but the linguine with squash (?) was bland bland bland. we started with oysters, raw on half shell and baked rockefeller. both were good but the baked was just warm (?). the $7 caesar was a handful of romain with little dressing that was supposed to be anchovy vinagrette (?). thanks again to ourserverwho sensed our disappointment (we laughed when she asked if we had room for dessert) and gave us a complimentary creme brulee. all in all we enjoyed ourselves since it was our anniversary but next time we will go to cajuns.

lunch special. this is my first (and last) visit to oceans. when i arrived, i waited for my lunch date. it took 10 min for the girl to ask for my drink order. since it was a lengthy wait, i ordered my date's drink. we waited on a return visit approx. another 10 min. my date asked questions about a specific menu item. theserverhad no clue and didn't offer to find out. the food arrived and it looked great. i ordered fried pork chop and it was fantastic. the sides were all canned veggies--corn, green beans, greens and mashed potato. the pasta dish that date ordered was dripping in butter/oil. when we mentioned it to the server, she "ok, that's fine". what? i sat with an empty tea glass the entire meal. when she finally showed up, we just asked for the ticket. too bad for her--but no tip from me. the service was horrible. this place changes names every year or so...wonder if the service has anything to do with it?

great service from everyone but my waiter and don't bother with the martinis. the first thing we order is water. when he brings it to us, me and my boyfriend order the pomegrante martini (takes like vodka and nyquil) and the blueberry drop martini (not any better). we also ordered the calamari. ten minutes later he said, "looks like i have to go behind the bar and make the drinks myself." another ten minutes pass. no drinks. another twenty passes and he brings us two small plates (no drinks) while another followed behind with our calamari (great app, but pricey for the amount given). fifteen minutes pass and they bring our dinner (porkchops and blackened tilapia) and theserverfollowed behind with our drinks. fifty minutes for two martinis! they were terrible so we sent them back and got vodka cranberries (much better and only took five minutes). other servers were much more attentive than ours was because ourserverwas too busy taking care of a party that he split with anotherserveror someone else's party. i wish i could remember his name but fourtanetly for him he didn't even bother telling us his name. the food was ok. if someone is down to pay for my meal there i'll return, otherwise i don't plan on spending my money there again.

worst restaurant experience ever. my wife and i were dressed up for a wedding and thought we'd go somewhere nice instead of eating the buffet at the wedding, bad mistake. we started at oceans, the atmosphere was worse than you'd expect for a lower priced chain, but we decided to give it a try. waited 15 minutes before aserverfinally made it to us, gave her a drink order and had to almost grab her to order some sushi as an app. fifteen minutes later, no drinks, no sushi and noserverto be found as she was busy waiting on the two four tops that were seated in her section after us. we'd had enough and were going to leave but thought we should tell the mgr (if we don't he never hears about it and we really do wish they were better), i take him through our issue, he says "let me take care of you and you tell me if things get better", even offers arthurs which we ultimately take him up on. wife has lobster (over cooked), i have tuna (even more over cooked, and cold) and it takes a long time to get the food. theserveradvised that she was in the weeds so we cut her some slack. bill comes and it's full list, i pay and ask theserverif the mgr advised her of our bad start, she tells us that he did and that he told her to give us free desert, but since we didn't order any, well there wasn't anything she could do for us. nice lady, tried hard, but way over booked in her area. net we'll listen to our friends in the future and will stay away from jerry's restaurants (we tried the brazilian steak house, stunk, we tried the mexican and italian restaurants, both horrible experiences) as they have no clue on how to give even decent service. the food is hit and miss at best.