oyster bar & grille

not good!. we were there 2 weeks ago and it was fairly good, at least something different to try. so we decided to give it another try today, bad idea. we ordered a dozen raw oysters, and the parmesan garlic shrimp. i think the waitress was actually embarrassed when she brought out the oysters. they were the size of a dime, no joke, they were the smallest, tiniest oysters i've ever seen. i think the waitress was totally embarrassed cause she said we gave you a few extra. theshrimpwas terrible, floating in butter with some kind of cheese, that had coagulated into a glob of inedible glue. bad, bad, bad.

the food was okay the drinks were great! we ordered angels, fried catfish calamari, andshrimppo-boy.

not impressed.. the place was packed on saturday night and we thought that was a good sign. the oysters were very small. we ordered the champagne oysters and the bbq oysters. the champagne oysters were bland. the bbq oysters were bland tasteless oysters with bbq sauce on top.shrimppoboy was nothing special. puffy tacos were edible but also nothing special. the four of us were seated at a table in the bar area. the tables are tiny. we are average size people and felt like sardines packed into a tin can. this might be a fun place to grab a drink if you can handle the noise and being elbow to elbow with strangers. i will not be back for the food. i expected the oysters to be decent considering oyster is in the name of the business....

so, i decided to give the oyster bar another try. this time it was a winner!! my advice is to stay away from the gumbo. but the friedshrimpwere some of the best i've ever had! and i used to work in the french quarter. huge shrimp! but not over battered or seasoned. the frozen margaritas are every bit as good as superior grill. but at half the price.. i must give props where props are due. my first visit was not entirely satisfying. i still don't get mexican rice in a watered-down gumbo. but the oyster bar redeemed themselves with their friedshrimpand margaritas. cheers!


-----05 sep, 2012-----

i was very disappointed. the gumbo was not good, even for north louisiana. the roux was too light it was served with undercooked mexican rice instead of steamed white rice. theshrimp& oyster poboy is served with shredded cheddar cheese. and the poboy bread was not toasted. but the oysters themselves weren't bad. the waiter made us wait wait too long for the check. but at least the abita amber was cold.

rude newman and nate supervisor. my husband and i went there for an evening out. i ordered the combination po-boy withshrimpand oysters, which tasted very fishy. i toldthe waiter newman about it so he picked my plate up and sniffed it and then tasted myshrimpand stated it does not taste fishy to me. and i told him my tastbuds and your tastebuds are totally different. so i ordered the grilled pork chop which was burnt and that's when nate the supervisor on duty came to the table and stated it was not burnt and that is was just the grill marks. and i stated i know the difference between grilled and burnt food. he then told me im not making another plate of food because you have already messed up two and i said i didn't mess up anything your cook did. called the next day spoke with allen which i wasn't to satisfied with his response stating they both been there for 10 years and nothing like this has ever happen. i've been there to the oyster bar several times and never have i had an experience like this before in no restaurant. they were very rude and unprofessional to the third power. at this point i wouldn't recommend anyone to go there especially if you have to deal with them because him eating off my plate was way to much for anyone to stand!!!!!

sad excuse for seafood. perhaps we should have known better than to think this place would be remotely satisfying. one look at the menu and we should have realized they were stretching themselves too thin. standard american food, plus new orleans fare *and* mexican? they should pick one - and actually do it well.

i ordered ashrimppo'boy, and the thing had about six strategically placedshrimpon it. the slice of bread they were on made it look like they were just all alone on this giant boat..

i know this place isn't galatoire's in the french quarter, but they called it a new orleans french bread poboy! i don't think these people have ever been to new orleans.

the poboy came with "fresh cut fries" which were literally brown- they were somehow burnt and soggy at the same time. totally disgusting. despite my immense hunger when we sat down to eat, we didn't eat any of the fries. how do you mess up french fries???

did i mention this meal was $11? $11 for six fried shrimp, more bread than i could consume in a week, and uneatable fries.

we also ordered gumbo which was just terrible.

i will note that the waitresses were very nice and food came out in a timely manner. wish their food had been better - the patio was a nice place to hang out.