there are better seafood restaurants out there.. the shrimp basket has quite a selection of steamed, grilled, blackened and fried seafood on its menu so i was expecting good things. my dining companion opted for the fried shrimp basket while i opted for the "healthier" grilled shrimp basket. we each received shrimp slaw, 2 hushpuppies, and new potatoes as a side. the meal also included a container of drawn butter as well as coctail sauce upon request.
the slaw was good and reminded me a lot of the taste and texture of captain d's recipe. the difference is that shrimp basket includes the mini shrimp in theirs. the shrimp doesn't really offer anything more in the way of flavor because there were only a couple in the entire portion, but it did give it a different texture in the bites where the shrimp was included.
the hushpuppies are small. really small. they are somewhat bigger than a marble but much smaller than a golfball. the flavor and texture of the two included in our meals were good though. we just wish there was more of it.
the new potatoes were covered in butter but other than that they were very bland. we each added pepper to try to help but it was just not enough. i strategically did not add salt though.
why no salt to my potatoes you might ask? because there was more than enough salt to go around for everyone on my shrimp. the grilled shrimp tasted as if they were rolled around in a salt box before being thrown on the grill. upon speaking to our waitress about the seasoning she told us that she usually attempts to just "wipe the salt off" when she orders the same dish for herself. i don't think that's even possible considering the amount that is on there.
the fried shrimp were somewhat better. my dining companion offered me a taste of the fried shrimp in apology for my salty shrimp. still, they weren't anything special in comparison to other seafood restaurants in the area.
theservicewas good. our young waitress was very nice and made sure we had what we needed. it was not enough to overcome the taste of the food though, and ultimately that is what counts the most.