Reviews for Island seafood in Tallahassee, FL
I?m here on a Sunday for brunch and I appreciate the vibe. The DJ is doing a great job of keeping it upbeat. I sat at the bar,... and despite being noticeably busy, the bartender is pretty nice and attentive when she does get the chance to come around. Iordered the crab cakes and Gouda grits with a side of shrimp and it was decent. They either buy their shrimp frozen, pre-cookedor cook it at the beginning of the day and heat it up because the shell was pretty much glued to the shrimp and that onlyhappens when shrimp is reheated or frozen then cooked too fast. Taste-wise, it was okay because it was frozen shrimp and that?salways disappointing for a seafood restaurant in a state surrounded by water. Fresh seafood tastes like the water it lived inand this tasted like nothing, so they likely use farmed, frozen seafood. The crab cakes are good and seasoned well, they justneed a better binder to keep it together. Not a big deal because their shape wouldn?t make them taste different, butpresentation should still be a goal and these were basically crab cake bites. The grits should be just be labeled grits becausethere was veeeeeery little gouda in them lol. Like, I could taste when I (finally) got some in a forkful, it was so scarce. Iwould come back, but probably only with someone that wanted to eat here. It wasn?t bad, just not an experience I?d be dying tohave again on purpose. Read more
I had the AYCE Crawfish. They were delicious. Also went back again and had the fried grouper and seafood rice with... asparagus The seafood rice was delicious! grouper was fried too perfection ???? Only Downfall...the Oysters I ordered DIDN'Tcome on a half shell!!! I Don't like that??????????? They were okay but you could tell they were the oysters from out of abucket that they prepared steamed. That was very disappointing Read more
I enjoyed this place. The food is good. The service is amazing. I ate here twice. The first time was the all you can eat... crawfish on Thursday. I don't remember eating crawfish before so I wanted to try it. I don't think crawfish are for me. It's notworth the effort. Asia was my server and she was very nice. The next day I was driving to Jacksonville and realized I lost mycredit card. I check my account and didn't see any unusual transactions and remembered Island seafood was the last place I usedit. When I returned to Tallahassee I went there. Asia saw me and remembered I left my card. I was very grateful they had it. Igot the lobster tail seafood plate to go which was delicious. Read more
All it takes is one bad experience! I ordered the larger garlic snow crab for 34.99. They did not give me my shrimp and either... they gave me a leftover plate or they selling food that?s gone bad.. The corn was mushy and sour and the crab legs was old anddisgusting! I made the mistake of waiting until I got home to check my plate but never again! Read more
First thing first let's just say this wasn't our first pick but it definitely was the best! When I say our food was not only... served in a wonderful manner, it was delicious!!! We truly enjoyed our evening and our server B was excellent. Very attentiveand sweet. We will definitely be back!! Read more
This is sad when you can?t get good service at a black owned restaurant. I had heard such great reviews about this restaurant... only to be severely disappointed at their customer service and tasteless food. It took over an hour for us to receive our food.It wasn?t anyone in there and how long does it take to cook precooked rice? While I was waiting I had a chance to peak at thekitchen where there is Sheetrock coming off the walls. I really was looking forward to this being a good spot but now I justfeel robbed. Plus when the food finally came out it was still luke warm and didn?t get any silverware. Then the waitressbasically Tossed the food at us. This was so unacceptable. Customer Service was terrible, I?m pretty sure they don?t care. Read more
Nice place great atmosphere. We were able to go before people started coming in so great quarantining before busy. Crab legs and... shrimp slightly over cooked Garlic butter slightly salty Corn cob wasn't cooked enough Conch fritters were okay Jerk chickenwings and boiled eggs were tasty. If I came back possibly just for the wings. Unfortunately, couldn't order just all flats noteven pay an up charge for it. Staff was nice. Read more
Can you say HORRIBLE this was my first and last time going to this restaurant the food is overpriced the drinks are Nasty... especially the ones out of that frozen dispenser it?s thick like a milkshake and has a bad awful taste I only ordered appetizersjust to see if I wanted to order food for $40 I at least wanted to eat my oysters but the batter was so thick I could barelytaste them once I got to the bottom nothing but a greasy mess they could?ve at least drained the food on paper towels the friedpickles the same way all batter by the time you taste the pickles they?re so salty it leaves a bad taste in your mouth I leftthere and went to McDonalds and had a better meal save your money because you will be dissatisfied with your meal but I will saythe staff is very nice and friendly Read more