We live out of town, so when we make a trip out to CDA we usually stop at Crickets for food. Before the new owners took over we enjoyed going there and the food was great. It’s called an oyster bar because there were so...many options for oysters. We’ve tried Crickets after the new ownership twice now and we have been so disappointed both times. There aren’t that many oyster options now, they used to have really good breaded oysters. And the oyster shooters are pricy now. Which is a bummer. Last nights meal will be the last time we go there.
We arrived around 930 pm. There were about ten tables throughout the restaurant and patio. And it looked like only two servers, but only about half the tables had food. We were handed the late night menu because they didn’t have enough cooks. The late night menu consisted of over priced appetizers, soups, salads, oysters and pizza.
We were very disappointed since we drove all the way there for the pasta la casa and French dip.
We ordered the chicken wings and substitute onion rings for fries, which costed a few more dollars and we were ok with that. We also ordered the nachos, which the menu said it came with queso cheese which is the main reason why we ordered the nachos.
Waited ONE HOUR for food. Food that all you had to do was deep fry and toss toppings on tortilla chips.
Our food was cold. Onion rings were cold, the $22 chicken wings were cold and over cooked that the meat was so dry, there was hardly any meat.
The $18 nachos were cold. The shredded cheese was cold that it was a huge chunk of sadness.
We understand being understaffed, but as the owners you should see that it’s affecting your business and take action. Close part of the restaurant so you can focus more on the fewer tables and not over work your staff.
We were just so disappointed, the restaurant has gone downhill since the new owners.
I give this restaurant a zeroMore