P Js Oyster Bed

06/22/08

Closed. Out of Business. Gone. All furniture and tables still in place. Locked up.. Very mysterious. 6 21 08

by johnbarry

It is history...

Sudden and without explanation.... ALL GONE! A call to the phone number gets a sad recording about the death of the mother of John Drocco, the owner. (but no particular date is given, but it just occurred, after the place closed.

04/14/08

It's good for what it is. What it is ain't great N'Awlins food.

by moge

Several years ago I came here for a friend's birthday. At some point we ended up having a food fight. In the middle of that, the waitress asked us if we wanted more to drink.

That's what makes PJ's good. Just went back tonight for an anniversary dinner. The salad was nice. The cold seafood extravanganza (I think that's what they called it) was fine. Most of it was pretty good - fresh seafood served cold and unadorned. The jambalaya had almost no flavor. I've made jambalaya - it ain't hard to do. No excuse for that.

But the waitress was great - super friendly in a genuine way. You could tell she still didn't really care about what she was doing - not like she was trying to impress us. The atmosphere is fun. Had a really good time. Go for that.

• Pros: Good fun
• Cons: Some food is good, the cajun is bland.

01/23/08

Mediocre service, below average food

by icee429

I went here for the dine about town special where they have a prefix menu with the lobster. When we asked about the special menu, the waitress said they don?t have it on hard copy so she had to write it down for us. The waitress didn?t have a pen on her so she went to go get one (took about 5 mins). When she came back she wrote down the entrees. We ordered the lobster cioppino and the lobster tail. Halfway through our salad, we did not get our drinks.When we asked for our drinks again, the waitress forgot what we ordered. When she brought our drinks back she told us that they didn?t have lobster available, so we ordered off the regular menu. We ordered the 1 pound bbq shrimp and the seafood platter. The first thing I noticed was that both platters were over cooked. When seafood gets overcooked, it gets very rubbery. Also, we couldn?t tell the difference between the seafood platter and the shrimp platter, both had the same exact taste. On top of that the sides, rice and corn, tasted like the frozen bags of food you would buy at the supermarket. For a restaurant that specializes in seafood, I would think that the food would not be this bad.

• Pros: Great Ambiance
• Cons: Seafood, Service