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The only reason this place exists is to prey on visitors fromout of town., Oct 25, 2007
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Reviewer: Canada Food Critic from Saint John
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Canada Food Critic
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Pros:
There was nothing good about steamers.
Cons:
The food was dreadfull.
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As a large group of people we visited steamers one evening in Downtown St. John. This place has a rustic look and feel. I think they want the appearance of a dock side take out, and if that look includes dirty and scuzy then they hit the nail right on the head. Perhaps they should reconsider the look.Moving on, we decided to sit out side and we would need multiple tables put together. Typically the staff would do this but not here, we had to do it our selves. Perhaps we could have stood around and waited but its was hot outside and we wanted to be seated.During the entire visit our waitress was not with the program at all. She would disappear for extended periods and be a bit scattery when she was present. The service here was ot good.Being a sea food place I decided to try their fish and chips. I expected it to be outstanding but was greatly disappointed. The fries where hot but limp, not crisp. The fish followed in suit. There was a tough thick batter shell around the fish. It was not at all crispy. Inside the batter shell was a piece for fish, soggy and over cooked. The fish shrivelled up and let go of the batter. The inside of the batter has a slimy consistency. This was just a horrible order of fish and chips. My wife ordered the lobster bisque. They screwed that up too. My wife told me that it tasted like a bowl of melted butter and so I had to try it my self to see if she was exaggerating and, no, she was not. Literally, A bowl of melted butter. It was all you could taste, where is the lobster flavour. She sent that back to the kitchen and ordered the seafood chowder which in my opinion was no better but she ate that one anyway.So, the food was disgusting. Most people ordered lobster and they enjoyed it but then again how can you screw up lobster? Well, let me tell you had I ordered the lobster and received one of the ones that I saw come out of the pot I would have sent it back. They cooked most of the lobster with the rubber bands on. The taste of the rubber gets shot through the meat giving you a rather strange tasting lobster. The people who ordered lobster do not eat lobster often and likely did not notice but if you eat lobster occasionally you should know when it has been cooked with the bands on the claws.My over all impression of this place was not good. Go anywhere else. Perhaps a lobster roll from McDonalds would be better....
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