Lynn P.
Yelp
We made reservations for the Sunday Seafood Boil at Hello Betty, which they hold on the third Sunday of each month. Service was very slow, and we were sitting for some time before someone came over to talk to us, and it took a while for the food to start coming out. The menu consists of:
Low Country Boil: shrimp, crawfish, crab, andouille, red potatoes, sweet corn, champignons, onions
Jalapeño Hushpuppies
Cheddar Biscuits
Dill Pickle Slaw
Crunchy Okra
Macaroni Salad
Seasonal Desserts (Chef's choice)
Bottomless: Soft Drinks, Sweet Tea or Lemonade
I will start with the low country boil. They cover the tables with paper, and they bring small buckets of the low country boil over and dump them on the table. The buckets are very inconsistent. The first bucket that we received had no potatoes or corn and contained a lot of the onions. We received three buckets in total during our dining experience, and out of those we only received two pieces of corn, which is unfortunate, because that was one of the few things I actually liked. The crab was overly cooked and appears to have been sitting in water to keep it warm as the meat inside was completely liquefied, you couldn't even pull the meat out. It was just mush, completely inedible. The crayfish were overcooked and did not taste fresh. The shrimp were cooked well. Overall, from the buckets, the only things I hate were the shrimp, potatoes, corn, and mushrooms.
Moving on to the sides, they brought over a cafeteria style, serving tray with the hush puppies, biscuits, fried okra, coleslaw, and macaroni salad. The addition of jalapeños in the hush puppies was good, I also liked the biscuits. The macaroni salad was bland, underseasoned, and just tasted like miracle whip. The coleslaw was just OK. The okra was over-fried and hard as a rock.
The desserts were served on a dinner plate. There were four pieces of cake, 2 small cheesecakes that were cut in half, and a small apple tart also cut into four pieces. These desserts were clearly cut far in advance, as the cake was completely dried out around all cut edges and was inedible. the cheesecake tasted like the refrigerator. The apple tart was OK.
We also ordered a pitcher of sangria. Honestly, that was the highlight of the meal. The sangria was light and refreshing and delicious.
Overall, I would definitely not recommend spending the $65 per person cost for this meal. (the price listed online is $59 per person, but when you purchase through Eventbrite the added fees brings it up to $64.80 per person). Being a native New Englander, I was very disappointed in the lack of freshness and quality of the seafood served, as well as the preparation of it. I am also an avid baker, and the desserts were lackluster at best.