J.D. Walker (jwalker)
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Food reviews are tricky because when someone says the food is great, you always wonder, but what is "great or mind blowingly good to them before you go to a new restaurant. If the food is just ok but not all that, you really wonder about the cooking skills of the promoter. Maybe they can't cook, so food that's good is WOW to them. Pier 77 was one of those places for me.
The food is ok. But not WOW! Like the ticktok reviewer, Anthony WU wanted you to believe. They made his special because he was a tictok influencer. We will never get what he got. Anyone who is curious should save their money up and go at least once to judge for themselves.
Staff are friendly, helpful and very curtious. Unfortunately, while the food was okay to good...for some. Everyone will want to know if it was $72.00 good for the two entrees I had. For me, the answer is no.
I and my friends orded the biggest seafood bag. with one king crab leg, a cluster of snow crab legs, 8 very large shrinp 1 half ear of corn and 1 small potato floating in a garlicy sauce. Restaurant or back yard, I'm accustomed to a sprinkle of seasoning over the seafood before it comes to you. Having liquid seasoning is good, but because it's liquid, it doesn't stay on as well as the liquid with the sprinkle to seal the deal. I got the mild, which still had heat but didn't live up to what many would call WOW. The crab legs were overcooked and extremely shrunken compared to the shell. They advertise king crab legs, but you only get one king crab leg, the rest was one puney snow crab cluster. There was also no proper cracking tools for the king crab leg. The food was piping hot all the way though dinner. Silverware was scarce too. At our table, two recieved plastic wear and I recieved a soup spoon. When we asked for crab pliers, we were told there were none because people keep stealing them. They gave us some medium size scissors. So we carried on with our teeth and hands on the king crab. Next, my fried rice packed with good size shrinp had a garlic gravy on it. It was a very large portion. There was no breath of wok, which is the slight brown scorch given to fried rice, which gives great fried rice its flavor. Because it wasn't true fried rice, the eggs were undercooked and the rice was a bit hard too. The next no-no was the gravy. Wet fried rice was not what I was looking for in fried rice and they don't warn you. It was ok, yet it annoyed me. If you ask for the gravy to be held back, I'm afraid there would not be much flavor.
Another red flag I noticed was most people were there because of the tictok post. Yet for a Sunday, it wasn't packed like it should have been. (yes, I asked...as many and as often as I could). Where were all the regulars that blew up tictok to make me and the others run there.
All and all the food was okay to good depending on your taste buds, but not $72.00 worth of good. Did I enjoy the experience? Yes, because it was an adventure. . Would I go back again? Hell no. There are other places around town with better seasoned food and slightly lower prices. You will not get too much lower prices because seafood is high at the whole seller. Try it out of curiosity, not the hype because it's not that good.