Red Hook Cajun Seafood (jackson)

The food was delicious so glad that was our first stop in

Overall, great experience. Sat at the bar, and Rico was very Attentive and knowledgeable of the menu. Kept a smile on his face. Great customer service and great wings fresh and hot. The drinks were on point. I had 2 sneaky links.

My wife and I were in Memphis Tennessee the other day and we were both very hungry. We looked at several restaurants to eat at and this Red Hook just happened upon us as we were going down one of the roads. It was a nice break from the chain type restaurants I really try not to go to mini Chain restaurants because I've noticed that you lose the atmosphere, the quality of food, and the quality of service when a restaurant is a chain restaurant because you don't have anyone over seeing it day and night. I'm not saying they don't have managers at the chain restaurants but they don't have a vested interest in it like an ownerAnyhow so I went to this beautiful restaurant and the food was fantastic. As I looked through the menu I ordered the fried oysters which came out and they seemed to be beautifully fresh. Well as fresh as you can get with a pre- shucked oyster. The calamari was delicious and also the shrimp that I had. You couldn't ask for a better Fry on the stuff. They were tender they were juicy they were flavorful and they brought plenty of lemon out for me. My wife and I had the same meal because it was just delicious looking. The shrimp fried as well as the oysters fried. Man and the calamari again was fantastic. Anyhow as we waited about 10 minutes for our food to come out which was great for a lunchtime meal. The atmosphere was right there the sharks and all of the little plastic sea creatures all over the wall. I recommend this place to everyone who's in Memphis and wants a nice quick inexpensive meal. Hold on what I mean is you can spend hundreds of dollars there if you choose but for what I had I think I spent $43 from me and my wife. That includes appetizers and soda drinks. The tip was about $10 is what I normally leave on a meal that's about $40. The server was really nice and the place was nice and the servers were beautiful. That does matter when you go to a restaurant you want service from people who care about how they look. I'm not saying their faces are beautiful but what I mean is they take pride in the way that they dress and carry themselves.

Music was so loud you couldn't have a normal conversation unless you were yelling at each other 2 inches apart. The back room was better after having to walk past the blaring speakers. Food was good until it came back up. Both my husband and I got sick and we ordered two different things. They had to search for the shell cracker for the crab legs cuz apparently they don't typically give those out, they expect you to waste half the crab legs cuz you can't crack the shell with your hands. We will NOT be back.

Hostess laying on the host desk while she uses her phone (she's been on her phone for our entire visit), servers eating outside food at the bar in view of customers, and oysters that I'm sure will have me sick by this evening. Not to mention it took 20 minutes just to get our server to realize we had been done eating for awhile and were ready for our check, then another 15 for her to actually bring the check. Will not be returning.