Sam's Southern Eatery - Noble

Great food, great service. The staffs is friendly and can answer any question you have about the menu. The store is clean, and very kid friendly.

Everything was great, except why is this the size of a partial? they gave a side salad in a ranch cup. it is smaller than the Ranch package itself.

The first time that sams eating was for the trip out and it was really good. eat a lot! I mean, the portions were huge! I tried the fried fish and the shrimp-po-boy.

A friend told me about sams south in Noble.803 n. main. the tariff is cajun eating, mainly. great! I love this type and they have fried oysters and.

When I first heard about Sam’s Southern Eatery, the first thing I did was look up the reviews. Most customers rated it five stars on two major sites. Since I am still looking for a decent place to eat in Norman, I decided to give Sam’s a try. It’s mostly a seafood place, with a few meat dishes thrown in. Otherwise, they serve fried and grilled catfish, tilapia, shrimp, oysters, gumbo, and po’boys, plus all the sides one would expect in a seafood restaurant--fried okra, fried mushrooms, fried green tomatoes, red beans, rice, coleslaw, and a couple of different fried cheese appetizers. First impressions: clean place, interesting decor. It was early afternoon, so it was past the lunch hour and it wasn’t crowded. Service was top-notch, a terrific waitress who was attentive and friendly. No problems at all with anybody in front or behind the counter. They could not have been nicer. Now, for the food. I ordered the 3 fish, 3 oyster basket with coleslaw and green beans. I’d read so much about the huge helpings, I figured I could take what I didn’t eat home. Well, no. The food was hot (except for the coleslaw but there was not an enormous amount of anything, and for the price I expected more than I got. You can order your seafood fried or grilled. You pay $1.00 if they grill it, so I ordered fried. I should have paid the extra dollar. The heavy breading on both the fish and oysters was hard and an ugly shade of brown—a sure sign these came out of a freezer. The fish was served with a plop of what tasted like Miracle Whip on the side. I was really looking forward to the oysters. I couldn’t have been more disappointed. They came with some weird pink tartar sauce—no tang, no texture—like nothing I’ve ever encountered. I’ve eaten fried oysters on both coasts. If anybody actually believes this is how fresh fried oysters and tartar sauce should taste, they need to do some traveling to a real seafood restaurant by the sea, not in land-locked Oklahoma. (Yes, I should have known better. And the two hushpuppies that came with the meal—well, there’s a reason why they’re called hushpuppies, but I doubt even a dog would eat these. The food was barely edible. That’s the best I can say about it. It was not good. My waitress deserved the generous tip I left for her, and the staff is obviously doing everything possible to make this place attractive, but I won’t be going back.