Jerome's Steak Seafood - Shallotte

Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $20–30 Food: 5

Caught the waitress selling drugs outside of the resturaunt. When confronted to tell her manager, she had no worries. She said to go ahead. So he must be aware what's going on. I couldn't understand what the waitress was saying with her slurred speech, cracked dried lips, and tweaked out speed talking. What an awful experience. I'll go to longhorn for my steak enjoyment. Food: 2

Been there 3x with no disappointment yet. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $10–20 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5

Great thanks. We had 10 people service was great thanks DEBRA SPACH Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Food: 4 Service: 4 Atmosphere: 4

Let’s say the nice stuff up front. Server was very kind and attentive. Place was dated but well maintained. Hush puppies and banana pudding were very good. As for the rest, I had never been in all my years living here, and now I will never go back. The salad bar could be a major draw, but given that there are only a dozen ish topping choices and very few salad dressings it’s a missed opportunity. If you’ve ever thought to yourself “I’d like to pay for a salad I could do better at home with very little effort,” this is the place for you. The salad bar didn’t have to be the highlight despite being a disappointment; the hot bars could have been good. But no, the hot bars would not abide the salad bar being the worst part of the meal. The hot bars answered, and answered with vigor. For a bunch of locals, we couldn’t figure out what the fish was. Perch? Spot? A manager assured us it was flounder, so congratulations to Jerome’s for having the grizzliest looking flounder I’ve ever seen. Eating it, I wondered if God was punishing the flounder for misdeeds from a past life given how the flounder was being desecrated by a tough, chewy, dried out presentation that had zero flavor or seasoning; somewhere a chef on restaurant row in calabash is crying. The fried chicken tasted like something they’d serve at a Lion’s Club meeting if the chicken had been left out for an hour to get dry on the outside while becoming inexplicably greasy on the inside. Oh, and if the chicken had been wildly under seasoned. The ribs were the fattiest I’ve ever seen. I guess if you’re doing a buffet and the folks who do ribs to order in the area are charging $20 for a half rack it makes sense to use the lesser cuts, but if you’re gonna do that you have to doctor them that much harder. Not only were the ribs fatty, they were also dry and flavorless with the exception of being mildly smoky. The beef stew ? looks worse than what I used to feed my dog RIP for being a good boy. Now, granted, I splurged on my dog, so those were some good looking cans of dog food, but, ya know, for a dog. Figured whatever: took a tablespoon sized portion and decided to try it. Tough, dry, flavorless I feel a theme building and just gross. Got the field peas and those had zero seasoning. Got the mashed potatoes and those were clearly instant but weirdly enough the best thing I ate from the hot bar that wasn’t a hush puppy. The only silver lining is that I was out early running honey dos and didn’t have the Mrs. in tow so we could pay for my mistake twice. Congratulations Jerome’s! You made Golden Corral seem like The Palm by comparison. For $20 drink, tax, and tip you could have a family feast from Publix where you would get amazing fried chicken . Worst dining experience I’ve had at the beach by a country mile.