Love Shack...YAY!

[Papa Shrop]

Love Shack SOWAL

I live in Eagle Bay. The resturant and pool is open to the public from 4:00 - 11:00 (working on staying open later we hope). From 10:00 - 4:00 just the pool is open to residence. The food is great and inexpensive with a great staff and cool ambience both inside and out.

 

[ckhagen]

East Hewitt is by the Red Bar, soo... about 10 minutes drive from Grayton?

duuuuuhhhh...
I meant it's by the Donut Hole. I had Red Bar on the brain.

 

[SGB]

I live in Eagle Bay. The resturant and pool is open to the public from 4:00 - 11:00 (working on staying open later we hope). From 10:00 - 4:00 just the pool is open to residence. The food is great and inexpensive with a great staff and cool ambience both inside and out.

Does this mean we (a non-resident) can eat dinner out by the pool and when the kids are done eating they can go swimming while we finish our dinner? If so, we're trying this place out very soon!

 

[scooterbug44]

Mixed review!

The restaurant/pool is very nice - totally not what I was expecting - tall ceilings, natural wood walls that still smell like fresh cedar and show off the selection of local art, stained concrete floors, new furniture that is comfy to sit in, and the staff is very friendly and well trained, but awful food/kitchen timing.

I thought maybe I was just being picky, but then my dinner companion's entree was not very good either and still raw in places! To their credit, a more senior waitstaff/manager was quickly sent to check it out and offered to cook it more and they also gave us a discount to apologize. Very well handled.

They need a bigger beer selection and some major recipe tweaking IMO, but it's a good kid friendly restaurant, just some kitchen kinks and that could have just been an off night/different taste buds on different folks issue.

I really liked their gumbo - light on okra (my nemesis) and lots of shrimp and a whole oyster, but my entree was so nasty I didn't even eat half and can't get the taste out of my mouth after Listerine and a piece of cheesecake! :roll:

The outdoor bar area should quickly become a local's fave hangout and it's hard to beat the $1.99 half dozen raw oysters and $.49 cup of gumbo.

They also get major points for having a cheeseburger that costs less than $8 and NOT charging extra for cheese.

 

[Britkiwi]

owner

I did find out the owner is the same person/group as the Crab Trap. I asked a waiter when I was in there.

 

[seagrovegirl]

FYI: License check at the door...you must be a Sowal resident or the cover is $20.00. PP.

 

[greenroomsurfer]

I got me a Crysler it's as big as a whale and it's about to set sail!!!!!!!!!!

 

[aggieb]

FYI: License check at the door...you must be a Sowal resident or the cover is $20.00. PP.

20 cover for what/who? are the b-52's going to be there?

 

[SGB]

We went to the Love Shack tonight for dinner. Very nice casual place. The food got mixed reviews. My fish sandwich was very good. A friend's grilled fish platter had fish that was cold. It was sent back, but the fish was still not hot and most of it didn't get eaten. Gumbo was good. Fish tacos were good. The kids seemed happy because they were welcomed and they were able to roam around outside by the pool. The outside bar was hopping! It was packed and everyone was having a good time. The public is allowed in the pool between 4 and 11pm. Our kids opted not to go swimming this time because we had hauled them out of the pool at home to go to dinner, but it would be a great way to keep them occupied while finishing dinner at a poolside table.

Everyone decided it was worth coming back to (even the diner that had the cold fish) and it was a great casual alternative to some of the pricier restaurants in town. Will probably attract a lot of the locals. Tourists would have to go out of their way to find it.

A previous poster said that there is a $20 cover charge for non-locals. I'm not sure what the cover would be for, but no one checked our IDs, nor was a $20 cover ever mentioned. As a previous poster mentioned, the owner of the Crab Trap also owns the Love Shack. I don't think of fresh seafood when I think of the Crab Trap.

 

[Geo]

I did find out the owner is the same person/group as the Crab Trap. I asked a waiter when I was in there.

I hope this person or management sees this thread...

We went to Love Shack tonight. The venue gets an A+. Love love love the decor, the poolside bar and the fact that kids can swim while you are there. All staff we talked to (server, hostess) were very friendly...

That's where my positive review ends...


We walked in and were greeted promptly by a hostess. She led us to our table. Then we waited. And waited and waited. No biggie, though- we were excited to be there and we knew that the place is relatively new and probably still getting the kinks out...

Someone finally came over and explained that our server was extremely busy and took our drink order. The place wasn't on a wait or even near full so my only guess is that they were a little short staffed and spread thin...

Our server showed up with the drinks we ordered except my wife's margarita. She said she was just waiting on the bartender. We could see the bar from our table and no one was in the well and there was a young male bartender chatting up with some girls seated at the bar. So we waited. And we waited. No biggie, though- we were excited to be there and we knew that the place is relatively new and probably still getting the kinks out...

Margarita came. It tasted fine and was nice and strong. We ordered...

Wife and son split the fish tacos and ordered a side salad. I ordered a bowl of seafood gumbo and a shrimp caesar salad...

Server was great on refilling soft drinks and water and I appreciated this...

Just when I started to get the "the food is really taking a long time" itch- it showed up. Er, um- some of it...

The fish tacos came and my caesar salad came (without the shrimp). The server said politely, "I'm just waiting on your shrimp"...

I reminded her that I also had a gumbo and wifey reminded her that she also had a side salad. Server kindly acknowledged...

My one year old daughter was fussing so I took her outside for a quick lap around the pool- walking around it, I mean. When I came back inside my gumbo was there and my shrimp were in a side basket on a skewer. But no sign of wifey's side salad. No biggie, though- we were excited to be there and we knew that the place is relatively new and probably still getting the kinks out...

I took the shrimp from the skewer and added them to my caesar. They were slightly undercooked- a little clear in color. I didn't bother saying anything though and by the time I'd forgotten about the undercooked shrimp (we were just about done with everything) is when my wife's side salad showed up...

We let our son swim for about 15 minutes after dinner and then we left...

On the way home we discussed Love Shack and agreed that dinner was at best tragically mediocre- that is being very gracious (IMHO).

Here it comes (last one)-

No biggie, though- we were excited to be there and we knew that the place is relatively new and probably still getting the kinks out...

I will go back just for the venue. And next time I will try ordering a sandwich...

Please please please Love Shack Management:

You have SO much potential. You have been given the benefit of the doubt. Get it together because I really want to love your place and really expect to-next time...

2 cents,
G