Saltaire Oyster Kitchen - Port Chester

We have dined there several times and enjoyed our meals.

It was really great, a little too noisy for trying to get to know another couple but we managed...

Monday night must be a slow time, waiter not very attentive. Ordered drinks and never came back to ask if we wanted anything else. Would have ordered a bottle of wine but was never asked. And this was a special birthday for us.

Unpolished and unwelcoming service. I was meeting a group of friends for dinner but arrived a bit early and decided to have a drink at the bar. There were no open seats available so I ordered a drink and asked one of the staff if I could sit at one of the high tops next to the bar. He said ok so I waited there. The hostess came over with an accusing look and informed me that I could not sit there because that table is for customers who are ordering food and drink. Pardon me, but why do you assume I am not ordering food? It was happy hour...did you think to perhaps offer a menu instead of asking me to leave? When I explained that there were clearly no seats at the bar and asked where she expected me to have my drink, she coolly replied, well, you could wait until a space becomes available. So, I should just stand in the middle of the restaurant with no where to sit? This woman must have repeated, It 's our policy...blah blah blah half a dozen times. It 's your policy to ask a customer to vacate a table when she has placed an order, when there are multiple empty tables? Really awful, disgusting behavior. Not sure if I was bizarrely singled out this way or it really is their (bad) policy, but really, they should learn to treat customers with a little more respect.

This was our second visit to Saltwater Grill. The food was delicious and the service unmatched. We will definitely dine here again on our next visit to Galveston.