John A's Oyster - Sparks

My dad and I have been coming here for a long time (will be 20 years old). We always loved the food and the staff. Things have definitely changed now. The food is different, but still tasty. There are new employees, but still all wonderful and friendly hard workers.

My wife and I came here with high expectations, she order the lobster ravioli and it was excellent!! Portions were small! Myself I order the seafood extravaganza and ended up with food poisoning 3 hours later and was sicker than a dog!!

We came around 4pm and I had set a reservation for us beforehand. We were seated promptly and we got our order taken shortly after. The staff where very friendly and answered all our questions. The king crab at the moment was $87.99 for the pound if I?m not mistaken. Luckily they split it in half for you so it was easy to eat and super delicious. We also get a soup with it and I got calamari for us on the side. I was not a bug fan of the tomato sauce it was more like ketchup, I?d say more of a tangy marinara sauce would be perfect, but the tartar sauce was good.

Very bad experience, we had a lunch reservation for 11am. So we were the 3rd table seated, it wasnt busy. We ordered Soup, Calamari, fries, and a crab feast platter(steamed). 20 minutes later our fries and calamari came out. The waitress then told us they are not serving the soup they already let us ordered, so we dropped it off our order. Fries were not great, the calamari was good. Our platter came out after an hour, noon, our fries and calamari were long finished. Our platter of crab was completely cold, it was not streamed. So we sent it back to be properly streamed. At 1215 we are served the crab pictured below. It was completely over cooked and chewy. This was the worst crab we have ever had. The service was very poor also the waitress seemed to be short with us every time she came by. Very sad experience, I wish it would of been good. I will never go back to eat here.

I'm glad that we ended up here for dinner. Be sure you make a reservation. The staff are friendly and welcoming. Even when we were asked to wear our mask, until our first beverage or food was served. We gladly obliged.The prices are right. The food is delicious! The atmosphere is welcoming. The nautical theme fits in well. Our server was great. We will be returning. -Regina