Black’s Oyster Bar

Our group of 8 came here on a Wednesday night for half off seafood items. We were really excited!
When you get there you are greeted with crackers with cream cheese topped with pepper jelly. That was pretty awesome.
We ordered 7 dozen raw oysters and we told our waiter we wanted them soon. He told us they’re backed up and said he would wait to put in that order. It sounded weird but we waited. The oysters took awhile but were clean and very fresh.
After we finished our apps, we wanted to order entrée’s. Once again, we were told to wait it out. IT TOOK FOREVER for our food. Our party of 8 ordered 3 seafood platters expecting to be able to feed a good bit of us, as well as a grilled oyster salad, gumbo, the tuna entrée, and a tuna wrap. We were wrong. I’m so glad we came on a Wednesday night bc if I had to pay $ 26 for that small amount of seafood I’d be annoyed. The food was good I will say that. My brother who ordered the tuna was happy with what he got. My husband ordered the tuna wrap and it was VERY upsetting. It had 2 pieces of tuna filled with lettuce. I’m glad we came in on a Wednesday night to try the seafood. We stayed there so long that we didn’t want to order desserts.
Id only go back if it was a Wednesday night. (And I don’t mind paying what needs to be paid for a good seafood platter)

I have no idea how this place has so many 4 and 5 star reviews. The service was terrible. Twice I had to ask another waitress to tell my waitress to come to our table. And she only had 1 other table so it’s not like she was super busy. 10 minutes till we got our drinks. Then just over an hour till our food came out. I think it is because the gratuity is included on tables more than 8 people (we were 10) they feel they don’t have to try too hard cause they will get a tip no matter what. I see why there is a 1 hour wait at Dupuy’s next door and no wait at Black’s. Years ago Black’s was the place to go clearly that is no longer true.

So disappointed with the Mother’s Day brunch today. The food was terrible. From cold eggs to the weird sweetness in every sauce, dry pork loin and under cooked bacon, I just can’t say that the $ 30 person was worth it. My mother did day that the bread pudding was good but I just couldn’t get myself to try it after such an unappetizing meal. I also want to mention that the kids did have a choice of paying the same price as the adults for their meal or they could choose French toast sticks, mini corn dogs, popcorn shrimp or chicken tenders. My daughter just wanted fruit and a biscuit off of the buffet so she got a $ 30 dollar biscuit with fruit– wow. And, don’t think your ice tea is included because it’s not. Want a drink– that will be extra.
Now, when my husband paid the check, the lady asked how was brunch and he explained that it was not what we were hoping for and proceeded to elaborate in a constructive way and there was no apology just a «at least you didn’t have to cook at home». Wow– customer service.
I really wanted to love this place because of the nostalgic memories from my childhood but I was so disappointed. I remember how great the place was back then– good food and ambience. Guess I’ll just have to keep the memories and move on. Don’t know if I can give them another try.

we stopped for a drink and a few oysters in the center of abeville and black’s was there waiting for us. inviting building inviting bar inviting waitress and phenomenal oysters… i will marry all 12 of them