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Pelicans Warf......I am a self proclaimed food critic
By scorpio in Election
October 17, 2008

10-16-2008 In times like these when the economy is a mess and money is scarce, you find yourself going out very few times if any with your spouse. My husband took me to Pelican’s Warf, 2912 Houston Highway in Victoria Texas 77901. First let me tell you the place is dimly lit so you really can not see well in there. Then the hostess set us in the back dining room by ourself. The waiter took 10 minutes to show up at our table. My husband ordered the 14 oz ribeye for $22 and I ordered the lobster and ribeye for $36. Hey it was rare we seen each other so we wanted to go all out. The waiter took our order and told us to get our salad bar. So we went got our salad and ate it while we waited for our steaks. Finally after what seemed to be a hour the waiter showed up with our meal. It was plated ok, nothing real special. The waiter then said if we needed anything just ask and disappeared again. It was amazing how quick this man disappeared. I wanted that lobster for several days and so I was looking forward to eating it so I cut me off a slice and dipped it into the butter sauce, put it in my mouth and had to spit it out. You see a lobster is to be firm and flaky not soft and pasty. It was very over cooked. I began to eat my steak and it was 60% fat. So I told my husband I wanted to see the manager and he went and got one for me, After all our waiter had disappeared again. The manager MIKE showed up to our table 5 minutes later. When I told him about my concerns and he scoffed me telling me that ribeye steaks are fatty and that its a fact you get a bad lobster every now and then. I showed him the fat on the steak, I had a 14 oz steak and the fat was 8 oz of the steak and he said well that is a big hunk of fat but that is because it was not trimmed right. He then said what is it exactly do you want me to do about this. I looked at the man and flat out said I am not paying almost $40 for a plate of food that is this bad. He said ok then and turned to my husband and ask so sir how was your steak and he said mine was fine. Mike then took our plates and returned to the back of the resturant. Our forgotten waiter showed back up to our table and presented us with our bill. Total amount for 1 steak, 2 salads, and 2 drinks = $34.97. The manager charged for that small salad I got waiting for my meal. I do not recommend this resturant and any manager worth his grade would have said I am so sorry here let me get the tab and I hope you give us the chance to serve you again and would have been remorseful. This man was blunt and rude. So do not eat there it is not  good.