Pacific Star Restaurant & Oyster Bar

Hole in the wall with bad service and worse food. They haven't the first clue as to Gumbo. Beer is warm and flat. Most of the menue is frosen fried Mrs Paul's items. It is in a delapidated old Long John Silver's but I bet it was better. How can you mess up raw oysters but an obnoxious, cracker wraper grabing waitress and a bell haapy fry chef sure did it for me. I have never had my plate reached across so many times. Get a root canal. It would be more pleasant.

Well, waddya know? Austin either has great continental dishes like Chilean sea bass topped with crab (Eddie V's), or great creole dishes (Gumbo's), but Pacific Star is the only restaurant in town that has seafood like you'll find on the Gulf. I personally don't care that much for Papadeaux's, because Pacific Star has them topped in all departments. One of the nicest things about Pacific Star is the ambience--you'll think you're on vacation on the Texas Gulf. You almost feel like there's sand on the floor. Their fried clams are the sweetest I've ever had (including Boston), and their fried whole catfish is SO SUPERB. The shrimp rice is AMAZING. Very child friendly and family friendly. The staff are attentive but not overbearing by any means. The prices are 1/2 of what they would be at a downtown seafood restaurant, and the food here is SO MUCH BETTER!!!

i grew up working in a seafood market/restaurant and have been frustrated with trying to find good seafood in austin. i went to pacific star on a recommendation from a couple of regulars at my bar and was extremely pleased with what i ate. i had some awesome oysters diablo and a great crawfish pirogue. i have returned since and have had various broiled and blackened fish entrees and have never been disappointed. glad i could find a place that ventured out of the realm of catfish and into the ocean.