The shrimp dinner is a winner! Very fresh shrimp lightly battered and fried. Their shrimp cocktail sauce combined with their hot sauce is a real treat. Well worth the wait.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sauce, Fried Shrimp
Jordan Tarr
A great little seafood restaurant with reasonable prices and friendly employees. What more could you ask for. It is cash or Florida check only. So be prepared for that. They are known for their fried shrimp for a reason so be sure not to pass on those. The dátil sauce is on point.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Double Fried Shrimp Dinner, Sauce, Pickled Cucumbers, Fried Shrimp, Broiled Sea Scallops with Green Beans and Black Beans, Seafood
Lourdes D L T
If you love fried shrimp this is the place to eat. No need to dress up. Is a simple plain place to eat fried shrimp and leave. They don't serve alcohol..Vegetarian options: They have Seafood and some vegetables. Not a great selection.Dietary restrictions: NonParking: Is easy.Kid-friendliness: Not really. Most people are in their 50's 60's and 70's. The place is cramped with tables. The waitresses can hardly walk between tables.Wheelchair accessibility: Is not easy to take a wheel chair in there.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Shrimp, Seafood
Mrs
Nothing fancy but THE BEST SHRIMP AND HUSHPUPPIES EVER!!! We skipped lunch so had an early dinner at 4pm on a Tuesday and were seated right away. Food was served very quickly. Building is small thus why I’m sure other reviews say there is a long wait but this place certainly has things streamlined with sufficient AND efficient staff. We were in and out in 45 minutes. And the place is immaculate! Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Shrimp
Dani Kämper
Super fresh food, delicious in a classic American atmosphere! Insider tip! Price-performance unbeatable!Cash only!!!! ATM in the parking lot! Maybe plan on waiting until you get a table! Absolute recommendation!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jana Howard
Perfect, perfect perfect great staff great food outstanding place to go and eat out !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Julie Thomas
Always great food and nice service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Shrimp
Gary Teeples
Great shrimp and everything else
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Bonnie Wehrmann
We eat here when ever we are in Florida. Best fresh seafood
The BEST shrimp you will ever eat! They run the place like a well-oiled machine, always have! Haven't ever had anything bad here. I've been going there since 1982. Everyone there is kind
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
tonia gagnon
Food was good. It is a limited menu of fried or broiled selections, not 5 star chef creations, but we enjoy the shrimp and datil sauce and the quality of their product is good to mediocre. And now for the but...wait times are crazy long and dining area very small with diner vibes which is fine as we go to for taste not visual. Waitress was 5 plus plus plus star but the older window/register woman was shockingly insulting and offensively rude for no reason other than just meanness. Won't be back to a place we have enjoyed since childhood. Can't support a business that leaves a bad experience for only mediocre to good food. I will stick to the greats. This is my personal opinion and experience.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
G. W. Wolfe
Really the best scallops I've ever ever had. Fabulously Amazing. Wow!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Shrimp, Seafood
Jim Rouland
I found this restaurant to be the very best location in St. Augustine for seafood, of all kinds: shrimp, scallops, tilapia, and crab cakes; and, the side dishes too. The batter that surrounds this food was excellent. Pricing is very reasonable for what you get. If you want a great seafood meal, nice restaurant, and good service; then, go to O'Steens Restaurant in St. Augustine, Fl. - you won't regret it. Our trip to St. Augustine was wonderful and especially going to O'Steen's.
The reason for my low rating is that the wait times are horrendous! My family and I were originally told that wait time was 35 minutes. We had to wait an hour a twenty five minutes before we were seated. If you have a party of 5 or more, I don’t recommend dining here unless you are prepared to wait an hour plus! The restaurant is small, and this place is wildly popular, because the food is good, but they seriously need to make this place bigger!It’s not right to have your patrons wait hours on end to get a meal to eat! We spent the day touring St Augustine, and decided to go to Osteens for dinner. I had my 4 hungry kids with me. They were hot, hungry and crying because we had to wait so long. Each time I asked how much longer was the wait, they told me 10-15 minutes. I had to feed my kids goldfish because it was taking so long and they we were all so hungry.There are covered seating areas in the back of the restaurant. And during our long time waiting there outside we noticed that to go orders were going faster. So if you don’t want to wait for hours, I recommend calling in your order, and then eating out back at the table. Also, it is cash only. They do have an atm on the premises. The parking is very limited and tight, it’s right beside the restaurant and the wait area, so if you have little kids be sure they stay near you because vehicles are parking and driving through very close by. Our server was fast and attentive, but I had lost my appetite from waiting so long and trying to keep my kids calm.I hope this helps other families so that you don’t have to experience the disappointment and headaches that we went through tonight!
Excellent shrimp
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The shrimp dinner is a winner! Very fresh shrimp lightly battered and fried. Their shrimp cocktail sauce combined with their hot sauce is a real treat. Well worth the wait.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sauce, Fried Shrimp
A great little seafood restaurant with reasonable prices and friendly employees. What more could you ask for. It is cash or Florida check only. So be prepared for that. They are known for their fried shrimp for a reason so be sure not to pass on those. The dátil sauce is on point.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Double Fried Shrimp Dinner, Sauce, Pickled Cucumbers, Fried Shrimp, Broiled Sea Scallops with Green Beans and Black Beans, Seafood
If you love fried shrimp this is the place to eat. No need to dress up. Is a simple plain place to eat fried shrimp and leave. They don't serve alcohol..Vegetarian options: They have Seafood and some vegetables. Not a great selection.Dietary restrictions: NonParking: Is easy.Kid-friendliness: Not really. Most people are in their 50's 60's and 70's. The place is cramped with tables. The waitresses can hardly walk between tables.Wheelchair accessibility: Is not easy to take a wheel chair in there.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Shrimp, Seafood
Nothing fancy but THE BEST SHRIMP AND HUSHPUPPIES EVER!!! We skipped lunch so had an early dinner at 4pm on a Tuesday and were seated right away. Food was served very quickly. Building is small thus why I’m sure other reviews say there is a long wait but this place certainly has things streamlined with sufficient AND efficient staff. We were in and out in 45 minutes. And the place is immaculate! Highly recommend!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Shrimp
Super fresh food, delicious in a classic American atmosphere! Insider tip! Price-performance unbeatable!Cash only!!!! ATM in the parking lot! Maybe plan on waiting until you get a table! Absolute recommendation!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Perfect, perfect perfect great staff great food outstanding place to go and eat out !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Always great food and nice service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Shrimp
Great shrimp and everything else
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We eat here when ever we are in Florida. Best fresh seafood
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
The BEST shrimp you will ever eat! They run the place like a well-oiled machine, always have! Haven't ever had anything bad here. I've been going there since 1982. Everyone there is kind
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was good. It is a limited menu of fried or broiled selections, not 5 star chef creations, but we enjoy the shrimp and datil sauce and the quality of their product is good to mediocre. And now for the but...wait times are crazy long and dining area very small with diner vibes which is fine as we go to for taste not visual. Waitress was 5 plus plus plus star but the older window/register woman was shockingly insulting and offensively rude for no reason other than just meanness. Won't be back to a place we have enjoyed since childhood. Can't support a business that leaves a bad experience for only mediocre to good food. I will stick to the greats. This is my personal opinion and experience.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 3
Really the best scallops I've ever ever had. Fabulously Amazing. Wow!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Shrimp, Seafood
I found this restaurant to be the very best location in St. Augustine for seafood, of all kinds: shrimp, scallops, tilapia, and crab cakes; and, the side dishes too. The batter that surrounds this food was excellent. Pricing is very reasonable for what you get. If you want a great seafood meal, nice restaurant, and good service; then, go to O'Steens Restaurant in St. Augustine, Fl. - you won't regret it. Our trip to St. Augustine was wonderful and especially going to O'Steen's.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Double Fried Shrimp Dinner, Fried Shrimp, Seafood
The reason for my low rating is that the wait times are horrendous! My family and I were originally told that wait time was 35 minutes. We had to wait an hour a twenty five minutes before we were seated. If you have a party of 5 or more, I don’t recommend dining here unless you are prepared to wait an hour plus! The restaurant is small, and this place is wildly popular, because the food is good, but they seriously need to make this place bigger!It’s not right to have your patrons wait hours on end to get a meal to eat! We spent the day touring St Augustine, and decided to go to Osteens for dinner. I had my 4 hungry kids with me. They were hot, hungry and crying because we had to wait so long. Each time I asked how much longer was the wait, they told me 10-15 minutes. I had to feed my kids goldfish because it was taking so long and they we were all so hungry.There are covered seating areas in the back of the restaurant. And during our long time waiting there outside we noticed that to go orders were going faster. So if you don’t want to wait for hours, I recommend calling in your order, and then eating out back at the table. Also, it is cash only. They do have an atm on the premises. The parking is very limited and tight, it’s right beside the restaurant and the wait area, so if you have little kids be sure they stay near you because vehicles are parking and driving through very close by. Our server was fast and attentive, but I had lost my appetite from waiting so long and trying to keep my kids calm.I hope this helps other families so that you don’t have to experience the disappointment and headaches that we went through tonight!
Recommended dishes: Seafood