Cricket's Restaurant and Oyster Bar

We went here as a party of 7, three adults and 4 kids. We all ordered different entrees. All of us were disappointed and could barely finish our meals, and we walked in starving after hiking and shopping all day. The street tacos were tasteless, , the pizza lacked any pizzazz, the chicken was boring, the pasta dish was bland, the bread bowl was burnt, the soup had no flavor, the burger was dry and had a weird texture, and the fries were soft. So disappointing! It was not cheap either.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 1

Service: 4

If you like a steak that's half gristle and prime rib with a lot of fat, this is your place.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 4

Sat for 10 minutes after the server shouted across to the room to sit anywhere. Then they disappeared. It was not busy inside and staff were sitting at the bar when we walked in.
We just got up and left.
Across the street we were greeted, seated, and order taken in less time than we waited.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

Happy Hour Long Island Ice Tea was good. Beer was flat, but got a glass of wine to replace it. Spinach Artichoke dip was over cooked.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

It was awful. One hour ago. Bar was more important I guess. People coming in off street just to use bathroom and walk out.
$82.00 for 4 people. Waitress was rude to my wife. Talking back and gave sass and attitude. Nobody in any type of uniform. Employees wearing sweatpants and sweatshirts Looked up at the ceiling dirty ceiling fans. Waited 30 minutes for 4 plates. Never asked can I refill anything, more napkins.
Never going back, won't recommend

Not great
Saturday afternoon in October. Waited a while for waters, ordered drinks, waited 20 min for drinks to arrive. Ordered food, apps and entrees, the server made a comment, “hopefully your apps come first.” Okay.. that’s shoulda been our first clue.. waited 30 min for our app to show up. It was cold and looked burnt or fried in funky oil. Took one bite and decided this place is not worth it. Left immediately. Can’t get those 50 min back.

Elaina took fantastic care of me and my 2 friends. She took the time to answer any questions we had, make drink and food suggestions. We sat on the back patio and enjoyed the sunset as we ate our meals. Elaina was the cherry on top of a lovely evening.

Dietary restrictions: While there is no specific meals that are gluten, dairy and corn free, come changes could be made.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Oysters Rockefeller

Great food atmosphere and the best server ever!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Fish and Chips, Pizza

I went to this place back in August as an out of state customer. My friends and I had great food. I paid the bill and everything was fine...that is until I received my credit card statement and the waitress added a $60 tip for herself on top of the 20% initial tip I gave her! I have called back many times and get the usual "manager is busy, give me a number she can call you back at" and it never happens! They tell me to come instore to resolve it, well that doesn't work as I live 1,000 miles away. If the manager would take the time to reach out to me and resolve this it wouldn't be an issue at all. I gave them over 2 months before writing this review. Ridiculous.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Overall a very good experience. Service was a little slow for dinner, and one night had very profane rap music (not that I'm offended, just wasn't expecting this in North Idaho). but the drinks and food were good. Would definitely recommend happy hour.

The service was great walked in the hostess was very prompt and seated us fast . The drinks were great , food was amazing . Oysters were good , appetizers where great and the mains were amazing.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Oysters Rockefeller, Fish Tacos, Mozzarella Sticks, Caesar Salad, Calamari, Burger, Clam Chowder, Fish and Chips, Chowder Bread Bowl, Pizza

Ive been here a few time over the last decade and usually have a great experience...this time was VERY disappointing. My old fashioned, made with ice cubes, tasted like whiskey on the rocks. $16 for a plate of 4 potatoes skins! And nachos with no cheese and a pile of guacamole that shadows Mt Rainier. Service was slow even though there were not very many people in the restaurant. Sad to say I will NOT stop by here next time I'm in town.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 2

The chips and the pita bread tasted stale

I hate posting negative reviews but I feel like it's my duty to save folks from this experience.

I ordered a dozen oysters and three of them were actually rotting meat. Not sure how someone preparing food can be so complacent not to notice that an oyster isn't edible. How can you call yourself an oyster bar and not have fresh oysters?

This all falls back on management to hire the staff to make sure the food is properly served and a good experience is had by customers and this is not happening.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 1

Very nice waitress, but the food left a little to be desired. I ordered the French Onion soup and it was the first time in 100 times ordering that item where it was served with no cheese of any kind on it. It was totally bland. On top of that it was served in a tiny soup cup. C'mon, that is a super cheap soup to make so be a little more generous. Giving the food a three star rating here is being generous.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5