Little Em's Oyster Bar
1001 S Alamo St, San Antonio
(210) 257-0100
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Hostess told us our reservation was for the bar, if we wanted to get a table we need it to call to the restaurant, all OpenTable reservations normally are for the bar even if you ask for a table. So no table for us, they had 8 empty tables when we arrived and 6 empty tables when we left. Didn't understand why she didn't wanted to give us a table, oh yes because the tables are only for reservations that you make Directly with the restaurant, so they totally encourage not to use OpenTable.
I had the lobster salad. It was great. Ambience is great for girlfriends get together or going out with your daughters.
Food took a while to come out. Hard to talk, was loud inside, the restaurant is cute, very nice, service was good, will go again.
My friend wanted to go to dinner here for her birthday (written in reso on open table). Not once was it acknowledged nor did the waitress even initiate a dessert menu after our meal. There was practically 4 total tables being served (not all hers) in the restaurant and our waitress still was very slow to move around. Lobster roll was good but the overall price for 4 people was $200- no apps, no dessert, just main dishes. It's one of those one and done places.
Oysters, lobster salad and fish with pasta were delicious. Chocolate tarte was incredible! Only critical feedback is the portions were small for the cost.
Food and drink were delicious, just service was a little down, they need to explain more about the menu and options
Maine lobster roll and fish tacos were amazing. Wedge salad and oysters as well. Order the bread pudding with vanilla bean gelato for dessert! Amazing!
Last table of the night, kitchen was slow, food was so so and the sparkling wine by the glass was flat. Maybe an off night, not sure.
Great menu, great sea food. Just as you would expect! Excellent choice of oysters. The things I missed were the greens and carbs. It's all seafood! But what a treat!!
The food at Little M's is very consistent and the quality of the lobster as well... I will say it takes a little bit to get seated but definitely worth the weight
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We had a reservation for our anniversary dinner. We started at the bar for happy hour with $12 dirty martinis and a couple of raw oysters for $2 each. We dined on the brisket burger and was kindly allowed to substitute broccolini instead of fries. I opted for the appetizer of spicy octopus. They were both delicious and would recommend to anyone!
Food was actually really really good but between appetizer and entree, it took about 30-40mins. Aside from that, great spot
Very cute vibrant place with great food and drinks. Oysters were very fresh and excellent. Will definitely be back.
It's a cute Instagramable place but that's about all it's good for. Service was horrible. Took forever for a waitress to even come by to take drink orders, when she finally did took forever again to get our drinks. Instead of coming by to take our app order she waited at the bar for our drinks. Finally ordered apps & dinner. We were a party of 6 & everyone's food came out at completely different times, at least 15 minutes in between entrees coming out. So embarrassing for the couple we took out for the anniversary to sit while their food got cold waiting for rest of the entrees to come out. Our waitress apologized but proceeded to blame the chef & told us he was “checked out mentally”. Not a good impression for staff to be speaking about one another this way. Chefs seemed to be more interested in their friends that were visiting the restaurant. Guess it's more about “who you know” at this restaurant. On top of it all for a restaurant that is owned by a couple that has 3 children of their own the ONLY item on the children's menu was buttered noodles. For the price, portion sizes & service was NOT worth it. Save your money for oysters from somewhere else.
Food was amazing!! Highly recommend the oysters. They were definitely prepared correctly and tasted so good.
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