Loaves Fishes Family - Wilmer

Tried to eat here around two weeks ago and ended up taking my wife and mother to another place, some 25 miles away because the moment we entered the restaurant we were welcomed with the option to wait along with around thirty some odd people waiting for tables even though the parking lot was barely half full. Frankly if you can't handle anymore customers than that you shouldn't be operating. If this eatery is anything like most, in our current economy, they likely won't last much longer anyway.

The all you can eat is a scam . They start with a cheap appetizer and finally bring you a dwarf size serving of catfish which I ate before the waitress was out of sight and she didn't return for 15 minutes and then with another dwarf serving. They just try to wait out your appetite hoping your food will settle before you can eat $2 worth of catfish. If you go DO NOT get the all you can eat catfish unless you're on a diet , in that case it'll be perfect .

This place and another place within a 30 mile range: are eerily similar to one another. They give you the same app (hush puppies with cheese) and offer many of the same dishes. It is also is decorated similar. However, the grease was old. Our fried pickle appetizer disappointing. The seafood platter was all cooked in the same grease as the pickles and burnt hush puppies. I don’t know if the fried pickle are house made; they do not taste house made. The food was saturated with grease. This place also rivals the movie “Grease.” The catfish filets were small and did not have a pleasant taste.If you are used to quality seafood, you might want to skip this establishment. If you love a fresh taste and hate burnt flour, don’t come here. If you want to make your step parents upset bring them here. We went in during a slow time and the person handling the money was also handling the cakes. It’s just something about where money and credit cards have been, and handling food. The service was decent. It was not great nor war is deplorable. There were a couple of things (lemons) that took about five minutes to get to us.

I usually get the fried filets but i tried the lemon pepper grilled fish this time. Both are very good! The spinach dip with fried bowtie pasta is amazing!Food: 5/5

Updating so I can explain this rating.I have had alot of people to tell me go try it; it's a great place.When we arrived we had a 30 minute wait for a table. Walking through there were plenty of empty tables. The tables were not completely cleaned. Had to wait another 15 mins for a waitress and then again to get our drinks.The hushpuppies and cheese were the best thing we had nut you had to eat them while they were hot. Once they were cooled off they were too hard. The slaw was good as well though they brought a very small portion for 2 people. Had to ask for lemons and onions. The lemons took no time to arrive. The onion about a 1/4 of a thin sliced ring for 2 people.The fish both whole and filets were over cooked. So much so to the point some of it could not be eaten. It was taking forever to get tea refills or more fish.The only bright spot was the couple who say across from us. We had a great conversation.Will we go back? Maybe, but not anytime soon.