George's Lowcountry Table — Restaurant in Athens-Clarke County Unified Government

I really want to like this place but there were several strikes for me, others might not have the same perspective. The special was a Low Country Boil, as I love something like Frogmore Stew, but this just sounded like simply boiled seafood. I could tell our waitress had never seen this dish, much less tasted it. When I asked for a further description, I was told it didn't have "fresh" crab as they use up older seafood. (Needless to say, I passed on that dish). We did get the fried green tomatoes which were hot, had a nice crisp to them, they were tasty. The Hopping John was ok, but it was served cold which is unusual for me. There could have been more of the remoulade sauce. The shrimp and grits appetizer was very rich but flavorful. The grit cake was creamy & perfectly cooked. The shrimp, were small rock shrimp but correctly prepared and flavorful, the sauce was similar to a buerre blanc but definitely not what I think as traditional preparation, to me the best part of shrimp and grits is the sauce made with a great shrimp/ andouile stock, this was not that. The Country Fried Chicken was boneless chicken but it was moist inside & crispy on the outside, the breading was cornmeal, not what I think of for Southern Fried Chicken but overall good, however, I would never expect brown gravy on Southern Fried Chicken. It was served with collard greens that were really great. Nice level of vinegar and very flavorful, probably the best bite that I had. They were also served with mashed potatoes which were almost cold, but they had the unexpected brown gravy so I wasn't planning on eating them anyway. Dinner came with biscuits which have garlic and onion in them, again another item that didn't work for me although the biscuits had a nice rise, and were light and fluffy. When asked what was in the biscuits, our waitress had to ask the kitchen, I'm not sure if she's even ever tasted a biscuit before. Feedback for management: 1-The menu really should describe your dishes including sauces. When I went back and looked much of what I had issue with, most wasn't even described on the menu. 2- Let your staff taste your food! Likely our waitress was new but it sure seemed you're not setting her up...

Update: they do have my favorite bee, Fat Tire. It may not be on the menu, but they had it when I was there yesterday. Delightful experience as usual with Trudy as our server. Food and service were excellent!

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I should have taken more pictures! However it is a great dining experience. It is a combination of low country / Cajunesque food.

The crab cakes were excellent, the crawfish etouffee is my regular favorite. The couple with us goes there for oysters on Tuesdays. Today they ran out before we got any. So you might want to get there early!

The service is super with a friendly greeting at the door and servers that check on you regularly.

The restaurant is very clean and in a fairly new building. There is adequate parking in the parking lot adjacent to the building.

It could be a pretty good date night and I think they have a date night special on Thursday night for steak lovers.

It's not a fancy place, but comfortable and clean. The noise level can get pretty high with conversation around you, but not to the point of yelling. I wouldn't call it a quiet romantic spot but a nice place for conversation.

Back to the food, All the entrees seem to be pretty good. We asked our friends who were dining with us and they complimented everything on the menu! My wife had a good crab soup and I had an iceberg wedge salad that was fresh and tasty.

My wife also tried out the dessert some kind of chocolate cake that she was raving about.

All in all this is a great local place. Kind of off the beaten path but not out of the way. Certainly worth checking out if you are visiting Athens for a few days. I would certainly rate it higher than a...

Had a really disappointing experience here tonight. First it took a pretty long time for our waiter to come to our table after we were seated. Then he took our drink/appetizer order and said he would bring us water in a second. 20 minutes later we still have neither our drinks or even water. We can see our drinks sitting on the bar while the ice melts for about 15 of the 20 minutes. Finally another server brings us water and tells us our waiter will be back in a minute. Then our drinks come, and they taste watered down from the ice melting. A few minutes later another server brings our oysters to the table and we ask if we can order our entrees. He takes our order even though he wasn't our waiter. Then we start on the oysters and they're room temperature. A little concerning for raw oysters. So we walk up and the bartender about the oysters since our waiter was nowhere to be seen. The new oysters come back. Still nothing from our actual waiter for a solid 20 minutes until our salads come. Then dinner comes and he apologized for his lack of attendence explaining that the whole dinner rush came in at once. And offers us free dessert. Neither of us are big on desserts though so we ordered dessert martinis. Then when the bill comes the waiter explains that free dessert couldn't be applied to the cocktails. Which is fine, but then didnt offer to comp anything or make up for the terrible service in any other way. The only reason I'm leaving 3 stars is because the food was very good. Every issue we had was the fault...