U & I Steak and Seafood Restaurant — Restaurant in Corpus Christi

Skip it - if you want a place that takes pride in their work, look elsewhere. I ordered the surf & turf which doesnt have a price listed it says MKT price...so I asked, what type of lobster & what cut of meat is it. The menu specifies its a filet cut & only says lobster tail. But the photo shows a main lobster tail.

So, I decided to ask about the specifics. "What type of lobster is served for the surf portion of the 'surf/turf'? I'm hoping its main lobster because I hate Rock lobster & if its going to be a rock lobster I'll just order something else."

The server was great & said "You know, nobody has ever asked that before, let me go ask the kitchen..." she returned moments later with a giddy smille & said "guess whaaat?? Its main lobster!"

I was delighted & asked for it to be broiled/steamed not grilled. She asked me how I would like my steak & I said medium well.

When the food arrived I was on the phone & wasnt really paying attention, she set the food down & walked away. I hung up the phone & saw a rocklobster tail & a burnt filet.

I mentioned my dissapountment to the server, but decided to just eat it & move on. Ill never come back here again & you shouldnt either. Not because of one experience, but because of what followed.

After telling the server she said "Im so sorry, let me go tell my boss." The boss never came to my table, didnt acknowledge the issue & just hid out.

I have money, what I dint have is time to waste at establishments who feel mediocrity is ok & ripping people off.

My waitress returned saying she told them "why did you guys tell me it was main lobster? I told this man you guys said it was main lobster." Apparently they had told her "well how are we supposed to know, they send us whatever & we just serve it." 🤯😵

There was no offer to recook the steak or the option to order something else & there was a complete lack of awareness by the restaurant management. I still tipped my waitress 20% because its not her fault the people she works for are completely incompitent.

Run as fast as you can away...

On March 23, 2024 a group of friends and myself went to eat there for lunch. When we sat down we ended up with the RUDEST Waitress Ever ( kept talking down to us the whole time ) . The waitress’s name is Eirini , anyway the Food was Good but she made the whole experience just real bad & uncomfortable. I wanted to ask for a manager but 1 of my friends had said please don’t, I don’t want to take a chance of them doing something to our food. So I didn’t , when we got our bill I gave her a $2.00 tip , the other friend gave her $1.50 the 3rd friend gave her $3.00. Or last friend gave her $6.00 because she used to be a waitress. I feel if you’re going to get a Good Tip , Do a Good Job. FOUR Days later one of my friends called me to check my bank amount cause the waitress ADDED MORE TIP FOR HERSELF. I looked and sure enough, she did. I called my bank, I was told they can’t do anything about it, I have to but they did say that’s called Forgery. Call PD and see if something can be done. I went in person and spoke with the Manager , very nice , said the owner wouldn’t be back till the next day. Told her what happened and she said that she would talk to the owner about it. Also said when you come back just ask not to be put in her section, I’ve gotten after her for being rude to the customers. I guess they don’t plan on doing anything to her about it. After 3 days I FINALLY speak to the owner and she’s upset with ME for even mentioning bringing PD into it. She could tell that the waitress had added $3.00 more So IF I want it back, go there and speak to her and she will give me my money back.. My Advice, Take Cash if you go eat there. Otherwise they Will Probably Forge your...

UPDATE* Unfortunately this is our second time to visit this location and I would have to recommend to anyone asking think twice before going here. I made a post previously and it appears this place has a problem with having the same quality each time you go. The shrimp was way over cooked and under seasoned. The chicken fry was much thinner this time and my sons was a good third just breading. Even the rolls did not taste as good. Atmosphere was interesting because we were sitting in smoke literally. Like someone must had burnt something to a black crisp. Our waiter wasn’t rude but definitely wasn’t a light in your eye. In fact we might have seen a grin somewhat when he was handling us our check. Definitely way over price for the service and quality of food we got. **

We had a verity of platters and all the food was very good. Pricing was not unreasonable. The area was very nice, noise was low even with a full house, we could talk and hear each other even with a party of 10. Our waitress was nice and kept up with us so no complaints on service. However when asked what dressing we wanted on our salad we asked about caesar salads which they had, but we were not informed that was a $2.99 up charge. This was very deceptive and we should had been informed the caesar salad was not included. They are not trying to pull off the silly cashless scenario, they do not charge for card payments but check your receipts cause they do add in a gratuity the label as “service charge”. All in all seemed more of a mom and pap local food joint with good home cooking…… btw you have to ask for them but the rolls...