Jellyfish Seafood Bar — Restaurant in Gilroy

I’m so glad I overlooked the mix batch of reviews and decided to try this place.

My mom and I were at the Outlets and she was hungry so I went on Yelp to search up food places nearby. After looking at a few food places we decided to head to Jellyfish Seafood Bar for an early dinner. A big factor why I chose Jellyfish was because I really wanted seafood boil and they had seafood boil here.

I really enjoy the concept of this restaurant..seafood boil/thai food. YES YES AND YES!!! Whoever came up with this fusion..10/10 idea!!! If you want Thai food you get Thai food..if you want seafood boil you get seafood boil. Or you can get both!!! My mom and I decided to get both after looking at the menu. We got grilled oysters, garlic noodles, firecracker fried rice, and a mix of the shrimp/mussel seafood boil with jellyfish smack sauce (mix of all the sauces) hot.

Everything was really good but our favorite dishes were the firecracker fried rice and the seafood boil!!! The jellyfish smack sauce was seasoned so well and it was a good level of hot..hot but enjoyable. I didn’t think it was that spicy but my mom said it was spicy but good spicy. My mom kept raving about how good the jellyfish smack sauce was while we were eating..she kept saying wow this is so good. I agree with her..the sauce is amazing and when you put it on some white rice it tastes soooo good. I’m going to try to explain this..sauces at places like Boiling Crab/ Kickin Crab..etc..like seafood boil in San Jose are Vietnamese owned..therefore their sauces tends to taste like Vietnamese/Cajun flavors. For some reason even though this is a Thai/cajun restaurant the seafood boil didn’t have the Asian taste to it..but more so American Louisiana taste..not sure if that’s what they’re going for..but regardless IT WAS SO SO SO SO SO GOOD!!! As someone who is Vietnamese and loves seafood boil I actually prefer this taste over the Asian one..both are good but if I to choose I would choose the seafood boil sauce from here.

Also you need to get the firecracker fried rice!!! I think it’s a must if you decide to come here. The way they seasoned the rice was delicious. Spice with a hint of basil. Perfection!!!

I’m bummed out this restaurant is all the way in Gilroy. This is the first time I’ve been to Gilroy in possibly over 10 years. I might just have to come to the Outlets more often so I can come have lunch or dinner here again.

If you are in the area give this restaurant a try. Ignore the bad reviews come by and try the food for yourself.

Shout out to our wonderful server. I didn’t get his name..but he was the taller guy and he was great. He kept checking in us..but of course we were doing great every time he checked because the food was so good.

Great food..great service!!!...

I definitely wanted to love this place and am always excited for new restaurants, especially sea food!

Unfortunately, this place isn't up to snuff. The first problem is that their menu has pictures of food that they don't even serve. When we asked about the awesome looking burger (see attached pics), they said it was a stock photo and they don't have it. Then we asked about the cioppino picture they said they don't have that either but one of their seafood boils was basically the same thing...

We decided in the end that their limited menu left us unimpressed so we decided to just stick with the two appetizers we had ordered. The server was slow to check in on us and got the initial drink order wrong which was simply "water with lemon". We got water only and had to ask for lemon again. The lemon came 5 minutes later...

The crab claw appetizer was just OK. One was super dry and the others were decent. The saving grace was the dipping sauce they provided which was amazing.

The GrayC fries were a complete let down. The gravy was basically a broth, not a gravy that the fries sat in. They used shredded parmesan cheese which was a mistake because it didn't stick to the fries, but instead stuck to itself to form a parmesan cheese net of sorts (see pictures). The flavor of the broth was great but it was way too salty for even me and I LOVE salt.

Our final issue was with the bartender/host guy that kept his mask under his mouth and the few times he did pull it up, he only covered his mouth and not his nose... the rest of the staff wore their masks correctly though.

All in all a fairly bad experience and we had to leave to go to...

We got the taste of New Orleans seafood boil. The food was decent, not the freshest. Will go back for more but just because this is the closest Cajun to my house. The place was virtually epmty on this Friday night and the staff seemed miserable. They had us pay less than halfway through our meal when our hands were covered in juice and spices and then they never really came back to check on us. They didn't give us enough napkins or any wet wipes which I'm used to getting with meals like this so when we were done we dipped our hands in our water glasses to clean off with some ice cubes then got up and left without a word from anyone. Our first server was attentive but we could tell it was because he was trying to get out of there and end his shift... We also asked him a question about the food and he just shrugged and said he didn't know and then didn't ask a coworker or make any effort to get the answer lol. Overall an underwhelming experience but we will try again one day and see if it's better.

One last thing: Just bring out the standard hot sauce, lemon, and horseradish with the oysters like every other restaurant does so you don't make people wait on that stuff after you've...