Big T's Seafood Bar — Restaurant in San Jose

If you have a choice, go someplace else! Food was burnt, or not cook how ordered, or did not show up. I ordered a combo: lobster, crab, mussels, clams squid and fish. All Had to be prepared the same way and all Had to have the same sauce, I chose grilled and teriyaki sauce on the side. The lobster and the crab were burnt. Mussel and clam shells were empty and there was no fish at all. They poured sauce all over the outside of the shells, so it was sticky and slippery and made it difficult to open. But it turns out that the meat of the crab and lobster, was so dried out, it was sticking to the inside shell. In the case of 2 mussels and 3 clams, they were empty. And there was no fish. When I asked for the fish, I waited 20 more minutes before waitress brought out an over boiled piece of fish. She said they couldn't grill it, so they steamed it. "Then why is it in water?" I asked and she repeated it was steamed. Waitress no nothing about the menu. Every time I asked questions, like size of oyster, if they were fresh or ocean scallops, pan or deep fried, she knew nothing; she had to run away to adk someone else. I ordered appetizers monkey brains, raw kumomoto oysters, and grilled squid. She comes back with the "brains" and tells me they have no squid, but then some showed up in my main dish. Then she goes away and tells me no kumomotos, then cannot describe the other oysters available. When she comes back yet again with newly recited oyster descriptions, I order a dozen raw, no cooking involved; they don't show up until after my main dish was served. And the kicker for my dinning companion was having to ask for water refills more than once. I was at this restaurant when it looked more like a fish market than a restaurant. It was pricey then, but I thought, hey its just starting out give it a chance. But more than a year has passed and it is still pricey for what it is and the service was terrible! The cooking was...

Went on mothers day around 7:30 PM. There was three of us and we were seated outside as requested in just a few seconds.

They had oysters, which is why we went, but only one kind. (To be expected so late in the day on Mothers day). However, one of us tried to order a Bud, nope... Only Bud light. Then he ordered chicken strips, out of those too. Then he asked for the small Tomahawk steak 20oz. No luck there either.

We two mom's had crab which was on special. The spices and flavor were amazing. Unfortunately texture of food is also important, and they missed the mark there. Usually crab once cracked can be pull out of shell in decent to large size chucks. This crab just shredded. Out of the entire crab neither of us got an actual bite size piece. Kind of frustrating.

Our server was great. Again forgot to get her name, but she was fast and efficient, she kept our glasses full and was good natured and laughed with us as we joked about them being out of so many things on the menu.

The two oyster lovers in the group stated that the smaller oysters were good and we're excited to find them so close to home.

Overall, nice experience. Good place to go with friends, to just hang out, eat and be together. Kinda pricey, but will...

If I could I give the establishment zero stars i would. I was looking forward to try this place. Came in for Saturday dinner party of 2, started off great, we were greeted by three different people, and got a table super fast at about 8pm. The restaurant wasn't busy at all and seems like everyone was already served. Server came to the table pretty quick took our drink order and NEVER came by to take our order. The 3 guys that greeted us keep going to the other tables but NEVER checked on us. After about 15 to 20minutes of waiting and finished our drinks we decided to leave without having dinner. One of the guy said he was the chef when I told them we are leaving and just want to pay for our drinks, had time to have drinks with one of customers but doesn't have time to check on other tables. Oh don't know how many he had already before we got there, he knocked over drinks while sitting at the bar.

I have NEVER had service this bad in my life, especially at a Vietnamese own...