A&J Seafood & Steakhouse

For a steakhouse it does a some variety from steak to egg rolls. The food is not good my chicken poboy was so tough I couldn't cut it with a knife.The chicken fries steak was all batter. French fries undercooked. They also do not have handicap parking. I would skip this one in Chappell Hill Texas.

Nice cafe, attentive hostess, and "good" food.Mostly fried simple fare; all you can eat buffet.

I've passed by A & J many times. Now I know why. The other night I stopped and gave the venue a try because I want as pressed for time as usual. It was close to 9pm and I was the only customer. Rather than letting me relax my server began telling me her life story, which might be okay if we were on familiar terms, which we weren't. I tolerated her while waiting on my order, which was simply six oysters. When I think oysters I think large and fresh. My order arrived. A plate with six microscopic sized fried oysters and some crinkle cut previously frozen French fries. I also ordered a vodka and soda, which the server made and served in a tall Pilsner beer glass at a cost of $8.95. All things considered A & J deserves between two and three stars. I'm opting for two. To their credit the menu is vast with many seafood selections. I wish there'd been others diners there that night so I could have spied their meals. Alas, I only have my experience to rely upon. The next time you drive to or from Austin give A & J a try and see what you think.

This place just ain't it. The food was atrocious, everything just tasted strange, hard to pinpoint what but the oysters were completely inedible. Sides were pretty bland and the salad drenched in ranch. Service was just not there, between the long waits and back and forth with staff I ended up with my meal in three separate parts and ended up never receiving one of the sides. They just need to work on both communication between kitchen and waitstaff and the food.

Ribeye was amazing and melted in my mouth. Great char and cooked to perfection! Shrimp were great, too! Will be my go to spot for steak in the area!!

Continuing my rounds of local restaurants today I decided to stop by this place up the road in Chappel Hill.Service was great with just enough attentive as not being annoying.As I open the menu I notice it is very familiar much like the one at Texas Seafood & Steak in Brenham. Upon a query of the waitress I find they are owned by the same folks. Initially slightly disappointing as I had hoped to find a 'new' place but I am already here and do like a few of the dishes at the Brenham location. Maybe I'll try something different.The interior of this location is much more updated and recent with a more 'clean' feel. I order the Stuffed Mushrooms and the Catfish with Scallops Combo. The mushrooms arrived first and they where good, I do believe I will order them another time as well. The main plate arrives and as with the Brenham location the catfish is well above average being neither over or under cooked. I do find the in-house made tartar sauce tasty.My only negative was the scallops. Fried! How does one fry a scallop! I was looking forward to a nicely seared scallop but instead received these batter dipped things with no real flavor. I do not believe I have ever not finished scallops before but I just could not in this case. Overall though I liked the setting at this location more so then the one in Brenham so I may make this one my regular instead. Also the waitress informed me that they have a well stocked buffet during the week, something the other location does not have. I do believe I will visiting in the near future to try that.

Very good catfish and Fried Shrimp. Service was very good. I will stop here again on my Austin to Houston 290 trips.

Price would lead you to believe that you are getting higher end food. This is not the case, portions are small and quality and presentation are lacking. For comparison, dennys has far better food if that tells you anything. Price on menu said 20.99 but bill came back 26.99 for that plate. Eggrolls are 2.50 and about the size of a thumb, disappointing. The whole restaurant has a cheap Chinese food restaurant vibe with disproportionate elevated pricing. Etoufee sauce was like a brown flavorless gravy. Fish was cooked ok and tasted fine on its own and the grilled shrimp were a good size and flavor. Salad was lacking but ok for a side salad. No beer or alcohol. Interior could be cool, but seems to be done hastily and on the cheap (mismatched colors, styles and even light bulbs) Overall if the price was half then I feel like you got what you paid for maybe. I say skip this one.

First of all ordered 12 oysters only brought 6 with no horseradish, Tabasco sauce, cocktail sauce or limes or lemons. Asked for lemons and have us two. Ordered blackened red snapper and got white fish with sauce. No black to it.

Seafood was fresh, perfectly cooked. Nice buffet selection. Good salad and vegetable options.