Bucket Shrimps Cebu
New restaurants are booming lately in the Queen City of the South, Cebu. Quality is being battled out for customers to remember and have their great pigging experience being checked off on their bucket lists.
One has been creating a buzz lately and it’s called Bucket Shrimps. An outdoor seating restaurant; Bucket Shrimps is located at Gov. A. Climaco (ORCHIDS) Street, Jones, Cebu City, near Capitol which has been operating in just one or two months; probably in September 2013.
Across the restaurant is also the famous S.T.K. Ta Bai! (Sugba, Tuwa, Kilaw) restaurant which is also a famous seafood restaurant.
The location is quite inaccessible to commuters and so if you have car, it would probably be the best way to reach Bucket Shrimps. Another way is by cab. And since Bucket Shrimps isn’t yet that popular in the ears of the many; I suggest telling the cab driver to take you to S.T.K. Ta Bai! And if you go there by the Jeepney; I suggest taking the Osmena Blvd. road and stop by at Coco Mall, just beside the Cebu Doctors Hospital, then walk across to the BDO bank, walk straight until you reach the third alley on the right; that’ll be Gov. A. Climaco Street or just simply ORCHIDS Street.
TIP: you have to make a reservation in order for you to garner a seat because Bucket Shrimps has been a buzz lately, and people deluge there every day. Telephone number by the end of this post.
I already made a reservation in the restaurant five days before we got there. The best thing about it was that it was a text reservation, so if the person in charge of writing the details down forgets; the confirmation would be verified by the text. AND that’s what exactly happened to us.
The owner, which spoke in an American accent, greeted and asked for our reservation.
Unfortunately, our reservation was not written in the list which pissed me off a bit, because I have to show the text message containing the details of my reservation which I had to follow-up the confirmation since I did not receive one.
But, I let it pass, because I have no plans in ruining my birthday eve that night. And so we waited… and waited… and waited for about 30 minutes. The place was small, yet packed with people, and I wondered why everyone took a long time staying there; but I just didn’t mind it, even when my stomach is screaming of hunger.
The place was small, and not well ventilated, they have small fans that can’t suffice the warm feeling.
Bucket Shrimps Cebu
I checked in in my Foursquare account just when there was a seat available for us. And then we started to order in their tiny menu having only five offers.
MENU (in Bucket of…):
Boiled Shrimp(in Cajun Sauce or Gata) … P250.00
Soft Shell Thai Shrimp … P250.00
Chicken Wings (6 pcs) … P150.00
Liempo Loco … P130.00
Crazy Pusit … P120.00
My partner and I ordered the bucket of Boiled Shrimp in ‘Gata’ (Coconut Milk) since their bestselling Boiled Shrimp in Cajun Sauce was not available because it has been sold out before we came there. And it pissed me off again. How could they not assume and anticipate the number of customers coming in on that day, especially when it was on a Sunday and created a contingency plan to cater all customers, most especially on their bestseller???
Well, my partner and I dropped it and continue ordering with their other offers. I was in argument with myself whether to choose Liempo Loco or that Chicken Wings but then finally I chose the latter instead.
And then we waited for our order to come… and waited… and waited. Until my partner and I ran out of comic thoughts and opened our Facebook instead. We even chatted in the comment box.
I checked my last Foursquare post and see how many minutes we have waited and shockingly, we waited 42 minutes already. WOW.
I can’t explain how famished we were already.
What also pissed me off were their grumpy waiters: they don’t smile, they don’t feel accommodating, and welcoming. I hated the fact that whenever I try to call them, even when they heard my call; they just ignore it.
I wondered how they cooked their five dish offers and took too long to do it? It’s only FIVE dishes, and most of it is shrimp. Well, my partner and I gave them the benefit of the doubt that it maybe is cooked so well, which will give us orgasmic feels while eating.
And an hour or so later, the food came… that’s AN HOUR. The Boiled Shrimp in gata was in a metal bucket as well as the Chicken Wings and our Rice. They don’t have plate, only paper which was cool, and they also have plastic gloves which makes the experience more exciting.
So we started eating… in disappointment.
The shrimp sauce was colored yellow, and it tasted familiar. My partner and I had to figure out what it was and Google answered: it was a Chicken Curry sauce. It was OK, but the superstar shrimp was bland. We were expecting for it to be juicy and flavorful; but it did not give us any orgasmic feel like we have expected, since we waited for an hour!
Boiled Shrimp in Gata, Bucket Shrimps Cebu
The shrimp offer is good for two people.
And next was the six pieces Chicken Wings. The taste was oh-so-ordinary; I can even cook it myself. And they smothered… NO, not smothered, gave only drops of Heinz Ketchup on it. I thought about the P150.00 price and how it was not worth it.
Chicken Wings, Bucket Shrimps Cebu
The experience was oh-so-disappointing and annoying. Even getting the check-out bill was a pain in the ass for we waited again for them to give the check and the change. And while waiting; the pipe beside our table even broke and splattered water on the ground, luckily it did not create a fountain, which will totally piss me off.
I also heard a complaint from the other table about their Vodka and how it had no taste: so I’m inferring how bad the service in the restaurant was.
I wonder how disappointing the experience was in Bucket Shrimps and was it because by chance, we were unlucky? Or was the service been always like that? By looking at the customers around us; they also have waited a long time for their order and it sucks to see their famished faces. Overall it was not worth the money.
Also, they don’t have WIFI (I’ll rant about this every single place I’m going).
In totality, it was a very bad experience in Bucket Shrimps and I would not totally go back there. I would if they have proper indoor restaurant that is well lit and ventilated, have warm waiters that will welcome us in their renovated restaurant, list their reservations properly and serve great food in right contingency planning to serve customers in their wants… ESPECIALY ON THEIR BESTSELLER.
CONTACT NUMBER: 0933-199-2521
SCHEDULE:
Lunch: 11:00AM – 2:00PM
Dinner: 6:00PM – 9:00PM
RATINGS:
Boiled Shrimp in Gata – 2
Chicken Wings – 1
Ambiance – 2
Service (including no WIFI) – 1
Value for Money – 2
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