Food: Delicious from start to finish. The grilled scallops and shrimp with crab meat were cooked perfectly, and the pricing was surprisingly fair. Service: Our waitress couldn't have been nicer--friendly, attentive, and genuinely interested in how we were enjoying our meal. Ambiance: Very clean and inviting. Plenty of space, comfortable seating, and even the tabletop had a soft, cushiony feel that added to the comfort. Recommendation: Absolutely worth a visit. read more

Got right in on Saturday at 6pm even though the main parking lot was mostly full. The salad bar was meh, but the beef tips....OMG DELICIOUS!!! And the service was excellent!! My mom got flounder and green shrimp--I tasted it--also delish! And the hushpuppies, tartar sauce, and coleslaw were wonderful--on point. Waitress Logan was wonderful and attentive. Will go back! read more

Went in on Saturday, June 22nd, for a relaxing dinner with my husband -- I wanted something different from the usual, and let me just say... I'm so glad we chose this place! There was no wait when we arrived, and we were immediately greeted by the sweetest hostess, Camila . Her warm smile and kind energy honestly set the tone for the night. Never underestimate how much a genuinely nice welcome can uplift your mood! Our server, Sherry, was just as lovely -- super attentive and quick to take our drink orders . She brought out a basket of hush puppies and OMG -- I am absolutely in love. These were hands down the best hush puppies I've had in the area -- crispy outside, soft inside, and full of flavor. I could've eaten a whole tray! Once I asked for a drink recommendation, Sherry didn't hesitate to help. My husband noticed they had lobster tails on the menu, and you know I had to go for it. I ordered the lobster tail meal with a baked sweet potato on the side. My husband chose the Amberjack cheeseburger with a side of mac & cheese . While we waited for our entrées, I hit up the salad bar , which was fresh and well-kept. The veggies looked bright and crisp -- no wilted greens here! When our food came out, I was truly excited -- my lobster tail was beautifully plated with thoughtful garnishes, but the real magic started the second I took a bite . The flavor was chef's kiss -- perfectly seasoned, with just the right hint of lemon and a buttery finish. I didn't even have to reach for extra butter -- it was already that good. Later, when I spoke to the owner, I found out the secret was something called Jimmy's seasoning, and trust me, it works! My husband really enjoyed his burger -- cooked perfectly and full of flavor. He even let me try his mac & cheese, and let me tell you... creamy, cheesy, and straight-up comfort food heaven. My only minor critique: the antipasta salad from the salad bar wasn't quite up to par. The pasta was a bit overcooked and lacked the zesty vinaigrette flavor I usually look for. But hey, if that's the only thing I could point out, you know the rest of the experience was top-tier! Before we left, I asked Camila if I could speak with the owner, and she kindly introduced me to Corona (that's what the regulars call him). This man is clearly passionate about what he does. We chatted about the food, and I even mentioned how I regretted not coming in sooner -- this place had been sitting on my "Want to go" list for way too long! Corona was genuinely open to feedback, even apologizing for the salad bar issue and thanking me for pointing it out. His love for the restaurant shines through, and it makes a world of difference knowing that the owner personally cooks the lobster tails to ensure perfection. All in all, this spot is perfect whether you're grabbing a meal with the family or looking for a sweet date night. The décor is welcoming, and the ambiance matches the menu beautifully. Oh, and one last thing... I brought home some extra hush puppies and reheated them the next morning. They paired so well with my coffee that I'm honestly dreaming about going back for more. Highly recommend! read more

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First time going to AmberJack and definitely not the last. Service was amazing, the drinks were fire, and the fried fish and crab was delicious. I loved that they start you off with hush puppies and chicken soup. Which is such a comforting touch. Don't skip checking out the boat shaped bar and their homemade cakes!! read more

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The food was a little dry, and the macaroni tasted like it came out of a box. The server was pleasant. Nevertheless, I saw a group of people come in after us yet they were served their food before us. The establishment was large and somewhat cozy in certain areas. I have eaten here at least three times and I will give them another try. read more

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Immediate seating on Friday! Clean. Modern facility. Great service, fast and kept drinks full and took care of all our needs! Salad bar tops! Well stocked and large! Food was great! Fish and shrimp were cooked perfectly. Lite colored and tasty. Good variety of cakes for dessert! Overall a pleasant experience! Will return soon..... read more

Went to get something different. I got the broiled crab cakes. Angela got the broiled Salmon and Shrimp. Both dishes were cooked well. Both were a little bit more spicy than we would prefer. They include a trip to the salad bar with these meals. We took home enough for another meal each. read more

Amber Jack Seafood & Steaks - Broiled Salmon and Shrimp - Seafood Near Me - Gastonia, North Carolina

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Great food and service. Food servings is very good. You get enough for two people. Great waitress.

Went here for the Sunday Buffett and very much disappointed. The salad bar was decent. For the food itself, I don't know what some of it was. It was covered in sauce. The flounder was dry, the fried green tomatoes had no seasoning at all. The macaroni and cheese and the rice and gravy were the only good selections. I don't know why this place is packed on Sunday. It was terrible. Do not go on Sunday, you will be disappointed. read more

We haven't dined at Amberjacks in several years. We went in for the Sunday Buffet today. The food was average to slightly below average. The best thing was the fried chicken. We were not impressed overall. The service was very good considering how busy the place was. The did a good job of keeping the Buffet stocked. Honestly, Golden Corral is better. read more

Food was very good. The server, Logan, was very helpful, kind and considerate in answering questions about the menu and very fast and efficient. Everyone enjoyed the evening and wants to go again. Hopefully we'll be lucky enough to get the same waitress and the same great service. read more

Very nice place, not fancy but clean. I enjoyed the salad bar, again, not fancy but fresh and stocked well. Our server was friendly and helpful and the prices we reasonable. I had the steak, cooked perfectly and spaghetti as a side (it was kinda meh). My wife enjoyed her crab stuffed jumbo shrimp as well. The bowl of hush puppies was outstanding. We will definitely return read more

First time trying this place. Went on a Saturday evening around 7:00pm & not busy at all (maybe that should've clued us in). We were sat immediately & the server came by for drink orders & given hush puppies. A bit later placed our meal orders. I was given a plate for the salad bar which was fresh (1 star given). Thank goodness for that! We literally sat there waiting for our food for 45 min until finally I told another waiter I wanted our bill & would not be waiting on our food any longer. I was beyond annoyed! Like I mentioned, not busy at all, so why such a wait? Our meals ordered were easy, nothing that would take long to cook even from scratch! Our waiter showed up, he apologized & went to check on our food & came back to us saying it was ready. We agreed to stay to eat because we were so hungry & by now it had already been over an hour of us sitting there. The food was decent. Shrimp & grits & shrimp tacos. Nothing that would have us wanting to go back for though. We ate & waited for about another 20 min. our server finally came back by & apologized & that the bill would be taken care of (thus 2nd star from me). At least, he recognized what had happened & was kind to make it right without us asking. Would we go back or recommend? Nope! Almost 2 hrs spent there for terrible wait times, mediocre food & us wishing we had gone someplace else. As a business owner myself some advice: I'm sure this place could really do better as it has such potential, but truly your employees can make or break your business. Kitchen staff needs to step up their game! read more

Good Sunday buffet especially the grilled pork chops and collards. Fried chicken was very good. The buffet is very well kept. Courteous and attentive servers add nicely to a pleasant experience. read more

This wasn't my first time to Amber Jack but it had been a minute. We called ahead for a large group of 13 and they were able to accommodate us without hesitation. The service was incredible - we had the pleasure of having Payne as our server. The food was pretty tasty. We stared off the meal with calamari, fried pickles, and fried jalapeños. I had the chicken Tuscany, which was a huge portion and very flavorful. Others in the group had the surf and turf and the salt and pepper shrimp and said they were both very good. I tried the steak and it was cooked and seasoned well. read more

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This is a very clean and dependable family restaurant. Service is excellent at dinner. Nothing fancy but my wife really likes the salad bar. Always fresh with a variety of greens and typically a protein available. Free hush puppies when you sit down are also good. I like the chopped steak with mushrooms and gravy. Grilled chicken is also great. The only thing I do not like is the Deviled Crab. I tried it twice and was very disappointed. The Sunday brunch has the best fried chicken anywhere. Definitely worth a try. read more

You cannot say enough about this place...the food is incredible :) the service is top notch!! Payne the bartender does it all makes everyone feel like he is entertaining you at his house..just a great guy. The owners Julie and Chebo well they just want you to enjoy everything about your visit which we always do. It has become a weekly thing for us and the never disappoint. You will enjoy the food, people and the atmosphere it is just a great place. read more

I went here a few days ago and got the salad bar included with my meal. Ended up feeling sick after eating just the salad and went home. Ended up with awful food poisoning from improperly stored food. Would not recommend eating here, worst sickness I've ever felt. read more

I wouldn't know how good the food is because we were turned away with "we're closing down the buffet line now." This was after we drove about 30 minutes to arrive before the 4 pm advertised closing time. At 3:30 there was one to greet us. After being ignored for 10 minutes we asked a passing server if we were supposed serve to seat ourselves and were told we were too late. As we left I knocked on the office door and was simply given an apology for our "misfortune" with no offer to make amends. Maybe Amber Jacks serves good food but lacks the requisite hospitable attitude of any restaurant serving the public. I have no reason to ever return. read more

Old school, very old school!, even hand written receipts...friendly helpful staff, good size menu, I had flounder and baby shrimp, both were good, mashed potato's and gravy were pretty plain, prices were cheap. read more

First time being here. Place is pretty cozy inside. Server was super nice and she had just got done. waiting on a lot of tables after a busy rush, but was still very calm and polite. She took our order quick, food came quickly also, food was very good. read more

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We love. Amber Jack's! Always a great value and always fresh! I not big on fish so it's, crab cakes or shrimp for me! We had steaks and lots of different dishes though out the years! We are going on 15 years we have been coming to Amber Jacks!!! Keep up the great service!!! read more

My wife had a birthday dinner for me there tonight, and we had a great time. Our waitress Logan did an excellent job waiting on our large party. We will be back again! read more

Great food and service. The Sunday buffet has so many choices. My family and I love to go there.

Great casual restaurant with great selection and service. Everything was wonderful. Salad bar with lots of solid choices. Good food.

I thought this place was above average seafood for what you getting at its price point really can't go wrong having this I enjoyed the fried seafood in particular the shrimp the clams the oysters. I actually look forward to trying this place again in the near future the service was good to call in order was fantastic necessarily no complaints. Grade: B read more

So the service is soooo slow here! But the food is good be sure to get the unlimited salad bar to fill your time. The waitress did well bringing unlimited hush puppies as well and keeping our drinks filled as we waited almost an hour and a-half. If you are in a rush don't stop here. The food is ok but def not worth it for the wait. read more

Amber Jack Seafood & Steaks - Seafood Near Me - Gastonia, North Carolina

This place has more rules and limitations than a tax return. You walk up and a sign says "no curbside orders." You go to order food to go and there is a lengthy sign encouraging you to check your order before you leave because they will not fix it otherwise. They should check the orders themselves or check it with the customer. Instead they bag it up and give it to you and you have to unpack it all to check the orders. If you are paying with any type of card there is a surcharge. Then the go staff at times will ask "do you want to leave a tip?" Well no because I'm checking the orders themselves myself and paying a surcharge. Servers make under minimal wage and therefore depend on tips. Staff at registers don't depend on tips. They squeeze every penny and nickel out of you. Food is consistently good and at the prices it should be good. When choosing menu items you can't mix fried and broiled items on combinations for some reason. A piece of fried flounder cost the same as a piece of broiled flounder. Again strict rules. After being told "no" to what I want on a combination platter it's just not worth it. read more

Flounder 1 piece dried up and a plate full of greasy cold fish. The lunch special was $9.95 and the waitress said I could substitute catfish to flounder. I was going to substitute it then the waitress told me after the sorry meal it was about $5 more dollars. Not happy messed up my Christmas lunch was pathetic and the employees and manger could care less read more

Amber Jack Seafood & Steaks - a view of the outside of the restaurant - Seafood Near Me - Gastonia, North Carolina

It is what it is!!! It's a Fish Camp and they all seem pretty much the same to me!!! Large potions for Good Prices!!! Loved their Honey Mustard on the Salad Bar!!! Cole slaw could use a new recipe but besides that everything was good!!! Love the feel of this place walking in feels like your on vacation at the beach somewhere. read more

I've only been here twice. Last time was almost a year ago! They have hush puppies for the table and it's hard to stop eating them! We ordered the marinated beef tips because I remembered them fondly from the first time! I got the coleslaw as a side. We also got the regular ( not blackened ) broiled grouper which was a special. The side for this was potatoes au gratin. The tips were as good as I remembered them!!! The sides were great too. The potatoes were deliciously cheesy! The grouper was absolutely delicious! You get salad plates with each order and although the options are basic it's still very good!!! I'm not sure why it has 3.5 stars on yelp?!! read more

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The Tonga volcano erupted caused shrimp to go all the way to little river . Big shrimp .the heat from the volcano done cooked the shrimp.Watch out for hush puppies named after yorkies . Called the pups are small read more

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The restaurant is nice and has plenty of room. We went on a Sunday for lunch. The salad bar was nice. However, the buffet was minimal. Choice of meats was pretty good. The veggies were not good. I got pintos, there was no seasoning at all in them. Very bland. The greens were bland as well. No seasoning on them. I am not a big fan of salt. I rarely use it, on these things I added salt and it really didn't help at all. My husband likes a dessert and there was no dessert out. We told the waitress we were finished. She then asked if we wanted some apple pie. We had already made the decision to leave. We won't be going back. read more

Been on my radar for a couple of years but was in Gastonia on Sunday and wanted lunch so it because an obvious choice. Sunday is a bit different from the norm. Rest of the week is order off of the menu which is generally a Surf and Turf type menu but Sunday is Buffet. Walked in a bit after two because by that time, I thought the Church rush would have died off. Boy was I wrong. 15 - 20 minute wait and it was not just a Church rush but rather the place is that popular. Was seated near the bar and a very harried waited finally asked for my beverage order which or course was half and half , sweet tea and unsweetened tea to get the proper level of sweet but or course, offset with Lemon. He disappeared but i later flagged him down only to find that this was only a buffet and I need to go to the buffet and grab a plate. Obviously my first time here so my error. The buffet is divided into two lines. One is cold and mainly salads and it looked very good. I wanted Seafood so I went with the hot bar. I loaded up on fish, chicken, meatloaf, Swiss Steak, Shrimp, Beef Liver, Chicken Livers etc. Good thing I did not have my cholesterol checked the next day. Everything was great and while I had an overworked server, he did come through. Next time I will know the ropes but even so, this was a good experience and I will be back read more

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This was recommended to us for the best steaks in town. While I could have gone for a bit more flavor from seasoning, the char marks were enough. The cut of meat for the ribeye was hands down one of the best steaks I've ever had. The salad bar was pretty good, I wouldn't recommend the fries (they're a bit plain). For what you pay for the steak, you really can't beat it. read more

Great food great service recommended this place Great opinions on food so many to choose from read more

This was our first experience at Amber Jack Restaurant and we were not impressed. As a buffet, we suspected it would be basic but it just wasn't our style of food at all--country cooking without flair. The roasted chicken was the best tasting meat option, the steak with gravy was a strange texture almost like ground beef pressed together, the boneless pork was like shoe leather and the fried fish was fishy and bland. We didn't eat salads but the salad section seemed to have a lot of variety if that's your thing. Sides were Mac-n-cheese, mashed potatoes, cooked cabbage etc. The waitress walked through the room with a tray offering a single dessert (cobbler) served in tiny individual plastic cups barely larger than a condiment cup. Although the food wasn't great, our experience could've been better if the waitress had been friendly. She literally seemed to be very unhappy about working--never smiled, very inattentive, returned to our table once. We had to ask another waitress for our check. The ambiance was terrible but could've been overlooked if the food and service had been better. We will not return. $16 per person buffet, $2.25 per drink read more

Yesterday was the worst experience we've had since patronizing for about two years. Everything on our plates was cold. When I called the server over to inform her I wouldn't be eating and that she could remove my meal from the check he had the nerves to say in a nasty tone "what a waste". My husband tasted his food and he then called the server over to tell her we would be leaving and he proceeded to tell her that his food was cold as well. read more

Not as good as it used to be. Bones in fish fillet..."A fillet is a strip of meat or fish that has no bones in it." Collins Dictionary. After a year, "under new management," and still no liquor or beer license. There is room for improvement. read more

I recall going here when it was Lineberegers fishcamp. Today my family celebrated my Mothers 80 birthday. We had close to 50 people join. We were able to reserve a special room & had two dedicated wait staff & a special menu. We were well taken care of & the food was excellent. I had the salad bar & the beef tips, well seasoned & delicious. read more

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