Gladstone's Long Beach, Long Beach, California Restaurant Details

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Great food and atmosphere. The rolls are crisp and nice warm rice. There isn't a wide variety to pick from but for me what they have is enough. I love that you pay at the counter and that the tip is already included.

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Worst restaurant experience ever! This place had the worst seafood I have ever tasted. The service was horrible and it was a total waste of money. I don't know how it has four stars. I think that someone from the organization is writing nice reviews to make up for the bad ones. I order grilled lobsters, but the waiters brought us boiled, over cooked lobsters. The lobsters had no taste because they didn't season them, and they were tough and hard to chew. The veggies weren't even steamed and they were hard, even my watermelon mojito was nasty. I left the place hungry and very upset. The manager said she would reimburse me for the lobsters and she didn't. It was a complete waste of money and I will never go back to that restaurant again. THEY NEED TO GO OUT OF BUSINESS, OR CHANGE MANAGEMENT AND CHEFS.

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This is a great restaurant. The care and attention taken to the quality of the food is fantastic. The service could at times be a little quicker. But, if you are looking for a great night out with waterfront views then you should defo come here. The other restaurants around rainbow harbour are okay but this one is the puck of the crop.

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This review is for the oysters only.

3 solid stars!
I met up w/my LBC crew on a Tuesday night for the $1 oyster deal. They had 3 different type of oysters to choose from. which were Kumiai, Grassybar, and Malpeque.
Amongst the 6 of us we ordered a few dozens of oysters to share. On the first batch we decided to get 4 of each to see what we would like best. Everyone agreed the Malpeque was the best. The Malpeque is easy to eat with a perfect balance of sweetness and also a lot bigger than the Kumiai and Grassybar.
They do limit the order of oysters to 2 dozen but our server was nice enough to ring the orders on separate checks. Very cool of her! I docked 1 star off because after our second dozen the oysters that were served were a lot smaller and some of them didn't seem to taste like the previous ones. Assuming they ran out and gave us a mix of whatever was left? Also, some of the oysters had tiny shells on them. Seems like the chef were somewhat careless when shucking the oysters, so for that, another star was docked.
Overall, we all had a great time. I suggest sitting outside and enjoy the beautiful view of the harbor.

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Great place! My to sons love it there! Great food and service! Its special for me because we took my older son Ryan there for graduation from Wilson high school 2006 that was the best day of my life! Its special because I lost my son Ryan in 2012 from a illness that he fought since he was 17 we lost that battle but me and my other son have Gladstones to go back to for memory's sorry a little long

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"Fabulous" water views and "large portions" of "basic seafood" "draw people in" to these separately owned Pacific Palisades and Long Beach fixtures; although sometimes "slow service", "cramped" quarters and "high prices" have some labeling them "tourist traps", it's still "tough to top" the "beautiful beach" atmosphere.