"Has gone a little downhill overall the past few times we've been here. Have been coming to Shuck's since they opened a few years ago, came here often, and have always had a great experience for the most part with service, food and drinks. However, in the past one or two years, the food we usually order on a regular basis and love (chopped salad, for example) has definitely changed. They used to use big, meaty chunks of bacon, bleu cheese crumbles and romaine lettuce. Went there the other night, gave the chopped salad another try, but it was just as disappointing as the last few times: lettuce is a spring mix, no longer chopped romaine, with some kind of bitter lettuce in the mix. Bacon was like any other bacon you'd get anywhere else, nothing special. There was no choice of bleu cheese versus cheddar (or feta or whatever they used to offer). The cheddar seemed like it was the finely shredded kind from a bag. The croutons were very plain and would have been better to omit them altogether. I think they used to use homemade croutons in the past (at least they tasted like homemade). I believe they used to serve the chopped salad with thinly sliced red onion. This time, salad was served with lettuce in the middle and all the other ingredients (tomatoes, bacon, finely chopped white onion, cucumbers, shredded cheddar) surrounding the lettuce--then piled high in a very small bowl which spilled onto the table when you attempted to cut it or take a bite from a fork. For a side salad, it was very plentiful and great for the price. Wish they would go back to the way they used to make it--and serve in a bigger bowl, or better yet, on a plate. The crab cake appetizer is still pretty good, doesn't seem to have changed much from a few years ago. But again--served on a very small plate the size of a saucer. Maybe serve on at least a salad-size plate next time, or the kind of plate shown in the picture on the online menu. We got the cornbread starter but will not get again. Bread was dry, edges were burned. Waitress was wonderful (she always is; have had her before) but service very slow. It was a Saturday around 6:00, restaurant was pretty full as you'd expect for a Saturday. Maybe they were short staffed, but we waited a long time for our food. Decided to order cocktails because the food was taking so long, but it took another 15-20 minutes to get those after we ordered. Didn't order any of the other items we used to get on a regular basis that were never disappointing, like low country boil steam tray, tuna tartare or pimento cheese dip with pita, so not sure how these and other items fare these days. We love the atmosphere at Shuck's and will come back and try these favorites of ours again. Just disappointed that the chopped salads we so loved do not compare to what they used to be."
