Neptunes Net is LAME

On the first day of '07, Andy and i took a little ride up the PCH, stopping just past the LA county line at a little seafood dive called Neptunes Net - an apparent mecca for all things two wheeled, as the parking lot was full of motorcycles and bicycles together. Annnnnd . . . i have to say . . . i was not impressed. Now, granted, the place is a seafood place, but all i wanted was a cheezeburger and some fries, so thats what i ordered. i figured: how hard is it to make a cheezeburger? this seems to be a well frequented location, they must be able to make a cheezeburger. However, being that the ride was a little chilly, and the fact that it had been about 20 hours since i had actually eaten anything, i decided to try a bowl of chowder also, chowder is usually pretty safe, right? wrong. BOOORING! the chowder, though served hot and immediately to me, was a poor example of a creamy soup. it was very thin, the potatoes were nearly non existent, and i dont think there was a single clam in the bowl . . . what kind of chowder is THAT!? And, if that weren't reason enough to give you pause, i waited for 45 minutes for a truly lousy burger, which had sauce on it that i had specifically asked to have removed. nowstep back a few minutes with me, if you would. being that i like fish and chips, and its mostly a fish and chips joint there, at neptunes, and, in the 45 minutes i waited i had seen numerous baskets of fish and chips handed out before i had gotten my burger, i went to politely ask if i could, instead of the burger, which was not coming, trade for a basket of fish and chips. i would happily just take the next one that came up. the manager at the place there was not a reasonable individual. she said, sure, i could trade. . . .if by trade i meant: get a refund on my burger, and then order and pay for some fish and chips. but i'd have to wait, because "all these people" were here first. . . (people that had ordered after me - essentially, i'd have to go to the back of the line.) well, i wasn't going to do that, and as luck would have it, my burger was ready. i think it had been sitting on the "almost ready" part of the counter for about 15 minutes, cause when i got it, it was ice cold. the only redeeming moment was when - in a moment of out of the box thinking not common to the food service world these days - the kid working the cash register refilled my drink for free, as he realized that i was getting the shaft on my order. . .

so, all in all, i can not recomend Neptunes Net. in fact, i will go so far as to NOT recomend them. or ANTI-recomend them. if you are thinking about going there - DON'T! go to Malibu Seafood instead. i love it there, its just down the PCH a little, closer to Malibu, just down the street from Cher's house (if that's improtant to you) and, according to my good friend Richard, has the best fish and chips he's had since he was in London. the people are nice, competent and you can always find a seat outside. (Andy and i had to sit inside at Neptunes. not the end of the world, but it was a beautiful day out, and would have been nice to be outside.)

oh - and, while sitting there, the kids taking the orders and calling them into the microphone PA system when ready must have called order 84 at least 756 times, in the space of 10 minutes. ok you guys, we get it, order 84's shrimp basket is done. obviously they dont want it. STOP YELLING OBNOXIOUSLY INTO THE MICROPHONE!!!!! geeze . . . hard to find good minions these days . . ..