Quarterdeck Seafood Bar & Neighborhood Grill

"Ribs were great. Service sucked. I ordered fried chicken; got chicken fingers. Another ordered teriyaki chicken; got dry chicken no sauce. My sister-in-law never got her order at all. Waitress knew nothing about food on the menu. She failed."

Went this past Wednesday while working the Ft. Lauderdale Boat Show, party of 8 at around 3pm.  The place was near empty (maybe 3 other tables and 1 person at the bar) and I only saw 3 staff members working in total.

The decor is standard seafood chain restaurant only added Halloween decorations because it's that time of year.

Our server was friendly and prompt, and they had an awesome special; Blackened or grilled chicken ceasar wrap and choice of side for $5.99!

I wasn't feeling chicken so I opted for the cheesteak which was just OK.  1/4 of the meat was wayy overcooked, should have tried the wrap.  My coworkers said they loved their food.  Almost all of them had the special, one guy had their wings which he said were great.

Our server came back and checked on us often, refilled our drinks (I don't know if the refills were free because my boss picked up the tab) and we got to keep our cups.

I'll have to go back and try this place again before I can give it any more stars

It's got to be pretty bad when I give it one star.  I'm pretty laid back for a wanna-be foodie.  If I could give this place negative stars then I would.   I ate here while on a biz trip with a co-worker.  We were going to the Southport Raw Bar but it was closed for a private event so we had to settle for walking across the street to Quarterdeck.  I assured my counter-part this place was "okay" because I had a friend who used to work at the one in Plantation and we'd ate/hung out there several times during football season.  I love the atmosphere since it is a coastal theme with lots of sport fish on the walls, because...I'm into that.  I will say that there was a young good looking crowd which also helps.  Unfortunately, this was some of the worst service I can remember in my life.  The waitress was cold, uninterested, distracted, and apathetic.  My friend asked for an extra "side" of broccoli since the fish entree only came with one side, and he never got it.  In fact, she never came back to our table ONCE after serving our food until we flagged someone else down for the check.  She didn't ask how the food was, she didn't ask about refills, she didn't give my friend a chance to remind her of the forgotten vegetable.  She was far too interested in her multiple groups of friends that were sitting at various other tables around the restaurant to pay any attention to us.  She would even make eye contact with us and then have the nerve to just walk away after we were making it pretty clear with our body language that we needed her attention, and not in a rude way.  I can't believe I didn't complain to the manager, but then again we were both extremely worn out from travel and didn't really feel like it.  A different waiter finally noticed how neglected we were and came over and asked if we needed anything.  This was after I was finished eating my over-cooked, rubber snapper and I said that we've been needing our check for awhile.  Then, to my utter disbelief, he didn't apologize and just said "hey, it's not my fault, she's your waitress".  Absolutely terrible.  I mean, where is the manger in all this?  Was there anyone there with at least a hint of authority?  After the other brilliant server finally forced our waitress to come drop our check, she didn't even say a word when she dropped it off.  I looked at my buddy and said "wow".  It's as if we did something to offend them, only, I'm a nice guy and neither one of us were rude or smug in any way.  I will never ever go back to this pitiful excuse for a restaurant, and I sure as heck won't be sending any business their way.  I hope the manager or owner reads this review, if he or she even cares.  My only regret is actually tipping that rude waitress 20%.  I guess at the time I was having a non judgmental moment and figured maybe she was having a bad day.