08/07/07

Not worth the trouble

by jackhole101

Atmosphere is just horrid, No one talks, people boozing in and out. Priced way to high, and take unbelievable amount of time to get your food.

I went to this place a while ago, better service, and it was new so it was ok. The restaurant's personality has now grown into the annoying, "regulars" type place and is definitely not a place for families.

• Pros: Food is pretty good
• Cons: Terrible service, people

08/06/07

Descending Service and Client Quality

by def5199143

I have to say, the first few months were fantastic. Then, like happens too often, it goes down. The turn-around time for food is unreal, at least 50-55 minutes to get a burger, let alone a fancy dish.

The bar crowd is now the worst. I experienced 1 harassing situation that lasted 35 minutes with no one in the place helping at all. Leading me to have to leave the drunk man who continued is negative attacks simply because it is "his place to drink".

The next visit netted an attack by one of the bar crowd saying children should not be allowed at the bar. While sitting at the bar in restaurants where the average entre' is $25-$30, is hardly the place to have a beligerant drunk making such deteminations in the middle of the bar area. Again, no help.

While I have to say the food is very good, this is no place to go for the prices they charge when you need to endure the wait and bad element which frequents the restaurant. If you want to pay for good food and not have to endure such uncomfortable situations, try NOLA Cafe on Head House Square, guaranteed to not have the bad element.

05/07/07

Sorry Excuse for a Meal

by carnivalrex

This place is terrible. My girlfriend and I dropped by for Sunday brunch to find the large dining room mostly empty. The hostess was flustered and suggested we sit outside, since "it's just crazy inside!" She mentioned this emphatically several times throughout our meal, how nuts things were inside, as an excuse for a long delay. I promise you there were only a couple of small groups with mostly empty tables and plenty of wait staff. I was looking for flooding or something seriously chaotic, but everything seemed calm. How unprofessional is it to keep harping on what a tough time they're having serving us? We should have known to just leave (don't want to feel like a burden, just want brunch), but we stuck it out. They didn't have any of the sides we wanted to order. My oyster po-boy was mediocre, and we ended up paying about $8 for my girlfriend's sandwich, which couldn't have taken more than 30 seconds to throw together (though in all we waited more than half an hour): her sandwich was a few slices of bread with huge thick blocks of cheese and a tomato in the middle. The presentation was awful. When I asked the waitress/hostess what was so "crazy inside," she kind of laughed (must have realized how ridiculous it was) and replied that they had served one large group earlier that morning. With such a large a dining room, it doesn't seem to me that should have been a problem, especially with the ample wait staff working. Maybe the kitchen was overwhelmed? In any event, this was a truly disappointing experience. I can't believe I fell for it. Don't make the same mistake.

• Pros: nothing redeeming about this place
• Cons: unprofessional service, mediocre brunch, overpriced