The kids (3) and I took Dad out for Father's Day today to ""The Big Easy"". I decided that The Big Easy sounded like a pretty decent place. We were seated, and the table was horrible, it's very low, and if you leaned on it, it got lower. Plus my 5-year old daugther pointed out to me that there were nails sticking through. It took a while for us to get our drinks. We ordered the alligator bites, and entrees. We had to ask about the kids entrees, as that ARE NOT included on the menu, or mentioned to you, unless you ask. My son and my daugther liked the alligator bites, my other son wouldn't touch them. My husband thought they were too chewy, which they were. I also thought that they tasted rather gamey. But, for $7.75, or something in that price range, I would have expected more than 8 TINY bites. Another table leaves, and they tell us how great the food is there. My son liked his pasta, my daugther liked her She-Crab soup, my other son liked his chicken nuggets. My husband and I both had the Taste of Louisiana, which was a cup of jambalya, a cup of saucy tails (crawfish tails), and a cup of gumbo & 3 oysters. My husband thought that the gumbo was really good, as he went to school in Louisiana, he said the roux was very good. For me basically everything was just ok, I guess when you're in the hospitality business you notice every little thing. For example. the alligator bites came on a HUGE plate, didn't look very appealing, a small dish w/lettuce and the sauce on the side would have been a much nicer presentation. The Taste of Louisiana dish that both my husband and I ordered would get a ZERO rating for presentation. Good food is one thing and is very important, but when it is presented well, it REALLY does make a difference. Obviously no thought goes into food presentation. The place was almost empty, so why was there slow service? But, on the up side Beau was a real sweetheart, he was definitely the highlight durng our meal.
Pros: Our server Beau was great, a really nice guy
Cons: Slow service, zero rating for food presentation
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