The Big Easy should be renamed to The Big Letdown. I grew up in and about New Orleans and I can tell you the food at the Big Easy is anything but authenic. I placed a take out order of over $50 and when it arrived it was cold, salad was wilted, the french dip came with no gravy or ""dip"" and the seafood gumbo was thick with sand. Yes, sand. The cook thought it pertinent to make it look authentic and left the oysters in their shells and put them in the gumbo like that. Any true NOLA-ite will tell you that oyster shells are part sand and if you boil them the shell will emit and decompose to some sand. Needless to say the delivery of that gumbo was not worth its ride to my home. I did call The Big Easy and the manager did attempt to make ammends so I reordered the chicken gumbo and they remade the french dips. This time they arrived with water down bullion as dip and covered in cheese. Not a typical po-boy from NOLA. Also not very tasty and the bread should not be a subroll. The chicken gumbo had the consistency the ""dip"" should have had and was only peppery. No okra, no trinity, just thick brown and peppery.
Pros: touristy
Cons: pricey for the the size portions and terrible food
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