I normally don't write these type of reviews, but my experience with this restaraunt was so poor, that I felt compeled to warn the public. My fiance and I went to Stevie's Creole Cafe for new years eve. We've heard some horrible things about the service before, however we were both curious about the food; and thus decided to ignore the critics and give this ""mom and pop"" chain a chance. In hindsight, I wish we would have listened to the negative reviews. Upon entry into the restaraunt, we were greeted very coldly by the hostess; whom appeared very disinterested and apathetic. We were guided to our table/booth; which was by far very non- impressive. The cushions alone were very old, and dirty, with noticeable stains. We waited approximately 15 minutes before we were even handed menus; and another 45 min before we were given any complimentary cornbread. The food was just as horrible as the service. The food was overpriced and mediocre. We ordered the wing drummetes as an appetizer. We were both shocked at the quality of food brought to our table. The wings were so smail, with absolutely no meat at all. It was as if they fried up a couple of bones and put it on a plate, next to a pitiful piece of garnish, and had the audacity to call it an appetizer. I ordered the gumbo, which taste more like a doctored up version of Campbell's Chicken soup. Trust me,....I grew up on gumbo,... and this was not it!.....Just because someone thows a couple of shrimp and 2 crab legs in a bowl, does not make it gumbo. My fiance ordered the boneless chicken breast meal with rice. gravy and two sides. The server brought his food out cold ,which is actually a health hazhard and violation. The rice had a small dabble of ""gravy"". The sides were small and forgettable. We brought up our dissatisfaction with the owner Stevie himself, hoping to turn our new year eve around...however that was not the case. Stevie himself became loud and irrate and instead of focusing on the issue at hand (which was our dissatisfaction with the food/service) he instead started to talk about his own recent restaraunt security issue, in which a man entered into this establishment and robbed his restaurant by gunpoint. . We felt compassion and empathry for what had happened; however Stevie accussed us of not caring; and seemed more focused on ""picking a fight"" than resolving the issue at hand. My fiance was spending more time trying to de-escalate Stevie , instead of trying to resolve the real issue at hand.....which is the bad service and horrible food. Despite our empathy of what happended to staff, as a customer we should not have to be subjected to all of that displaced anger and hostility. This has been the worse restaurant experience of all time.....and if you still insist on going (despite this review)....may God be with you.
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