We came for lunch during the week. I specifically wanted crawfish but when we arrived they told us they were out?! If "crawfish" is in your name, you should *never* be out of crawfish.
The host handed us a lunch menu which consisted primarily of Vietnamese options. We previously lived in N. Va and really missed having Vietnamese so we decided to stay. We also made the assumption that if a seafood restaurant was offering Vietnamese during the day, it must be a specialty of someone in the kitchen or why bother! Right?
We should have taken the 'no crawfish' as an omen and turned away b/c things just kept going down hill.
Almost everything -- food and service -- was subpar. Here are a few examples:
--I ordered the Crab Udon. There were specks of crab and it definitely had crab flavor, but if you lead with the ingredient and you're a seafood restaurant, I would expect at least a few representative chunks! Instead there were rectangular slabs that resembled a seafood version of spam. The broth was waaaayy over thickened with cornstarch so it had more of the consistency of a stew base than a soup. I tried to eat a bit but started getting a headache pretty quickly. I suspect they use MSG and therefore abandoned the whole failed bowl of soup.
--The appetizer of grilled clams came after our main courses. If these had been good, I'd have written off the restaurant for Vietnamese, but come back for the seafood. The clams had a nice smokey flavor but were overcooked. I tried two, both of which I gnawed on for a while and then spit into my napkin.
--Everyone was friendly but that's not enough. E.g. I asked the waitress a question about a dish on the menu and she giggled, shrugged and said, "I don't know." I'd have accepted that if she'd made any attempt to find an answer to my question. Nice woman but clearly was given no training.
I left hungry and had to go find some lunch. Fortunately there are a ton of very good restaurants in the area so I didn't have to drive far!