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| - We came here with extremely high expectations. At roughly $75 a per to eat, it should be incredible, right? The service, was. Great servers and support staff. Having been to New Orleans many times and throughout the South for Cajun an Southern food the food fell short of our "best we've ever had expectations. Honestly, this was one notch up from the Cheesecake Factory, not alongside Brennan's, etc. And, at $200 for three people (our bill) it needs to be better. If the bill was $125 I would have given in a 5-star. But, if you are going to charge a premium, we better leave telling stories about how good it was.
And, again, the food was darn good, just not best we've ever had. Not even close, in fact. The three of us travel more than often for work and have eat much, much better, for far, far less.
The apps, were pretty good. The Cajun BBQ Shrimp was tasty and the sauce it came in was good. The calamari wasn't tender, wasn't greasy and we demolished it. In fact, both were fairly priced.
Two of us went with the Pecan crusted redfish, which was well done. Is it the best redfish I've ever had? Not even close, but it was good and the fixings came in strong, too. I've had much better redfish (for half the price) on the Gulf Coast, however, but we also need to take into account that this is Vegas and it costs a bundle for rent here. Still, the flavor could have been a notch higher.
I personally didn't eat the pork chops. A friend did. He was thrilled with the portions and flavor, but mentioned it was a 3.5 not a 5. (And, he's had that dish at similar priced spots across the US.
The biggest letdown came with dessert. I ordered the pecan pie, which I'm a huge fan of and the pecan pie I've had at Pappadaux (a lower priced chain) blew this away. The crust was great, but the pie tasted like it was just thawed.
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