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| - Ate here with my husband for a small dinner while we were visiting friends in Phoenix. Since this restaurant was within walking distance (less than a 5 minute walk) to the hotel we were staying in (Candlewood Suites), we decided to eat here. The first thing I thought of when we came in here was that this was one of those expensive tourist restaurants... and well it is (well duh, it's located right next to a few hotels).
Anyways, when we first came in here (sometime after 9 pm), no one acknowledged us. There was no one by the hostess area. So we waited by the front for a few minutes before deciding to just walk over to a table and seat ourselves. When we sat ourselves at a booth near the bar, a server saw us and brought us 2 menus.
We ordered the following:
Crispy Fried Alligator: We got a large order and was surprised that it didn't really come with a lot of pieces. Would really have liked to have more, especially since the price tag was a bit high. Anyways, my husband wanted to order this because well, how many opportunities do you get to eat alligator? It was tasty, but a little on the oily side. And it tasted like chicken (but you know, a lot of things taste like chicken). I don't know if I would ever order this again just because of the price tag and I didn't really feel like my palate was wowed a new culinary treat.
Louisiana Seafood Gumbo: We ordered a bowl to share and really liked the flavor of the gumbo. My husband just wished that there were more seafood pieces in this instead of just a few pieces of shrimp and mostly sausage.
The service we received was below average... Our server only came to our tables a total of 3 times (1 to get our order, 2 to bring us our food and 3 to bring us our check). He was not attentive to refilling our water and so I had to find another employee to get us some more water. The place wasn't even busy at all, there was just a handful of tables with people eating and no one at the bar. The place was basically empty (pretty spacious, which made the emptiness more noticeable).
The ladies' restroom was clean and there is plenty of parking in the lot.
Overall, would not come back. Food is overly priced and nothing seemed to wow us. This is just one of those tourist traps who just like the convenience of dining here due to proximity to their hotel.
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