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| - My out of town friends wanted to eat here, so I drudgingly came down to the Strip to let my friends experience "The Strip". This business is located in the Hawaiian Marketplace, there is a $5 parking lot right next door. The attendant asked us where we were going and we told him and didn't make us pay. Sweet! Prior to that we spotted a man handing out Catfish Alley fliers on the street, he told us to park in the Travelodge parking lot. When we got there, there was a "park at your own risk" sign. No thanks!
We walked in and it was cafeteria style. The man who took our order was pleasant. Since there were 4 of us we ordered the 12 piece catfish dinner with 2 sides. My guests were REALLY hungry. After we ordered, we sat down and our food was brought to us by a lady who looked "dead behind the eyes". She just put our food down. If we didn't say "thank you" to her, she would have not said a word. Maybe she was having a bad day..
The catfish was fillet style and looked kinda thin and flat. We weren't impressed with the flavor. It had alot of cornmeal on it with some seasoning. It didn't have that "slap yo mama" taste that I expected since they market themselves as Southern. The sides were good. I did like the greens, although it was a taste I have experienced before. On the way home, I recalled the taste. It tasted just like "Glory" canned greens that you can buy at any grocery store. I think they just added smoked turkey. The coleslaw was ok, the mac n cheese was ok, not that nice baked southern style you would expect with a minimum of 3 to 4 cheeses. The desserts didn't look that appealing in the case. The cobbler, pecan pie, sock it to me cake and pound cake looked like it had been in there awhile. I didn't indulge in those, but my friends did. When they put their fork in them, they looked rather dry.
There were only 2 other tables occupied in the restaurant, so it was not busy. I hope they can get it together so they can make it considering there were tons of people walking by their door not patronizing the business.
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