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| - Disappointing. The food was decent, but the service was atrocious. We came in on a Saturday night at around 9pm. Although we were seated quickly upon entering, 17 minutes passed between the time we sat and the time a server acknowledged our presence and asked if we wanted something to drink. We were actually a few seconds away from just getting up and leaving before the server finally came. Server was super-brusque -- no hi, no hello, or anything else other than the bare minimum/perfunctory words that needed to be exchanged. I seemed to get total 'tude that would be a little more befitting some snooty place in Yorkville rather than a place basking in the blinking lights of Honest Ed's and built to look like a Louisiana crab shack. Servers also had to be flagged down for things like ordering martini rounds, drink refills, and the bill. My dinner there took two full hours for what should have only taken one at most because of the slow service.
Egregious service aside, the food was okay, but not great. Being an American expat and having lived in the southern part of the U.S. for several (mostly forgettable) years, I've had my share of great Cajun cooking; Southern Accent doesn't quite match up. I ordered the prix fixe. The green salad appetizer was nice and lightly dressed but... y'know.... just lettuce on a plate. The Bayou Chicken main consisted of very skinny/non-meaty fried chicken thighs and a drumstick, then smothered in a spicy sauce. There was a lot of batter and sauce, but not a lot of meat. The bread pudding dessert was warm but didn't taste very fresh (had a slight rubbery consistency like it had been microwaved too long), and the sauce little too bourbon-y for my taste.
During this same visit, I witnessed a server spill drinks onto two other diners, and plates being dropped elsewhere in the restaurant. Sheesh. I would come back to try other things on the menu, but the service was just so bad that I'd be hesitant to return.
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