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| - Finally visited Baton Rouge, ventured in on a Friday evening. I was surprised at how large the restaurant is, much bigger than I expected.
For myself good food can never overcome poor service and conversely, good service cannot pull up poor to mediocre food. The later is my opinion of Baton Rouge. I found the staff to be pleasant and professional from the hostess to our server. It was a Friday night and the place was close to full yet the service was attentive, exactly what one would expect for this type of establishment.
And now for the food. Let's start with the beer list. I really like beer and a decent beer contributes a lot to my dining experience, or in this case takes away. The beer selection is lame, one of the lamest I've seen in a long time. I actually made a note to myself to wander into BPs to see if Baton Rouge directly copied the BP beer list. The beer list is main stream water downed swill. I also feel quite strongly that restaurants should support local suppliers therefore some Big Rock/Wild Rose/Grizzly Paw/etc. should be offered.
Enough about the beer. I did a little research prior to going and was surprised to learn Baton Rouge is a chain. Had I not known a head of time I would of figured it out when the food was served. Drop a championship chef in a chain restaurant and you still get the corporate approved offerings. The first thing you notice is the plating, it is uninspired, exactly what you get with a kitchen full of line cooks. The plating on our mains was as boring as it gets, food plopped on big white plates. To be fair, the plating on one of our desserts was quite nice. The food wasn't bad, it was okay but we expected a bit more for the price. In fact my wife commented that she would just as soon have the instant ribs from Safeways and next time she would try the prime rib. Our desserts were hit and miss, our server recommended the Mystique cake which was nicely plated and my wife enjoyed. I ordered the apple cobbler which turned out to be apple pie. Not a big deal because i like both but when I order apple cobbler I expect apple cobbler.
In summary the food is okay but I can get okay food at a lot of places for a lot less. I give the staff a 4 and the food a 2 giving an average score of 3.
Would I go back? Yes, but only for the reason I walked in the first time. I can walk in on a Friday evening and get a table.
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