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| - We have been to Baton Rouge twice, once shortly after we moved to Ontario, and once this week. It is a chain, and most of the restaurants we tend to eat at here are not, so perhaps that should have been enough to keep us away. However, I recall that it was pretty good the first time we went there. Unfortunately, our recent experience will likely keep us from returning.
We ordered the cheddar cheese dip for a appetizer. It is not at all spicy, but for some reason, it is served with tortilla chips. I would have enjoyed this part of the meal much more if it had come with some type of bread.
Overall, the pace of service was quite slow. Our server was perhaps the most apathetic individual we've had the pleasure of being waited on by, and he disappeared for long periods of time. When our entrees finally arrived, my husband's ribs and crab cakes looked over done. Im not sure if they'd been sitting around waiting to be delivered or what. Our server acknowledged that the ribs were overdone, but said the crab cakes "might just be like that," though he was good about getting the entree remade. This took quite a while, but the new ribs and crab cakes were both better.
I had the veggie sandwich-- it was just okay. It was odd that the goat cheese was tiny crumbles, rather than a spread or something, so this flavour was missing.
Our server disappeared again at the end of the meal. It took forever for us to get out of there-- we were there about 2 hours, and we didn't even order dessert. Even though we basically ate our meals separately, the restaurant did not discount our meal at all. Since it is an upscale chain, the total price was well into the $$$ range, and this was not a good value for the food we received.
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