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| - While my experience was not as appalling as the previous reviewer's, I, too, can hardly recommend a meal at The Bayou. But I did (after some thought) choose to give it two stars, rather than one, so let me explain why:
The food wasn't terrible. It was bland and uncreative. I ordered the red beans and rice with andouille sausage. The hearty portion of it that I was served was pretty good, but under-salted and perhaps under-seasoned, in general. The highlight of the meal might have been our appetizer of Bourbon Hot Wings, which were nice and meaty with a good, spicy sauce coating them.
What was really more atrocious than the food at The Bayou was the decor and the service. Michael R. noted that the murals on the inside walls of the restaurant are tacky and touristy. I'll give him that, but my bigger complaint was the furniture. The restaurant is entirely indoors, and yet the only table/chair options are metal "grate" patio furniture! Great for an evening outdoors (and necessary, I understand, if you need weather resistant pieces), but uncomfortable and unnecessary indoors.
And the service was slow. It took our server a long time to seat us, and to bring us our drinks. The appetizer was slow coming out, as was the main course. The time in between service and the obligatory check-in ("how is everything?") was long, as well, which was unfortunate because it meant that we didn't even get salt on our table until we were halfway through our main course. The slow service also meant that when I was unsatisfied with my drink (I ordered an Old Fashioned. What they served me was a watery glass of whiskey with seemingly no other flavoring), it took a while to exchange it (for the Nola Cola, which was actually quite good).
Two stars or one, the bottom line on The Bayou is probably still: don't bother.
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