Well, service was the best part of our evening. It wasn't particularly busy, being 4 pm on a Sunday, but we must have caught the kitchen staff at shift change. Our waitress was really friendly without being obnoxiously overbearing, though. She kept our drinks filled and came by just often enough that showed her attentiveness without being over the top annoying.

We ordered our app, then ordered our meals just before our app came out. She told us it would be about 15 minutes. That would've been great. It would've been right around the time we finished our app. Well, we finished our app and waited. And waited. And waited. I commented to my husband, "This is the longest 15 minutes ever." Just a couple of minutes after I said that, the manager came up to us and explained that the kitchen was going through shift change and our ticket got pushed back. That explained why people who came in after us were already eating. She offered us a cup of gumbo while we waited. A cup of gumbo. It was still probably another 15 minutes before our food finally came out. By this time, I was about done with the whole experience.

Now the food. We ordered alligator for our appetizer, and it was fine, but the remoulade had a bit too much mustard for my taste. My husband ordered the Catfish Atchafalaya, and he said it was good. It was steaming hot, as far as I could see. I ordered the Fettuccine Alfredo with blackened chicken. The waitress told me to watch the bowl, that it was very hot, but I've felt tap water hotter than that bowl. The sauce had already started to congeal and had leached to the bottom of the bowl. The chicken was more blackened than chicken, and I wish I could say that it was because of the spices. Nope...just grilled to death. Even the garlic toast had seen better days. Obviously, my bowl had sat up under the heat lamp while waiting for my husband's order. I couldn't wait for him to be done so we could leave. The waitress offered a to-go box, which I politely declined. We even passed on dessert, which is unusual for us. We got our ticket and paid (the full amount...no discount for us!), and even left the waitress a substantial tip. It wasn't her fault the kitchen was a screw-up.

This wasn't our first time there, but it had been a while since we'd been there. We've always had pretty good service and enjoyed the food before. I just wish they had more options than chicken or seafood. They have a ribeye or hamburgers or poboys if you want anything else. There's more to Cajun cuisine than chicken and seafood. I'm sure we will be back, but I promise it won't be at shift change!