I was curious about this place and somehow got the idea that the food would be good here. it always seems packed and it's difficult to get a reservation. wow I was quite wrong. walking in and sitting down, we could feel the grime and the dirt. the waiter was quite nice and obviously very experienced dealing with parties that had kids. he did a really good job although he did want to up the tab, naturally, with some way off the mark descriptions of the food. and about that food..... really quite bad. the jambalaya tasted like it was canned tomatoes canned beans and plain rice and cubed chicken breast with no flavorings (the sausage in the dish was good). heavy taste of tomato paste. my wife's fish was a messy puddle of pseudo Curry sauce surrounding cheesy rice with a very thin flavorless fish filet sitting atop it all for $24. I'm not sure what they were aiming for with this combo. one of the worst dishes I have had in the area. my son's plain pasta was $9, and had a very small container of fake parmesan to put on it. Our garden salad was $10, tiny, and was simply some mesclun with some grated carrot and pickled onions, bottled dressing. and there was a good wait for the food. maybe if we had just ordered burgers and beers we would have loved the place? that is what most people seem to be ordering. but this restaurant is not cheap, including the burgers, even with inflation factored in. when one spends a good chunk of change on three really bad dishes, and waits a good while for the food, sitting in dirty booths, it leaves a really bad taste in one's mouth. no pun intended.