Joe Louis Southern Kitchen

Ok so.... Joe Louis was great food 10/10 definitely recommend I had the catfish over rice with the gumbo, and I got a biscuit sandwhich with eggs and spicy beef sausage. We also got cinnamon roll pancakes side of eggs and bacon (normal breakfast stuff)

Downside: while I know it was Sunday.... I got there and checked in at 11am. She said about 25 minutes. By 12 I had no text to come in so I went in, and the host say "oh yall can come in!"... ironic... I know. I also Noticed there were about 4 tables open).

We sat down at 12... got a water and coffee for me... put our order in maybe 12:10. We seen a party of 8 come in, a couple more guests too. They all started to get their food, well before us who had already been there. At 12:52 we finally get our food after I had to ask the host what the hold up was. Ok fine, some of the food finally starts to come, it's HOT which is a plus!

I asked another waitress/host what the hold up was and was told well the kitchen is run different, so it's really depending on where you sit. I look so confused like huh?? So the ticket system doenst print in a first in first out order so the kitchen knows what needs to be sent out first? Here we have a two person table that had about a 25-30 minute head start on an 8 person table and they still were served well before we were. She also went on to say that the bar/window seats will eat first because it's "first come first serve" which made absolutely no sense to me at all.

I'm understandable! And really easy going, a simple "we are a little backed up in the kitchen, there might be a little wait" would have went a long way. Our waitress came over maybe once to check on us (once food came) and only offered a coffee/water refill after sitting and waiting on food for 45-50 minutes. No issues...again I'm understanding and easy going, still tipped her because I understand the service industry.

Full review 8.5/10 becuse of the time.. outside of that they would be 10/10 straight across the board! Food was phenomenal, portion sizes were great, and the atmosphere is pleasant. I definitely plan on going back and trying other menu items but I really hope they figure out timing and working orders first in first out. I'll also pack my sleeping bag and camp in the front so I'm the first on the list and sitting on the right side of the restaurant!