Edie's Biscuits — Restaurant in Lafayette

Their food is amazing, but good god.... I've given them five chances because I don't leave negative reviews lightly.

I always order to go via phone because their lines are absurd.

I started out ordering 10 mins before arriving but progressively increased lead time each time I ordered. I tired to find how long I had to order before arriving so that the food would be ready upon arrival. No matter the lead time, l end up waiting minimum 15+ minutes after arriving. I can only conclude they don't start prepping the order until you arrive. Especially because when you call in an order, they ask, "When will you be here?" instead of normal restaurants that say, "Your order will be ready in X minutes".

On their last chance, I gave them 25 minutes before arriving. I had to wait another 20 minutes after arriving. Seriously? What's the point of calling in the order and them asking "How soon will you be here?" if they're not going to even start the order until you arrive? It's just biscuits with a sauce on top; it should not take 45mins from the time of order to the time of completion.

Time is money. The food is great, but it does not justify, nor is it worth waiting this long - atleast for me it's not. I really want to know why they don't start on a to go order until you arrive. It's a terrible idea. It should be like any other restaurant's to go system.

Plus, whoever is responsible for hiring employees needs to be investigated for hiring practices. The only people I see working there, other than management/upper management, are young, very attractive, super model looking ladies......

In the great culinary cacophony that is Lafayette, Louisiana, one would not be hard pressed to find food. Finding "good" food would even be easy, given our vast culinary contributors from other nations and peoples. Finding "great" food is still a fairly easy feat, if you listen to locals carefully. However, finding "perfect" food, that's a grandiose task. Edie's is perfect. There's something special about the place. When a person walks in, a feeling of "Oh yeah, they'll take care of me." washes over you. The biscuits?! Untouched anywhere else in Lafayette, and possibly any place within a 200 mile radius. Then, Edie's had the beautiful idea to make Kolaches; REAL Kolaches. These are no dry bread stuffed with something wet. Rather, these bad boys are layered goodness of flaky crust with a sweet filling that will make a smile come to your face.

I think that's the general idea; I you would like to smile, go to Edie's. Simple as that. This is not something to eat while driving. You would be doing yourself a gross injustice (hopefully punishable by law) to eat this while distracted. Order your food, sit down with your coffee or milk, and savor each and every crumb.

I'm hungry now....

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The biscuits are fine but they’re a little under-cooked, and they came doused in like liquid cinnamon sugar. No one asked if we wanted the dousing, so we expected an order of dry, plain biscuits (maybe butter or honey on the side?), and opened a bag that had sticky syrup leaking everywhere. This is not the standard way to serve biscuits and it should have been much more clear (better yet, optional!) that this is what we’d get. Some syrup on the side would be fine, but each of our biscuits were individually drowned in the stuff.

Also, not one employee (literally), and only maybe 1/5 customers were wearing masks. We’re in the middle of a pandemic with only 26% of Americans fully vaccinated (21% in Louisiana). Unacceptable. I’d also be curious to know how they recruit/interview/hire front-of-house staff.

I would probably not come back here. That said, it’s an interesting experience to visit once. Super diverse clientele and you can tell it’s a local community hub—people coming and going who are obviously regulars who know each other and...