Badeaux's Seafood & Grill — Restaurant in South Boston

Pretty good Louisiana style menu with sociable service and acceptable accommodations. There is fair amount of variety on the menu, from platers, wraps, burgers, and Po-boys to salads, sides, and deserts. For those with a more pedestrian taste, the burger options have sufficient variety and the quality is quite good. At first glance, presentation is nice but looked like light portions, but in reality it was substantial and filling. The Gator Tail appetizer was fried to a crispy, golden brown with the typical slightly chewy meat. The gator sauce, a cream cheese & pepper jelly blend with green food coloring is delicious but would be better without or with much less coloring. The Andouille Po-Boy was a more generous portion with a nice spiciness to the andouille on a grilled, fresh French roll. The spiciness was a good compliment to the fresh veggies and mayonnaise. I added the mushrooms and it was a good compliment but would have been really good with mushrooms, peppers, & onions like a Philly style sandwich. The beignets are a very delicious dessert pastry with a crisp exterior and soft interior. Atmosphere is just so, so. Being attached to a Hotel has its drawbacks, like the lobby bathroom arrangement & such. Not a huge space, but has...

Y'all, this is in the Holiday Inn....not sweating it, but the atmosphere is pitiful, and the service is even less so. It is so confusing when you walk in because there is no "seat yourself or wait for a host" sign. We had to ask at the bar what we were supposed to do. We took a seat in a booth and SANK into the seats. After a few minutes we moved to another table. We ordered beer(was lukewarm at best) and our food before we moved. My husband had the surf and turf with French fries, and I had the fried shrimp with fried okra and sweet potato fries. I have to say it was not the best but it was decent. The steak was a really good cut and cooked, maybe a little less than he likes, but not overcooked. The fried oysters were perfectly cooked, and so was my shrimp. The only thing I can say about the food is that the fries could have been a little more crispy. Once we received our food, we no longer saw a server. They were around, but no one came to check on us. I had to go up to where the register was for take out boxes...

My wife and I and two friends decided on a seafood dinner at Badeaux's after reading good reviews from others. This was on Oct 30 2020. We started off with an appetizer of shrimp dip and chips. Which was very good but it went downhill from there. My wife ordered fried shrimp and one of our friends had scallops and the other had oysters.I had the shrimp etoufee . My wife's shrimp was way overdone and my friend's scallops were way overdone . My etoufee was very disappointing . I love shrimp but left five of them on the plate. The only thing that got a thumbs up were the oysters. I also asked the server, when she was taking our orders , if they gave veterans a discount and the answer was yes. But when it came time to pay the check, I noticed there was no discount. When I asked her about it, all I got was "Sorry". Before she brought the check she asked us how we liked the meal and we told her how it was and all we got was "Sorry". Needless to say ...there are four people I know who will never eat...