French Quarter Cafe

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Paul Cicotta

The French Quarter brings you out to the style, and flavor of New Orleans. As usual I had the help of my Google Maps! Mobile App. to track down another restaurant I had no idea existed. The French Quarter moved to a hidden location behind Spring St. Downtown off West Main St, where you will see a magnificent southern styled mansion. It looks so much like a big house, that no one around me knew exactly where it was located. Inside opens up to this historical southern styled decor and architecture. It does make you feel like your in New Orleans for a second, with the paintings scattered across the restaurant by Richmond Futch. While wandering around with adventurer Ebbie B., we happened to stumble upon a quaint reception hall upstairs. The marbled bar/counter-tops, tables, and chairs where stunning. It was great being part of International Food Night because we tried a variety of entrees The French Quarter had to offer. Unfortunately, the food and service is where it lost all of its southern flair. I did enjoy the Bring Your Own Bottle (no corkage fee) to the table, since they do not have a full bar. The service did not match the elegance of the place. Food items where scrambled, and not brought out consistently . Absolutely NO pre-bussing, we had STACKS of plates just sitting in front of us. While being a little sloppy, all the servers were very informative about the menu. APPETIZERS: The Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya was Louisiana cooking at its best. The rice was perfectly cooked and seasoned with age old creole spices. The beef sausage and chicken were tender, and complemented the spices in the dish. Nothing was over-done, but worked together to perfection. The Smoked Chicken and Sausage Gumbo was very bland in terms of everything. The Roux sauce for the gumbo had no flavor. The sauce needed seasoning, and a texture uplift. The chicken and sausage all got muddled with the lackluster sauce. The tasty broth of the Drunken Shrimp where made up of butter, beer, creole seasonings, and herbs. The broth packed a powerful combination of southern flavors, and made it a memorable highlight of the night. It also comes with home-made fluffy french bread to dunk in the broth. The shrimp where a HUGE disappointment as it lacked seasoning and tenderness. The shrimp tasted like they were over-cooked. SIDES: Move over Paula Dean, cause this Sweet Potato Casserole has you beat. The sweet potato was evenly churned in texture. and glazed on top perfectly with brown sugar. The toasted pecans tasted like candy. The Sweet Potato Fries where exactly the opposite from the casserole. The fries were too overly sugared to enjoy eating more. All the freshness seemed to be squeezed out from these frozen like fries. The Brabent Potatoes added another strike to the potato list. These little square potatoes did not only come from the same uniformed frozen box, but where overly salted to make them inedible to eat. The Corn Macque Choux had bold Cajun spices mixed in with butter and cream. The corn, peppers, and onions where all sauteed evenly with the cream making this dish stand-out from the rest of the sides. ENTREES: The Fried Cat-Fish was the BEST entree of the evening. You can tell the chefs put some thought into the spicy creole flavors mixed in the batter. The batter crisped up perfectly in the frier, as there was not an ounce of grease on the plate. The seasonings shined all the way through to the crispy/flaky cat-fish center. The Shrimp Etouffee sauce tasted amazing on top of the bed of well cooked white rice. The sauce was creamy in texture, and it had a spicy kick to it. Actually, this sauce was probably the highest level of heat I was going to get for the evening. The shrimp spelled the doom for the Shrimp Creole. The shrimp where overly oiled in the saute pan. The grease dripping off each piece of what was once a juicy delicate shrimp was not appealing to see. In fact the oil was the only taste of flavor from the shrimp. The sauce was watery, and had no spice at all.

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jazmyn roldan

So I went there yesterday and it was the worst experience EVER. The food is over priced. It seems as though they buy their products; boxed from local grocery stores and dress up with their own "finishing touch". Now Ive been to Louisiana, and their food was exquisite. The French Quarter is an imitation. Their food is over priced, cheap quality. Peach cobler was horrible. I ordered catfish with potatoes and dirty rice. The catfish was the biggest thing on my plate. And the potatoes were homefires and you can tell the rice was boxed, sprinkled with cajun on top. Even the soda was bad. Taste like it came from a bottle and it was flat. Their not an established restaurant. The whole place looks like ita falling apart and could use some maintenance. Also the service was very poor. I told them I wasnt satisfied with my food and they said they werent going to refund me......at first. LMAO. They need to do better and they need to improve on getting what they need to better their setting like soda machines, speakers for music so that we cant see their wires and plugs as they play music off someones phone lol, they need MORE MONEY to make it a REAL RESTURANT. What kinda reaturant doesnt give free refills?? Cheap people who cant afford tip of the line, quality merchandise. And they need to DEEP CLEAN their place and get that patch off the ceiling.....yea I seen that. Patches everywhere. And mop their floors.

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Kristen S

Working in the restaurant business I am very lenient about service but this was by far THE worst I have ever experienced. We waited at least 30-40 minutes for a server to come over to us even though we had made reservations for a birthday our party was that of only 10 people. Our server never once introduced herself asked for drinks or anything of that matter nor warned us we would be there waiting because they had to accommodate a larger group. When we received out food we had no utensils no napkins and again no drink refills, mind you we had not one but to pregnant women with us. When we asked to speak to a manager the server literally snapped her fingers at my friend and proceeded to tell us her brother was the owner and couldnt come out. Im not quite sure who spoke with us she was kind but also yet again unprofessional and completely unaware of anything going on. This place was what I would say for lack of better words a JOKE.. Im not sure who in their right mind runs any kind of establishment like this but they are clearly Im the wrong business

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e henderson

Never again. My friend and I decided to go for the first time. We walked in and were ignored. 3 employees passed us without greeting us or asking if we were ready to be seated. Im not sure if we were supposed to seat ourselves, but there were no signs indicating that, and none of the employees acknowledged us to ask or direct us. We stood in the foyer conversing for at least 10 minutes before we realized no one bothered to greet us. My friend really wanted to try the food so we waited another 15 minutes. We decided to find out how long we had to stand there before being acknowledged. Unfortunately for us, we never were. It was business as usual for them as employees walked past us and served others. Talk about rude and awkward! I dont believe in making businesses take my money, so I was not about to pull an employee aside to ask to be seated. Clearly they didnt care about our support, so I talked my friend into leaving. That wasted 30 minutes of my life Ill never get back. Never again. This restaurant gets