Ate at Uncle O's Yesterday

I had it, very good, I just wish it had not been served lukewarm. If you send something back in a restaurant and ask them to warm it up a little, they always nuke for 5 minutes until it's a cauldron. Just as bad as lukewarm.

I've eaten there twice.

The gumbo is extremely over priced for a small cup and was lukewarm both times I had it.

Had a shrimp poboy one time and it was okay. Had a catfish poboy last time and it was very good.

Dempsey's is better and still my go to for both.

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i got a cup last week....had 6-8 crabclaws in it, alot of shrimp, several chunks of crab. good value in my opinion. i even commented to my wife on how much seafood was in the cup. maybe i was lucky and got a deeps scoop?

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My cup had a few nice shrimp in it, but that was it. And $8 for a tiny lukewarm cup means I won't order it again.

But good poboys. They really need to do something with the interior as well.

Zombie, is O's SF gumbo loaded with okra?

Willies (on Cloverland) > Dempsey's > O's....IMO

Fried okra fresh out of a garden is pretty tasty. Any other okra is nasty to me.

I've been several times (as you can tell by my handle, it's convenient).

To me it's head and shoulders over Dempsey's for its core items. I have not, however, had lukewarm gumbo served to me there, nor cold rice. If I had, I would be critical as well.

I do agree that the cup of gumbo price, in particular, should be a little less. What I would do, if I were them, is add menu items that combine sandwiches and cups of gumbo at a price lower than both a la carte. Give a better deal to those who are eating a big meal.

I agree that the seafood gumbo is loaded and the chicken and sausage is solid. One other thing I'd recommend is they consistently have potato salad available. A lot of people move here from West Louisiana and see this as standard. They have C&S gumbo worthy of West Louisiana prairie cajuns, so they should always have that final touch and have the potato salad available.

One other thing: Make red beans and rice (and sausage) a menu item and come up with something different for the lunch special on Mondays. The RB&R is solid and I've found myself there a couple of times on other days wishing I could get it.

i ate there last week
gumbo and roast beef poboy

both very good, but i agree on the gumbo cup price

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But atleast they are tryin

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And that's a whole lot of the battle. You have to care and love your food and taking care of people, or just get out of the business. It seems like it's a given, but soooooooo many struggle with it that it must not be a given.

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I think overall the food is far better than alotta places in BR. Its locally owned, folks are super nice, and they strive to please the customer. Im in.

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Agreed. They really do seem to care, and have been very pleasant to deal with in my experiences with them in the past.