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re: Boil and Roux on Coursey
Posted on 2/11/15 at 10:16 am to andouille
Posted on 2/11/15 at 10:16 am to andouille
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I hope they continue to improve and can last a while. I understand another seafood place is going up on the other side of Sherwood.
Glad to hear a good review of the place. I love me some oysters, raw & grilled. And I like that the shrimp poboy was good and that it was not fried shrimp.
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Posted on 2/11/15 at 1:17 pm to Skillet
quote:Indeed. The potential is there for the place to stick around, but they will have only few chances and not much time to work on and improve service quality before people just give up on the place. Even if the food continues to be good, it's not going to overcome poor service. I hope the owner realizes this fact. People have this thing called other options.
Glad to hear a good review of the place.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 2:59 pm to Langland
I'll prob go Tuesday night and get a couple dozen charbroiled. Hopefully they can get their service issues resolved because just about everyone I've spoken to who's been there says the food is good.
Posted on 2/14/15 at 8:17 pm to The Notorious
Went today for lunch with my dad.
Bartender had to quote each price for the lunch prices one by one, yet had the boiled section with nothing available till next week.
Out of half the apps too.
Fried chicken and waffles were good, burger was good too. Service was a D- at best.
Place looks cool, but seriously needs to get it's act together in the FOH. One of two tables, and took damn near an hour to get a quick lunch and get out.
Bartender had to quote each price for the lunch prices one by one, yet had the boiled section with nothing available till next week.
Out of half the apps too.
Fried chicken and waffles were good, burger was good too. Service was a D- at best.
Place looks cool, but seriously needs to get it's act together in the FOH. One of two tables, and took damn near an hour to get a quick lunch and get out.
Posted on 2/14/15 at 8:21 pm to andouille
I thought the gumbo was pretty good, Andouille .. I think they just rushed to open too soon ..
Posted on 2/14/15 at 9:13 pm to TigahRag
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I think they just rushed to open too soon
Bingo. The part that blows my mind, is the menu with "coming soon". Now they have to reprint them? Along with the fact that if you're going to have lunch prices, print a damn lunch menu. Don't have your bartender rattle off line by line the new prices from memory to every guest. It's annoying.
Posted on 2/15/15 at 10:02 am to Jambo
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The part that blows my mind, is the menu with "coming soon". Now they have to reprint them?
That's what I was talking about earlier .. why go to the expense of printing a nice menu with "coming soon" boxes all over it .. that is just an added, unnecessary expense when you have to re-print them .. and that stuff IS NOT cheap ... I think that "boil" menu is a little on the ambitious side too, if and when they ever get it going ... It is going to be tough to support all of that inventory and keep it fresh nightly ... once the entire menu comes online, that is going to take some work to support ..
I genuinely hope they make it .. it is an interesting concept that I can see that area supporting, if done right ... the problem is that there are too many "restauranteurs" that open up with the notion that they themselves have the "better mousetrap" and every other one before them was just doing it wrong .. they come out of the gate too too hard ..
Posted on 2/15/15 at 10:31 am to TigahRag
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"restauranteurs"
The bartender explained to us that it's the same owners, mgmt, and employees of Best Boilers that just closed. So why not move the entire concept? If you failed down the street, changing the name, and serving the same stuff down the street isn't going to fool anyone for long.
I can understand not having the boiled stuff for another week, but how can you not have cheese sticks for another week? If you're making fresh waffle batter in house, someone can certainly batter a damn piece of mozzarella.
Posted on 2/15/15 at 11:15 am to Jambo
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The bartender explained to us that it's the same owners, mgmt, and employees of Best Boilers that just closed
shite, their boiled crcrawfish were some of the worst I've ever had from a restaurant. I was excited for this place that has boiled seafood until I read this
This post was edited on 2/15/15 at 11:17 am
Posted on 2/15/15 at 11:28 am to tigersnipen
If it's the same service it will crash and burn.
Posted on 2/15/15 at 11:33 am to Jambo
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The bartender explained to us that it's the same owners, mgmt, and employees of Best Boilers that just closed.
I thought someone said prior that it was one of the Best Boilers cooks who decided to open his own place?
Posted on 2/15/15 at 11:44 am to TigahRag
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By the way, speaking of Potobello's .. I hear little Miss L is now "professionally" dancing on Bennington ..
Link, pics, something. You've been here too long not to know the drill
Posted on 2/15/15 at 12:16 pm to Dutch3
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I thought someone said prior that it was one of the Best Boilers cooks who decided to open his own place?
I specifically asked the guy, bartender, with a huge circus mustache who was involved or if that was the case. Said the whole gang just transplanted.
Posted on 2/15/15 at 2:51 pm to Dutch3
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I thought someone said prior that it was one of the Best Boilers cooks who decided to open his own place?
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I specifically asked the guy, bartender, with a huge circus mustache who was involved or if that was the case. Said the whole gang just transplanted.
“Maurice Walker is the entrepreneur behind the venture,” Stephanie Riegel writes in last Friday’s edition of Daily Report. “He has worked in restaurant kitchens before, most recently at Ralph and Kacoo’s, but has never owned his own restaurant.” LINK
Walker, who previously worked at Best Boilers, said Boil & Roux will be unique for its mix of boiled dishes and south Louisiana staples. “We want to bring in people from across Baton Rouge here,” he said. LINK
OK. The above gave me the impression that it is not the same "gang," but after looking up Best Boilers old menu ( LINK) and comparing it to Boil & Roux's menu ( LINK), I absolutely believe the bartender, with the huge circus mustache. The menu ain't exactly the same, but it's pretty much copy of the other menu, with only minor differences. Obviously the same gang or members of the same gang.
I also read the reviews for both places. The reviews are dang near identical. Good food, but poor,very slow or non existent service.
New Prediction: Won't make it. It's a fail. Poor service will kill it. Gone after crawfish season.
This post was edited on 2/15/15 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 2/15/15 at 3:15 pm to Jambo
So they basically ran out on lease A for lease B ..
Posted on 2/16/15 at 1:21 am to TigahRag
I'd like to see the old coursey Happys go into this place
Posted on 2/16/15 at 5:53 pm to illinitiger
I wish I would have searched for this before we went there today.
Shitty service. I mean, terrible, no refilling, unhappy waitress, with no clue as to what's on the menu. The "seat yourself" sign should have been our warning of the weird lunch we were about to have.
We wanted boiled crawfish. Welp. That didn't happen as the waitress said "we are waiting till it's in season". Loll. K.
We picked the seafood platter and the crawfish salad. Both were ok. But nothing special. Also had oysters that were warm-ish. And got warmer when I had the waitress go and get me crackers and horseradish (she looked at me like I had 3 heads when I asked for both). That little trip took her 15 minutes. No lie. Also if you have a kids menu, try not to drown your French fries in Tonys. While I thought they were tasty, my kid didn't think the same.
The 3 waiters. Yes. 3. Had no idea what was on the menu, being served, out of stock, etc. You could hear tables asking questions and the wait staff had to go and ask questions. Tables were waiting 10-15 minutes to get any attention or answers.
In short-- so-so food, terrible service, over priced seafood (but not boiled. Guess we can call it "Just Roux"). Spending $68 on lunch - could have gone somewhere much nicer with better service and not felt the regret I did eating here.
Sad too. Wanted it to be better.
Shitty service. I mean, terrible, no refilling, unhappy waitress, with no clue as to what's on the menu. The "seat yourself" sign should have been our warning of the weird lunch we were about to have.
We wanted boiled crawfish. Welp. That didn't happen as the waitress said "we are waiting till it's in season". Loll. K.
We picked the seafood platter and the crawfish salad. Both were ok. But nothing special. Also had oysters that were warm-ish. And got warmer when I had the waitress go and get me crackers and horseradish (she looked at me like I had 3 heads when I asked for both). That little trip took her 15 minutes. No lie. Also if you have a kids menu, try not to drown your French fries in Tonys. While I thought they were tasty, my kid didn't think the same.
The 3 waiters. Yes. 3. Had no idea what was on the menu, being served, out of stock, etc. You could hear tables asking questions and the wait staff had to go and ask questions. Tables were waiting 10-15 minutes to get any attention or answers.
In short-- so-so food, terrible service, over priced seafood (but not boiled. Guess we can call it "Just Roux"). Spending $68 on lunch - could have gone somewhere much nicer with better service and not felt the regret I did eating here.
Sad too. Wanted it to be better.
This post was edited on 2/16/15 at 5:54 pm
Posted on 2/16/15 at 6:57 pm to illinitiger
I liked Happy's on Coursey .. Have to agree with you ..
Posted on 2/16/15 at 8:34 pm to Meatloaf
Man... Didnt wanna get in this thread, but how can an owner not notice this? Esepcially having seen it before down the road?
Wow. Just wow.
Wow. Just wow.
Posted on 2/16/15 at 9:12 pm to bossflossjr
I wonder why they were in such a rush to open? I could understand if they were trying to milk crawfish season for all it's worth, but considering that they don't have boiled seafood yet, that can't be the reason.
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