I have to give my review of Tchefuncte's in Madisonville.

So me and the wife ate dinner at Tchefuncte's tonight. I normally do not feel compelled to give a review of a restaurant, but this time I feel I need to give a review and hopefully this info will reach Tchefuncte management/ownership. Why? I've been there probably 6 times and the quality of the food has incrementally gone down on every visit and I don't want to see this restaurant go out of business.

AND THE FIXES ARE SIMPLE.

When we were seated they seated us at these tables:



It was very irritating to sit at these tables because you are directly next to other tables and you cannot have a private conversation. Very irritating.

Fix: get rid of that seating.


First we ordered appetizers. My wife got the soft shell crab special app. No complaints. Very well done. I got the BBQ shrimp app. It was good except for one shrimp that was "off". I don't know if there is anything that can be done about that...it happens in the best restaurants.

Then we moved on to soups. My wife ordered the Lobster Bisque. She was satisfied. I ordered the turtle soup. It was terrible. Couldn't finish it. Not enough salt. Not enough spice and the "turtle" I'm almost certain was ground beef. If you are going to fake it at least make the protein shredded. Also the egg already comes in the soup and not to order. The turtle soup sucks.

To fix add a little more salt, little more red pepper flakes, make the roux darker, add a pinch of clove (just enough to have a background flavor), do not cook with the egg and make sure the protein is shredded.

For entree's I ordered the scallops over potatoes. The scallops were good. The potatoes were undercooked.

Fix: fully cook the potatoes.

My wife ordered a 8 oz. filet. The steak came properly cooked however the steak was not properly salted. It was a nice filet with no salt. The steak was served with an au jus that also had very little salt.

Fix: salt steak generously before cooking and baste in butter/herbs before serving (tried and true method that always leads to a nice touch on a steak before it is served).

The service was very good. No complaints there.

After the food, drink and tip our bill came to $350 (no pun intended).

The quality of food did not meet the price.

Tonight Tchefuncte's was half full. We wanted to go to Gallagher's tonight but could not get a table. Gallagher's usually runs about $200-250 depending on how much we drink.

Tchefuncte's has an excellent location but they better step up their game. There is NO reason they shouldn't be packed on Friday and Saturday nights.