re: most overated food places in baton rouge

If Rocco's IS rated than it
s overrated, I made the mistake of going to PoBoy Express and I'd say Rocco's was about on par with that.
Mansur's?? what's up with this place? I've never been but I haven't really heard much about it good or bad?

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Chimes is a close second, but I wasn't really dissapointed since I wasn't expecting it to be good. it's a bar. Poboys and fried shite are safe. I didn't go in expecting fine dining. Locals seem to romanticize Chimes, but it's just a bar with a lot of beer choices. Every decent sized city has one and they are all pretty much the same story.

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Yeah, more or less. Chimes does decent blackened stuff (but who doesn't?) and the stuffed potatoes and Greek salad are pretty good. Otherwise it's the best place near campus but that isn't saying much.

I understand Pastime used to be that way but that's more atmosphere than anything else. And if you're under 40 that was never there anyhow.

Can I add Jones Creek Cafe?

Hit or miss every time I go.

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It is hard to screw up burgers and sandwiches.

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to be fair, they do a lot more than that. It's one the better values in town.

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and yes, i know it's not fine dining.

DiGiulio Brothers....I've been there twice and it's no better than Portobello's IMO, and that's not saying much.

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We went and ate at Acme Oyster House 2 weeks ago.....I mean it's good fried stuff but no better or worse than Mike Anderson's.

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Their fried seafood is FAR worse than Mike Anderson's. In my humble opinion.

Last time I was at ACME the fried seafood was awful. Bland, cold, the fries were soggy, really disappointing. Not making that mistake again.

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I know it is easy to say they are all the same, but it's not.

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I didn't say I couldn't tell the difference between Ryan's or Golden Coral fried stuff and Drusilla's. Not everything has to be taken to the extreme.

But when you go to Acme Oyster House, Mike Anderson's, Jones Creek Cafe and Sammy's, they are all pretty much the same.

You're the ones saying Mike Anderson's is overrated...overrated how? It's fried seafood. If you expected it to be the Emeril's of fried seafood then maybe you were expecting too much....not me. When I go to a fried seafood place, I know what I'm getting.....fried seafood.

IMO, having lived here a long time, many places suffer when moved from their original location or expanded. Mike Anderson's has never been as good as when it was in the old Collegetown grocery starting out. If I want their menu, I always drive out to the one at the Holiday Inn in Gonzales.

Sammy's is not as good (IMO) as before they expanded, although it is still one of my favorite places to eat. Mansurs, for sure the atmosphere, as a date place, does not compare to when it was in the back of the shopping center bulldozed by WallMark. Lagnaippe was not that great last time we went, though that was a first, as it is near the top of the list for me. Headed there this week for a followup test.

To many of the critics in this thread, what are your expectations going in. I happen to like the pizzas and calzones (Tiger Bait) at Pasttime. So what if I have been going there since I was attending LSU a thousand years ago? Knowing what a place does best helps enhance the experience. I have had some really stellar crabcakes at The Chimes several times, even though location and beer selection are reasons enough to go. I have good friends in the business, and it is tough to keep quality at its best when you are changing personnel often, and dealing with customer's changing tastes. Back when Ralph and Kacoo's was still pretty decent, they opened in Houston near my office, and the food was not nearly as good as Baton Rouge. They said they had to take some of the cayenne out of their dishes because Texans were used to jalapenos and could not handle the red pepper.