Bourbon Street Bar & BBQ

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  Went on a Saturday night for live music for a friend's birthday.  First time there, and I was impressed by the decor and ambiance.  Got a seat in the restaurant section because the bar was packed.  
  
  Waitress looked too young to serve alcohol and was pretty slow, but friendly enough.  Vodka sodas were heavy on price and light on vodka, not a great combo.  We tried ordering food and they were out of everything we tried to order.  The food we did end up getting was OK, nothing spectacular but not bad (I'm guessing all their "good" stuff was gone??).  I might be back to try their shrimp etouffe only because I don't know of any other places in the southeast Valley that have it, but I won't be rushing to go back.

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  Posted on 07.16.13 Renata K.

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  I am local and used to go every Friday for fish when it was Toms BBQ, I went in thinking it was still Toms and was informed it had changed ownership . New signs were not up at that time. The fish looked and tasted like frozen fare unlike the fresh cut, batter dipped stuff Tom's served. Its not terrible , just not "great" like it was before.

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  Posted on 07.14.13 Dweez N.

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  Everyone in Chandler support this great local place!   Good, solid, interesting food.  Waiter was new but had such a great customer service profile he was the hit of our 2 week stay in AZ!  Hope next year we find this place still going strong and Manny stiff there!

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  Posted on 06.30.13 Jan I.

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  This is a local hangout for us and has been before it changed from Tom's BBQ to  Bourbon Street Bar & BBQ. We go there because of its location, the friendly bar staff (Sarah), and reasonably priced drinks.The food has improved since changing management and Friday nights they have live music.

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  Posted on 06.26.13 Helen T.

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  Went for dinner tonight with my hubby.  We made the haul out of Maricopa just to go to this place - so our expectations were rather high - maybe if it was just around the corner I wouldn't have been so disappointed.
  
  The good - pulled pork, potato salad & ribs - sauce was good, catfish fingers were liked by hubby.
  The mediocre - red beans & rice, macaroni & cheese, dirty rice
  The bad - rolls that came with dinner - just a cold floury out of  a package roll.  The brisket - dry and not very flavorful.  The boudin balls - they were out - but didn't tell us till well after we'd ordered our main meal - got catfish fingers instead, but due to timing those came out after our food.  They were also out of their Voodoo Magic Cake - which sounded delish and I was hoping would have brought this place back up into my graces.  
  
  Ok looking place, ok food, ok service - if we were in the neighborhood we might go again for the pork - but for sure not making an out of the way trip here again.

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  Posted on 06.24.13 Krista S.

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  Just tried this yesterday and it was delicious!  
  
  We ordered the Boudin Balls which were not to our taste, the sauce they came with though was delicious.  The Jambalya was really good.  I had the 2 meat platter with Ribs, Sausage, French Fries and Macaroni and cheese.  I loved it all.  The BBQ sauce is phenemonal! We also got the Peach Cobbler for dessert because it's one of my favorites and it did not dissapoint.  The peaches were firm and sweet. It was amazing!
  
  I can't wait to go back again and try other new things like the fish and chips and fried pickles.

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  Posted on 06.08.13 Toryanni E.

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  What a great neighborhood hangout!  I'm so glad I found Bourbon Street.  I have an affinity towards all things Louisiana, especially NOLA.  I'm always in search of a good shrimp Po Boy and theirs was absolutely delicious, they use a good quality shrimp and it makes a big difference.  
  
  I was determined to have a few cocktails and the bartender did right by me.  He was fast, friendly and did a great job of keeping everyone's drinks bottomless.  They also have $1 jello shots which were hard to resist so I had a few.  The bar was clean and so were the restrooms.  A few of the chairs could stand to be recovered but other than that, I have no complaints.  
  
  While I sat there I talked to a few of the regulars and everyone was super friendly.  After I had been there I while, I realized that one of the people sitting at the bar was the owner and I was shocked, he was really nice and down to Earth and even paid his own tab.  We only found out he was the owner because we were commenting on this really awesome lion head that hangs over the bar and he gave us the background story.  I've worked in plenty of bars in college.  It's always easy to spot the owner because he's a giant asshole to his staff, never leaves his spot, orders the most expensive things on the menu and doesn't pay or tip - but this guy was the total opposite.  I really hope this place makes it!

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  Posted on 05.20.13 Monique H.

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  Decided to try out the new restaurant in the neighborhood as we would really like to find a good place close to home. The only good thing I can say about this place is the service was friendly and the food came out quickly. That's where the good ends. The food was horrible? I ordered the gumbo, which generally has shrimp and uses veggies like celery! Bell peppers and onions. Theirs has none of this, instead what I got was a brown goo with what appeared to be canned chicken and beef. I also ordered the boudin balls, again not good. The outside was nice and crisp, but the inside was nothing but rice and raw breading "paste". Where was the boudin? My husband had the andouille sausage, he said it was ok, but it was literally a sausage with mustard on what looked like an uncooked bun (it was white!). Our friends had the oyster po boy and the shrimp étouffée. I had a bite of he po boy and thought it was awful...maybe I just don't like oysters, but my friend said it was just so so. The shrimp étouffée got an ok review by my other friend, however it he menu said it came with rice...you had to look really hard for the rice under what looked like the same brown goo they called gumbo. One of the sides that was ordered was the Mac and cheese...it had no cheese flavor, needed salt and all the macaroni noodles were broken up and scooped into a glob.
  
  The extended bar is nice and they could really turn that place into a great neighborhood bar, the food just needs some major tweaking. We were there on a Saturday night and they had karaoke which is always fun, however the ladies that were running it brought their young kids and had them singing too...weird and not the place for kids.
  
  I dont think we will be back and sadly if the food doesn't drastically improve, I give this place 3 months before it meets the same fate as the other restaurants that have been in the same location. They need to decide if they want to be a Cajun place or a BBQ and burger place....I say drop the Cajun food and stick with burgers.

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  Posted on 05.10.13 Amy M.

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  This place has one of the best tasting burgers I have ever eatin. Bottom bun is a little soggy but the fact that they know how to cook the meat a true medium rare makes up for it. Mushroom Swiss or the Zydeco burger are what I recommend.

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  Posted on 04.20.13 Tyler T.

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  Was greeted and seated right away and then the wait was on.  The waitress wasn't very friendly and you could see that she recognized regular Customers and found that potentially new customers were a bother. BBQ is fair, the fries were fresh cut but still had the taste of a raw potato even though they were cooked .  Seems to be a restaurant in transition (formerly Tom's BBQ) this is the third business in the same store front maybe they'll have a better run but they already need to start working on the staff and really need to find their self as a restaurant is it Cajun or is it BBQ or a hamburger place. Anyway I wish them luck.

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  Posted on 03.30.13 Alan H.

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  We thought we were going to Tom's BBQ, but recently this changed over to Bourbon Street and since Mr. M and I were starving, we thought what the heck.  I have mixed feelings about this review so I'm just going to break it down.  The location still has BBQ and added a Cajun/Creole aspect to the menu.
  
  We were greeted right away by a friendly young man who pointed us towards the newly remodeled bar.  It looks great!  It used to be kind of a short bar along one wall.  Now they've extended it out and added some sexy lights that I heard change colors, but were green this afternoon, and added a foot rest and hooks for ladies to hang their purses on.  Very nice improvement over the old layout.
  
  The bar seating was almost full so we sat at a 4-top nearby and were completely ignored for 10 minutes or so.  What looked to be manager or owner types (couple - she with blonde hair, he with bald head and thick black glasses) were standing just outside the kitchen surveying the restaurant and didn't notice us at all.   They did notice those near them playing cards.  Also the bartender and a server just walked on by, even though I gave them my best German penetrating stare.  
  
  Finally a nice gal came by and asked if we'd been helped yet.  We said, "No" and she chewed the bartender out a bit for not telling her there was someone new.  She took our drink order right away.  They have added to the tap selection, a few more Four Peaks brews and Corona Light.  Nothing that gets me too excited.  I had a Dos Equis Amber and Mr. M had the Four Peaks IPA.
  
  I ordered the shrimp dinner with mac and cheese, instead of cole slaw, and fries.  Mr. M had the 3 meat BBQ platter (pulled pork, pork ribs, and brisket) with fries and red beans and rice.  Here's where I really need to break it down.
  
  The ribs were tender, moist, smoky, and had a very nice flavor.  PERFECT.  Our server said they are using a mojo rub.   I dunno...but that's what I want when I go back.  Ridiculously good. 5/5
  The brisket was dry and only slightly smoky, but the burnt ends of two pieces were really good.  I would probably not order the brisket again. 2/5
  The pulled pork was delicious.  Seems to me that pork is probably the specialty here. 4/5
  The red beans and rice were fantastic.  It's hard to find good red beans and rice outside the bayou and these were smoky and very good with what I think was pieces of shredded pork mixed in.  Delicious.  5/5
  My mac and cheese was okay, but could have been a little cheesier.  3/5
  The shrimp were very good with their light batter-dipped breading.  Loved those too, just didn't get enough of them.  5/5
  
  The fries.  
  
  The fries.  Tasted like catfish.  And it's really too bad.  They look like fresh cut potatoes, and were cooked to a perfect, crisp golden brown.  They tasted like a fish tank.   When I mentioned to our server that really everything was cooked perfectly, but the fries taste like catfish, she said, "I know.  I know.  I hear it all the time, and on fish fry Fridays they all taste like fish."  Damn.  Separate your freakin' fryers.  Not doing so is either lazy, OR if you fry a lot of taters in the fish grease, it will make the grease last longer, but it will make your fries taste like fish.  Especially catfish.  Separate your fryers.  Fries: 1/5.  I wouldn't order them again.  Sad too, because they looked good.  Tasted bad.
  
  Then for desert he had some Dewars & water and I had some Jameson & water.  Drinks were delivered promptly and reasonably priced.  I would come back again for the ribs, red beans & rice, shrimp, and possibly the mac & cheese.  Not the fries.
  
  *UPDATE I got a msg from Chef Terry on 4/3/13 that now they have a fryer dedicated to fries only.  Yahoo!  Can't wait to go back!

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  Posted on 03.30.13 Kate M.

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  I finally found my Friday night fish fry! Hush puppies are great not over cooked. The burgers & fries are good too.

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  Posted on 03.24.13 J M.

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