The Chimes Covington

Crawfish étouffée was great!

A great place to watch a game or to drink beer!

This Covington establishment has boat loads of beer! (50+ on tap and 125+ bottled beers). I can only imagine what their walk-in cooler looks like to store all their backup kegs and beer bottles :)  If you are wanting to drink beer come to Chimes. If you want to learn about beer come to Chimes. I am a beer drinker at heart and really love coming here. Actually came here yesterday and the lady and I went there just to drink. We had 6 different beers during that hour we were there. We tried some new beers (can't remember what they were as we got recommendations from the bartender). All of the beers were fresh and delicious.

The service is typical for a restaurant that is more focused on sports and beer than food. The servers are all young which normally means not much experience. So from time to time you do get a server who is just not attentive enough or quite as efficient as you would like.

The food is the usual food offerings you would find at most restaurants in NOLA. Gumbo, Red Beans and Rice, Po-Boys, and Seafood Platters. The food is pretty good but nothing stellar.

Anyway, I am a fan of casual fun places that cater to sports and beer. So I will continue to come here. Plus the outdoor deck in back is awesome! Great views of the river.

I gave this two stars because the servers are adorable, the beer is good and the setting is quintessential Louisiana. Otherwise, I just wasted $ on the worst $70 lunch I have ever had. The oysters were not the worst I've had, but only because they weren't spoiled - just tasteless, warm and mealy. My date did not bother to finish her "fish like" po boy...my suggestion would be stick to beer and appetizers (if desperately hungry)
bleechh!