This place is ok. Â Nothing to rave about. Â The service is terribly slow at times, the food is a bit over-priced. Â I've had food that was good, and not so good. Â However, it is handy to eat at before going to the comedy club next door. Â I will say that I love their cornbread! Â Their live music can be fun, although know that they charge an additional $1 PER ITEM during live music times.
Review Source:My wife and I walked past this place thinking about eating here as a back up if our other choice was to long of a wait. In hindsight I wish I had waited. The decor is ridiculous, it looks like they bought this restaurant and threw mardi gras beads on everything. But regardless of that, the food sucked. My wife had the blackened catfish, which was next to inedible it was so salty and peppery. I had a shrimp po boy. I didn't expect it to be as good as the ones I've had in NOLA but I figured it would be decent. I was dead wrong. The shrimp were baby shrimp. No exaggeration here, they were a quarter of an inch long. The sandwich was incredibly dry and had a boring piece of lettuce and some tomato on it. After we were done we wished we could redo our dinner. What a waste. Don't waste your time or a meal.
Review Source:We went last Wednesday for Karaoke night! The drinks here are great. We did not eat any food however. There were two large families in here with us and they both sang beautifully. They were so good and entertaining and I was hugely surprised. Our waitress was a beautiful SE Asain lady, whose name escapes me. She was great! The bar tender that night was a bit slow and off task but that did not ruin our night. Â The space is big and cutely decorated. It would be good for bigger parties and tables.
Review Source:First off, the service was horrible (chunky lil blonde with an attitude). Â The waitress would ask a question and walk off without hearing an answer. Secondly, this place is not health conscious at all and does not offer items that are low fat. Their menu is misleading by not stating that some items are deep fried and covered in gunk. The buffalo tails were grease soaked. Too many other restaurants to choose from in Zona Rosa. If you like true Cajun cuisine; go the extra mile to Legends for the Jazz Kitchen.
Review Source:There is one thing that I LOOOOOVE about this place: happy hour before going into the comedy club. PERFECT!
Food? Eh. Service? Don't get me started. The manager did attempt to make things right, so I'll keep it to myself...but it's easier to get it right to begin with, in my opinion. Prices? Ehhhh....do happy hour.
And you will want to check to see if happy hour applies at the tables, or only sitting AT the bar. Being IN the bar might not be enough. Â I've heard loud (and maybe halfway decent) music coming from FFB when we've left the comedy club, but if you hear me dying of laughter next door, you'll need to go to the Improv immediately....good comedy is more rare than decent music it seems!
I came here on a Sunday to have a quick lunch. The place looked nice (though practically deserted) and the staff seemed polite, so I sat at the bar and ordered Red Beans and Rice with Andouille Sausage. The food was fine, spicy and well-done, but the service was rather slow - especially for sitting at the bar and having perhaps 15 patrons.
For me, the experience was fine, but I have heard horror stories from several others of bad food and service. A classmate of mine who visited just after me said he got a meal of uncooked rice (which was still crunchy) and it made his stomach hurt for the rest of the week!
Either way, maybe it is hit or miss, but it seemed empty for the two weeks I was in KC and the food was just mediocre. For being in Zona Rosa, I wouldn't waste my time here and visit one of the several other places in the area until they step up their game. Perhaps some simple management changes would do the trick.
First, you may want to update your hours on this place. Â They are only open for lunch on Fri-Sunday. Â All other days they open at 5pm. Â
Being from the deep South and stuck with the bland food from the Midwest, I am on a mission to find something that reminds me of home. Â Fat Fish Blue delivered. Â Kindof. Â
First off the prices are high. Â As a family of four our bill was $56 - for lunch. Â There is no lunch menu. Â We had two median-priced (for this place) entrees, two drinks and two kids meals.
My husband ordered the "Alabama Shrimp and Grits". Â Being from the coast of Alabama, I think I have some experience with both shrimp and grits. Â The grits served with this dish were not true grits. Â I'm not sure what they put in them or how they were cooked, but they were more of a bready/rice consistency than gritty - you know, how GRITS are supposed to be. He said the dish overall was nothing to write home about. Â He would definitely not order it again.
I ordered the Mofo Mac & Cheese and oh. my. goodness. Â This mac and cheese was sooooo good. Â Creamy with small spiral (radiatore?) shells. Â There was an average amount shrimp and sausage inside - not enough for a piece every bite, but ample. Â That being said, for the price (17.99, I believe) I would have expected more. Â The shrimp were a *tad* overcooked, but like I said, I know shrimp and overcooking them is pretty easily done. Â The dish overall was delicious and I even forced myself to not eat all of it so I could bring some home and experience it again. Â If I go back, I will be ordering this dish. Â Hands down. Â
For the kids meals we had the Chicken fingers and the mac and cheese. Â Mac and cheese has already been covered. Â My 8 year old couldn't tolerate the spiciness (heat) of the chicken fingers. Â She's used to my cooking and cajun food so it shouldn't have bothered her, but I tried them and they were a bit spicy to be served to kids. Â We peeled the crust off and she ate them anyway. Â
As a side note, you have to BUY cornbread. Â What kind of Southern/Cajun restaurant makes you pay $2.99 for cornbread? Â The stuff costs pennies to make and is a staple on every Southern table. Â Also of note, there is a 50cent upcharge per item if there is a band playing Sunday thru Thursday. Â It goes up to $1 per item Friday and Saturday. Â
Bottom line, we MIGHT go back. Â I like to give restaurants two shots. Â Since our first experience was decent, we might go back. Â I only say might because I think Jazz - Louisiana Kitchen is much better and you get more food for the price. Â FFB is closer to me though, so it may win out.
Good solid food. We ordered the Sampler which included the  gumbo, jambalaya and the red beans and rice. Was it the best I've ever had? No but it wasn't bad either.  We tried the Fried Green Tomatoes - not my favorite.  I thought they were too heavily battered.  However, we'll go back.  Looks like it could be a fun place at dinner once the entertainment starts!
Review Source:I keep looking for decent places to eat north of the river, so yesterday afternoon we ended up at FFB. Â The place is vast. Â There was only one other couple, though I counted 20 televisions all playing various ESPN-type fare. Â The waitress was nice though she asked us to wait a few minutes to be seated even though we were patrons number 3 and 4 altogether. Â I had the beer-batter catfish, which was basically catfish nuggets, with dipping sauce. Â I liked this OK but it's exactly like Long John Silvers fish, so nothing special. Â The white rice was plentiful but no different than Uncle Ben's with a bit of juice added. Â In addition, there was some blanched broccoli which was O.K., but not any better than HyVee catering might bring (that's not saying much). Â My wife had the beans and rice and she found it uninspired, to put it nicely. Â The sausage, however, was fairly loaded with gristle, so that was a real turn-off. Â We both had Pepsi and the bill was $32 which did indeed seem steep. Â The music wasn't too loud, which I appreciated, and it seemed appropriately Cajun. Â I was tempted to give 2 stars but... Â It was almost 100 degrees outside and the air conditioning was going full blast and there were two sets of large double doors propped wide open to the outdoors. Â This flagrant waste of fossil fuel makes me crazy. Â I'm sure the idea was to entice more people to walk on in but it's just wrong. Â I predict this place will be out of business soon.
Review Source:We went last summer, right when they opened. We've always been fans of the Louisiana Jazz so we thought maybe this place would be good too. I can see from recent reviews however, that it's not changed since our visit. Â The food was ok, but not authentic Louisiana style whatsoever, and the menu was sparse to say the least. I had the country cajun chicken sandwich and it tasted like it could have been from any bar & grill type restaurant. My husband had the Big Daddy's Gumbo, which wasn't terrible, but disappointed in the way of that authentic cajun taste and was a rather small portion. Â Then there was the atmosphere, which we felt was given much more attention than the food. Everyone at the table is given beads, there is mardi gras decor on every inch of the place, and it felt so over done. And the music. We went in the early evening so there was no live music but they had music playing and it was obnoxiously loud. The place wasn't very busy so the overwhelming volume of the music was terribly uncomfortable, like they were trying to fill the space with noise. We've not been back and won't be back. Â Head to Jazz if you want the authentic experience.
Review Source:They lean to Louisiana cajun fare, but really needs to learn a thing or two about it, or lean to Jazz for advice. Â Not really cajun in my opion. Â Cornbread is the only steady thing I think they have going for them. Â The main reason to go here is the talent. Â Great blues bands and other genre make this place a gem to have in the northland. Â They know how to pick'em!!
Review Source:I really did not expect to like this place after reading all the poor reviews. Â But I made a visit despite that because I had a <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurant.com&s=c5fe485af4df376130bee54f875814d79c4d7913e1258123b1206d2bdbf4873b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://restaurant.com</a> coupon to use.
My friend ordered the Shrimp & Grits. Â There wasn't enough grits, so we ordered another side of grits to compensate. Â Overall, the dish was quite good, but the grits were greasier than I'm used to with cheesy grits.
I ordered the Crawfish Etouffee. Â I'll be the first to admit I know nothing about Cajun food, but this was not what I was used to. Â The dish tasted okay, but I am used to my rice swimming in a pool of etouffee gravy, and at most places, I order an extra side of dirty rice to mix in with my dish. Â But at FFB, there was a ton of rice with just a little bit of thicker, chunkier gravy on top. Â I also found the etouffee to be a bit blander than I've had. Â All that said, I would give it one more try...it came with a generous portion of crawfish.
I also ordered a side of mac 'n cheese. Â I thought it was good, but a bad choice on my part, considering the other stronger flavors we'd ordered. Â Radiatore covered in a white cheese sauce. Â Maybe something you'd suggest to a friend who doesn't like bold spices...?
Lastly, we both ordered drinks. Â I believe it was called a "rum punch". Â They were good, spiked with a healthy dose of rum. Â We only needed the one to "feel" it.
Service was pretty slow, but it was understandable as they were short-staffed, and there were only two servers to serve the many tables that were there that evening.
I'm not in any rush to hurry back here, but I was pleasantly impressed with the food. Â I'd give FFB another whirl.
Place is in a good location, in the middle shopping complex of Zona Rosa. Ambience is good, with quite clean and more Nola feels. They use the multicolor necklace as napkin rings which is kind of cute. Menu has quite a bit of variety, except no fried oyster which is one of the Nola specialties.
Portion is quite small for the price. Ordered crab cakes, which only comes with one single pieces. Not so great taste, but sauce is quite good which can accomplish a bit. Crawfish ravioli was quite disappointing somehow..... cause only few ravioli, and not really tasting the ravioli but found lot of chicken pieces on the ravioli plate. Oh my, am I ordering ravioli or chicken cause the chicken pieces seems to outnumber the ravioli?
I had the gumbo, and it was pretty pedestrian. For $10, it tasted straight out of a can, and it was one of the lowest-priced dishes. Definitely nothing special or fresh at all. Â Fantastic gumbo should be a no-brainer at a Cajun place. Â If you have taste buds go to jazz kitchen and get yourself a tastier meal for less money (go to the original one, don't waste your time at the legends branch). Â
The whole place just had that corporate cookie cutter feel. Â Not recommended for foodies at all. The fried pickles were good (and probably the only freshly made item at our table of 4), but not worth going back for. Â It was pretty apparent at their prices that this place was all about bringing in the bucks and not about the love of food.
Seriously, go to jazz kitchen downtown if you want some stick-to-your-ribs, dripping-with-love soul food.
It was with great anticipation I waited for this place to open. Â I finally went yesterday, but only for drinks although, I'd still like to give some impressions. Â
I stepped up to the bar at around 5 p.m. and there were 4 tables with people scattered around, as it is a huge restaurant. Â Three other people shared the bar with me. Â I ordered the "house" beer, it was a red. Â Overall, not bad and I'm sure it complements the food. Â
Perusing through the drink menu I spotted a lobster and crab bloody mary. Â If you like butter, this drink is for you. Â I can't say it was terrible but it was different and definitely for the seafood fan. Â Oh! Â And I got to keep the glass. Â I also liked that they carried Abita. Â Any self respecting establishment trying to bring you the New Orleans experience armed with nothing but plastic beads and fleur de lis should offer nothing less. Â
Additionally, I was impressed with the willingness of the bartender to answer all of my questions, she admitted the things she didn't know and went to find out. Â Unlike other chains who bring in corporate staff, it seems Fat Fish wants their people to figure it out on their own and if you can put up with that as a customer this place is for you. Â
Someday I'll go back for the food but most likely only if it accompanies a great live band.
Our first experience at Fat Fish Blue was in May and it was great. We loved the Alabama Shrimp and Grits and server was great. Fast forward a month to our second visit and the food was bland, under cooked and over cooked and the service was horrible.
The girl seating everyone looked like a deer caught in headlights. She attempted to seat us with our 5 year old in the bar area with a high-top table. Once we were seated, the server was slow and obviously had never waited tables. No plates for shared appetizers, no sweetener for tea, and repeat requests for items.
The food was just bad. The first piece of cornbread must have sat under a heat lamp for an hour. The second piece was OK, but crumbled to a million pieces. The hush puppies were raw dough in the middle and the Jambalaya was bland and did not resemble true Jambalaya! The only thing that tasted decent was the Collards. The menu said it was collards with ham shanks, but there was no ham to be found.
We will not be going back!
Horrible. Don't waste your time or money. No one in our party liked the food. We all left large portions of food left on our plates and our server never asked if anything was wrong. If you are in the mood for Cajun inspired food, please go to Jazz instead. This place is a set up to trap tourist in the Zona Rosa area. We will never go back.
Review Source:My aunt had a coupon for this place, so we figured we would try it. We never thought that a cajun restaurant would be so expensive. Our eyes nearly bugged out when we read the price for the dishes. $17, for a dish of mushroom ravioli, $16 for a fried chicken breast dish. We made a plan on how to get out of there without getting up and walking out. So, we ordered the $4 fried sweet potato fries with sweet bourbon sauce. I must admit that we did enjoy the sweet potato fries. We just couldn't believe, that a place that is just a bar and grill would serve such expensive food!
Review Source:Upon entering, I actually enjoyed the atmosphere. Â It was fun and open. Â However, friends from the area stopped me on my way to my table to tell me that they'd been waiting for sandwiches they ordered for over 45 minutes. Â Upon entering my order, I let the waitress know that I was on a time budget. Â She said that she would pass the message on to the kitchen. Â Thirty minutes later she came out to tell my friends and I that they had a big order placed ahead of us and that it was going to be a while still. Â At this time, we asked her to do everything she can to speed things up.
Fifteen minutes later - one of my friends went to get the manager. Â He came over and apologized, but the apology was weak. Â He also disregarded the two women at the table & primarily focused on the male at the table. Â After telling us that he had opened 21 other restaurants and that he didn't want to beat up his staff on their 4th day open, he did offer to comp our meal. Â The gesture would've been more generous if he hadn't taken up 5 of the 15 minutes we had left to eat our food. Â (Most of it was used telling us about his previous experience opening restaurants.) Â The waitress would not make eye contact with me for the rest of the time we were in the restaurant. Â
The food tasted okay, but I found it to be pricey for what we got and left feeling unsatisfied. Â I enjoy eating lunch at many of the restaurants in Zona Rosa throughout the week and can honestly say that I got less food at Fat Fish Blue than what I would get at many of the other Zona Rosa restaurants for half the price. Â Couple that with the lame service and it's honestly an experience I wouldn't want to repeat.
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