I really wanted to like this place more than I did, and I am hoping that from the good reviews that I just caught them on an off night and perhaps ordered the wrong thing. Â I did like that the had the menu broken up by level of spice - mild, medium, spicy. Â I went with my favorite Cajun dish, Crawfish Etouffee. Â I also found it to be gloppy with very few crawfish AND lukewarm. Â They did have some great sweet tea...if I made my way back here I would probably try one of the sandwiches or a chicken dish.
Review Source:A mere 783 miles from the home of all things cajun sits J. Gumbo's. The small restaurant has a selection of dishes served with rice and po' boy sandwiches all served cafeteria style. Place your order at the end of the line and work your way down during assembly with the option of adding a few items such as green onion, cheese, etc to your order.
The menu is separated into levels of spice, so I decided to go with one of the Voodoo Chicken from the "hot" part of the menu. Several scoops of white rice were piled into a styrofoam container with the voodoo chicken served on top. The chicken was spicy and had more flavor than just a bunch of tony chachere's being poured on top. There was more than enough rice so part of it ended up being wasted. I opted to get some peach cobbler when I was checking out, but really this was butter cobbler. The butter flavor of the crust completely killed the peach flavor from the fruit. I was a little disappointed with it but the main dish was solid.
The employees are helpful, patient and friendly while the owner/manager keeps a watchful eye over his flock. His friendly blusterous outbursts kept the line moving quickly in a nice way. There are just a few booth style tables in the restaurant and are right next to the serving line so there is going to be lots of foot traffic if you decide to eat in. I walked over here, but there is ample street parking in front of and around the restaurant.
J. Gumbo's has made my list of places to visit again when I'm in the Haute.
Jordan's review is right on, although their gumbo does have a darker roux than most places outside of Louisiana. Â It's flavorful and a good consistency. Â Their red beans and rice are good too.
They recently muted the televisions and put blues music on the speakers. Â That was a huge improvement to the atmosphere!
My only minor complaint is that every once in a while I happen to get somewhat lukewarm food. Â It's rare and I'm sure it's not easy to keep everything piping hot so I'll continue to be a regular.
Pretty tasty and super cheap "Cajun style" fast food. Let me start by saying this is NOT authentic NOLA food. It's fast food done Cajun style. I think once you realize that its pretty good.
The staff is friendly and helpful, as long as they aren't super busy they'll gladly let you sample whatever is on the menu. Dishes range from quite mild like the Bourbon St. Chicken up to the really spicy Voodoo Chicken so there is something for everyone. Each menu item has a number of hot sauce bottles next to it to let you know how spicy each meal is and they seem pretty accurate.
Most meals are about $6 to $7 so you can't really complain about value as you get a good amount of food, and like I said it's not authentic, it's just tasty cheap food.
Ate here today for the first time. Â The food is EXCELLENT! Â We both had the Jean Lafitte Po'boy and wow it was good. The food bears little resemblance to any authentic or traditional Cajun food that I've ever had (and I've had plenty; my mother was born and grew up in Cajun country and I have eaten my way across southern Louisiana more times than I can count). Â But it is good, just don't come expecting what you get in NOLA. Â Service was very friendly, very fast, and the food was reasonably priced. Â We'll definitely be back.
Review Source:Pretty lame Cajun food. I guess I was expecting more than basically a take out place but I though, what the hell, try it . The crawfish étouffée was mostly rice and gloppy sauce (roux made from corn starch?). Very few crawfish, no veggies,no onions and almost no flavor. You could fill up for $6 though. Obviously the cook has never been to Baton Rouge. I suppose college kids will eat anything that's cheap
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