great cajun rest. in austin?

NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 01:47:58 CDT
Xref:  austin.food:1997

Tried to do this place a couple of different weekends but seems they kept odd hours (couldn't be we keep odd weekend hours ; )  ).

JIM H. wrote in message ...
>There is a great Cajun rest. in Pflugerville. It's called McGowans
>Cajun Kitchen. The owner/chef apprenticed under chefs in several of
>the best in New Orleans. He gets his crawfish fresh and they're from
>La. not the overseas ones. The place is immaculately clean and great
>service. It's on in toward the old downtown Pflugerville on the right
>in a small strip shopping center.
>
>Someone wrote:
>>
>>Hi!
>>Can anyone recommend a good cajun restaurant in Austin?
>>Thanks!
>>--
>>Jay MacBride
>>[email removed]
>>
>>
>

David F. wrote:
> Someone wrote:
> >Hi!
> >Can anyone recommend a good cajun restaurant in Austin?  Thanks!
> Gumbos, up in Wells Branch.  Outstanding restaurant.  They
> don't take reservations, but (I think) you can call ahead and
> get put on the waiting list.  Often the wait will be 45 minutes
> or an hour, but it's -well- worth it.

OTOH, we found Gumbo's to be the *worst* restaurant we've ever been to in or outside Austin.  Over-priced, undercooked food; terrible service; and a $30 overcharge on our bill for food we'd ordered but never received; and when we politely informed them of the problems (we had to get up & leave, we couldn't even get the waitress's attention), they argued with us about it most uncharitably.  Needless to say, we won't be back, and have no qualms about undermining their patronage w/the info, it was that bad.

Haven't been to any other here besides Jazz, which someone already posted, has been consistently excellent food and service every time we've been.  Better beans & rice than I've had in New Orleans. :)

NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 01:55:23 CDT
Xref:  austin.food:2006

We had very mixed feelings on two trips to Gumbo's.  We too had undercooked food, a piece of catfish that came out like rubber.  We sent it back, they scraped the sauce off, cooked it some more, dumped more sauce back on! What a mess... Their 'fish w/ sauce' type dishes in general were way too greasy and not especially well seasoned. Gumbo was just OK, etouffee was lousy.  The cheesecake was truly exceptional however, a sweet-tart masterpiece.  All in all though, given the prices, way over-rated imho.

Dr D. wrote in message ...
>David F. wrote:
>> Someone wrote:
>> >Hi!
>> >Can anyone recommend a good cajun restaurant in Austin?  Thanks!
>> Gumbos, up in Wells Branch.  Outstanding restaurant.  They
>> don't take reservations, but (I think) you can call ahead and
>> get put on the waiting list.  Often the wait will be 45 minutes
>> or an hour, but it's -well- worth it.
>
>OTOH, we found Gumbo's to be the *worst* restaurant we've ever been to
>in or outside Austin.  Over-priced, undercooked food; terrible service;
>and a $30 overcharge on our bill for food we'd ordered but never
>received; and when we politely informed them of the problems (we had to
>get up & leave, we couldn't even get the waitress's attention), they
>argued with us about it most uncharitably.  Needless to say, we won't be
>back, and have no qualms about undermining their patronage w/the info,
>it was that bad.
>
>Haven't been to any other here besides Jazz, which someone already
>posted, has been consistently excellent food and service every time
>we've been.  Better beans & rice than I've had in New Orleans. :)
>
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