text: I do not mind spending money for a special occasion meal providing the food and the service are commensurate with a highticket entruee about per entrueennWe arrived at pm and there barely was a wait The greeter was courteous When we first sat down they promptly took our cocktail order and told us that water and bread would follow nnThe good I had just ordered the same cocktail for dinner the night before at the Voo Doo Lounge The one at the other place was nothing to write home about even though it was the same exact cocktail I do not know what they did differently but the one I had here was truly spectacular I would give it a I ordered a dirty martini using Grey Goose vodkannThe place was nicely decorated on the main traffic isle to the concert arena good for people watching and was cleannnThe bad They came around with bread and you get just one piece of bread the size of a garlic knot not very big One of my dinner companions was very hungry and after asking they finally came around with a plate full of bread but the visual just served just as a tease She thought he was just going to leave the whole plate Instead he gave her just one and moved on to other tables to pass out the other rolls and acted like it was the last bread on earth and he could only spare just onennThe wait for dinner was very long I did not time it but I am going to guess to say it was minutes I realize the kitchen might be backed up or something but our waiter never came by to say he knew we were alive and we were up in more tables or whatever There was plenty of staff in fact they told us they were fully staffed that night gearing up for the exiting crowd not until pm from that nights ACDC concert We were there during a nonbusy time as the restaurant was only about to capacity and virtually no waitnFor a entruee I want my waiter to be on top of things and attentive Not only did we have a waiter but we had a waiters helperbusboy who came by with water refills and the like There really was no excuse I could think of to ignore us that longnnI had heard that the food here was so amazing that I simply could not wait to try it I ordered the Grilled Hawaiian Swordfish It was overcooked very dry and there was nothing special about it To me the mark of good food is food combinations seasoning and the sauce Anyone can make fish chicken and steak It is what you pair it with and the sauce that floats my boat Anyway there were no such good comments I could make There was no sauce or special flavors and the food pairings were nothing unusual How about you put together some Cajun seasonings or regional Louisiana cooking for Petes Sake I felt like I could have had the same fish for at a local diner It was plain Jane and dried outnnIt came with Coucous The coucous was very good but hey it is coucous Who can get excited about coucous It is like saying you got excited about ricennThe vegetable was asparagus I guess they put it on the grill as well It was so overdone that it brought back scary memories of my moms generation when they used to boil vegetables to death It was completely wilted and also had no flavor or distinctive seasoning If you are going to wilt it then use some spices to rev up our palates If you are going to make it plain then serve it somewhat al dente so we can at least get in all our nutrientsnnI ordered the Beignets The last time I was in New Orleans I am ashamed to admit I bypassed breakfast and instead ate beignets every day for breakfast along with my robust French coffee Those beignets made a lifetime lasting impression on me While La Gasses beignets were edible they were not light and fluffy and were certainly forgettablennIm giving the restaurant a poor score for nonexistent service when they clearly were not busy and a meal that was no better than DennysnDT