Gumbeaux's a Cajun Cafe

04/15/2008 Posted by AnnieL2410

This place is fantastic, one of our favorite restaurants. It's not a place that I would take kids regularly, it's more of an adult restaurant at dinner time. The crab stuffed mushrooms are amazing and the portions are HUGE!

07/25/2007 Posted by dgp

My family recently went to Gumbeaux's Tuesday night and had the best meal. The service was great also. We do go often, however, we do not go on the weekends as much. The best time to go is through the week. If you do go on the weekends, you need to be prepared to wait. People drive from all over just to eat at Gumbeaux's. The service is always great. Nancy has been there for at least 50 years--not really, but a long time and she is wonderful. This is my favorite place to eat in Douglasville. The food is wonderful. The steak is better than any steak at Outback/Texas Roadhouse/Logan's. I LOVE the seafood gumbo. It's the best!! I am waiting for the Coconut Shrimp to be added to the menu!! HURRY UP!!!

07/18/2007 Posted by catastrophic

I have been going to Gumbeaux's for many years now. Being from Louisiana, I have to say the food is right on target. The people are very friendly and ther service is wonderful. The management is great, you can really see that everyone is on top of everything. I highly recommend Gumbeaux's to anyone looking for a great down home cajun meal with excellent service. Thanks Gumbeaux's & management !!!!!!

07/15/2007 Posted by geplayer

You must have been the only one NOT happy last night! The food and service my party received was absolutely TOP NOTCH! This place is authentic and well worth the drive. As with anywhere worth eating, there is an unpredictible wait. Some people can't be happy anywhere. I've been a regular for years and I love the consistent, top quality food that I always get.

Pros: fresh, authentic cuisine; great service

Cons: a little bit of a wait (but worth it!)

07/15/2007 Posted by dc111

As a party of 4 adults and a three year old boy, we arrived around 5 PM and were told that there were only 3 parties ahead of us. After over an hour, and watching 8-10 parties of 4 seated ahead us, we were told that they had only 5 tables in the whole place that could seat a party of 5. When we were finally seated, we mentioned this to the waitress and she sent the manager over. The manager was flippant and unconcerned and stated the the 5 tables were "all she's got" and walked away. We have gone there for years, but the novelty has worn off. This is not the first time we have been disappointed in the service. The peel and eat French Quarter Shrimp was so over cooked that it was a struggle to peel and eat. A real disappointment! We drove a long way to stand in line and wait for poor service, a large bill, and a rude manager. The men's restroom was trashed by 6 PM. There was litter everywhere. Also, we overhead the hostess telling a party with a wheelchair that there was only one table that would accommodate them, and that that table had not been served yet, and there would be quite a long wait. After much complaining, this party was taken from the main waiting area. I hope they were seated to their satisfaction. Is the food worth the hassle? I don't think so.

Pros: cold beer

Cons: very poorly managed

02/12/2007 Posted by cbarret2001

Staff was not friendly and Manager was very unprofessional and argumentive. Restaurant was very busy and we were told the wait was 45 minutes. That was fine. Went upstairs to the bar for a glass of wine. It took more than several minutes to get the bartenders attention and then once we called after him a few times, he could only take one drink order at a time. he served the wine then came back and served the glass of beer, then served a drink to my friend then came back and served my friend's husband. The bar is not very large and and only about 10 people were sitting at it so it should not have been a problem waiting on those patrons. He chatted with a golf buddy of his and totally ignored the customers at the bar. When we needed refills, we had to again get his attention and wait for each drink to be served separately. Service was awful!!! After 90 minutes of waiting for a table we went downstairs to ask the manager when our table would be ready. She said there were large parties ahead of us and we would be seated shortly because a smaller table just became available and they were waiting for it to be cleaned. We continued to wait in the bar and after 45 minutes we still were not called. We attempted to pay our bar bill (which required yelling for the bartender several times) and headed downstairs to wait for the table. The manager then told us the kitchen was backed up and that no one was being seated. In total, we waited 2 hours and 10 minutes and were still not seated. We were starving by that time and left to head to another restaurant. I can't say if the food tasted good but the portions I saw being served during my 2 hour wait looked scrumptous. I will never again try to dine at this restaurant on the weekend - they obviously are not set up to handle their customers properly. I think the wait and bar staff need to be trained properly and realize that they are in the restaurant business and that involves taking care of the customer.

Cons: Terrible service

01/12/2007 Posted by fjj

OK...I believe the people who work at the restaurant are the only ones giving this place a high rating. I cannot believe people who don't work at this restaurant would actually give it a high rating....I can't believe people who have EVER tasted REAL cajun food would give this restaurant a high rating....The staff was nice enough when I went but dang, the food was NOT cajun. I don't think they could survive outside of Douglasville. No offense....to Douglasville.....but if they had to compete with some real cajun restaurants the doors would close...and not that I wish that on any business owner but come on, cajun? Why not change the menu to what it really is? pinto beans (like lovesbridge said) over rice.....

Pros: nice downtown area

Cons: Food isn't cajun....

09/14/2006 Posted by n87

I love the food but some of the server are not any good. They need the old servers back. Like nancy, selena and linda

Pros: food

Cons: servers

08/23/2006 Posted by sublime_bjn00

No, I completely disagree with the previous review. This is a great restaurant. The food is very cajun and very authentic. You are completely wrong when you say get a cajun chef, when in fact the owner and the chef are actually from New Orleans. Please have your facts stright when you write a review next time. Apparently you need to brush up on your cajun food.

Pros: Great servings of food although it is a little more pricey at night.

Cons: Hard to park occassionally because of location.

07/14/2006 Posted by lovesbridge11

I went to this restaurant and ordered a sample of about five items on the menu. Having lived on the Bayou of Louisiana, I can tell you this IS NOT real cajun food. The so-called red beans and rice are nothing but pinto beans over rice and I could taste chili powder in the other dishes. This is an extremely poor example of "authentic" cajun cooking. I was very disappointed. I agree with Maurice (find a REAL CAJUN cook!)

Pros: We were seated quickly

Cons: The food was not authentic cajun cooking