Richard
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Off the top, this place is way overpriced. We have have dined at much more expensive restaurants, it's not about that, it's about what you get for the price point and at Catcher's, it's mediocre food and service, sitting between a canal and a loud street, at 5 star restaurant prices.
We gave it a second chance after a poor birthday experience. No change.
It wasn't terribly crowded on a sunny Sunday evening. Should have been hopping, but it wasn't. A large table was seated after us, saw a lot of looking at, talking about and pictures of,
the menus. Shortly thereafter they got up and left. Smart choice. The wait staff was noticeably talking about them, then a manager or owner came over yelling. Something about pineapple, $20 and them leaving after. Couldn't quite make it out.
Against my better judgment, we stayed. We came by boat and there's really nothing of quality in the area.
My wife wanted sauvignon blanc, but they only had Oyster Bay, a $10 mediocre bottle that they were peddling at $58. Yes some restaurants have started 4-4.5x markup on wine, but this is just egregious.
Our first time there I went with their paella special. At $65, it is very overpriced, but I really like paella, especially if it comes with a lobster tail. I asked about it before ordering, particularly if it was a traditional paella. They said it was, well it wasn't (it is pictured).
This time, only one place setting with fork, knife and napkin were on the table that would be for four (we were 3). We had to eventually ask for more when entrees were served.
This time, the paella was again a special, but I had no intention of ordering a soupy dish. They had a porterhouse and stuffed lobster special, but I didn't have high hopes and didn't want to gamble about having to argue over its $245 price tag if it lived up to my poor expectations, so i passed on that. I was then contemplating the pork chop, but that's a tough one if the chef isn't up to par. So...a bacon cheeseburger, maybe a 6oz was on the menu for $26. Really? Better be a fancy steakhouse burger at that price. It wasn't, but it was good. Anyway asked for truffle fries instead of regular fries, they said it would be an additional charge, which I expected. What they didn't say was that they were going to charge me for an entire side of truffle fries ($14) and not bring out both sets of fries. So that $26 burger was now $40.
Also ordered this time were:
Mesclun salad with grilled shrimp (I thought it was terrible, but our 13 year old thought it was ok).
Linguine and white clam sauce. Just ok.
My wife asked for a second glass of sangria before asking for the check, the check came without the sangria on it, but the sangria never made it to the table. Fine.
The check had a service fee added as well as a 20% gratuity already added. We were a party of 3. I forgot that they added those last time. Said something about both as well as the $14 upcharge for truffle fries. I should have taken a Pic.
Apparently if you pay cash (which I was) the service fee comes off. They removed the added 20% so i could leave whatever I wanted, and reduced the burger $7.
In any event, just an all around bad experience. Wish I would have remembered exactly how overpriced they are before deciding. After 2x I can say we are definitely never going back. Frankly, I don't understand how this place gets any good reviews. I hope they close. The owners and the staff (who make it obvious they talk about customers) don't deserve the place. Pretty sure we got the same treatment as the guy that was yelling about the prior group came up to the manager asking excitedly what I said to him as I left.
There's really nothing good on the mile. This place used to be Nawlins, and while the service was extremely slow (order two drinks at a time lol) the cajun food was very good. The subsequent Tropix on the Bayou and now Catcher's were both sub par.
This is a hard pass unless you like throwing your money away.
