bayou bar & grill

the best shrimp & grits i've ever eaten. i would recommend this restaurant (and specifically this dish) to anyone in the memphis area. absolutely delicious!

good, not great. i like this place... the food is good but not the best. i like the patio area and the mardi gras beads hanging from the ceiling on the inside. the service is slow which is a major turn off. overall, a pretty good place if you are looking for a chill night with a few friends.

next!. bayou was once the best cajun place to go in the city. i don't know if they have new ownership, but the food is bland and has no umph! the fish tastes like fish...which is an indication of the lack of freshness. i have given them multiple chances to redeem themselves...on the next place. they have failed!!

typical bar atmosphere with above average bar food. our food was delicious and our server couldn’t have been more attentive. looking forward to our next visit.

mixed reviews. i am represeting in this review a small group of people who go to a different restaurant each month for the purpose of expanding their culinary palates. this month we chose creole. the food is excellent. 11 of us showed and each had different items. we all highly suggest the crab stuffed shrimp app. the jambalya and jacuzzi dishes are great. the only main complaint was the creole catfish which was a sizeable fillet but smothered in some sort of a thick hot sauce. my friend was unable to eat most of it, but did not complain. in general, everyone loved the meal but some expressed it wasn't as good as creole one can find downtown. now for the really bad part of the review. most of us got there at 6pm on a sat. when it wasn't busy but didn't get out of there until 9pm. why? our waitress was highly disorganized and rude to the table as a whole. many of the group felt she was slighting or dismissing them repeatedly. when it takes three requests just to get a beer and then the checks, there's something wrong. the manager apologized. personally the food was loved by most but all hated the service. from personal experience, i could handle three tables of at least 11 ppl each in two different rooms by using a little bit of patience and organization. i won't name the waitress because for the most part is has to be the fault of management's training of their wait staff. good food but i guess they're more worried about being a sports bar than a restaurant.

bayou bar and grill is a fun seafood restaurant.  the prices are not too high either.  the drinks are always good.  unfortunately, i forgot to take very many pictures. this particular day we went for brunch.  on sundays, they have have screwdrivers, mimosas and bloody mary specials.   if you like your bloody mary's spicy, be sure to ask.  they have a non advertised pepper infused vodka.   in the spring and summer, they have a great patio.   some brunch suggestions from me are the cheese grits with an omelet with andouille sausage and whatever else you want in it.  i had the steak and eggs last time.  if you're hungry, it's a big steak.   for lunch and dinner, i like their grouper.  you can get it as an entree or on a salad if you want to

atmosphere. this place had a great atmosphere and it was easy to relax and enjoy spending time with friends here.

pros:
1) food was good (i had red beans and rice w/sausage) and the crab stuffed shrimp. flavors were decent, but no real stand out qualities
2) beer was ice cold (important as tonight was a warm night)

cons:
1) service: assigned waitress was not very good, she was unable to handle two groups without attitude.- we brought this up to the manager, and he addressed the issues we had and was able to compensate us for her lack of professionalism.

so to conclude: it is decent place with good food and is a great place when you are looking for a relaxed atmosphere to enjoy a meal and drinks with friends. so this will be a place i visit again and i will try other things on menu!

great shrimp po-boys,and a nice social atmosphere on their patio. this restaurant gets my vote.

i had heard good things about this place..... we started with the sampler which was tasty (the alligator chili was great, red beans and gumbos were decent) .

when our entrees came, i was immediately disappointed. the shrimp poboy has these planko breaded crustations. louisiana style seafood is always breaded in corn meal.

the catfish acadiana was this massive piece of undercooked fish with this glob of seafood over it. to top it off, the dirty rice was terrible. there was no meat in it and the rice was mushy and wet (which was actually the same mushy rice we avoided with the sampler)...

i guess it's back to dejavu for my new orleans fix...

cool place with a fun vibe to hang out, enjoy nawlins’s po boys, gumbo, alligator chili, alligator nachos, brunch on sunday’s & watch every game! good for big parties. big bar. great service. another memphis favorite. we will be back.

terrible slow service and it's not busy for a saturday. when we finally got our apps the char grilled oysters wereicold. the waitress's response was ok when we told her. smh.!!

disappointing experience tonight. they were short staffed and we had to wait forever for service. the food was ok but we were tired of waiting by the time we got it. then the checks were screwed up. we just paid and left. won't be going back.

only been here once, but the food we had wasn't really that great. might try it one more time to see how the pasta dish everyone recommends moves me. great place to take in games, though.

the food is decent but not worth waiting (unattendedly) for 40 minutes to be seat and/or assisted. when addressing the manager in a request to know when we'd be seated, we were literally told "there are plenty other restaurants around here you can go to...". thankfully, our waitress had more manners than management and took care of us fairly well.

i have been a frequent patron of this establishment for at least 5 years. over the past three months, service has generally been terrible. the last 4 times, including right now, the service has been awful. at least a 15minute wait before someone even speaks to me. twice, i waited so long my boyfriend and i got up and left. even at the bar. my goodness, could you look at me?!! am i invisible? three people standing 8 feet from me, and a friend, and then they all just walk off.