A favorite place of mine since 1985. Excellent food at reasonable prices. Our server Aubrey was awesome!
Today was me and my family first time at French Market Grille. It was about 16 of us out celebrating Mother’s Day for their Mother’s Day brunch. From beginning to end of experience there were a lot of hiccups. 1.) When we get there they don’t have our reservation. I literally had to show them my call log to show that I called on 5/2 to make reservation with a manager. I was told I had to make reservation with manager because we had a party bigger than 10. I’m guessing the manager I spoke to did not write down our reservation (wish I could remember name of manager I made my reservation with)…..the staff today was pretty nice about the situation and honored my reservation and continuously made sure that we were good the whole time. This is the only reason I’m giving 3 stars because of the kindness of staff…2.) A couple of the dishes were dirty (see picture). My niece had to get two different cups because every drinking cup that was given to her had dirt and specks on it as well as the plates. 3.) They ran out of waffles. If you’re throwing brunch you should try to keep your most popular item in stock. Chicken and waffles are usually a popular brunch item. 4.) They ran out of to go plates and gave my mom a big aluminum pan, like the ones used at a cookout ?…(see picture) it was funny but then it’s like come on man really lol.Overall it was an okay experience. If it wasn’t for the manager guy coming to check on me and my family consistently then I would’ve gave 1 or 2 stars. The food was okay nothing too special to rave about. My niece crab cake was mushy, no flavor. The shrimp and grits was okay. I was expecting some andouille sausage and peppers in it but it was just plain cheese grits with fried shrimp dropped on top of it, not mixed in. The decor is outdated and it’s pretty old and a little dirty inside as well. Not sure if I’ll go back. We just wanted to go because we heard great reviews but our experience was subpar.
Bear with me as I share my experience. Within a few moment of ordering, our salad arrived, it had been kept so cold the lettuce was limp. The main course arrived almost immediately after, certainly not freshly prepared!! Rice was luke warm, Crepes Louisanna contained precious little seafood and a pasty glue like gravy. My dinner partner had Seafood Au Gratin, which was reminiscent of the crepes. To top things off, it had not been reheated appropriately and had cold sections. Upon informing our server, no manager came to address the issue. Over priced, uninspiring, avoid if you have other options.
Service was great and I thought the decor and atmosphere was neat. Casual with a full bar. That being said, the food was just ok. I ordered a crab chop which had a description of something really cool and different. What I received was a large crab cake. While it had decent flavor it was far from what was described. Not a "no," but also will not be my go to place in Augusta.
Great food and great service!
Service was good and the manager came and how was the food.
Fun time at the bar after the tournament round. Menu was not as good as it used to be with fewer choices but still food was good and service was fine. They do not take reservations but it is large so getting in was not a problem. Wish they had the old menu.
We had my husband’s birthday dinner there last Friday nite. The entire staff was amazing! Our waiter Dez was so awesome. He was very attentive and handle all of our requests very professionally. He knew the food and drinks menu which made our experience the best dinner service we have ever received. He suggested the stuffed trout which was incredible amazing. When we go back we want him to our server. Also CUDOS to the manager Shannon who was super friendly! Costumer service was off the chain. We hadn’t been in awhile but we will definitely be going back soon!
The food was amazing, the she crab soup was super tasty, we also had the crepes and the au gratin, noooo complaints there! Service def could have been better though, we didn’t see our server after we received our food. Which sucks because I was really looking forward to dessert. We even had to get another server to bring us our bill.
Excellent service. Food was some good some enjoy. I had the seafood crepes which were very good- light but flavorful. Gumbo also very good Husband had the crab “chop” but was disappointed with it. Seemed to be a flatten over-fried crab cake. Overall would recommend but avoid the crab chop.