Baton Rouge Steakhouse & Bar

Went there last night. Before I write this review, I would like to mention I am a red seal chef. Anyways I Order a steak, medium rare, with three other at my table. Once the food came out I knew that the steak was more or a rare just by looking at it. I was disappointed and ask the waiter Brandon if he could get me another one, or cook it more. He was very ice about it, and went to the kitchen to fix the problem. Once he came back with a new plant, just by looking at it again I knew it was not medium rare. So that was two pieces of $ 20 slices of meat gone to the trash. You would think the cook that is working grill would have payed close attention to the next order and cook longer. But no still very rare.
Watch out when you order steak! Seems like they do not know what their doing.

Have been to this location quit a few times and I like it very much, funny thing is I always get seated in the same spot.
If you have been to any of their locations you would know that the food is fantastic. I have been to a couple other locations and I actually find the service is much better than the old Scott house and downtown location I have been to.
Overall a great place to come if you want a quiet night and a nice dinner but make sure you make a reservation.

I went here on a date.
Felt welcome, good staff, romantic.
We didn’t get an appetizer or dessert. We both got the steak with garlic mash. It comes with gravy on the side which I really like. Awesome steak, one of the best I’ve had. Cooked perfect. Nice and warm. Flavour was good. This was my second time going here, I’d return again.

Here goes nothing. My parents went here for their birthday dinner from a gift voucher my sister purchased for them. Let me start off by saying from talking to my parents and seeing pictures. This place does not deserve to charge THAT much for something so mediocre, I am a home cook and can put something more appetizing on a plate. The waiter did not offer my parents anything to drink, did not check to see if the food was okay, failed to give my mother a side she had ordered and when my mom asked for it, the waiter proceeded to explain that my mom did not order it. instead of asking her if she still wanted it. My mom got the rib steak with baked potato and vegetables. The steak was burnt as you can see from picture. she asked for well done, not well burnt, oh and the baked potato never showed up. My dad got the jewels of the sea which was supposed to come with 1 lobster tail, scallops and tiger shrimp, have a look at the picture and please tell me if you see scallops? NO, cause they never came. Two things missing from their orders and service was horrible. WOW. I am beyond upset. This will be my parents and entire families last visit to this location. What a disaster and disappointment for something that was supposed to be a special dinner for the both. I understand that the waiter did not know it was their birthday, but to treat any customer in this fashion is distasteful. How do you not offer your diners something to drink is beyond me. Especially a place that is SUPPOSED to be a higher end place like this. The waitresses name was EASTON. Thanks EASTON, for nothing. Learn to treat people nicely or find another job behind a computer screen if you do not have any customer service personable skills because this job is not meant for everyone and clearly not you.

Okay here it goes… We have been coming to Baton Rouge for several years now. Have never been disappointed. Food and service has been great. Until last weekend! Took my husband out for his bday dinner. He got his usual. Prime rib dinner (medium rare). Except it wasn’t medium rare, he got medium to medium well! And it wasnt very flavourful. Wasn’t impressed, but wasn’t going to complain. Now here’s the kicker. You pay a lot for this dish far as I’m concerned. Plus you pay for your salad on the side. Now granted the Ceasar salad and baked potatoes are really good. But as far as your meat. It could be done to perfection like it always has in the past. So the other day my husband’s mother took us out for his bday dinner to this tiny little restaurant in a small town just north of lakefield. We both had the prime rib dinner which comes with a roll, salad, soup, baked potato and veggies. The prime was the best prime rib we have ever had in a restaurant. It was done to perfection. Very very tender. And everything else was included with your meal. For $ 8.00 dollars less you get more included with your meal. The prime rib at Baton Rouge does not even compare to this tiny little restaurant north of Lakefield. So that said we will not be going back to your restaurant.

Not so impressed. Food is overpriced for what you get and they seem to have an identity crisis — what kind of restaurant is this place? Too casual for a higher-​end steakhouse & not enough variety to appeal to the masses. I ordered the blackened salmon — it was dull & flavorless. My colleague ordered crab cakes and said they were just «ok.» The big thing that turned us off? Our hotel room keys featured an ad for a free appetizer, which is why we thought we’d try the place. But alas, they don’t honor those offers anymore at Baton Rouge. Wouldn’t even throw us a bone. They must be bombarded by hotel room key coupons. There are SO many other great restaurants in the vicinity that you don’t need to sacrifice for Baton Rouge.

This was my first time to Baton Rouge and when I walked in the door I was impressed with the atmosphere and general layout. Looked cozy and clean. It’s too bad the food and service let me down because I really wanted to like this place. We arrived around 7 pm on a Thursday. It wasn’t super busy.
Waitress came right away to take drink orders. Then after 15 minutes our wine and draft beer arrived. (In my opinion too long, but maybe that’s just me). I ordered the breaded chicken tenders and I wish they had labeled these as «battered» chicken tenders. Big difference. Some people love them, I did not. I’m not big on greasy batter and that is basically what it was. Very little chicken. Dipping sauce was good. Baked Potatoes was decent, but can someone tell me why they put all the toppings on the top and once you get to the halfway point of your potatoe there is nothing left. no butter, no sour crème, just a dry boring potatoe. I asked for more butter it came right away not a biggee. The $ 17.00 price tag. that was a biggee.
My dad ordered the surf and turf. For $ 39.00 it comes with lobster tail, steak, potatoe, starter salad and dessert. The salad was forgotten (but they did bring it in a to go container aftewards which we forgot!). the steak was ordered med rare. it arrived med rare but cold. Just to make sure he wasn’t trying to be difficult, I touched it and sure enough it was cold. They took the steak back and warmed it up and it came back a little better. For $ 39.00 the potatoe was good and the lobster tail was delicious. He doesn’t eat dessert so I offered to take it seeing as we paid for it.
To compensate us for the disaster with the surf and turf they gave an oversized portion of the dessert. A nice gesture, but I am not a big dessert person either so it ended up going to waste.
The other 2 at our table ordered the ribs and said their meal was good. Overpriced but good.
To sum it up, I would say this place has Keg prices and atmosphere, but that is where the comparison ends. Its really too bad.

This Baton Rouge is located at Consumers Road and Thickson, not too far east of the massive AMC plaza. My boyfriend took me out here for our date night on a Saturday evening. We ended up going a little later, maybe around 7ish and we figured we would beat the usual dinner rush time. We were told a 30 – 40 minute wait but I think we were only there for 15 – 20 minutes before we were seated and they were fairly busy.
First of all, the restaurant was really busy — there seemed to be a lot of Christmas functions going on and whoever the hostess was didn’t use their head because they put a party of two (clearly on a date) right in between two big parties (when there was space on the much quieter other side of the restaurant (which we saw later on)). The party on the left was incredibly loud and obnoxious. A bunch of older people who seemed to have no regard for the fact that this was a) a nice restaurant and b) that they weren’t the only people there. We actually had someone shouting across the table at another person in their party… except directly at our table. Lovely. The other party was much quieter but had a bunch of people that kept milling around our table, getting up to go out smoking or just standing around which really intruded on our experience. Furthermore, they were getting in the way of the servers who were trying to deliver food and drinks. The best part? At least one manager walked through our area, which was loud at the time, and didn’t stop off at our table or anything. They awkwardly paused at our table and then kept on their way.
We had enough time to look at the menu and pretty much decide before our server came to get drink orders. She came back, dropped them off… and left without taking our order. She corrected herself and came back noting that she forgot to get our order but really… we’re sitting with closed menus waiting.
We’ve both eaten at Baton Rouge before, and I was thoroughly impressed by the downtown location in the Eaton Centre so i was looking forward to a tasty and delicious meal! We both ended up ordering Ribs but I got Ribs and Chicken Fingers so that we could split the fingers. I ended up getting fries and the hot spiced apples on the side and my boyfriend got the garlic mashed potatoes. The ribs… were nothing special. I’ve made better ribs myself at the cottage and my boyfriend actually said that at the table. They were fall off the bone but not enough sauce and just a tad dry. For a restaurant that’s known for ribs, that shouldn’t happen. The chicken fingers were WAY too breaded, they came to the table looking massive but that was mostly breading. The chicken fingers I had at the downtown location a few years back were much better. The dijonnaise was quite good though. The spiced apples are always my favourite and were perfect as usual but the fries were so salty that I drained my drink and was dying for another. After a bit (and strategically placing my empty drink at the end of the table) our server came and took our empty drinks and said refills were on the way. Ten minutes later they showed up. Not impressed.
Overall this was a terrible experience for such a nice restaurant. I will not be back unless my boyfriend absolutely insists upon us going here. A few tips to the restaurant — don’t seat small parties next to massive ones. If we had been on a first date, it would have made for a terrible experience. Be on top of parties that become loud and unruly. This party had a few drinks and was getting louder and louder until their food was served (they were loud through our entire experience except for about the last 20 minutes when they got their salads). You should have sat them in a different area (or us in a different area) and should have asked them to keep a lid on it when they got out of hand. You should have management visible in the restaurant so that if I have a problem, I can voice it to you. And your servers should be able to handle the number of people in their sections. It should NOT have taken 10 minutes for a drink refill. Our server should NOT have forgotten to take our order and she should have been present if we needed something or had an issue. Our server didn’t even come to our table so we could pay, she dropped the bill off and a hostess came to give us the debit machine.
Absolutely poor service, mediocre food and a wretched experience. I’m so very disappointed :(

So I went to Baton Rouge and had neither the steak or ribs. I assume I was asking for trouble? It was my first time at BRRB and atmosphere was very chill and welcoming.
I started with the potato soup. It was topped with cheese, bacon and scallions. It was pretty good but it was essentially a bowl of mashed potatoes.
For my main dish, I opted for the chicken tender platter based on some of the recommendations here. The portion was very generous but I was a little disappointed overall. On the plus side, these are hand battered (not breaded) but the batter to chicken ratio was a let down. I could barely find any meat under the layers of bland crispy batter. They provide two sauces (bbq and honey mustard) which helped give some flavor.
Overall, it was a great dining experience and the dark ambiance was impressive. I will definitely return but I think I’m going for the ribs next time!

So far all three times I have been here, it has been pretty good.
Service is not too bad
Food is average, nothing mind blowing. My most recent vist was during the evening and the special menu was in full swing… except the fact that it was almost completely out of every item I was looking to try. lol
Oh well… I still think the original ones in Montréal are much better.
So, if your in the mood for some real wood smoked ribs. give this place a shot. You can’t turn your nose up at the fact that they atleast use real wood. Unlike the other places that use smoke dust for flavouring.
The wine selection isn’t too bad either.

Bar staff were quick and friendly, itcwas a busy saturdaysovthevfood was slow

I wanted to review this Baton Rouge as well because I found the food to be really good (consistent with the Toronto Baton Rouge), and to also commend the wait staff on EXCELLENT service. There was a party of about 25 people and the serving staff were very polite, checking back just the right amount of times, and all of the meals came out at the same time (which is something that is hard to do with a large party)
I am biased with this place because I find their chicken fingers to be the best chicken fingers I have tasted anywhere in Ontario. What makes them so delicious to me is that they are not breaded but rather battered. Jack Astor’s has set the bar for chicken fingers, but in my opinion these ones are better (although Jack Astor’s is also really good).
The portion size is huge especially if you order fries with it. They provide two dipping sauces on the plate, a honey dijon and a bbq. They do not have wing sauce or plum sauce, but the sauces they give you does a fine job.

My usual lunch includes the lunch ribs, with fries and baked apples. After which I am so full, moving is difficult, but it is oh so good.
This visit I decided to try something different. I started with the Cream of Potato Soup, with cheese, chives and bacon. Nice thick soup, with a great taste. For main course I had the Baton Rouge Club, which is a chicken breast, bacon, tomato and lettuce on whole wheat bread, with fries. Again, a very filling meal and for about $ 20 including tax and tip, a very filing meal at a good price.
But being a special occasion (out with friends), we also had dessert. I had the Crème Brulee Cheesecake. I am a *HUGE* cheesecake fan, and this is one of the best. Covered in caramel and a nice thick consistency, I’ll be ordering this dessert again.