Tabasco 1868 - Louisiana

Get the crawfish nachos, you will thank me later. Also this place is cafeteria style, totally fine just get there early and be prepared for chaos. A lot of the other negative reviews I see, I think people just were expecting a typical dine in restaurant. This is not that.

I was looking forward to a nice lunch after driving over 5 hours to visit the island only to find out it isn't more than an unorganized concession stand. I had to explain my order twice to the person that took my order. Then again tothe person who took payment. Since you pay first, then they put the order in, only apparently not really. 2 people in my party got their chili and the person who ordered a chili waited over 20 minutes. We asked about the status and the employee said it was being pr … – show

This is a convenient place to stop for a bite after the Visitor Center and tour. They offer very good local comfort food that should please anyone in the family. And of course you have a choice of many Tobasco sauces to season your food. We were looking for gluten free choices and had the Avery Island red beans and rice and the boiled shrimp salad. Both were very tasty. The back room of the restaurant has screens that open in nice weather.

Bland Boudin, rude employees, was a 15 minute wait to get my food, a member of my party was eating and their fork broke:o. Can’t way to NEVER come back to this establishment again.

Excellent food. The experience is somewhat diminished by the madhouse, cafeteria-line ordering and service and bizarre pairing of ceramic dishes and fast-food style plastic trays that don’t fit them.