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    3.8 (12 reviews)
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    Pork chop plate lunch

    I absolutely love mom and pop diners. This is another welcoming and homecooking place. I have driven by this restaurant so many times and had never seen it. It is hidden in a shopping strip, off of Trenton street, a popular shopping area in West Monroe, Louisiana. A friend invited me today and what a pleasant surprise! I will definitely come back and will bring others! Daily plate lunches. Easy to order with selections to choose from. Quick service. Not to mention reasonable price and oh so yummy! Just to note, there is more parking if you make the block and drive to the back of the restaurant with a back entrance as well. I did not know that either. What a gem of a place.

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    2 years ago

    Good homemade food, great service, friendly folks in a folksy setting. Glad we have a great place to eat in old downtown.

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    They had Great service and food was really good! Will definitely be going back in the near future!

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    We were in downtown West Monroe saw the place to eat we did it was great now looking forward to coming back there soon, great staff.

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    Milano’s Italian Grill - Supreme pizza 12"

    Milano’s Italian Grill

    4.0(85 reviews)
    2.3 mi

    So first time here and as soon I walked in the door , was greeted with friendly hello …read more I ordered the fried raviolis for appetizer and they are amazing . I also got chicken parmigiana over mixed veggies (swapped veggies instead of spaghetti) and it came with the fresh warm rolls (amazing too) . Then got a slice of tiramisu for dessert. All of this was sooo good that I will be back tomorrow to try either the pizza or calzone. The place looks great for family dinners as well as a nice romantic dinner w/ a loved one. I recommend this place to anyone passing by and or living here. I actually mentioned my dinner to couple in the hotel I'm at and they walked right out the hotel to head here for dinner .

    This was our first time eating here, and I promise it will be our last. If I could give zero stars…read morefor the food, I would. Our waitress was great, but unfortunately, the food and the way our situation was handled were extremely disappointing. The Milano's Favorite chicken was bland. The chicken was VERY SMALL, PAPER thin, dry/mealy, with hard edges. The dish has jalapeños in it, but it had absolutely no spice. We had to add crushed red pepper flakes and salt just to make it somewhat edible. Even then, I have no idea how it can be called "favorite." Alfredo dipping sauce was bland and clumpy. The mozzarella sticks were just crap. 3 guests ordered the ribeye. ALL Ribeyes were fatty/gristly. One of the guests who ordered the "16 oz" ribeye emphasized to the waitress that it needed to be cooked rare. The first steak was nowhere near 16 ounces, was maybe 1/4 inch thick, very fatty/gristly and came out medium. Honestly, it looked like something you'd get at Waffle House. Frankly, the Waffle House steak would've been better and A LOT cheaper! We requested another steak, AGAIN asking that it be cooked rare. The owner personally brought it to the table, but unfortunately, it was just as disappointing. It didn't even look like a ribeye, was still maybe 1/4 inch thick, was even smaller than the first one & certainly didn't appear to be 16 ounces (MAYBE 10oz), was even more fatty/gristly, had no deep grill/char marks, and was gray in color--like it was boiled. Once again, it was cooked medium instead of rare. The guest took one bite of the remade steak after cutting away all the fat/gristle and literally packed the steak up to take home for the dog. We asked to have the $30 steak removed from the bill, but the owner refused, claiming it had been eaten. The guest then unpacked the steak and showed the waitress that only one bite had been taken. Even after the owner seeing this, the owner STILL refused to remove the charge. Absolutely poor customer service! I have never been to a restaurant where, when something was prepared incorrectly or a customer was clearly dissatisfied, the staff--let alone the owner--wouldn't at least attempt to make things right. This was especially frustrating after two disappointing steaks were prepared incorrectly and left virtually uneaten. Mistakes happen, and not every meal will be perfect. However, how a restaurant handles a problem says a lot about its customer service. Unfortunately, our experience was extremely disappointing, and the owner's refusal to address the situation made it even worse. Word of mouth goes a LONG way, and our group has already shared this experience with others and advised them against visiting or recommending this establishment. Based on our experience, we certainly won't be returning. BTW, look on their website reviews, you'll see complaints of the poorly made 16oz ribeye, roaches in food & in restaurant & rude owner--I didn't see these reviews until after our awful experience here.

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    The Fat Pelican - Chicken Cobb Salad

    The Fat Pelican

    4.3(92 reviews)
    1.8 mi
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    Decent food- not overly fancy. More casual. Service was…read morefine, not all that busy. Appetizers came out hot, mushrooms were good, I added salt to them. Chicken Cobb salad was the best, very fresh and the chicken was grilled well. Fish was a little dry, and the bbq shrimp was ok, not overly flavorful. Glad we finally made it in- decent spot

    In short, horrible service experience on two different visits, and the food is not anything to…read moreovercompensate for the lack of decent service. The first time we dined here was in 2017, maybe, during which time the server slung our children's food across the table while setting it down-- french fries can roll off a plate with gusto! It was when the server placed the food back on the plate for the kids to eat as if we didn't all see what had just happened that put us off to coming back here. Fast forward to June 2026, it's a Saturday evening and the place my husband and I wanted to go was packed. We decided to give The Fat Pelican another try. When we walked in, there were only three tables occupied. As we stood there waiting for any signs of life from someone employed by this place, we could feel the stares from a particular table, as if trying to warn us to leave while we still could. But hindsight is always 20/20. A sweaty man emerged from the kitchen and told us we could have a seat wherever we liked. As we looked over the menu, I noted the shrimp plates all indicated (imported), which is pretty odd, being close enough to the gulf, and because our booth was right next to a poster celebrating some Louisiana Shrimp festival. I ordered unsweetened tea, which was more watery than tea, and patiently requested a soda instead, which he forgot about. One of the original 3 tables energetically waived sweaty man down, asking for their check so they could leave. Another quickly followed suit. The third table may have been playing mahjong-- they were clearly content in being out and visiting their friends. When it was our turn for what may have finally been the undivided attention of the server, we ordered. My husband ordered a steak. "We're out of steak"........ I ordered while he reconsidered the menu, really wanting to just abort the whole mission. There is a $1.50 up-charge for the loaded baked potato, which would have not been a big deal, but my husband's "loaded baked potato" was dry. We didn't bother to hunt the sweaty man down to ask for more butter, because we were both pretty frustrated. Because we were looking forward to a place that included dessert with their meal, we absolutely ordered the chocolate fudge cake. Look-- no shade on Duncan Hines or their brownies, but that is clearly what we each paid $8.99 for. You could literally taste the Duncan Hines, which was topped with ice cream and some confusing blue berries. It was a relief to pay out and leave, especially since the indie hits playlist had started its second loop. If you're still reading and wondering.. no one else came in to dine while we were there. There won't be a third time.

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