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Review of Al Copeland Investments

I'm not one to complain but this experience has le...

I'm not one to complain but this experience has left me with no other option. My wife and I decided to place an online curbside pick-up order at the Copeland's in Slidell, LA. We ordered the Shrimp Platter and the Crabcakes & Shrimp Alfredo, total price with tax including a 20% tip $48.24.

The Shrimp Platter was nothing more that a soggy frozen to fryer box lunch at best, for $20.49 I would expect something a little better than a pile of fries and onions speckled with a few shrimp, it also was supposed to come with corn fritters but I guess because I didn't check the box to add them to the order they just assumed I didn't want them, even though its right on the menu as part of the dish.

The Crabcakes & Shrimp Alfredo was even worse, the crabcakes had no crab (or very little), they literally were a fried ball of some kind of filler, if I had to guess what was in there I would say it was breadcrumbs, mayo and some kind of Cajun seasoning, the dish did have shrimp and angle hair pasta as stated on the menu but it was ruined by the sauce. It certainly wasn t your typical Alfredo as it was runny and had so much salt the whole meal was inedible. There was so much salt I literally had to spit it out to keep from being sick.

So my wife and I (hungry) shared the Shrimp platter because it was somewhat editable, that and we just spent almost $50 for what was the equivalent of a $4.99 fried shrimp box lunch from Popeye s, actually I've had those before and they are considerably better. Sad really because many years ago I had a similar experience at their location in Rockville, MD (which has been closed for 15 years or so now), I figured since I now live in the suburbs of New Orleans it would be way better, boy was I wrong, I guess all the food for all the franchises comes from a single commissary.