I'll just start by saying the building and grounds...

I'll just start by saying the building and grounds are incredible. The lazy river is amazing. And that's the only reason I gave it two stars.

Here's the thing. I hated the experience. Everything was overpriced, the service was substandard, and the food was terrible. I went to a concert here a few months ago and we booked a room for the night. I don't mind paying a lot of money for a great experience. I don't mind paying $200 for a great meal at Ruth's Chris. But here, it feels like you pay $200 for crap. I dropped $75 bucks on a truly terrible meal at Jack Daniels (both food and service) and another $65 on room service that was ice cold and tasted like they had made it 5 hours ago. If you're going to charge me $15 for an omelet at least give me one that doesn't taste like hard cheese and cardboard.

It wasn't just the food though. Even though I spent many, many hundreds of dollars over the course of one evening I felt like a complete afterthought. The final straw for me was when we went down to the lazy river the next morning. We showed up when it opened at 10 and were starving so we tried to order some food. Unfortunately the server told us it would be at least another hour and a half before we'd get our food. So to hold us over I asked her to bring us some (overpriced) drinks while I went to one of the shops inside the casino and bought a bag of chips. As I was walking back I was stopped and told I couldn't bring in any outside food. By then I had spent over $600 in that place and all I received was terrible service, and here they are trying to hassle me over a $1 bag of potato chips (that I bought in their casino) because they wanted me to pay for their overpriced food too. I was prepared to spend all afternoon there buying their overpriced food and drinks but after that I decided I'd rather just spend my money elsewhere. I caught such a stuck up vibe from the staff and from their policies. It seems like that place is set up to only cater to the people who drop $50,000/night at the tables, while guys like me who are still dumping lots of money there are just an afterthought. That's fine. I'll take my money elsewhere. I can have a much better experience for much less money almost anywhere else in Louisiana or Texas.

If you like to spend lots of money without expecting anything valuable in return then L'Auberge is your spot. But for me, well the next time I go there for a concert I'll stay at a nice hotel nearby for a third of the cost and eat at a Waffle House so I can get better service and better food for like a tenth of what I paid at L'Auberge.