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Café Vermilionville
1304 W. Pinhook Rd, Lafayette, LA
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Cuisine | International, Cajun | |
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Hours | Mon-Fri 11am-2pm; Mon-Sat 5:30-10pm | |
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Location | Around Town | |
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Reservations | Reservations recommended | |
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Dress Code | Appropriate attire recommended | |
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Phone | 337/237-0100 | |
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Web site | www.cafev.com | |
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Prices | Main courses lunch $9-$16, dinner $18-$31 | |
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Credit Cards | AE, DC, DISC, MC, V | |
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Closed | Closed major holidays | |
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Though it's highly touted locally, and a very pretty place to dine (it's in a beautifully restored old Acadian cypress house that dates back to 1799), we find it to be a bit disappointing. The food is extremely fussy, with layer upon layer of ingredients (as they recite specials, an entree will start out sounding lovely, but then they keep going and going describing everything that's on it, until you want to yell, "Stop!"), many of which are cream-sauce intensive. Having said that, the crawfish beignets are a perfect appetizer, and the pecan tilapia with a garlic-and-herb beurre blanc sauce comes with the sauce on the side, so the fish (crusted with pistachios and peppercorns) stays crunchy and relatively plain. Service can be inexplicably slow.
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0 stars | Frommer's Recommended |
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1 stars | Frommer's Highly Recommended |
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2 stars | Frommer's Very Highly Recommended |
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3 stars | Frommer's Exceptional |
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