I have a confession to make. I hate smoky bars. I hate smoky college bars even more. I even hate bars that don't offer food. If I am going to spend money, I want to eat, relax, drink and enjoy.
It is for that exact reason that I love happy hour. I am constantly trying to gather groups of people to go to happy hours. I almost don't even want to go out if it isn't happy hour. I am a student so I usually can't afford to go to the type or restaurants that I like. That being said I have been on the hunt for a fantastic happy hour in Baton Rouge, since happy hour makes it affordable (to an extent) for me to eat at restaurants. So far, my hunt for a great happy hour has been mostly misses, with one great hit:
Kona Grill at Perkins Rowe.
Kona has a nice patio seating area (yay outdoor seating!), and, from what I can tell, one of the best happy hours in all of Baton Rouge. They have pretty good margaritas - specially priced for the ladies coming in at under 4 bucks. They have a great selection of appetizers and a few sushi rolls that are half off the regular menu price making them amazingly affordable. While the sushi isn't the best, they do have an ahi dish that is amazingly delicious as well as a shrimp option that I find to be better than Bonefish Grill's Bang Bang Shrimp. Kona offers a few pizzas on the happy hour menu that are quite tasty and I've heard that the avocado egg rolls are great but I have yet to try them. Not only is the food good but the staff is very attentive and accommodating. I honestly can't say I have ever had a bad experience there and I tend to force my friends to go with me quite often.
I've heard negative things about the regular menu, but I've never felt the need to spend full-price for regular menu items since the happy hour is so great.
The point of happy hour is to sit with good company and enjoy affordable cocktails and food. Happy hour at Kona Grill is, indeed, happy.
Side note:
I despise bugs. Sitting outside at night is a huge risk since any bug in a 50 mile radius will find me and bite me. I don't know how I have survived in Louisiana so far. That being said, I love to sit outside and out of all the outdoor seating areas I have been to Kona Grill has been noticeably bug-free. This is probably because Perkins Rowe uses an inordinate amount of pesticides to keep nasty little insects away from their clientele. That is fine with me, after all, I really don't enjoy lugging a can of Raid around with me everywhere I go.
Pictures to come.
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