A well-liked Creole-style restaurant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, gave the famous critic nothing but desserts after he became Keith Lee. Over the weekend, Keith Lee shared his dissatisfied review of Bayou Affect together with his 16 million followers. But restaurant owners took notice of Lee, posting a hilarious comeback on TikTok that went viral.

“The former MMA fighter was referred to Bayou Affect by his local supporters who responded to a survey asking which popular Baton Rouge restaurant best reflects town’s culinary scene. In a review from his automotive, Lee mentioned ordering errors that caused him to wait over an hour for his food.

“Customer service was okay,” he said in a critique, noting that he arrived to select up an order of 4 items around 6 p.m.

“My family went to select up their food and sat there for an hour until that they had to go to the register and ask what the rationale for the waiting time was. Finally they told them they never placed the order.

Lee even gave one dish, the Philly Cheesesteak Egg Rolls, a rating of 5 out of 10. (For the record, the corporate is understood for its Bayou Egg Rolls.)

“I’m just 100% honest and I don’t want to hurt anyone,” he says uninterrupted.

He also ordered the catfish and spicy lemon pepper wings, which were rated 7.5 and 8 respectively. He gave the fourth item, seasoned fries, a 4/10, stating that it “came out of the freezer.”

However, owner and chef Skylar Leblanc desired to clear up some “untruths” in her own video. Supported by her husband and worker “itsCrystal106″, she flashed her phone showing Keith Lee’s review. “We saw it; let’s try it and rate it on a scale of 1 to 10,” she said within the sweetest voice possible.

It became clear from the beginning that this was going to be a scathing rebuke to Lee’s review when the headline appeared on the screen: “Keith Lee Tells Untruth About Baton Rouge Restaurant. After politely thanking Keith Lee for trying the restaurant, Leblanc didn’t press the problem, stating, “we’ll tell our truth.”

“I don’t want to get mad at Keith Lee for having an honest experience, but I think it was based on what he was told and not the actual truth,” she said, sparking some intrigue because the film’s million viewers wonder what is strictly true.

That’s probably the nicest approach to call someone a liar, nevertheless it’s clear that nobody should mess with Bayou Affect when he shows footage taken from security cameras in a restaurant.

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Lee claimed the restaurant forgot to put his order when he called, and it wasn’t until his family had been waiting for greater than an hour that the staff realized the error.

“First of all, we received his order,” she stated as a clip of driver Keith Lee walking through the door to select up his food was shown. She claimed Lee’s people used the name “Kev” when ordering, but when the driving force asked for a bag of food, he identified himself as “Steven,” and Leblanc had receipts and surveillance footage to back up her claim. Order mystery solved!

Lee criticized the restaurant for a missing item on his order, claiming that as an alternative of refunding his money, he was offered store credit – a controversial practice that will surely be frowned upon by the restaurant industry. However, Leblanc produced a receipt confirming that he was not initially charged for the missing item and was subsequently unable to get a refund.

“To clear up any confusion regarding store credit, it was not issued as a refund,” she revealed. “We noticed that the customer provided a different name and surname than what he entered. Especially after the wait, we wanted to extend a free credit as we would do to any customer who may have experienced this situation.”

As for Lee’s claim that the shop only had “five or six” customers on the time and subsequently no mistakes must have been made, Leblanc replied that business was booming that day, thanks largely to the “Keith Lee effect” – a phenomenon where one review by Lee catapults restaurant to fame.

“On Wednesday, Keith mentioning Lee literally sent us packing,” she said, though her video shows there have been possibly three or 4 customers within the restaurant when Lee’s driver enters wearing a tie.

However, Bayou Affect believes that they had the last laugh when Leblanc gently scolded Lee for not ordering their signature dishes, suggesting he simply didn’t prove himself before eating there.

“Keith Lee, we’re known for our lamb chops,” she advised a critic when a tantalizing photo of their plate of lamb chops appeared on the screen. “While we’re all grateful for the things you’ve tried and we know they’re delicious… we’d just love it if you tried the things we’re known for,” she continued. When it involves food selection, the Bayou Affect team gave Lee a 2 out of 10. Oh!

But all this teasing was good fun. Leblanc’s husband, who accompanied her through the TikTok video, prolonged an olive branch to the powerful critic and offered her sweet words: “I’m very proud of my wife,” he said with a smile, before adding, “and I thanks, Keith Lee, for coming and support Bayou Affect. We began really small and I appreciate every little thing you have done for us and this family.”

As for the second worker who appeared alongside Leblanc, hisCrystal106 neatly summed up the TikTok experience post.

“I just want to say the internet is crazy, oh my God,” adding that he plans to bask in some self-care before the inevitable hordes descend on Bayou Affect — all because of Keith Lee.

But that did not stop online hecklers from trolling their businesses for selling food that wasn’t as much as their standards. “Why do you have anything halfway on the menu?” he said one person on X and the opposite he wrote“I understood that until they said his food choices were a 2 out of 10. You shouldn’t have food on your menu that you personally would rate a 2 out of 10.”

A 3rd person said: “They said they called under a distinct name. His name was Stephen and the name that they had was Keva? I bet they simply got the name incorrect.

Lee also visited one other Baton Rouge restaurant during his visit. Left a “life-changing” tip of $3,000 at Fork N Spoon after rating the breakfast items he ate a minimum of 7.9.