03/12/09

Stay away from this restaurant.

by alexandrodefranco

For all the times I've been to New Orleans, I ate at Brennan's once for breakfast. Of course, Breakfast at Brennan's is one of those musts the guidebooks dictate.

This restaurant I thought would be a welcome respite from all the walking. We had dinner there right before hitting the park some more after the grandkids' sleep. The bill for us 4 was over $600, and this is with 2 small children! We had to send back a fish entree my wife ordered because it reeked. When it was replaced, the next fish according to her was dull tasting, as if the fish had been soaking in some solution to keep it from spoiling.

Stay away from this restaurant, they do not offer a good experience!

01/12/09

Great Music & Atmosphere/Good Food

by rydog44

I had dinner at the Jazz Kitchen on a recent Saturday night. I made a 7:30 reservation (the live jazz starts at 7) and specified I wanted to be seated in the courtyard so I could still hear the music, but I could also have a conversation with my girlfriend (this notion was based off other reviews.) We arrived at 7:20 and checked in. It was going to be a 10 minute wait for the courtyard, or if we wanted they had immediate seating in the main jazz/bar area. I stood inside the main room where the band was, and it wasn't really that loud, so we opted to be seated in there. We were about 15 feet away from the band and I was able to hold a conversation at a slightly elevated level. To me the whole point of eating here was to be able to listen to some jazz while I ate, so it was perfect. Our waitress seemed nice and the service was good. We ordered the Filet Mignon Muffuletta appetizer for starters. It came out promptly and was tasty. For the main course I ordered the New York Strip Tchoupitoulas and my girlfriend got the Blackened Salmon and Crawfish Tails. These both came out very quickly after the appetizer. My steak was cooked perfectly (medium) and tasted great. The onion rings were crispy and hot and the blue cheese potatoes were excellent. The green beans were steamed perfectly- nice and crisp and tender. My girlfriend's salmon was cooked perfect, looked gorgeous and melted in your mouth, but it seemed like it could've had more flavor from the kitchen- a little bit of lemon and some salt/pepper fixed that. The rest of her meal was very tasty. One note- our water glasses seemed a bit dirty (I seem to be noticing this a lot in restaurants days) and one of our appetizer plates was dirty, but the waitress immediately brought us a new one once it was realized. For dessert we got a small order of beignets, which were awesome. They were a good size, nice and hot, and piled high with powdered sugar- yeah... I would definitely go to the Jazz Kitchen again.

• Pros: Ambience, food, music
• Cons: dirty water glasses

01/27/08

Great Music, awful food

by sushisean

We were looking for a good live music lounge to hang out in and drink. Unfortunately we got there just in time for the last song they were playing, but boy were they good. If the drinks were anywhere close to decent we would come back for sure. However every drink we tried from the Mojitos to the martini's were just awful. No one finished their drink let alone ordered another one. The $25 plate of jambalaya pasta would not have made the cut at Denny's, let alone here. It was noodles, ketchup and overcooked chicken. And this was supposed to be a "house specialty". The apertizer sampler was equally appalling. The artichoke dip tasted and looked like it was made the day before and had been drying out ever since. The chicken was cooked at least twice as long as it should have been and the calamari was decent. The coconut shrimp were fantastic though! We should have just ordered that.

If only the drink were anywhere near acceptable we'd return for the great band. However never again I'm afraid

• Pros: Music
• Cons: Food, Drinks