crescent city grill

second time eating here. thefoodhas always been great! but this place is relatively small, and they get very busy after 5 pm. if you have more than 4 in your party be prepared to wait! the excellent bar next door helps ease the wait. both the bar and the restaurant have a very nice atmosphere. i ordered the gumbo ya-ya and crawfish etouffee. the gumbo was really good, a nice dark roux with lots of chicken, duck, and andouille sausage. the etouffee was buttery and spicy. we were all stuffed when we left, but we were already planning our next visit for more delicious food. only next time we'll split our party up and be eating in half the time!

if only they would bring back death by chocolate. sigh.
thefooddoes not disappoint. and, it is consistently good. service is on point. i really need that dessert, however.

crescent city is a hattiesburg staple. the creole/ new orleans style of the menu is one of a kind for a restaurant this far from the coast. i've been dining here for over 10 years and the consistency of excellence in thefoodis what's amazing. it's simply always a great meal.

it does get crowed very quickly due to its high demand so plan wisely if you're from out of town. we rarely have to wait for a table but when we do, we gladly wait b/c the quality of the meal is worth it.

i took a customer there monday night for dinner and was very impressed with thefoodand the service. love the new orleans atmosphere. i will be back!!

recently visited for dinner. had blackened snapper. very good! have been dining here for 9 years and find thefoodconsistently good. good atmosphere, but a bit loud. i must be getting old. crescent city is one of my favorite places to eat in hattiesburg.

had lunch with my wife and oldest grandson. our meals of speckled trout and a hamburger for my grandson were very good. the service was good but the dessert (bread pudding) was just okay.

recently(march 2019) had lunch with my wife. we both had the cobb salad. it was outstanding!

bad night?. crescent city usually has wonderfulfoodwith great service, however tonight was the complete opposite. i ordered the pasta jambalaya and my father order the shrimp carnival. my pasta was terrible! horribly over seasoned with oregano (one of the worst spices to over season with), it made the dish unedible. the carnival dish consists of ettouffe, creole, and fried shrimp. my father said the ettouffe and creole were both down right gross. usually the servers/ manager promptly check to see how thefoodtastes, but this was not one of those nights. if we had not already waited over an hour to receive ourfood(on a very uneventful thursday night) i would have sent myfoodback immediately.

to recap:
-unappetizing entrees
-very slow bringing out food
-very slow bringing/collecting bill
-one of the last groups of customers left in the joint...?

as i said before crescent city used to be one of my favorite places in hattiesburg to eat, but tonight was an utter disappointment. don't know if i should chuck it up to a shotty thursday night crew or if st. john is cutting back on quality employees to make up for his expenditures for his renovations at purple parrot.

myfoodwas horrible! the service was good but thefoodwasn't. they could never compare to any gulf coast cuisine.

bestfoodi've ever had in hattiesburg. their chef knows how to get it done. i enjoyed the eggplant orleans and bread pudding. my husbands tuna was grilled to perfection. we will return.

terrible food. i cannot understand why people continue to patronize ccg. it does have a good atmosphere, but you cannot eat atmosphere. the service is good also but what about the food? the presentation is nicely done, but there is nothing about thisfoodthat is good. to call it new orleans stylefoodis a sacrilege. robert st. john's restaurants would not survive 1 week in new orleans! i think the only reason he is surviving here is that there is no competition in hattiesburg except the chain restaurants. in the past 3 years since we have moved here from new orleans, we have eaten there 9 times & have yet to have a flavorful meal. last night was the worst. the char grilled oysters were absolutely pitiful. how can you ruin oysters grilled with lemon, garlic, butter & cheese?? but, they managed to do so. what they called corn & crab bisque tasted like something out of a can from campbell. i couldn't even eat it. the batter they use to fry the stuffed shrimp & the stuffed mushrooms with was so heavy & thick, one could use it as a hockey puck. by the way, i still haven't tried the purple parrott because i cannot make sense of the menu & tabella's is so far from being authentic italianfoodthat it's a joke. i simply do not get it!!!

exceptional dining experience. i am not in any way familiar with hattiesburg, but the army brings me to this city for a week and already i can make this determination: crescent city grill is the best restaurant for the money here.

there are 4 restaurants inside of this building, all are owned by the same person and all use the same kitchen. so the quality of thefoodis going to be very high. the decor and ambiance was a huge draw to me and my group of 5 guys with lots of dark wood, low lighting and a high, metal tiled ceiling (just take a look at my pictures so you can see for yourself). call it sexist if you want, but immediately we noticed that ccg employs a staff of very attractive females. they go to great lengths to treat you right and by default, the customers go to great lengths to tip well.

their menu is diverse, just stare at it for a while. southern dishes are their feature and seafood is in literally every dish. i started with an appetizer of fried pickles and jalapenos. for a group of 5, it was gone rather quickly. the jalapenos were not spicy at all.

for my main meal, i actually got two appetizers instead of an entree, just so i could see what they were all about. i got the soup trio (gumbo, corn and crab bisque and soup of the day which was french onion) and the fried green tomatoes. the french onion soup was borderline too salty, but otherwise had a great flavor. the crab and corn bisque was very skimpy on the crab and the gumbo had surprisingly large chunks of duck in it. i was very pleased with them. the fried green tomatoes were a huge hit and some of the other guys at the table got them as well. it is only three large tomato slices, but they were very firm and fried to perfection. the shrimp seafood topping on them was second to none and had all of us wishing we had a giant plate of them to eat all night long. one of my friends also go their steak special which had a smoked sirloin covered with smoked onions. he said it was out of this world and it looked every bit too.

finally, our group ordered up almost every one of the desserts they had to choose from: sweet potato pie, death by chocolate, new orleans bread pudding and buttery pecan pie. i got the death by chocolate (which did not kill me) and although it was good, the winner of the desserts had to be the guy who got the buttery pecan pie. this ain't your normal store-bought pecan pie. this stuff was crust-to-top full of pecans, with only the tiniest sliver of that corn syrup filler in between. it looked and tasted amazing and probably wins my award for the best pecan pie i've ever had.

in the end, we sat and reveled in this terrific meal with every single person declaring they wanted to come back the next day. this place won't let you down and i would recommend it to anybody who is in the area as a place you shouldn't pass up.

of note: i observed at least 3 separate tables of single diners who all had brought a book or something to occupy their time. i find this very strange in a sit-down, upscale restaurant like this. although i don't know what it would mean.

passing through hattiesburg and had dinner with friends at this restaurant. i checked "liked it" but actually my husband and i have mixed reviews. he said his shrimp and grits were delicious and so were my crab cakes orleans, thougjh they had too much filler for my taste. hubby said au gratin potatoes were from frozen potatoes that they added cheese to. he ought to know as he orders fromfooddistributers. the bread pudding was okay but nothing like what we have had in new orleans. this one was pureed and sliced like a pie, no texture. whiskey sauce was good though.

omg!! i went here at 3:30 in the evening on a friday with my husband and 2 girls. thefoodis amazing!!! would recommend to everyone.

dissappointed. last monday night, i chose to go to ccg. i had not really eaten there in several years and they always have lots of cars there. so as i eat out once a day, i thought i would try them out. my server was nice and brought me my drink immediately. i ordered the sensation salad, which i had always liked, and the po boy with 1/2 shrimp and 1/2 oysters with slices of fried jalapenos
lettuce, 3 slices tomato, and lots of purple onion, a tad of sauce on french bread. not new orleans french bread, but french bread. my salad came with big chunks of romaine, last time i had this salad the lettuce was finly chopped up and the dressing was full of flavor. then my po boy. cold shrimp that made them soggy, 2 fried oysters that were also soggy, and about 25 or more of fried jalapenos. see the fried jalapenos made it look like i had lots of shrimp. they kept asking how thefoodwas and i kept telling them it was "just ok" and really for 17 or 18.00 it should have be hot. and really good. the oysters crispy, shrimp cooked. i was disappointed. in fact i asked my fb friends just what do people order that keeps them coming back for more and more. oh, there is no reason any restaurant should serve frozen french fries. by a potato cutter and fry those babies fresh. again, i will try again. and i agree about the smoking outside.

food is very expensive but not only are you paying for experience, thefoodis of great quality. our waitress was beyond pleasant!

good gumbo. having eaten in the purple parrot and the crescent city grill, i decided to have dinner at the mahogany bar tonight. the house salad with the sun dried tomato vinegarette was excellent and very fresh. the soup de jour was seafood gumbo which was a nice thick roux with shrimp and seafood and a bed of rice. the gumbo was very good. very reasonable prices too.


-----22 may, 2012-----

very good lunch. having tried the purple parrot once, i was anxious to give the crescent city grill a shot so i had lunch there today. the hostess quickly showed me to a table and alex, my server, was quickly there to get my drink order and tell me about the specials. i picked the lunch combination special which was cajun roast beef with mushrooms, pepper jack cheese and horseradish sauce, along with a small crock of french onion soup and some crispy home-made kettle chips. the soup was excellent with a light, but flavor packed broth, plenty of onions and some nice bread and cheese; and the cheese was not ridiculously stringy, as it can be. the sandwich was also very tasty with tender beef and the horseradish really came through; there could have been a tad more meat on the sandwich, but i won't complain. the kettle chips were crispy, flavorful and not overly salty. thefoodwas great and the meal was a bit over $13.
my only issues were these--one small and one not so small. when i went to the rest room there were no paper towels, so i mentioned it to a server when i came out. my bigger issue was the temperature. bring your parka! it seemed really chilly when i got there, but i decided to wait a few minutes and adjust. the longer i sat there the colder it got. when the hostess came by to seat another group next to me i quietly asked if she could adjust the temp and she agreed it was really cold--right then the other table said the same thing, so i know it wasn't just me. myfoodarrived and the arctic blast eased for about 10 minutes, but then kicked back in. i would have stayed for dessert, but i had to get out to avoid frost bite to fingers and toes. (and it was only about 78 outside, not exactly an inferno). just be warned, wear layers when you go in there :)