mary mahoney's old french house

if you know anything about food, do not go to this restaurant. escargot swimming in steak sauce? salad served in wal-mart dishes? waste of money!!!

the shrimp and crab au grate was very good. it was a cool day outside and it was freezing in the restaurant.

really bad food. this food ha been bad for years now. there is one notable exception. fried shrimp and french fries. when a club i'm in goes to mahoneys, i know to get that as everything else will be overcooked, dry and no flavor.

the atmosphere is great!! but sadly bad food and wait staff at night are bad. the wait staff for lunch is better. at night, they are slow and arrogant.

downhill. we recently ate at mary mahoney's, which we make a special effort to do each time we are in biloxi, usually twice a year. we were truly disappointed at the quality of some of the meals ordered. the st. patrick (shrimp and crab - escargot style) was terrible. it was drowned in worcestershire sauce, and was almost unedible. the veal itself was good in the veal antonio, but only after scraping off what seemed like a pound of cheese in order to find it. the salads were good, as well as the sisters of the sea, but overall not pleased. will think twice before returning.

my husband and i went there for lunch, the price for the quality and quantity of the food was good! the service was also amazing.

my wife and dined here on a thursday night. the staff was attentive and service was swift.
we both had the stuffed snapper. it was outstanding. the fish is served with a side order of crayfish étouffée over pasta. it was good but a bit unusual. it was more of a red gravy rather than a roux.
this came with a dinner salad with homemade dressings. blue cheeses and thousand island were very good. we also received warm bread and a side vegetable. price $36 each entree. total bill, 2 entrees, 2 glasses of wine, 1 mixed drink,1 dessert, 1 coffee, tax=$110.
tip: walk around the building to get the feel of the building and the court yard. you are walking back in time. as you open the door to the restaurant look over your right shoulder. read the small white sign attached the second story floor.
enjoy;-)

sadness. it was over 30 years ago as a high school senior i had saved up enough money to take my date out for a special dinner and this was the place. they treated us like royalty and we met mary mahoney as well and she treated us to complimentary desserts after our meal. the food and dining experience was out of this world. down through the years i have enjoyed many a memorable dinner there with good friends and family, as well as the occaisonal business lunch always consistant and always good. the place made a heroic return following the destruction wrought upon it by katrina, but unfortunately something else is destroying this wonderful biloxi landmark and that is complacency. the mahoney family obviously either has no clue or no longer cares about the quality of food they are serving these days. it had been a long time since i dined here for dinner, the last time i had lunch here it was ok, but far from what it had been in the past. a recent dinner visit was heartbreaking to say the least. the once wonderful gumbo was too thick and had a burnt taste, our entree's were over cooked and bland. the wait staff is still top notch and they are not to blame for what comes out of the kitchen. i relayed my dissatisfaction to my server and he appologized and said he would pass it along to mr. mahoney who was not there at the moment. we over heard a couple at a nearby table make almost the same compliant we did. we left very saddened and still hungry as well. having read other reviews on here i can see we did not eat there on a random bad night. hopefully, the mahoney family may take note of this website and the numerous reviews as well as listen to the compliants being vocalized to them and take steps to save this place before it is too late.

you can't go home. was there for the opening night in the 60s. frequented the place for our ten year residence there. was never over impressed with the food. ambiance great. visited this year on a sentimental journey. still a classy place with plenty of eye candy. food terrible. stuffed flounder dead a long time; stuffing overbearing cajun, couldn't eat it. dried up corn; and the sin of all sins: dried up pecan pie. talk about sitting on ones laurels? you need professional help bobby.

pay attention to the mid to low reviews. sadly, this is not a very good restaurant anymore. no axes to grind, but if you appreciate well prepared food at any price you will be disappointed. case in point: the "famous" bread pudding is mush. i wish they could recover from decades of undeserved accolades but the tourists will probably keep them going until competition just wipes them out. don't believe me? then just go there. only good thing to say is that waiter "greg" is excellent.

out of touch. i am not a fan of this sacred biloxi shrine. i don't see any indication that they use seasonal fresh items, or update their stale menu.as an example, they still use old style heavy cream sauces that end up tasting like the same sauce yes, the service is wonderful, as is the setting yet sadly the food does not do anything remotely unique, fresh or current. for this diner, no more chances to disappoint and drain my wallet simultaneously.

a menu centered around fried seafood does not even hint at fine dining for me. this was far from an upscale or elegant dining experience. if you want to pay $40+ for a plate of overcooked, fried seafood; a salad consisting of white lettuce, a tomato wedge and maybe a pickled ear of corn; and a tragically overcooked vegetable (mine was asparagus cooked to the point of being mushy) - this is your place. however, i demand quality. fine dining is about flavors and experiences, all this place has to offer is fried and bland. also, fine dining restaurants rotate their menus so as to offer what is in season. there should be more than one vegetable on the menu, any given day. the vegetables should complement each dish. salads should be fresh. the wine list is a joke. what the hell did i pay for? white table clothes? you may as well have had vinyl table clothes and been located in a strip mall for the quality of food that i received while i was there. needless to say, i will not be back.

one of the best restaurants on the coast! i've been eating there on and off for the past 7 years and it's some of the best food on the coast. i've never been big into writing reviews because anyone local already knows the quality of this restaurant. i've never had a bad dish there and was compelled to write this review after i read a few of these reviews. do not trust them they obviously have no taste for good food.

never again1. i am from new orleans so i have to disagree with the billing this place likes to give itself as "new orleans style" and "french". the poodle i bought in covington is more french than the cuisine at this restaurant. having just wasted $120 of my hard earned money at mary mahoney's friday night - i feel compelled to warn off as many people as possible..... my husband and i went there to celebrate our anniversary on friday night. i made the mistake of getting their "famous" gumbo. it tasted like nothing but file', it was served to me lukewarm and it was terrible. it is obvious to me that whoever made that gumbo had no idea how to make a roux. to make things worse, i just found their gumbo recipe in a cookbook that we just bought while we were on the coast - it had no file in it - called for okra (there was none in mine) and looked a whole lot better in the cookbook that it did on my plate!!! my husband and i also had broiled fish, served with some burnt sauce that purported to be etouffe' and was served over angel hair pasta along with some broccoli that looked like it came out of the freezer first. again, these were $36 dollar entrees, people - it was an absolute insult! staff was decent, but this restaurant has not evolved since the eighties - they are living off of their former reputation - you want new orleans food? put in the extra mileage and drive to new orleans. you want a decent meal at a fair price - don't go here! this restaurant has deteriorated into tourist trap.... very disappointed - this used to be a great place.....

nothing french tasting about it. barely even creole. bread is good, salads are very weak, gumbo is good, etouffee is odd, bread pudding is hit or miss.

great food. i love the food here i had the fried shrimp it was awesome great atmosphere friendly staff good service