mother's

nice!. i've been going to mother's on/off for years, including during the days prior to the beautiful renovations and pool table in the back! i love the great wine selection, ambience, and look forward to dinners outside. i just love being on virginia place, as it always gives me that new orleans feel.

great food open late. always a nice piece of meat when it comes to their entrees! mussels w/ coconut curry sauce is just unreal! last time i was there i had the ahi tuna and it had to be the thickest most perfectly cooked piece of tuna i've had in my life!

disappointing. i only went here once, and i'll probably never go back. the bar area was incredibly loud, like screaming levels. luckily we were sat outside on the patio and not inside or we would have probably left.

on this given night service was absolutely terrible. it was a long wait for every single part of the meal, greeting to drink order to dinner order to food delivery... you name it. normally i'm not one to be in a rush or anything if i'm out at a restaurant so this was really over the top, we went generally 15 -30 minutes without having a server at our table, just unacceptable.

the food was disappointing. the apps were ok, i had the calamari. the cocktail sauce was awful, tasted like ketchup, but the seafood was alright. for dinner i had pork, it was alright. nothing great. for the prices they charged i expected something above average, but that's not what we got.

the drinks were terrible, cocktails were served in these odd 10 inch highball glasses that were rediculous. bartender went super heavy on the pour, straight gin with a tiny splash of tonic. great for getting hammered but not for enjoying a good drink.

atmosphere seemed like it was pretty cool, aside from the rock concert decibel levels in the bar. definitely nothing special enough for me to go back, which is sad because going in i really wanted and expected to like the place.

food: 5
drinks: 4
service: 1
atmosphere: 6

i use to love mothers....until mark and kate left. service is absolutely horrible now. don't even know my servers name. on a slammin friday night...tables were stalled, people weren't getting service, and the servers were sitting at the back table together (seriously, sitting down at the table together, with a full house, and customers being ignored) playing with each others little diddlywinks. it was an utter embarrassment to the restaurant. i will never dine there again.

you can order duck at 2am and it's awesome. that is all i need to say.

satruday night dinner...meh. i love mother's don't get me wrong, i have been going here for 20 years, but, saturday night was an embassment. the service is so lackluster and poor that the incredible food just can't make up for it. my gf had the twin tournodos and i had the st louis rib app, 2 house salads (amazing), and 2 glasses of cabernet (would have ordered a bottle, but a list wasn't offered), and we were rushed thru dinner and our rez for 10pm, i mean come on....i cancelled a 730 we had as we did happy hour first and were catching up, so the whole vibe sucks, and its a shame that the servers are breaking it down. if they need someone a couple days a week, call me, i'll get feet wet again (kidding) :) it's just a shame.

wonderful meal. we had a very courteous server who was extra patient as we took forever looking over the menu for our first visit. i loved the scallops and my husband thought the chicken was perfectly cooked (melted off the bone - so juicy!!). our friend says it is the best place she's been to in town! great beer and wine and attentive service.

very good. started with the oysters, pork belly (amazing), figs and banana peppers (not that great). had the rabbit and it was amazing. very hearty. all in all a good meal. and unlike some of the other reviews the service was good and not rude. one complaint no espresso. in today's day and age you need to have a espresso machine... period.

ehh... i've been to mother's numerous times. the food is always just 'ok' the bar is nice, the restaurant is nice, but the food doesnt do it for me. the only reason i keep going back is that the full dinner menu (minus the 8 specials they run out of every evening) is available until 3 am. just 1 time i wish i was wowed by this place, but its yet to happen.

one of my favorite restaurants. the food is out of this world. from appetizer to desserts to drinks to coffee. yummmmm

perfect for late night. sometimes the quality of food goes down if you come in late, not this place. always tasty.

good basic food. good food, great outdoor patio and it is romantic. i would not call this "fine" dining though. it is a good average kind of restaurant with a menu that will appeal to most people. the service was good but the restaurant is a little too loud.

mothers is the perfect "special occasion" spot, and a great option for happy hour in the city. it is tucked away on virginia place and parking can be limited, as there is only street parking available. if you are planning on checking it out, i would consider reservations. even though it was restaurant week, they are often busy.

oh, the joy of overpriced, terrible food.. here i was thinking, it's finally restaurant week again, i can try multiple places in one night for virtually no money! i was truly excited to see online that mother's special for the week was a soup or salad, followed by any of their regular entrees. here i was thinking, i finally get to try the food most people i know rant and rave about.

so as me and my girlfriend walk in, we can't hear a thing. they're blasting (fortunately appropriate) music at speaker breaking volumes, and the bar crowd is loud and obnoxious. mind you, this was at 8:00 pm at night, so the mood "should" be a bit more mellow at that point. next, we are finally seated by the (hard to find) hostess, and are placed next to a table of 6 loud and obnoxious females, virtually screaming at each other across the table so they could be heard over the music. here's a hint mother's, turn down the volume. furthermore, the server was inattentive, not just to our table but to all tables around us. she forgot our glasses of wine for the first 20 minutes and didn't give us refills on water even once throughout the meal.

hostess aside though, the real reason any review should be written is about the food that is served, because that can trump even the worst servers in the world.

firstly, soups/salad:
- broccoli cheddar soup: one of my first cooking jobs, many years ago, we used this frozen broccoli cheddar soup in the kitchen that came from a bag. it was the same exact soup. zero flavor, gritty texture, minuscule chunks of broccoli. enough said.
- house "salad": two drops of dressing, soggy mixed greens, mountain of chickpeas tossed on the side of the plate. truly pathetic.

secondly, entrees:
- blue cheese/walnut stuffed center bone-in pork chop, with port wine sauce: truly disgusting. the pork chop was well over well done, completely dried out and flavorless, zero seasoning. the stuffing was gritty and overpoweringly bitter, and the port wine reduction was over-cloyingly sweet. it came with obviously pre-frozen, under-cooked baby red potatoes, untrimmed snow peas, and a virtually raw baby carrot. a complete waste of money if i had to pay near full price, thank you restaurant week, or i'd have demanded a refund.
- seared scallops w/ "black" pasta, saffron cream sauce, roasted red peppers: every single one of the (10-20 count) scallops were gritty. gritty to the point of unbearable. there was no flavor of saffron in the cream sauce, not even a remnant of the color. i'm not quite sure what they did to the "black" pasta to make is so, but it was pre-bought, dried pasta. a place that charged that much per entree, should at least make their own pasta.

overall, a truly upsetting experience. to become a buffalo "staple", i was certainly hoping for something at least remotely palatable.

the chinese baby back ribs were excellent. i tried other things which were good. my fiancé enjoyed the duckling. i will definitely visit it again :)