new orleans bar & grill

new restaurant to us. very satisfied with the waitress but the service from the kitchen was pretty slow. waitress was very prompt with refills for drinks but thefoodwas a little slow getting to the table. we had a large group, thefoodcame out in groups of 2 or 3 plates every 10 minutes or so by the time the last person got theirfoodsome of us were through eating. that is the only complaint we had. thefoodwas great. all said we would definately go back.

a favorite close to home. my husband and i spent our honeymoon in new orleans, and try to go back once a year for a week or so to enjoy thefoodand atmosphere. we have been to all kinds of restaurants in new orleans, some good and some we wouldn't return to, but if there's anything consistent about new orleans cajun food, it is inconsistency. that being said, this restaurant located 5 minutes from our home in greensboro encompasses the best of what we loved about dining in new orleans as far asfoodgoes. the decor needs some help, i think everyone can agree. need some wild colors on the walls, aged wood, give it an old bluesy feel, put some nola inspired art on the walls, and add antiques everywhere! the city of new orleans is very old, has tons of character, doesn't get too clean or contemporary, this restaurant should feel the same, so that the scenery matches the food. (i'm an artist myself, so the sensory experience is important to me.)

thefoodis on the upper part of our pricing scale, so this is a "once in a while, like tax time or anniversary" sort of place for us...as i said, i'm an artist, not to mention we have 4 kids who want to order the shrimp platter, and spending $15 for a 7 year old's dinner seems a bit outrageous to me!

the last time we came in, we got the fried crawfish appetizer, my first time having crawfish, and found it to be soft and fresh. i was expecting a rubbery frozen lobster or shrimp texture, but i was pleasantly surprised. everything we ordered tasted great, and the service was good enough for me to break convention and give more than our usual tip percentage.

love it here, just fix those boring walls, and turn up the volume on the jazz music!

overall experience was terrible. i would not recommend this restaurant to anyone....the only good thing about this place is the club on friday and saturday nights....thefoodwas bad and tasted terrible....the drinks were extremely cheap tasting. i ordered a long island and instead of making an authentic long island that fridays, ruby tuesday or red lobster makes we recieved a long island that came from a long island mix. thefoodtasted like it came from a pan that had another type offoodin it before ourfoodwas cooked. thefoodwas cold and the waitress and hostess was bad. i would never ever recommend this place to anyone looking for a good time. please do not go to this restaurant you are wasting your money. i usually don't do reviews but i have to post this before someone else goes through what we went through.

i'm from new orleans and not picky about food. this was the worst dinner i've had in a long time. service was great though. i had grilled shrimp and rice thinking that was safe. rice was undercooked and shrimp was almost the same. need to change the name of the restaurant if you can't get rice right. that's what makes new orleansfoodwhat it is.

came here for a birthday party. had a long wait which is kind of normal for a big party. service was very slow. crazy thing was it was super close to close. thefoodstill took a long time and then it came out cold or luke warm. while thefoodwas decent, i doubt i will be coming back.

really badfoodand service. my family went here a few months ago since we are always willing to try a new place for seafood. awful - thefoodhad no taste. i mean seriously - no taste. served lukewarm. took forever. not sure who owns this place but i am surprised that they are still open. i assume they are surviving on bar business? when i was there, quite a few employees were just hanging at the bar drinking. this place is a joke.

love it. my husband and i chose this place for our date night location. looking at the menu, the prices was what we expected (expensive). but thefoodwas excellent. the garlic mussel was great. i had fried alligator and my husband had the king crab legs. i must say we both was very full when we left. our waitress was very professional and kind. even the manager came but our table to make sure we were ok. i'm very pleased with this restaurant and i like it more then red lobster. will be going back for my birthday.

greatfoodgreat atmosphere!!. this restaurant is a wonderful addition to the greensboro area. the decor is fun and unique. thefoodwas excellent! we ordered the all-you-can eat crablegs and they came fresh with fries and hushpuppies. the crab legs had the old bay seasoning and the fries were excellent! the gumbo was also a hit as well as the bang em bayou shrimp. we will definitely be back.

nice place, and good service.....plain, boring, overpriced food.. great service, nice people, clean restaurant... . but this is a place to eat, thefoodwas very average, zero flavor, and for the high prices... an iceberg lettuce salad with mushy red tomatoes...was really bad. we had the blackened chicken with red beans and rice.. the chicken was very spicy hot ( good) but had no flavor whatsoever, the beans and rice was just a flavorless pile of mush. we also had the jambalaya it was just plain and had no flavor...a total waste. the prices were just too high for bad food, and to top it off.. $3 for tea.

simply bad food, very over priced!. had to try this place, and i knew i was flying against the wind based on the less than superlative reviews from folks who's opinions i respect. i can only respect them more now - they warned, i ignored that warning. this place offers up rather expensive, and at the same time, rather ordinaryfoodat best, prepared by folks who need to eat their own cooking, while experiencing their own service, this for an extended period of time.

the fried alligator basket ($13.95) was simply dreadful. the rather small amount of alligator was over breaded and flavorless, a soggy morass of bland. the majority of the accompanying fries were burnt, yeap burnt! how does that even get out of the kitchen? these people obviously don't care about thefoodthey serve, or the people they serve it to.

the hush puppies (side order for $2.95) were doughy with a hard, crusty exterior. the dirty rice (side order for $2.95) was average at best, possessing little of the flavor explosion that this dish is known for. it's called dirty rice for a reason, the chicken livers give it taste and the "dirty" color - this rice was entirely too clean looking to taste good, and it didn't.

the crawfish etouffee ($16.95) had some decent flavor, but there was actually very little crawfish, especially considering the price of the dish, and the sauce lacked any richness, something this dish is known for. the crab cake that was added to this dish for $7.95 was decent, but way over priced for the portion.

the plain red beans and rice ($10.95) was just that - plain! another dish that should be loaded with flavor had almost none. if you can't prepare this classic new orleans dish correctly, you simply don't know how to prepare this type of food. the seafood gumbo (side for $5.95) had some decent flavor, but very little seafood.

the jambalaya ($15.95) actually had some nice spiciness to it, by far the best taste of anything in this meal, but is over priced. the bread pudding ($4.95) was priced about right but was dreadful, completely overcooked and tough as leather..

terriblefoodalmost completely void of flavor providing an expensive lesson, but at least one that i learned from - avoid this place, period!

great food, even better service!. we came in on thursday. thefoodwas excellent and our waitress was stellar. ask for megan g when you go! our drinks were always full, thefoodwas served piping hot and she was down to earth, very knowledgable and never missed a beat. i'm impressed! i expect great things for this place an will definitely be returning in the near future.

i love it! thefoodis great and the portions are huge! it's pricey but worth it.

great food, non-existent service. let me start by saying thefoodwas excellent. particularly since i don't know of anywhere else close by that one can get fried alligator. i went recently with a couple from louisiana who were impressed by the crawfish and alligator, so that's saying something. the atmosphere was nice, and again, no complaints about the food, it was delicious, amply portioned, and served in a timely manner.
on the other hand...
maybe it was an off night, (it wasn't particularly busy, we were the only full table around us) but our server was basically nowhere to be found. it took an extremely long time to get drinks, we pretty much didn't see her again for the rest of the meal (which wasn't actually brought to table by our server) except when she'd almost literally run by, grab empty dishes, and sprint to the back without a word to anyone. again, it may have been an off night and being as it was my first experience at the restaurant i can't judge it based on that, especially given the excellence of the food. however i will say, the service being what it was (or wasn't), i don't think it was quite right that a 22% gratuity was included on the bill.
recommended: fried alligator, crawfish, catfish, southern fried oysters.

this was my first and last time going to that place. what they are trying to past off as my home townfoodis nowhere near what new orleansfoodlook or taste like. really the only reason i went to that place was because my friends know that i'm from nola and they wanted my opinion and they'll get the truth from me so i'm letting everyone know don't go to that fake place

great food, excellent service.foodwas good. i can't believe all the bad reviews. i went with a group of 10 and we were all pleasantly surprised by the flavorful dishes. i ordered the pasta and chicken. it was very rich tasting....excellent!! i ordered my daughter the tilapia strips...she loved them and i ate a few of them as well!..... i will definitely be going back. the prices seemed reasonable to me. $3.99 for the kids meal and mine was only $8 with the 1/2 off pasta promotion.