# Restaurant reccomendations for New Orleans **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 3, 2009, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222 "2009-05-03T23:20:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/21 "2009-05-05T14:34:52Z")
> [@elelle](#): > > I’d heard that [Uglesich’s](http://www.uglesichs.com/index.html) was closing, but their website is still up and current, so guess not. Excellent seafood, highly recommended by NOLA local friends, off the beaten path. Really great small place that is all about food rather than fancy atmosphere. Uglesich’s did close, though I don’t believe it was Katrina-related – the owner recently retired. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/22 "2009-05-05T14:38:32Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Court of Two Sisters is a fancy joint … 😕 No jacket required. Essentially, it’s a buffet. A very sybaritic buffet, but still a buffet. ---
**Author:** ![Ivorybill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ee59a6/32.png) [@Ivorybill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivorybill)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/23 "2009-05-05T14:57:39Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > Uglesich’s did close, though I don’t believe it was Katrina-related – the owner recently retired. ISTR that they closed in the spring of 2005 due to the owners’ ages catching up with them. The web site seems to be mainly plugging the two cookbooks that are an effort to keep alive the Uglesich’s recipies. It’s not on the NOMENU web site and I cannot imagine that Fitzmorris would overlook it. In the local vernacular “it’s a gone pecan”. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/24 "2009-05-05T15:19:29Z")
> [@Ivorybill](#): > > ISTR that they closed in the spring of 2005 due to the owners’ ages catching up with them. The web site seems to be mainly plugging the two cookbooks that are an effort to keep alive the Uglesich’s recipies. It’s not on the NOMENU web site and I cannot imagine that Fitzmorris would overlook it. In the local vernacular “it’s a gone pecan”. Tom Fitzmorris even talked about Uglesich’s on his radio show last week … one of the callers brought it up. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/25 "2009-05-05T15:26:30Z")
When I was there a couple years ago, a couple locals recommended Dick and Jenny’s. They were right. (There was also the gas station on the east side of the Belle Chase ferry, if you happen to be down that way. Just fried food under a heat lamp, but between the crawfish pies and the catfish, the best fried food under a heatlamp I’ve ever had. ) ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/26 "2009-05-05T16:05:41Z")
This is a very old NOLA restaurant-it’s going on 200 years-is it worth the price? ---
**Author:** ![Ivorybill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ee59a6/32.png) [@Ivorybill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivorybill)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/27 "2009-05-05T16:13:39Z")
I eat at Antoine’s once a year as part of a club I belong to. The food is good and the atmosphere is great. The only reason my wife and I haven’t gone on our own is that there are restaurants just as good, much cheaper, and much closer to where we live and we don’t have to pay for parking. Still, I enjoy our club dinner and if I were a tourist in NOLA I’d probably go just for the experience. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/28 "2009-05-05T16:25:23Z")
I told my best **fiend** I’d take him and his new wife ‘somewhere nice’ for dinner, and asked him where they’d like to go. These are his suggestions: 5 Happiness Chinese restaurant Amy’s Thai restaurant Ralph and Kakoos, seafood joint Looks like **Auntbeast** called the last. Anyone (especially locals) have opinions on these places? ---
**Author:** ![Ivorybill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ee59a6/32.png) [@Ivorybill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivorybill)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/29 "2009-05-05T16:28:44Z")
I don’t like 5 Happiness. (I like happiness in general, though.) There’s better oriental/Chinese/Vietnamese around. I don’t know about Amy’s Thai. I have not been to Ralph and Kakoos but I’ve heard good things about it. Of the three, Ralph and Kakoos is your better bet. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/30 "2009-05-05T16:33:12Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > This is a very old NOLA restaurant-it’s going on 200 years-is it worth the price? Hell yes. See post 16. ---
**Author:** ![Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e56c9b/32.png) [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harriet_the_Spry)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/31 "2009-05-05T16:43:11Z")
I used to be local about 20 years ago. I think 5 Happiness was on the list as the polite, low cost suggestion when someone offers to take you out. It’s good, standard Chinese food. I ate a lot of 5 Happiness back then. It’s not anywhere I would make a point of taking a guest, though. I’ll also second Camellia Grill from upthread. The french fry omelet with french fries on the side was my favorite, but obviously that’s the kind of thing you have to be in the mood for (read: young, invincible) to appreciate. They also have other great omelets and burgers. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/32 "2009-05-05T17:13:25Z")
> [@Harriet\_the\_Spry](#): > > I used to be local about 20 years ago. I think 5 Happiness was on the list as the polite, low cost suggestion when someone offers to take you out. It’s good, standard Chinese food. I ate a lot of 5 Happiness back then. It’s not anywhere I would make a point of taking a guest, though. Well, my friend is pretty much anti-traditional. He used to have a g/f who worked at Court of Two Sisters and they both mocked it as being overpriced, yup-scale, and pretentious. He hates pretentiousness. I replied to him that I had a suspicion he wasn’t going to suggest Commander’s Palace ot CoTS, but that I’d certainly take them there if they want to. I also mentioned that ‘online friends’ made positive comments about Ralph and Kakoos. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/33 "2009-05-05T18:43:44Z")
DO NOT MISS K PAUL’S! Also, the Acme Oyster house is a treat of a trip! ---
**Author:** ![JCorre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3da27b/32.png) [@JCorre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JCorre)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/34 "2009-05-06T06:06:49Z")
THANKS for all the suggestions people! The GF and I are all packed and ready for our flight at 6am(!) tomorrow. I’ll let you all know how it went when I return! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/35 "2009-05-06T14:40:42Z")
Have a good trip, and eat well! ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/36 "2009-05-06T19:33:18Z")
> [@Ivorybill](#): > > I would make an effort to get a muffaletta for lunch. Central Grocery in the 900 block of Decatur makes the best ones. Failing to listen to this recommendation would be a major, major mistake. Best sandwich of my life, and I don’t say that lightly. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/37 "2009-05-07T03:15:48Z")
Muffalettas are best served hot. Pretty good cold, but killer when they’re heated. NB: Trader Joe’s has muffaletta salad in jars. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/38 "2009-05-07T03:27:09Z")
I flew home yesterday from a week long visit to N.O. and had several amazing meals, and never spent over 20 bucks for any single one. New Orleans has such a wealth of amazing culinary options that its hard to go wrong in even the most unassuming of places. The bar is set so high there that the so-so restaraunts just dont survive for long. If anyone wants specifics I will be happy to list some of my personal faves, but in general, New Orleans is one of the world’s finest food meccas… (oh yeah, they also have a little bit of music from time to time, if only it just wasnt so tough finding a place to get a drink) ---
**Author:** ![Ivorybill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ee59a6/32.png) [@Ivorybill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivorybill)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/39 "2009-05-07T14:40:11Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Muffalettas are best served hot. Pretty good cold, but killer when they’re heated. I like 'em either way, but much prefer having a plate and knife and fork to eat a heated one. You can bare hand the thing but you’re going to lose a lot of cheesy-olivey goodness. So cold for a picnic and hot for home. Damn. Now I’ve got a craving… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222/40 "2009-05-08T13:52:54Z")
Last year the first thing I ate in New Orleans was a muffaletta. It was from a grocery store and it was cold, but it sure was tasty. My first muffaletta was sometime in the early-to-mid-'90s. I don’t know where it came from, but it was delivered and hot. Oh, boy, was it good! (The market also delivered beer and cigarettes. Very nice system they have there. 🆒 ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-reccomendations-for-new-orleans/495222.md?page=3)