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Joe's Cafe

2.6 (36 reviews)
Open 5:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Angela T.

Service was good. The place was clean. I had an apple crumble donut. It was delicious. To me the hamburger steak was dry and plain tasting, but I will go there and buy some more donuts .

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Jovan W.

The young lady was looking at me through the glass sipping and stirring her coffee. She finally arrived to the widow and proceeded to take my order. I ordered 2 glazed cream donuts. My total was $3.12 a bit high for 2 donuts. But what the hell, it was too late and I was hungry. I gave the girl a $5 bill and she literally shoved $1.88 in change in my hand. Well imma assume it was $1.88. I was so disgusted with her attitude I just threw the change in my wallet. I asked her if she had any dollars she just laughed and said "NO" mind you I've seen her give the car infront of me change and they had some dollar bills. You can't tell me that that this time of busy morning you have run out of dollar bills.. WHEN I SAY, I WILL NOT RECOMMEND THIS ESTABLISHMENT NOT EVER

This is the $17.00 fish platter (with EXTRA fish)from JOE'S Cafe on Lapalco in Marrero.  For $17.00? Two pieces of fish cut up.
Denise L.

Don't get the fish platter from here. Not worth it-$17.00... For what? Paid for EXTRA fish. All they did was cu UPDATE: want to say THANK YOU to the owner Jacquie B. of JOE'S Cafe on Lapalco for acknowledging my concerns, I appreciate that; for that alone I give you 5 stars! I look forward to continue to being your customer.

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Alexander W.

I hate cash only joints! Get a credit and debit card system people! Convenience for the customer! Sheesh! Okay...that rant is over. New Orleans and the metropolitan area has too many great food spots, that are quite inexpensive to make this a go to establishment. One good thing about this place is that they are open always, which is what many food places were in New Orleans prior to Hurricane Katrina. They also serve breakfast all day for you folks that just love eating breakfast at all times of the night and day. I actually have to admit that their taste is decent. Not the best I have had in New Orleans, but definitely will do in a pinch. I don't like the fact they are quite pricey for a place that is slightly about a hole in the wall establishment. All in all, you have a chef cooking the full menu all day. They also have donuts of many varieties, which includes a really popular Texas sized doughnut that can't seem to stay on the shelf! Make this place a last resort if you are around it, and you awaken in the middle of the night with the munchies!!!

I ate about 2 peices of onion ring.....
Nicole H.

Ok, So my sister came home with food from a diner....My absolute favorite!! It was a burger and fries didn't taste the fries but boy was the burger good.. The bread was so good, that sweet sourdough and the meat tasted frozen but not overcooked. All in all, I was Hungry, it tasted good. Fast forward to today. We are in the car and makes an unplanned stop. Says she wants donuts. Being the meat eater I am, I said I'm going to look at the menu. Long story short... 2 breakfast burgers (with fried egg and bacon), 2 onion rigs subbed for the fries at an extra 2.75$ per order and an order of egg rolls. all totaled to $34.00. The onions rings would have been good if they were fried in fresh grease. They were thin slices and coated lightly. The burgers were well overdone even though they were both ordered as medium. The egg rolls were so good!! They were seafood, like crawfish and shrimp with a jelly pepper sauce. It has potential to be so much more but I think I'll pass for a while.

In the photo you can see two roaches crawling all over the donut boxes. Food was infested! Eat here at your own risk!!
Sydney B.

Beware! Roaches!! If I could give this place -5 stars I would. Picked up 55 breakfast sandwiches and two dozen donuts for the PGA Tour at Zurich. They were all covered in roaches and my car was a roach motel! Called the manager to let her know that I needed a refund because I had to throw all the food away and she insisted her establishment didn't have roaches and was not apologetic whatsoever. Nastiest place I've ever been to. Nastiest employees/management.

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Great service and food is amazing very friendly love the donuts they r fresh and so delicious

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Literally one of the best king cakes iv tried. Customer service is kind. 10 out 10 recommend.

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Poor customer service & when i asked for hot glazed I received cold donuts 7:00 am the first day of 2021

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Love this place and their staff! Accidentally left a review on the wrong Joe's Cafe.. This is the correct one lol

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The coffee was extra hot and the breakfast at noon wood decent (chicken fried steak & eggs- a tad over fried for my liking ) to great (French toast).

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3.8
(98 reviews)
1.5 mi
$$

King Cake: Given a regular one by our neighbor as a thank you: 5 stars…read more Donut holes to go: Love the early morning staff; great variety of holes, reasonably priced; usually in and out in under 5 min.: 5 stars. Now let's talk about breakfast: Weekday around lunch. About 1/4 of seats taken. As best I could tell, 2 or 3 servers. Coffee, OJ and soda brought promptly after ordering. FYI - drinks reasonably priced. I opted for Spinach & Swiss omelette, hash browns well done and biscuit. He opted for Meatlover's omelette, hash browns and toast. 25 minutes later breakfast was served. Husband's order was fine: tasty omelette, and the toast was well buttered. Mine? The Swiss was sticking out of the omelette and it was a slice not melted. The cheese inside the omelette was melted, and overall it had good flavor. The hash browns had good flavor, but they were not well done. The biscuit was not buttered - there was butter on the table - and it was nice and dense to support slathering it in jelly. The waitress checked on us a couple of times. I made no comment whether it was good or bad, because I was going to eat it anyway. As a general rule I don't send things back, and in this instance given the time it took to get it, I was starved and certainly wasn't sending it back. Leftovers box and checkout was super quick. This experience: 2 stars; averaging to 4 stars for restaurant overall. Will continue to use for pastries, but won't be back for another sit down experience.

I continue to love this place with my whole heart. My grandma goes multiple times a week. Looking…read morefor a homemade southern meal but have no one's house to pop up to? Their specials are that. Now sometimes service is slow and the "coffee" menu besides their drip, is pretty bad lol. But everything else is delicious. Inside gives 80's / 90's diner - ish.

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This place has to be the most inconsistent breakfast place around. Some days you get great service…read moreand the food comes out faster than expected and its always pretty decent . NOT TODAY..... April 19 ( today ) was one of those days that leave you scrat hing your head in amazement. It was the wife and I and another couple a father and his kid. The place was empty. Everything started off fine I get my usual iced tea and coffee with a donut . After we got that is when everything went downhill faster than an Olympic skier. Our waitress was the short and wide woman with dark brown hair..She's been pretty decent in the past as she's waited on us before without any issues. Today wasn't one of those days. We had to get another waitress to take our order and she said she doesnt take orders she would have to " FIND " our waitress...We ordered and a few minutes later our food was placed on the expedite shelf where it stayed for exactly 7 minutes and 35 seconds. The cooks even shouted a second time for our waitress . We'll she thought playing around with the napkin dispensers was more important than taking care of her customers....When we finally got our food it was Stone Cold , I'm not one that will easily complain about the smallest detail but this was utterly ridiculous for only 2 couples in the place...I can see things might be skipped here and there in a Full House but Damn. We had to chase her down every time we needed something or use other waitresses to chase her down because they didn't want to serve us because we weren't their customers. After everything was said and done we got to-go boxes and I told the waitress how cold the food was for the extraordinary ammount of time it spent on the shelf and that I was just gonna take it home and heat it up... Did I get a Sorry? ..NOPE.....Did I get anything comped ( Which I wouldn't expect or accept )...NOPE..... I'm not one of those people that complain just for the sake of complaining... Our waitress was on another planet today , her body was in the restaurant but her brain was somewhere else... Needless to say we paid for our COLD meal and the Tip I gave her reflected our service this morning ..." Non- Existent " Maybe someone higher up on the ladder will see this and have a meeting with the front employees and refresh their memories that the people sitting at the tables are customers too. Make someone that just walked in for a dozen to go can wait a few mins.....The cooks were on point and hollered out our order was ready 2 times to no avail.... Hit & Miss.... Hit & Miss.

Went in on a Wednesday morning to get a dozen donuts for my team and the server was very nice! It…read morewas very early, around 7:30am, when i went and it was not busy at all. My server insisted that I wait a couple of extra mins to get a fresh batch and they were amazing! As good as I remember! Only thing I would point out would be that they were a little greasier than I remembered, so once the glaze and donut cooled down, it was much better!!

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4.3
(129 reviews)
4.2 mi
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My favorite drink is back! It's the matcha coconut water which I believe is a spring and summer…read moreseasonal drink now, and it's as good as I remember. The drink was $7.14 which isn't too bad, but the taste is great. It's very refreshing and not heavy at all. I came on a Sunday morning and the inside was a little busy, so I decided to sit outside. They have maybe 4 tables outside with music playing so it was quite nice. One more thing -- i really like the cup lid. Sometimes you'll go to a place and the lid makes it really hard to get an even stir/shake but with their lid it's so easy as you just plug the top with a finger and shake. Small detail but it's something I appreciated. The matcha coconut water is a must try!

Dough Nguyener's Bakery -- 4…read more Dough Nguyener's really introduced me and my son to the flavors of ube and pandan... and I still can't believe I went my whole life without them. Like where have I been?! We are forever grateful for that alone. As someone who already loves Vietnamese culture through food here in New Orleans, this place just hits. Vietnamese coffee is a staple for me--not even for energy, but for the flavor. If you know, you know... that bold, strong, chicory-meets-condensed-milk moment. It's rich, it's cultural, it's intentional. And when you start adding things like pandan cold foam? Simple, but it speaks volumes about the influence and beauty of the Vietnamese community here. I respect it, deeply. Now let's talk about that Croffle... a croissant-waffle situation. I went with the Chantilly and berries because... you already know, I'm gonna choose what feels like home every time. The cream was smooth, the fruit was fresh, everything worked. My only thing--personally--it was a little heavy on the almonds for me. Still good, just my preference. We also had The American--eggs, bacon, French ham, hand-cut fries, garlic aioli, and a baguette. I shared it with my son and made my own little sandwich moment with it. Used the aioli as a base, layered the eggs, bacon, and ham... and I feel like that's exactly what it was meant for. Solid, simple, and filling. I've tried a few other things too like the bánh mì and donuts. The bánh mì was good, donuts were okay... not my go-to for that. But that frozen cocktail? Listen... it was TOO good. Took it to a festival with me and between that drink and that sun, I slept the whole festival away lol. Overall, I'll definitely be back. I still want to try more from the kitchen--especially that chicken everybody keeps talking about. This is a great spot for early weekend brunch, late evening studying, or weekday coffee runs. Not too small, not too big. Beautiful lighting. A really good addition to Gretna.

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