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Old Gentilly Spicy Kitchen

4.1 (51 reviews)
InexpensiveSoul Food
Closed 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Moderate noise
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Noah I.

When I was leading for other teachers, my ice-breaker question was "where is your favorite place to eat in the city?" - - Most places mentioned got some ooohhhs and "love that spot", but when someone said Gentilly Spicy Kitchen, people agreed and "amened " like it was Sunday Church. - - After that PD, I went that night, and I haven't had a bad meal yet. I love this place for some many reasons, but especially because of how local it is. You'll know you're in a super New Orleans place by the way your order is taken, and this place will start you with "what you need, my babayyy?" with a big ol' gold plated smile

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Anthony N.

I finally got to try this place! I passed it up one time and was curious of how the food was. There is a small parking lot for customers, The waiting room was large with huge poster menu on the wall. One of the ladies popped her head out of the ordering window and I ordered the Red Beans and Rice with Fried Chicken, a Smothered Pork Chop, Bread Pudding, and their freshly squeezed lemonade. I just waited a few minutes and my food was already ready at the pick up window! Damn, that was fast! There were no tables around, but I saw a door to who knows leads where. I asked the lady who took my order if it was a dining room and she told me there were tables there and it doesn't close until 5PM. Went through the door and lo and behold, there were plenty of tables for me to eat at! At first glance, I knew I was going to have leftovers for later. I definitely over ordered, but I wanted to try everything! The red beans and rice was very filling and I loved the fried chicken. The fried chicken was simple, but nicely seasoned and fried. The cornbread was moist and tasty, it just melted in your mouth. The smothered pork chop was only an extra dollar to add to my entree and it was definitely worth it! I ate about half of my food before my stomach waved a white flag to surrender. On to the bread pudding! It looked delicious, but what were those pieces in the bread? Raisins! That's the first time I seen raisin bread used for bread pudding. The bread pudding was good, just not great. I almost forgot about the lemonade. It was delicious and very fresh! Overall, a good place to get you some soul food! Prices are nice and food comes out real fast. The staff are very friendly and happy to serve you.

Fried fish plate
Christopher F.

Food was amazing. Found this little hole in wall place. Most would pass it by. Fish was great but the Mac was amazing and the Cajun corn was great. Definitely a new favorite place.

Christopher W.

After much consternation I finally made it into spicy kitchen and what a dive this is, in fact this is the dive of all dives. You go in and order from the window, the menu is much smaller than the average dive. Today I ordered the stuffed bell peppers and they were good, very flavorful and not as greasy as you would think from a greasy spoon. My friends hand the white and red bean standards that looked good with smothered chicken and pork chops. Overall the food is just ok for me and not worth the trip into Gentilly if you are not around there already.

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Relle N.

This place lost a star. Recently. I never knew this place existed until I was traveling down Old Gentilly road and spotted it. It was a recommendation from my best friend to try the red beans and rice with fried chicken. I was disappointed however to find that they don't fry white meat chicken. I only eat white meat so it was a major let down. When I arrived, I ordered this time, I noticed that grilled chicken was among the options. The first time I had it, it was absolutely DELICIOUS! I mean, it was nothing short of scrumptious! It's the perfect place to indulge in your soul food cravings. The next couple of times were seasoned as if it were my first time ordering. The very last time however was...difficult. The chicken was rubbery! For goodness sakes, every good cook knows EXACTLY what that means! For those of you who don't, it means that the chicken was taken out to thaw but wasn't used. Multiple times. The same thing. Take out, thaw, re-freeze! I was upset! I was appalled! So much so, I haven't been back since. Yet and still, the red beans and rice is still calling my name....

Cyndi W.

The cornbread was so buttery and it melted in your mouth and the chicken was so crunchy and tasty and the white beans were amazing def 5 stars worthy

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The food is amazing!!! My favorite is the smothered turkey necks. You get more than enough food.

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This place is always PACKED... be patient.
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