Don't go here for the atmosphere. The food is so good that the mediocre service is worth it. Also…read morethe limit on chips and salsa is lame. I have had the tacos an ceviche.

Small Place Big on Flavor…read more This place serves Peruvian & Latin American fare. I ordered the lomo saltado and Tamale. The tamale was very flavorful with chicken and veggies in side wrapped in a leaf. The Lomo saltado dish was recommended by a friend of mine which prompted me to try it. Lomo saltado is a popular, traditional Peruvian dish, a stir fry that typically combines marinated strips of sirloin, or other beef steak, with onions, tomatoes, and other ingredients, served with fried potato slices and rice. I thought it was flavorful as well and enjoyed both items. My waitress was well spoken to interpret the all Spanish language menu .

Everything was fresh. It was my first time here and I'm from kenner. The service was nice and…read moreprompt. The restaurant is a litte dated but clean.

Food was excellent! I had the Carne Asada and Peruvian tamale. The waitress was pleasant and…read moreatmosphere is typical of a family run Latino resraunt.

Wowser! I regret every time I drove by and didn't try this place! There is a huge central wood…read morefired grill. Everything comes fresh off the grill. U get that can't be replicated mix of char and emulsified fat like when u bbq at home and eat it fresh off the grill. Yucca fries were tasty, beans were awesome and the rice was ... rice. Meh. The white sauce on the bbq was great! Hint of ranch flavor. Unlike any bbq sauce I've had b4. Don't drive by or you'll regret it too. Specialty of the house is chicken but I loved my pork chop. Very budget friendly. PS DO NOT order the flan ever. More for me

Good Peruvian chicken. I would rate it 7.5 out of 10. Fries very good 9/10. Aji Verde very good -…read morejust the right amount of kick. If you want good healthy charbroiled Chicken this is the place in Kenner.

So we came back to dine in and the food was excellent. The service and food came out fast. This…read moreplace wasn't too busy inside. Lots of Togo orders. HOWEVER, there was another language barrier issue or mix up that happened a second time. We ordered the beef ribs and some how got the tajadas instead? We'll definitely be coming back & will be checking the menu beforehand to WRITE our orders down. Not sure how this mix up happened for a second time, but it's really no issue to us. But, I'm sure this could be an issue for others wanting to come to try this place. We didn't even mention it, they were delicious!! Just beware & maybe be open to trying something new :)

Took 30 minutes to make a takeout order of a side of plantains and tamales. and not because they…read morewere making them fresh... oldest, dryest tamales I have ever eaten, hands down. Plantains were so sloppily made, not good either.

Debayna and Amanda are the reason I want to come back!! This…read morewas my first time in, I absolutely loved it! The food was incredible. The service was magnetic!

Finally Made it back over a year of thinking about how delicious everything was!…read moreOrdered the Buenaventura and the Choriarepa. When you walk in the music and the decore take you away. You feel transported to somewhere the food will be amazing and it is. Such friendly service they patiently explain the menu and help you choose. Drinks are on point. One of my favorite places in New Orleans.

A Latin style tapas place in the arts district boasting flavors from South America (Argentina,…read morePeru, Venezuela, Yucatan), Mexico (Oaxaca and Mexico City), and the Caribbean. Fresh seafood from the Gulf of MEXICO and a wicked drink menu. They offer several ceviches. Tapas include guacamole, empanadas, crawfish queso, fish dip and veggie salads like crispy cauliflower and Brussels sprouts. We had the crispy cauliflower served with tempura, cashew habanero crema, garbanzo hash, and chimichurri. Loads of flavor and just the right bite size for tapas/apps. Plates include churrasco, fish and grits, paella (can be served veggie or without shellfish if you're allergic), lamb, Yucatan style pork, shrimp or steak mofongo, and chicken poblano. I had the churrasco, served with papas bravas. Steak cooked perfectly and seasoned perfectly. My husband had the steak mofongo and the beef tips, like the churrasco, were seasoned perfectly. The plantain mash was sweet and somehow savory at the same time. We loved both dishes. They make mean margaritas and caipirinhas hre, and also offer drinks like the paloma, the Bolivian sour, sangria, and specialty drinks. Service was amazing. She was so upbeat and helpful. This restaurant was a little slow when we went. It deserves a lot more love. It's so close to the touristy part of the French Quarter. Leave the gimmicky spots and come here, you won't regret it.

Definitely worth trying. Cute restaurant. Nice ambiance and vice. Clean…read more The crawfish Queso is mild, not spicy at all. Good flavor. The shrimp ceviche is delicious. The sauce is spicy. If you like spicy- get this dish. Not your typical ceviche. The Mofongo is tasty. If you like Vinha D'Alhos. You'll like this dish. The steak had a marinated vinegar taste. The meat is also very tender. Service was good. Waitress was nice and welcoming.

Came in randomly, while walking down magazine. I was drawn in by the bread ofc lol!…read more We ordered an assortment of empanadas and a frozen margarita! Gumbo: Mehh I'd say it's so/so I was looking for more flavor, it was more salty than anything. Asian dumpling: It taste just like the real deal, Yellow curry: As soon as you bit into it you smelled the curry. This one had flavor too. There's street parking ofc! You're on magazine.. but the side street parking is free! So find that and you're in the money Overall yes! I'd come back.. I have to try more

We live a few blocks away from this location and walk over once or twice a month to pick up…read moreempanadas. We've generally loved the food and service, but I'm worried that something has changed as we've been disappointed the last two times. 10 days ago we went with company in town, and my niece and I each got the caprese empanadas. Everyone else's order was fine but my caprese had green olives in it, which is not ever an ingredient in caprese anything and isn't listed under caprese in the empanola menu either. My niece's didn't have the olives, so I chalked this up to a random mistake and let it go. I did drop a quick note to the company on their "contact us" button just as an fyi for quality control, just in case it was a more regular mistake they should address, but I also said it wasn't a big deal, I just wanted to make them aware. Tonight we ordered 8 empanadas but only had 6 in the box when we got home. My husband drove back over quickly as they were about to close. I texted him while he was there replacing the other two missing empanadas, to let him know there were green olives yet again in the two caprese empanadas. The staff were very friendly and helpful and assured him that green olives are not in their recipe and asked for pictures, which I sent. They replaced my two caprese with the only one they had left, and threw in the next closest thing, which was spinach and artichoke, though I don't love that one personally. Anyway, the replacement caprese also has green olives in it now too, so I'm going to go make myself something else for dinner and now don't feel like ordering my caprese favorites anymore from there, as this is apparently an ongoing and regular mistake. I'm really bummed about this as the workers are very friendly and we've had lots of great experiences with this place that's so convenient and easy for us to walk to also. We love supporting all the great neighborhood businesses around here, of which Empanola has been high on our list for quite a while. I hope they get this sorted out, and I hope that there's a way I can know when the issue is fixed as I've now paid for three (and got two more free, for a total of 5) empanadas that were not actual caprese and I didn't like. It's most disappointing to my tastebuds, but it's now a risk I don't want to keep taking with my money either, as I'm paying for this continued disappointment. My husband will still continue to order with the kids when I'm not home, but we won't order as a family anymore for a while. I can't wait til this is hopefully cleared up again though so we can go back to loving this place!

Holy crap!!! This place is FIRE! I had the red bean soup was nice and spicey!!! Can't wait to be…read moreback to try other stuff! Check this place out out you might like it!! NO PICS GO THERE!!!!

Quick & easy service. Very delicious & a lot of options. I got the Asian dumpling, chicken…read morePeruvian, shrimp cheese & beef Argentina. The Asian dumpling was very juicy. The shrimp cheese had a little Cajun taste to it. All & all they were flavorful, served hot & they didn't skip out on the filling. If you're not sure what to get they also have a coffee bar, smoothie bar, deserts & pizza menu in this location. I got a vanilla iced coffee. There's indoor & outdoor seating. No complaints with this experience.