I was excited to come to Piccadilly because I hadn't been since I was a good. Well, the nostalgia wore off very quickly. I decided to try to be somewhat healthy and got the lemon-pepper baked chicken, fried okra (I said somewhat), carrot souffle, cornbread sticks, and pie. Well, the chicken was weird. I don't know, but I didn't finish it. The souffle and okra were good, as usual. But the cornbread sticks were unbelievably dry. The pie was... good. I guess. We couldn't figure out what type of pie it was. There was some chocolate, some pecan, some goo, and whipped cream. It was ok. Very sugary. Not the Piccadilly I remember. Sadface. read more

When in doubt, stick with old faithful. Picadilly is a sole survivor in the restaurant war. Don't forget about fish on Friday abd oh that carrot soufle that you pretended to make (lol). I actually enjoy the baked chicken. It's usually cooked just right. I just wish this was a drive thru. Talk about convenience. read more

When I was in college Piccadilly downtown Baton Rouge was one of the best restaurant. However, the Piccadilly in Metairie is not. The food was just above edible, as bland as could be made. What happen? read more

I went to this restaurant I've never been to before. Ordered food. They charged me too much. I accidentally got a double meal. The cashier recognized my confusion and accommodated my new-be experience. I sat down to eat. I ate. Looked around. I saw 97% old people. This was a old folks retirement restaurant. No wonder most of the food was soft and mushy.... Though I must admit it beats in taste and quality any fast food joint, I still have most of my teeth, oh well, I had to settle for ground meat instead of a nice steak this time. read more

Great Food, the service is great! And the price is unbeatable. I got 3 huge chicken tenders Side of corn and mac and cheese Bread roll and apple pie for $6.99 incredible I highly recommend this place all the food is great and the atmosphere is very inviting and great. read more

Piccadilly - American Near Me - Metairie, Louisiana

I suffer with chronic pain so I don't always know how I'm going to feel every week so I decided to order Piccadilly for Thanksgiving. And for what I ordered, I was SERIOUSLY disappointed. The turkey gravy had no flavor it, so earlier tonight I had to doctor it just make it edible. The little bit of roast beef that I ordered was seriously over cooked as stated in another review. The "cannied" yams was more like yams that have been boiled in sugar water or something to that effect. I always enjoyed the other Piccadilly over by Ochsner Hospital, but it no longer exists so it is what it is. 1/10... won't ever order this again for the holidays. read more

2.5 stars. Lets say sometimes atmosphere really matters a lot. Food is nothing impressive. read more

It is average at a decent price and my kIds get a great deal. I would put this cafeteria against most diners for quality and value. Lady week the one on Clearview changed cooks and it was By far their worse but it will get better. read more

This place is a filth bucket that needs to be condemned! The a/c did not work properly so had to eat while perspiration came through my pores. read more

Never again will I eat here. Not only is everyone in the restaurant 100 years old, but the food tastes like its 100 year old! Bland, mushy, gross. The restaurant is dirty and the servers are slow and inattentive. read more

I've never particularly enjoyed cafeteria food. It's always associated with the idea that you're going to receive something bleak from the bowels of hell behind the food line. And oh, look....Hades is even dishing it up himself! Yay? Where does this doctrine of suffering originate? I haven't a clue but for me, it all began in elementary school. I can't think of a single time that I was excited about lunch provided by the school system. I recall fellow classmates expressing excitement that every other Tuesday was Taco Salad day. I can't for the life of me understand what the cause for celebration was. For starters, the taco shell (as they called it) looked like those old Pickelhaube helmets the German military used to wear during WWI. The only thing missing was the spike on top. The original helmets were made of boiled leather, which precisely captures the flavor and toughness of these special Tuesday afternoon delicacies. I hope that many students promptly made an appointment to see a dentist shortly after attempting consumption because human teeth were never intended to penetrate this rigid, steel-type of material. Perhaps its these vivid memories of my unrelenting tussle with grisly school lunches that drives me to avoid all cafeterias like a fairgrounds Port-O-Let. You just know that on the other side, you're going to be dealing with things that can't be unseen. In any case, I was asked to join a few friends of mine who work in the area on a quest for sustenance to Piccadilly Cafeteria. I'm going to try to keep this review short because I've still been suffering from sleepless nights and to describe, in colorful detail as I tend to do, everything I experienced, I'm afraid I would be tearing a hole in the progress I've made with my psychiatrist to get over the ordeal. I found the food to be just that....food. I was going to use the word 'sustenance' but that essentially means a necessity for existence. Piccadilly is NOT a necessity. It's just 'stuff' to get you through an afternoon, I guess, which is what I think school system lunches were intended to be, too. I think what really disturbed me were the people I found dining in there. Scary. I read that this cafeteria was chosen as 'the best place to take the whole family'. Really? Is it because of the prices? It has to be because it can't be the food. I saw some macaroni and cheese sitting under a heat lamp for so long, it developed a terrain over the top that, upon closer observation, resembled the satellite images of Mars' rocky planet surface. I was just about to attempt a search for the Mars rover when I was told I had to keep moving. Oh, right, back to the customers. Wow, what a foreboding bunch of creatures I witnessed in the dining area, savaging what appeared to be turkey legs in a merciless, barbaric manner. I guess it was so easy, cavemen really COULD do it. I might also add that while in line, there was a group in front of me that was engaging in a game of who could fart the loudest. Then, one of them was messing with their fingernails over the food. Seriously, in the restaurant?? The only thing they DIDN'T do was check themselves for polyps in the buffet line. It's also worth mentioning that while we were dining, a guest at a table near our party burped so loud, I turned around and began looking for the epicenter. Honestly, I think I felt plates in the earth shift! C'mon, people! Just because you can 'bring the whole family' doesn't mean you have to act the same way you do when you're in your living room with them. The food was okay and it might be enough to get you through an afternoon. Don't look for anything more. You won't find it. read more

Ok- I'm reviewing Piccadilly on its own merits, not in comparison to other things it's not. Piccadilly is a cafeteria- not a fancy restaurant, not a up-and-coming bistro, not a romantic venue to take your date...a cafeteria. As a cafeteria, it's pretty good. This location is typically clean, the servers are efficient and helpful (need a straw, they'll go get you one...kid drops his fork for the third time, the server brings a new one without even asking.) There's a fairly wide selection of foods- all of it is decent. You're not getting top chef amazement-in-my-mouth here, but you really shouldn't be expecting that at a cafeteria. The food is not highly spiced and tends toward familiar, basic flavors- which means that you don't have to worry about finding things that both great-grandma and the picky preschooler will eat. (If you're heading out to dinner with great-grandma and the preschooler, you KNOW what I'm talking about- finding somewhere they'll both enjoy can be a major challenge.) With a place like this, consistency is key - and Piccadilly is extremely consistent. The food tastes the same today as it did four months ago the last time we were here. Honestly, I'm not going to go to Piccadilly by myself or with a group of same-age friends or with my SO. But when grandma wants to bring me and the munchkin- I can always find something here that I can enjoy at least as much as the typical weekday stuff I'd make at home. I tend to get either the etoufee or fried catfish, personally. My preschooler loves the red beans and rice, although he will sometimes vary things up and get the chicken tenders instead. He even eats some of the veggie sides- so that's a major plus (seriously- they deserve an extra star just for making veggies a 4 year old will eat.) The prices are good and you get decent portions (typically one entree and two sides and a bread of your choice.) They do a lot of specials for kids- 99 cents for a kids meal on certain days (smaller portions of one entree and two sides and either a bread, a pudding, or a jello.) You can also often find coupons to get the 99 cent kids meal on other days. It's wayyyyy better than taking your kid to a fast food restaurant, so when you're having one of those "I'd rather walk on hot coals than turn on the stove" days, this is a really good option for getting something moderately healthy into your child's and your stomachs instead of opting for a burger and fries. It's healthier and about the same price (For an $8.99 meal for me and a 99 cent meal for the munchkin, that's a full healthy meal for under $10 for both of us. Totally reasonable on no-cook days.) They also have a board with "light meal" options- so you can pick one of those and keep your calorie count under 500 calories if you're still trying to lose "baby weight" when your kid is 4 (sadly speaking from personal experience here...) They've also got some 2 million high chairs (ok- so maybe just 20 or so, but a heck of a lot more than most restaurants) - so if you're heading here with a baby or little toddler, you don't have to worry about whether or not all the high chairs will already be claimed. So yeah, this particular Piccadilly deserves a decent rating for living up to what it is supposed to be- a basic family-friendly cafeteria with consistent food, decent prices and efficient service. read more

I'm not a big cafeteria-style restaurant fan, but this place is A-OK in my book. Again, I hate the cafeteria set-up but the food isn't too bad. Most of it I won't go anywhere near being that they put 80 lbs of butter and oil on everything but some of it is good. I gravitate towards the roasted quarter chicken with broccoli on the side. I also love their marinated vegetable salad and a few other cold salad options are good. The crowd here seems to always be people over the age of 60. The workers here are nice for the most part. I find the cashiers to be the nicest of all of the staff members. I don't eat here but MAYBE 4 times a year, it's just not my type of food. But the chicken is always juicy and the cold salad items are always fresh...... that's all I can speak on! read more

For some time my go-to meal at Piccadilly is chicken strips. Hard to screw up, right? Last time I went to Piccadilly I made my usual order only to be told they were out of strips and would bring my order out in a couple of minutes. I get my sides and sit down with my party. Five minutes goes by. Ten minutes. Twenty minutes. Our server says they aren't ready yet. One of our party was late and sits down with us; when he hears I'm still waiting for my food he mentions that there is an entire bin of strips sitting on the line when he was being served ten minutes ago. So now the server for our table is saying they're not ready when a second server comes over to see what's going on and brings me an order of strips. Talk about confusion and horrible service. The only good thing was getting my meal comped for all the trouble. read more

I've been taking my dad here for years. Large variety for the whole family. I know he goes just for the carrot soufflé!

one word.carrot souffle. ask for it, find it, eat it.

This is the best Picadilly. Hip for the geriatric set, if you ever just have to have carrot souffle (which i do from time to time), you can get it here. read more

My father came to visit me for the weekend and we wanted a place to sit down and eat but that was quick. Behold, Picadillys is just that. Cafeteria style dining was a refreshing change and the food was pretty good. The corn bread was dry but everything else was excellent! I had the Crawfish Etouffee and it was great. The waitress we had was very friendly and routinely checked on our drinks and did a great job. For cafeteria food it is a little on the $ side but it also offers better dishes than Salisbury steak. The have a good selection and I am definitely glad I gave it a try! read more

This is our go to place when we can't decide what we want to eat. Good variety and selections, and the staff is extremely friendly for the most part. Food and service is much better at this location than the one on Jefferson Hwy, near Ochsner's Hospital. read more

Service is good- kind and friendly. Food- not too kind. Came in expecting it to be as great as Luby's, was sadly disappointed. The blackened tilapia is flavorful but very dry, corn was too stiff. read more

This place has some of the best food around and it won't cost you an arm and leg we're else can two people eat for less than 25.00. I always have the large chopped steak and the greens and you can't go wrong with the liver and onions. the fried chicken is pretty good too. I also like the marinated vegetable saled. Do not compare the one on Jefferson hwy with this one their food is terrible at that one is nasty. read more

It's an older restaurant but the food is good. It's a simple place to get great food.

Good food, great service. I had a child, a baby in a car seat and an elderly lady with me. The staff was so pleasantly helpful with getting us settled into a table. The food was classically good comfort food. The chicken was excellent, as were the sides and desserts. The cashiers seemed impatient and rude, but the waitress and food handlers were friendly. I think the salad dressings are not kept properly cold, so I would avoid those or ask for fresh ones. Highly recommend. read more

It's a little dated....as well as most of the clientele. However the food is mostly nutritious with the veggies and such. I had swai fish today and it was tasty. The veggies may be canned or frozen but still good. Service was "a-ok"! I would recommend a dilli dish - meet and two veggies for 9.99 inc dinner roll. Parking is challenging but manageable. It's just off the service road to access. read more

Piccadilly! What can you say? Every time I go here I half expect to see Lawrence Welk and the lovely Norma Zimmer. Instead I just see their fan club. The food is tasty, homestyle, and reasonably priced. Fried catfish is a platonic dish, melting in your mouth with every bite. The fried chicken is excellent, though not at all like Popeye's. All breads and desserts are freshly made. The cheesecake is a killer. What can you say about their crawfish etouffee? It is the seminal version of the dish,ie, the granddaddy all the etouffees. This is the true basis of the dish. Having lived in the Lafayette area for 10 years, this is what was strived for. At $8.99 for a combo meal, you can't do much better (all you tourists out there.you know who you are). Try it with the fried okra, carrot souffle, and corn muffin! Pretty good for under $10.00 bucks. And you can always carry out the whole meal. WOW OH WOW OH WOWEE! read more