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    Tessie's Place

    3.8 (43 reviews)
    InexpensiveSeafood
    Closed 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    TESSIE'S PLACE ATMOSPHERE

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    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Jay T.

    Tessie's Place is a typical neighborhood joint. The exterior is rather plain, with a gravel parking area, and the interior is classic 1977. It is a clean restaurant. We ordered the following: Fried Seafood Platter (stuffed crab, oysters, shrimp, and catfish, fries, & lettuce salad), Fried Shrimp & Catfish Platter (with fries & lettuce salad), and Red Beans & Rice, with Sausage. Everything was fresh, hot, and expertly done. All of us considered it to be an excellent experience. We plan to return, to check out some of their Italian selections. RJT

    House salad with house dressing - would you like some lettuce with your olives?
    Christine G.

    Service was great and fast, lunch specials until 4. Potato based side-dishes were bland but overall the food was great. If you like olive salad be sure to hit this place up for their house dressing/salad (see photo).

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    Tessie's has really good comfort food and great daily lunch specials. I also think they have really great seafood plates and sandwiches.

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    Love this place. Fried chicken, gumbo, potato salad, calamari... All quite good. A great value, great little place

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    Best tartar sauce I've ever had. Onion rings cut to order. Amazing Italian salad with olives!

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    Get the fried chicken or club sandwich, or the best dang old fashion cheeseburger around.

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    14 years ago

    Had to cut the large burger up to eat it. They make their own onion rings and they are amazing. Great place. Great Food.

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    The best fried chicken around, my husband loves the fried chicken livers; everything we have gotten here is delicious

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    Drago's Seafood Restaurant

    Drago's Seafood Restaurant

    4.1
    (1.7k reviews)
    2.5 mi
    $$$

    I travel to Louisiana quarterly for work, so I'm definitely not a local which honestly makes this…read morereview better for anyone visiting and trying to find a real local spot instead of a tourist trap. One restaurant that locals constantly recommended to me was Drago's Seafood in Metairie, and now I completely understand why. I ordered the charbroiled oysters along with the crawfish platter that came with crawfish étouffée, crawfish mac and cheese, and fried crawfish. Every single thing on the table was incredible. The charbroiled oysters absolutely lived up to the hype rich, buttery, smoky, and packed with flavor. The crawfish platter was just as impressive and gave me a chance to try multiple Louisiana dishes all in one meal. What really stood out to me beyond the food was the service. The staff was extremely friendly, welcoming, and patient with questions from someone who isn't from Louisiana and still learning the local food scene. You can tell they take pride in both the restaurant and the hospitality. The only downside is parking can get a little complicated because the place fills up fast, which honestly says a lot about how popular it is. Just plan ahead or expect a short wait finding a spot. Overall, this is one of those restaurants that feels genuinely loved by locals and absolutely worth visiting if you're traveling through the New Orleans area.

    It was recommended to me a lot and I've read that supper time gets crowded here, so I came for an…read moreearly light lunch on a Sunday. Service was a 10/10. My bartender, Darryl, took fantastic care of me. Vibes in this place are very warm and cozy, I sat at the bar to the right of the entrance as you walk in. I had a half dozen char grilled oysters and a cup of seafood gumbo. I see why the oysters are so popular, they are a hit. Buttery and garlicky, the crusty bread they serve with them is a great compliment to soak up the sauce. I had originally intended on getting the chicken and andouille gumbo but Darryl steered me away from it, he said it was very salty. I trusted his word and went with the seafood gumbo instead and was very pleased with it. The flavors were fantastic, but I am gonna ding it ever so slightly as I think $8.99 is kind of an obscene price for that serving size, but at least it was good. Overall I'm very satisfied with my lunch and the service, I think if you like seafood and you're in their area, you should eat here. Edit - $9 for a pint is a little over the top too, imo. My "light lunch" was $42 before the tip.

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    The Catch Seafood Restaurant

    4.3
    (129 reviews)
    1.7 mi
    $$

    We were looking for a lunch place to get some seafood. The location is not where we usually go but…read morebased on yelp reviews, we decided to try it. We were skeptical because the menu looked pricey and you don't even get fries with a $20 large shrimp poboy. We were pleasantly surprised by the portion sizes. I always like to have leftovers to take home. I ordered a "cup" of seafood gumbo no. Now, you'll see in my photos that even bread is extra. The gumbo was great! Not so skimpy on the seafood like a lot of places. It has a good amount of spice too. Next was the poboys. We got a small shrimp (overflowing) and a fish poboy. These were also an ample size. The bread is on another level-best poboy bread I've had.

    A hidden gem for seafood lovers in New Orleans. Hidden away in a dark corner of a strip mall is…read morethis small restaurant operated by a husband & wife who cover all staffing needs. The seafood is fresh and of good quality prepared into tasty dishes. The gumbos were delicious. The blackened redfish with lump crabmeat was awesome and perfectly spiced. The fried shrimp poboy was well overstuffed and enough for two to share. The other dishes we watched being served looked very appealing as well. The wife was working hard as waitress, hostess, cashier and cleaner. Still she was pleasant and attentive though busy. Husband was busy in the kitchen so we didn't see him but the food he was preparing showed his skills and attention to details. If you're looking for a nice seafood meal in the lakeside area, find this place - you won't regret it.

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    Acme Oyster House

    Acme Oyster House

    4.0
    (1.1k reviews)
    2.3 mi
    $$
    Family-owned & operated
    Free parking

    Lunch on a Monday with SIL. Arrived not long after they opened and it was already filling up…read more Seated immediately and drink order was taken ASAP. Ordered 1/2 doz chargrilled oysters and the meat pies. For some reason I did not realized the meat pies had ground beef in them; I remembered a different flavor profile. They were good but won't order them again; too many other choices. Chargrilled oysters, on the other hand, is now on my SIL's list of top fav foods. I usually eat mine raw, but these were not too salted and not overcooked. Good job, ACME! SIL ordered the 1/2 shrimp po boy, which was on her hit list of foods for the trip and I had the 1/2 hot sausage patty po boy. Both of us had the jambalaya, which was tasty but not overpowering. Her po boy was loaded with shrimp and I had her try my po boy, since she had never heard of the hot sausage. It was a winner with her as well! We had leftovers, of course. Things were hopping by the time we finished, and it was a bit to get our to go boxes, drink refills and check out, but we'd go back in a heartbeat.

    Decent restaurant with great service. Favorite part of the…read moreexperience was the service. Shrimp Po-Boy was OK not terrific Chargrilled Oysters were fresh good! SEAFOOD GUMBO was a tasty treat. Added a little hot sauce to take it up. Hush puppies had a great savory and sweet taste. Hurricane drink was just ok. Overall MID but not at all bad. I would return for sure to give other items a try.

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    Big EZ Seafood & Oyster

    Big EZ Seafood & Oyster

    4.1
    (273 reviews)
    4.2 mi
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    Very reasonable priced crawfish, the classic Viet Cajun butter was so good. I like that you can…read morechoose your spice 1-5, and trust me the 2 is really hot. Was looking forward to the lemongrass sauce with squash but ended up liking the classic a bit better. There were a decent amount of big crawfish, but my husbands batch was very hit and miss, many were very small and limp, unable to eat about a third of them. Big tables, lots of space. Decent TVs to catch games on. Nice selection of drinks, the mint lychee drink was strong. Service was great.

    My friends and I went here on a Monday afternoon. We were a party of eight but everything went very…read moresmoothly. We got a bunch of appetizers: calamari wings, garlic, fries, and garlic noodles, and they were all great though the garlic noodles were probably my least favorite. Crawfish wise, we ended up getting 5 pounds of the Viet Cajun and 5 pounds of the EZ blend along with sides of corn, sausage and potatoes. Everything was great and had a lot of flavor, and we were pretty surprised by the size of the crawfish. I really enjoyed both flavors though if I had to pick, I would say the Viet Cajun was better and had more flavor. My table had four of us and we weren't able to finish everything. Overall, this spot was delicious and I love all of the variety. I love variety and options, so I will say that I wish there were more flavor options for the crawfish!

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