Very casual restaurant and bar in Harahan. Just like its name states, it's a shack with a wide variety of decorations on the walls like old me used to from New Orleans restaurants. Started off with cheese curds and fried pickles which were so delicious. For entrees we had a roast beef poboy which was one of the best I've had, one of the specialty burgers, debris fries and a grilled shrimp platter. Everyone said that theirs was great. The serving sizes are pretty big which is nice. I treated myself to a strawberry margarita which was the bomb! We will definitely be back as their menu Is huge with lots of things we want to try. read more

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Po-boy for almost 20 bucks a person not worth at all, Had the Stuffed Shrimp Po-boy claims best in New Orleans, what a lie, could Go to Rouses and buy some bread and shrimp and be way better and cheaper then was served to me, very bland and still left hungry. Was expecting allot more for this. The service was okay nothing special. Ambiance was fun to look at and unique. Way overpriced for what it is. read more

Great neighborhood place. Casual and friendly staff. Food is yummy. Service is great. Our server Margaret was very attentive. Highly recommend the Jimmy's chicken Sandwich ! Love that they are dog friendly outside. read more

Yall!!! Don't let this lil sleeper type restaurant fool ya from the outside hannie!!! Our food was SOOOOOO good!! Our server was very nice too. I had the hamburger steak (medium) and my boyfriend had the fried pork chop special. Listen, I wasn't expecting the food to be bad by any means, we've never come before. We thought it would be regular ole bar food...NOPE! Was so good! We also had the friend pickles and they were great too, a lot of places put too much salt in the batter and they did not do that here. Defiantly stop here when you are in Harahan, it's worth it. read more

The worst experience my family has ever had keep in mind i had my 3 year old sitting and eating at the table with us everything was ok was very hot no ac and no problem we paid about 150$ for everything and two of the plates tasted horrible definitely would not recommend the Cuban and was only able to eat the fries the sweet potato fries were burnt and the waitress Margaret G couldn't care less is what it is we still left a tip on card and was willing to tip even more cash just to be nice but she decided to call us a cheap a** b**** ... whatever we're walking to our cars and she decides to come outside and take our pictures when we were just trying to enjoy a lunch with family on a Sunday very rude worst experience we've ever had definitely did not expect read more

Would have been great if the vibes inside were different. Made me feel like I was in my grandparents home with the amount of old wood that's been sprayed and wiped so much that there's a sheen and a dampness in the air. Definitely appeals to a certain audience read more

Primarily a bar, but serves large portions at reasonable prices in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Solo lunch eaten at the bar. Decided to indulge my "Reuben Snob" with fries. Was not disappointed! Had plenty of leftovers to share with my husband that evening, whom I'm sure will be wanting to visit himself in person in the near future. Quick service, drink kept full, quick check out. Check, check, chek! read more

We enjoyed a nice of evening patio dining here tonight. We seated ourselves and a waiter quickly came over to greet us and take our drink orders. I had the blackened shrimp tacos topped with green fried tomatoes and my hubby had the Buffalo chicken salad. Both meals were fillings and delicious! read more

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Truly enjoyed my experience here. Came here with the wife and kid to have some bar food with a family touch. The inside was like we both wanted, could be a dive bar, but also a family friendly establishment that you can bring your kids to in the daytime. Food was perfect and exactly what we wanted. I grabbed the Philly flat and was super happy with it. Add in the shimmy sauce with my fries and you got a great place to eat. It's a great spot, give it a try! read more

The Shimmy Shack - Philly flat (panini) - American Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

This place has the funniest sayings/jokes out front! Cool lil spot with an outdoor bar with a tv. We stopped in to order food to go. I like the ecclectic decor. We had a beer while we waited...staff was friendly and answered questions we had about the menu. Anyone who knows me knows that im a huge fan of the oyster so i chose the fried oyster ceasar salad. My guy got the white beans and pork chop. My salad was pretty good..could have used a few more oysters. The white beans were good as well. Pork chop wasnt like a typical pan fried one..it was encrusted with i thk panko breadcrumbs. I enjoyed the crunch and flavor of it. Definitely want to dine in next time bc they have a lot of tasty sounding items on their menu. They have a small parking lot and prices were reasonable. read more

The Shimmy Shack - Fried oyster ceasar salad - American Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

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Shimmy Shack is a fun place to go. I miss the sign man though. Outside the restaurant there is a big billboard sized sign out front located in their parking lot, the sign would change weekly? maybe daily... anyway, whoever was in charge of the sign would come up with some fun phrases or joked or advice for the day or the week. It just used to make me smile and I so miss it. Just a suggestion to bring the sign back. So on to the restaurant, this place is ok. I never had an amazing meal here, the food is decent. But the ambience has always been fun, you can dine outside and there are TV's to watch sports, the wait staff is always friendly and, the drinks are good. In fact if there is one drink you should order, it should be the bloody mary which is not on the menu oddly enough. It is located on the napkin or the table menu I think? Anyway, the drink had some good flavor to it, it could have been a little spicier but overall very smooth, not too thick and there is a meal inside your glass - which I loved! I recommend coming here for sports games and for drinks, very fun casual place. read more

The Shimmy Shack - So good, look at that! - American Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

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We come here all the time and always have a good time. Great selection of food and drinks. I always get the spicy honey garlic pork sliders (they aren't spicy, even a little lol) but they're delicious. I've have the southwest panini which is good too. The onion rings, fried pickles and debris fries are great apps. Waiters are always attentive and quick. Food is cooked to order but comes out in about 15 minutes. A little on the pricey side but well worth it. You can sit inside or outside, both are nice areas to be. We usually eat outside on the patio. read more

The service here is really the key. I've been going here for eons and the servers have always been amazing. The food is great too, don't get me wrong, but the servers are amazing. Kendra was amazing. All the servers I've known there have been amazing but Kendra was extra sweet and cool. read more

I recently had food from here because one of my coworkers was going to pick it up. As I was reading the reviews I was really side eyeing this establishment and reconsidering if I even wanted to give them my money. There's tons of racist reviews. However, the girl who was getting the food said she hadn't experienced any of these things when she went so I obliged. I ordered the half beef/half hot sausage burger and it was amazing! I couldn't finish it all because it's huge but I sure gave it my best effort. Tip: take 10 tums before you try to tackle this bad boy read more

The Shimmy Shack - American Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

Kendra, our server was great. We were seated immediately. Meal was served timely. Food was pretty good.

GET THE FISH TACOS WITH LOTS OF SIDE AVOCADO SAUCE Shimmy Shack has an unimpressive general menu. The atmosphere is a bit oppressive and service a bit too indifferently hostile. But no place is perfect. However if you stick to my script you will have a great experience: GET THE FISH TACOS WITH LOTS OF SIDE AVOCADO SAUCE Fish tacos are pretty much a no fail, but here they are the specialty and well executed. But what's unique is the avocado sauce. (See pic) It's last meal worthy. My suggestion, order them as the chef suggests, then get a side of extra sauce...maybe two. A good pairing with a double house margarita. read more

The Shimmy Shack - HOUSE SPECIAL FISH TACOS with some of the best guacamole sauce ever created! - American Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

The Shimmy Shack is basically a comfortable dive like neighborhood restaurant. Before I actually ever ate here, I knew it as the place with the funny puns on their signs. Some have gotten all butt hurt by some of their sayings in this overly sensitive politically correct robotic society that we are currently in. I'm sure that statement offended somebody as well. Boo freaking hoo. Anywho, we came here after a Zephyrs game and started off with a few drinks and some Fried oysters, spinach, and brie on a baked pita. Holy smokes this was good! This dish could have been served at Restaurant August it was so good. The only exception to this dish being served at a fancier establishment is that the portion size was large. After a few beer and the app, I got overly ambitious and ordered a burger. Not just any burger but this huge monstrosity of a burger. I got what was called the Blarney Stone Burger. It included 1 large patty which was 1/2 ground beef, 1/2 hot sausage, corned beef hash, pepper jack cheese, bacon, and a fried egg. I'm damn near 40....this is a burger for a 20 year old. I needed a bottom of Nexium, some Maalox and a difibulator by the time I was done. The burger was tasty but the hot sausage overpowered the whole thing. I think a little less sausage and more beef would have balanced out the flavors more. The burger comes with fries but those are crinkle cut frozen crap. Blah. Come for the burgers and that oyster app, totally worth it just get a different side. Shimmy Shack is a fun place with some hidden gems on the menu. read more

The food was good however the service was bad. It took us 25 mins to order and then they got my order wrong. I got chips instead of sweet potato fries. Then it took another 20 minutes to get our check. read more

The Shimmy Shack - Turkey bacon wrap - American Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

Great service, not the best portions.. I paid 15 bucks for a shrimp po-boy with (I counted) 7 shrimp on it. Usually when I get a po-boy, shrimp are pouring out from the sides. (Ya know - southern portions. We love to eat.) The flavor was still really good I'm just disappointed with the portion. I understand that the shrimp and oysters on the menu are set at market price but I mean.. French bread cost a dollar. There's no way I would pay $2 per shrimp again. Other than that the atmosphere was as shown on their site, it had a small community feel to it. It was very comfortable. I'd possibly visit again to try something different. read more

At first your thinking it's a bar when you drive past but it's way more than that when you go in. It's small on the inside but they also have seating outside. It was hot inside but I don't know if it was because it was like 100 degrees outside or their AC wasn't working to it's full potential. The servers were professional and always on the go. Now the food, . The debris cheese curds were off the chain. The pieces of roast beef, sinful tasting gravy and perfectly fried cheese curds. I want to drive to tickfaw and slap my momma it was so good. You get a lot for the price so don't let that scare you. It was WORTH it. Trust this fat girl. I'm still dreaming about it. The Jimmys chicken ranch was a huge piece of breast. The only thing I can say is that it could've used some seasoning to make it pop but I saved half for later and it tasted even better. Maybe it needed to cool off but I also dipped some of it in that gravy and . BAM. Fries do not come with it but it's like $2 extra. I wouldn't even get the fries just get those debris curds. I will definitely get food from here again and shout it to the Mountains for other people to come eat here. read more

The Shimmy Shack - Menu - American Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

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Great place to stop for bar food and a drink. I had the sliders (burgers) and a old fashion. Simple but nice.

The Brunch was fantastic / got the eggs Benedict with grits & OJ / can't wrong. Plus a Spanish omelette/ can't wrong with either Highly recommended read more

The Shimmy Shack - American Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

Food was great!!! Service was friendly and attentive. We sat outside and it was such a pretty day and enjoyable.

This place was great!! It was our first time here and we will definitely be back!! The service was really impressive considering some of the reviews said other wise! We shared a special appetizer on the board and each got a special entree. The food was amazing!! Can't wait to be back read more

The Shimmy Shack - Blackened catfish with bbq shrimp and grits - American Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

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Went there for lunch and it was a joke. Hard to find a parking spot (which I thought was a good sign!), understaffed, waited 30-45 minutes to place an order and then another 30 minutes to get our food. My shrimp po boy was mediocre. Coke was flat. Lunch for 3 was $52. C'mon! I can't recommend this place. We will never be back. I expect prompt service and good food if you're charging inflated prices! read more

This place is hit or miss on service but the food is always good IMO. The shittiest waitress I've ever had the displeasure of dealing with was at this place (I'm talking about attitude for asking for another beer refill). I actually asked to be reimbursed for my courtesy tip of 20%, but didn't follow through after management started the process on my credit card. I just wanted to make a point. The next time I gave it a try the waitress was wonderful. I've been here six or seven times. Shite waitress 50% of the time. Roll the dice folks read more

Table for 2. Food took an hour but was freshly cooked when it came out. Onion rings were delicious! The catfish "platter" for $12.95 was disappointing. It only includes 1 piece of fish. read more

The Shimmy Shack - American Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

First time visiting this place. Loved it. The honey bbq sliders and the spicy shimmy....DELISH!! The Long Island ... loved it and the Bloody Mary was awesome. I will definitely be back!! read more

The Shimmy Shack - Bloody Mary awesome!!!! - American Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

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A very unique place to have a meal. The menu is big and offer both meat and seafood options. They have daily specials that are written on the wall. There is normally a daily taxo special and you can't go wrong with that. Also the grilled catfish and blacked catfish is awesome. The service is always great and with friendly waitresses that are willing to take care of you. I highly recommend this place. read more

Ate lunch there today with friends and got one of the specials (blackened catfish on cheese grit covered in barbecue shrimp). It was fantastic. The catfish was cooked to perfection and the barbecue shrimp on top mixed well with the grits. I felt the fish was flavored well and mixed with the grits and shrimp made a fantastic meal. All in all I'd recommend lunching there. read more

Owner extremely rude when we picked up food. Probably last time we will go. If you don't appreciate my business I have plenty of other places to go to. read more

The evening was just cool enough that we decided to have dinner on the deck. We started off with the spinach and artichoke appetizer. It was good, not quite Houston's but better than a lot of places. I had the BBQ shrimp stuffed po boy. Nice and messy. My wife had the shrimp and Brie with bacon on pita bread. She wasn't happy with it, said it was bland. Looking around at some of the other diners, she wished she had ordered a burger. Service was good, Tammy looked after us as well as some tables inside. All in all, its close and we'll probably be back to try something else on the menu. read more

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Delicious! Been many times and they always have the best specials (kudos to whoever comes up with them)! My fav was the étouffée from a few days ago, im still thinking about it! read more

Have to admit, I came here "looking" for these racist banners that are meant to divide us. I don't know if this is some sort of practical joke, but I think someone created a fake Yelp account and posted this horrible stuff. I mean look, when the post office lost my "package" I HAD to admit to the postmaster that I mailed my "employer" a GUN. A federal investigation traced it to broken arrow, ok., but the guy is afraid to pick it up!!!! Lol . So frankly I am deeply offended that yelp would remove my positive review of Mosca's for "lack of personal experience". And if I have another person ask "where I'm from"-I am going to hurt them. It's not like I'm a BJJ Brown belt that was denied black because of some Iraqi kid (true) - I am a nobody. I am much worse than Rambo. I am a federal academy DROPOUT. So I know what it takes and the secrets to training others. But am the 1st loser. I never started the yelp bathroom pics, someone else did. All I did find is that they had an awesome pastrami and a great salad, nice beers, a beautiful patio. The owner said that he might install a FREE CAR WASH if enough of the apartment clientele. He said the key to life is to go to work enjoy what you have, and go home. Some of the best advice I've been given aside from my LSU dental school graduate. "Go get your vision checked!!!" I'm going to schedule that LASIK with the 20% radio app discount..... love it read more

Husband and I have lived in the area for two years and never tried this place. Stopped here for burgers tonight and we were pretty disappointed. The size of the burger was great - 8oz of meat. However, meat had zero flavor and was basically just a big chunk of grilled meat with a small amount of toppings (one tomato, one slice of onion, two pickles). We also ordered some fried pickles to start, they were actually decent. Service was awful. Waiter told us he was busy and behind multiple times. We never got our water refilled, had to request extra napkins etc. After we asked for some ranch for our pickles and waited for a while, my husband ran inside to grab it and was told to "Be patient!". When the table next for us asked for a menu after sitting for about fifteen minutes, the waiter told them to "Hold up!". I get that it's a pretty casual place, I'd hardly expect five star service but a friendly attitude would have been nice. The other wait staff we did observe seemed accommodating. Bland food, bad service. We won't bother going back. read more

Not sure why so many negative reviews here!!!! I've been going to the Shimmy Shack for over 6 years now and am always 1000% pleased. Food is delicious, well priced, and staff is super fun and friendly. Great place for game days, hungover brunch, and Cuban sandwiches! read more

Such a sweet surprise to find the gem!! The food was truly spectacular for "bar food" expectations. Cool bar chairs

Probably not going back to this place. Food was ok the two time I've gone. I've notice the Obama hatred displayed in this restaurant and can't find myself to give them my money again. Instead of going nurtural with politics they have to show hate, witch is fine it's your business display what u want. I just choose to go else where for now on. read more

The Shimmy Shack - American Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

I was surprised to see The Shimmy Shack at 2.5 stars. River Ridge/Elmwood can be a little sleepy and this place adds some fun and flavor. You can actually go grab some food after 9pm. Because sometimes you just need a late night burger. I had a burger with a side of awesomeness. It was a hot sausage and angus beef mix. Topped with BACON, corn beef, fried egg, cheese and dressed. The folks were "bar" friendly and love regulars. The space has some fun and creative stools. Don't let the low stars full you. Go grab a burger from the Shimmy Shack sometime. read more

The Shimmy Shack - American Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

The food was average, but the atmosphere was uncomfortable. As a result, I do not recommend this restaurant. read more

The Shimmy Shack - The only other Black face in the restaurant besides mine. Will not be returning. - American Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana