Wonderful atmosphere, delicious food, quick and efficient service! Delightful reuse of older structiure by the ralph brennan group!
The place was built in the 1700's. The staff there are awesome. The food is very good and not too pricey. Eventhough they don't encourage it, if you bring a sharpie, you can write your name on the wall. They play classical music while eating. You can eat inside or out in the enclosed court yard. There is a bar there as well if you just want to slip in for a drink.
A cozy eating establishment in an historic building with classical music playing in the background. Chose to eat here based on reviews. Husband ordered seafood gumbo, which had only shrimp. I ordered the muffaletta salad, which was satisfactory but certainly not exceptional. The red beans and rice side dish was disappointing. We were hoping for better.
Food delicious, service friendly and on point, and surroundings exquisite. What more to say? Everything went as well as anyone could expect and better. Please don’t go into the courtyard and sneer because you’re not being relegated to the dungeon but given a chance to enjoy the music and food without the distraction of too many other diners.
The restaurant itself had a bit of an unexpected romantic feel to it, which was nice! We also got sat relatively quickly even though there was a line out the door to get in. The food was alright, but the service was terrible. We got our appetizer long before our sodas came out. The drinks took so long to finally come out, we started eating the appetizer (before that got cold) and drank the bottled water we happened to have with us. Once we did get our drinks, refills took awhile, so we were back to drinking our bottled water again halfway through dinner. Would pick a different restaurant if we came in town again.
My muffuletta loving husband called this “the best muffuletta he’s ever had by far”. I got the shrimp stuffed avocado and it was amazing. They were sweet enough to give us a side of jumbalya- amazing lunch! Aside from the food and atmosphere being lovely, while we were waiting in line, the host grabbed a cup of water for an old man who needed it. I didn’t even hear the guy ask, I just think this host was a kind human. It was my favorite act of kindness I saw that day, and it warmed my heart. Thank you for employing kind humans.
The best sandwich I've ever eaten. One of the best meals on our trip. Muffuletta was amazing, boudin was great. Service was freindly and fast. Price was very reasonable. (Again, I paid much more for meals that were not as good as this on our trip) I went back again, just before heading to the airport.
Went here on Sunday for a lighter supper. The muffuletta was wonderful along with the gumbo. Service was good in an informal atmosphere. They have Pimm's.
We ordered an order to go muffuletta and bread pudding. The muffuletta was good and bread pudding was as excellent. The bartender was nice and friendly.
My husband picked the Napoleon House because he likes old buildings and especially old historic restaurants. I was a little skeptical after looking at their menu online, but agreed to try this place. My first clue that we had made a mistake was that there was no line. The second clue was we were told there was a 10 minute wait and when we were finally led to our table by a very unfriendly hostess, the place was almost empty. The third clue was the restaurant was very dark and very dingy with these weird light bulbs that casted a very dark orangy glow. Then came the waiter. He was the rudest, most miserable restaurant worker I think I have ever encountered. When we ordered water and tea to drink, he said, "that's it?" When he brought our drinks he said, "well, are you at least going to order food?" I wanted to walk out then, but my husband wanted to stay. We ordered spinach artichoke dip for an appetizer and shrimp po'boys. This is where things got even worse! I am not for sure what we were served that was supposed to pass for dip, but it was a very green, very watery mess served in a burnt bread bowl. It was so foul-tasting (and it smelled even worse) that I couldn't get the taste of the one bite I took out of my mouth. The po'boys were at least edible. The bread was good, but the shrimp were just soggy and my sandwich had only a few shreds of lettuce. When my husband asked if I wanted to order dessert, I couldn't stop laughing; all I wanted to do was get out of this nasty place and try to forget this most awful meal. I thought I would sleep on it before writing my review because I would rarely consider any eating establishment a 1, but it is 12 hours after and it feels even worse than it did when I was sitting there. My advice, skip the Napoleon House, there are too many great restaurants in New Orleans to subject yourself to awful food and even worse service.