Mandina's Restaurant

"My Little Princess and I dined on oyster and artichoke soup, turtle soup, Creole catfish, and fried oysters and catfish. The food was great, but disappointed that the turtle soup had veal, not snapping turtle, but the soup base was excellent. The old fashioneds were very good. If visiting New Orleans for a few days, consider this restaurant during your stay."

"Mandina's is a great locals family runs restaurant that I have frequented for 50 plus years. It's New Orleans Personified. I love everything about this place. Always great service, especially last night. Friendly and efficient."

"The food was good. We had the sampler platter and everything was fresh (no old oil, no foul fishy odor) I liked the cabbage, my friend didn't. We're used to southern fried cabbage not Irish boiled cabbage. Our server was great and the food came out quick and hot. Overall, I would come here again."

"You can tell this place has soul. My friend found it for us as a fun casual dinner our last night in town. The food was exactly what we were looking for. Home cooked feeling. Ambiance was great. Nothing fancy about it and for sure the best fried shrimp I’ve ever had!!! Gumbo was amazing too. The portions were insane. It was such a shame I couldn’t finish it all!"

"All my years of living here and this was the very first time I've been to Mandina's. Oh, what I've been missing out all these years! The food was amazing and so was the service! Our waiter, Patrick was a pleasure to have, serving us, and his suggestions of what to order, were right on cue. Everything he suggested was amazing! The other servers were punctual and kept out table clear. Overall excellent service! We will definitely be coming back! Everything was top knotch!"