Mandina's Restaurant Reviews

I love the BBQ Shrimp Poboy - every time I am in NOLA I have to come here to get one!!!

Good good fried food! Everything was superb. Very large portions. I encourage sharing.

I would never eat here unless the price of everything on the menu is dropped by at least 20%. Waste of money when you can get a more tasteful meal for cheaper elsewhere in the French Quarter. I did need a to-go box due to the large portion but I would be much more satisfied with better tasting food (even in a smaller portion). I got the catfish almondine ($20) and the catfish meat itself was completely tasteless. The flavor came entirely from sauces they applied to the fried skin around the meat.

Celebrated my mother's 70th Birthday here. It was so good. We had a spot in the back next to a window, intimate it was. Large portion sizes on the seafood platter, my mom and I shared and we still had leftovers!

Very good food attentive service. I had the meatballs and spaghetti Sunday dinner. Food enough for two

You always feel so at home in New Orleans here. Fried oysters, shrimp, sofy shell crabs, fish and onions rings as well as their gumbo and turtle soup cant be beat. Service is always attentive. It is the quintissential neighborhood place here.

My family always enjoy eating here! We have no complaints.

Excellent. local drum fish Almaden and a cup of turtle soup with sherry! Yummy!!! Dolly was the best wait person.

Best bread pudding. Drinks were over priced. A double Bailey's on the rocks was $16.5 vs $12 in the FQ.

i ordered the seafood platter for both of us, and it was plenty. We had both already had gumbo and turtle soup, so unfortunately I was stuffed by the time the big pile of fried seafood goodness arrived. However, I still had the ability to eat most of my fish, and really enjoyed the fried oysters. I should have asked what type of fish, but didn't because I had drink too many Long Islands at that point. We really enjoyed the food, I will surely return, to this place, the next time, I am in the big EZSLZY.

Like walking into the home of family; recommend the crab fingers for app.

Delicious gumbo. Loved the atmosphere. Great welcoming service.

Excellent food. Excellent service. Follows Covid Rules. Yummy.

Great food. The service is a bit slow but the gumbo is a must-try

Absolutely loved the restaurant the gumbo was absolutely delightful. The best I have ever had in New Orleans.....

Seafood platter had more than one dozen fried oysters as well as lots of shrimp and fish. Excellent gumbo and the grilled seafood was done great.

Yummy place. I very much enjoyed the chicken parm. The service was also really good, our waiter was a very kind man. A must stop in New Orleans.

Generous portions, good but not great food, slow service, waitress was kind of spooky. Should be working at a haunted house.

Service was good. We had a party of 19.The only problem we had was some of the food not hot. We were seated on time.

A great old New Orleans restaurant serving wonderful New Orleans favorites. Fantastic poboys!! Every thing I have tried has been a great tasting dish. A must visit when in No la.

I've been a customer for years. They are handling Covid very well. Great food and good service as always.

Food = 3
Experience = 3
Value = 1

Crazy expensive for the food taste and quality... tourist trapish.

LOVE THIS PLACE, I have been going here since 1984!

A quintessential New Orleans neighborhood restaurant. Great atmosphere, really good food, very friendly staff.

Great food great service. Love this place. They act like you are family.

The Creole Catfish is Delicious!! Light, Healthy, the Vegetables Where Perfect & The Service is On Point!!

Friendly service, good meal. I would recommend the specials.

Delicious meatballs the size of your hand with great, fresh seafood

Mandinas has won me over, Great food, service, and the Red Beans were to die for. I took my girlfriend and grandmother here and they have been craving it since. Mandinas makes Neyows look like McDonalds

Classic New Orleans neighborhood place

While it was my first visit, family members are frequent guests here. I tried a barbeque shrimp poboy special, which requires a fork and knife because the saucy goodness made it too messy as a sandwich. My turtle soup starter was dark and rich, full of flavor and made perfect with the Sherry topper. Now that I know the nightly specials, I'm planning return trips based on those.

Delicious food as always. Only bummer was they ran out of the beef stew. Come early on Tuesday so you don't miss the best Tuesday special.

Authentic New Orleans food without French quarter prices excellent quality and quantity

Great food and have enjoyed eating here every time I am in town. I love the turtle soup and had the crawfish cakes which were delicious also.
The spaghetti dishes can be split between two people or you will definitely have enough for the next day.
The service is good and everyone is pleasant and helpful.
I highly recommend on regular basis.

Just a great, vintage New Orleans place. Creole eggplant....mmmmm

That was a fantastic meal and the portions were great. The atmosphere and the staff was wonderful. I highly recommend it to anyone who likes a variety of good food!

Our server was fabulous. A very matter of fact woman who made her purpose known and did her job RIGHT. I liked her a lot. However the food is SUPER HEAVY and messed up my stomach for DAYS. Now, I say this with trepidation because I do lots of eating in NOLA, but the fried fish almondine just put me off food for a few days. I had to take it easy, which is not what I like to do when I'm surrounded by the best food in the world.
The food was good and it certainly could have been because I had never had the kind of fish they had on the menu at the time, but beware. It's a meal and a half.

Friendly staff and Awesome food like grandmas cooking if you eat here I recommend the onion rings for an appetizer and the spaghetti and meatballs for entree

Very good traditional new orleans creole Italian dining

Went with a group of 18. Service was unbelievable - all of the drinks were filled, food came out all together, and we didn't have to wait long!

I want to say that the food and service is very good. However 2 ice teas , and 2 soft shell crabs w fries $60.00 . That's before tip. I think pricey for a neighborhood new orleans restaurant for lunch. It was very good though.

We went here because we were told we "had to try turtle soup" in New Orleans. I wish we'd been able to find a different place that advertised it. The soup was like canned beef stew with an odd boiled egg on top that was slightly broken down into a weird texture, the catfish came so covered in tomato sauce you couldn't even see it, the shrimp tasted like it had been frozen previously. The table next to us got a salad and it was literally a half head of lettuce (you can't properly wash lettuce when it's served that way), three THICK slices of tomato, and then inexplicably, two steak knives were shoved into it. It was definitely not worth the money. The server was nice, though. And sidenote: The one random tv was an odd contrast to the "semi nice" restaurant atmosphere they were going for. I wouldn't go back even if I lived right next door.

Great local spot, great food and nice atmosphere. We had a pretty long wait but it was worth it. Bar area gets crowded with all the people waiting, still a nice experience.

Great Turtle soup, old New Orleans style restaurant.

A well known neighborhood place where you stand at the bar while you wait for a table, but stay out of the way of the waiters. Generous portions in the $6.00-12.00 range. On my last visit, I had a really super dinner of crawfish etoufee and a great bowl of gumbo along with some of the best shrimp remoulade I have ever had. The loaf sandwiches are very large, the 1/2 is like most wholes and no mortal can eat a whole. Ed the waiter may seem surly, but he's a good guy, pay attention to his advice! Often crowded. North on Carrollton to Canal St., turn right on Canal, go about three blocks, it will be on the right side of the street.

Has been my favorite restaurant over 30 years... Melinda Pourciau

Always delicious. I had trout meuniere. Service was great even though it was crowded. A new Orleans classic

Started off with the shrimp cocktaiI and turtle soup. They put small shrimp on top of old, watery iceberg lettuce, and poured cocktail sauce on top of it. Really, who does this?!! My wife and I had to pick through that mess just to find shrimp lathered in that mess. Turtle soup was decent but not impressive, and didn't taste fresh. I then ordered the $30+ seafood platter with the buster crab, and It was terrible. The buster crab was nothing more than a fried ball of mush. How can you mess up fried food? I could have gotten cheaper and better elsewhere. This meal was truly unacceptable, and I won't even get into the service.

Classic NOLA ! Family run in the same location for decades. Time tested recipes and awesome sauces.

Our server was awesome. The place is always packed and smells good, but what we ordered for food was not as tasty as it was pricey. Make sure to order the half poboys unless you want 2 feet for $30! Our fried oysters weren't that good either. Theres fruit in the bread pudding too so heads up.

Had Stephan as a server. He wasn't too chatty, but he got the job done quickly and efficiently. I swear our food came out in 5 min of ordering. Fantastic!!! I had the spaghetti and meatball. Will defently ask for Stephan again as well.

My favorite restaurant anywhere.The best food and drinks.

Great food and curbside service. One of the last institutions that you can get a good old stuffed veal cutlet poboy!! I could live on poboys, hot, cold or old, and anytime day or night!!

Enjoyed the shrimp creole with rice and peas. Delicious. Great place!

I cannot rave enough. Our server was highly knowledgeable and helped choose our entrees. The special of the day was fantastic. Everything about this place is top notch.

Comfort food New Orleans style ! Locals place ! Do it !! Look at daily specials Crawfish ettoufee

Everything on the menu is excellent! Great service. Love this place. I've been coming here for years and I've never had a bad experience.

Food is perfect every time , service is always great. I drive from Ms 2 or 3 times a month .. One of the top New Orleans restaurants!!!!!

Excellent food, atmosphere and service is spectacular. Several visits and always happy.

Had the Gulf Fish Lafitte which was outstanding! Also whole heartedly recommend the shrimp remoulade with enough shrimp to make this a full meal as well as the turtle soup with sherry. Wow.

Our server (Johnny) was great and answered our questions, ehich prompted our choices. What a nice selection in every area--daily specials, seafood, and reminders of home cooking. Such a nice experience.

Best seafood gumbo in the city. One of the best oyster poboys in the city as well!

Busy but are waitress kept up with everything we asked for
The location was why it was so busy but our food came out quick!!!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
FOOD IS GREAT!!!

Visited Mandina's on a recent trip home. This is one iconic, NOLA neighborhood restaurant. So many have Italian origins, but represent the broad, casual, creole, palate common to the neighborhood joints of New Orleans. Gumbo, fried Louisiana seafood, sandwiches, steaks, roast beef, muffaleta, stuffed artichokes, classic Italian dishes, etouffe, red beans and rice. Do you know what it means...?