Mulates Cajun Restaurant Review

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS PLACE. A MUST STOP IF IN NEW ORLEANS.
I had not been here in over two years. They have changed their menu slightly. The now serve coleslaw instead of green beans with most of their meals.

I just walked out of the restaurant with my family. The hostess was unwelcoming. I asked for a table towards the back and she refused to seat us where we felt comfortable and with less noise. The tables towards the music area were loud and very crowded. As we were walking out, the hostess sat a family of 5 towards the back. What a way to great customers!

Good food. Gave it 4 stars because I feel like you can get the same thing lots of places in NOLA. We enjoyed the band that played. That's something a little harder to find, for some reason... restaurants with good Cajun/zydeco music. My dad and his wife were in from out of state and really excited to hear live zydeco music. Did not disappoint.

Service is a bit slow, so don't expect it to be a quick meal. However, our server was awesome. Felicia is her name. Ready with suggestions, very friendly and accommodating. (She just seems like a lovely person in general.) And definitely had that New Orleans hospitality. I would probably go back again just for her and the music.

I doubt it's a secret but we stumbled upon it. It was delicious and well priced. Seemed pretty busy but service was prompt and friendly.

Serving size was huge... good problem, eh? Service fast and pleasant!! Plus excellent entertainment... How can U go wrong?

I really wanted this place to be amazing, but....we had gumbo and it was just ok. Admittedly, I had never tried gumbo before but this was really mushy, maybe it is supposed to be that way? The server was really nice and the place was busy, so they are doing something right.

Everything hit the spot. My mouth left happy. Definitely make reservations. The line out the door when we left was crazy.

Great food, friendly service. Very large restaurant with lots of tables, did not have to wait to be seated. Grilled Cajun seafood platter is delicious

Very fine food and super service. The bread pudding is the best I've ever had. A cookbook with all their recipes is a must take home souvenir

Our waiter John K was very nice and humorous. Knowledgeable of the menu and had great recommendations. Food was good will be back on my next trip to NOLA!

Loved the atmosphere...the infectious beat of the Zydeco music...and the food of course. Everyone there was having a great time.

Very lively restaurant and great food. Went to dinner here and ordered the fried gator, which was really good. It was busy here and we surprisingly got sat down really quickly. There was a live band playing on stage which was really fun. People were eating and dancing, having a good time.

I highly recommend the blackened alligator. While I do not typically like bread pudding, it is there specialty, so we tried it. Still not my top 10, but the sauce the use is excellent. Good music, not wait. Overall, highly recommend.

Really some good food. I had frog legs along with rice and beans.

Massive place! Definitely looks better on the inside than out! The food and adult beverages are great! Great selection and recommendations from the staff! They had a great seafood sampler platter and appetizers that I was able to share with my buddy at a good price! Lots of delicious food! Would go again!

This restaurant is near the convention center. It was highly recommended by three different people from New Orleans and two people from the Los Angeles area. The menu was fantastic. They would be something for everybody. I enjoy seafood and ordered a surf and turf type dinner.

The food is really good, but really expensive. Some of the best boudin I have had.

The food here was extremely tasty. The smoked oyster appetizer was out-of-this-world! We also had the Crawfish bites that were good and the muffaletta as well. The red beans and rice was a bit Bland compared to Nola's on Bourbon Street but nothing was actually bad.

We tried the cajun platter and tasted grilled alligator and fried fish. It was a good experience.
The personnel was attentive and friendly.
There is live music after 7:00pm.

Not too bad, service was good. However their prices are 40% higher than is listed on the Google menu tab and that left a bad taste in my mouth, pun intended. Prices might be worth it for dinner with the live music, etc. considering the location. But for lunch it was pretty outrageous considering the quality of the food, which did seem to be a step above cafeteria- and pretty on par with your average buffet.

Bottom line, if your boss is paying, go for it. If it s your nickel, look elsewhere.

We had a particularly pleasant server. The food was tasty and the atmosphere was fun.

Our family loved the resturant! The food wss so tasty and our waitress was very nice and very attentive. Wonderful music a bonus!

This place was very busy so we thought we'd give it a try. The service was super slow and the food was not good at all (other than the fries). And to make it worse it's way over priced. There was a live band and a small area for dancing. That was the one nice thing about our visit.

Food is good but way over priced. A roast beef poboy with french fries was almost $25.00. Crazy!

Good food but on the more expensive side. The sampler is the way to go and cost effective if you are ordering more than one appetizer.

Real cool local cuisine, not sure if it's a New Orleans thing but the service was amazing, professional and friendly. Food was real good too, their jambalaya was my favorite.

This plane is WAY expensive, don't believe the Yelp cost rating of $$. Just an example; a cup of red beans and rice was close $12. Not a bowl, a cup! The bowl was close to $16. Are these Jack's beans? Will I be able to climb up the stalk to find a giant's treasure. You better if you are going to choose to eat here.

Food-lovers find somewhere else to go! Family friendly, sat quickly, staff was the bomb! Music & dance floor made for good people watching! If the food was as good as our server, Jesse, 5 stars woulda been in order! But unfortunately, food was of mediocre, microwave quality and waaaay over-priced. Family of 4 ordered only 2 dishes, big appetizer, 2 sodas, 3 beers and 1 dessert and the bill was $120 + $25 tip. Jambalaya and gumbo was mush in my mouth. Quality of ingredients and kitchen talent was lacking and the bathroom was filthy. If you have to eat here, order a $10 dessert. It is not made in-house. Floor was sticky, out of TP! Someone needs to be managing this restaurant!

Love this place, especially the alligator. Could not stop eating it. And, they had a zydeco band playing when I was there. Very very entertaining, and lots of original Norlin's food,

It was delicious food, right next to the convention center.

A little away from the French Quarter, you eat relatively well while listening to some musicians. It takes a few people for a more festive atmosphere ...

While I visited, there was a live band and dancing, prices might seem a little high, but the food is More than excellent... and there is dancing!

Amazing food!!! Wonderful family atmosphere! The live music was great!!!

Good atmosphere but a little over priced for what I got. Compared to restaurants around it, Mulate's doesn't deliver on the food front.

The food was really good. Everything on the menu sounds good. The staff are very friendly. We had a very long wait to be seated but once seat service was quick.

Went to Mulate's with a group of 8 people. Restaurant was fully packed and the atmosphere was great for listening to live music and dancing. The servers were very responsive but food took long to come. The food was average (I've lived in Lafayette, LA so I know good Cajun). Would recommend for tourist wanting a feel of Cajun music in New Orleans. For good Zydeco music, lovely people and for reasonably priced foods

Nice restaurant. Can't judge how authentic this place is but it's been around for a lond time.

My husband and I highly recommend this restaurant. Bret is the best server I've ever had the privilege of experiencing.

Food was phenomenal! Try the fried gator! Dessert is delicious! Clean restaurant, friendly staff and great service.

Great food and great atmosphere. They can easily accommodate large groups. Highly recommend.

Great food, poboys are huge and filing! Will definitely be returning.

If you're into deep fried stuff, this is the place for you. I am giving this resto 4 stars only because my friends enjoyed the Mulate's seafoods platter - everything was deep fried. They also enjoyed the deep fried alligator meat for appetizer .

Jambalaya was amazing. Remoulade was mouthwatering. Bread pudding was as good as advertised. Great atmosphere and music with awesome food.

Great service, the food was delicious and amazing Cajun band!

The food and service were great! It is a bit pricey, though.

The bread pudding is great. Music isn't bad either.

Great menu selection.
Friendly service.

True Cajan atmosphere..the Family loved the Music as well as the Food. Waiter was really Helpful..Had the Big Bowl of Red Beans and Rice..with Sausage..Gator was really good..another need to go when in New Orleans..close to Convention Center

One of the worst places I've been too. Over priced & the food was horrible.

I had the gumbo and it was absolutely delicious! The atmosphere was great and although it was busy, the food still arrived quickly. Would definitely recommend!

Food was excellent. Service was great. Went twice during my visit.

We visit Mulate's whenever we're in New Orleans. Always our favorite meal of the trip. Catfish Mulate's is possibly the best meal I've ever eaten. Plus live Cajun music and dancing. It doesn't get any better.

Crowded,poor service and the food isn't great at all

Only tried the fried gator and a local kolsch beer (boot). The 2 star is because the beer was great. The gator was so-so, but a little fishy and a few peices has no gator, presumably just lumps of old fishy juice soaked breadcrumbs tasting of scum. After the second price of (not-gator) my stomach was turned. I like fish, but this is just poor practice of breading and quality control. Yuck!

It is a good place to go if you have a large group. Disappointed in the fried oysters- very small and over cooked. I will not go there again.

Had the zydeco gumbo, seafood gumbo and Mardi gras shrimp.... Everything was great, well seasoned the French bread they give as a app was good as well. It's a very vibrant location.

The food wasn't worth the 45 min wait. The band played two songs then took a 45 min break. Not worth the time with so many amazing places to dine.

Food was great and servive was great but the food took forever to come out. Still would go back though because food was so good.

Not so impressed. Alligator appetizer was cold. Coleslaw was nasty. And it was extremely expensive.

This place was recommended to me by many people, but I felt that it was average at best. For the price of the food, I expected it to be better...

Service was great. Food was too. Get the sauteed frog legs! The fried are good too

Gumbo was not good. Rice and shrimp with a salty broth. The fried shrimp appetizers with the spicy mustard sauce is ok but nothing special. The bbq shrimp was ok minus the veins in the shrimp. Service was average.

Nice family restaurant. Service is good and there is usually some form of live music.

Food was terrible and lukewarm when it arrived at the table. Service was fine. Stay away from the etouffee

Oooh man! The smoked Cajun oysters! The mufalatta was tasty, but small, not like the originals in The Quarter

The whole setting of the restaurant was great! It should have got a better rating. Anyways, great food and live music!

Tourist trap.... locals do not eat here.

Nothing special. Oil to fry our food was over used and should have been changed out long ago. Food was expensive for what we received. Actually it was VERY expensive.

Service was ok, other than being billed for 3 drinks when we only received 1. He forgot to bring the second round of drinks and left them on the bill. YUP...we never received our 2nd round of drinks.

When were were walked to our table the hostess literally walked 20 feet ahead of us. No chit chat.... no nothing. She dropped menus on table as she turned around. "Here is your table".

The place is like a big open warehouse, very noisey.

For the life of me I really do not get the hype for this place.....

Great, family vibe to this New Orleans staple. Best red beans and rice I've had in years!

Very touristy. Food was alright but definitely not exceptional. Service was good.

Always wonderful options for Cajun food and lively music.

The worst $65 ever spent on dinner...after waiting 45 minutes. Got exactly what I'm allergic to, exactly what I asked not to be placed in my food. Worse, was takeout, called the manager and he said he couldn't so anything about it, then hung up.
Thanks Mulates
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