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LSULEFTY 
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| Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/19/12 at 1:30 pm)
As good as the original? Coming to New Orleans for the Bowl game Saturday and want some oysters.
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notiger1997
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/19/12 at 1:32 pm to LSULEFTY)
Go for the oysters, but I wouldn't eat the whole meal there.
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Fun Bunch 
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/19/12 at 1:37 pm to LSULEFTY)
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As good as the original?
Its the same, meaning that it sucks.
There is only one dish worth getting at Drago's, and that's the Charbroiled Oysters, which are always amazing.
Everything else blows.
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Fun Bunch
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/19/12 at 1:39 pm to LSULEFTY)
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As good as the original? Coming to New Orleans for the Bowl game Saturday and want some oysters.
If you want to stay in that area, get the charbroiled at Drago's, leave and then go over to the Warehouse District and eat at Cochon, Cochon Butcher, ROOT, La Boca, Rock n Sake, Tommy's ,etc. instead.
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/19/12 at 1:40 pm to Fun Bunch)
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Everything else blows
It's overrated but I wouldn't say it blows.
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/19/12 at 1:42 pm to TigerWise)
Along with the oysters, they've boiled a decent lobster for me in the past. Just pick your size.
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/19/12 at 1:44 pm to LSULEFTY)
If you want oysters along with some decent other food, go to Felix's
ETA: They dont have a liquor license right now so its BYOB. NVM just saw that they closed 
This post was edited on 12/19 at 1:47 pm
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/19/12 at 2:08 pm to LSULEFTY)
Get oysters at grand isle instead.
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Gaston
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/19/12 at 2:12 pm to LSULEFTY)
I'd go to Remoulade or the Bourbon House for raw. That's just me though.
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/19/12 at 2:14 pm to notiger1997)
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Go for the oysters, but I wouldn't eat the whole meal there.
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stapuffmarshy 
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/19/12 at 2:23 pm to LSULEFTY)
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Drago's Hilton Riverside
As good as the original?
uh no I despise this location
it's not set up like a restaurant, it's like tables in a hotel lobby
loud and no the food doesn't match Metry for me anyway
I'd do Acme for charbroiled and raw plus you can get other decent food there
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/19/12 at 4:13 pm to stapuffmarshy)
Sat at the bar (drink bar) last week and had a couple dozen raw and a half dozen charbroiled. Oysters were awesome.
The actual bar staff service sucked though.
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LSULEFTY
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/20/12 at 1:30 pm to stapuffmarshy)
I think we'll pass on Dragos and do Acme.
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Degas
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/20/12 at 1:39 pm to LSULEFTY)
Enjoy the long wait in line with the tourists.
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/20/12 at 2:11 pm to Gaston)
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I'd go to Remoulade
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Fun Bunch
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/20/12 at 2:23 pm to LSULEFTY)
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I think we'll pass on Dragos and do Acme.
So you're going to pass on shite to go somewhere even shittier?
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Lester Earl
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/20/12 at 6:44 pm to LSULEFTY)
Drago is better than acme
Acme is smaller and loud and jammed. You'll prob have to wait cuz of the tourists. They don't take reservations either
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Too Frat To Care
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/20/12 at 8:25 pm to notiger1997)
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Go for the oysters, but I wouldn't eat the whole meal there.
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LSULEFTY
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/21/12 at 4:28 pm to Kajungee)
Where's Remoulade?
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| re: Drago's Hilton Riverside (Posted on 12/21/12 at 7:44 pm to LSULEFTY)
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Drago's Hilton Riverside
As good as the original?
Here's your definitive answer.
Drago's at the Hilton isn't in the same ballpark as the original (I have no idea why that should be the case, but it is). I won't eat there.
That said, other than the oysters, most of the rest of the menu at both places is mediocre (with a couple of exceptions, perhaps, in Metairie).
Acme and Felix's are nothing special, imo. Acme has decent oysters, but I'll go anywhere before I'll wait in line to get in the place. The last few times I tried Felix's (the last time probably being a decade ago ) it sucked all around.
Glad to be of help.
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