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Mother's
Posted on 9/9/10 at 8:40 am
Posted on 9/9/10 at 8:40 am
Saturday will be the first time I have ever eaten there. What should I have and what are the crowds like?
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Posted on 9/9/10 at 8:44 am to jreb1018
Incredibly overrated touris trap.
Posted on 9/9/10 at 8:47 am to jreb1018
Lines are always long. Awful food is surpassed only by worse service. Too many better options. Tourist trap crap. If held hostage get the Ferdi I guess.
Posted on 9/9/10 at 8:51 am to jreb1018
Lines are long and the food is overpriced...with that said, the ferdi/ralph is fantastic.
Posted on 9/9/10 at 8:53 am to jreb1018
Bring a drink for the line. Johnny's poboys are better.
Posted on 9/9/10 at 9:00 am to jreb1018
The food snobs on this board would have you think Mother's is serving McDonald's quality food while you're being waited on by the Gestapo.
Will there be a thirty minute line...probably. It's touristy because it's so famous.
Is it over priced for what you get...it is for what you get compared to other places, but a lot of places are over priced in that area of the city.
Is the food good...it's not bad, but yes, there are better places to go in the city.
If you wanna go to get the experience, and say you've been...get the Ferdi, but there are better options as far as dining in N.O.
Will there be a thirty minute line...probably. It's touristy because it's so famous.
Is it over priced for what you get...it is for what you get compared to other places, but a lot of places are over priced in that area of the city.
Is the food good...it's not bad, but yes, there are better places to go in the city.
If you wanna go to get the experience, and say you've been...get the Ferdi, but there are better options as far as dining in N.O.
This post was edited on 9/9/10 at 9:01 am
Posted on 9/9/10 at 9:03 am to DanglingFury
quote:
Will there be a thirty minute line...probably. It's touristy because it's so famous.
Is it over priced for what you get...it is for what you get compared to other places, but a lot of places are over priced in that area of the city.
Is the food good...it's not bad, but yes, there are better places to go in the city.
If you wanna go to get the experience, and say you've been...get the Ferdi, but there are better options as far as dining in N.O.
This is the correct answer.
Posted on 9/9/10 at 9:04 am to DanglingFury
Agree. It is pretty good grub. I am not standing in line for it, but you can't honestly say the food is bad.
Posted on 9/9/10 at 9:06 am to Mo Jeaux
Yep...just overpriced...they bake their own ham and roast beef...they take their food seriosuly.
Posted on 9/9/10 at 9:08 am to DanglingFury
Thanks for the info. This place is so hyped I wasn't sure what the actual opinion about this place was.
Posted on 9/9/10 at 9:08 am to notiger1997
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I am not standing in line for it, but you can't honestly say the food is bad.
No doubt. The Ferdi/Ralph and the debris po-boy are good. The best time to eat there is breakfast. The debris or ham biscuit is really good. Is it over priced? Of course it is.
Posted on 9/9/10 at 10:25 am to glassman
The Bon Ton around the corner is my go to spot around Mothers but everyone should go to Mothers once I guess. I liked the soft shell crab po-boy with debris on it!!!
Posted on 9/9/10 at 10:37 am to DanglingFury
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The food snobs on this board would have you think Mother's is serving McDonald's quality food while you're being waited on by the Gestapo.
Agreed here.
While the place is not really worth waiting in any sort of sizable line, I'd put the quality of the product they put out up against any other place in town. Not many places both bake their own hams and roast their own roast beef.
People ripping them for "quality" don't know what they're talking about.
Posted on 9/9/10 at 10:39 am to Y.A. Tittle
Where are said food snobs? Seems like agreement amongst NOLA people that it is overpriced, but still good.
We, as locals, recognize that there are better poboys for half the price elsewhere, but I wouldn't blame a tourist for going.
I even make it once a year during slow summer months (forgot to this year).
We, as locals, recognize that there are better poboys for half the price elsewhere, but I wouldn't blame a tourist for going.
I even make it once a year during slow summer months (forgot to this year).
Posted on 9/9/10 at 10:42 am to Tiger Attorney
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Seems like agreement amongst NOLA people that it is overpriced, but still good.
Hell, even there, I'd say it's only marginally "overpriced." It's not like their prices are completely out of whack for any other similarly situated place.
Posted on 9/9/10 at 10:47 am to Y.A. Tittle
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any other similarly situated place.
Agreed...but Johnny's is cheaper though
Mother's=Carnegie Deli
Overpriced, but high quality and good...a must go at least once.
Eventually, you discover Johnny's (or Guy's, Parkway, etc.) or Katz's Deli (or other ones up and down Orchard St.)
I suspect the people who bash Mother's are locals with a lackluster knwledge of the NOLA restaurant scene or frequent visitors to NOLA from nearby who feel the need to berate Mother's so they can feel local.
Posted on 9/9/10 at 10:58 am to Tiger Attorney
Me being one of those "tourists", I have to try it at least once. I looked up the menu and the Ferdi has me hooked. Anything with an ingredient called debris has to be special.
Posted on 9/9/10 at 11:00 am to jreb1018
Def go for it.
I'm not a huge red jambalaya fan, but their version is good.
I'm not a huge red jambalaya fan, but their version is good.
Posted on 9/9/10 at 11:01 am to Tiger Attorney
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I'm not a huge red jambalaya fan, but their version is good.
It really is pretty good.
This post was edited on 9/9/10 at 11:02 am
Posted on 9/9/10 at 11:03 am to glassman
They also have one of the best restaurant versions of red beans. I think their house baked ham has something to do with it.
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