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re: Mother of Pearl - the BEST hidden gem in New Orleans

Posted on 9/14/25 at 5:04 pm to
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
78460 posts
Posted on 9/14/25 at 5:04 pm to
There are a few seats at the bar. The kitchen seating is gone now from when Goodenough ran it.
Posted by TigerGrl73
Nola
Member since Jan 2004
21467 posts
Posted on 9/14/25 at 7:08 pm to
We also went based on this thread just after Coolinary ended. We were the only people there.

I loved the service, the owners, and the space. The food was good but a bit too heavy for me. We had the oysters (too much crème fraiche but good); I had the fish (puppy drum) which was excellent but huge portion (took it home and husband who hates fish leftovers gladly ate it); husband had shrimp curry and didn’t love it. So it wasn’t a total miss but I don’t feel the rush to go back soon. I really did like the people though. Next time I wouldn’t order so much.
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
130333 posts
Posted on 1/31/26 at 12:27 pm to
Went here again for the first time since this review. Menu was totally different and looked great. Wish we had ordered more actually.

Got the arancini which was great, oyster takoyaki which was also great. The duck soba entree…wasn’t in love with it. We both thought it was crazy salty. Wish we had gotten to the crab and corn custard or the pbj shrimp toast.

Wine prices have definitely gone up but that’s not surprising.

Still a little gem of a place. There’s two people in the kitchen, a waiter and a bartender and that's it.
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