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Omi Chinese Restaurant
Posted on 12/7/20 at 10:43 am
Posted on 12/7/20 at 10:43 am
Omi is by far my favorite Chinese restaurant in Baton Rouge. Some friends picked up from there on Saturday and said they had a huge For Sale sign in front of the restaurant. Very sad if this is true. I hate to see them go.
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Posted on 12/7/20 at 11:45 am to jfw3535
if true my guess would be they struggle price wise in a city that believes the menu picture places are what Chinese food is and should cost
Posted on 12/7/20 at 11:49 am to jfw3535
When I had work in BR, I'd go there for lunch at least once each week I was there. I loved it, but it was almost always completely empty except for our table and I never understood why.
Posted on 12/7/20 at 12:06 pm to jfw3535
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Omi is by far my favorite Chinese restaurant in Baton Rouge.
Check out Nine Dragon Noodle House next to the Walmart Market Highland and Lee (not Nine Dragon on Burbank). Ive had some bad meals at Omi and some fantastic one. Nine Dragon Noodle House is consistently very good and like Omi is a cut above you average strip mall take out.
Posted on 12/7/20 at 12:56 pm to ThuperThumpin
Great restaurant but horrible location...its so hard to get there
Posted on 12/7/20 at 1:08 pm to jfw3535
I hope that isn't the case. I was worried when they closed these multiple times for COVID. I wish they'd find a nice building in Ascension parish and set up shop.
The other good one is Lee's Asian Fusion up north of Denham Springs. I thought Nine Dragon Noodle was good, but not of Omi or Lee's sichuan quality.
The other good one is Lee's Asian Fusion up north of Denham Springs. I thought Nine Dragon Noodle was good, but not of Omi or Lee's sichuan quality.
This post was edited on 12/7/20 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 12/7/20 at 1:16 pm to jfw3535
Really ? By far the best chinese
Posted on 12/7/20 at 2:05 pm to GRTiger
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I never understood why
I loved Omi, but I don't think most people even knew it existed unfortunately. I really don't think they were always dead because BR people wouldn't like the food, and I think they would probably do well opening a more takeout style concept but with their recipes.
I think that when people go to a sit-down dinner they're factoring in the atmosphere to a certain degree. There's a reason Merchant/DiGuilio's/Superior are packed to the gills night after night. Sadly, an authentic but otherwise quiet Chinese spot isn't going to pack the house on a Friday night.
Posted on 12/7/20 at 7:38 pm to jfw3535
That building has been for sale for years.
Posted on 12/7/20 at 7:43 pm to CrawKing
Wasn’t it a Vincent’s of New Orleans and also a Mexican restaurant years ago?
This post was edited on 12/7/20 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 12/7/20 at 7:47 pm to jfw3535
Omi is top notch
Posted on 12/7/20 at 8:48 pm to Paul Allen
No, it used to be Louisiana Pizza Kitchen, then it was several ethnic restaurants under the same owner, Mexican may have been one of those iterations and maybe Italian.
Posted on 12/7/20 at 8:51 pm to r3lay3r
It was called El Charro
Posted on 12/7/20 at 9:04 pm to r3lay3r
Before or after LPK it was Vincent’s. I’m not exactly sure when though.
Posted on 12/7/20 at 9:27 pm to Trout Bandit
I remember Vincent’s being where Superior Grill is today on Highland Rd.
Posted on 12/7/20 at 9:45 pm to r3lay3r
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I remember Vincent’s being where Superior Grill is today on Highland Rd.
Damn, I remember Arzi's and Monjuni's but clearly I'm too young for Vincent's
Posted on 12/7/20 at 9:50 pm to LouisianaLady
It closed ~2007. Vincent’s and Mandina's came to Baton Rouge after Katrina and each lasted a little over a year. Mandina's was in the old Chalet Brandt (now Velvet Cactus).
Posted on 12/7/20 at 10:04 pm to jfw3535
I asked the guy in my office from Guangzhou where he would go for Chinese food. He said Omi, so that's where I go.
Posted on 12/7/20 at 10:24 pm to r3lay3r
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Mandina's was in the old Chalet Brandt (now Velvet Cactus).
Is that what moved to Government by the name "Brandt's Maisonette"? Then became Studio C? Next to what is now the beer garden?
Posted on 12/7/20 at 10:45 pm to LouisianaLady
Yep same Brandt.
ETA Maybe I’m mistaken about Vincent’s being where Omi is.
ETA Maybe I’m mistaken about Vincent’s being where Omi is.
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