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Pigeon & Whale - New Restaurant - Freret St, NOLA
Posted on 7/9/23 at 10:22 am
Posted on 7/9/23 at 10:22 am
Brand new restaurant on Freret, open less than two weeks. I honestly hadn’t even heard about its opening but my wife randomly saw it on Resy and looked at the menu and wanted to go.
Made a reservation and it’s fairly obvious when I got there that I am very out of the loop because it was PACKED. Definitely the new hotness apparently.
They did an absolutely great job with the interior. Very pretty restaurant that they obviously spent a ton of money on the buildout. Kinda of modern “sea” theme with a lot of retro touches. However, it is an extremely loud place. They need to figure that out.
Bar is beautiful with a pretty sharp cocktail list and small but nice wine list. Had two Negronis that were very on point.
The food was fantastic for a place only open 10 days. I have no idea who the chef is or the people behind it but they served some really excellent food. Mostly seafood based with some really high end presented dishes. I thought the prices were relatively reasonable too. My only quibble would be the squid ink pasta could have used a tiny bit of salt and heat, maybe red pepper.
Service was really nice and smart, but slightly on the slow part as you’d expect from a new place. But our server was still very good.
If you’re looking for a cool new spot to take the Mrs. I recommend.
Made a reservation and it’s fairly obvious when I got there that I am very out of the loop because it was PACKED. Definitely the new hotness apparently.
They did an absolutely great job with the interior. Very pretty restaurant that they obviously spent a ton of money on the buildout. Kinda of modern “sea” theme with a lot of retro touches. However, it is an extremely loud place. They need to figure that out.
Bar is beautiful with a pretty sharp cocktail list and small but nice wine list. Had two Negronis that were very on point.
The food was fantastic for a place only open 10 days. I have no idea who the chef is or the people behind it but they served some really excellent food. Mostly seafood based with some really high end presented dishes. I thought the prices were relatively reasonable too. My only quibble would be the squid ink pasta could have used a tiny bit of salt and heat, maybe red pepper.
Service was really nice and smart, but slightly on the slow part as you’d expect from a new place. But our server was still very good.
If you’re looking for a cool new spot to take the Mrs. I recommend.
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Posted on 7/9/23 at 10:37 am to Fun Bunch
I had to look it up to see where this was, and it’s where I suspected.
That seems to be a tough space for places, for some reason. I’ll still try to check it out.
That seems to be a tough space for places, for some reason. I’ll still try to check it out.
Posted on 7/9/23 at 10:41 am to Fun Bunch
I literally walked passed it the other day and said "When did that get there" . Apparently I'm out of the loop as well. Will have to give it a try. Thanks for the review.
Posted on 7/9/23 at 10:54 am to Fun Bunch
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Pigeon & Whale
Trying too hard
Posted on 7/9/23 at 10:56 am to Y.A. Tittle
This place may stick around. The build out was very well done, food was great, and it was super crowded. We will see if it can sustain it but I don’t think the word of mouth is even out there yet.
Posted on 7/9/23 at 10:57 am to Jones
quote:
quote:
Pigeon & Whale
Trying too hard
Yeah and there’s that.
Posted on 7/9/23 at 10:59 am to Fun Bunch
Interesting menu. What's Sh!t in the Shell?
There's chargrilled mussels, but no chargrilled oysters. With all of the oyster offerings, I'm surprised by that.
No crab except for crab fat on the scallops and just a few shrimp dishes.
What else did you and the Mrs. have?
There's chargrilled mussels, but no chargrilled oysters. With all of the oyster offerings, I'm surprised by that.
No crab except for crab fat on the scallops and just a few shrimp dishes.
What else did you and the Mrs. have?
Posted on 7/9/23 at 11:29 am to Jones
quote:
Trying too hard
Lol.
100% agree
Posted on 7/9/23 at 11:52 am to Fun Bunch
they are part of the Delachaise wine bar - Chas Delachaise group I heard
Posted on 7/9/23 at 12:10 pm to Gris Gris
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Interesting menu. What's Sh!t in the Shell?
Raw oysters with the ceviche of the day on top
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There's chargrilled mussels
Virtually every table got this but us. They looked really good and smelled great.
quote:
No crab except for crab fat on the scallops and just a few shrimp dishes.
What bizarre observations. What’s the significance of this observation?
This post was edited on 7/10/23 at 1:33 pm
Posted on 7/9/23 at 12:10 pm to Lester Earl
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they are part of the Delachaise wine bar - Chas Delachaise group I heard
Huh. Interesting. This was certainly nothing like the other two places. Definitely more upscale-ish.
Posted on 7/9/23 at 12:15 pm to Fun Bunch
This place is has been on radar. We are going to Cure in a couple weeks and will prob make a reservation then. Menu looks awesome.
Posted on 7/9/23 at 12:36 pm to Fun Bunch
Remember when this place had frequent, quality reviews of restaurants. Good info bunchmigo
Posted on 7/9/23 at 12:54 pm to Fun Bunch
Menu and pictures look like they’re trying to recreate 167 Raw (from Charleston)
Posted on 7/9/23 at 1:02 pm to Fun Bunch
quote:
What bizarre observations. What’s the significance of this observation?
Lots of seafood on the menu. Guess I expected to see those as well. Crab is my favorite, so I looked for it.
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We got raw oysters, ceviche, octopus, squid ink pasta, and teramasalata (which was really great). And dessert.
Pretty sure I just read your wife's detailed review with some great photos.
Posted on 7/9/23 at 1:41 pm to Gris Gris
I believe you mean Chatgpt wrote a review for her
Posted on 7/9/23 at 1:55 pm to Fun Bunch
Menu looks terrible for a restaurant on Ferret St. Won’t last six months at that particular location.
Posted on 7/9/23 at 2:01 pm to Fun Bunch
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I believe you mean Chatgpt wrote a review for her
Okay, I'm slow today. What or who is Chatgpt?
Posted on 7/9/23 at 2:04 pm to Gris Gris
You an old baw? Didn’t know that
The most famous Open AI program.
The most famous Open AI program.
This post was edited on 7/9/23 at 2:05 pm
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