Bistreaux Metairie

Night & Day
Small menu and terrible service. My colleague and I stopped in for a late lunch after checking in at the hotel. Staff was unfamiliar with the beer list to the point they couldn't make a recommendation on a Louisiana beer. We were one of three tables with two servers working and no one checked in on us once. Ended up getting a national beer and was brought a bottle after asking for a draft. Had to get up and ask for my check. There was a hotel manager standing with the servers talking and he didn't acknowledge me in the least (actually acted like I was interrupting them). The food was mediocre hotel fare, flatbreads and burgers. I don't know if they have the C team in for the lull between lunch and dinner, but it was a really poor start to a trip and a really poor reflection on the hotel.

Edit: Since it was in my hotel, my colleagues and I went back for breakfast during our stay. The breakfast service was well run and much better than my previous experience.

Okay, really between 4 and 5 stars but I can’t do that on google. The food I had was good (whiskey shrimp) and very good (salmon rice bowl). The wine was good and the set up was nice. The service wasn’t great even though everyone was super friendly. I think it is more a training issue than anything else. Man that rice bowl was good!!!