1931 St Claude Ave,New Orleans,Louisiana
4 (168)
Reviews
Great food, great space. Loved the entertainment. I was there with friends to listen to Gina Brown who was very accomodating. With that said -- the place was understaffed. You can't open at 1 and start the kitchen up at 12:55. You don't have a big menu as it is. So, I'm not sure what the problem was other than you don't understand the amount of time needed to prep. And you underestimate your staffing needs. If you don't have enough people then scale back the menu. Orrrr try paying more and offer training to people so others can be successful.
My dear friend and I, visiting NOLA as part of a conference, had our hearts set on music and dinner for our last evening, having read the reviews for Sweet Lorraine's. Arriving to the club, we were a bit disappointed to find the music was canceled for the evening and they were not serving dinner. The owners were so kind and realized that we had made special arrangements to get there and understood our disappointment. To our complete surprise (and delight), they offered 2 vegan dishes for me and ribs for my friend, along with beverages. They were so gracious and wanted us to feel taken care of. We surely were! The food was absolutely DELICIOUS! As a vegan, these were the best fried mushrooms and vegan crab cakes I have ever tasted. My friend could not stop raving about the ribs. Get yourselves to Sweet Lorraine's - but call ahead to ensure they will have music and dinner. It will be well worth your trip!
Okay, I do not like to leave bad reviews so if I leave a 3-star review then you know my experience was just okay. So on our second day in New Orleans, we visited Sweet Lorraine's Jazz club based on the reviews that I've read about the entertainment and the food. Our show started around 9:10pm, we were seated at around 8:55. My husband and I definitely were looking forward to a good meal here based on the reviews, we we're definitely hungry when we arrived and ready to order shortly after being seated. We waited until 9:20 until a server actually acknowledged we were there. He dropped off some waters and left. Shortly after, we moved to another table because where we were sitting it was extremely cold, the air conditioning and a fan were blowing directly on our heads. In our new area, we sat for another 30 minutes until another server actually came by. I asked her about the salmon tacos, she didn't really know a lot about that, I asked her about the vegan gumbo and again she didn't know a whole lot about that either so I asked her if she can ask someone, so she left and it was another 20 minutes or so before we actually ended up ordering and waited even longer to get our food. The show was from 9:00pm until 11:00pm, we ended up getting our food at around 10:45 p.m. I ending up ordering the salmon tacos which were very delicious and a hit, just wish there were more of them, there were only three. I also ordered the vegan gumbo and unfortunately that was a miss. My husband ordered the wings and unfortunately it was a miss for him as well because he said it tasted like it was cooked in old grease. But on the brighter side we did enjoy the entertainment, but it was hard to fully get into the show when you're extremely hungry, cold and feeling neglected which is the reason for three stars. The sad part about the situation is there was another server working around our area, she clearly saw that we were just sitting there, she passed us numerous times. I even asked if she knew anything about our food and she shrugged her shoulders and kept it moving. Not once did she offer to assist our server who was working our area and was clearly overwhelmed.
The band was awesome, Rick David and the Funky 5. The room was filled with good positive energy! I would have liked a dance floor but I enjoyed the evening. Most of the wait staff was pleasant, not all. I had to park on the street. I forgot to ask if they had a parking lot. Next time.
I wanted to take my niece out for a nice evening of seafood and live music while visiting NOLA. I called Sweet Lorraines and asked if they could help with my vision. Not only was the food delish they made her a small birthday cake. I ordered the FRIED RIBS with Turnip Greens and Mac n Cheese. I have never had fried ribs before and these were superb! The sauce was delicious and unique. The cake they made was moist and flavourful. I could tell it was HOME-MADE. The Latin band wa so good until people got up and started dancing in the isle. Please go you will not regret it!