La Cote Brasserie
New Orleans, LA 70130-3612
Phone: (504) 613-2330
- Price:
- $$$
- Hours:
- Sun-Thu 5:30am-10:30am, 11:30am-2:30pm, 5:30pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 5:30am-10:30am, 11:30am-2:30pm, 6pm-11pm
Editorial Review for La Cote Brasserie – by Pableaux Johnson
The Scene
With wraparound windows, a sleek marble bar and an active open kitchen, this wide, open space balances intimacy and action. Gracefully curved leather banquettes and beige sculptural brick columns break up the expansive room. The room's size keeps amiable, if harried, servers running.
The Food
La Cote plays both sides of the Franco-fence with its seafood-heavy menu: straightforward boiled and raw seafood in the Parisian style, alongside New World Creole and Cajun-influenced dishes. For starters, crispy skewered shrimp play well with a vegetable pear slaw that's crunchy, peppery and spicy in all the right places. Pan-fried redfish gets a deeper Southern treatment with cornbread "Johnny cake," earthy, smothered okra and tangy cherry tomatoes with pickled shrimp for zing. Meaty options include a cured ham chop, a salty and sweet pork loin chop served with molasses-spiked sweet potatoes. Opt for vacherin, blackberry and creme fraiche sorbets on crispy, lemon-hinted meringue for dessert.
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Insider Tips
Where to SitDark-wood banquettes are perfect for business lunches, but too deep for romantic chats. In the mood to coo? Request a secluded four-top.
Know Before You GoWith a spacious oyster bar, a separate chef's table and comfortable lounge area, there's no shortage of options for solo diners and larger groups alike.
Save MoneyIt specializes in larger dishes like paella for two and intricate chilled seafood platters that feed up to six.
User Reviews for La Cote Brasserie
01/08/2006 Posted by suechef2433
I ordered the chicken which was to be atop white bean cassoulet. When I got it, it was risotto, like they thought I wouldn't notice. When I mentioned it to the waiter, he said that they must have run out of cassoulet. Duh. Why didn't someone tell me, I would have ordered something else. No sorry, no comp glass of wine or dessert, no manager. I work for the Ritz Carlton and this is completely unacceptable for a hotel of this caliber. The bartender behind the bar was foul-mouthed and the atmosphere was way too casual for my taste. I hope that they staff better as the city returns.
Pros: atmosphere
Cons: food availibility, parking (fee), loud
07/18/2005 Posted by lab321
Located in the trendy Renaissance Arts Hotel in the Warehouse district, La Cote Brasserie is equally trendy. Though I can't say that I completely agree with the 2003 award for Best Seafood, my meal was quite tasty. The service was excellent and the lunchtime ambiance was very relaxing. I'd be interested to return for drinks in the evening; it's likely a hotspot in the neighborhood.
Pros: Service, Ambiance
Cons: Noise - Hotel Lobby
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