St Charles Tavern

11/03/11

Worst service I've ever experienced, hands down.

by Gerryinnola at Citysearch

A friend and I went here at 2:30 a.m. on 11/01. It wasn't crowded, but we decided to sit at the bar. We sat quietly, looking over our menus, for about 10 minutes. No staff had approached us at any point since we arrived, and we decided to try the place across the street instead. As we were walking out the door one of the waiters asked us if we were leaving. My friend, who is in the service industry, politely told him that we had been waiting a while and nobody had helped us. He apologized, we said no big deal, and we left. As it turns out, our "plan B" restaurant was closed, so we decided to give the St. Charles another chance. As soon as we walked in, an older man (short in height, grey hair, wearing a scally cap) approached us and told us we had to leave. We were a bit taken aback by this, and the only explanation he provided was that we had to leave because he doesn't want "that kind of people" in the restaurant. That's a direct quote, and i have no idea what he meant by it. We stood outside, dumbfounded, wondering what the hell just happened. After talking to some friends, I believe this person was probably the owner. This was, by far, the rudest, most disrespectful treatment I have ever received in any business establishment, dining or otherwise. If a bartender or server had approached us as quickly as the rude owner did, we would have never left in the first place.

12/25/10

Worst Christmas experience in my 25 years of LIVING

by SmartyPant at Citysearch

I'm a local whom has never tried the St. Charles Tavern but decided it was good enough for my Christmas dinner since it was the only thing that was open in the area. I go in and wait. It's christmas day a little packed so i understandingly sat for 15 minutes without anyone acknowledging me. I noticed that no one was interested in feeding the black woman at the counter simply for that reason. I am a young woman in america and like to think that I'm equal so I sat a total of 25 minutes because I tried to convince myself that it was some sort of mistake. But as I continued to sit, being ignored, I realized that the conclusion I so did not want was ultimately the case. I was shunned on Christmas Day because of the color of my skin!

05/07/09

Friendliest dive bar ever

Contributor at Citysearch

Great times and cool people Shannon is awesome beer is cold and get there for the local show named hutch

04/17/09

DO NOT EAT HERE!!!

by MoonRidr at Citysearch

NO question the WORST food I have EVER had in NOLA, or pretty much anywhere! I ordered hash and received a plateful of nondescript cubed potatoes along with sausage that tasted like it had been kept around WAY too long and some really dried out, OLD chicken. Topped off by slimy, undercooked fried eggs. I'd rather go hungry.

• Pros: ????
• Cons: Spoiled food

01/10/09

Crab night is Good!

by nolapearl at Citysearch

We've been there several times and have had varying experiences. Tuesday night all you can eat crabs and potatoes and hush puppies are good. We've done this several times, the seasoning is very good - the crabs are mostly "skinny" - I guess they get a good deal - no complaints. The place is a dump - but in a good way. Tuesday nights in crab season are usually packed and worth $10. Best meatball poboy around - so says my husband. I've only had the boiled crabs and I have no complaints. We've brought others on Tuesday nights and no complaints. I had a steak there one night and it wasn't steak night - so the steak was about $20 and was NOT a $20 steak - I said so to the waitress and they gave us a discount on the steak - which was acceptable to us.

• Pros: good value on crab night