Commander's Palace
New Orleans, LA 70130
Phone: (504) 899-8221
- Price:
- $$$
- Best of Citysearch:
- Special Occasion Dining 2005, Fine Dining 2004, Romantic Dining 2004
- Hours:
- Lunch: Mon-Fri 11:30am-2pm, Sat 11:30am-1pm, Sun 10:30am-1:30pm , Dinner: Daily 6pm-10pm
Editorial Review for Commander's Palace – by Jason McCann
The Scene
The maitre d' is impeccable--few mistakes are made. Couples and small groups chat over crisp white tablecloths. Through an elegant green and mahogany dining room, then upstairs through a red antebellum-style room is a gorgeous, white lattice-walled space with watercolor flower prints. The waitstaff silently mills about freshening water or wine glasses under the supervision of a near-psychic headwaiter who seems to know what you want before you do.
The Food
Weekend jazz brunch, lunch or dinner--every sitting is outstanding. Start brunch with the bloody mary eye-opener. Eggs Sardou is the specialty--a perfectly poached egg on creamed spinach and fresh artichoke with hollandaise sauce. Lunch features rich soups, salads, entrees and 25 cent martinis. For dinner, close your eyes and pick at random. Turtle soup au sherry, grilled gulf fish and bread pudding souffle is just one delightful combination.
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Insider Tips
Look GoodThe restaurant's dress code is strictly upscale: No jeans, T-shirts or shorts.
Where to SitWhen weather permits, the central patio is the seating of choice--especially for jazz brunch.
When to GoJazz brunch--served Saturdays and Sundays--is a stately experience. It's also very popular and fairly brief, so make reservations well in advance.
Save MoneyStart your weekday happy hour at lunch with multicourse prix fixe specials and 25-cent martinis.
User Reviews for Commander's Palace
03/07/2009 Posted by coog78
#1. This is a cajun/creole restaurant in New Orleans, and is NOT upscale dining. #2. Most people eat here on their vacation, otherwise known as the time of relaxation and lesiure. #3. Lunch, I do not care if I am in New York, London, or Paris, should be comfortable. This restaurant is so full of itself, I am still in disbelief. After walking in and asking how many (causing the hostess to grab the menus), I was then asked for the reservation name. They weren't all that busy for Saturday lunch and although I didn't have a reservation could have sat my party of two. However, because I did not have a collared shirt (nevermind the shirt I was wearing probably cost more than they make in an entire day), I would be denied eating at their most wonderful face-stuffing establishment. Really? So nice of them. I didn't let them know at the time, but called later to cancel my dinner reservation for 8 the next week for myself and business colleagues. Yes, driving away over $1000 of business is EXACTLY the way to run a pathetic establishment attempting to pass itself off as upscale. Their loss. We laughed and headed to one of the many great restaurants in this city that serve great food. We paid more elsewhere, but it was definitely worth it.
Cons: attitude
07/29/2008 Posted by lisa2waters
This place failed to wow me, and with all the hype about it I never expected it to be so average. The staff is amazing, but they have this old school tradition of bugging you every thirty seconds to de-crumb the table or blather away about their favorite thing on the menu. I felt bugged and then the food fell flat. I also noticed the demographic in Commander's is about 99% old people. I felt like people have given me the wrong expectations of the place.
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