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Categories: Cajun/Creole, Breakfast & Brunch, Southern [Edit]
Neighborhood: Hell's Kitchen50th St-8th Ave (C, E)
50th St-Broadway (1)
8th Ave-42nd St (A, C, E, 1, 2, 3, S, 7, N, Q, R, W)
Mon. 12:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
Tue-Fri. 12:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Sat. 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Sun. 10:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
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Let me start by saying I have yet to enjoy the food here. We happened in on the way to a play after enjoying a meal down the street. Since my guest is a fan of all things N'arlins, we sat at the bar to enjoy a beverage and check out the atmosphere.
I had a very sweet, but strong and tasty, hurricane and he enjoyed a couple different brews by Dixie Brewing Company. Our total bill was under $20.00, including a generous tip. The bartender was polite--even looking up the singer wailing the blues overhead.
If the food lives up to the menu descriptions, I will be back to add the fifth star!
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Last week while there visiting with my cousin, her and her friends were staying one block away from Hells Kitchen...therefore, that was the obvious place to go, considering it is lined with restaurants in that area...oh...and also because we were HUNGRY!
So...as we were strolling down 9th Avenue looking for a place, the words GUMBO and OYSTERS written on a red cornered establishment made us all drool...needless to say...we ventured in!
The decor of this restaurant...very NOLA style...wooden floors, festive environment...with Mardi Gras posters hanging.
Once we got seated we were promptly attended by our waiter. He was friendly, and responsive...so that's good. He just seemed a bit out there as if he was in his own little world. But then again...so long as i get served properly, who cares, right?
The food...extremely tasty. The first thing they brought to our table...a basket of jalapeno rolls and corn muffins. It's a good thing I stopped eating them...I would not have eaten my dinner otherwise.
For my entree I ordered the fried oyster po boy. Although I paid $13 for this sandwich...it was very good...and they give you A LOT! My friend ordered the shrimp creole, and she was on cloud 9! My other friend ordered the country fried chicken, and that was outstanding.
Overall...great meal, great friends, and awesome atmosphere...what else can you ask for, right?
Delta Grill is a pretty solid place. Of course I must point out the MAC AND CHEESE. Sometimes I will randomly just crave it. This is not for the lactose intolerant (or even the shy) because it should be called cheese and mac. The top is nicely baked and when you get to the inside...heaven. The cheese strings out with every spoonful.
The cornbread and cheesy jalapeño bread...SO GOOD. Actually, it might be the favorite part of my Delta Grill experience. I will admit that I asked for the remaining bread on my table to-go with the rest of my left-over meal. Yes, the portions here are quite large.
Fried green tomatoes are also fantastic. The tomatoes are cut into slices (not fried whole - like I anticipated the first time I ordered it). I think the best part about it is the sauce. Delish!
The jambalaya is neither dry nor too soppy. The chicken and sausages were also not dried out and delicious. Plus, it was the perfect amount of heat. I've definitely had better jambalaya, but this isn't bad.
I've also had their poboys and ribs. Again, pretty solid. I have yet to be disappointed.
Service is pretty standard, not fantastic, but not horrible. Ambiance is great if you're hanging out with a group of friends or even if you want to chill with your significant other, it's a good place to go.
3.5 stars..Yelp was right on for this one, I was really hoping for something better. The decor and space is great and the waiters (though slow and occasionally hard to get ahold of) are very nice. The menu is filled with great New Orleans and Southern items but everything I tried fell a little short of my expectations.
Besides everything being a few more dollars than it should have been here is how the food was:
- Free bread basket consisted of a jalapeno roll and a corn muffin (too much sugar to be corn bread), both were fresh and tasty
- Ribs, only available in 1/2 rack and even though they're literally falling off the bone so much you can't even pick up the rib but it's completely drowned in so much sauce you can't even taste the meat
- Chicken Fried Steak- also drowned in so much artery clogging gravy you can't even see the steak anymore (though fairy tasty once you've scooped away most of the gravy).
- Pulled Pork Sandwich & Sweet Potato Fries, the bread was amazingly fresh and toasty and the portion was huge but the pulled pork was drowned in so much BBQ sauce that it was just like eating a BBQ sauce sandwich, you couldn't even taste the pork. The fries were also pretty limp and I've had better elsewhere.
- The beers are topping $6 for most varieties but they do have a number of New Orleans beers on tap which is a great touch and they do have have some 1/2 price drink options during happy hour (till 8)
All in all it's a cool place with a good menu that tastes ok but nothing is great and the value is a little too low to get me to rush back anytime soon.
The food here is awesome if you are looking for great southern style food. Love the spicy bread. The beer selection is ok and service is decent. Its only a few blocks from my apartment so its that much easier to hit up with friends whenever.
Stopped in for drinks only because the place looked so cool.
Decent selection of craft beers, they even had some micro brews from New Orleans to compliment the authenticty of the place. Bar prices seemed average for the area. Great music and atmosphere, extra friendly service. I would definitely return to try the food.
I regret that I can only give this place 3 stars. It is not their fault. I was trying to eat healthy (yuck!) and had to order a salad and no alcohol. The salad itself was not yuck, just the fact that I has to eat that instead of the giant po' boy my friend ate is yuck!
I had a salad with blackened chicken and come sort of cucumber dressing. The chicken was really good and as spicy as I had hoped it would be. The dressing was good, but maybe a little bland and was on the side which I find annoying. Overall, I was not disappointed. There were also a few giant croutons which I tasted and they were really good.
Service was good, place is really cute and so are the boys inside and there seems to be a lot of them.
I will definitely go back and update my review once I am ready to pig out!
Delish. For an app I had the special, oysters breaded in panko flakes. They were great. For en entree I got the ribs and they were OUT OF THIS WORLD. The sauce was amazing, I couldn't get enough, and the meat literally fell right off the bone. My friends got the catfish po boy and another catfish dish (a special). For dessert, a fried turtle pie with caramel and peacans. Chocolatey and deliiiiicious.
Clearly - I recommend this place.
It's all good, except when it's bad, or mediocre.
Jambalaya good. Fried oysters bad. Crawfish Popcorn mediocre.
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Been here twice, I liked the jambalaya, but to be honest, I have no other jambalaya to compare it to. My dad and I did enjoy the abita beer we ordered, apparently it is from Louisiana and is quite tasty. All in all not a bad place. Check it out.
Let me start by saying I don't consider myself a soul food "expert"
I *really* enjoyed the food, atmosphere, and music at Delta Grill. A place outside Nola where I can enjoy good cornbread, abita bear, and fried green tomatoes? Sold. The rest of the menu is classic new orleans fare: crawfish, soft shell crab, fried food, etc.
The live music, while cookie cutter (mix of blues, bluegrass, and pop) was entertaining and had the locals clapping hands and smiling. Waitstaff was prompt if unengaged.
Definitely a keeper. Would come back.
If you are a fan of cajun food, this place is a MUST to check out. The menu is short and to the point, not offering a lot of choices, but the ones they do have are all WONDERFUL. I've taken friends from out of town to this place, and no one has denied its deliciousness. The blackened tofu salad is my favorite salad anywhere, and I usually hate salads!
The po boys are cheap and HUGE, stuffed with fried seafood or pork. The sweet potato fries are delicious.
Live music on Sat nights is a plus, adding to the very mardi-gras atmosphere.
i'm REALLY wary of "southern" places in nyc. inevitably they're always decorated like a demented packrat's garage. and the food is rarely authentic and most times bad to the point of insulting.
and while i've never been to Nawlins i am familiar with the majority of Delta's menu. and it's really not that bad. but i've been for lunch only.
the specials are well priced ($9-$14) and with fairly huge portions.
i had the fried catfish that came with slaw and really good, chunky mashed potatoes with some skins left in and a nice amount of cream and butter. the catfish was a good size filet fried very well with a nice tangy creamy tarter sauce.
the only problems i have are thus:
1. the cornbread is sweet. GOTdammit why does EVERYONE up here make their cornbread sweet? it should be cornmeal, bacon fat, egg, flour, baking powder and salt. NO SUGAR.
2. the sweet tea was too sweet. just cuz southerners like tea sweet doesn't mean you need to induce diabetes with every glass. ease up, fellas.
3. there was a small bug in the sugar caddy. that doesn't really bother me as it wasn't near my food but just FYI.
maybe this place gets 3.5.
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Good service, delicious spicy corn on the cob, but crawfish a little dry
If I didn't have a bunch of crawfish experts w/ me when I went here, I probably would have gave this place 4 stars cuz I wouldn't have known better. But I did, and they told me, "The crawfish is not juicy." They were specifically mentioning the head. When you rip off the crawfish head, the first thing you are suppose to do (as I was taught) is suck all the delicious juices from the head. Well, when I try, I felt like I was sucking air. Now repeat this process for 95% of the crawfish, and you know my disappointment. But still, the crawfish meat was decent, although tiny. At least the spicy corn was awesome. It was so good that some of us ordered seconds.
Service was top notch. Its usually a problem if you get sit all the way in the back corner of a restaurant where you usually get neglected. But that wasn't the case for us. Our water was filled quickly. I think their wait staff was trained as ninjas cuz at one point, we were like "When did my glass of water get filled?" and I couldn't recall. Maybe they were hanging from wires on the ceiling? Anyway, besides the water, the wait staff came by to check on us many times, and they were quite friendly overall.
If only the crawfish was better...
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Good gumbo and po boys. Fun crowd.
4 stars for the happy hour drinks specials - half price hurricanes are fine with me. Although they're smaller than what you would get in New Orleans and not super-strong.
After having a few, I noticed the menu had 'extreme hurricanes' which might have been a better option, if the regular ones weren't on happy hour special.
A star off for service - there was a group of 4 of us at the bar, but they wouldn't let us take a table next to the bar if we weren't ordering food. So the table, and a bunch of other ones around it, lay empty until we left after an hour and a half. If we'd had somewhere more comfortable to sit and chat, maybe we would have ordered some food after all... we just didn't want to commit.
But overall, I like the place, have had drinks there a few times and will definitely try the food at some point - the portions look filling and the prices aren't any worse than you'd expect for this part of town.
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The first time I tried Delta Grill, I went specifically for the crawfish boil and was spectacularly disappointed. First off, they offer it by the plate, which makes no sense to anyone who has had crawfish in Louisiana before: Crawfish should always be served by the pound! The boil they use wasn't particularly flavorful, and I distinctly remember a few from my plate tasting like cardboard. Ick.
That being said, the other New Orleans fare at Delta Grill is actually pretty good. They have decent po-boys, though the cut of bread they use is so large that it sometimes overpowers the filling - I bit into my fried crawfish po-boy and said, "Bah, all I taste is bread." I had to take the crawfish out of one half of the po-boy and into the other to get the full satisfaction of what I believe a po-boy should be. Their fried okra is decent, though not particularly flavorful, but the red beans and rice and jambalaya are good, the jambalaya in particular since it's a fairly large serving packed with spice and flavor. My boyfriend had their crawfish etouffee and was pleased - not exactly like back home, but certainly good and tasty.
The kicker is that they carry Abita beer, including any seasonal brews. We just stopped in this week for dinner after The Colbert Report and helped ourselves to Abita Strawberry Ale - so delicious and the perfect complement to New Orleans spices. It's difficult for me to argue with a decent po-boy and Abita beer in the same place.
Based on cuisine alone, I could easily give this place four stars, maybe three b/c the crawfish boil is so disappointing. I'm knocking it down to 2.5 stars though, b/c the service leaves much to be desired. I've been here at least four or five times, and every time it's been a battle to get the wait staff's attention. The busboys are usually more attentive and helpful than the waiters and waitresses, which is pretty terrible. Great for a quick taste of New Orleans food and beer, just don't expect to get good service while you're there.
I was here on the 9th Ave International Street Fair and was walking down the Ave when most of the stalls were packing up (I believe it was drizzling lightly). I've always been a fan of cajun food so I was able to persuade a stop at Delta Grill for something to chomp on.
Since we had been sampling food at the Fair all day, I wasn't particularly hungry... just greedy. I ordered my favorite Seafood gumbo but actually didn't have high expectations... after all, a name like delta doesn't seem to give me the feel of it being an authentic louisiana place. How wrong was I... the gumbo was quite delish and I almost wanted more. After that, we moved to the bar and got some drinks. My date being the hugest sports fan, got glued to the baseball game that was on, I caught a few glimpses of it but easily got distracted.... and then bored. Mental note to self: Banish all sports related happenings in future dates for it has the power to take the attention of the date away from me :p
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Step across the Mason Dixon line into this cozy Westside barbecue pit. The staff is sparse but friendly and greet you with a basket of warm cornbread--you feel like you've made an instant friend. Cozy up by the fireplace on a cold winter's day and you're reminded of all the comforts of home, wherever you grew up. Exhale and zone out to Southern Classics playing from the speakers above and you just might tune out the ambulance sirens and forget you're in Manhattan.
The Delta Grill is my lunchtime hideaway when I want to escape to my Southern roots. Nothing says, "There's no place like home" like a pulled pork Po' Boy and a bowl of gumbo soup. All the bbq meat is juicy and soft with just enough sauce. "Sweet potato fries or waffle fries?" is the always a tough question, but usually decided upon by my sweettooth. I'm pretty consistent with my weekly meal, but I can also recommend the catfish and the chicken fried steak.
Regardless of you order, the service is prompt but never rushed. And you can linger fireside with a good book and a cup of coffee afterward, prolonging your chilly trek back to the office.
I walked by this place a few times. I thought it was just a bar with over priced food for most of the time. However, my friend took me here for brunch and I have to say I was pretty impressed. I loved the appetizers. I liked the jalapenos bread, grits, and their mac n' cheese is DECADENT. All the appetizers have you worrying about your waistline.
Otherwise, I felt their entrees to be a little lacking. One friend didn't even want to take home her left overs.
Go there for the appetizers.
I might just go back their during regular hours to try some of their dinner.
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The decorations and ambience inside the Delta Grill are spot on. However, the service, and worst yet, the food, was a bitter disappointment.
I ordered the Muffuletta, and it came out toasted to a point where the bread was dry and brittle. The meat inside the bun was cold, and the olive dressing wasn't too impressive. The cornbread muffins, though not really that important, were also cold.
When I told the manager, all he did was apologize... He didn't offer to replace my order or do anything to make my experience better. I paid my $25 and got the heck out of this place.
I'd avoid this place for anything but a drink at the bar.
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The sign outside got my attention....
Po'Boys, CRAWFISH, Gumbos.....DELTA GRILL!!!!
I was ecstatic when I saw this restaurant - how could this place exist without me knowing about it?
I heard of Mara's Homemade but never Delta.
C said we can go there and try it out.
Upon entering the place - I saw the place was decorated in a authentic New Orleans flavor. A bit hodge podge but still had that New Orleans' vibe.
We ordered the following:
Fried Green Tomatoes - Can you believe I never ever even tried this Southern favorite before? This was decent but I would have preferred to taste this dish with a true Southern side favorite - Ranch Dressing!!!
Crawfish Popcorn - Eh! Disappointing but it tasted better than the other dishes. The batter didn't taste right - I missed the ones back at home.
Shrimp and Fried Oyster Po'Boys - The biggest disappointment of all because it lacked flavored. It should had more condiments and bread should have been toasted more.
Andouille Gumbo - whoa, where's the andouille in this andouille gumbo? There was a lot of Chicken though! They should have just called this Chicken Gumbo!
*sigh*
I am still on the quest of finding some good Creole/Cajun cooking up in the East Coast!
I miss my Southern Food!!!!!
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I have been dragging everyone from my office to this place...for food and spirits and they're all addicted...granted they have addictive personalities like me.
Best ribs in town, gang! I have made it a point to try ribs from other menus just to see if anything can beat these and nothing has to date. Perhaps I need to take a trip to N'awlins. If its surf you prefer, the blackened Ahi tuna is killer! Especially with the cheese grits.
The crowd is down and out and sometimes a little touristy but I like "joints" and this place is a jem of the joints in Manhattan.
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For the record, I am a second generation New Yorker...which basically means that all 3 (yes 3, thanks to divorce) sets of my grandparents have been born elsewhere.
2 outta 3 sets are from the south; 1 from N'awlins and 1 from North/South Carolina, and I've been staying with them during vacations since I was 3.
Needless to say, I KNOW soul food and Cajun cuisine (and though they overlap, they are not synonymous.) IT'S IN MY BLOOD!!!
Thank being said, Delta Grill is just...meh. Went on Mother's Day with the N'awlins grandmother, my mother, her sister, and her baby. Between us, we had;
Andouille sausage: pretty tasty
Catfish Po'Boys: huge but flavorless
Gumbo: I'd rather have Campell's version from a can!
Weird chicken rollup thingies with cheese-sauce: delicious, but more french than anything else.
The prices and portions were right, but I was still underwhelmed. I understand that not everything is gonna taste like my family's, but my Delta Grill experience reminded me of how my Hong-Kong friends reacted to Chinese food in the states: with annoyance, confusion, and anger.
Two redeeming factors:
-Abita beer: tasty, amazing, hard to find outside of the Gulf
-Live jazz/zydeco music during brunch.
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I came here on the last night of a business trip with my boss. What could have been a very looong night, stuck at dinner with this guy ended up being a great experience. The fried green tomatoes were solid. I had the stuffed founder for dinner per the recommendation of our server. The serving was large enough for a small army, and incredibly tasty. I'm dreaming about making it back here...
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I don't hand out 5 stars for anyone but DG is my favorite NY restaurant for 3 reasons - great atmosphere, tasty food, and excellent portions. Going for lunch can be "deadly" because one of their typical meals includes a hearty soup, cornbread, and a po boy including a side- all for around $10. The soups can be very filling just by themselves- their gumbo is authentic. They have great bartenders and drink selection.
A 5 minute walk to the Theater District, this place has maintained its neighborhood charm.
friendly bartenders, happy hour beers $3, minute frozen margaritas (when the macchine is working) $3, $8 for mixed drinks. Cute decor, attentive waitstaff, portions that are beyond huge- a family of four could feast on just on po boy, and the place smells great.
The drawback, the food is flavorless. Our party of six was promptly seated, given a huge basket of cornbread and spicey rolls, and we ordered. A few of use have lived in the South, one of our number was raised in the South, so we know Southern food, and folks this wasn't it.
Two of us ordered chicken fried steak, one order was cold, and the other order was fine. Instead of the traditional white gravy, we got something that was the consistency of cream of mushroom soup and about as flavorful. Mashed potatoes were off-beige and put on the plate with, what looked like an ice cream scoop.
The po boy was po, and the fried okra, pretty to look at, not delightful to touch.
can't understand why this place is slammed with an average 30 minute wait for a table.
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I would've given this place 3 stars, but the service was so horrible that my experience there just left a really salty taste in my mouth. Our waiter didn't show up to take our drink orders until we flagged him down after sitting there for about 10 min - and it wasn't at all busy - and then had to flag him down again to take our orders. We didn't see him again until we asked for our bill. RI-diculous.
That said, the food was pretty good. I had cornbread and a jalepeno roll from the bread basket, a salad, and the jumbalaya - the jumbo was good and flavored well, but the strips of breaded chicken, as opposed to bite size grilled pieces, seemed a little out of place. The pork sausage was yummy, though!
I wouldn't come back here, but if you're in the mood for southern comfort food, it's decent.
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If you know what it means to miss New Orleans... then you'd love the Delta Grill. Easily one of my top 5 favorite places to eat (and drink) in Manhattan.
Starting from the start - all of the staff are friendly, from the bartenders to the servers, host and cooks.
They have UNREAL drink special during happy hour - Abita beers are $3 pints from about 4-8pm. I dare you to find any other bar in NYC that will sell Abita for $3 a pint at any time of the day, it simply does not exist. 5 stars for that alone. BRAVO.
On top of that, the food is nearly flawless. The biscuits and cornbread are a great start. I've had nearly every app on the menu, all are solid to amazing (fried grits, jambalaya wontons, oytsters Rockafeller, crawfish pie, etc.)
You cannot go wrong with the po-boys. The fired oyster takes you right to NOLA. Swap out your fries for the sweet potato version, they are a real treat. Best of all, there is Tabasco on every table, but if you ask for even more hot sauce they will bring you a six pack holder full of various flavors. The crawfish etoufee is great when in season, and though I haven't been for a boil here, I've heard good things.
The mac & cheese, holy shit, how do they make this stuff. It's only sold in a cup size, but it's so delectable, it must have a day's worth of calories in it, I really don't even want to know. Gumbo is A+.
The jambalaya is very good and it comes in a huge pot (you will bring home seconds and thirds) but oddly it contains fried chicken placed on top rather than shredded or cubed chicken in the mix... (like I said, almost perfect.)
Have not really tried the desserts other than the bananas foster once when we ordered it for the whole table, but really who the hell has room for more food after you eat the shit out of all the amazing other offerings?
Prices are moderate, you can enjoy 3 courses and get pretty buzzed here for well under $40 per person.
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Interesting place with good food and beer! Got here early when it was pretty empty - but boy, did this place fill up as the night went on!
Got the jambalaya - excellent and spicy - but the chicken were in 'finger' form and not diced, so it was a little difficult to cut the chicken inside the small jambalaya pot. They weren't super pushy about getting people out - oh, and it's definitely a pre-theatre spot as many of the people surrounding us were show go-ers and tourists.
I'd come here again, though - so not bad!
Yum! Takes you 1,000 miles south without the overpriced plane ticket. The jambalaya is pretty spicy but packed with punchy flavor and don't let the cheaply priced po'boys fool you - they're HUGE! Went with a former New Orleans resident who agreed that Delta Grill's decor was reminiscent of a night in the Big Easy. Dimly lit but filled with smells and sound, the restaurant is a welcome escape from the New York chill outside.
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Living on the UWS, I was so upset when Jacques-Imo's left to make way for a Shake Shack. I grew up with Southern food (albeit the seafood variety) so I was psyched when I saw this place out of a cab window.
Didn't really get to stay too long because my "in-laws" had to catch their flight to Australia - but, the waiter was cute & really "on", the popcorn crawfish was AMAZING, the cornbread was better than my mom's. The small muffaletta was ridiculously large so you really get what you paid for. I found my new Jacques-Imo's (unfortunately not around the corner)
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I order from or eat-in at Delta Grill somewhat regularly. It's one of the few places in NYC to get decent Louisiana-style food and particularly fried catfish. Speaking of which...they serve a good catfish po'boy which is large enough to split with a friend. The fish is battered with a mustard flavored crunchy coating that seals in the moisture and is served on a fresh roll with lettuce, tomato, pickle and mayo. Comes with waffle or sweet potato fries. The hush puppies are a bit too sweet for my taste but the mac n cheese is very good. They use cavatappi pasta smothered with cheddar, oven baked with a nice crust on top. I've ordered Dr. Pepper when eating in several times and for some reason it's always flat. The service is generally OK.
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New Orleans is a quick way to my heart and the Delta Grill in Hell's Kitchen knows how to warm it up. Prices are reasonable, the restaurant is inviting and cozy and obviously since today is Fat Tuesday they've got an awesome party lined up complete with live music and a buffet.
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Overall, a nice place, though I think some of the dishes may be hit or miss. But I ordered a pulled pork Po Boy that was terrific. And even though my friend and I had anticipated a "small" dinner, the sandwhich was huge, and came with a large order of sweet potato fries that I love. All that for ten bucks is a great price in the city. We also had a crawfish popcorn, which was also tasty. Sadly, my friend's catfish sandwhich was underwhelming, so perhaps it is not high cajun fare. But I'd go back for one of those BBQ style sandwiches.
Not a bad place to go if you are in the mood for crawfish, poboys &/or tasty jambalaya. The atmosphere is nothing to write home about. Square tables with white linen tablecloths are surrounded by well-worn walls; it could use a paint job. While the cornbread is tempting, pick up one of the cheddar-jalapeno biscuits instead. I ordered the sticky chicken appetizer which was described as chicken encrusted in coconut and almonds and topped with a zesty marmalade. After getting through half of this dish, I had to halt as my tongue was coated with orange marmalade and I couldn't taste anything else. I wouldn't recommend this dish unless you're into eating marmalade by the spoonful straight from the jar. The red beans and rice were bland. I would've enjoyed more spice. The other parties at my table picked better than I did. The crawfish pie looked delectable, and the seafood jambalaya was everything you wanted it to be. I was thankful for the gentleman who continually refilled our water glasses. That was a full time job in of itself. Probably not the best Cajun food in the city, but not bad if you're in Hells Kitchen and are craving some spice.
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This restaurant poses 2 problems for me:
1) It's not the cheapest place to go (especially if you plan on having drinks), but it's reasonable.
2) I always eat too much when I go here.
However, I have devised a plan to resolve the 2 aforementioned problems. The plan works for a dinner for 2.
Step 1: Order the Hurricane. It's not quite enough to start an engine, mayn, but it is quite tasty. It comes frozen or on rocks. I ordered the Cajun Pepper Martini here and it was kinda cool - it came with a peppered okra.
Step 2: Go easy on the bread. This has been my downfall in the past. See, the bread here is off the hizzy. They give you a piece of jalapeno bread and a piece of corn bread. And it's not light, either. Order more bread at your peril. The good thing is that you don't have to pay for it! (that helps out problem #1)
Step 3: Share an entree between the two of you. This helps both problems. For us, we order the Jambalaya. And if you're not into just having one thing to eat for the entire meal, they do offer some side dishes like Red Beans & Rice (tasty), Macaroni & Cheese (awesome), and Dirty Rice (also awesome). Do it up family style so you can try different things.
Step 4: Order dessert.
(this step exists in theory since I've never had enough room at the end of the meal)
By the way, this plan did not work. It was going fine until I looked into the pot in which they serve the Jambalaya and noticed there was not quite enough for a whole serving. I looked at the cup of Mac & Cheese and it also was not enough for a whole serving. So I made the decision to split the rest of the food between the two of us.
Bad move. We officially over-did it. Maybe it was the slight buzz from the martini, but it was probably because the food was just that damn good. I end up spending a little bit more to eat here (which is why it isn't in the standard rotation) but I am always more than satisfied.
PS - I didn't care for the Po'Boy sandwiches much. It's not that they're bad, but I'd rather share another entree and get down with one of their delicious sides.
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I'm totally one of those people where once I experience some sort of *authentic* dish I will not rest until I find a place that serves it.
I'm glad my cousin's southern belle of a girlfriend brought me to the Delta Grill. Ever since my journey trekking about Louisiana I've been repeatedly disappointed by restaurant after restaurant claiming to be a Cajun / Creole restaurant.
I was almost giving up hope that there was anything relatively close to authentic Cajun outside of the Louisiana state lines.
Although a little bit on the steeper side in terms of price, the portions are large enough with taste that is good enough to justify the prices. It's great if you have a few people and are able to order a few dishes to share. The alligator and smoked pork sausage is an excellent appetizer and it definitely gets the job done in peaking that appetite for the entrees.
Decor is dark and cozy and makes for a great place to spend your evening with a great group of people.
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Its not easy to find good Cajun / Creole food in NYC, but this is about the closest I've tasted to that down in Louisiana. The service could be better but they've made vast improvements as most of the wait staff is now attentive and friendly, though a little stuck up at times.
Food is fabulous here, almost 5 star quality for dinner and for brunch. Almost everything I've had here has been awesome, especially the gumbo, fried cheese grits, alligator sausage, potato pancakes, blackened salmon, and even the hush puppies. A big winner is the Randall's macaraoni and cheese, which is super cheesy but not enough mac.
While the food is delicious, it comes with a price. The menu has endured another price hike, making most entrees $20 or higher. The actual decor of the place is decent, sporting a wannabe New Orleans feel with posters, southern remnants all over the place. During their Sunday brunches, they'll have some live entertainment, which usually consists of a lone blues singer complete with a banjo and hat for donations.
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Southern cuisine.
You love crawfish? Well I love crawfish!!!
The only place where I've had crawfish in the city, other than my own home. A very enjoyable and tasty southern menu. I've been there several times and have gone back again. My favorite is their crawfish etouffe and their jambalaya.
There are a few minor things that might bother you here and there as an eater, therefore 4 stars, even though I love this place. The etouffe is sometimes a little salty, but it's ok. The ribs here are ok, but then it's a southern place and I don't know if it's a great idea to choose ribs here. A friend likes the chicken fried steak here and the jambalaya is nice and spicy.
If you don't want to go to their restaurant to try their food, you can always wait until the 9th avenue food festival every May and sample small portions of it.
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