Dodie's New Orleans Seafood Cafe
- Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: Yes
- Takes Reservations: No
- Take-out: Yes
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: Yes
- Alcohol: Full Bar
7 Reviews for Dodie's New Orleans Seafood Cafe
The Cream of Crab, any of their Po Boys, the $3 day time schooners, the crab cakes, the jalapenos stuffed with seafood stuffing...the list could go on. The wait staff is the best! I once left my keys...had told the waiter that we were going to The Libertine next door and he brought them over. Now that is awesome service. You can always pick up too. I love to get a bowl of soup to go. It comes with this soft piece of bread that is the best for dipping.
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I guess im the odd one out, cause i didnt like the food at all..but Ive had cajun food at many other places, and this doesnt compare..felt like i was eating etoufee made from a box..sorta gravy like...i guess im used to papaduex or real cajun foods, but this one wasnt that special. didnt seem authentic or even close..
my friend had the gumbo, which was a blackish soup, not great either
Id say give it a try and see for your self..I didnt try the fish and po boys, maybe those are better...
In the mood for something different.
Chicken....nah.
Burgers......nah.
Tex-Mex......definitely nah!
Pizza.........nah.
Jamabalaya...........hmmmm...(thinking)..........i t does taste pretty good.
....and it's something different....ok, then.
But where to find a place with good Jambalaya..........oh yeah, try Yelp!
So I find out this place is right around where I shop anyway and i thought to myself, "I've always wondered what it was like."
ok, so, cut to the chase. from the outside it looks like a hole in the wall. when i go inside it's.......like a hole in the wall.
whatever, order the jambalaya to go and try it out.
i get home and it's ok. it's good but not great.
the thing i remember most though.......the hot waitress.
maybe i'll go again very soon!!
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Every time I start to miss New Orleans or should I say, every time I miss getting really drunk and eating killer food I hit Dodie's. When I found out that these guys had Crawfish Monica on their menu I said to myself, "Man, I'm sure glad these guys have Crawfish Monica on their menu." If you've never had any of this stuff, it's basically the Mac and Cheese of the Creole world, it's mostly made of cream and butter with seasoning and of course crawfish tails and as they say in New Orleans "It's good." (But with a New Orleans accent.)
They introduced Crawfish Monica at Jazz Fest, which I highly recommend. Jazz Fest is not as busy as Mardi Gras, where there's a good chance you'll never want to go back to New Orleans again because you ended up catching something you can't scrape off with a putty knife or on a "Girl's Gone Wild" video.
Dodie's has done a fine job of bringing some of that New Orleans's "hole in the wall" flare. Decorated with mostly beer neon and Mardi Gras parking signs these guys whip up some pretty good food. Their crawfish boil is great, even though I like mine Hell fire hot, I add some of their own Hot Sauce called Dodie's Sauce and it does the trick. Of course they have all the fried whatever you want, shrimp, oysters, crab claws, crawfish tails. They have raw oysters, boiled shrimp. Besides the Crawfish Monica, you have to try the Cajun Tamales,(a Dodie's exclusive) and the Cajun Fondue. The Po'Boys are made on hot fresh French bread, you know crunchy on the outside, warm and fluffy in the middle.
They have blackened dishes, soft-shell crab, Ettouffe, Jambalaya, Seafood Gumbo, Seafood Gumbo and salads.
But these guys do on thing that brings me in every time and it's how they serve their beer in frozen scooners, so cold that when they come to your table, there actually ice floating in it. Sunday they have a Happy Hour worth skipping church for, $2.00 scooners from 11:AM until 6:PM., I think that they have this special everyday but I'm always looking for a reason to skip church.
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FOOD STYLE: Cajun
FORMAT: Full-Service
LOCATION: Nice Area, Modest Parking, Easy-to-Spot (if small)
Dodie's my Dodie's, a wonderful place,
to eat broiled crawfish & stuff thy face!
Though basic and threadbare in so many ways ...
(from limited menus to plastic trays)
you effuse the charm of the backwoods swamp
where Chefs Emeril and Wilson did romp.
Away! to this manger on Greenville Ave!
to sample the treats these Cajuns do have!
- Parking is limited, of that I warn
when the holy crawdad season is born.
The seats inside are few, "I Guar-Run-Tee!",
but service is swift and always friendly.
Still, one can expect a festering crowd,
when clock strikes noon and the patrons are ploughed.
Oh! but I tease - it's really not that bad;
Just plan to go early and you will be glad.
This joint is beloved by many it's true,
and seats go fast to the regular crew.
But once folks are seated and happily dress'd,
a read of the menu will leave you impress'd
The oysters are here, and crawdads are too
(though options beyond seafood are notably few).
Po-boys entice! with a fish in each slice,
but the 'slaw I'll admit, is not nearly so nice.
Yeah, no mayonnaise - so I know, I know,
but the lack of it does, in affect show.
Of course, patrons there are, few who will care,
as stinking raw cabbage is just not their fare.
We come for the fries all covered with gravy!
and for the fruits of our tiny gulf navy!
The catfish, black with spice and serv'd with sides,
no horrors, fouled taste, or fishiness hides.
The oysters too, I happily report,
dodge the worst Yelpers' most caustic retort.
Although - to pick and just to be quick,
'while the oyster Po-Boy won't make you sick ...
A patron might find a cause to complain
'cause the dressings inside are simple and wane.
And for ten bucks plus change once tax is done,
one really ought to see more on that bun.
The oysters are great, there's not the quibble -
it just should have something ELSE there to nibble!
It's pointless to buy, unless you love bread,
but - trust me - stick to the entrees instead.
One final note, before this I depart,
and praise these gents for their culin'ry art,
While true Cajun from scratch here serves the "itch",
the prices they charge are worth a wee bitch.
Yes ... seafood ain't cheap, and more's the sorrow ...
But why from friends their cash must I borrow?
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Ehh. Salty, dry crawfish po-boy. Surprisingly expensive.
Great atmosphere and authentic Cajun cooking. The "famous" fries were strange but in a good way. Cheese and gravy . . . who knew?
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