Drago's Seafood Restaurant - Jackson — Restaurant in Jackson

I saw this last year when we first moved here but the hubs said "it's not gone taste like New Orleans" (hell Nola ain't tasting like Nola these days) | finally convinced him into going, what I will say is this location gives more of a sports bar vibe as opposed to the Nola location which is upscale. And the food matches the vibe to a T. We started with the alligator bites. When I saw them all the air was deflated from my balloon. They looked like the scraps from a basket of chicken tenders. Not the thick chunks you get from Pappadeaux, but hey I'm learning (at our financial my expense though) they were bland, I mean no flavor at all in the flour or on the gator itself but once I dipped them in the sauce it made a huge difference. We also got a dozen oysters NOW THEY WERE THE STAR OF THE SHOW and I should've just gotten them as my entree as well. The guy back there grilling them needs to be honored. They were the perfect size and seasoned to perfection. My mouth is watering thinking about them now. I got a seafood pasta which I'm still disappointed about, it had that thick gravy Nola is known for and me being from Chicago was expecting a white wine cream sauce. How the heck does one think to slather that over those thin angel hair noodles is beyond me. That heavy flour gravy needs to be over mashed potatoes not pasta. But it's cool, I'll never ever never order that again. The hubs got a dish which had a filet, half of a small maine lobster, lobster mac n cheese and broccoli. I tasted the mac n cheese and wasn't impressed. But hey he'll eat almost anything and be content so there's that. I waited for the server to ask if I wanted dessert (which is one of my rules), that's a markup for restaurants and they should be pushing it how they push those drinks to bring the tab and the tip up. She didn't (no surprise there, after she stopped while holding our food to reprimand other guest for sitting in the bar area without be escorted there I was turned off, why not drop our food off we were one table over instead of talking over it?) but I wanted to taste the bread pudding. The joke was on me, she knew what I didn't. I told her to bring it to go since she had already printed the bill. Once she got it to me and I opened it and saw how pretty it was I was happy. She said to warm up the sauce and pour it over when I was ready to eat it. What she should've said was remove the banana slices because by the time you get home they'll be brown and the hard sliced strawberry before warming up the hard ball of bread because if you don't warm it up it's going to be too hard to eat. I found that out on my own also. And the thin watery sauce has this really strong liquor taste that wasn't rum but more whiskey than anything. Would I come back? For those oysters, ABSOLUTELY! If they'll allow me to get a bed of angel hair pasta with the seasoned butter they use for the oysters and a dozen of them as my dish and I'll be a...

I honestly could not be happier with a restaurant experience than the one I had last at Drago's! From the EXCELLENT service provided by Darius, and ably assisted by Randall, to the food, the cocktails, the atmosphere, and the desserts. Darius was so helpful and had such patience with us, as well as a remarkable memory. We were NOT an easy table, with lots of changes and questions and he was the soul of hospitality! It was truly a highlight of our visit to have had the honor of being served by him. Of course, this would be meaningless if the food wasn't fantastic, and the cocktails delicious. he starter was the Oyster Voisin: a truly unique preparation, but delicious! A creamy spinach-cream sauce over soft white bread, topped with tons of parmesan cheese and fried oysters. It was so good, I definitely ate more than I normally would of an appetizer! For entrees: Two of us had the Fish-of-the-day; it was Chilean Sea Bass (My favorite) mine prepared blackened w/a petit Filet Mignon, my daughter's Mediterranean with capers and tomatoes. My other daughter had the Fried Shrimp w/a petit FM, and my Husband had the Lobster Marco. The Fish was outstanding, and this was the second time I had had this dish, so the consistency was reassuring. The shrimp was large and the batter light and crunchy. The pasta portion was tasty and rich, but that dish is not anything I would normally order, as I'm not a pasta fan. My husband enjoyed it, but struggled a little with the whole lobster (he's used to just tails). The brownie desert (enough for 4-6) and Creme Brulee' were outstanding. To top it all off, at the end of our FEAST, the manager, kindly came over and greeted us and thanked us for our visit! Only in the South, folks! Please visit them, but I highly recommend reservations. With capacity rules, you might be...

I absolutely LOVEEEE Drago's. I grew up in the New Orleans area, and we have one in Metairie, Louisiana as well, so I already knew how wonderful Drago's is! We live in Vicksburg now, and it was our 13 Year Anniversary and I told my Husband that I definitely want to dine out at Drago's on this night, 7/6/22 for our Anniversary, and we most certainly did. To begin with, we had the BEST SERVER EVER, and his name is Everett!! He was absolutely Lovely, Divine, so very Sweet, he knew exactly what he was doing, and he didn't miss a beat. Everett, YOU ROCK!! My husband and I both started off each with a tray of Charbroiled Oysters that were cooked to perfection. For Dinner I had the Lobster Marco which was a Maine Lobster with Angelhair Pasta draped over it, with Shrimp, Mushrooms, Delicate Cream Sauce which is absolutely SINFUL!! My Husband had the Fried Oyster plate with French Fries. He said they were the VERY BEST Fried Oysters he has ever eaten! I had a couple of them as well, and they were outstanding! After we finished our dinner, Everett surprised us with the beautiful Dessert for us to share. Thank goodness it wasn't any bigger, because we were already stuffed. It was a Cheesecake on top of Oreo Cookie Curmbs with an incredible sweet sauce dribbled across the top. Everything about our evening at Dragos was PERFECTION! Thank You Everett, and Thank You Drago's, we WILL be...