Chill Out Cafe LLC — Restaurant in New Orleans

I’m usually a google review lurker, but this place is so amazing I had to share. I’ve lived in the neighborhood for 5 years and walked by this place many times but have never dined until yesterday. In a city with so many trendy restaurants, it is easy to overlook this place at first, but don’t be fooled. My partner and I decided stopped in to check this place out and had an EXCEPTIONAL meal! We sat on the patio which has the loveliest energy and is decorated in a way where you can really tell someone put some love into opening this place. We had a Thai tea and iced coffee, a seaweed salad, a squid steak, crab fried rice, and the garlic shrimp. Everything was delicious, but the squid steak and crab rice were out of this world. Super fresh and generous portions. Everything is priced so reasonably! Our food was a little slow coming out, but there was just one waitress and we weren’t in a rush so we actually enjoyed being able to relax outside and just enjoy the atmosphere. This place has a lot of heart and soul in the food and location, and was a lovely departure from some of the heavier dishes/cuisines NOLA is known for. Will definitely be...

BEWARE of bad service and extremely long wait times. I used to love Chill Out Cafe, however recently, the service has been absolutely abysmal. I sat down for lunch at approximately 1:20 PM today (Thursday), and it took them about 30 minutes just to bring our waters/drinks. At 2:40 PM (over an hour later) our food was STILL not ready. Important note: they were not very busy. There were probably only 2-3 other tables occupied at the same time.

This was a very frustrating experience, and it just felt like they forgot we were there. We ended up having to take our food to go. The waitress did not warn us of the extremely long wait time, check in with us, or apologize. This has happened on other occasions when I have ordered takeout from them (1.5 to 2+ hour wait times, even when they initially say it will take 30-40 minutes).

The food is good, but it's not worth it to wait this long! I have eaten at Chill Out Cafe for years, but I will not be back until they drastically improve...

I much enjoy Thai food. They have a lot going for them here; as the name suggests, it is an extremely chill environment. The location amid a quiet neighborhood is quite pleasant, and enhanced by the calm Thai-pop music playing in the background.

The service was great, no complaints there.

In terms of the food, I have a few comments: the vegetable egg rolls tasted familiar to me. That’s because I’ve cooked my own exactly like them using spring roll sheets I bought at the store, hand rolling them and deep frying them. So, they’re definitely rolled in-house, but I never quite enjoyed the taste of the fried wraps. There’s a certain…papery-ness to them.

The main dish, the pad Thai, (which I got with no peanuts), was overseasoned. Too much flavor. I think, dial back a tad on the seasoning, and the dish is perfect.

Room for improvement, but great potential. Thanks...