Gabrielle Restaurant — Restaurant in New Orleans

Gave this place a try for COOLinary and generally enjoyed it. Service was a little slow - from getting seated to ordering drinks but can be forgiven since it's a slow month and I doubt they're at full capacity. I had the duck blind scallop which was really good although I didn't care for the grits. My girlfriend had the crimson tide watermelon salad which was quite pleasant and the fried duck/chicken wings contrasted nicely with the cool watermelon. I had the nova scotia jambalaya for my main entree which was again pretty good - the lobster and shrimp were great but there was a certain spice to it I couldn't place and didn't care for. Also not sure why okra was in it. My girlfriend had the fish and the crabcake/sauce it came with were phenomenal. Finally for dessert I had the shoot for the moon pie and bourbon milk punch but it looks like they ran out of moon pies and it came with a mediocre chocolate chip cookie. The punch was pretty good and hid the bourbon well. My girlfriend did the apple upside down bread pudding and that was phenomenal - a really great take on a classic american dessert. We had the JeniSu and Marie's Favorite cocktails which were very good. Overall solid location and a lot of the main menu looks great - definitely some gems and even the lesser dishes are still pretty good. I'll be sure to visit again (and hopefully when someone else picks...

A party of 3, we dined at Gabrielle's on 11/5. Food and wine were excellent but the service placed a damper on our enjoyment. Our male waiter did not look happy approaching our table. Maybe by the way we were dressed, he anticipated a disappointing spend and tip. It all started with ordering drinks. We were interested in the beer on tap. I ordered my pint but my wife wanted to taste before ordering, a reasonable request. In a rather offensive tone, our waiter asked my wife which one she wanted to taste. As there were only 2 choices, a more professional approach would have been to volunteer a taste of both. But that was not to be. To the menu. We preferred to order appetizers first and then think a bit about the main course. But no, that was not to be either. Our waiter made it clear that his chef did not permit such ordering. All at once or nothing. Regarding wine, I ordered a CUNE Rioja Gran Reserva and our waiter brought a white wine. When we wanted more bread I had to summon the bartender across the dining room because our waiter was nowhere to be seen. We rarely saw him. So there it is. An excellent restaurant for food and drink but degraded by disappointing, snobbish, and unenthusiastic service. I hope it improves. We'll be back to try. Our bill came to $348.04 and we left a generous...

Went there for dinner with a childhood friend last week.

We started with an order of 4 of the appetizers intending to do a tapas kind of thing for dinner. (Everything but the pate).

The server was adamant that we had to select an entree. We explained that we wanted to look at the menu some more.

Truth be told, I had looked at the menu and honestly nothing spoke to me. I'm a bit of a simpleton and prefer simple food cooked well. The offerings here are a lot of things, simple isn't one of them.

After a bit of a stand off, the server departed in a huff with our order.

The appetizers were good, but like everything else there is just too much going on for me. Too many flavors competing on your tongue.

Eventually we ordered gumbo and a caprese salad.

The gumbo was simply okay. I had had a significantly better cup of gumbo at a popular restaurant in bucktown the night before. In addition there was a very slight fishy taste to the gumbo telling me it wasn't the freshest thing in the world.

The caprese salad was fine except for the balsamic vinegar, which was the refined version that is sweet. Typically the refined is put on ice cream and such. Don't know if it really works on a salad, definitely not for me.

I guess this all would have been ok if the bill for 3 people wasn't $300.

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