The Original French Market Restaurant and Bar

Worse dining experience of my life. Definitely- ⭐️ if I could. Service was bad, restroom was bad, & the food was so horrible I was sick immediately after eating just a few bites!! I’d rather burn my $100+ spent there than eat there again. 1st time visiting New Orleans & this experience completely ruined it for me & my family. We walked in & the vibe wasn’t friendly at all. I should have known to trust my gut feeling. The server coldly handed us menus & left. I was debating if we should leave cuz he didn’t come back for like 15mins, but I wanted to give him another chance. He quickly took our orders & left with a cold expression. My son ordered dirty rice & he said we don’t have that. So I’m like ok maybe he’s having a bad day it’s whatever. Wrong!! While waiting for our food, I went to use the restroom. Doors were broken for both stalls. Toilet paper roll on the ground & one didn’t even have toilet paper. There was no soap or paper towels. It was so sketchy, I decided to hold myself until we got to another bathroom. When we finally got our food it didn’t look bad but after tasting the food I felt sick right away. And wasn’t sure if it was just me. But nope!! Tried the jambalaya rice & it tasted like sour partially uncooked rice. Horrible!! Took a few bites of my seafood boiled. The potato & corn textured seemed ok but the flavor was very strange. You’d think since Louisiana is know for their seafood boils it’ll be at least edible. I don’t know what seasoning they put in their seafood boiled, but 🤢🤮🤮🤮. I ate one shrimp & it tasted like I was eating raw stanky fish. I had a few other people tried it & said it was bad too. I immediately decided we shouldn’t eat anymore of our food. I didn’t don’t want us to get food poisoning since we were on a road trip & had many stops to go yet. Our bill was $100+ for the most nastiest food ever. My husband was so kind he still left a tip despite how horrible everything was. I literally was trying hard not to vomit as we were walking out of the restaurant. I barely made it out before vomiting outside & on the way to the public restroom a few blocks away. It was so bad I couldn’t get rid of that nasty taste in my mouth. I drank half a bottle of coke & ate ice cream to cleanse my palate. Finally stopped my urges to vomit. My hands stank like raw fish even after washing my hands 20 times at 5 different bathrooms. I have never left a online review for a restaurant before, but I want to warn people about how horrible this experience was. It’s so sad that there was absolutely nothing good about this restaurant. Try it at your own risk.