Who Dat Coffee Cafe — Restaurant in New Orleans

Poor service and rude owner..

When my group arrived here I opened the front door without stepping in in order to ask if we could be seated outside. The host rudely yelled at me to put a mask on. My intention was to sit outside to avoid digging out a mask but rather then simply tell me I could go ahead and have a seat the host wouldn't answer me until I put one on. He then told me I could sit at 2 tables. Half of my group was already there and we took a seat at one table. The server walked by our table twice but did not greet us. The rest of my group arrived and took a seat at the other table. They had a separate server that brought them water immediately. My table continued to wait so I went to ask if we had a server coming. A server told me he would be right with us. I apologized but told him my boyfriend needed to get to the airport soon. He brought waters to our table. At that time he took our food and drink order. The second table had their food order taken about 5 minutes after us. All of their food came out more than 10 minutes before ours. After waiting a total of 45 minutes after giving our order my boyfriend went in to ask them to box our food and pay the bill as we no longer had time to eat. It seemed that the slow service was purposeful as we were overlooked several times.

I was also not impressed with the food. Small portions and over priced.

Once learning of my poor experience I was contacted by the owner. Rather then apologize for the bad experience he berated and name called me for writing the review.

I do not recommend...

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