Morel's Restaurant — Restaurant in New Roads

On our way home from Baton Rouge one recent Sunday, my folks and I decided to visit the small town of New Roads to check out their lunch options and we discovered Morel’s sitting right on the False River and we were immediately impressed with the location of this establishment. Upon entering, we were also satisfied with the medium noise level though the restaurant was nearly full. We were greeted by a friendly host and served by an adept, pleasant table server. Further, I enjoyed sweet tea which was very well-made, especially when I added lemons. I then ordered the Shrimp Napoleon dish which contains grilled shrimp wrapped in bacon on a bed of fried eggplant slices, mixed with grilled onions, sauce, and other ingredients. If it were possible, I would give this dish 30 stars as it was the best fried eggplant dish that I’ve ever tasted. The shrimp were well-cooked, plump, and juicy, and the eggplant were plentiful, battered well, melted in my mouth, and blended scrumptiously with the other ingredients. Further, the flavor of the bacon—not too crispy and not too soft—added to my delight of the dish. Finally, this meal included a side of mashed potatoes, and I’m telling you folks that I have never had mashed potatoes this tasty in my life. These potatoes tasted like they came straight from the garden and the mix of butter into the dish was perfect. Also, I’m not sure of the other ingredients which were included with the potatoes but those mashed potatoes simply tasted fabulous! When finishing this extraordinary meal, I should have done my belly a favor and left right then, but I decided to try the chocolate caramel pie. But I’m really glad I stayed because this pie tasted really good as well. I think the crust was graham cracker and it simply melted in my mouth. The filling was thick, creamy with a perfect mix of chocolate and caramel; it was simply an amazingly tasty dessert.

My parents also enjoyed their dishes as well, and we were all impressed with the friendly service from the wait and managerial staff. Further, we truly enjoyed the view of the river as we watched boats enter and leave the dock of the restaurant. We were also satisfied with the prices of a restaurant of this type. In fact, we were so pleased with this place that we returned the following Sunday and thoroughly enjoyed our meals again; my dad found the Pork Ribeye dish to be an excellent choice. If you’ve never been to the clean-looking town of New Roads, we highly recommend that you visit this town and give this outstanding establishment a try. As of the writing of this review, the COVID policy here is that masks should be worn upon entering and leaving the restaurant but they can be removed upon being seated. We deeply thank all the managerial, meal-prep, and wait staff of Morel’s for providing such excellent food...

My wife and I went to Morel's to celebrate our wedding anniversary. It was busy when we got there so our waiter pointed us to a table and said he would be right with us. That was the start of one of the worst restaurant experiences I have ever had. The waiter never came to greet us at the table or get our drink orders. The bus boy finally felt sorry for us and asked if he could get us something to drink. We asked for water, which he quickly brought. I finally went to the bar and ordered two drinks. They were going to comp us the drinks but they were made wrong. It took over a half hour for our waiter to finally come take our order. We were irritated but went ahead and ordered. We were there to celebrate, so we decided try to make the best of it. It took a long time for the app to come. It was ok. By this time we had been sitting there for over 45 minutes. We had no utensils or napkins. We had to ask another waitress for napkins. When our entrees finally arrived they were not even hot. We had to ask for utensils after we got our food. By this time we were very upset. My wife was in tears and wanted to leave. When I asked to speak to a manager, I was told that there wasn't one. The waiter got cocky with me so we left without eating. That is the most unwelcome and uncomfortable I have ever felt at a restaurant. We were really looking forward to eating there, and left very disappointed. I will definitely be telling every one I know not...

We visited for the first time today. We are in town for business. I absolutely loved the atmosphere being it’s on the River. When we walked in a very nice guy seated us and took our drink order. We thought he was our waiter so we ordered an appetizer as well then later a girl introduced herself as our waitress. Our appetizer came out fairly fast and the fried green tomatoes were amazing! It definitely set the bar on how the food would go. It did take about 30 minutes to get out food which my husbands salad came out with our dinner and it didn’t come out as an appetizer. During the wait we needed refills and our waitress was talking to other staff member. Mind you, we were her only table. We tried to flag her down and nothing the first time. We got the guy who seated us to get us refills. Later we had to yell at the waitress to refill our drinks. Once we asked for the check, it didn’t take her no time to come back for the money. The service was extremely poor. All of the food was amazing except the hamburger I ordered. Don’t get me wrong, the beef was fresh but it had absolutely no flavor. It would’ve been better with seasoning or even some flavor sauce to make up for the difference. With tasting the fried green tomatoes, the gumbo, the salad and the fries I was definitely let down by...