Gabrielle Restaurant

An excellent place to feel at home and eat delicious cajun cuisine. The service was friendly and unpretentious. It felt like being in someone's home who knows how to cook really amazing food. Everything we ate was not only tasty but cooked to perfection. I loved the fact that it was in an area that, as a tourist, I wouldn't typically have had on my radar. I loved my experience and would absolutely recommend Gabrielle to anyone visiting New Orleans.

Have you traveled the world, visiting famous restaurants, indulging your senses and capturing photos of renowned and startling food that blurs the line between sustenance and entertainment?Good. Now that you've got that out of your system, go to New Orleans and have a meal of real food at Gabrielle Restaurant, where you'll be treated like a favored neighbor.**********The service at Gabrielle is personal and charming. When I visit, I'm reminded of dinners with my Aunt Trish, an elegant Southern lady who, as she glided quietly through her home, entertained with comforting attention to her guests' happiness.And Gabrielle's food?For good reason, people joke that New Orleans offers "a thousand restaurants, all serving the same menu," and Gabrielle's fare includes many of the components offered by other NOLA cooks. But Chef Greg Sonnier isn't a corporate mimic who checks the competition's menus before deciding what to cook. He's a master of traditional ingredients, and though he bends them to his creativity, he never bothers with performative modernist nonsense. Chef Greg's food might stray from old-fashioned style, but it's always recognizable, and always satisfies.People like the duck. I'll grant that the dish has a marvelous flavor, but it's too delicate for me; I prefer poultry with a meatier bite. I'm inclined to order Chef Greg's simple, perfectly-done Traiteur Fish, or something over carbs and under gravy, or whatever's special.And speaking of special: whoever is responsible for salads and desserts at Gabrielle should be paid more, to reward them for their good work, and to ensure that they don't leave.**********Is Gabrielle Restaurant perfect? No. When the rains come, water from the street can back up into the dining room. But flooding isn't a problem unique to Gabrielle; in 2024 alone, I saw both Lil Dizzy's and Ray's On The Ave get swamped. It being New Orleans, I'm surprised that S&WB hasn't charged its customers for providing them with a water feature.Flooding aside, the worst thing I can say about Gabrielle Restaurant is that it's only open three nights a week.But Chef Greg isn't a mascot; when he's in the kitchen, he's in it, y'know?, and his wife, Mary, was in there for decades, cooking alongside him, until she semi-retired. Plus which, their daughter, Gabrielle, runs the restaurant's front-of-house. Gabrielle Restaurant is exactly what we mean when we say "family-owned business," and what the Sonniers do is hard. These people deserve time off to relax and recharge.And anyway, the food will be there when you finally make it in, and even the most self-interested among us know that good stuff is worth waiting for.

Had an enjoyable Réveillon dinner at Gabrielle a couple weeks ago. Very nice, homey ambience. All courses were delicious and the service was spot on. Two of the diners in our group had the pork chop, which was root beer glazed. A bit too much so. All of agreed that the root beer was overpowering.

I very highly recommend to make reservations because it's small yet very busy with a lively vibe. We went for the coolanary menu. I started with the gumbo and trust me, I'd go back just for that, the dark roux was delicious. Next up was the jambalaya, it was good but I was not big on one of the sauces tha was too garlicky for my taste. The peach shortcake was good but shortcake a bit dry. Husband very much enjoyed his wagu meatballs, squash and chocolate pecan pie. I do plan to return for the gumbo.

Hubby and I had a lovely date night here on a cool, Saturday evening in NOLA. The establishment is quite cozy and intimate. Felt like I was dining at someone's home, in the best way. Waitress was very polite and attentive. Our food and drinks were divine. The BBQ shrimp pie is a must try. Truly unique and delicious. I thoroughly enjoyed my veal roulade entree. This was my first time trying veal. It was perfectly tender and paired well with the lobster ravioli. Very rich in flavors. Hubby ordered the traiteur fish that was cooked and seasoned to perfection. Delicate and tasty. He did enjoy his meal but I will say, the jumbo lump crab cake that the fish was paired with surprisingly lacked luster and flavor, especially compared to everything else we had. Albeit, our overall experience was excellent and I would highly recommend this neighborhood establishment!

We went here after reading all the great reviews on Yelp and Reddit. The ambience is very cozy. We had the BBQ shrimp pie as an appetizer and it was delicious, although I feel $21 is a bit much to pay for a small appetizer with four pieces of shrimp on it. We also got the warm bread in a bag with butter, and that was very good. We ordered the Cajun Asian appetizer, which to me was good but not amazing. We went a little crazy and also got the duck fat fries, which were nice and crispy but very thin. Thick cut fries would've been better IMO. The sauce they came with was kind of bland. For our main meals we got two different types of gumbo. Maybe this was our mistake in ordering the wrong thing, but we were both disappointed with our gumbo. My husband's roux was very thin, and the seafood in mine was very mushy. The drinks were decent. All in all, not as great of a culinary experience as I'd been hoping for. Service was nice but not friendly.

One of our lovely local yokel friends introduced us to Gabrielle's and wow we are so glad that she did! Everything was very New Orleans style flavor with a twist! This was the only gumbo that we had while in town and it really scratched the gumbo itch. The shrimp pie was such a rich and unique dish, I recommend that you try if you're a pie and shrimp person! Didn't get photos of everything but we were more that pleased with our meal! Finished with the chocolate pecan pie and some king cake of course! We will be back! Thanks for the delicious cocktails Gabrielle!

Lovely space with great staff. Veal roulettes were way over cooked. Supposed to be spinach and mushrooms - there was something green but sure didn't look like spinach. Then for some unknown reason there was a line of tiny crawfish on the plate. Not mentioned on the menu and had nothing to do with the dish. Were they Chinese? Not sure. Very disappointed. It was enjoyable last time we went.

Service impeccable. Food terrible. Will never. Go back. Oysters were mushy and like a bowl of wet breadcrumbs, gumbo was bitter with no hen meat, but lots of chunks of bitter burnt sausage, and the fish dinner was absolutely horrible with a piece of fish that tasted like it came off of a barbecue grill over a big mushy crabcake that I couldn't even recognize what it was and gave it to the table. Two other guests didn't eat their food either. What a shame.

The food was good. We started with the Shrimp Pie and Oysters Gabie, both were good. One of us had the duck the other traiteur fish, again both good. We shared the peppermint patty dessert, very tasty. Atmosphere is simple but fine, not too loud. It is located a 20 minute walk outside of the main tourist area. Service was very good. My only comment is that they turned away a party of 4 right after we sat down. There were plenty of available tables. I looked on Open Table and they showed available reservations, not sure why they turned the party away. They were not misbehaving, I think the hostess just wanted to go home.