Mosquito Supper Club

Fantastic meal I would definitely go back.. made a last minute rez for 1 at the community table when my flight got moved from 7 pm to noon and I found out i needed dinner plans. Had to check with wife because she wasnt on this trip and wanted to go to Mosquito Supper Club for a good long while. The food was excellent. Started off with some biscuits and a sweet butter. Biscuits were great a little more bready than a traditional flaky biscuit. Then crab claws and pickled shrimp. The crab claws were amazing super meaty and fresh tasting. I ended up ordering crab claws everywhere i went that week trying in vain to recreate the experience. Pickled shrimp were also very good, only slightly picked tasting so very fresh and crispy. The guy next to me loved the shrimp and didnt love the crab so we swapped out remainder. Community table was super fun crowd. Everyone was tourists from different parts of country and talkative and eager to share the food with one another. There was a small group at end of table there on business dinner but they also chatted with everyone as well. Next course was a brightside small oyster for each person. I dont think this was on menu and a single oyster is t filling but it was part of a long dinner and followed by oyster soup that was amazingly flavorful. The broth was made from the oyster juice (i am not sure of word for that) and along with oysters it had sausage and a lil veg perhaps -- i am not exactly sure what was in it but fantastic it was. Main courts was duck leg and thigh confit, with a salad and a stuffed cabbage. The stuffed cabbage was surprisingly good. It was stuffed with sausage and covered in tomato sauce. The duck was amazing as well, but i love duck and rarely have restaurant duck i dont like. Dessert was a goat cheese sorbet and a flaky strudel. I am not a goat cheese fan but it was delish. My cocktail or two were old fashioned and wonderful and the service was amazing!!

I can only review the walk in part of the restaurant as I haven't yet fully dined here. But the bar alone is reason enough to go here. Knowlegable bartenders and attentive hosts are everywhere even though their main focus are the diners. Everything is high quality and prepared deliciously. The restaurant looks just like a house both on the inside and outside, with minimal changes to a house layout. I plan on returning here to dine in the future, but if you cannot I would still recommend showing up here just to experience a good bit of class.

The food was delicious and the experience noteworthy. We had a fabulous meal. I loved the vibe of the place and the service was excellent. Like a cruise ship, you seat and eat family style with a bunch of people you don't know. While this sounds like it could be fun, one person was incapable of silence, even while chewing, her mindless banter grew grating. The dining room was very, very loud. Would I go back? Yes, for a special occasion with a party of 8 or more so Ms. verbal diarrhea would be with another group.** Heard about this place from a podcast; Mosquito Supper Club is definitely Beyond Bourbon Street!

Great experience with upscaled Cajun classics with superior local ingredients in a communal setting. Feels a lot like Sunday family dinner. Enjoyed the food and the company of strangers. Excellent service. Without the wow factor of fine dining at this price level, I'd only repeat in company of others that haven't been. I picked up a signed cookbook on premise as well.

One of the coolest dining experiences I've had in New Orleans -- and I've been coming to this city to eat for more than 10 years! We had a coursed chef's tasting with wine pairings from 2014 to celebrate their 10th anniversary!Mosquito Supper Club is a truly unique restaurant. Visitors often leave saying they felt like they went to dinner at a friend's house. Sitting inside a restored Victorian cottage in Uptown, New Orleans -- Mosquito Supper club hosts chef's tasting menus at 2 large communal tables, each set for 10 (and there are just a couple of 2-tops for a regular menu). Chef Melissa Martin, who started this place 10 years ago, was raised on home-cooked Cajun food -- and 90% of her restaurant's dishes were passed down to her from her mother. She gets nearly 100% of her ingredients from local fishermen and farmers, educates visitors on the history and flavors of Cajun cooking, and passionately advocates for the preservation of Louisiana wetlands and coastal communities. Her recent cookbook is titled, "Cajun Recipes from a Disappearing Bayou" -- and that's what she serves at her restaurant.Standout dish of the night: a crawfish bisque with stuffed heads: I've never had anything like it, but I want more! Honestly, everything from sweet potato biscuits, to the fresh salad, to the strawberry dessert was fantastic -- I just didn't have room to show it all!

Down right amazing!! The menu is different every day so don't plan on using our pictures as a way to pick your dinner. Plus my pictures will never do the mean justice. Served family style in a small family house in a quaint neighborhood. This place can have a wait list that is like days or weeks so you cannot just plan to pop in. The wines are paired perfectly with each meal. Not one thing will leave you feeling like there was something missing. An absolute must come here!!!

We had a phenomenal meal at Mosquito Supper Club. I was a little nervous about the price, but it was FULLY worth it. Not only was everything perfectly made, the ingredients were of the highest quality and the portions were generous. For the first course, we had the biscuits (best I've ever had), crab claws, and shrimp. Then came the gumbo (extremely clean tasting from the cooked down okra, umami but not heavy). Then the crab cakes...stuff inside a crab shell. Gorgeous presentation, and more crab than I've ever had in a crab cake. The salad was nice but we barely had room.The service was also impeccable, as our server Sage was attentive without doting, and every dish came out hot. Will definitely be back.

A co-worker booked this dinner for us so I came into it unaware of anything about it. So glad I did. It was a pleasant surprise of a charming old house that looked like they just started serving out of it with no conversion to restaurant (note old bathtub in restroom), mix matched dishes, and laid-back family vibe that went right along with Chef's grandmother's recipes and locally sourced food which created a truly unforgettable dining experience. Some of the items I had were the best I have ever had. The one that stands out is the crab claws. So good. All the oyster dishes and stew were amazing as well. It was a prix-fix menu so I didn't order any of it. i can't remember what all we ate but it seemed like a ton of courses. Maybe it was multiple items in each course. Oh, the sweet potato biscuits, LORD. It's obvious all of the unassuming staff take great pride in what they deliver here and to be sure your experience is top notch. Hope to return some time soon.

I struggled a bit to write this review, because I wanted so badly for this meal -- our last dinner in NOLA at the end of a week-long visit -- to be fantastic. But I think my expectations were too high, so a few minor things left me feeling "meh" about the experience. As others have noted, I felt a disconnect between the sort of "take it or leave it" attitude on the booking website vs the welcoming tone of the host when we arrived. I had to psych myself up just to make the reservation (could I, as the website said, "handle" their philosophy and rules?) -- so I wasn't sure what to expect. But I resolved to follow the directions on the website, "check [my] energy" and try to enjoy the experience, and walking up to the house and settling in, the ambience was warm. The food was good, and some dishes -- the biscuits, the duck confit -- were terrific. But others (including, unfortunately, the oyster soup) were unremarkable or didn't seem cohesive within a course. I'm glad we chose the non-communal dining option, although we were seated next to it. And sadly, one of those patrons spent a *long* time, at several moments during dinner, bragging to the sommelier about their own travels and wine purchases, which kinda killed the mood for me. I realize that's not MSC's fault...but it was disappointing, and the food and service weren't enough to wow me.

Over-rated, over-priced, slow service. Meh. Food was fine. My foodie friends argued that the gumbo with no roux was actually a soup and not a gumbo but I thought it was tasty. One stuffed crab (crabcake in a shell) for the main? Nothing horrendously wrong with anything but nothing fabulous enough to warrant the price. Also not a fan of the communal seating. Wouldn't do it again.