Pra_LEES

Pra_Lees is tucked away on a side street away from the busy Gentilly St scene, across from Dillard University.This hidden gem is has a cozy, laid back atmosphere. There is a sense of nostalgia when you walk through the doors and hear old school R & B tunes with corresponding videos. The food is good and prices are reasonable. The service is accommodating and the staff is friendly.Food Review:Crawfish Mac - is very delicious, has plenty of crawfish mixed into the tender noodles with creamy cheese. It has a hint of smoke and seafood flavor that delights your tastebuds.Fried Lobster - lobster tail is huge! It was fried slightly darker than golden, but didn't take away from the moistness. The accompanying sweet dipping sauce, really makes the dish pop.Fried Shrimp - golden fried, good flavor, kind of tough but tasty.Garden Salad - fresh greens and veggies was really good.Cabbage - HORRIBLE! Tasted scorched and overcooked.

My experience was unforgettable. While I would purchase food from this restaurant in the future, I would only purchase a to-go order. The dine-in experience was horrible, but the lady taking our order was nice, and the food was delicious overall.The dine-in experience was more like an expensive food truck experience opposed to a normal dine-in restaurant experience. You have to prepay for your food, they don't have water on tap, and no drink is refillable. All drinks are in a can or bottle. All food comes in Styrofoam to-go containers, including $40 lambchop meals. The cutlery and napkins are those that you would find with cheap food truck meals. There were no knives, so I had to eat my lollipop lambchops with my hands. No one serves you at your table. They call your ticket number for you to come get your own food, so the 20% tip you give at the beginning is for nothing. The indoor seating is limited. The air conditioning available for indoor seating is strained. Therefore, it's hot as soon as the door is opened a few times in a row.It took 40 minutes for us to get our food, and we were seated by the door and the bathroom. Our experience included the smell of an unchecked restaurant bathroom and a lot of bodies crammed in a small space. We were being accidentally nudged by patrons waiting to order their food because the indoor dining space is so small. The music started off pleasant, and then they changed the playlist. It was so disgusting and vulgar that I had to leave because we had a child with us, but I personally have zero appreciation for that type of music, so I would have left either way.Despite the dining experience, the food was good overall. My critiques have to do with the styrofoam plating of a $40 meal and canned yams. This is below standard for a dine-in experience and quality of a meal. If a dish comes from the can, the patron shouldn't be able to tell. The lambchops and brussel sprouts were pretty good. They are both dishes that don't need heavy seasoning, and they seasoned them perfectly. The crawfish macaroni and cheese lacked crawfish. The crawfish were more like a topping than a part of a dish, but it was still good. The favorite dish at the table was the Rasta Pasta, though the shrimp were not gulf shrimp and were small. Everyone was pleased enough with the food to purchase a to-go order in the future, but not for $40.

I pass by this restaurant all the time and finally decided to check it out. Pra lees exceeded expectations. I went for lunch. You choose a protein, an entree, and 2 vegetables. I chose the deep fried lobster tail, rasta pasta, Cajun corn and the salad. The food was fresh, hot and tasty. The cashier was extremely nice and patient. The restaurant is a decent size. Not much parking but next time I'll dine in. I'm definitely going back to try the rest of the menu.

After a disappointing couple days of mediocre food in the French quarter. We stumbled upon Pra_LEES and regained hope in New Orleans cuisine. I got the fried shrimp, broccoli, and corn for my plate then ordered extra shrimp and a side of brussel sprouts. Lemme tell y'all, the shrimp and brussel sprouts had me clenching my fists. SO GOOD. Jayda was very helpful in assisting us with our order

I've waited a long time to try this place out and I finally got the chance and it is 5 star for sure! I ordered the fried salmon ( I was skeptical because I was worried it'd be dry.... It wasn't!!), Rasta pasta and double brussel sprouts (because Brussels are my fav!... and they didn't disappoint). My friend got the grilled lobster, Mac & crawfish, corn and broccoli. For dessert we got the praline loaf. We sampled off of each others plates The salmon was nothing short of amazing and it came with a sweet chili sauce that was a nice added flavor. I had some remoulade sauce at home and I tried it on the salmon and that was good as well. The brussel sprouts were just perfect! The Rasta pasta was different than what I expected it was made of spiral noodles, shrimp and Italian dressing. I was expecting a cream sauce with a jerk spicy seasoning. It was my least favorite but that's more so because I don't like Italian seasoning, if you like Italian you'll love it. The Mac & crawfish was good and creamy. On to the dessert the praline loaf was good. I'm not a sweets eater but I do love a praline. This was perfect it wasn't too sweet and was the perfect ending to the entrees we had. As far as customer service it was good. The cashier was very friendly and was able to answer all of our questions and make recommendations. We tried to call in our order before we arrived but no one ever answer the phone so we just showed up and the wait wasn't more than 15 mins. So not bad !The restaurant is so nicely decorated the murals painted on the walls are so NOLA. I can't wait to go back. And I definitely recommend this place to others. Next timeI'm trying the yellow rice and shrimp!

Let's start off with the service and wait time. You must pay before being seated, well before you seat yourself. We waited for our food an entire hour and twelve minutes.The food was not good at all. The wings I ordered appeared to be undercooked, and I asked the only waitress they have to have them cooked longer, and she suggested that I just bite into them because the garlic Parmesan wings just look raw. My husband ordered the seafood nachos and they were very soggy. The salmon bites were not cooked completely inside. The crab rice was hard and overcooked. All the food came out together even though we ordered appetizers. The temperature on our food was not what it should've been. Yeah no! We wanted to support during Essence, but some major adjustments are needed. The worst $96.00 I have ever spent!

Friendly mom and pops shop that sells quality food. I like to visit once a week for dinner.

The food here? BOMBBBB! I don't think I've ever had brussels sprouts or fried shrimp that good in my life. After two days of disappointing food, we took a chance on this place and it honestly reignited our excitement for discovering New Orleans cuisine. This spot is a MUST when you're here!

This establishment lacks accountability for any wrong doing, they took FOREVER to make my food. I was there about 20 mins after they opened and waited over an hour for my food. No communication, no reconciliation. I don't know what's the hype about this place but it's not it. You guys really need to humble yourself and treat people better when your business is customer based. I would not recommend eating here. It's New Orleans there's a lot of really good food places with better hospitality. The food is not that good to be having to go through all of this. You guys focus on your social media to portray that this is a worthy establishment but you guys are giving a false narrative to your restaurant.

I'm going to celebrate this business, even though they dropped the ball on their "Cajun Corn" Fried fish, Shrimp Alfredo, Steamed Broccoli, Crawfish Macaroni, Fried Crawfish Balls and Cajun Corn. This was my order. The food temperature was excellent, flavor of food Excellent, Service quality was excellent as well. The Cajun Corn, was simply corn warmed up, absolutely nothing Cajun about it. I would definitely return and look forward to seeing what the extent of the menu is. Please get that Cajun Corn corrected.....