Tessie's Place

Well I had lunch there yesterday. What I can say is the service was excellent. The place is relatively small but cozy. The staff is more than helpful. I had a shrimp salad and it was delicious. The shrimp were cooked perfectly. Big shrimp is all I can say. But they tasted great. I accompanied that with a bowl of seafood gumbo. Again, served hot with a nice flavor. Not the best one in the city but it was very tasty. The same size shrimp as the salad so that was delightful. Didn't notice any other seafoods in it but that could just be me. All in all a great place for lunch with better than normal prices.

I love this down home hole in the wall.. it's a get what you get kind of place. They're stuffed fish and chicken livers are always on point, but this visit everything was a bit undercooked. The seafood gumbo also had no flavor. Service was great, though. I'll still be back.. just no gumbo for me.

I hate to even do a review on this joint as I want to be selfish and keep the secret to myself and not have hordes of tourists take over this authentic old school NOLA neighborhood diner. This place is truly one of the very few remaining authentic and unchanged neighborhood dining venues of its kind in the NOLA area. It is literally like stepping back in time here and that holds true of the prices too as they offer a good value for your money. Tessie's offers a menu of amazing New Orleans classics and refuses to cave into Yankee political correctness as they still proudly offer their WOP Salad on the menu (if you are going to show up and complain like a snowflake about it then keep your PC cultural Marxist ways with your local ANTIFA potluck dinner and stay away from my WOP salad or I will put on a MAGA hat to trigger you... after I go and purchase one first then wear it to trigger you).They really aim to please the customer here and offer a lot of choices and variety within the selections. I think this might be the only restaurant I've ever been to that actually offers you a choice between thick cut or thin cut onion rings! They also give the option of a regular size burger or a large size burger. Daily specials are offered along with delicacies like soft shell crabs (available in multiple sizes), pasta specials, fried chicken, soups, sandwiches, po boys, burgers with seafood and non-seafood choices all abundant so with so many options available there should be something to please almost anybody.The only negative about this place is the parking is very limited and it can be challenging to find a spot in the area around lunch time when this place is popular. Overall this is just a classic in every sense of the word and just a pure delicious slice of old NOLA neighborhood life that gives us the amazing gift to see how awesome just a regular joint for normal folks in a neighborhood used to be.My video review of Tessie's Place is here:https://youtu.be/QqbTPpuvTlw

Found this little restaurant in Metairie and it was great. Small, old school restaurant with the greatest Roast Beef Po-Boys in GNO. There I said it prove me wrong. The way a New Orleans Style Roast Beef Po-Boys is supposed to taste. They also have a great deal on box fried chicken to go that reminds me of the Old McKenzie's Chicken in a box out in Gentilly neighborhood in New Orleans. I've also had their Potato Salad that was fresh and tasty. I hope this helps out anybody looking for good food at really reasonable prices. Cheap compared to other places. They open 11am til 3pm Tu-Sat with an after hours menu till 6pm for take out orders. Enjoy.

Crummy salad but delicious seafood gumbo. Doggie there if you're on a schedule. Service atrocious. Waitress ignored us. Not that busy but we weren't served for over an hour. Won't go back.

We used to get takeout from Tessies when we were young. Every Friday my Dad would bring home Fish dinners with homemade tarter sauce. Last week I went there for the first time in many years and it was just as good as it was back then. I absolutely love the wop salad.

Tessie's Place is a typical neighborhood joint. The exterior is rather plain, with a gravel parking area, and the interior is classic 1977. It is a clean restaurant. We ordered the following: Fried Seafood Platter (stuffed crab, oysters, shrimp, and catfish, fries, & lettuce salad), Fried Shrimp & Catfish Platter (with fries & lettuce salad), and Red Beans & Rice, with Sausage. Everything was fresh, hot, and expertly done. All of us considered it to be an excellent experience. We plan to return, to check out some of their Italian selections. RJT

Love this place. Fried chicken, gumbo, potato salad, calamari... All quite good. A great value, great little place

Tessie's has really good comfort food and great daily lunch specials. I also think they have really great seafood plates and sandwiches.

Off the main thoroughfare of Airline Dr, this lil d time restaurant offers an array of menu options. The service is impeccable. Was very friendly and informative. One server handled the entire restaurant and attended to everyone's needs promptly. Inside brings you back to eating out in the 70s. The old time jukebox is a nice touch as well.