House of Blues Restaurant & Bar - New Orleans

Review summary

1. B

   Brooke

   Dallas4 reviews

   1.0

   Dined 3 days ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 1

   Expected more. Should have gone somewhere else first dinner.
   

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   Jack

   New Orleans1 review

   3.0

   Dined on March 9, 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   My wife got the crawfish etoufee and she said it was edible but was red sauce vs pinkish (crawfish) and like was poured out of a can — The Cajun shrimp po boy was ok The jalapeno cornbread appetizer was good but I not realize it was a meal almost Server was ok It just seems like House of blues is just bar food now
   

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   Ken

   Portland1 review

   5.0

   Dined on March 9, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   Nina and the Hungerland band were playing and they were awesome!
   

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   Doreen VIP

   Milwaukee2 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on March 8, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   We had reservations and did not have a server wait on us to take our order for over 45 minutes. We had gotten drinks prior to sitting down and spoke to the server that we would like to order food. She assured us she would be right back. We sat there with menus in front of us. She never returned. There were three servers and no one seemed to be interested in serving anyone. We left since no one was interested in doing there job.
   

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   Anna

   New Orleans12 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 7, 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Shrimp and Grits were delicious as was the fried green tomato topped with crawfish sauce appetizer. Hannah provided great service.
   

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   walter VIP

   Greater Boston21 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on March 2, 2025

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   It is the Sunday of Mardi Gras. Made reservations for 5:30pm and proceeded outside where there was live music. Oddly, not too crowded. Within 15 minutes server arrived and we placed both drink and food order. Server was courteous but a bit overwhelmed. Drinks arrived within 5 minutes and the entire food order including the oyster appetizer, gumbo and jambalaya within 20 minutes. Food quantity was fair. Oysters were very good, six for $17 but nothing special. Gumbo was loose, little rice and tasted much like that which I could bought at a supermarket. Mediocre. Jambalaya was like everything else, average, small bits of chicken one sausage and small bits of ham; it was spiced but very mild and the shrimp definitely looked as through they had been cooking for a quite a long time. I don’t think it was freshly made. The service was terrible. No utensils nor any follow up as to how was the meal. She apologized; it was busy and she was stressed. I had to go to the bar to get the check for dinner and then waited there for 10 minutes for an available cashier to process it! I finally walked indoors to the front of the house to the main bar to see if there was some there who could complete the check. Again, staff was kind and apologetic but, this, to me was unacceptable. Overall, no need to make this a dinner stop…not even for the outside music which too, was mediocre.
   

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   OpenTable Diner

   Toronto3 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on March 2, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   I really enjoyed our meal at HOB, the food was delicious. Staff were amazing and the band was fantastic to listen to while eating and relaxing.
   

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   Larry

   New Orleans1 review

   2.0

   Dined on February 23, 2025

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   We waited for 15min at table for waitress. Then on order came out 10-15 after everyone already received theirs and it was the same order as others.
   

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   Daryn

   Columbus9 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on February 20, 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 3

   Good food, but our waitress clearly had other things on her mind because we felt like we were bothering her. Maybe she was having a bad night but do the job or just go home.
   

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    Cherie VIP

    West Palm Beach2 reviews

    2.0

    Dined on February 14, 2025

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 2

    Terrible service and we were 1 of only a few tables
    

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