Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro

Great place!  Have been here a few times over the years.  Good Food and local atmosphere.  

Charmaine Neville and others with deep roots in New Orleans perform here regularly . Charmaine performs songs from across her long career and shows are sold out so you will want to make reservations.   It is off the beaten path and away from the Bourbon Street following.

I have to say, I was so shocked this place had so many positive reviews.  Perhaps they are based on the music there, but unfortunately there was no band there when we went.  It was not very busy, so we were quite confused why it took our waitress at least 20 minutes to show up at our table (even after alerting the hostess no one had come to our table yet).  Our waitress (I wish I knew her name!) was so unfriendly, did not even apologize for our wait, seemed distracted, not helpful, like we were an inconvenience.  And this was our first meal in New Orleans, so all we wanted was some tasty food and maybe some pleasant, timely service.  Sadly, we were denied. Shrimp remoulade appetizer was unimpressive and pretty bland. Just steamed shrimp and very mayonnaise-y remoulade.  The fried calamari tasted off, like either old or bad, I'm not sure.  And it was SO breaded and over-fried, it just tasted awful. We actually sent it back.  And our waitress didn't even seem to care that we were dissatisfied.  Really terrible customer service.  Save your money and go somewhere else.

I performed with the band here at Snug from Houston, Texas. We were treating good. I love everything about this place. The coziness of the place is my kind of place, not too big and not too small. The food was on point and the service was on point.

My homie Stephen Richard and his band performed here on a Sunday night. If you're a jazz musician this is the play to play at. They're hitting on all cylinders here. The take care of you.

Like Arnold says. "I'll be back".