Coyote Blues

I will never eat here again. The restaurant was pretty empty, but the service was still painfully slow. The waiter placed a pitcher of water on the table and made snarky remarks when some of the people at the table did not refill their own glass.
The food was bad. The salsa tasted like canned tomato sauce. I ordered steak fajitas, and the serving size resembled a child’s plate. The steak tasted like McRibs from McDonalds. Someone else ordered the tilapia, which also tasted like a McRib. Avoid this place at all cost.

The duck quesadillas, served with raspberry and blueberry dipping sauces, are hands down the best. The restaurant is never too packed, which makes the service perfect. Nice atmosphere. Extremely friendly servers. The bar is perfect for game night.

Ok. Just to forewarn you, fair reader, I’m ’bout to bitch about something that not everyone has a problem with, but that 20% of the population loathes: cilantro. If you’re not someone who is genetically predisposed to perceive that cilantro tastes like someone spiked your food with Ivory soap, this review does not apply. If you are one of the chosen few however, read on & avoid Coyote Blues like the plague!
I love Mexican food! LOVE it! Even mediocre, chain restaurant Tex-​Mex. When I was a kid & Chi-Chi’s was still in business, I could & would eat anything off their menu. But in the last 10 years or so, restaurant owners/​chefs have inexplicably decided to put cilantro in anything & everything with even a wisp of Mexican flavor. Why restaurants do this when 20% of the population hates the stuff is a mystery for the ages. Maybe 20% of restaurant owners are genetically predisposed to be assholes.
In any event, as soon as the salsa & chips were brought to our table, I could smell the cilantro in the salsa, so check that off the list. Strike 1.
When the waiter approached to take our order, I lied & told him I’m allergic to cilantro. If you think this makes me a horrible person, you’ve never tried to repeatedly & unsuccessfully exclude it from your food with simple requests. The struggle is real. So I ordered the duck quesadillas. While they were able to successfully serve this dish sans cilantro, it turns out that duck & cheese just doesn’t taste very good together. This one’s on me &, while I wanted to order something else, we were happy to pay for the quesidillas, especially since my husband liked them & took them to go.
The whole wanting to order something else is where things got annoying. I went for simple & easy: beef tacos. That’s when the manager comes to the table & tells me that cilantro is in the pre-​made taco mix. You mean to tell me that I can’t even get a simple taco without cilantro? Seriously? Strike 2.
Assuming it will take less time for him to tell me what doesn’t have cilantro in it than what does, I ask what I can order. My assumption was right because he says, «Fajitas.» That’s it. Again, seriously? In the meantime, my husband had ordered chicken fajitas & they were served floating in a sea of butter. I’ve got nothing against butter, but that didn’t exactly look like appealing Tex-​Mex. Strike 3.
So what did I order? Nothing. We left & went to another restaurant where I could actually enjoy a meal.
Restaurant owners, I’m begging you, on behalf of myself & 20% of the population: Stop putting cilantro in everything!

Boo… the service is slow and food is not that great. However if you like grizzle in your stake this place is for you. The long tacos are not bad. But over all nothing to write home about.

My husband and I were frequent Coyote Blues visitors. We absolutely LOVED the duck quesadilla (who wouldn’t? It’s duck fat and a sweet dipping sauce).
However, our last encounter was WAY below par. We decided to share the chicken fajitas, which we get at almost every Mexican restaurant we go to as I am not a huge Mexican fan but love some fajitas. The first bite was AWFUL! SOUR CHICKEN AND VEGETABLES! That was odd and my husband didn’t believe me, so he took a bite himself and sure enough, SOUR. He continued to eat the atrocity (because he does not, by any means waste food, I on the other hand am more than happy to send something back). We later told our waiter, he briefly apologized and didn’t even offer to let us speak to the manager. Horrible customer service and an awful meal.
This just shows the lack of freshness in their ingredients. I know it’s a chain, but come on guys if your prices are going to be $ 15 – 20 let the quality be similar!
I’m sad to say I will not be dining at this restaurant chain again and will advise my friends who liked it to stop.

everything we order was greasy, waitress was nice, but food was terrible. we’ve been a few times and every time it has gotten worse.

Never been here before Saturday night. Things looked good, ordered the combo appetizers while eating the chicken quesadilla I felt something strange in my mouth, after digging it out it was a tie wrap for the tortillas. Called a server over, he called the mgr and they graciously took it off our bill. My crawfish shrimp chimichanga looked great but when I cut it open the smell of foreign crawfish was strong, I don’t recommend it. My wife ordered the steak fajitas, tasted like beef jerky covered with artificial flavor.
The manager also took care of the fajitas. The point is my family and I came there to have dinner, not put up with these issues.

My first time going to this restaurant. Service was ok but the food was REALLY bad! Beans and rice tasted like they came out of a can and my chicken tacos had 3 small unseasoned strips of chicken and the rest was all lettuce. The place is very uninviting
tables were dirty and floor was dirty also. My husband had fajitas and the meat tasted ok but it was a small portion and only had onions and no peppers; and very expensive.
To be honest, Taco Bell has better tasting food.
We come to NOLA very often and found that Taqueria Corona on W Esplanade in Metairie is much, much better.

Excellent food and service. Our server Jazz was attentive but did not hover and had good recommendations. Prices very reasonable and portions large. The ultimo nachos big enough for a meal for 2!

Mediocre service (made us wait a while to be seated outside) just because people didn’t want to clean tables I guess. There were tables available but not cleaned. Disappointing food. Ordered shrimp and tilapia tacos and the tortilla was not fresh. It became hard after some minutes. I’m not coming back.

Today made the 2^nd time I’ve been to Coyote Blues. I made a stop with my sister and enjoyed it so I brought my fiancé here. The first visit I had the veggie quesadillas. They were awesome. The 2^nd visit the service was horrible from the moment we sat down. Not only were there hardly any customers, but there were plenty of staff. Our server should not have disappeared so much! Our drinks took forever to come from the bar, which was empty except for the workers. We ordered the seafood queso only to find out 10 minutes later they were out of it. It took that long for you to tell us?! So we ordered the regular queso. It was ok. I’ve had much better. I got the veggie quesadillas again. Still very good. My fiancé got the ground beef tacos. The meat was just mush. Our server was extremely rude, sarcastic and had a major attitude. The first time ever that I’ve left a $ 1 tip, but honestly, I could not justify giving her more. When the bill came out I was charged for the seafood queso (which we didn’t get) and the regular queso. Then it took forever to get a new bill. The quality vs the price def. didn’t equal up. Don’t think I’m coming back.

From time to time I find what I’d consider to be my death row meal. NOT that I have any plans to end up on death row, but I like to be prepared. Well if I were about to be dead woman walking I’d ask the warden for the shrimp and crawfish chimichanga from Coyote Blues. I’d ask for extra seafood sauce, which they always get for me here. And for my sides I’d have the divine cheesy grits and some divine cheesy grits. What the heck, whose counting carbs on death row!
This is the taste when true Cajun meets Mexican — fresh, local and flavorful. So good it simply puts a smile on my face. So, if I ever take up residence in St Gabriel don’t bother calling Sister Prejean for me!

Every time I come here I order the same thing (I’m a creature of habit at times). 2 cheese and onion enchiladas with the pablano rice (the waitress will ask if you want green rice or red… go green). I am not a fan of spanish/​mexican rice but the pablano is pretty good. It’s never crunchy or over cooked. While this isn’t the most authentic place, they are consistent. They consistently do a nice job on the enchiladas and they taste the same every time. I find myself dining here when I’m too indecisive. All in all not a bad middle of the week place.

OKAY LISTEN UP EVERYONE CONSIDERING SPENDING MONEY HERE.
I have been here 4 times, to give it a fair chance.
The first time my boyfriend and I went it was pretty decent. Service was mediocre, food was averageish, but we decided to try different dishes and come back a few more times.
The next 3 times we went it was literally disgusting. The food is not good and the average plate is over $ 15+. If you notice no matter when you go they are never busy. There is a reason for this!
Also on one of our visits, in the middle of is telling the server our order she started texting on her phone, and then told us she was just checking if it was still happy hour (it was about 6pm at this time).
Food is not disgusting! Please do not waste your money here.

I have heard numerous people say that they do not enjoy this place, but every time I have gone I have really enjoyed the food. They have fried oyster tacos which are bomb! The first time I went (back when they first opened) they had an option where you could order one fried or grilled shrimp and one fried oyster. The next time I went, they said that you could no longer mix and match the tacos. That has been the only thing that I have not enjoyed. I really like the salsa that is brought to your table when you arrive. Some of the items on the menu seem to be a little expensive, but I usually stay away from those items or split something with someone, so I always leave full and happy. On Mondays they have margaritas for a dollar. A dollar! The last time I went it was a Monday, and my boyfriend and I split the appetizer sampler. It was a lot of food! It was pretty good, but the quesadillas were by far the best thing on it. We may just get the chicken quesadillas next time. We also ordered one 1 dollar margarita each. My boyfriend isn’t a big drinker and he decided just to give his to me. We also ordered the white chocolate Godiva bread pudding which was delicious! For a little over 20 dollars we both left full, and I left tipsy.

I live right down the street from this place and have been here many times and have ordered a wide variety of food since it originally opened.
This is one of those places where even though I don’t care for the food that much I still come back over and over again because I like to sit at the bar and order some nachos and have a few margaritas because the people that work the bar always take really good care of me. I can go by myself and not feel weird or just watch a football game on tv and relax.
And honestly that’s all this place really is good for to me. I literally come for the friendly service and the margarita happy hours and the occasional friendly banter with whoever is working the bar at the time.
The food is sort of overpriced and not that worthwhile to me. They like to advertise their seafood stuffed burritos and enchiladas, etc. In fact their menu highlights mostly high dollar tex mex seafood options and it’s all pretty mediocre. It might fly in their Tennessee location, but this is New Orleans, and I know the difference between canned/​packaged seafood and fresh seafood and you can’t fool me.
I’ve tried their fajitas and the portions are small and the prices are higher than most Mexican restaurants. I mean, at Carreta’s Grill I can get a whole plate of steak fajita meat and veggies for $ 13 and here I get about ¹⁄₃ the portion for $ 17. There’s just other places I would rather go for good Mexican or Seafood in this city. I’ve even had dinner here with several different family members/​friends and not one time has any of them said they really loved their meal. They just say it was «ok» or «interesting combination» or «different» but no rave reviews. So in my experience, everyone else sort of feels the same general level of apathy towards the food.
I see a lot of people complain about bad service here but seriously I’ve NEVER had anything less than speedy and friendly service in the bar area so maybe that’s where it’s at.
Coyote Blues definitely has «ok food,» but just don’t expect anything outstanding or life changing.

I finally had the opportunity to visit this location on a Saturday night around 7pm. Because it’s location is in Metairie I was worried that it would be beyond crowded and long wait for a Saturday, but there was no wait. We walked right in and was seated by a smiling hostess. Once seated waitress brought complimentary Chips and Salsa, along with some type of avocado dip (which I didn’t find too taste), which was a very nice touch.
Food: I went with the chicken and steak fajitas. Normally with this dish two things tend to happen not enough or just no flavor is present. This was not the care this time around. The steak was cooked perfectly and truly have a great flavor and I just wanted to eat it alone without all the other things on my plate. Fajitas was served with onions, bell peppers, poblano rice, charro beans, guacamole, sour cream, cheddar cheese, fresh pico de gallo, garlic butter and tortillas. I opted out of the charro beans so I can not comment on that portion of the meal. Overall the meal was delicious and came just as I ordered it in a reasonable amount of time. The meal was filling and reasonably priced.
Atmosphere: It’s definitely a mixed crowd, you will find babies in here, big families as well as individuals on dates and with friends. So you can expect not the most quiet location if that is something important to you.
Parking: Private lot shared with other businesses but ample parking and really shouldn’t be a problem at all.

Not bad. Not great. I’ve had much better Mexican/​Tex-​Mex food at other restaurants at much lower prices, though, which is my reasoning behind the 3 stars.
Yes, it was good, but it wasn’t amazing, nor was it a great value.
The highlight? Friendly server. Quick drink refills.
I would recommend this if you are in the area and you want Mexican-​ish food. Otherwise, there are better places to eat (even in Metairie).

I’ve been here for happy hour and got a to go order. This review will get additional stars if the manager sticks to her word.
I called in the chicken fajita nachos — $ 11.69. My roommate and I wanted a dinner/​snack so we figured that $ 12 nachos will do the trick.
I did the curbside to go and got my food as soon as I got there. I KNEW I should have checked my bag but I peaked in and saw a styrofoam box, two things of dips and chips — I figured I had to assemble the nachos myself.
I got home and I had about 7 chips with melted cheese, chicken, refried beans, and jalapeños in the box. The guacamole, sour cream and pico was missing. Also 7 chips does not warrant $ 12.
I called and complained and the manager said I can get a free order of chicken fajita nachos next time I go in. I gave her my phone number and she said the offer does not expire. Once I go back this review might be bumped up to three stars.

Its a huge restaurant with a corporate/​franchise feel. I like how they have flavored teas, just in case you miss it, they are listed on the back page at the very bottom.
We ordered the duck quesadillas and burrito. Kids got chicken tenders and hamburger. The hamburger was pretty decent for being a non Mexican item and it comes with tons of Rally’s type fries.
I hated my quesadillas which was disappointing since the ingredients all sounded good. Maybe they forgot something but it wasn’t for the blueberry sauce, i would have sent it back.
Drink menu (alcohol) was overpriced.
Our server was horrible. He didn’t know the menu. He was m.i.a most of the time. I left with a feeling that I could live a full life with never going back.