Acme Oyster House

Great mom n pop seafood. Started off by trying a taster of their gumbo and Lima bean soup. Both very good, hard to choose between the two. Chose the fried combo with catfish and shrimp with fries and the small (more like medium) gumbo and added a grilled cheese sandwich. Fried catfish very tender and fried shrimp perfectly seasoned. Gumbo was very great and the grilled cheese was as good as expected. Customer service is impeccable. They treat you like you’re a guest, not a number. You will not be disappointed if you come here.

Acme is the best oyster house in New Orleans. Unfortunately they were afraid to let my skinny Argentina wife take the oyster challenge last night. The manager claimed they were too busy to let her compete. The challenge is 15 dozen for a free t-​shirt. They really should have let her do it because we still sat at the shucker bar. BTW she did 8 dozen oysters a margaritas and a bread pudding in 20 minutes. Watch out Acme-​we will be back next time we are in New Orleans– she wants her name on the Hall on Fame board on your wall forever!

We spent a week in New Orleans and tried many fine restaurants. One of our friends wanted to try this place (I think the long lines drew her in) unfortunately we paid $ 100 and I got sick. We came in very close to closing time so I think the food prep people were in a rush to go home. I could not sleep that night. Raw clams should be taken very seriously therefore the one star review.

I have never been big on oysters until having their grilled oysters. They were absolutely amazing and we couldn’t stop at just one dozen, we had to order another to go with our meal. The fish and shrimp combo is a bit much but amazing. I’d highly recommend trying the gumbo as well!

Update: Forgot to add THEY DO NOT HAVE RAW OYSTERS HERE!
Harrahs! What on earth were you guys thinking? You replaced the old restaurant with this junk?
The women employees were rude and snobby as hell. The woman behind the counter literally had a staring contest with me. Usually when I say «hey» to a person behind the counter, they either reply back with «what can I get you?» or «what would you like to order?» But noooo. She stood there. Looked at me. Fiddled with things on her counter while I waited for a response. She tried to make herself look busy for 15 minutes. I was at the breaking point of leaving until another couple behind me walked up to order and she was ready to take their order (The couple was black and so was the lady behind the counter, by the way). Luckily the couple was nice enough to point me out and say I was first. So I ordered the fried seafood platter. She was not nice about me ordering. Why? I don’t know. Seems like she had some type of hate towards some people.
Once I got my food and sat down. The table was dirty. The woman that wiped it down so we could sit did a really bad job. Or maybe she just didn’t care. There were still visible stains. At this point I just wanted to sit down and eat peacefully. I asked one if the women walking around if I could have two plates. She said okay and walked off. I saw her walked pass us at least 3 times before getting up and asking the cashier for some plates. This atmosphere made it uncomfortable to eat in. I should have walked out. The fried seafood platter was okay. The gumbo, however, was nasty. I have eaten gumbo many times at Acme and it’s always good.
I don’t see this place being open for long. Restaurants come and go at that location. To have a bunch of lazy racist women working there, I don’t see how people would want to come back. We really wanted to eat at the buffet at first but the line was ridiculous. Next time I’ll go to McAllisters.

First stop in NO was Harrahs to gamble. Saw Acme and needed to try something.
This is a small bar counter restaurant. Not as good as the actual restaurant.
I had the New Orleans Medley $ 13 and the Peace Maker Po Boy $ 13.
New Orleans Medley came with Gumbo, Jambalaya, and Red Beans and Rice with a Grilled Smoked Sausage. All tasted fine but nothing great. A bit salty for me. Sausage was just ok.
Peace Maker Po Boy, fried oysters & shrimp. Good fried sandwich but the seasonings and sauce were nothing special.
Overall not great.

When I went to my Saints game, I stopped by this joint and ate oysters on the half shell. Wow it’s so good! It’s a good place to go.

DO NOT GO to this one if you have other option. This branch is franchise and different than other branches. The ACME loyalty card/​program does not work there (they did NOT tell you that on website and in other branches). Its menu is not listed on ACME website and it offer much less items compared to others.
Because it is inside the Casino, the smell of smoking is strong.
The bar has limited inventory and can not make the two kinds of classic New Orleans drink I ordered.

I couldn’t get to the location in the French quarter but the counter at Harrah’s was not crowded and hopefully had similar quality as the restaurant. The po-​boy was a huge sandwich and it was flakey and a good consistency. Really loved it!

There’s a special menu with cheap goodies. Oyster shooters for 2! Let the party continue !