Embers Bourbon House & Restaurant

I’m late adding the review but I visited here in Feb of 2013 while on my honeymoon. My husband and I both ordered the alligator sausage and crawfish etouffe. I got a steak as well. The alligator was OK, nothing you write home about. The etouffe was mediocre. The steak was overcooked and tasteless. We spent a fortune for crap.
The following morning we found a wonderful little place for breakfast & when we mentioned or experience we were told this was the absolute worst place to eat on Bourbon Street. I don’t know if it’s gotten better or not but I’m not wasting more money to find out.

It wasn’t terrible, but it’s pricey and not really brilliant for its price. It does have good balcony seating. But that’s about it. We had three steaks — they were OK but nothing worth getting excited over. Service was fine. Drinks had too much ice.

Being on bourbon street we were worried that it would not be good. There were not that many people in here and so that further added to the worry. We were very wrong. The food was excellent. My wife had the redfish and I had the strip and both were phenomenal. I highly recommend.

Came here for their Thanksgiving Buffet and everything was delicious. We were seated on the balcony over Bourbon, had some drinks and enjoyed the food, view and music. Was a solid experience for us.

Our server was nice, very attentive and friendly. The Gumbo was delicious! Beer was cold, drinks were cold. We all shared some seafood combo baskets. The shrimp was dynamite! Gulf shrimp. .mmmm… it was pricy for bar food. But the view was great and drinks kept coming.

We arrived in NLOA late on a Sunday night and had trouble finding anything but a slice of pizza at 10 pm. They sucked us in with a full menu and balcony seats. The menu price was high but not high for French quarter. They gulf sampler platter was fresh and while it was fried and greasy it didn’t taste that way.

I remember Embers as a good steakhouse before Katrina. I made sure it was on oir list when we went for vacation. The place has totally changed. Poor service (even for NOLA), surprisingly bland food and high prices. I used to visit every time I was in town for business. No more. :(

I’m kinda surprised by the reviews on Unilocal for Embers. This was our first stop for food once we got to NOLA, and I thought it was pretty delicious!
The service was attentive, the drinks were great, and the food was delicious. We snagged a seat on the balcony and it’s true the view from here is pretty neat.
I had the catfish, and it was tasty. My only complaint is that on the night we went (and it was a Friday) they seemed to be out of a few menu items, like the ribs for instance.
It’s a nice place to eat, especially if you want a decent sit-​down dinner that isn’t surrounded by your typical bourbonites.
Oh ya, the Bread pudding… YUM!

Our first crawfish in New Orleans, and despite the iffy reviews on here, it was pretty darn good.
We wandered past early in the day. I tried a local beer, Pontchartain Pilsner, and was underwhelmed. But that’s not their fault. We each got gumbo, seafood for me and chicken and sausage I think for Sweetie. They were pretty good. Then we shared the crawfish salad, you know, to be healthy. And wow! The veggies were fresh and decent. But the fried crawfish– outstanding. I wanted more. I ate every bit. Oh, and there was bacon and dressing too, but I pushed them aside to get at the crawfish.
Good service, nice atmosphere, great food. Maybe not the best in a town with so many options, but plenty good. There’s a balcony upstairs, but it was cool out.

when people visit from out of town, they want to go to the places i tend to avoid. but as a good host, i took friends to the french quarter, and everyone decided that ember’s menu wasn’t terrible so we piled inside. we were seated upstairs where one other table was occupied. we quickly ordered food as everyone was starving, and waited.
and waited.
and waited.
ordered some drinks.
they had never heard of a hot toddy or an irish coffee.
we waited some more. finally after an hour and 20 minutes (without even some bread or even a damn cracker or something), the waiter comes out to tell us that the kitchen STILL hasn’t started any of our food orders. so we left. (after waiting another 15 minutes for our drink check, which the waiter finally just told us to forget about)
though after reading the reviews of the food and its horrifying after-​effects, i’m relieved that we didn’t actually eat anything, i will NEVER be back.

This spot deserves five stars for excellence. I’ve been here for steaks in the past and the bone on rib eye is awesome.
Now I eat seafood and they have captured my heart with great crawfish and catfish.
Top it off with a oralgasmic delight bread pudding topped with foster sauce OMG !!!
This spot is in the heart of Bourbon street and when you finish you can party. Thanks Rita for excellent service. You are so sweet my love !

A group of us dined here on a Friday night, at a patio table. The view of Bourbon Street was fantastic. I ordered the beef brisket meal. The meat was cooked to perfection. It was very tender and had an incredible taste from the sauce. It also came with fries and cornbread cakes, which were totally delicious. The only downside of the meal was the waiter. We had a hard time understanding what he was saying, but his service was good. Not sure about all the bad reviews — we thoroughly enjoyed our meal and time here.

Great potential ruined by cold food and poor service. Only good thing was the patio view onto Bourbon Street.
Don’t waste your money here and just have a drink!
I won’t be coming here again … Like ever again!

Food was cold. Service was cold. Save your money. Starve. Eat free dirt. Any of those choices would be better than dropping 50 bucks on a horrible meal.
We ordered a seafood platter and an appetizer (cheese sticks) they were cold as I mentioned after waiting about 40 mins and not seeing our server he comes out to tell us they are out of shrimp so we order a catfish platter, waited another forever and got our food. The catfish was warm, the rice was cold like they had literally opened the fridge and scooped it right out onto the plate.
If I could give this place less than one star I would.
The only positive: great balcony view of Bourbon st!

Super super slow and disorganized. Bad food. Served rotten crab. Won’t go back ever. Believe all the negative reviews about this place.

Walked in and sat at a table for 15 minutes without a server coming up to us for drink orders.
Left.

The embers was recommended to me by the clerk at my hotel when I asked for a good steak nearby.
The fillet was great, but I don’t recall the last time I had worse service. My waiter was incredibly rude and honestly may have been drunk. There was definitely a smell of booze. And he wore this giant scarf the whole time even though it wasn’t cold. I have no idea what that was about but I kept thinking the ends were going to accidentally touch food or me. Overall, the food was good and the atmosphere was pleasant, like a retreat from the chaos of bourbon, but not worth it since I couldn’t really enjoy my meal. The hostess and the door man were real nice though.

We went here for desserts after walking around the french quarter on a busy Sunday night. My friend was craving the bread pudding, but they were out. Our server (more on him later) suggested the Lemonberry pie. I ordered the chocolate cake. My friend wanted a fruity-​girly cocktail which she asked our server about for suggestions.
Turns out our server was also the bartender (short staffed?) and he said he’d surprise us. The drink he made was sort of honeydew-​melon flavored, interesting, but we drank them of course. The desserts were really tasty and the lemonberry pie was a good suggestion.
They décor was typical steakhouse, nothing really to give stars about, although they do have an upstairs with a balcony for those wanting that Bourbon St. feel.
Two drinks, two desserts $ 27.

A large group of us stopped in here rather late on a weekday. That might have been our first mistake but in no way were we pushing the limits of their closing time either. We just needed a place to eat that would accommodate 8 people.
We sat on the balcony overlooking Bourbon. I ordered a burger. Tasted okay going down but definitely nothing special. We were starving and this place filled the void.
Service was extremely rushed.
Later that night the horrible stomach cramps and diarrhea began. It lasted for two days. Sorry if that’s TMI but consider yourself warned!

There isn’t much in the way of ambiance here. Kind of reminds me of the staged Western theme on any number of theme park roller coasters. Lots of wood paneling and beams.
If you have a phobia of enclosed spaces, you may want to pee elsewhere. The ladies room is so tiny and narrow that I had to turn sideways to enter/​exit the stall, and I am pretty small so I have no idea how someone over 125lbs or the age of 55 would manage to pop a squat without requiring the jaws of life to leave the facility afterward.
Our entrees were decent: Lemon chicken, Embers special of filet and shrimp on a bed of garlic mashed potatoes, and a big platter of ribs.
The real highlight of the meal was the Suicide chocolate cake, Bourbon pecan pie, cheesecake, and bread pudding bananas foster. It made almost hyperventilating in the bathroom totally worthwhile.