Koz’s Lakeview

This was our first experience and ours was a takeout order of Po-​Boys and cheese fries so this addresses only the food and order preparation time. The place was very busy but my opinion is they react quickly to all orders. Considering 6 sandwiches with a few sides, I have no problem.
The shrimp and oyster (separately) Po-​Boys were very good. Great bread and ample amounts of their filling. Nice and juicy with lots of deep fried flavor.
I really liked the cheese fries. Thin cut potatoes covered with an ample amount of cheese. I believe the fries would have been more crispy had we have eaten at Koz but the drive home always seems to soften the fries due to the moisture trapped by the packaging. It is what it is.
The one cause for a frown was the roast beef Po-​Boy. The ample meat was dry and needed a wee dose of salt and pepper to pick up the flavor a bit. Texture was good, the bread was tasty, and the sauce was fine. But the meat needed some help.
I will be back to sample more of their wares as I like their close proximity to our home in Lakeview.

had a delicious smoked sausage. fries are good if you like skinny ones, but seafood bisque was fabulous!

Dirty establishment, bathroom had no soap or paper towels, food was mediocre at best, and way overpriced. Being we were in the store with 4 people, we didn’t think it’d 20min to get.

Gendusa French bread for my po-boy…yum!!! Pork Chops and baked mac on point… Sophie having her usual chicken tenders and fries… fast, friendly service

My husband and I ordered plates to go here tonight. I got the stuffed crab plate with potato salad and onion rings and my husband got the chicken tenders plate with fries and baked macaroni. Both plates came with toasted french bread and butter. Every thing was phenomenal. We both thoroughly enjoyed everything we ordered. I honestly have NOT 1 complaint. We will be returning.
Great food and great fast friendly service!

To those of you that have never been here for whatever the reason: GET HERE AS SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE! The chicken ALONE will have you coming back again and again. It was my very first time hearing of this place and as an artist, I can appreciate how the menu is set up. It’s literally written on the wall! I ordered a two piece fried white meat chicken with a salad and fries. I love the fries. They are sliced thin and not overly fried like most places with skinny or curly fries. I don’t really recommend the salad; my salad was wilted and didn’t contain any cheese. It’s just lettuce and salad dressing. The chicken is probably the best thing you could order for the first time. I highly recommend it and I WILL be back!

Had the bowl of seafood gumbo. Generous portion, but no flavor.
Also ordered the catfish plate with cheese fries and onion rings. The fries and onion rings came out cold. I sent back the cheese fries and the server cheerfully came back with some hot ones. Catfish plate was OK. Went on a Friday night, and they were busy. Bread for my friend’s po-​boy was soft — and we talked about it during supper.

First visit but definitely won’t be the last. Fast moving line, friendly service, and awesome food. The portions were larger than average. Pretty impressive to see the manager walking around the dining room asking if everything was okay. The manager also mentioned their new location in Metairie. Guess that’s another place we’ll have to try.

Great menu! One of the better RBPB in the city! Love this place! Friendly atmosphere and everyone is «baby.» Just like it should be!

This restaurant is a New Orleans tradition. It’s original location was wiped away with Hurricane Katrina, but no worries, they are open again in Lakeview. I think that they have one of the best shrimp poboys in the city. The prices are reasonable and the food is plentiful and always fresh. I love how you just walk up to the register and order, which is quick, especially if you just want to grab a quick sandwich. My family has ordered their, «whole loaf» poboy before for parties and they are always a huge hit. For whatever it’s worth, they also have great red beans on Mondays and a great gumbo! The experience is always consistently good. Can’t wait to go back.

Got a muffuletta and fried ham. The muffuletta was ok… the lack of meat and olive salad was disappointing.:it was basically all bread. I ate half of a quarter and threw the rest away. My husband got a fried ham poboy and he usually eats anything… however he threw almost the whole thing away. The meat was slimy and looked as though they only heated it for a few seconds. I live in the neighborhood and had a good experience the first time however tonight was really bad. On a lighter note the staff was very friendly.

Watching the news and as they show the restaurant Koz… it literally grosses me out!!! No person (s) in the kitchen, are wearing gloves while handling the food. Then it showed a guy that had one glove on and he gave another guy high fiver with the hand that had the glove on it. I’m pretty sure you are suppose to wear gloves while handling food&wash your hands. That is why people get sick!!!

I got a shrimp and oyster poboy. I can’t hate on anything, it wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t that good either.
The bread was fine.

We just moved to Lakeview. My fiancé picked up take out. There was no line. He walked right in and paid for our food. Service was great. I had the gumbo. A little salty but very tasty. I also had the club sandwich. It was delicious. It came with honey mustard sauce. My fiancé had the caesar wrap with chicken. The Caesar dressing was good. He also had a side of Mac and cheese. The noodles were big which we both like. It was a white cheese. Very good! We will be back.

Subsequent visits to this place have gone better. For example, they are serving their red and white beans in a bowl now, so you get a much better portion. People are polite and food has been better overall.

I never put a review out but this place needs some help. No one smiles, They don’t greet you and floor was sticky and the bathroom was one of the worst I have seen. Fries were good though

My neighborhood go-​to for po-​boys. Ask them to lightly toast the po-​bread if you want it to be crispy rather than stretchy. Nice people own it.

Stopped by Koz to pick up lunch for Joey and I… Debris Fries are super tasty. Grilled shrimp op boy for me and hamburger for Joey. Quick service. Delicious food.

I have to say, I was a little disappointed in my meal at Koz’s today. I ordered the fried chicken, and it was good. Very fresh and well-​fried. However, the fries that were sent out with my meal were cold, so I told the server, and they replaced within ten minutes. When my plate came back with the hot fries, I looked at my cole slaw, and it was discolored – on the verge of being brown, and it tasted not so fresh. I didn’t want to seem picky and demanding, so I let it go and just didn’t eat it. I know that if my middle-​aged eyes saw the discoloration, someone in the kitchen had to see it, too. Koz is still there, still as friendly as ever. I just wish someone in the kitchen was paying closer attention. I have been eating at Koz’s since it was the Bakery on Franklin Ave back in my UNO days. It will be quite a while before I return. I wish I had the option to give Koz’s 2 ½ stars instead of 2, but Unilocal would not give me that option. And I just can’t justify 3 stars after today’s meal. Sorry, Koz.

Great lunch spot. The sandwiches and hot plates are delicious. Any weekday during lunch hour, there’s a crowd. That’s a good sign.

Came back to this place three years after my first review and my experience was worse that my 1 star first review. I was hungry for a poboy and the tourist trap that is Parkway was too packed so I stopped here on my way to UNO and ordered a ham and cheese poboy. The bread is terrible. Its more of a bun or a hoagie roll that would see outside of New Orleans. The worst part of it all was that I was in the middle of eating my sandwich when I got up to get a refill of my drink and before I got back to my table they threw my food away. I got that look being an African American walking into an all white establishment that made me uncomfortable, throwing my food away before I was finished eating justified my discomfort. I will never step foot in this place again.

Clearly a neighborhood favorite. Always forget main parts of my orders. Chicken cuts that creeped me out.
Great response from business owner! Recently tried again on take out and were very pleased!

Koz’s is a neighborhood Gem! It keeps Lakeview from totally becoming a land of McMansions. I love to get their fried shrimp Po-​Boy and double up on sides. We always grab the onion straws and chili cheese fries. They also do a great BBQ beef and Roast need and gravy. Koz’s is just a great old school Po boy shop. Glad they came to Lakeview after years in Gentily.

losin all kinda stars here for a few reasons.
lets start with some positive commentary first
the best part of this place was the young woman who took my TO GO order at the counter. she was lovely. simply lovely. made me feel at home, and she knew what she was doing.
gendusa bread! yay I get to try gendusa…
now lets talk about why I wasn’t happy.
a short dark haired woman in a baseball cap came out and interrupted my ordering with the front counter. mid sentence she started bullying the cashier. something about «I made this sandwich, where is the customer». the cashier was really polite and asked her what table was on the ticket. She was still angry and filled with angst. the cashier suggested that maybe the gentleman went to the restroom. the lady still stood there like there was supposed to be an answer for her impatience. I wanted to open my mouth and say WOW you think the guy ordered, paid and left? What is this lady on? meth? seems impatient, angry and cranky.
then I started my order again. I ordered a shrimp poboy to go, with onion rings and a side of tartar. I went and sat down. I noticed that theres some drama between the kitchen and the front.
my order then came out and a nice gentleman handed it to me. I went to the car, and my husband and I decided to get into the onion rings immediately. I realized there was no tartar that I ordered, and no napkins. so I went back inside and got both, and came back out to munch. usually you can pick out a ring or two and munch, but this was nothing more than a congealed greasy mess of stringy onions. super stringy. we were going to get into the sandwich when we realized that it wasn’t dressed either. this was a DRESS IT YOURSELF situation.
nothing to spread the mayo with. wow. so I got no napkins no utensils. So we came home and opened up the sandwich and dressed it with what we were given. there were no pickles either.
I think your kitchen witch has issues. she isn’t paying attention. I could see her in the kitchen and she looked hella angry. she pretty much ruined my experience. the first impression is the most important. so is the last. had I been on a construction krewe and opened that? I would be mad. I didn’t dare open it in the car since it would’ve gone everywhere. DRESSED MEANS DRESSED. not throw all this in containers and you do it yourself. I can do that at home. by the time we got there, the bread was chewy, and lackluster.
not the experience I was expecting at all. I feel for the cashier. however do yourselves a favor. that kitchen witch? she isn’t doin anyone any favors. rushing round, not reading tickets, and attitude galore. maybe she doesn’t like your counter girl. I kinda felt that animosity in her.
either way, when I came back to get my napkins and my tartar, I thanked your best asset, the cashier, and told her to have a blessed day.
next time I think of coming here? I will skip it. Zimmers is down the street and their 12 inch poboys are twice the size of these, and they are also overstuffed and come dressed with utensils and napkins. they even throw in a free dessert. no attitude, and their onion rings are worth every penny. they also know what dressed means. they put pickles on theirs.
boy was I disappointed.
I wish y’all the best.
but seriously, get rid of the dark haired kitchen witch.

Excellent place for a quick bite, or a sit down and relax meal. What ever choice you make, I guarantee it to be «Naturally N’awlins»!

I’ve only eaten here once and we did take-​out. The sandwiches are good sized and taste great! We got the shrimp po boy and roast beef po boy. They messed up the order and have us a small of one and large of the other but we didn’t realize until we got home and it didn’t really matter. Good food and good prices. This is a nice lunch spot.

Very pleasant. I had a fried ham Po-​Boy, and it was good, but really needed a lot more ham on it. The bread was fantastic. We ordered cheese fries and they were good, but seemed like they had very little cheese on them. We also ordered potato salad. It was good, but very generic. It was a great base to build off if you wanted to make it distinctive with some bacon or Creole seasoning. I would go back, but not my favorite place.

I love Koz’s. They have great poboys. I always get the half shrimp half oyster. I also like how they don’t toast the bread; it makes a thick poboy easier to bite into. Yummm! Prices are normal for a great poboy, in my opinion.

I stop by Koz Lakeview for take out every week or two. There is a large selection and the po-​boys are mostly standard New Orleans fare but they do have a few unique items like the grilled shrimp poboy. They are cooked and seasoned to perfection and the portions are very good and the pricing is inline with other shops. The staff is VERY friendly and the place looks clean.
My favorite is the grilled shrimp po-​boy; it’s exceptional. I didn’t like their chili cheese fries because it had beans in the chili and I hate beans! There is no warning that it’s actually chili, cheese and BEAN fries. The onion rings are the stringy kind and I prefer thick onion rings. So I avoid the sides and just get a bigger po-​boy.