Lil’ Dizzy’s

Building is beautiful. Food is average at best. Nothing extremely unique or «New Orleans», except some omlettes with sea food. I had poor service, but they were very busy with a tour group.

If you’re looking for someone to reinvent breakfast to «cuisine», go ahead and pay twice as much somewhere else. But, if you want a hearty start to your day with «personality» at an incredible price, Lil’ Dizzy’s is for you! Our ONLY regret is we didn’t stay over on the weekend for the brunch buffet with mimosas by the pitcher!
Husband & I stayed two nights at the Whitney Wyndham, and I have to say we’d have never found — or sought out — Lil’ Dizzy’s otherwise. But it was just so darned convenient to pop downstairs without planning an early «destination», and we were gloriously surprised. It’s the kind of place that makes you think, «why don’t I cook like this on the weekends at home?»
Best biscuits EVER… started from scratch in the wee hours daily. And we both enjoyed the omelets. Someone commented they were too «oily»…well, when you order a 3-​egg omelet with bacon and rich cheddar cheese, it’s going to weep a bit o’ fat on the plate! One morning, I had French Toast with strawberries which was both lovely and delightfully tasty. Had we stayed longer, we’d have tried the breakfast CATFISH… where else can you get catfish with your eggs? More «soul» than «Cajun» at Lil’ Dizzy’s, but both have a place in NOLA.
The little lady who does the cooking (only person we saw behind a stove) is experienced, for sure. She rotated between tending those biscuits, manning the omelet station, cooking up French toast, and plating meals for the two waitresses. Some mentioned the folks as unfriendly… I’d say one girl was more quiet (new on the job) and the cook is quite humble, but «friendly is as friendly does.» A simple smile from us brought warm smiles in return and a genuine desire to please by refilling our coffee/​water and more. The cook even shyly agreed to let me take her photo.
Décor is worth the trip in itself. I work for a bank, but we’re not nearly as «grand» as this historic building with domes, arches, brass, ornate crown moulding, and murals… you won’t believe the murals! Artistry with comic flair! I hear evening guests can even dine in the old bank vault!
Lil’ Dizzy’s… we’ll be back, no matter where we stay on our return to New Orleans!

Restaurant in the Wyndham Hotel with mediocre food and little decorative appeal. I thought the brunch was missing the Cajun flavor the cuisine in Nola boasts. I had the seafood omelette which was a plain cheese omelette with unseasoned shrimp. It lacked perkiness and was bland and oily. However, the Cajun Bloody Mary was incredible. The Bloody Mary is the reason I bumped the rating from 2 to 3 stars. Other than that, many better brunch places in Nola with better food, energy, and ambience.

I really wanted to like this place, but found it to be disappointing. I really appreciate staff who greet you with a smile rather than a look of distain as you enter the restaurant.
Minuses:
— Burnt French toast
— Wait staff and hostess were not friendly
Pluses:
— Unique location (inside an old bank)
— Cool antique bank stuff on display (e.g. a door-​size vintage safe)

We were looking for a good breakfast, and we got that and then some, the coffee was great, my girlfriend had the omelet, and home fries, she said they were perfect. the omelet was huge, and fresh and cheesy just like she likes it, and the biscuits so good. I had the french toast with strawberries, again perfectly cooked, and another huge serving, the price was right, the service quick and efficient.
a great place for breakfast in the CBD

They get one star because they have the best biscuit I’ve EVER HAD.
If you do find yourself at Lil’ Dizzy’s just order 10 biscuits and a glass of water.
The omelette’s were too oily for my taste, the hash browns were more like roasted red potatoes swimming in butter, the coffee had a metallic taste to them, the service was bad and the bill came back wrong twice. The bowl of fruit was half a banana and three large strawberries, not worth the price. My sister had the the frenchtoast, because the reviews said they were great, they were ok but not great.
It’s small and I smelled like fried food when I left. Me no likey.

What an amazing place is Lil’ Dizzy’s! Unilocal led us there and they did the rest. Located inside an old bank, the décor is different from anything we’ve visited and made for quite the enjoyable breakfast experience. There is a private room just to the right of where you enter that’s the old bank vault and has seating for a group of 10 – 12.
We were seated promptly and entered the atrium of the bank. Adorned by lovely columns and very nice art and finishing touches on the walls and ceilings, it set the mood for a great brunch.
The bottom less mimosas were excellent — even classier than normal as they were brought in pitchers! The buffet for brunch was very good and included some wicked chicken (more to come later), great fruit, solid Mac ‘n cheese, decent made to order omlettes (again more to come), some legit Gumbo and possibly the best French toast ever ever!
The French toast was made to perfection and was effectively Banana’s foster french toast. Some good syrup that would only be made better if it was something a little more exotic like vanilla or rum flavored.
Our omelette originally wasn’t great, but then genious struck and we asked about a CHICKEN AND BISCUIT omelette. This thing was straight up amazing, in large part because the chicken is solid. The biscuit soaked up any wet eggness and added some great girth and flavor.
Our waitress was incredibly nice and called me shugga while there — extra star!
A great place to go when you’re looking for some good cajun brunch in a unique atmosphere. Excellent food and worth your time to check out.

Ate here while in town visiting someone on their lunch break in the CBD. The restaurant was empty, only two other tables at the time we were there. We placed our order for the special and fried chicken and waited an hour with no food despite the waiter saying it was almost ready.
We got up to leave and the manager was nice enough to try and fix it but asking me whether I wanted white meat or dark meat indicated the waiter never even put our order in. My friend wanted to just leave but the manager gave us our meals to take with us for no charge. I ate it back at the office. Fried chicken was okay and the mac and cheese was really good but rich. My friend did not have time to eat his meal at all.
The next day I paid dearly for it. I had food poisoning, ruining the rest of my visit.

Found this little spot, of course thanks to Unilocal.It is inside of a bank, and is oen of the greatest ambiances we’ve seen. Small, maybe 15 tables, great little set up. Had the hot sausage, scrambled eggs, and hashbrowns. The Hashbrowns are a little more like roasted potatoes than true hashbrowns,
Wife got the french toast, which looked great, but I had just recently had french toast from Coulie, which couldn’t be beat. It wasn’t bad, a little expensive, but the mamosa comes with a ton of booze.

A low-​key restaurant located in the Whitney Wyndham hotel, near but comfortably outside French Quarter, a small restaurant somewhat incongruously within the space of a building that was probably once a grand old bank, all marble. There are small tables all about, and buffet stations on the perimeter.
Friendly service all around, a nice welcome to New Orleans. My first meal in NOLA, I was just looking for comforting local food to start the day. One of the specials caught my eye, shrimp and okra gumbo, with fried chicken. Tried chicory coffee while waiting for it, a local variation related to a period when this root was added to coffee to stretch supplies. Adds an interesting aroma and taste but can’t say I particularly cared for it.
The gumbo arrived, a good-​sized portion, which, as I was to discover, is a norm in NOLA. Fit the bill of what I wanted, tasty comfort food, especially with dashes of hot sauce. And the fried chicken was very good, another thing I discovered was fairly routine here, where fried foods are plentiful and well-​done, more often than not.
A nice option in this Warehouse district area, with lots of hotels nearby, and probably rarely gets very crowded.

Our friends were headed to stand in the lines of Acme and Mothers. We weren’t down with that — it was hair of the dog, time, and we wanted it cheaply with good food. Without the wait.
In comes Dizzy’s. Walking distance from our Marriott digs, with a bottomless Mimosa brunch. Oh yeah.
Fried chicken, catfish, mac ‘n’ cheese, biscuits, eggs and french toast made to order, grits, Andouille sausage — it was all there. SO good for a hotel buffet-​style breakfast.
The fact that this location looks like it used to be a bank was just an added bonus. A little strange to be sitting on marble floors with marble-​wrapped columns, and a vault in the rear, but the chairs was super comfy and the service excellent.

There is something to be said for a hotel which dares run a restaurant and bar. One thing I must say about this place is that the inside of the restaurant is pretty. It has a high ceiling and a relaxing environment and the staff are very sweet and polite. It is also off the beaten path so to speak and and has a feeling of being away from the hustle and bustle of the rest of Nawlin’s and the Quarter.
I am all about a Louisiana breakfast now chillren’! I am talkin’ strong chickory coffee served with real cream. I am talkin’ about catfish. YES.
Fried catfish for BREAKFAST. A couple of fried fillets or nuggets served with some cheese grits, scrambled eggs with hot sauce and a biscuit if you like with butter and some good fruit preserves for a breakfast desert!
I did try their breakfast taters which were also good.
The service here was a bit slow but I did not mind because I was not in a hurry. The comfortable and even pretty surroundings along with the pleasant and low key activity was all part of the vibe here. The Whitney is a pretty hotel and a great way to start workin’ the Big Easy mojo.
The only thing here that I was not too crazy about was their specially made Lil Dizzy hot sauce. Its just not that good people. Too sweet and more like tomato ketchup than hot sauce. Could I just have some good olé’ Louisiana Hot Sauce or some Tobasco? Keep trying though and maybe ya’ll will get it right.
Overall a pleasant experience and I would eat here again. Especially since it is so conveniently located right downstairs. A great way to break into the day.

THIS location is open for dinner!!! Happy, happy, joy, joy!!! I’m a native New Orleanian, born and raised in Treme where Creole cooking is the best. Like the Esplanade location, this Lil Dizzy’s doesn’t disappoint with authentic Creole cuisine.
Like I stated in an earlier review, the Gumbo is like my dad’s. If it’s like his, that’s some dang good Gumbo. As a friend of mine used to say, «Treat yourself, don’t cheat yourself.» LOL If you love New Orleans cuisine, you’ll love stopping at this location for dinner while you enjoy the downtown area.

The Jambalaya Omelet is to die for. The French Toast did not need syrup, it was so good. Coming back for lunch.

The BF and I came here for lunch in May when I was visiting for business. The gumbo was AMAZing made with real crab legs, gotta be the best in NOLA. Had the shrimp grillades, gritts under bell pepper, shrimp, onions, cheese, gravy — delicious!
Great service. Nice atmosphere. I’ll be sure to check this place out again next month when I’m in NOLA again for business.

This place is hidden on Poydras St. blink and you’ll miss it. We had to drive by twice to find it. The sign on the building is small if you’re sitting in a car cruising by, so if you’re heading there look for Whitney bank (it’s right next door).
What a great find! Popeye’s who? For all the fried chicken lovers, this place is a must. Beef brisket is my weakness so I had to have it when I spotted it on the menu. A piece of fried chicken was added to my meal as a side (awesomeness). It was heaven. I’m dying to go back.

Lil Dizzy’s is located inside an old bank on Poydras Street. I have only been for lunch, but it was really good.
The location is cool and there is even a table inside the old vault.
At lunch the servers were friendly and professional. Drinks were kept full, and the servers were very attentive to our needs. I had the pork chop which was a good down home meal. The meal comes with a salad from a bar and two sides. The macaroni and red potatoes were both great.
It isn’t a fancy place, but the food is great and you can’t beat their lunch prices.
It is located next to Federal Court so you can get a good last meal before Jim Letten sends you to Leavenworth.

I had breakfast on Saturday w/​a couple of friends. It’s located inside the Wyndham Whitney Hotel.
Crab & Cheese Omelette: ²⁄₅ — The crab was barely visible. The omelette was dry & bland.
Service: ⁴⁄₅
Ambience: ³⁄₅

Likes: Wait staff is extremely friendly, they always made sure my mimosa glass was never empty. Jambalaya omelet was not short of filling, prefer it over the seafood omelet. They didn’t skimp on the seafood gumbo, either; I managed to pull up 2 crab halves. Live piano music is a very nice touch /​addition to the charm that other Unilocalers have Unilocaled about.
Dislikes: Didn’t know the price of Sunday brunch until we got the check — $ 19.99 per person * 2 ppl + tax + tip (assume std 15−20%) = ~$ 53 (give or take a few $). Call me cheap (which I’m not, mind you), but I tend to think is pretty steep for brunch. Not a brunch veteran, however, I used to serve at a cajun/​creole restaurant and a check for two was rarely (and we’re talking über-​rare) more than $ 30.
Also didn’t think that the buffet options were much to write home about. I guess I expected something more out of the half-​cooked potatoes au gratin. Talapia was the fish option, guess I expected something else being that we were in Nola and all.

I forgot to write about this place when I was in NOLA. Pregnant walking around New Orleans, so hungry in the morning, excited to find a superb Sunday brunch and we ended up here… bummer.
However, I DO know why this place has high reviews: the booze. The staff that tends the bar here is so oblivious on how to make a decent bloody mary that is ALMOST drinkable. You would be wasted in half a cocktail. Mimosas are also bottomless. If you are someone going to a football game or starting Sunday Fun-​day, I see the appeal to this.
We were here the Jets v. Saints weekend and I think they were understaffed for as busy as they were. This happens and I almost want to jump up and help the people working there when I see it around me… restauranteur curse…
We fortunately got a place at the bar (good, because I was not walking around in the wind and rain anymore with a baby punching around in my stomach begging for food). We watched the serving staff trash the backside of the bar while rushing around making drinks. If they were my servers I would have raised hell at the mess but the manager was so busy trying to catch up he didn’t notice. We asked for S&P and the guy looked around at tables behind us, saw a guest using it and went up to him WHILE THE SHAKER WAS STILL IN HAND and asked him for it. I did find this hilarious and mortifying all in one. I am sure the staff here means well but everything was in the toilet the day we went, which was quite a surprise because we had EXCELLENT and friendly service every other place we went in NOLA.
The tables are pretty crammed in to an old bank tomb which is pretty cool. They also have a private table in a vault down the hall which is a great idea for a larger family/​friend get together. The décor is basically just the old bank which takes up the corner square of the hotel it is located in.
I am not a huge fan of some southern food in general so Mac n Chz at 10am instead of Eggs Benedict was NOT my idea of Sunday Brunch. The french toast was FRIED and hard. The foil containers everything was served in reminded me of something you take to a BBQ and are ready to toss at the end of the picnic day. Get some stainless chaffing dishes for heaven’s sake. The gumbo was excellent and the chunks and morsels of seafood to dig into were fantastic. They used sliced velveeta-​style American cheese in the omelets… this ruined the fact that they actually had real crab meat to put in the eggs as well. Gross. The bread pudding was a nice treat though. The grits were ok, the biscuits were blah and the bacon was swimming in grease (depends on if you like this or not).
There was NO live jazz when we were dining there. They had Jazz piano music on the speakers.
PS– the picture of the location with the signage is not the Lil’ Dizzy’s downtown. Perhaps they have multiple locations. Just an FYI.
I am über-​disappointed with the lack of quality in the reviews for this place. I chose it b/​c it had high reviews, you ruined my Sunday Brunch boozing Unilocalers…
If you want super casual Sunday brunch and you want to get wasted and don’t really give a crap what your stomach things afterward, go for it, but I think there is a better option within a 1-​mile walking radius.