Maple Street Cafe

Ambience — perfect. Classy casual is a very accurate description
Food — decent
Service — adequate
Price — a tad bit overpriced
I was in the East Carrollton neighborhood with a few classmates last week and they wanted to take a break at Starbucks… While I wasn’t too pleased with their choice considering all the local places they could’ve chosen to get coffee, I acquiesced. When the time to choose a lunch venue arose, I was feeling pretty open minded. Because Maple Street Café was nearby, they opted to go here. I went with the flow.
They served bread as an appetizer with green onion and other yummy tidbits mixed into the butter. If you know me, you know I love bread. That was a win in my book. While it wouldn’t be my first choice with other favorite local places nearby, I can say my Veal Piccata cured my hunger. The capers were a nice burst of flavor, and the sauce wasn’t too heavy. After asking about the vegetable selection and being informed of the «zucchini, squash medley,» I asked if there were any vegetables that I could substitute with. After hearing carrots as an option, I chose carrots. An unpleasant surprise was seeing the variety of veggies that I deem inedible that arrived with my 4 carrots. This was my main complaint. If you let me select my vegetable preference, why would you just lump other unidentifiable vegetables onto my plate?
Worth a shot if you’re curious. Perhaps their specials are more impressive?

The food and service was excellent. This was the second time celebrating a birthday dinner here and the food was delicious. Everyone was pleased with what they had and the white chocolate bread pudding was also amazing! Cute café feel… will be back for sure.

Always was and still is excellent! Great service and great, great food. Veal Piccata! Soft shell crab over linguini with cream sauce! Is Julia Child in the kitchen?

In town for the evening only and a meeting at Tulane University. Maple Street was in the area and had high marks on Unilocal!— so gave it a whirl.
Really nice spot! Cozy feel to the place with seating in the front — a limited front outdoor area, and some tables in the back which, I assume, would accommodate some small groups. Our server — Missy — did a great job during the meal. I was here with a friend and we didn’t have a LOT of time, so we tried to make the most of it.
We had a drink from bar to start out — Boulevardier — which was a new one for them but, after I showed them the recipe — they ended up making a pretty decent one — not bad for a first try!
As an appetizer, we ordered the «Oysters Almandine» — and they were DELICIOUS. Perfectly fried, crispy, not oily, served at just the right temperature. The almandine sauce was wonderful and we were soaking up all the excess with french bread when the oysters ran out.
For my entrée I ordered the Angel Hair Pasta with three mushrooms and had them add some blackened Salmon to the mix — which they were happy to do. It was very nicely done and the winning aspect of it — for me — was the broth (instead of a thick sauce) in which the noodles rested. It was terrific and really «made» the dish, for me.
My friend had the Chicken Robah — which I tasted. The chicken breast had a kind of crust but I don’t think it was deep fried. It was tender and moist — and the Marsala sauce on that was delightful. If I make it back here — I will be ordering that, I’m pretty sure.
We both commented that the sauces — the Almandine, the Marsala, and the broth for the pasta dish were exceptional and would be great to order extra — on the side — as a dipping sauce selection for bread!
All in all — a great experience. Highly recommended.

Maple Street Café is just good, not great. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone looking for the best meal in the entire city, but I can imagine, if I lived closer, stopping in every now and then for an easy, affordable dinner with family and friends. My last visit was with coworker’s for a team lunch and it had a very local vibe. There were several familiar faces, which is always nice.
The food was decent, not stellar. I enjoyed the eggplant sandwich on pita, but some bites were rather salty. It might have just been the feta cheese though. My coworker enjoyed her burger, but others said the chicken sandwich was dry. The fries were nothing special. If I went again, I would probably go with the specialty salad. It looked fresh and crisp with sizable blackened shrimp.
The service could use some improvement. More than one order was mixed up. And it’s always annoying when a restaurant charges for soda water that’s on the fountain. But our server was friendly and attentive.

First of all, I’m not from New Orleans and I was glad I found a place, such as this café, that wasn’t packed with other tourists. This place was recommended to me by a student at Loyola and it was amazing. I had the chicken lemon, which was served with Alfredo pasta and had to have been the most tender and delicious chicken I have ever had. My mom got one of the day’s specials which was a salad with grilled shrimp and fresh fruit– she loved it. The bread they served us before our meals was great too and came with an herb butter. The service was awesome as well, our waitress was a sweetheart. Would definitely recommend this place to anyone who wants to get out of the tourists filled streets for a quiet lunch.

Great food and service. Very accommodating of our large party on short notice. My only complaint would be the limited beer selection.

Great service and a nice little spot to have some good Italian food. Under priced, eat away!

BLUF: Cute little locals’ spot. Nice staff. Good menu with quality food.
Went here for lunch with work people. Not many people there so there was no wait. The menu had a lot to choose from; everything from large complex entrees to simple sandwiches.
I got a crawfish pita and it was surprisingly very very good. The pita was light and not over bready. The crawfish were good and the feta really made it all pop. It was good choice.
Everyone’s food looked great but I didnt get to try it cuz that would have been weird. They have lots of interesting things to choose from. I’d def go back for a more upscale but not too upscale, classy lunch or dinner.

Had the pleasure of eating here last week with my wife, her brother and his friend. The staff was welcoming and professional, the lunch menu was varied and interesting and our meals were all excellent. I had the grilled fish special. It was yummy. I will definitely return. Oh… great Manhattan too!

I’m not sure about it because I never went. I called to ask a few questions and they were terse and seemed annoyed. It’s ok, plenty of other places to go.

Love this place!
I have tried their Mushroom Soup, Angel Hair pasta & three wild mushrooms, and another Angel Hair pasta dish whose name I forgot. All of these were super yummy and big enough portions for the hungry ones among us. I also love the herb butter they serve with the bread, so delicious.
I love the interior design of the place. The front part is sort of like a winter garden and it is a bit lower than the rest of the restaurant. It is all very pretty and cute. Small tables, ideal for dates.
The waitress was very nice and joked around with us. And the service was very quick, too.
Will definitely come back here!

We were looking for a place to grab dinner and chose this one, the dining room was full so we chose to sit on the patio. DON’T DO IT. Midway through our appetizer a giant possum snuck up directly underneath my dates chair and stood there until scurrying away when my date shifted after I told her about it. The waiter gave us a table inside but was not very sympathetic and we did not get a discount or anything. Food was decent, service was decent, just avoid the patio at all costs.

Went here on a few occasions, and it’s very good food with a New-​Orleans twist (read: heavy). I haven’t been for breakfast or lunch, but for dinner it’s somewhat upscale, rather than a café. The fried oysters were absolutely drenched in butter in the BEST way possible and sprinkled with crushed almond. The redfish florentine was good, but the winning entrée was definitely the portobello fillet mignon which we ordered cooked to the chef’s liking.

Because this was my first time here I didn’t really know what to expect. My little gal pal eats here fairly often so she made suggestions. I’m a savory kinda girl & ordered Sunny in Holland. My little friend ordered peanut butter, chocolate & praline waffle & substituted (for an extra charge) pralines for strawberries. She loved it & ate every bit.
Sunny in Holland was good, altho the «hollandaise» sauce was too salty & not lemony. I doubt that I order it again.
Having said that, the next time she & I want a girl’s morning out, I bet we come here to eat. They make glutton free waffles, a DEFINATE plus for us.
I also like this place coz they have more on the menu than just waffles; regular breakfast food (eggs, meats, biscuits …) & PIZZA ! I’m going back for pizza for sure !!!
For those of you unsure about Waffles on Maple, give it a try. It may become your favorite place !

This restaurant was not what I was expecting. I guess when I think of a café I think of a small coffee and pastry place.
This was a very nice semi upscale restaurant that had a wonderful wait staff and delicious food. The atmosphere was warm and welcoming.
My dad had the soft shell crab special. Which was delicious. The batter was absolutely perfect.
I had the amberjack special and it was one of the best pieces of fish I’ve had in a long time, each vegetable on the place complimented the fish perfectly.

Had a great dinner last night. Food, service, atmosphere, and wine were good. Too bad my date was terrible.

Absolutely amazing food!!! We came as a group of 5 and each of us ordered a different dish and loved them all. I ordered the mushroom angel hair pasta, which was super tasty; my fiancé ordered the chicken, which was incredibly tender. Our server, Amanda, was so professional and friendly… I spilled my drink and she went and got a replacement without my even asking. I have been to NOLA 7 times and I think this is my new favorite restaurant. A really great experience all around!

From the moment I stepped in, I was greeted by such a wonderful staff. The food was absolutely amazing from the appetizer, to the tomato salad, to the entrée. There was so much food that we did not have room for dessert. We will definitely be back again.

Made an unplanned visit here. Service was great. Place was simple and seemed unpretentious for a «café» on Maple its was very nice and reasonably priced. The service was much better than some high end places. I will come back and try the rest of their menu.