Rouses

Love how neat and organized everything always is at Rouse’s! Friendly staff and great wine selection!

Review for HOT BAR ONLY!
Yall, eating at the grocery store is no longer for old people! I eat here about 2−3x a week when I want something more satisfying than fast food but don’t want to have a full on dining experience. Now, I’m not saying that the food is particularly healthy here but it does appear and taste to be freshly made (at least more fresh than McD’s ya know). This particular location has a much larger hot bar spread compared to the one on North Carrollton but I think North Carrollton has a better salad bar.
Typical items you’ll find are red beans and rice (guaranteed on Mondays), fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, dirty rice, chicken wings, meatloaf, mashed potatoes. My favorite is Catfish Fridays – they have fried and baked so take your pick!
The soups are also a great choice and you have the option of three different sizes. All of the cream based seafood soups are excellent along with the tomato basil.
It’s priced at $ 5.99 a pound and I’m a little embarrassed to say that my typical plate comes to about $ 10 – 11 with a bottled drink.
They have a nice seating area with all the utensils and condiments that you could possibly need.
Check ‘em out next time you’re hungry but don’t wanna settle for fast food!

I hate to write a really bad review for Rouse Markets; which is one of our favorites, BUT, two of our last three boiled crawfish purchases have been HORRIBLE.
Rouse is generally a great chain, especially their stores in Thibodaux, Youngsville, & Houma.
As an Acadia Parish native, having lived in Crowley, Lafayette, Intracoastal City, Delcambre, Thibodaux, Rayne, & Baton Rouge; I am very familiar with boiled crawfish.
Rouse buys good crawfish and good cooking equipment; but their cooks in New Orleans just don’t have a clue.
Recent orders from the Tchoupitoulas store have been severely over-​cooked.
So, today, we picked up 11# from their Gretna store. The crawfish were so over-​cooked that the tails disintegrated into mush when peeled, and, they were so over-​salted that my mouth burned for hours; from SALT, not from other seasonings.
So, until further notice; avoid boiled crawfish from any Rouse’s New Orleans store !
I am hoping that someone from Rouse’s reads this & calls me at 713−373−1704.
Rick
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A nice, large, clean Rouses open late. I don’t generally go for the produce here — it’s often not the best-​looking, and the selection isn’t huge — but it’s good for most other things. The beer and wine sections are well-​stocked and offer a lot of variety. I usually come for things that I haven’t been able to find at my go-​to grocery store (a certain place on Magazine with a reputation for being pricey). The «ethnic foods» aisles here have a lot of stuff that you don’t find in smaller stores, and you can even get replacement air filters for your A/​C in the «households goods» section.

I like this market. It’s colorful as soon as you walk in, staff are friendly & helpful.
The problem is the prepared food, stuffed artichokes, meatloaf, grilled veggies and hot food at the «cafeteria «is way too salty.
The food has no flavor beyond salt.
Also the bakery produces attractive
goods with zero flavor. I bought glazed «donut holes», only to discover they were small rolls with glaze topping. Cookies taste like mix, no flavor. Pudding parfaits taste
very artificial, cake icing is greasy.
I do not recommend purchasing any food Rouses makes inhouse, and if you buy their Sushi, eat it immediately. Not the next day.

4.5 stars. So close…
Rouses is a local Louisiana based chain. The Uptown location on Tchoup has recently been renovated and it’s truly a pleasure to shop here. It’s also open till 11 PM every night which is pretty handy. The meat and seafood departments at this location are almost as good as Whole Foods. Rouses is great because they provide a great mix of local products and national brands.
The one area I’d really like to see them pick up their game is produce. They don’t do the best job with carrying local, organic produce. If they kick it up in this department, they could definitely be a 5 star grocery store.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but if you want great home style New Orleans cooking Rouses hot food bar is the place to get it. Whoever cooks back there knows what they are doing. I go here at least once a week.

Great grocery store with a hot table of fresh goodies if you’re feeling lazy and don’t want to cook. On certain days you are able to get boiled crawfish by the pound. Tried it myself. Pretty darn tasty.
This trip we wanted to do a rip on surf and turf. So we bought bok choy, scallops, and rib eye steaks. Came out awesome.

I stopped by today to get some meat and cheese from the deli. I love their selection but something I found annoying and feel that I have to mention is that hardly any of the little signs in front of the deli items with names and prices per pound actually correspond to the items. Many items have no sign at all and you have to wait and ask.
I think they need to step up their organization because it would stream line the deli’s operating process for both the customers and the employees. Time would be saved because customers would not have to ask «how much is that» 5 times for each type of product they intend to buy.
Despite this little annoying lack of organization, I still stand by my previous rating of 5 stars because they have fair prices, offer a huge selection of great products, and actually emphasizes buying local to support Louisiana businesses.

Bought strawberries yesterday morning and they have already gone bad. Not the first time this has happened.

Man, I forget how dang good their prepared foods are at this Rouse’s! I love in Mid-​City now but back in the day (like 3 years ago) j lived in the Riverbend and this was my go to Rouse’s. Back then I didn’t cook so I relied on their prepared foods for survival!
Sheesh, my Mid-​City Rouse’s can’t hold a candle to the selection of hot food and deli food that this one has. I got so excited I think I bought enough food for like multiple lunches and dinners! Unfortunately I’m not a hobbit so some of this may end up getting frozen! Hehe
Some of my bounty from the hot food included red beans and rice with sausage, lasagna and meatloaf (ok I’m Asian so meatloaf still fascinates me!). And from the behind the glass part I got the seasoned salmon and the skirt steak with bell peppers and onions!
I also bought the Gentilly Berry cake (Rouse’s take on the Whole Foods Berry Chantilly cake which is my all time favorite cake, probably bc I hate sweet icing and it’s a perfect balance of cake, fruit and not super sweet icing) for my friend to celebrate her new job! They were kind enough to add my message on there for my friend!
There is such a vast selection of food it kind of makes me wish this rouse’s was the one closest to me!
Plus there are beautiful and polite people that shop here! Like seriously, I went to get a cart and a kind gentleman gave me the cart he just took out. And everywhere you look there are attractive folks shopping! Probably bc the college kids shop here since it’s closest to Tulane and loyola. Man, what a delightful shopping experience! Hehe
Happy making groceries!

I live in the LGD and this Rouses is my favorite for grocery shopping for a number of reasons. The location is very convenient to me either by car or the #10 bus line. The parking lot is spacious and most people actually put their carts away so you’re not having to dodge carts in parking spaces.
The selection in all departments is great and their staff is super helpful if you are looking for something and look lost. There a lot of local products and their deli and meat departments are top notch. (They make their own boudin and sausage and it is high quality and delicious!) The produce is fresh and there is good selection of organics if that is what you prefer.
I was also super impressed by their wine and liquor selection as well as their craft beer section. (There is a small section in the back of the store by the meat/​deli but a much larger selection in the front.)
The employees here are pretty efficient at checking out though they use a ridiculous amount of plastic bags when bagging groceries so I always bring my own unless I need bags.
I would definitely recommend this Rouses to anyone (local or tourist) for any grocery store needs.

Rouse’s Supermarket. It has been 16-​months since my last review, and I am still impressed with the cleanliness of the store and generous parking lot.
The sawtooth-​factory design, brick store and matching fencing and well-​kept landscape makes Rouse’s Supermarket a high point in the Riverside Neighborhood.
Inside, as a visitor and obvious tourist, I appreciated the courtesy and attention the neatly uniformed employees paid to my questions and requests, and the comfort uniformed security provides as they patrolled the parking lot.
I was also impressed with the wide selection of liquors and wines — wow!
Great job, this is where I come when I need groceries in NOLA. I’ll be back. Four Stars.

Okay… soo… I just moved here form the cold and hostile North. I had no idea grocery stores like this even existed! I walked in to my first Rouses **an experience I will never forget** and my MIND was BLOWN!
Back in the Dirty Jerz, my husband and I would wake up at the crack of dawn (on a SATURDAY) to fight traffic to attept to drive to our local wal-​mart. Once there, we would try and push our way through the wal-​mart zombies to obtain a cart, get the limited supply of food into our cart, and wait in a line for 30 minutes to pay inflated prices. It was like the the dawn of the apocolype every.single.weekend. If we didnt manage to wake up early, we had to go to a sketch grocery store in the «hood» with more zombie-​like people, rotting fruit/​veg, and oxidized meat.
Rouses is like heaven! There is a large parking lot! You can actually get a cart or basket easily and casually browse the olive or salad bar, extensive fruit/​veg, and flower section. They have dry aged beef, fresh seafood, and an actual butcher who will help you out. This place has the vibe of Whole Foods without the price tag and pretentiousness, and also with more «mainstream» products. The employees are really nice and helpful! They also have a great alcohol selection, something you would NEVER find in NJ!
I am still in awe of the Rouses awesomeness. Definitely will do all my shopping here from now on.

Normally I’d give them four stars but today dropped them to one. I go here all the time because it’s close to home and work.
The express lane at 2:20 on a Thursday is a joke! I go in to get a salad from the salad bar for lunch, which only takes me 5 min. I then have to wait in the express lane for 20 min because it seemed it was social hour with the cashier. This ate a good bit of my lunch break and that is unacceptable.

Wow. This is a really nice Rouses. I love the layout and it feels like a real fresh market. I stopped in here with a friend to pick up some things to make for dinner. Everything here is really fresh and seems to be well priced, just like any Rouses. They have a huge deli selection and a large cheese case, which you know I’m a fan of.
Pretty respectable beer selection. Found a few rare bottles here and a huge walk in fridge with 6 packs and cases. Super convenient for anyone who lives uptown.

This is an updated review. We had a situation where we were overcharged for an item. I brought this to customer service’s attention, and a gentleman named rashad promptly refunded the difference. Good customer service always scores points with me.
Also, their booze and wine selection is really good.

I love a Rouses! Seriously y’all, this grocery store has everything you want and more. From seasonal decorations to a salad bar, healthy and fried menu items daily, huge wine and cheese selection, friendly staff, clean, reliable, convenient. I wish I lived in NOLA where I could shop here on a regular.

Changes in the deli at Rouse’s. They no longer have Boar’s Head meat. Now they are promoting something called Columbus.
Columbus has a Turkey Breast that is named Southwest that replaces the Boar’s Head Cajun Turkey Breast.
It is okay but no way the spices and flavor of the Cajun from Boar’s Head. Sometime change is not good.
At least the Flower Department on Tchoupitoulas St. is still good and deserves a Four Star.

This is the probably the nicest supermarket I’ve ever stepped into. I say that after having spent most of my life in California and the prior year living in Biloxi, Mississippi where food insecurity is a real issue and their idea of a nice supermarket is the Super Wal-​Mart. After really being turned off by the Winn-​Dixie chain of markets in Mississippi and relocating to New Orleans, I was amazed by the layout and quality found at this particular Rouse’s. This was the first time I had stepped into a Rouse’s so I don’t know whether all of them are quite this nice or if this one in particular is a stand-​out branch, but it was an amazing first impression.
This place is very spacious and clean, with a wide selection of high quality goods. Security officers make frequent rounds. And yet, I feel this place lacks the pretension of a Whole Foods.
I like that they have a café area where a student might come in and do some reading. You can also stop in and buy dinner. Unlike Whole Foods, which prides itself on healthy fare — this place serves comfort food, which is more my speed, albeit unhealthier than what you might find at Whole Foods.
I keep going back to Whole Foods because that chain has succeeded in cultivating an association with quality, albeit perhaps in a way that makes it less accessible to the general masses. Although I shop there, I only go there for very specific things — I couldn’t afford to go there for every item. So too is it the case at this Rouse’s. While the breath of goods you can find here is much more in keeping with the needs of the common middle class family, the prices here are higher than at other places. So to shop smart, I would not go here for every food item I need either.
I’d probably go here for last minute dinner items, produce, meats, and alcoholic beverages (they have an entire refrigerated room just for beer!). But for the basics, especially the packaged, name-​brand items like cookies or chips or drinks, I’d probably go to a Target or a Wal-​Mart to get them slightly cheaper.
Still, the shopping experience at this Rouse’s is excellent.