Wit’s Inn

Ah Wit’s…you’re such a wonderful staple bar. Easy to hang out, great drink prices, enjoyable and varied menu, friendly staff… and you’ll never run out of toilet paper!
One of the best things about this bar is that on your birthday, you get a free bar tab. Seriously, free. (Just no shots.) Bring a bunch of friends and let them relish the fact that they don’t have to buy your drinks!
My favorite menu item is by far the chile con queso. The chips are ample and the ingredients that top the warm cheese are fresh. The chicken tender fritters are a close second (get ‘em with the buffalo-​blue-​cheese sauce). The pizza is always a hit as well.
You can get giant beers, in their souvenir cups for amazing prices. They have plenty of TV’s, so you’ll never miss a touchdown. Outdoor seating, and plenty of room for groups. Fun chalk-​board walls in the ladies room… and did I mention you’ll never run out of toiet paper?
This is one of those bars that has become a favorite since the smoking ban.

Can’t get enough of the Meat, Meat and more Meat pizza. Loaded with toppings, good cold beer. Fast service. Best pizza in town.

Pretty cool neighborhood bar in Mid City. They make VERY strong drinks, which I love. And they serve food late. Lots of tv’s for games as well.

I could have sworn that I had reviewed Wit’s Inn, but here we are. Anyway, I love this place! Not only is it a fantastic place to watch a Saints game, but they make delicious bloody Marys and have fantastic pizza.
The crowd is more of a neighborhood krewe, but I have always found people here super friendly and fun. Whenever I go I usually sit at the bar, but they have plenty of tables and chairs if that isn’t your thing. The crowd gets rowdy during Saints games, so come with your game face on.

I wish I could give less stars. Never had an issue here until the bartender kicked me and my friends out because of the «dress code.» It’s a dive bar. I was hanging out with a black dude who was wearing a tank top. Apparently that’s against the dress code. Along with «hip hop» attire. It’s a thinly veiled racist policy. We were watching the fucking republican debates. For the record, we all work in a non profit law office, and when I’ve been here with majority white folks, no issues. When suddenly I’m the only white person with other people of color, we’re kicked out because someone is wearing a tank top in the summer in New Orleans. Your food is shit. Your drinks are shit. Your appeal is that you’re a dive bar but suddenly you have a dress code that you only enforce against black folks (white dudes in there wearing undershirts and hipsters looking like they haven’t bathed in months are fine though)??? GTFOH.

Wit’s is at the center of almost every Midcity adventure I have — grabbing a togo drink before catching up with a second line by the bayou, staking out the perfect Endymion spot, unwinding at the end of Mardi Gras day, or finishing a night out with some awesome food. The bartenders are always friendly and great with suggestions (most recently, a bartender pointed out a daily special that saved me $ 5 on dinner!). Really great food — my favorites are the pesto pasta salad, spicy buffalo wings, and their pizza. Honestly, you can’t go wrong here!

The drinks are no good. The service is lacking but the food is good that is the only reason I gave them 2 stars. Still the food just not worth the wait or the lack of service.

Wit’s Inn is a cool bar to stop in to have some drinks, eat some pizza, and maybe shoot some darts. The bartenders are always friendly, and the prices are reasonable. I like that there are tables outside.
The have a drink that is very similar to Port of Call’s monsoon. Sweet, tasty… and dangerous!
Being so close to my house, I really love the $ 5 10″ pizzas on Thursday nights. The pizzas are actually really good, and you cannot beat the price.
NOTE: The $ 5 pizza is for dine in only. I didn’t know that when I asked my BF to pick one up for me. Even though he had already had dinner, he had to sit at the bar and eat a piece. He was kicking and screaming the whole time. ;) Even though he wasn’t hungry, he thought the pizza was really good… as did I when he brought it home to me still piping hot!

This is an easy place to pass up, but the pizza is traditional and well made. Drinks are reasonable too. Definitely not the place to impress a date, but quiet night with a friend.

Basing this on a late night spot, the bartender was attentive, the food was very good and we’re enjoying our hang.
For a late night spot, the menu includes everything from chips and queso to yummy pizzas.
Perfect for late night munchies — they serve food til 2am!

I happen to like this place a lot. It’s a neighborhood bar that yes, allows smoking, and I smoke. It seems ridiculous to me to give a place one star for that reason — there are plenty of non-​smoking alternatives nearby and in this city. Would I give one star to a bar that was non-​smoking? No. That’s the free market for you!
The bartenders are — without fail — professional, friendly, and trusting (no credit card to open a tab), and I actually also like the (good) 70’s classic rock they play, at a decent volume.
The patrons here mind their own business, talking quietly amongst themselves — a totally adult crowd. They’re not cliquey and don’t give you dirty looks when you walk in, unlike some Mid-​City bars I could mention, but won’t.
I haven’t eaten here, but I just might! This is the kind of place that I want to support in this town.

Alright, so I downloaded the Unilocal app just to write this review. I’ve never reviewed a restaurant, or anything for that matter, online or elsewhere.
We walk in the bar, and it’s nice and clean and appropriately lit. Check.
I saw on the way in «No tank tops», but it’s a Sunday night, it’s pretty empty, and I’m thinking surely they won’t say something to the girl my boyfriend and I are with or my boyfriend (my boyfriend and her are both wearing tanks. I’m in cutoff shorts and a ratty t-​shirt.) It’s a Sunday night and there’s not many people here. The first thing that happens after we sit down is the very sweet and apologetic bar tender is obviously forced to approach us and tell us that he’s so sorry, but my boyfriend can’t stay here wearing his tank top. Oh, the girl? No. That’s fine. She can wear her tank top. Just not my boyfriend. By the way, I’m a boy, and the guy I’m dating isn’t a big Jersey Shore looking asswipe. He’s very petite and has colorful tattoos. So my boyfriend goes to the car and changed shirt.
While we’re ordering drinks, this guy at the bar, who must be the owner or the owners punk son with no friends, makes some shitty comment about what we’re ordering. Strike two.
The last thing I have to complain about is that there are 5,000 TV screens, including 20″ screens next to the tables, kind of glaring in your face. BUT YOURE NOT ALLOWED TO TURN THEM OFF!
So basically, is a really normal bar environment with some good food and a nice bar tender being micromanaged by some overbearing manager and his loser kid.
I don’t know if reviews this harsh are allowed on Unilocal,but damn, they sure need to be in this case, because these jerks need to read this and realize they have an ok place but are making it feel more like the cafeteria in a catholic school. I’m waiting for my knuckles to be smacked with a ruler.

Walked in. Place reeked of tobacco. Active smokers in bar. Left immediately. Went to a great place two doors down that is tobacco free.

We have been back in New Orleans for almost six years, and had heard of this place.
Finding ourselves nearby and hungry, we parked on the side-​street and walked up to the door.
An employee opened the door, and this massively horrible odor hit us from inside. I choked and inquired «Is there smoking inside?» The employee nodded in the affirmative, and I immediately backed-​out.
This odor seemed a mix of old tobacco smoke, grease, urine, and I can’t imagine what else.
I wouldn’t ever eat anything which came out of such a hell-​hole !
I say, try Venezia, right across the street; or, Mandina’s, three blocks away on Canal.
We won’t ever go back to Witt’s Inn !
Rick

Friend and I went here for a going away party. We split the caprese salad and the Hawaiian pizza. Portions were HUGE and the caprese salad was AMAZING!!! Dressing was sooooo yummy (still dreaming of that honey balsamic– they use REAL honey!) and obviously homemade. Fresh buffalo mozzarella and a number of basil leaves. For the price ($ 7), you can’t beat the quality and quantity!
The pizza was really good too! There’s a couple of Italian/​pizza places close by and honestly, Wit’s beats them– hands down. Lots of ingredients on a homemade thin but crusty dough. Yummy yummy yummy!
Service isn’t that great. Bartenders seem to be used to doing drink orders as opposed to food orders. Luckily we had an easy order– but it still took 5 – 10 mins. for him to bring silverware and plates.
Drink specials were mediocre. Weak beer selection on tap. Don’t get a fancy fruity drink. They messed up pretty badly on my gin and tonic. You guessed it, it was mostly tonic.
And like most other bars in the city, it’ll take you a few days before the stale cigarette smell to leave your pores– including the scrubbings you’ll need to do in the shower.
Next time, I’m just going to do take-​out (caprese salad anyone?) and drink some good quality beer with my pizza.

I still don’t know why I haven’t reviewed this pizza place yet. I have been here several times already. But anyways here we go!
The food here is pretty good. This place specializes in hand tossed pizza. They got all kinds of options as far as pizza goes. Veggie options for all you veg heads out there. Of course they serve meat too for omnivores like me. I noticed that this place serves sandwiches but I have yet to try those.
The service here is alright. The bartenders I dealt with were pretty cool. One of the bartenders looks sort of like guitarist Kerry King from Slayer. I will admit that the food prep does take a while though.
They got a full bar here as well as lots of TV’s to watch sports events. The drinks are in the medium price range. The pizza on the other hand is pretty pricey. I mean $ 13.95 for a 10 inch pizza. But I guess you get what you pay for.
In short good food, decent service, but a little on the pricey side.

Right by my house so i go a lot. I like the pizza but wont pretend its awesome. Fine neirborhood bar but not a bumping scene if thats what you are looking for.

The pizza is delish. I got the Hawaiian (see pic). It was loaded with toppings, the crust is perfect. The center was a bit wet and soggy. Other than that it was a perfect pizza.

I give this three stars as a bar, but FIVE as a place for food!
Unassuming from the outside, and not that much more impressive on the inside, Wit’s is your average neighborhood bar. Big drink cups (careful when thinking you can handle one during lunch hour) as well as the usual beer, relaxed environment and a pool table, nothing too special.
It is the bar menu that keeps me coming back! Delicious sandwiches (the meatball sub has been known to make believers of several of my friends), pizza, and the best caprese salad I’ve ever had in my life! (Seriously… try it!)
Great for casual lunch meetings or an afternoon drink.
Note: It is popular with smokers.

Wit’s Inn is a cool, laid back bar.
It isn’t often that I get to go out in the city anymore. Thankfully my local bar expert suggested this bar.
It was late on a Saturday night and the bar was nearly empty. While smoking is allowed, it wasn’t overpowering considering how few people were in the bar.
The bartender was cool and attentive. He did refill my beer without me asking, but that’s better than the alternative.
The bar wasn’t too loud and would be a good place to hang out and talk to others. Loud bars are overrated anyway.
If I am in Mid City again, I would return.