Pigeon and Whale

4525 Freret St Ste 107, New Orleans
(504) 249-5487

Recent Reviews

Kim Gros

The food is terrific, the restaurant is beautiful and the service is top notch.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Oyster Platter

Dewayne W

Seems to be a tapas style restaurant that secretly ran by Congress. Over priced for no apparent reason!! . For Real people I stupidly fell for a tourist trap ( and I'm a local) paid $19 for a deviled egg and yeah; it's my fault but let's drill down for one moment. It was half an egg. Not even the whole egg. I believe it came from a chicken of average size; no special egg. Not a duck, quail, ostrich or snake, For $19. It should have been the best one ever and I have had many damn good deviled eggs in Nola and this was not a threat to any of them. Being from the south; the characteristic of a devil eggs is this. News flash...deviled eggs are supposed to be so damn good that you order more and possibly more. Regret eating to many and want to what you put in them. Ask your grandma if you think I'm wrong. The fries with the lobster poboy were way more delicious than the lobster ( tasted poached in unseasoned water). A little butter would be my suggestion. Lastly, I'm aggravated that I just wasted my time on this place again. There are many restaurants in this great old city that do it better and execute flawlessly. We ordered alot that night and the bill did not reflect the experience. If you read this and are disappointed afterwards; you were told what to expect.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 4

Duke Metzger

This was a fun adult bar setting with a sailor's theme. The food was amazing and the service even more amazing. They served drinks done right and if you go I highly recommend the Bread Service as a starter. You will not be disappointed!!!Vegetarian options: There are some vegetarian optionsParking: There is a lot right across the street that cost roughly 4.00 for 2 hours. We found a place to park just around the corner for free.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Schnitzel, Oyster Platter, Grilled Octopus

Samantha M.

Tasty food, interesting options. I love the heavy marine theme decor. Great service, friendly and knowledgeable staff. Marc took excellent care of me, already can't wait to go back and try more of the menu!

Madison R.

We loved pigeon and whale. We went for my boyfriend's bday and the food was amazing and served was very knowledgeable and incredibly friendly. Becoming one of our favorite spots

Hannah L.

Really wonderful date spot. The food was fun and interesting and the ambiance was spot on even on the heated patio. I had scoured yelp for pictures of the patio prior to booking and had lacked confidence but it was warm and cute. We had oysters, the lobster roll (warm and decadent), and the market fish (yellowtail tuna with ravioli - exceptional) and the lemon cheesecake (as tasty as it was pretty and it was gorgeous - don't look at pictures in advance). Service was also great.

Wendy Young

What a fun place with fabulous drinks and food. Stand out dishes were squid ink pasta and the lemon dessert! Worth an Uber outside the Quarter!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Shaula L.

This was amazing!!! The food was just fabulous. We order the devil eggs, the shrimp, grilled octopus, squid ink pasta and the market fish. Each plate was different and unique, with sutil flavors all in perfect balance. The food was rich but but artfully prepared. My favorite was the squid ink pasta. It had a carbonara sauce, peas and lardons. Just perfect. We also thoroughly enjoyed the drink menu, which was one of the highlights. They have an ample selection of cocktails and a whole section dedicated to gin and gin based cocktails which is usually rare. The ambiance is cozy with a nautical theme, which makes it quite lovely. The staff was great. We sat at the bar which if you can, you should do. The bartenders are really friendly and knowledgeable and very engaging. I can't wait to go back and try more of their drinks and food. This is hands down one of the best restaurants I have been to in a while. So be adventurous and try it, you will not regret it.

Daniel Gilbert

This restaurant can be frustrating because EVERYTHING IS AMAZING! It’s too hard to decide what to eat. 10000000/10

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Monnae' C.

OMGEE SUCH A GREAT DATE NIGHT OR GIRLS NIGHT PLACE I LOVED THE MUSIC AND DECOR! My server Jaina was such an amazing person and took her time explaining as well as suggesting great choices for us! My husband and I tried the oysters "s in a shell" to die for it was Mahi Mahi ceviche and mind blowing !!!!

Chad Sabatier

Great service really interesting design choice it’s chic and cool but still sophisticated I love that there raw program it’s something to marvel at I was truly amazed by there oyster service, but there kitchen needs work I was served under cook shrimp on what they called a carbonara it just tasted like crème no egg no flavor other then cream I ordered the sword fish snitzel snd it wasn’t properly cooked hopefully they fix there quality control issue

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Schnitzel, Squid Ink Pasta

Jac B.

The space is gorgeous down to the details, great service, awesome patio where you could sit at the bar facing the street watch the passers-by. The food was definitely good but the couple items we had were not mind-blowing.

Liz T

Amazing food. This place is a winner.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nikhil Manjunath

Had a reservation for 8 for a birthday at 7:30 pm. We were not seated until 8:10, ordered at 8:25, finally got food at 9:30. It's not the delay that's the issue, it's the manager's response. Clearly a stressful night. However that absolutely does not excuse rude tone from the manager, especially towards our birthday girl. All she did was ask how the delay happened. The simple response is to apologize for the delay, literally every other restaurant manager knows how to do this. Instead we got speech on how he cannot force the table in front of us get up just like how he wouldnt make us get up for the table after us. No one in our group asked for that, and no one in our group complained when it took an hour to get bread.Food was fine, our waiter johnny was great; he helped accommodate allergies in our party and really lifted the mood. However this cannot overturn management being rude to a customer after the fault is on the restaurant. There are so many restaurants in New Orleans with food of this same quality, just know that you have a lot of choices that don't involve this behavior; and really, it's not the best choice if you are trying to eat in a reasonable time.Also, while I won't hold this against the restaurant, we did not appreciate the drunk patron outside who decided to interject our groups conversation with profanities.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 5

Kay G.

Went during happy hour and they had lots of discounts and specials good stuff! Excellent location beautiful small and cozy. The bartender was perfect the drinks were perfect and the oysters were perfect. Definitely will return for drinks and oysters and want to try the caviar service. The other food that I ordered was just regular smegular I wouldn't order it again. Ubur or Lyft here for happy hour!!! you will definitely enjoy the bar and oysters and then walk and shopping!

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