Snug Harbor Jazz Bistro

Went for about 7pm and the live music started at 7.45. Don’t listen to reviews hating on the food, it’s so tasty and worth it. There was also no wait, we were seated immediately.

Was looking for a cool vibe and live jazz music during my recent trip to NOLA. Found Snug Harbor by accident, but thanks to the AAdvantage Dining Program, decided to take a chance and buy a ticket. Sure glad I did! Decent wine list and great cocktails. Plus, had the opportunity to see a performance by Astral Project, which was a highlight of my entire trip!

Meal and drinks were fantastic! The atmosphere was so great! Music trickled down into the dining area and you could tell it set the vibe here. The staff were so helpful! My daughter lost her phone and everyone in the very busy restaurant and bar helped us find it! Great place for ambiance and elevated dining. Also a great price point!

Delicious food! We had the NOLA sampler and the shrimp po boy on a French roll. SO. GOOD. For the sampler we had jambalaya, red beans and rice, and etouffee. All were great, but the etouffee was our fav. Red beans next. Jorge was our server and was absolutely incredible. Very attentive; always made sure we had water, the food was good, and our drinks were full. Thank you again, Jorge!

Unfortunately, we did not dine due to our previous dining prior to coming. However, I must say that the food looked and smelled great! I will definitely plan to eat the next time. The live jazz performance was exceptional! It was lively and engaging in the intimate atmosphere. This would be my spot if I lived in the Big Easy!

Great little Bistro spot. A traditional NOLA experience. The atmosphere is 5 stars. Service was great. Music is good. I had actually stopped there during another visit to the area. Jazz Band was jamming in the courtyard around back. Gumbo was excellent 😋

KNOW THIS: the restaurant and events venue are two separate operations! They have separate staff and reservations. So if you make a reservation for the restaurant thinking you will see the show, you’re outa luck. That being said, this place is a pleasure and MADE our trip. Our show with Kevin Louis and band was wonderful and reminded me of my experiences at Jazz Alley in Seattle with family as a child.

I saw the best live jazz of my life here! It's very intimate and there really isn't a bad seat. The food is quite good too so combining dinner with a concert works nicely. It's also on the delightful Frenchmen Street so you get all of that love too!

Amazing place for live music on Frenchmen street!! We wanted to see Jason Marsalis plus the jam session, which was at 11:30pm on a weekday. It was phenomenal! We arrived an hour early and had a few drinks at the bar right outside the performance room. The goombay punch was super sweet and fruity! There was a performance going on at the time, and they had a tv anove the bar that was showing it. Could also hear it perfectly! We then stood in line when the first band finished; a ton of people showed up around 11pm to get in line. They opened up doors around 11:15pm, and there was floor seating and elevated seating! The tables on the floor were very small, but you can push them together. There's no table service. Bathrooms were clean and spacious! The performance was amazing, and the ambience of the performance hall is very intimate and warm! Would definitely come back to see another performance!

This was a return visit to Snug Harbor on Frenchman Street! Always a cool place and known for their musical performances and good food. Sadly, for me, the food quality has suffered. The food was lukewarm and the dried out! The staff were personable and friendly and that helped with the overall disappointment of the meal! I say...go for the music...stick with drinks.

This is our "go to" place when Port of Call is overflowing (which is always). This time we ordered the fried mushrooms to start and then we both had a burger and baked potato. Everything was so delicious. The service was great and the prices were great. We could also hear the live music being played in the next room. We will definitely go back very soon.

Snug Harbor is a Frenchmen St. staple. Always offering great music for local artist. So many New Orleans legends have graced this stage long before becoming the music icons they are today. The venue is very intimate and cozy. You should most definitely check this place out if you're looking for a super cute date night. Great music, good food and amazing vibes!

Excellent jazz music by talented musicians. Better than experience than Preservation Hall. Highly recommended!

Loved the fried green tomatoes. Came with huge shrimp which were DELICIOUS. Fried chicken sandwich was very good. Get it as a po boy!! Jambalaya was delicious. Etouffee was great. Would skip peach cobbler. Great background music and vibes.

Food is average at best. Staff is over-extended. Hostess was dysthymic and did not speak. Physical layout of the restaurant and show venue is confined and crowded. The wait process to enter the show was haphazard and confusing. People entering the late show should all wait outside in a line and not in the bar area. The music was excellent. Eat elsewhere. Go for the music and the early show.

The famous Jazz Hall Snug Harbor... which didn't open until nightfall where all the greats have performed

Came here while visiting NOLA on spring break. This is an lovely upscale venue for live jazz sm and good food. There's a cover to get into the part of the restaurant with jazz music, but we could actually hear music from our table, so it worked out. I had the fish in cream sauce and man... I'm a sucker for both cream sauce and seafood so, basically I was living my best life all throughout this meal! The restaurant allows you to bring your drinks in (we had gotten a big one in a souvenir cup from Bourbon St). So we had good drinks, and a great meal. I would want to go back next time and try more of their menu.

Was nice to eat and listen to music on Frenchman st. The shrimp Cesar salad was a hit.

Worse food and service we had during our time in New Orleans. Our server was rude with an attitude and clearly did not want to be there. She slammed our wine glasses so hard on the table that she broke the stem of one on my water glass and never offered fresh water. When she delivered our food she handed the plates to us instead of placing them on the table and walked off without giving us any silverware. The gumbo was inedible and rest of the food was pretty bad too. I've heard the music venue is great but I wouldn't recommend the restaurant

My husband and I came here for dinner, drinks, and a show. We had a fabulous time. The restaurant is nice w/ decent NOLA food, but the concert is the best part of Snug Harbor. I definitely recommend researching the acts that are in town if you're visiting NOLA and going to one or more concerts here. Seats are first come first served, in an intimate cabaret table setting. You can get beer for $8 or fancy cocktails for upwards of $15, and tickets are very reasonably priced for the awesome experience, so overall this is a great option for a memorable night out in NOLA without an exorbitant price tag.

Premier Jazz Club with world class acts every night. Intimate setting with complementary acoustics that enhance the artists performance. Excellent selection of beverages and craft cocktails. Lovely front of house staff with excellent support.

Came here for both dinner and a show (8pm for the show). If you want to eat prior to the show then you'll have to email them with your ticket confirmation number and let them know the time. We ate at 6:30pm and was able to enjoy our meal and head straight in to grab seats for the show. They allow people to sit down around 45 minutes prior to the start so if you want great seats then I would advise eating at 6pm to be safe (we had decent seats but they weren't centered). Items we ordered (as of 3/2022). - Oysters JAZZ-efeller - $15 - This was awesome. The oysters are baked in a delicious butter sauce with spinach and they gave us PLENTY of oysters considering the price. Would highly recommend. - Fish Marginy (blackened) - $27 - Great blackened flavor and the creole sauce was delicious. - Seafood Platter - $36 - Definitely recommended. Huge pieces of shrimp and oysters that were perfectly seasoned and fried. Quantity was good for the price. - Baked potato side (fully loaded) - $6.50 (or included depending on meal) - Fully loaded up with cheese and bacon. Delicious and would recommend. - Broccoli side - $5.00 (or included depending on meal) - It's steamed broccoli... - Sautéed Mushrooms - $2.50 (or included depending on meal) - Not bad for the price but nothing special. The show we saw was Jason Marsalis and was great fun! Ticket price was $35 per person. We sat on the second floor and had a good view along the railing. Show was ~1.5 hours. No food allowed (drink service offered). Overall we had a blast and would love to come back for the food and show!

The Service and delicious Creole food here are just unbelievably impeccable! Superb Customer Service from Waiter Jorge, front of the Restaurant Staff Emma, and Waiter Assistant Jerry. Made my Birthday celebration such a positive memorable experience. Husband and I had such a great time. 5 Stars all around!

Recommendation from 3 different people. We made dinner reservations for 8 people and prepaid for The 10:00 show. Good thing because the show was sold out. Service good. Casual place. We were dressed up but most folks were very casual. Food was good. Limited menu. We had Caesar salad. Blackened fish with broccoli and half and half combo with fish and shrimp and loaded baked potato. Drinks were good. Our server V let me sample the red beans and rice which was delicious but since I couldn't get shrimp with it I passed. Overall great chill atmosphere.

Glad everyone had a good time really wish I could say the same. Bought tickets being from Vegas decided to drive by earlier in the day to find the place. Not only did I not find it . Couldn't get anyone to answer the phone nor given the option to leave a voicemail. Lastly left an email asking for assistance still waiting for an answer and unable to get a refund. Just saying beware!

Snug Harbor has one or two vegetarian options for the meal, the menu was good and the prices were very fair. Our server was friendly and fast even when the restaurant was packed full; drinks and food both came fast. On the night we went, a jazz band is playing which was (to our surprise) in a private room. We originally went for the band thinking that it was playing for the restaurant. BUT to watch the band you had to be placed in a private room for an extra $25 and you cannot have meal service, only some drinks. Didn't make sense and it was not worth it for us when you could go anywhere on the block and hear the jazz bands in bars for free. Not to mention, when reserving a dinner spot it told us that a band would be playing- it failed to mention it was an extra price or any other information about the show. Very misleading and made us disappointed.

Our favorite spot in New Orleans to catch live jazz. Everyone here is so kind and friendly. The stage and small space provides an intimate listening experience and prices are relatively reasonable overall.

I've been here 3 times over several years. I'm a native to NOLA, and on my first trip, I ordered shrimp etouffee, and it was delicious, and the overall experience was very nice. This was many years ago. On another night, we stopped in and the place was packed. We found spots at the bar, and we shared and enjoyed a very good burger and potato. Very nice, other than the rude guy behind us trying to take our seats before we finished. Then we came here on the night of the Pride parade in 2023. The place not crowded at all, and we were seated and given menus immediately. Then...we waited. It was a surprisingly long wait, and when she did appear she didn't ask if we had any questions or anything, she just took our order, which was "we want a burger and a potato", to which she replied asking what we wanted on the side. It took a minute for us to realize she meant what side did we want with the burger, which of course, was the potato...okay...all good. So then we waited a while for my date's wine (I just had water already on the table). I almost went to the bar for her wine, but it did finally appear. The food came out, and the burger was much closer to rare than MR, which we ordered). Because we were sharing, I cut it in half, and we told our server they can just put the two halves on the grill and cook it more, but instead, they gave us a whole new burger, cooked pretty close to medium. But it came out pretty quickly, and it was fine. The tomato slice was so thick I almost didn't keep it on the burger, but it was fine. We were not checked in on after that, so once we finished, we waited and waited. Again, the place was very slow. Eventually I asked our hostess if we could pay at the bar, and she said she'd find our server, who appeared shortly thereafter. When she brought the check, I immediately gave her my card so that we wouldn't lose her for another long wait. So...first off - the burger/potato combo here is in the "gourmet burger" category, or what we often call in NOLA, a "Port of Call burger". That is what we got, but again, they missed the MR mark twice. And the service was just not good. She was friendly enough, but we just had long waits despite a very small crowd. Worth the trip? Sure, if you're already going to Frenchmen Street. Or if you're going to enjoy the Jazz in the back of the restaurant, sure, eat dinner here. But I won't be making any special trips down to the Marigny just to eat here.

Well my friends and I popped in for dinner. We ordered and they didn't have anything that we ordered so we had to change our orders. The service was great and the staff was extremely nice despite us having to re order. The food was delicious. It was a quaint location and the bar and dining are were separated which gabs the feel you could have two different vibes when at this spot.

I asked several people for recommendations on where to eat that might also have some live jazz music, and everyone said to go to Snug Harbor. I was happy to learn that it's a restaurant, not just a bar, so my teenage son was able to go. We arrived just after opening and were immediately seated. Unfortunately, the music is in a separate part of the restaurant, which requires tickets. Since we were there so early and not up for a late night, we enjoyed our food and then headed out. We will come back another time and get tickets to a show. The food was marvelous-we had red beans and rice, jambalaya, fried shrimp, fried chicken and broccoli. Everything we really, really good! I was full from my own meal, but couldn't help myself from finishing most of the food off my wife and son's plates too. I'm not sure what those other reviewers were talking about, but our food was delicious!

This relaxing bistro is the perfect place to have a great meal with friends snd family while no having a good hearty home-cooked meal. Will definitely come back soon for the great experience with me and my family

Music was great! I didn't try food, but friends were happy with cheese plates. Be noted that they don't serve food in the music area.

Great place for jazz. Host that greets you at the door is extremely condescending. I was on line near him and he dished it out to lots of customers in addition to me. Surprised he didn't get smacked. Tarnished the experience. The jazz musicians and stage room are fantastic.

They don't tell you that the restaurant and the music venue are in separate spaces, dining there doesn't connect you with the music there. This was disappointing and IMHO a bit deceptive. The food was mediocre, which by New Orleans standards means poorly done. The Oyster appetizer was served luke warm, the red beans and rice was bland and small for a main course, the chicken fingers likewise bland without any sauces offered. I wanted to hear the music group so the evening was a bust. I cannot recommend this place to anyone for any reason.

Snug Harbor! Home to Jazz artists like Winton and Bradford Marsalis and others from New Orleans. During my visit I had the opportunity and pleasure to spend an evening with Cyrille Aimee a highly talented Jazz singer and musician from France. Snug Harbor is a quaint up close and personal venue that offers an intimate experience, reasonably priced drinks, and family-like hospitality that you only find in NOLA! Highly recommend during a visit and you can rest assured the entertainment will be excellent!

I cant speak for the food but the jazz show was really fun specifically the band I saw playing had good chemistry and humor which added to the great performance!

The food was amazing! I had fried green tomatoes, and my husband had a burger. I'd bet money on it being the best burger in The Quarter.

Enjoyed the food and atmosphere. I had the etouffee and it was delicious. My husband ordered the chicken sandwich which was spicy. He was very happy that it had the extra flavor. The service was also great. Our waiter was very attentive and had great recommendations. We will definitely visit this restaurant again the next time we are in New Orleans.

Awful hostess, decent meal Upon arrival we were seated in the farthest table, next to a corridor. Me: Can we have another table, do not like to be next to the bathroom Host: It is not the bathroom. It was!! Brough the water with some foreign substance encrusted in the ice. Me: There is something strange in the ice. Do not know what it is. Hostess: Me neither Takes it away and brings another glass of water and bangs it on the table Me: I am sorry, do not trust your ice anymore. Comes back a minute later and throws a plastic bottle on the table, with no glass. Thankfully we had asked for San Pellegrino sparkling water. On the next table a couple gets a bottle of red wine and give them plastic cups. They complain and they bring them glass flutes! The ones you drink sparkling white wines. For red wine!! The food was decent, nothing to write home about, what you would expect from a restaurant that runs a show afterwards. The bread was old, stale. The soup was brought after the entrée. I guess you do not go for the food, but for the show..

Great place on Frenchman street to hear live music and have a drink while having some of the best bread pudding I've ever tasted.

This is a lovely quiet place among the loud eateries. As much as I love live music, most of it is too loud for me. This was a nice quiet place with plenty of people to indicate they had good food. Shrimp was broiled perfectly. My companion had crispy fried chicken which was about the best I ever tasted, crispy, flavorful without being greasy. We took home just-out-of- the-oven peach cobbler that was delicious.

We came to see a Jazz show and decided to grab something to eat beforehand. Definitely the way to go so you can get in first and get a good seat. Very intimate music area. The AC works good in here. Good service. Food was good. Service was fast. We had plenty of time to eat before going in for jazz. Bar service but no food service with the music.

We made a reservation ahead of time but did have to wait about 10 minutes to be seated - I got the fish marigny, which was excellent. The steamed broccoli was borderline mush and not seasoned at all despite the description saying it had house seasoning blend on it. I would still go back though!

Great place for live music! We heard Al Carnival and others play us into Mardi Gras !

We came for the jazz show based on the recommendation of a local. Best decision! This place was awesome. The jazz band was exactly what I was hoping to experience on my first trip to NOLA. The music was fantastic and there was such good energy happening in the room. Highly recommend! Tickets are required and easy to buy online. I'd personally recommend the 10:00 show. The lady who greeted us and checked us in was delightful as well. Can't miss.

Please do not go for the food. Do not review the food. Worst kept secret for decades now. Go for jazz. If you don't really like jazz please don't make reservations for a party of 12--- from your second line wedding--for the first set. And leave third tune in. Thanks.

I loved Frenchman street. I went here on my solo trip for a Kano show at 10. And we got the tickets last minute but I must say it was worth it. They have beautiful acoustics. And best bar. I loved the performance. There some sitting seats are not really sitting because balcony is at distance and you may have to stand to get the view of stage which was disheartening and waste of money.

Just ok. My red beans and rice got cold by the time it took them to bring some hot sauce to the table, after asking TWO people for some. How is hot sauce not a staple on every restaurant table in NOLA? The server here was very kind. Learned the hard way Frenchman Street isn't where to come for dinner but a great place for music and an adorable night outdoor art gallery.

We had such an amazing time at Snug Harbor. Everyone was so sweet there from our waiter to the rest of the staff. Our waiter took his time and explained everything out and even gave us a mini NOLA history lesson. The food was also amazing my husband ordered the 9oz steak and I ordered two sides Jumbalaya and baked potato. The only critique was how dry and unseasoned the Jumbalya was and I was surprised it wasn't an actual dish and just a side. After we ate our waiter told us there was 15min left into the performance and whether we'd wanna go in there for free. And we took the off and the band was amazing. I highly recommend the place!!

Horrible experience. I booked via Ticketmaster seats to a 9:30 PM show for my family of 8. I booked a dinner reservation for 8 at their restaurant at 7:30 pm...planning to eat and then go to the 9:30 pm show. After dropping $500 on the meal, the prior set had ended. At about 9 pm, I went to the old, grey-bearded guy at the counter of the show, let him know that we had just spent $500 on dinner and had tickets to the next show. The guy became incensed and began screaming, telling me he didn't care how much I had spent and to go to the back of a line that had about 200 people in it and streamed out into the street and sidewalk. I was stunned and simply left, deciding to get a refund on my tickets later. My wife, however, went back inside, laid into the old dude, got a manager, got our refund and shamed them regarding their horrible customer service and the idiocy of them not allowing patrons who have eaten dinner their and who also have purchase show tickets to get seating prior to folks who just are there for a show. Will never go back, and will dissuade all others from ever going. Weird experience.

Snug Harbor is like a musical zoo. It's one of the best venues in New Orleans to see, and hear Endangered Species like Jazz musicians, in their native habitat. There is a restaurant and bar, in the front. They're pretty good. To my mind, you come here for the music, though. This visit, we were here to see Jason Marsalis' tribute to his father, the legendary Jazz pianist, Ellis Marsalis. It was a wonderful show. The problem is that the calendar is really spotty. It's the holidays. There are a bunch of people here. Snug is only open two nights? Bummer. I would have spent more money here, for sure, but it wasn't open to do it. DO know, BTW, if you are planning to eat here, this isn't a dinner theatre. Dining is out front. No food in the music hall. DO know, BTW, that the music hall is SMALL. It fills in quickly. Now, for the star down: Drinks. The bar is great. Getting anything from the bar, from the harried, slightly salty server, was really an exercise in frustration. After she forgot to even check us, for over an hour of the show, I gave up. Her "sweep" of the room had big blind spots. The problem? It's not that big of a room. Overall a great place. Hopefully, as COVID wanes, the schedule will return to normal.

The food was bland. We had the fish marigny with asparagus, fried mushrooms, loaded baked potato and cheese burger. The fish had little to no taste however the shrimp (although tiny) were cooked well. The asparagus lacked flavor as well. The friend mushrooms were lightly seasoned and the sauce that came with it actually gave them a better flavor. The cheeseburger was tiny and cooked entirely too long. We ordered medium well and it came out well done and blackened. The waitress was awesome and the jazz was music was great!

Not only was the food fantastic, but the show was amazing!!! If you're looking for a local haunt, this is your spot!

Intimate venue. Only the best play here. Excellent cocktail service from Deb also. Too bad it doesn't open every night!

I was just walking around and I stumbled upon this place. When I walked in you could hear the jazz music playing. We got to our table and it looked like it was only two waiters so we had to wait a little for someone to take our order. But when we went to place our order the waitress said that they were out of a couple of things that we wanted so we had to just resort to getting baked potato and fried chicken. Our appetizers were gumbo with no rice because they ran out and fried mushrooms. The fried mushrooms were delicious seasoned very well. The gumbo was mediocre I thought being in New Orleans the gumbo will taste delicious but it was not good it needed a lot of seasoning to it. The fried chicken came out hot and golden brown but it was dry which resulted to me not eating it all. But the star was the baked potato it was delicious. We also got a couple drinks and they had a heavy hand on the liquor which is a good thing lol.

A very nice restaurant to enjoy a small variety of New Orleans entrees. Great Customer Service with a nice list of wines and cocktails to purchase also. Parking is limited so prepare to pay for parking. They also have a live music room to purchase tickets and enjoy jazz or other live music. Highly suggest to enjoy the music as it's worth the price. Nice for couples, special occasions and business meetings. ENJOY!

So Sad to say goodbye to Snug Harbor after 3 decades of patronage. The downhill trend hit rock bottom, I just can't go back. Meal last night was pitiful. Both waiter and food were so subpar we felt ripped off paying for inedible food and inept service. Ordered medium rare cheeseburgers. Both were burnt to a crisp (and had perhaps 1 pinch of shredded cheddar). Sent both back waited 20 mins then were served 2 more burnt up burgers. Waiter asked how they were and was told "even worse than the first ones". He smiled and walked away. Well I'm walking away too.

"Always and forever". Missing EM, but a great venue and music spot. Can't imagine coming to NOLA without a visit.