Tessie's Place - Metairie

The service was excellent, the food was delicious with generous portions, the menu had a good variety, and the ambiance was relaxed. We definitely plan on returning.

The staff at this restaurant is very friendly. We ordered drinks, appetizers, and our main dishes for the four of us. The food took longer than expected to come out, but we didn't mind as we were able to have a nice long conversation while we waited. When the food finally arrived, it was fantastic. I particularly enjoyed the Alfredo noodles and shrimp.

We went to this restaurant for lunch on Friday and it was crowded but comfortable. We discovered a special that included a bowl of gumbo with a sandwich on the side. The chicken salad was delicious, and I decided to upgrade for an additional $1 to get the seafood gumbo. It was fantastic, with a rich dark roux soup loaded with shrimp. Of course, we started with some of the best French fried onion rings in the city. The lunch combo was less than $10 - a great deal for good quality food at such reasonable prices. We really appreciated the excellent service from Jennifer, who went above and beyond to ensure we had a pleasant dining experience.

My goodness, I haven't been there for years because they messed up the fried chicken, was the best around when Tessie had the place, she passed and the chicken went south. Well i looked on the website and saw some good reviews, so i ordered the fried chicken, it was not good. How can someone fry chicken without adding some kind of seasoning to the batter. Had to salt it down to eat it. Sorry. Not good.

Called and ordered food from here when I was sick . It was so bad I had to write a review so others would know. I ordered $70 worth of food for takeout. Shrimp creole, tomato basil soup, chili, gumbo and chicken noodle soup. We also ordered the mirliton appetizer and onion rings. I had gotten some chicken noodle soup from the Hobbnober on West Metairie the day prior and it was outstanding. This day however they had a different soup of the day so I decided to tryTessie's. Big mistake! They might as well poured water into a quart size container and threw in some sliced canned carrots pasta and a couple of bites of chicken. Watery and bland, no flavor whatsoever. The tomato basil soup was a completematch to the Campbell's tomato soup I could buy in a can. My husband loves shrimp creole but couldn't even eat two bites of this! The onion rings were dry with no flavor and the marathon dressing was flavorless. Complete waste of our money.If you want good food, this is definitely not the place.