Nola

Bistro owned by Emerils, all very trendy with its wood-fired oven but the food is seriously lacking. A mini-pizza starter with pesto was distinctly burnt around the edges and had a duly, chewy base (10/20). My wife’s starter salad with a mustard dressing was better. Crawfish pie was poor, with tiny, tasteless crawfish just deep-fried, and with a limp piece of pastry surrounding more of the same (10/20). Barbecued shrimps were better but still ordinary (11/20), with another set of strident, competing flavours in the sauce and vegetables on offer. The wine list was limited but has some good bottles. Service was cold but efficient.