Meme'S Bar & Grille

Exceptional restaurant in St Bernard Parish. Excellent wine list, mixed drinks and fabulous oysters. We go to MeMe's at every opportunity.

Wonderful dining experience. Good ambiance, not too loud to carry conversations. Garlic bread was on point, and the Martinis were strong. Food was packed with flavor, brought at the right temperature, and spaced out in a timely manner. The entire staff was friendly and stayed on top of the service. Visited during Valentines Day, and even as busy as they were, there were no mistakes with the orders, drinks kept flowing and check was accurate, only thing is that they were running out of items in the special menu earlier than expected. Will definitely be back.

I’ve been to Meme’s about ten times. This time I ordered the trout almondine was not a good choice. The cubed potatoes and peas had a good taste, but were really oily. The trout on the other hand tasted not so good. It tasted way too fishy for fresh fish and had more of a microwave flavor flavor to the finish. The one thing I noticed there was no almonds used in this dish, not one. Even though the name implies it should.

The waitress was great, very attentive to my needs. Even the host would ensure the room temperature was good. However I was a little disappointed by the food. The oysters weren't finger licking delicious but they were decent, the BBQ shrimp was delicious. However the gumbo had too much salt, we ended up bringing it back home. The crab cake had a nice crispness that was overshadowed by the fact it was salty as well. Myself and someone else at my table got a well done steak. That is where I was the most disappointed. I feel like I could have overlooked everything if the steak was good, but nope. Not only it had no flavor but it felt like I was chewing something made out of rubber. I ended up bringing it back home as well to see if it could be fixed. It was a waste of steak. The baked potato was decent, too much sour cream for my taste, but i guess i should have requested less sour cream.But I have ordered in different occasions lobster from them on Friday and I do recommend that one.

What. Happened?! Meme’s used to be one of my favorite restaurants when I wanted very good food, in a nice setting, without pretension. I hadn’t been in a minute so we went and wow were we severely disappointed. The menu has entirely changed. No more crawfish Lafitte sauce, no scallops, no fried green tomatoes, no coconut ice box dessert. So clearly there’s been a chef change. Ok. Problem is, the new chef has no creativity or skill. The only interesting item, the osso bucco, was out of stock. At 7pm on a Monday? Instead we got chicken parm and let me tell you. The driest chicken while also being soggy beyond measure AND stringy. The pasta was just mush. The sauce had never been whispered at by garlic, basil, oregano, it could have been straight out of a can. That’s not a red gravy. That’s someone who doesn’t give a single damn. The menu now resembles that of a wanna be mobster hang out in the stinkiest part of Jersey. If they were going to go traditional Italian and do the standards, you need to execute it beautifully. Put it another way, if I’d have gotten that chicken parm in a Piccadilly in the most bland part of North Dakota- I’d still have bee aggravated to have paid money for it. That’s was middle school cafeteria food. I hope that the owners see what’s happening to their once outstanding restaurant and go back to doing beautiful food. And I hope someone tells me that they have. Because I’m in absolutely no rush to spend money there again.