Dooky Chase's

Recommends the restaurant enthusiastically for its food.

Found the food pretty good and the ambiance and history very cool and worth visiting.

Says you are missing it

Waited 45 minutes for food, found the gumbo the worst in NOLA, and calls it a waste of time.

Questions whether the lunch pricing deserves such praise.

Enthusiastically suggests it for lunch.

Says the chicken and peach cobbler made a strong impression on a previous visit.

Does not consider it a fine-dining venue.

Recommends it and lists several dishes to try, advising lunch reservations.

Went with high hopes but found the food just regular quality, nothing amazing.

Ranks its fried chicken above other local versions.

Recommends going and getting the fried chicken.

Says food a bit better than Dooky Chase would cost four times as much.

Says the food is sometimes really good and sometimes just ok, but worth it for history.

Says it's worth it and advises making a reservation since it fills up.

Says Dooky is awesome.

Suggested as a place to eat

Favorite meal of the trip; historic, delicious, great experience.

Recommends Dooky Chase's fried chicken and gumbo z'herbes when asked for top fine dining.

Says skip it, finding it mediocre and overpriced.

Found the fried chicken not hot and waited long despite a reservation; wouldn't return.

Says it is worth going for the history, but food and service can be much better elsewhere.