Poor House Bistro
317 W St John St, San Jose
(408) 292-5837
Customers' Favorites
Crawfish & Roasted Bell Pepper Soup Bowl
Blackened Chicken & Tasso Pasta
Clam Chowder w Tasso Ham
Fried Seafood Platter
The Poor House PO Boy
Bowl of Shrimp Gumbo
BBQ Shrimp PO Boy
Roast Beef PO Boy
New Orleans Combo
Poor House Salad
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Cool place, amazing service, free live music, good food but could use a bit more flavor. Some things were amazing, the crawfish pasta, corn bread, and fried shrimp were fantastic, but the shrimp gumbo needed a bit more flavor. The cocktails were great too!
We came upon this restaurant by accident. It turned out to be such a treasure! There was live music playing and the audience was so friendly to each other. The wait staff was really nice and helpful. The food was ok but the atmosphere more than made up for it
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All in all it was a decent experience.
Had a bunch of stuff and their gumbo was their stand out item personally. The fish was ok but had a few pieces that were a bit too fishy.
Rest of it was fine but nothing spectacular, still at their pricing I'd visit again and try something else on their menu.