PoBoy Shop (The Gumbo Pot brand)

The food was great! Seasoned perfectly. The Hostess was extremely nice.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We really wanted to like this place. Was excited to see that they had oyster pooboy, but it was a really distasteful experience! First off we were there when they first opened. We ordered seafood gumbo, catfish and chicken tender combo(that don’t come with no fires) oyster pooboy, and a pecan pie and a small bowl or eetouffee. All this came up to a $69. We dined in and when they brought the food out they severed it in cardboard Togo
Bowls. Seafood gumbo was terrible, it had bland crab scrap pieces, okra was hard, and two big oysters that was very strange. The bowl was shallow and it was more gravy than it was substance. They had a side of rice that seemed to be uncle Ben microwave minute rice, no seasoning , the gumbo lack true flavor, 2 out of 10 experience. Next was the oyster pooboy it honestly needs to be removed from the menu. Oysters acutely scared me they were very mushy with an unpleasant taste. 0 out of 10. The shrimp eetoufee was good. We ordered a small for $9 that came in a very small cup with three shrimp over rice, I thought the cup was extremely small for $9 but the shrimp was the best thing we ate. Next was the combo plate was thrown off that a $15 combo plate don’t come with fries, fries were an extra $5. A little extreme. But besides that the chicken tenders were amazing very tender, the catfish was okay I thought it could have been fried harder and it had no flavor, but it was good fresh once it started to get cold it wasn’t good. 7 out of 10. The pecan pie was amazing a 10!

The service was bad in our eyes. They were just standing around we were the first customers. The guy kept coming and grabbing our trays while we were still eating. He was there grabbing stuff before we even got up, like they were watching us eat and as soon as we were done he came and grabbed our trays and we still had stuff on the trays. I was literally trying to hurry to put the last piece of pie in my mouth to put the trash on the tray the worker was holding. Like what if we wanted to sit back for a minute we definitely felt rushed. There was no hot sauce bottles so we had to use hot sauce packets at a pooboy shop? Wasn’t mad to spend such a large amount of money to support a black owned business but was very upset at the quality, and service of this place. I will not be returning and I would not recommend anyone to the place. And if you do go order the shrimp chicken and pie.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 2

Service: 2

Nasty customer service the owner

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 1

Super happy I stopped by great service. Great food was amazed by the price will come back again

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Marie La Vey… Double Double Toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble, eye of newt and tongue of dog, wings of a bat and wool of sheep, by the kicking of my butt instead wake you from your sleep.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

I FaceTimed my boyfriend while he was dining in this restaurant. He was immediately reprimanded by an employee for having his phone on speaker phone. If him being on the phone was an issue they could have approached him politely and asked him to turn his phone down. A paying customer should not have been dealt with in such a rude manner.

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There was no one else in the restaurant at the time. And he was never asked politely to lower volume. I could hear the whole interaction.

Food was hot & fresh 🔥

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Gumbo

Gumbo was so delicious

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

If you don't like oysters, consider ordering Grandma's gumbo instead. I had seafood gumbo, and it was terrific.
Food here is fantastic!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Had the shrimp po' boy and berry tart delivered and it was FANTASTIC! I will be back!

Food: 5

Good lunch and nice atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Red Beans and Rice

Food is amazing here. Have eaten a majority of it. No cash accepted. Gumbo filled with big chunks of sausage and chicken. Same with jambalaya. Sides were all delicious. They are in the plaza next to Little Caesars since late 2024. Older reviews are irrelevant. I highly recommend. Better than other Cajun/New Orleans restaurants in San Diego. Trust me. I’ve had it all.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ordered jambalaya and oyster po boy... the jambalaya was good but the oyster po boy was terrible... the oysters were mushy and fishy and inedible

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 3

We ordered for to go. Chef was communicative about the wait, and it was really fantastic. Everybody was really pleased. Highlights were the seafood gumbo, fried shrimp, red beans and rice and the okra.. And of course the po boy. Could use a lil more ventilation inside.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Best Jambalaya this side of the Mississippi.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5