This is such a great place. Everyone should check it out!! The food is absolutely amazing. You can't go wrong with anything you order! We all had the crepes for breakfast. I really loved the banana crepes the most. My son had the egg & havarti crepe, which was phenomenal & also came with a small salad with the most amazing dressing.The only thing I didn't love was the coffee. The server seemed unsure about it, and it was lukewarm & overly bitter. I also asked for some oat milk, of which she brought less than a teaspoon in a little cup, which wasn't quite enough even for my small cup of coffee. I didn't notice the coffee station in the room until later, or I would have walked over to see what the options there were. Even so, one bad cup of coffee wasn't enough to overshadow how wonderful the rest of our meal was!I would definitely go here again!Vegetarian options: Lots of vegetarian items!Dietary restrictions: Lots of GF, including crepes & cheese bread!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Carmo Salad
Jenna R.
Only two stars as I am very disappointed about what I got for a 22$ (!) dish (i ordered their Trifongo Relleno with vegan Ceviche). Besides the Trifongo (which is made out of cheap plantain and yuca) and the Quinoa, almost everything of the ceviche was missing on my plate - no seasonal vegetables, no passionfruit or caju, no choclo nor cancha. And there were three tiny pieces of avocado and two microscopic pieces of potato and some peas. No sauce detectable either. It was an incredibly expensive (and dull) Quinoa salad with some Trifongo, tomatoes and cucumber. All the ingredients (even if all served) are so cheap, it is absolutely overpriced and not sophisticated at all. As a vegan I feel ripped off, especially when comparing prices to your fish dishes. Also I recommend to install a better exhaust, our clothes smelled so much like fish after we left.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Jessica Harvey
Loved the food and that there were options for everyone: vegan, vegetarian, etc.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Al Malam
Came here Friday with my familyLovely vibes, beautiful art, amazing vegetarian foodHighly recommend the creole avocado and the
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Roger Chang
Awesome cocktails and amazing food, gluten free friendly!!!Dietary restrictions: Great choices for vegan and gluten free
Recommended dishes: Server
Jesse Cohen
This food is absolutely incredible. For the price I couldn't even believe it. Definitely a place to come to again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Liz Chrisman
Food was fantastic and neat space that’s eco-certified (food cooked with solar power). The manager that waited on us a few times (filling in the gaps really) was friendly and knowledgeable. Our main server was awful. We had a full dinner with drinks and dessert and were given the bare minimum attention and care. We’ll only come back for the food and hope to have a better service experience.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Vegan Rico
Elizabeth Underwood
Everything our table ordered was outstanding! Some of the best vegan food from a restaurant. Absolutely 5 stars. However, our main server was pretty blunt and unfriendly. Their attitude was very off putting and caught us so off guard that it kind of tainted our overall experience. Overall, would come back and try it again, but would hope for another server.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
Bryan Whittington
I had an okay experience here, and I was somewhat disappointed because I have heard many good things and was excited to try it.The food and drinks were fine. Not good, not bad, but fine. I had an appetizer, entree, side, dessert, and two cocktails. The fish fritters were extremely bland but I asked for some hot sauce (which looked house-made) and it was really good. Overall, everything I ate and drank was serviceable, but unremarkable.The rest of the experience was just a little bizarre. The service wasn’t actively bad or rude, but extremely curt. It felt like everyone we interacted with was almost treating us like a nuisance. I felt disempowered to ask my server anything about the menu or for anything I needed because it felt like we were being hustled through the dinner service. Additionally, I ordered the same drink as someone else at my table and they came in differently sized glasses and tasted the same, not like the smaller one had the same amount of alcohol. The server was unable to explain the discrepancy. I’m not one to make a scene about something like this and I understand if some of the glassware was dirty or something… but it just felt like this should be standardized and I got cheated a little.Lastly, when I went to pay, the total on my pre-payment receipt was different than the total on my post-payment merchant copy. I asked the server about this discrepancy as well and was told there is a fee for those paying with a card. Look, the fee is negligible so it’s whatever, but I’m kind of miffed that that wasn’t communicated to the customer beforehand. I grabbed a menu and checked it thoroughly, as well as browsed the website, and I do not see anywhere where this policy is stated or posted. If I missed the small print somewhere, then fine. But something like that needs to be communicated to the consumer.Overall, fine food and drinks. Curt and inconsistent service. Hidden credit card fee. It felt like this place had a lot of potential that it didn’t live up to.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
Ash S.
TLDR: Accused us of lying about a birthday, charged full price for dish served with key component missing (they said to my face that they "hoped [I] wouldn't notice"), an entree came cold and 25 mins after everyone else's, and zero apology.On a trip for a friend’s 30th birthday. I suggested this place for our group of 6 because their creole avocado looked so good. Upon ordering, server said they're low on avocado and couldn't do any avocado sides or mains. Pretty odd, but okay. So I got the vegan ceviche and asked if there would still be avo in that one since I’m vegan and wanted to get some protein, and he said yes (just no dishes where avo is the main component). Our orders come, and there is 0 avocado in my dish. Not a single piece. Two friends got the tuna which was also supposed to have avo, and they had just a few tiny pieces in theirs. I went to secretly tell our server it was our friend's birthday, and he asked me which dessert we'd like with a candle. I said we could just wait to see what the birthday girl ordered (since I wasn't trying to get a free dessert! I just wanted a candle in it). I then also, very politely, asked if there was supposed to be avo in my vegan ceviche, and he said "oh yeah they skimped you on the avocado cause they were short, we hoped you wouldn't notice." That was it! No apology, no offer to go see if they had extra avo, nothing. I was so taken aback.In addition, one person's meal -- the daily curry -- did not come out until a full 25-30 minutes after everyone else's food. We had literally all finished our food and were just sitting there when finally his came out. No apology for the wait, and his food was COLD! As if it had just been sitting there for 20 mins forgotten about!By the time we got our dessert menus, everyone was tired and ready to go after waiting so long for service. Still, I suggested we try at least one dessert (so that we could do the birthday singalong). Turns out they didn't have about half of their listed desserts. So we gave up and said never mind, and just asked for the check. We paid (after waiting a while for our card to be taken) and 4 out of the 6 people were out the door when suddenly the waiter came out the back with dessert and a candle singing happy birthday -- so I literally ran outside and called everyone back in for the birthday dessert. It was a kind surprise, and we all had a good laugh at the chaos of us having almost left the restaurant!I called the next day to - very politely! - provide feedback to the manager, explaining that my vegan ceviche was missing avocado despite being full price (and told her what the waiter told me about them "hoping I wouldn't notice"), and that someone else's food came out a half hour after the rest of us and was cold. She did not say any kind of sorry, just asked who our waiter was and said she would talk to him to see what happened. She called me back shortly after, and called me FIVE times in a row when I didn't pick up, which was very odd. When I answered, she said that she spoke to the waiter and he said that he gave us free dessert to make up for the avocado. I was very confused and told her that the dessert was for my friend's birthday, and she said, "but you guys made that up, right?" WHAT!! I said "No? We literally came to NOLA for her birthday" and also clarified that we did not order dessert and I never asked for it free for her birthday anyway. (Besides, I explicitly had told the waiter when ordering that I was glad there was avo in it bc I wanted the protein -- so how would dessert make up for that anyway?). And she said "oh okay. Well they did free dessert to make up for the avocado" and offered no other resolution or any apology other than offering to give me $2 in cash if I came back to the restaurant. She did not address the 30 min late entree at all.Just an absolutely surreal experience, to be accused of lying about a birthday out of nowhere, be served a dish with key co
Simply an amazing place. Food is amazing, the people so polite. Definitely going to come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Kayla
This was probably my favorite restaurant while visiting New Orleans. So many vegan options to choose from. I had the vegan Trifongo and vegan Brazilian cheese bread. The trifongo was so authentic and delicious, and the cheese bread was great too. I got there just after they opened and it was already starting to fill up. I can see why people love it. So glad I came across this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
nasser assery
Great service, good drinks, and delicious food. Although the menu was so diverse, which was confusing in the beginning, everything we got was delicious! Would definitely come back again.Vegetarian options: Their vegetarian curry was out of this world, and I’m saying that as a non-vegetarian.They have plenty of other vegetarian/vegan options.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Daily Curry, Rico Plate
Megan Sether
Amazing food and service was excellent. We had a late lunch here, so there were only a few people there but this place is highly recommended. We had the sweet potato fritters, Rico plate, cucumber salad and red beans and rice - all were excellent!Vegetarian options: Vegan and gluten free optionsDietary restrictions: Vegan and gluten free options
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rico Plate
Leslie Martin
My friend and I visited Carmo last week on Friday night. We had a blast! We sat at the bar, and the two male bartenders were as amazing and friendly as ever. The atmosphere was so chill and laid back. The art was beautiful. The food was a 10. Last but not least, the owner was just as friendly! Thank you for the picklies! It was one of the best establishments we visited while in NOLA!
This is such a great place. Everyone should check it out!! The food is absolutely amazing. You can't go wrong with anything you order! We all had the crepes for breakfast. I really loved the banana crepes the most. My son had the egg & havarti crepe, which was phenomenal & also came with a small salad with the most amazing dressing.The only thing I didn't love was the coffee. The server seemed unsure about it, and it was lukewarm & overly bitter. I also asked for some oat milk, of which she brought less than a teaspoon in a little cup, which wasn't quite enough even for my small cup of coffee. I didn't notice the coffee station in the room until later, or I would have walked over to see what the options there were. Even so, one bad cup of coffee wasn't enough to overshadow how wonderful the rest of our meal was!I would definitely go here again!Vegetarian options: Lots of vegetarian items!Dietary restrictions: Lots of GF, including crepes & cheese bread!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Carmo Salad
Only two stars as I am very disappointed about what I got for a 22$ (!) dish (i ordered their Trifongo Relleno with vegan Ceviche). Besides the Trifongo (which is made out of cheap plantain and yuca) and the Quinoa, almost everything of the ceviche was missing on my plate - no seasonal vegetables, no passionfruit or caju, no choclo nor cancha. And there were three tiny pieces of avocado and two microscopic pieces of potato and some peas. No sauce detectable either. It was an incredibly expensive (and dull) Quinoa salad with some Trifongo, tomatoes and cucumber. All the ingredients (even if all served) are so cheap, it is absolutely overpriced and not sophisticated at all. As a vegan I feel ripped off, especially when comparing prices to your fish dishes. Also I recommend to install a better exhaust, our clothes smelled so much like fish after we left.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Loved the food and that there were options for everyone: vegan, vegetarian, etc.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Came here Friday with my familyLovely vibes, beautiful art, amazing vegetarian foodHighly recommend the creole avocado and the
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Awesome cocktails and amazing food, gluten free friendly!!!Dietary restrictions: Great choices for vegan and gluten free
Recommended dishes: Server
This food is absolutely incredible. For the price I couldn't even believe it. Definitely a place to come to again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Food was fantastic and neat space that’s eco-certified (food cooked with solar power). The manager that waited on us a few times (filling in the gaps really) was friendly and knowledgeable. Our main server was awful. We had a full dinner with drinks and dessert and were given the bare minimum attention and care. We’ll only come back for the food and hope to have a better service experience.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Vegan Rico
Everything our table ordered was outstanding! Some of the best vegan food from a restaurant. Absolutely 5 stars. However, our main server was pretty blunt and unfriendly. Their attitude was very off putting and caught us so off guard that it kind of tainted our overall experience. Overall, would come back and try it again, but would hope for another server.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 2
I had an okay experience here, and I was somewhat disappointed because I have heard many good things and was excited to try it.The food and drinks were fine. Not good, not bad, but fine. I had an appetizer, entree, side, dessert, and two cocktails. The fish fritters were extremely bland but I asked for some hot sauce (which looked house-made) and it was really good. Overall, everything I ate and drank was serviceable, but unremarkable.The rest of the experience was just a little bizarre. The service wasn’t actively bad or rude, but extremely curt. It felt like everyone we interacted with was almost treating us like a nuisance. I felt disempowered to ask my server anything about the menu or for anything I needed because it felt like we were being hustled through the dinner service. Additionally, I ordered the same drink as someone else at my table and they came in differently sized glasses and tasted the same, not like the smaller one had the same amount of alcohol. The server was unable to explain the discrepancy. I’m not one to make a scene about something like this and I understand if some of the glassware was dirty or something… but it just felt like this should be standardized and I got cheated a little.Lastly, when I went to pay, the total on my pre-payment receipt was different than the total on my post-payment merchant copy. I asked the server about this discrepancy as well and was told there is a fee for those paying with a card. Look, the fee is negligible so it’s whatever, but I’m kind of miffed that that wasn’t communicated to the customer beforehand. I grabbed a menu and checked it thoroughly, as well as browsed the website, and I do not see anywhere where this policy is stated or posted. If I missed the small print somewhere, then fine. But something like that needs to be communicated to the consumer.Overall, fine food and drinks. Curt and inconsistent service. Hidden credit card fee. It felt like this place had a lot of potential that it didn’t live up to.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 2
TLDR: Accused us of lying about a birthday, charged full price for dish served with key component missing (they said to my face that they "hoped [I] wouldn't notice"), an entree came cold and 25 mins after everyone else's, and zero apology.On a trip for a friend’s 30th birthday. I suggested this place for our group of 6 because their creole avocado looked so good. Upon ordering, server said they're low on avocado and couldn't do any avocado sides or mains. Pretty odd, but okay. So I got the vegan ceviche and asked if there would still be avo in that one since I’m vegan and wanted to get some protein, and he said yes (just no dishes where avo is the main component). Our orders come, and there is 0 avocado in my dish. Not a single piece. Two friends got the tuna which was also supposed to have avo, and they had just a few tiny pieces in theirs. I went to secretly tell our server it was our friend's birthday, and he asked me which dessert we'd like with a candle. I said we could just wait to see what the birthday girl ordered (since I wasn't trying to get a free dessert! I just wanted a candle in it). I then also, very politely, asked if there was supposed to be avo in my vegan ceviche, and he said "oh yeah they skimped you on the avocado cause they were short, we hoped you wouldn't notice." That was it! No apology, no offer to go see if they had extra avo, nothing. I was so taken aback.In addition, one person's meal -- the daily curry -- did not come out until a full 25-30 minutes after everyone else's food. We had literally all finished our food and were just sitting there when finally his came out. No apology for the wait, and his food was COLD! As if it had just been sitting there for 20 mins forgotten about!By the time we got our dessert menus, everyone was tired and ready to go after waiting so long for service. Still, I suggested we try at least one dessert (so that we could do the birthday singalong). Turns out they didn't have about half of their listed desserts. So we gave up and said never mind, and just asked for the check. We paid (after waiting a while for our card to be taken) and 4 out of the 6 people were out the door when suddenly the waiter came out the back with dessert and a candle singing happy birthday -- so I literally ran outside and called everyone back in for the birthday dessert. It was a kind surprise, and we all had a good laugh at the chaos of us having almost left the restaurant!I called the next day to - very politely! - provide feedback to the manager, explaining that my vegan ceviche was missing avocado despite being full price (and told her what the waiter told me about them "hoping I wouldn't notice"), and that someone else's food came out a half hour after the rest of us and was cold. She did not say any kind of sorry, just asked who our waiter was and said she would talk to him to see what happened. She called me back shortly after, and called me FIVE times in a row when I didn't pick up, which was very odd. When I answered, she said that she spoke to the waiter and he said that he gave us free dessert to make up for the avocado. I was very confused and told her that the dessert was for my friend's birthday, and she said, "but you guys made that up, right?" WHAT!! I said "No? We literally came to NOLA for her birthday" and also clarified that we did not order dessert and I never asked for it free for her birthday anyway. (Besides, I explicitly had told the waiter when ordering that I was glad there was avo in it bc I wanted the protein -- so how would dessert make up for that anyway?). And she said "oh okay. Well they did free dessert to make up for the avocado" and offered no other resolution or any apology other than offering to give me $2 in cash if I came back to the restaurant. She did not address the 30 min late entree at all.Just an absolutely surreal experience, to be accused of lying about a birthday out of nowhere, be served a dish with key co
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
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Simply an amazing place. Food is amazing, the people so polite. Definitely going to come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
This was probably my favorite restaurant while visiting New Orleans. So many vegan options to choose from. I had the vegan Trifongo and vegan Brazilian cheese bread. The trifongo was so authentic and delicious, and the cheese bread was great too. I got there just after they opened and it was already starting to fill up. I can see why people love it. So glad I came across this place.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great service, good drinks, and delicious food. Although the menu was so diverse, which was confusing in the beginning, everything we got was delicious! Would definitely come back again.Vegetarian options: Their vegetarian curry was out of this world, and I’m saying that as a non-vegetarian.They have plenty of other vegetarian/vegan options.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Daily Curry, Rico Plate
Amazing food and service was excellent. We had a late lunch here, so there were only a few people there but this place is highly recommended. We had the sweet potato fritters, Rico plate, cucumber salad and red beans and rice - all were excellent!Vegetarian options: Vegan and gluten free optionsDietary restrictions: Vegan and gluten free options
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rico Plate
My friend and I visited Carmo last week on Friday night. We had a blast! We sat at the bar, and the two male bartenders were as amazing and friendly as ever. The atmosphere was so chill and laid back. The art was beautiful. The food was a 10. Last but not least, the owner was just as friendly! Thank you for the picklies! It was one of the best establishments we visited while in NOLA!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5