Insider Pages Reviews for Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

4 Stars: BEST BREAD PUDDING (by nolarn)

nolarn — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:00:00 GMT

This is my sons favorite place to eat.It is a lot of fun.Try the bread pudding if you go.SOOO good.Waiters are fun.The charecters are there .Bubba, Forest, the shrimp

5 Stars: Great familsy dining!!! (by punkslapper)

punkslapper — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 02:00:00 GMT

Bubba Gump restuarant in New Orleans is a great family venue with a fun atmosphere. Been here many times and has never been bad. Service is up beat and prompt. Food is high quality and taste. Granted this is New Orleans and its full of great places to eat but for family dining Bubba Gump simply cannot be beat. I mean I would not take my kids to eat at most local places here but we always make a trip to the Gump when in town.

1 Stars: The Worst (by Shoshana B.)

Shoshana B. — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:21:00 GMT

I have dined at Bubba Gump's Restaurants all over the country including on the big Island of Kona and the windy city of Chicago. They are all great, except this one.

This one was terrible. The place was filthy. The floors and the walls needed a good scrubbing. The service was terrible. In my party of 6 the waiter brought 4 wrong meals. The food was cold and overcooked. When I asked for the manager she looked like she had just crawled out of her sickbed and told me, "Well, he just made a mistake."

There are too many great restaurants in New Orleans for anyone to waste their time at this dump.

4 Stars: Great customer service and tasty food! Perfect for large groups! (by SGEvents)

SGEvents — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 02:00:00 GMT

This is one of my favorite restaurants to visit when in New Orleans!! The staff is amazing!! The food is delicious! My personal favorite it the Shrimper's Heaven! And their Hush Pups are to die for!!! Everytime I have visited this restaurant, I have had superb services!! The staff look like they actually love their job! And they do trivia from the movie!! I have brought a large group in as well...PERFECT restaurant for large groups. I was amazed at how speedy the service was for 40ppl!!

3 Stars: Gets business because of the name and location (by emilynf1)

emilynf1 — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:00:00 GMT

This is a very touristy place but the food is not great. There is much better seafood surrounding this place in the French Quarter. Mostly about show.

3 Stars: fun place but not necessarily spectacular food (by pinays)

pinays — Tue, 08 May 2007 02:00:00 GMT

given that my friends had low expectations when we checked out this place, we were pleasantly surprised that the food was okay. i had the heavenly shrimp platter (or something like that) which consisted of the chili shrimp (steamed, i think, and dipped in chili sauce), coconut shrimp (fried), regular fried shrimp and some stuffed shrimp (fried). everything was just ok -- not bad but not great either. a friend had the shrimp etouffe and i think she enjoyed it. another had a past dish with shrimp and that was ok. some friends did not enjoy the hush puppies. we all shared a sampler appetizer (steamed shrimp, artichoke dip,m chicken tenders and some other thing i don't remember) and i though that was just ok... note, that the chicken tenders was not fried but soaked in some kind of barbecue sauce. the service was friendly. the restaurant had the cute forrest gump theme. the servers asked trivia from the movie (did you know that sally field played the mom AND a reporter?). that being said, i will probably not go back.

5 Stars: thumbs up (by sroberts784)

sroberts784 — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 01:00:00 GMT

This was one of the first restaurants in New Orleans I went to with friends. It's decorated to feel like you're on a shrimp boat and there's something for everyone.

4 Stars: Good for food, bad for service (by soadnirvana)

soadnirvana — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:00:00 GMT

I just got back from my latest of MANY trips to New Orleans. This was of course post-Katrina. One thing all businesses in New Orleans have in common now is that they have jacked the prices up. I always get the shrimp net bucket, which does not have enough food in it. They should put it on the appetizer menu. The last time I came here we had a funny waitress who quizzed us with Forrest Gump trivia. The server we had this time was unattentive, and slow. The prices were outrageous as previously stated. It was a bummer because this was my boyfriend's first time in New Orleans. He did not enjoy this place, sadly. I recommend the strawberry lemonade which is homemade with real chunks of strawberries in it.

5 Stars: Great Great Great (by lisa_110277)

lisa_110277 — Sat, 05 Mar 2005 01:00:00 GMT

I loved this place! The staff was great. Fast ordering process, wonderful food. Very attentive.

4 Stars: A thumb up (by mkwilson2k2)

mkwilson2k2 — Fri, 09 Apr 2004 02:00:00 GMT

I ate at bubba gumps on April 2 and I enjoyed it. Good food from all the people and great service, all you have to do is turn over a sign and your wait-person will be there in a matter of seconds. The only bummer was that we had few selections due to the fact that we were traveling in a group with 110 people so we could only order 3 things from the menu, and if you arent a seafood fiend you might be best eating somewhere else. At one point one waiter started playing a forest gump trivia game with everyone on the floor to entertain us while the drink orders were being filled.

2 Stars: car salesman for waiters (by Big_Mama)

Big_Mama — Wed, 20 Nov 2002 01:00:00 GMT

We ate here for a cheap lunch. I ate a cesar salad, which was good. My husband ate the grilled chicken sandwhich--very tasty especially the dipping sauce. The sandwhich was huge, we could easily have shared it. With all the other good choices in N.O. I would have chosen a different restaraunt if I could do it again . I did not appreciate the service--very rude and pushy. The hostess allowed approximately 2 seconds from the time she called your name to the time she moved on to the next party. The waitress started us out by saying, "hmmm, I would recommend appetizer A, entree B, and mixed drink C... all were the most expensive items on the menu. I can appreciate the need to make money, but I would rather an honest waitress. She would have made more in tip if she had recommended based on taste not price.