Saint Germain

If you can get a reservation, I highly recommend this dining experience! Did the wine tasting pairing and loved their descriptions of each wine. These flavors were so detailed and well thought out! The snapper fish was cooked perfectly with the most delectable sauce!

It’s a cozy atmosphere and the staff was all really nice. Some dishes were excellent some were good and one Lima beans seemed a bit out of place. Their butter is amazing! It was a really nice night out! We left wanting just a tiny bit more food though I’d come again since they change the menu frequently as everything was inventive!

I cannot stop dreaming about this place…from the moment we walked through the door we were greeted with positive energy from everyone that worked there. My mouth is still watering just thinking about all of the delicious things I ate and drank. It was a magical dining experience that everyone should spoil themselves with!

Overall, fairly disappointing experience. Pros: They were happy to accommodate me as a solo diner, and even showing up an hour before my res, again, were very courteous to seat me an hour early. Meal started off well with a tasty mini cocktail with some lovely bitter green tea to balance the St. Germain and other sweet components. Nice amuse bite of a little piece of fried cheese excellent and a green chili pepper I believe purée that wasn't remarkable and under seasoned. Excellent bread course of naturally leavened corn cakes. Probably the best bite of the meal. Then things started to go downhill. With some questionable combinations of ingredients in the dishes. First course "Hokkaido Scallop". The most delicate and sweet of all the delights of the sea. It was chopped up / cubed like it was put through a meat grinder into such small pieces its place as the supposed star of the dish was lost. Such a delicate seafood drenched in a parmesan soup rendered the scallop practically unnoticeable. Not to mention the bacon in the dish. Using such heavy ingredients does nothing to highlight the scallop which was billed as the centerpiece of the dish. To make matters worse, I opted for the truffle addition $30 to this dish. Surprisingly, the truffle too was drowned out by the heavy and rich parmesan cream and bacon. There was a fair amount of truffle, but I have never tasted a dish where truffle failed to come through as it did here. Again, the scallop bits were almost indistinguishable in the "soup". Second course: Caviar with bone marrow and chorizo. Again, such questionable combo of ingredients. Using bone marrow and chorizo, two incredibly rich and heavy ingredients and then laying some caviar on top? It didn't make much sense. The caviar is completely overpowered by the marrow and chorizo which were fine on their own and didn't offer much texturally. The caviar gives the veneer of elegance but nothing to the dish except adding to price of the meal. In addition, another small complaint, I asked the server how the chorizo was incorporated into the dish before service out of curiosity and he replied with a very casual and uninspiring "you'll see..." Yeah, I did. Third course: Ravioli with white asparagus and prawn singular. Yes, I know it is a tasting menu but one small prawn in the dish is disappointing, but it was a tasty little prawn. Wish they'd left the caviar off the previous dish and thrown a few more prawns over here. The asparagus was nice and the pasta amounted to three nice bites. Again, with a different server I inquired about the spice used for the base of the sauce, I received another aloof answer something along the lines of "It's an English curry it's so good!" Not exactly the info I was looking for as she had already turned her back on me. Fine enough dish, this is where caviar could have really shined, or another prawn or two. Fourth course: Meat course with a small piece of foie gras on top that was charred perfectly, best bite of the meal. Don't remember what the cut was flank or skirt possibly, surely a "Wagyu"...not that that means much these days, necessarily. Again, taking what you are assuming is the highest grade cut of meat you can find then cooking it to a medium / medium well, then drenching it a sweet sauce of some sort...you just totally lost the natural essence of the main ingredient again, a la the scallop. The sauce was so overly rich and sweet, probably a veal stock of some sort reduced to a syrupy sweet glaze. I was able to have a few bites of the meat without the sauce and it was fine enough. Wine pairings were out of the box and on point sans the now ubiquitous orange. Still left a lot to be desired for nearly a $300 meal.

Although the food and service was good, I do not feel like this experience was worth the price. The starter - Oyster, apple, and amazake, had 1 oyster and a few pieces of apple. The sea bass was very tasty, but again, a very small piece of fish. The rabbit loin and guinefowl were both very good but very small portions. The dessert was two donut holes that were served very basic. They could have easily been served with a sauce or something but they were served alone. Two of us did this tasting menu along with the wine pairings which was $501 and still not sure why it cost so much. It was a nice experience but I would not return for the price. New Orleans has too many other wonderful options that are priced more reasonably from chefs that are just as well known.

Just ate here and it was amazing! Good and service was great. Every dish and wine was explained and the pairings were beautifully done. I had to rush out at the end but if I lived in New Orleans, I would definitely become a regular at this place.

One of the best tasting menus we’ve ever tried hands down! Incredible food, unique dishes, wonderful experience all-around. The cheese soufflé is to die for. Definitely a Michelin-level meal, too bad Michelin is not in NoLa yet.

We have dined at Saint-Germain three times. We have obviously had amazing experiences, historically, which is why we have gone back. However, I cannot express my shattering disappointment in our experience last night. The food was variable, at best, and the staff made the three of us feel as if they couldn't get us out of the dining room fast enough. It seems as if they have reached their apex and are now on the decline, such a disappointment. And for close $900 you would think they could keep the staff engaged, but no. It is sad to say we will never go back.

St Germain served one of the best meals I've ever had, hands down. It was vegetarian week and I had a five course tasting with wine pairings. Incidentally, for the quality, the prices were real reasonable. The food managed to be novel, comforting, and perfectly executed. Places with this level of attention to detail often seem to be up their own hindquarters, focusing on novel instead of good, but St. Germain wasn't at all. It's food made by people who are both immensely accomplished and still down-to-earth. I can't wait to go back.

This was an amazing tasting menu dining experience with brilliant wine pairings. It's an out-of-the-way place, but definitely worth seeking out!