Jackson restaurant. Who has been?

[mikey]

I am curious about this place. I keep hearing wonderful things but have yet to try it. The location bothers me for some reason and I have always found the service slow probably due to the split levels but there is a real charm to it. Is it one of those jinxed locations?
What about the food? What is an essential dish not to be missed? I would like to try it. Is it incredibly expensive?

[NOLAFrank]

Okay, admittedly the time we went was Mother's Day brunch which is probably a pretty poor time to evaluate a restaurant, but the place was only half full when we arrived for our reservation (i think it was probably around 1:30). Service was good and personable, price wasn't cheap, but it was fair (although i thought the bloody mary's were very lacking in alcohol content), but the food was totally mediocre. The brunch menu i thought lacked much imagination and they were out of my first choice, which was the oysters sardou. I ended up ordering an omelet that would've been at home at IHOP (except it was smaller). The jalapeno cheese grits were cold, and i forget the rest of the meal, but that's only because it was totally forgettable... with so many places available to eat, i don't go back to restaurants that fail to impress at least on some level and Jackson definitely failed to impress.

[nnealwal]

The food was ok, but the service was TERRIBLE. We never got silverware, ate our first course with our hands (it was mussels) because they never came back to check and we couldn't find a server. Oh, and it wasn't right. The second course was not what I ordered so I sent it back. The replacement took forever so I finally had to get it boxed up. When I opened it, I saw that then they forgot the shrimp, but I had already paid for them. In the end, it was a $60, more than an hour fiasco of a lunch.

[BayouTeche]

Thanks for your comments on a restaurant that's been closed for more than 2 years now.

[Frolic]

Actually, new owners just opened a restaurant in that location but decided to keep the Jackson name. Odd, I know.

[mollymac]

Okay, so has anybody tried the NEW Jackson? I'd love to hear how it's going - Nice to see their doors swung wide open again.

[chungiwoo]

I'd love to know as well. I live right down the street. It better be good, because based on the prices I saw on the menu, I would need to have my socks blown off to pay that much for dinner. There's also another coffee/breakfast place that just opened next to it, has anyone been there? And on the other side of Jackson is another place - looks like an old fashioned ice cream parlor - that is about to open.

[kibbles]

ok, where is this place?

[chungiwoo]

On Magazine, where J'anita's used to be.

[edible complex]

Sweet Gals...mixed reviews on another food board, but they seem to be resolving their issues.

[bronwen]

This took me aback as my son used to work there before it closed.