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Sassafras, New Orleans, LA

Sassafras

3.8
3.8
15 Reviews
$31 to $50
Southern
2501 Leon C Simon Dr, New Orleans, LA 70122

About this restaurant

  • Innovative
  • Neighborhood gem
  • Romantic
New Orleans is our hometown, a city with its own unique history. Over 15 years ago, we started a tradition of serving authentic New Orleans flavor in an ambiance for our guests who get pleasure from exceptional food and hospitality at a reasonable price. Despite the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, Sassafras continues to rise above the tide with our appealing recipe for success---great food, excellent customer service and fantastic atmosphere.

Our commitment to our guests has helped launch Sassafras as one of New Orleans top casual dining experiences. Our atmosphere combines New Orleans flavor and comfort with an upscale feeling. From our creole favorites, (Seafood Stuffed Peppers, File Gumbo, Catfish Orleans, Chicken Bernard, and Smothered Okra with Shrimp), to our flavorful takes on seafood (fried and grilled),Pastas, SIgnature Salads, Juicy Steaks and Decadent Desserts, we offer something for everyone.

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Additional information

  • Dining style
    Casual Dining
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    Southern, American, Comfort Food
  • Hours of operation
    Monday - Thursday: 11:00 am - 8:30 pm Friday - Saturday: 11:00 am - 9:00 pm Sunday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
  • Phone number
    (504) 288-3939
  • Website
    http://www.sassafrascreolekitchen.com/
  • Payment options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Formal Attire
  • Executive chef
    Corey Duckworth

Menu

Sassafras's menu was last updated on 2/2/2022.

Appetizers

  • File Gumbeaux

    • Cup$6.99
    • Bowl$8.99

  • Nawlin's Crab Cakes$12.49

    Topped with fresh grated parmesan cheese. Served with Jazz Sauce.

    • Fried Chicken Wings$10.99

      Served with Bleu Dressing and Jazz Sauce.

      • Spinach Dip$8.99

        Served with fresh Tortilla Chips, Salsa and Sour Cream.

        • Fried Eggplant Stack$7.99

          Served with Jazz Sauce.

          • Fried Pickles$5.99

            Served with Peppercorn Ranch Dressing.

            • Gumbeaux Cup Combo$8.99

              Served with Potato Salad.

              Salads

              Salad Dressings: Peppercorn Ranch, St. Ann Italian, Bleu Cheese, Raspberry Vinegarette, Balsamic Vinegarette, Honey Mustard, King Caesar, Uptown French, Thousand Island, Kimorah, Chipotle Garlic.

              • Small House Salad$2.99

                Mixed greens, cheddar cheese and croutons.

                • Large$5.99

              • Caesar Salad$3.99

                Romaine lettuce tossed in our King Caesar Dressing, served with shredded parmesan cheese and croutons.

                • Large$6.99

              • Signature Sassy Salad$9.99

                Mixed greens, grape tomatoes, diced bell peppers, bacon, mushrooms, green & black olives, cheddar & parmesan cheese, croutons and fried jazzy bites.

                • Mandarin Fruit Salad$10.99

                  Mixed Greens, Spring Mix, Mandarin Oranges, Raisins, Pecan Pieces, Green Apples, Tomatoes, and Croutons.

                  • Chicken Cobb Salad$13.49

                    Grilled chicken breast on a bed of mixed greens, grape tomatoes, boiled egg, avacado, bleu cheese crumbles, bacon, sliced red onions and croutons.

                    • Hempstead Shrimp Salad$13.99

                      Mixed greens, grape tomatoes, green & black olives, cheddar & parmesan cheese, and croutons.

                      • King Oyster Caesar$15.49

                        Romaine lettuce tossed in our King Caeser Dressing, topped with bacon, black olives, grape tomatoes, parmesan cheese and croutons.

                        • Makhe Chicken Salad$13.49

                          Citrus grilled chicken breast on a bed of romaine lettuce topped with grape tomatoes, green & black olives, pecans, cheddar & parmesan cheese, jazzy bites and croutons.

                          Sandwiches

                          • Sassy Burger$8.99

                            One third pound of seasoned ground beef on a sesame seed bun.

                            • Supreme Burger$10.99

                              Made with fried onions and bacon on a croissant.

                              • Hot Sassy Burger$9.99

                                An infusion of Patton's hot sausage and Sassy ground meat!.

                                • Chicken Croissant$8.99

                                  Grilled chicken breast topped with grilled onions on a butter croissant.

                                  • Hot Sausage Croissant$10.99

                                    • Quarter Burger$7.49

                                      Side Items

                                      Load your Mashed Potato or Pontilly Potato for only $1.

                                      • Baked Macaroni$3.49

                                        • Candy Yams$3.49

                                          • Potato Salad$3.49

                                            • French Fries$1.99

                                              • Pontilly Potatoes$3.49

                                                • Steamed Broccoli$3.49

                                                  • Green Beans$3.49

                                                    • Mashed Potatoes$3.49

                                                      Po-Boys

                                                      We use John Gendusa PoorBoy bread, the creator of the poorboy. All po-boys are served with fries.

                                                      • Fried Shrimp Po-Boy$12.99

                                                        • Fried Oyster Po-Boy$14.99

                                                          • Fried Catfish Po-Boy$9.99

                                                            • Hot Sausage Po-Boy$9.99

                                                              • Half-N-Half Po-Boy$11.99

                                                                Signature Entrees

                                                                All signature entrees are served with a complimentary house salad.

                                                                • Stuffed Pepper$12.99

                                                                  Seasoned ground beef, cooked with shrimp and crabmeat, then baked to perfection, in a green bell pepper. Served with baked macaroni and sautéed green beans.

                                                                  • Two Peppers$16.99

                                                                • Catfish Orleans$16.49

                                                                  Fried Catfish on top a grit cake made with crawfish and corn or angel hair pasta, then smothered in a rich creamy shrimp ettouffe sauce with parmesan cheese.

                                                                  • Smothered Okra & Shrimp$15.49

                                                                    Slowly cooked with creole seasoning and spices, shrimp and smoke sausage with white rice.

                                                                    • Crabellini$16.49

                                                                      Crab cakes fried to perfection on a bed of capellini pasta, smothered in a rich pesto sauce with sauteed crawfish tails and mushrooms.

                                                                      • Cajun Baked Redfish$16.99

                                                                        Fresh red drum fish marinated in cajun spices & baked to perfection. Served with candy yams and asparagus.

                                                                        • St.roch Seafood Pasta$15.99

                                                                          Gulf shrimp and crawfish tails sauteed, then tossed in a zesty white cream sauce, flavored with garlic, green onions and parmesan cheese. Served on a bed of angel hair pasta.

                                                                          • Chicken Bernard$13.99

                                                                            Seasoned chicken breast grilled to perfection and topped with our cajun ceaux sauce. Served with Pontilly Potatoes and sauteed asparagus.

                                                                            • T-Bone$22.99

                                                                              A 14 ounce angus steak cooked to your favorite temperature served with mashed potatoes.

                                                                              Famous Platters

                                                                              All Famous Platters are served with french fries and a complimentary house salad.

                                                                              • Seafood Platter$17.99

                                                                                • Fried Shrimp Platter$15.99

                                                                                  • Fried Catfish Platter$14.99

                                                                                    • Fried Oyster Platter$16.99

                                                                                      • Fried Soft Shell Platter$17.99

                                                                                        • Fish-N-Shrimp Platter$16.99

                                                                                          • Fried Chicken Platter$11.99

                                                                                            • Fried Chicken Tender Platter$12.99

                                                                                              Kitchen Classics

                                                                                              • Fried Catfish Plate$11.99

                                                                                                Large catfish filet, seasoned, battered and golden fried to perfection. Served with baked macaroni and sautéed green beans.

                                                                                                • Back Yard Ribs$19.99

                                                                                                  Tender baby backs that falls off the bone. Try it with in our Sweet Cajun Sauce or our Sassy Barbecue Sauce. Served with potato salad.

                                                                                                  • Fried Shrimp Plate$12.99

                                                                                                    Fresh gulf shrimp battered and golden fried to perfection. Served with potato salad and sautéed green beans.

                                                                                                    • Pork Chop Plate$12.99

                                                                                                      Center cut pork chops, breaded in italian bread crumbs or grilled in our house creole seasoning served with mashed potato and fiesta corn.

                                                                                                      • Liver & Onions$10.99

                                                                                                        Seasoned beef liver smothered in brown gravy and grilled onions served with mashed potatoes and fiesta corn.

                                                                                                        • Grilled Catfish$11.99

                                                                                                          Large catfish filet seasoned in our house herbs and spices. Served with a portion of our delicious pontilly potatoes and steamed broccoli. Citrus Seasoning- Blackened Seasoning Creole Seasoning No Salt Seasoning.

                                                                                                          Desserts

                                                                                                          • Ms. Cookie Bread Pudding$5.49

                                                                                                            Homemade bread pudding made with white chocolate and peanut butter chips, topped with pecans and our praline sauce.

                                                                                                            • Peach Cobbler Ala Mode$5.49

                                                                                                              Hot peach cobbler served with a scoop of homemade vanilla ice cream.

                                                                                                              • New York Style Cheesecake$5.49

                                                                                                                A delicious cheese cake topped with our strawberry glaze or our praline sauce.

                                                                                                                • Brownie Ala Mode$5.49

                                                                                                                  What 15 people are saying

                                                                                                                  Sassafras reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

                                                                                                                  Overall ratings and reviews

                                                                                                                  3.8
                                                                                                                  3.8 based on all time ratings
                                                                                                                  • 4Food
                                                                                                                  • 3.7Service
                                                                                                                  • 3.6Ambience
                                                                                                                  • 3.7Value

                                                                                                                  Noise • Moderate

                                                                                                                  15 Reviews

                                                                                                                  1. BrittanyN

                                                                                                                    San Francisco1 review

                                                                                                                    2.0

                                                                                                                    Dined on March 3, 2019

                                                                                                                    1. Overall 2
                                                                                                                    2. Food 3
                                                                                                                    3. Service 2
                                                                                                                    4. Ambience 3
                                                                                                                    I used to love this place mainly for the fried seafood. This last go around was TERRIBLE. It was Sunday Brunch, I had family in town, and I decided to bring them to Sassafras. Terrible decision. Look yall, we are easy, far from the table of girls that sat with y’all for an hour then left without paying because of terrible service. The worst thing to do is leave your customer in the dark. We waited 2 hours for our food! They ran out of dishes!!! Never heard of that. Food was COLD because they wanted to wait for everybodies food to be finished....lastly, for now, the seafood was not good. Nothing like I remembered it. Please do better. But it doesn’t matter for me because I will not be back. Oh no I have more, they don’t take the online reservations from this very site. So Shout out to the hostess with her busy self because she honored it but still this was overall more drama than that poor woman could handle on her own. Please don’t hire high school children that can’t handle large tables especially when we start having questions like where are my drinks/food? Basic stuff! And the nerve of y’all to not have alcoholic beverages to ease our worries! I have more to say the more I type this but I’m tired now so ima save it another review page. Bye Sassafras!

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                                                                                                                  2. OpenTable Diner

                                                                                                                    San Antonio1 review

                                                                                                                    1.0

                                                                                                                    Dined on January 1, 2019

                                                                                                                    1. Overall 1
                                                                                                                    2. Food 1
                                                                                                                    3. Service 1
                                                                                                                    4. Ambience 1
                                                                                                                    Open table booked us for a closed location 20 minutes away.

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                                                                                                                  3. Melissa

                                                                                                                    New Orleans3 reviews

                                                                                                                    1.0

                                                                                                                    Dined on December 15, 2018

                                                                                                                    1. Overall 1
                                                                                                                    2. Food 1
                                                                                                                    3. Service 1
                                                                                                                    4. Ambience 1
                                                                                                                    Terrible. I made a reservation on Open Table over a week or maybe even two in advance. Chose it because it had great reviews for food! But when we got there, there was no one at the hostess stand. There were 8 people standing around who had come in before us, had not been helped yet. Phone at hostess’s stand was ringing off the hook. Finally after standing there 10 minutes and older lady came up and started asking to help people. She told them it would be 30 mins to be seated. The place wasn’t that full...so they must be understaffed....then I told herI had made a reservation a week ago and the lady didn’t even know what Open Table was, said she didn’t know anything about reservations and that it would be over 30 minutes wait. We were trying to get to an event at a certain time, so we couldn’t wait that long. At the rate that was going, we probably would have been there at least two hours or more depending on how long it took the food to come out. So it was very disappointing Since we were looking forward to trying the food. Online it had great reviews for food but poor reviews for service and food wait time. I can see that now. Unfortunately, we probably won’t ever go back there to even try it. The other people waiting all left too.

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                                                                                                                  4. TremeliaK

                                                                                                                    San Francisco1 review

                                                                                                                    4.0

                                                                                                                    Dined on July 7, 2018

                                                                                                                    1. Overall 4
                                                                                                                    2. Food 5
                                                                                                                    3. Service 3
                                                                                                                    4. Ambience 5
                                                                                                                    Restuarant had no note that I had made a reservation online. They seemed confused when I told them that. It still took over an hour to be seated because of the crowd but I kept getting told that I would be the next seated and people with no reservation still got seated ahead of me. The food was amazing though.

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                                                                                                                  5. CFfromNOLA

                                                                                                                    New Orleans1 review

                                                                                                                    4.0

                                                                                                                    Dined on July 1, 2018

                                                                                                                    1. Overall 4
                                                                                                                    2. Food 4
                                                                                                                    3. Service 5
                                                                                                                    4. Ambience 3
                                                                                                                    The food was very tasty and more than sufficient in quantity. The waiter was quite engaging and fun and provided great service. The whole dining experience was fun for my family.

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                                                                                                                  6. DanK VIP

                                                                                                                    New York City46 reviews

                                                                                                                    1.0

                                                                                                                    Dined on April 7, 2018

                                                                                                                    1. Overall 1
                                                                                                                    2. Food 3
                                                                                                                    3. Service 1
                                                                                                                    4. Ambience 2
                                                                                                                    Understaffed and underwhelming. Horrible experience from beginning to end. Avoid this restaurant.

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                                                                                                                  7. RobertT

                                                                                                                    San Francisco1 review

                                                                                                                    3.0

                                                                                                                    Dined on April 5, 2018

                                                                                                                    1. Overall 3
                                                                                                                    2. Food 3
                                                                                                                    3. Service 3
                                                                                                                    4. Ambience 3
                                                                                                                    Decent menu, the food (with one exception) was good. The one exception was my burger which I ordered " very rare" . It came "well done" (no pink at all) and, thus, quite dry. Since, as a group, we were on vacation and having a good time I kept my mouth shut about it. Everyone else said their meals were good so it wasn't a completely wasted time. The waitress, while polite, wasn't the most attentive and didn't keep track of our needs well at all. The service picked up towards the end but it wasn't enough to salvage her tip.

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                                                                                                                  8. Ragark VIP

                                                                                                                    New Orleans33 reviews

                                                                                                                    4.0

                                                                                                                    Dined on April 4, 2018

                                                                                                                    1. Overall 4
                                                                                                                    2. Food 4
                                                                                                                    3. Service 4
                                                                                                                    4. Ambience 4
                                                                                                                    Food was great. Real gumbo like it is suppose to be made. Great fried eggplant. We will certainly visit again

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                                                                                                                  9. OpenTable Diner

                                                                                                                    New Orleans6 reviews

                                                                                                                    4.0

                                                                                                                    Dined on March 30, 2018

                                                                                                                    1. Overall 4
                                                                                                                    2. Food 4
                                                                                                                    3. Service 4
                                                                                                                    4. Ambience 4
                                                                                                                    Friendly service. Perfectly fried seafood. A great price.

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                                                                                                                  10. Greatdine

                                                                                                                    New Orleans10 reviews

                                                                                                                    5.0

                                                                                                                    Dined on March 3, 2018

                                                                                                                    1. Overall 5
                                                                                                                    2. Food 5
                                                                                                                    3. Service 5
                                                                                                                    4. Ambience 5
                                                                                                                    Exemplary food and service. Everything was absolutely delicious and our waitress was amazing.

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                                                                                                                  Sassafras is rated 3.8 stars by 15 OpenTable diners.

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                                                                                                                  3. New Orleans / Louisiana
                                                                                                                  4. New Orleans
                                                                                                                  5. Lakeview/Gentilly

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                                                                                                                  2501 Leon C Simon Dr, New Orleans, LA 70122

                                                                                                                  Additional information

                                                                                                                  • Neighborhood
                                                                                                                    Lakeview/Gentilly
                                                                                                                  • Hours of operation
                                                                                                                    Monday - Thursday: 11:00 am - 8:30 pm Friday - Saturday: 11:00 am - 9:00 pm Sunday: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
                                                                                                                  • Price
                                                                                                                    $31 to $50
                                                                                                                  • Cuisines
                                                                                                                    Southern, American, Comfort Food
                                                                                                                  • Dining style
                                                                                                                    Casual Dining
                                                                                                                  • Dress code
                                                                                                                    Formal Attire
                                                                                                                  • Parking details
                                                                                                                    Private Lot
                                                                                                                  • Payment options
                                                                                                                    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
                                                                                                                  • Executive chef
                                                                                                                    Corey Duckworth
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