What to order at Shaya

Must order
The wood-fired pita with hummus. Then the lamb shawarma.
Signature dishes
Wood-fired pita, Lamb shawarma
Editor tip
Founder Alon Shaya now runs Saba up the road at 5757 Magazine; both rooms are worth a visit.
CuisineModern Israeli
Price$$$
NeighborhoodUptown
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Address: 4213 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115

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Saba ★ 4.5

$$$ Modern IsraeliUptown

Saba in New Orleans is Alon Shaya's 2018 Magazine Street follow-up to Shaya, a modern Israeli room at Nashville Avenue with the whipped feta and whole.

OrderThe whole roasted cauliflower with whipped feta. Then the lamb ragu hummus.

TipBrunch on Sundays runs the shakshuka and matzo ball brioche French toast; book a fortnight ahead.

Mosquito Supper Club ★ 4.6

$$$$ CajunUptown

Mosquito Supper Club in New Orleans is Melissa Martin's Uptown communal-table Cajun room in an 1898 cottage on Dryades Street, with a single fixed Cajun menu.

OrderThe crab stew and shrimp boulettes; the menu is fixed and arrives in courses.

TipReservations open the first of the month for the next month. Book the moment they appear.

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Saba ★ 4.5

$$$ Modern IsraeliUptown

Saba in New Orleans is Alon Shaya's 2018 Magazine Street follow-up to Shaya, a modern Israeli room at Nashville Avenue with the whipped feta and whole.

OrderThe whole roasted cauliflower with whipped feta. Then the lamb ragu hummus.

TipBrunch on Sundays runs the shakshuka and matzo ball brioche French toast; book a fortnight ahead.

N7 ★ 4.2

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N7 in New Orleans is the Bywater French wine bar behind an unmarked fence on Montegut Street from Aaron Walker and Yuki Yamaguchi, with French bistro plates.

OrderThe tinned-fish board with bread, then steak frites with Bordelaise.

TipReservations are tight; the garden seating opens at 17:00 and walk-ins land best on weeknights.

Mosquito Supper Club ★ 4.6

$$$$ CajunUptown

Mosquito Supper Club in New Orleans is Melissa Martin's Uptown communal-table Cajun room in an 1898 cottage on Dryades Street, with a single fixed Cajun menu.

OrderThe crab stew and shrimp boulettes; the menu is fixed and arrives in courses.

TipReservations open the first of the month for the next month. Book the moment they appear.

Peche Seafood Grill ★ 4.6

$$$ SeafoodWarehouse District

Peche in New Orleans is Ryan Prewitt, Stephen Stryjewski and Donald Link's James Beard winning Gulf seafood room on Magazine and Julia, with a wood-fired.

OrderThe smoked tuna dip to start, then a whole grilled fish to share for the table.

TipThe bar walks in best at 17:30; the kitchen sends the same menu and the oyster service is tighter.

Brigtsen's ★ 4.4

$$$ Cajun & CreoleCarrollton Riverbend

Brigtsen's in New Orleans is Frank and Marna Brigtsen's 1986 Victorian-cottage Creole Acadian room near the streetcar terminus, a Paul Prudhomme alumnus.

OrderThe shell-bean and crawfish stew, on the menu since 1986. Then the file gumbo.

TipDinner only, Tuesday to Saturday from 17:00. The whole restaurant is one cottage; book ahead.

Boucherie ★ 4.2

$$$$ Soul foodCarrollton Riverbend

Boucherie in New Orleans is Nathanial Zimet's Carrollton tasting-menu room, a former food truck turned Southern-modern five-course degustation.

OrderThere is no choice; the five-course tasting changes with the produce. End with the Krispy Kreme bread pudding.

TipBourree next door is the daiquiri and wings spinoff; sit there first for a cocktail before dinner.

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