Coffee &...

I’m not understanding how this place got all these good reviews I’m seeing. After today I will never return to this restaurant. I had been here twice before, late at night but thought maybe day shift was a little better. We sat and got a coffee just to sit another fifteen minutes while watching our waitress play on her phone. After she checked her social media and found the time to take our order we were served cold, burnt food. You can’t just flip something over as if the person eating it won’t taste how nasty something is. Well we are ready to pay at this point but gossip and once again our phones are more important than customers or your tip. I guess my food burnt while you wereHappy Birthday… hope it was a great one because you lost good money and I will make sure I tell everyone to not waste there money. Must be the doughnuts keeping you going.

When anyone, especially a foodie, wakes up from hunger and a drunken ex-​wife on the phone (AGAIN), «Coffee &» comes to the rescue. Im a chef. And like most chefs, we appreciate each others’ work. Great staff. The cook sat with me for a few seconds, and talked about being responsible for love of product and clients. Waitstaff were very New Orleans/​West Bank friendly”, which is why I have not taken any job more than ¼ mile from The Mississippi River.
I could easily drop three columns about the authenticity of the food at «Coffee &», but I hate being a «spoiler». Try it for youself.

THE ABSOLUTE BEST BREAKFAST SPOT ON THE WESTBANK BY FAR!
Coffee & is a restaurant situated on the Expressway right pass Barataria. It is the favorite hangout place for folks from the local area.
As you enter the place you get a sense of how well known and popular it is amongst the locals.
The menu offers a wide variety of mouth-​watering breakfasts & lunch options along with donuts and pastries.
I ALWAYS order the same wonderful dish: Veggie omelet with Grits, and a biscuit with also a request of heavy on the veggies. It is exquisite!
A «veggie omelet» is my favorite breakfast dish at any place and I have been to most restaurants ordering this same dish across the city incl. some in N.O. (iHop, Parrot Petes, etc) but COFFEE & has topped them all! The real eggs and the amount of veggies inside this omelet makes it the BEST! It tastes so fresh and home-​made.
What a pity, I use to pre-​judge this place as its old exterior and even the small quaint atmosphere interior I would think the food could not possibly be good. However, despite the judgement which had discouraged me prior to trying Coffe&, every single veggie omelette I’ve ordered has made me a believer in this Coffee& location and not to judge a restaurant by its shell. For this reason I highly recommend going to this Coffee & location ONLY!

I walked in by myself for a quick breakfast of toast, eggs, hash browns and bacon and raised a lot of heads because A. I am stunning. B. I was by myself, and C. I was not a neighborhood fixture stopping in for some friendly banter. I eyed the donuts (maple bacon, peanut chocolate,…) and settled my happy self into an empty chair at the counter. Instead of coffee or tea, I opted for café au lait, which was like foamy, light, hot, smooth heaven. But why only 3 stars? Coffee & gets 3 stars because the hash browns were inedible. They were soggy, lukewarm at best, and old,. .. . very, very old. I should add at this point that Coffee & is a ²⁴⁄₇ diner and I was there at 10 am. Many diners make each batch of hash browns fresh, so I was a little disappointed. But now that I am writing it out, I feel like I am complaining and should give this place a pass. They have been around since 1977, so thank you for that.
The vibe:
I personally like diners that are ²⁴⁄₇. I also like diners that employ middle-​aged and older waitresses. Rough around the edges, yet smiling, career waitresses, with a friendly demeanor towards everyone. There was a table of neighborhood elders, sitting around, commenting on each other’s lateness and gently prodding fun. The waitstaff knew all of them by name. Other diners were there solo, like me, and were served promptly. Anyone is welcome at this place and it doesn’t matter what type of state your in; late night drunk or early riser ready to take on the day. Just come hungry. They are open and serve all of their items: dinner, lunch, & breakfast, donuts and king cake anytime.
I shall return!

I am originally from Lafitte, but now live in NC. Everytime we come home to visit, we usually just settle for Mcdonalds for breakfast. I really wanted some beignets, but didn’t wanna drag my boys out to the French Quarter. My mom told me about this place, and that they had beignets.
We ended up eating breakfast here twice on our trip. The first time, I just had beignets. They were really good! Maybe not quite as good as Café Du Monde, but they hit the spot. Paired with coffee, it was a very good breakfast.
My husband also had beignets, along with a meat omelet. He loved his omelet. Said it was the best he’d ever had. My son had eggs and grits and he seemed pleased. The server we had was nice but not so friendly. She seemed to either be overwhelmed or just not happy to be there. At least she did her job well.
The next morning, we met a friend there. It was a little chaotic because we needed a bigger place to sit and it was packed, so the servers were having trouble getting together enough tables and seemed to be getting frustrated. Once we got settled, things went pretty smoothly.
I ordered eggs, bacon, grits, and a biscuit. Everything was decent. Wish my bacon would’ve been a little more cooked. My husband ordered another omelet, adding on some extra meat as a side. My son had an egg and cheese sandwich. I asked them to fry the egg instead or scramble, but it was scrambled anyways. He still ate it but had a little trouble as it kept falling off the bread. Service was meh this time around.
I’d still rather have breakfast here than McDonald’s or Shoney’s. It’s good food for a good price. Just be prepared for a ton of people and a little lack on service.

Ate here again for the second time on Sunday. Both times for breakfast and it’s always been great!!! Donuts are super fresh, bacon & eggs are good and I had 3 cups of the coffee. Service is as good as the food, both ladies very friendly! Cool, quaint little place, definitely a good spot on the way to the track!

I’m not a regular here by any means, but I will stop in for a cup of coffee and a donut to go. You can’t just get a cup of coffee with all those donuts just staring at you. There is usually a chocolate glazed cake donut just begging to be bought and I’ll cave in. It always looks like a good breakfast /​lunch crowd. Maybe one day I’ll have breakfast if I’m in the area early enough.

We love this place, wether it be breakfast or lunch… Or even late at night, the food is really good n very reasonably priced. We always get great service… We go often!!! Its a simple coffee house but the steak plate is delicious…

Love coming here for breakfast, lunch or dinner! They have great donuts, and for dinner I would recommend the steak they have its very juicy and tasty!

3.5 The donuts & brownies are great. The King cakes are awesome! The shrimp stew & potato salad was good. I would always call in my order. The service was good & establishment clean.

Dropped in and picked up some donuts and coffee to eat in the car on the drive between Oak Alley Plantation & Barataria Preserve. Wish I’d tried the beignets, but we didn’t have time to eat in and that seemed like a recipe for a mess in the rental car. Maybe next time! You probably aren’t gonna swing by this place if you are a tourist touring the CBD & French Quarter — but if you happen to be Unilocaling for a good morning coffee stop along route 90B, this is the place!!!

3.5 stars
Had our first beignet and chicory coffee here and loved it! Service was excellent, extremely friendly.
Tried blt and a cowboy burger. The blt was loaded with bacon and tasted fine. Burger was a little over cooked but the bbq sauce was good. Ingredients were fresh and fries were tasty.

Was only in New Orleans for 5 days, had to come here twice! The donuts are so yummy. The Beignets are the best in town.

We were heading for the hope café which sure was an affair on its own if it was open after the Christmas Eve. However we learnt that it was closed for a whole week during Xmas and this was the only option available close by. A family run template diner which gives you a more or less Waffle House like feeling. The menu is pretty much standard fare thrown in with som Cajun options. This IS the local joint for regulars around the place. You won’t get a special treatment but if you can wade through all the bustle and find a seat someone curt and uptight will come take your order. They might even ask you about your salads and dressings with main dishes and then give it in a small plastic bag with plastic cutlery. So it’s a fifty fifty chance between a good meal and a fastfoody experience. Given a chance any day I would stick to the handwritten specials on their little blackboard that hangs above the cashier
I did the same with my chicken and sausage gumbo and it was delicious.

Typically awesome diner. The waitresses have on too much make-​up and have nicotine stained fingers. The donut selection is myriad. All in all, a good place to get a coffee & a cheeseburger, or a coffee & a club sandwich, or a coffee and a western omelette, or a coffee &…

Love this place nice

This is definitely a place for locals. As soon as we walked in we saw waitress chatting up with the regulars looking like a Sunday breakfast get together. It made us feel at home. Our waitress wasted no time and ask us for our drink orders and came back a minute later. While the service was good the food was mediocre at best. Nothing fancy just your advantage everyday breakfast you can cook at home, but too lazy to do it yourself so you eat out type of food. I do have to say our order of loaded hash brown was a good amount of food for 2.75. You can get stuff just from that dish alone.

I have often found myself wondering what goes after the & in the name Coffee &. Someone once told me it was donuts, but there is so much more to this place.
I have been coming to this location for years. I started coming late nights, but eventually learned it was good enough to eat here when it was bright outside too.
In my opinion, this is one of the best breakfast spots on the Westbank. The western omelets are very good, as are their other breakfast items. One of the neat things about this restaurant is that they serve the full menu whenever they are open. That means burgers for breakfast or omelets for dinner.
Some of the other items that are pretty good, but not as good as the omelets are:
Burgers: fried and greasy, but in a good way. These are even better on french bread.
Po Boys: While they wont win any awards, the po boys are great late at night or for lunch.
Coffee: Hell, it’s in their name, it better be good.
I highly recommend this Coffee &. The other locations are not as good, so stick with this one and you wont be disappointed.

Opened 24 hours, basically a breakfast spot, diner style. We normally always pass by here after going party.
Their buffalo wings use to be spicier, but they toned it down. which kind of sucks. I liked the heat. However, still good!

Before I discovered the 24 hour breakfast spot that is IHOP, Coffee & was my «go to» for late night food or doughnut craving.
It’s a typical doughnut shop, they serve all types along with coffee, juice, milk… the basics.
The also serve regular breakfast such as bacon, sausage, eggs, grits, toast. They have a nice «lunch» selection of sandwiches and fries. My favorite is the club sandwich with sweet potato fries and a chocolate milk.
Service is pretty fast, depending on the time of night, which is good, considering the place is always packed. This is a JPSO cop hangout, so I never feel weird going in here with friends, even if it’s late.
You can order in or get food to go. If you want a more personal experience than IHOP or Shoney’s for breakfast, than this is definitely a good stop.