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    Hurst's Restaurant

    4.5 (64 reviews)
    InexpensiveSouthern, Seafood, American
    Closed 11:00 am - 6:30 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Dogs allowed

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    a plate of fried fish and green beans

    The best soul food I've ever had!! So worth coming to this place, such a golden find The hospitality here is a homie vibe, everyone is so nice and loving! I will definitely be finding my way back to this place (:

    Nancy C.

    This place is a gem! We stopped for lunch after driving around the area seeing if we could find a pick up truck. We are k side the restaurant. The service was great the food was probably the hottest I have ever had. Right off the grill!i highly recommend if you want some great soul food!

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    Tr N.

    Excellent food and service. Everyone so friendly and hospitable. Prices are great too. Don't hesitate to order anything on the menu. We had fried chicken and smothered steak, rice and red beans are best I've ever eaten (except for my own!), cornbread and potato salad. My colleague reluctantly ordered bread pudding, I had a taste, it was great! This place is spotlessly clean too.

    Baked chicken,  rice and gravy, peas and cornbread. Heaven
    Ana B.

    Would never have found this place if I hadn't gotten a local recommendation. It's a shabby building by the airport. That doesn't matter. This is a family owed soul food restaurant with a great menu, daily specials and great service. No frills. Cheap AF. Homecooked food. If you came here to eat soul food, this is a great place to start. CASH ONLY

    Let's see how this goes
    Jovan W.

    Service suck! The lady that checked me out was HORRIBLE. She was very rude and had a nasty attitude. The rice was mushy rice and stuck together. But everything was ok. I will not be back as long as that lady is at the register.

    Catfish dinner
    Jennifer W.

    OMG! The lady at the airport rental car desk recommended this restaurant. She was spot on with this. When we first walked in, we weren't sure if we were in the correct place, but we were greeted immediately and told to take a seat anywhere. Our waitress pleasantly answered all our questions. She was very friendly and helpful. A side salad came with our meal and arrived first. How was this the simplest but best salad we're ever had?? How? The lettuce and tomato were so fresh and good. I still can't believe it was that amazing. And no we weren't starving or famishing when we got here. We ordered catfish and fried chicken dinners to share. Both were seasoned perfectly and cooked well. They rank up there with the best we've had. Even the toast is delicious. Yes. I said it. The toast is delicious. You have to give this restaurant a try. They are a family business who knows the value of great service and great food.

    Jamal H.

    Service was great Shrimp Po Boy was delish Mac and Cheese very good as well as the potato salad Vacation from California will for sure come back when I visit again

    Skillet F.

    Today's adventure takes us to the outskirts of New Orleans civilization, way way down Airline Highway, just before you hit the airport. To the land of tire shops and used car dealerships and airport parking lots. If you blink you would miss it, a little soul food oasis with a small sign and a few words like SHRIMP ~ FISH ~ OYSTERS ~ DAILY SPECIALS painted on the windows. Hurst restaurant and Seafood has apparently been serving some of the best soul food in New Orleans since 1946. And if you have never heard of it, don't worry, you are not alone. I hadn't either. In an effort to branch out and find hidden gems, I've taken to cruising around strip malls and industrial areas where real people eat. Not tourists or foodies looking for the next Instagram pic (I know I'm guilty of this.) As trite as it sounds, hard working, real people equals real food. That's a universal truth. And I love REAL, homecooked food. A recent article in Garden and the Gun Magazine had profiled Hurst Seafood, and it was stuck in my subconscious. While cruising through Kenner looking for lunch today, the sign caught my eye and I immediately u-turned into the parking lot. I was greeted with so much warmth from the ladies behind the counter inside that I knew instantly that I was in for a special treat. They explained to me the daily specials, the poboy options, and the seafood platters. "Just give me todays special." I said. I put myself into their hands. "You gonna love it, Boo." She smiled back at me. The food landed on my table in less than ten minutes. A large, crispy, chicken fried pork chop. Sweet green peas. Rice and Gravy. That GOOD kinda gravy that they give you a nice hunk of steaming hot cornbread to sop it all up with. No joke. This meal instantaneously transported me back in time to my childhood. My mother was a great cook, and she did so every night. Simple, filling, meat and three meals for a growing boy. This meal at Hurst restaurant was a staple in my moms repertoire. And it quickly made me emotional and nostalgic as any good meal should. I should also note, that this wonderful meal costs only $7.50. Like Seven Dollars fifty cents. Before tax of course. It's safe to say I haven't had a meal this satisfying, for that price, in a very, VERY long time. This is a cash only kinda joint, so be warned, your credit card is useless here. Their hours are 11am-8pm daily. Closed Sundays for church. And if you drop in here and see a guy gnawing every last piece of meat off a chicken fried pork chop and grinning ear to ear in the back? That's probably me....

    pork neck plate smothered in gravy
    Anthony L.

    Soul Food Off The Chain This place will never let you down on flavor or owning up the style of food they serve. Been coming here off and on for years and had never felt that I wasn't given a real home- cooked soul food dish. The dish I got this time was smothered pork neck bones and brown gravy with rice and string beans, side house salad accompanies. The smothered items feature a heavy roux brown gravy with plenty flavor using, for the most part, the less expensive cuts of meat with an unusual twist of home-cooked flavor. I ordered the smothered pork neck dish. The meat on the pork necks fell off the bone and the rice is cooked like I love it--sticky with plenty brown gravy. You have a choice of breads when ordering and I chose the corn bread. Don't pass up this little surprising place.

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    Always consistent with the food never disappointed.If you're looking for a feel of home you're in the right place

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    Fantastic fried chicken, rice & gravy, and greens! Super friendly service too! I will be back

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    Food is ALWAYS enough, good with the seasoning, and just an all around loving environment.

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    Good home down feasting. The prices are reasonable but you can't sit in the restaurant and eat since Covid.

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    Great lunch spot! Ordered the Red Beans and Friday Shrimp Okra Stew and both were delicious! Super friendly too!

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    Great food and everyone was Soo helpful and kind. A gem of the city. I definitely recommend the smothered ribs.

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    Great food and very friendly staff. I will be back. Prices are good to boot. Good job I'll see you soon.

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