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Straight back from the entrance sit large water tanks with shellfish fluttering about and awaiting chef Damon Gordon 's deft touch. After a couple nights of friends and family service this past weekend, Water Grill opens its doors to the public tonight. Lunch kicks in tomorrow. Pro tip: Don't miss the salted caramel bread pudding. This joint is American-American through and through, defined by a cherry wood bar, partially open ceiling, and exposed brick.
The menu is jammed with familiar sounding plates like five cheese spinach dip, miso salmon, and a barbecue chicken pizza. To-Dos allows Tasting Table members to store and remember all of the food and drink recommendations we send out each week. You've now added the To-Dos below to your personal list. Happy eating! Thanks for Signing up. We sent you a verification email. Please verify to begin receiving our newsletter and using your account.
Print Save. Want the inside scoop? Please check your inbox to verify your email address. Gordon is confused at a doorway in the middle of the restaurant that opens into another bigger space. She says there are pictures of staff in the menu and it turns out they have long since been fired. She tells him her bosses are both aggressive, hard to work with and she had been fired four times in 17 months.
Rami agrees it is tough but Moe disagrees and is in denial, he thinks the duck is amazing and eats it himself. They initially deny that the crab cakes are frozen before Rami tells him that they are frozen and they admit they are. Damon and the other staff do not know when the duck was cooked because it was cooked off site and was frozen.
Gordon arrives to witness a dinner service and he finds a kitchen full of smoke due to the amount of oil on the grill. Nothing in the fridge is dated and there are warm sauces that could be harbouring harmful bacteria.
Gordon asks them to shut the dinner service down as the kitchen is in no state to serve food to customers. Gordon also calls exterminators in to work on the vermin problem as a live mouse runs out of the kitchen. Moe sits with Rami and they decide to let Damon go as he has made too many mistakes in the kitchen. Without the recipes from the restaurant Gordon teaches the staff how to make their dishes using his own recipes.
Moe promises to go with it, along with Rami but afterwards Rami is nervous about what he agreed to. As they finish setting up, Moe is out of the restaurant and has to be called down to join them. The customers are let in, tickets flood into the kitchen and good food starts to leave the kitchen.
Customers are enjoying the food and Moe comes to the kitchen to shout at them on the slow speed of the meals. Gordon talks to the kitchen team to keep up the momentum and they push through and do a great service, ending the night on a high. They thought the decor didn't look different, unhappy customers were still shouted at and the menu was mostly the same too.
Yelp reviews and Trip Advisor reviews are mostly good. Shortly after filming under the previous owners, there was rumoured to be a promotion whereby you got a free drink for a review on Trip Advisor. The new owners of Oceana Grill sued Gordon and the production company in to try and prevent the airing of the show. An agreement was reached that they would only use clips if they paid the restaurant and explained that this was not the current state of the restaurant.
In , the owners sued again after a clip was shown on the Kitchen Nightmares social media page that they claimed damaged the current reputation of the restaurant. Thinking of visiting the restaurant? Check out their website for opening hours and more info. Oceana Grill was aired on May 20 , the episode was filmed in January and is Kitchen Nightmares season 4 episode After catching up on back shows, and watching this episode, the smartest thing Rami could do is buy out Moe, the guy isn't all there, now to be fair, some of it i'm sure is editing, but the way he's shown on the show, like saying he wants the shrimp salty so they will buy more liquor, really make him look like he's not all there and doesn't know a thing about running a resturant.
Damn, I was thinking the same thing, He should completly get rid of him, then he can start anew for real. I've watched some recent videos on YouTube with Rami still the owner but no Moe. The restaurant seems to be doing good with good reviews. Of course the reviews could be manipulated to show as mostly positive reviews.
But Yelp has an average of 4 out of 5 stars. Will have to stop by there the next time I'm in town. I always recommend it. Did not know it was part of the show. Im deeply surprised this restaurant is still open Good AND bad.
Rami being a great owner and trying his best. However, Moe is terrible at everything except intimidation.
Hope all goes well for them either way. I was just there with my family this past weekend and the food was very good. We were pleasantly surprised even went back the next morning for slammin homemade pancakes.
It looks like the owners took some of the criticism to heart and revamped their restaurant. According to their web page, Moe is not mentioned at all, and they have a new owner, with Rami still there.
It looks great. I don't live near it, so I don't think I'll be going anytime soon. I ate there last night and I loved the food, it was absolutely delicious.
Most of the food is bought frozen from Sysco. Reheated food never tastes good unless you throw some sauce on top of it so you can't tell. Too many NO restaurants are doing this as well. Find out the background of the chef to make sure the restaurant you choose leaves you with an experience you want to remember. Tripadvisor has some posts saying that Oceana Grill has reviews that have only one post and are new accounts.
Unusual for a small restaurant to have so many reviews. I think they are doing it to counter the above article. Come on. Moe is still there.
Just laying low. Wouldn't you? You see their signs everywhere. That said, there are a ton of shyster fake restaurants in the Quarter that prey on tourists who don't know better.
I would never set food in there. It's a stone's throw from legendary restaurants filled with real history. I've been there many times. All the staff was extremely friendly, the place was nice and clean, and the food was awesome. It has the best gumbo I've ever had, as well as the red beans and rice.
I don't understand the difference in my experience with everyone elses. Maybe I went at an earlier time? I know both Moe and Rami, I worked for them a couple years back. Moe is still there, he may not been seen as much but trust me, he is there and loud as can be when he is. Rami is not a bad manager, it is a shame he is in the kitchen so much because unlike Moe, Rami actually knows how to talk to his employees. If Moe wasn't still there I would attempt to go work for them again.
He is still rude as can be. I can tell you from friends who have been there since this show aired that it hasn't changed a bit. A friend of mine was there the night it reopened, and went back two months later, she said it was nothing like the last night Ramsay was there.
She sent her pasta dish back because it was cold and Moe came out and started yelling at her asking her if she thought all they did was serve cold food. This place is a tourist attraction, in the heart of the FQ that is the one and only reason it is still open. Those of us who actually live here rather take our business else where, to places to don't serve Restaurant Depot food, yeah that's right, a lot of it isn't even sysco anymore, Restaurant Depot to cut down the costs!
The reviews from yelp currently look rather good. The only recent bad review i saw was from either a vegetarian or vegan saying that the vegetarian dishes were cooked with animal stock. Moe is an alcoholic. Even in Ramsay episode, he slips off to drink and comes back wasted. You can tell from how passive he is after he disappeared but yet still 'out of it'. It is not directly mentioned but Chef Ramsey, says something along the lines of '
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