Mosquito Supper Club

This was the gastronomic highlight of our time in New Orleans. Hands down. Better than Peche. Better than Cochin, Commanders Palace and every other restaurant we tried.

The ingredients are fresh. The technique is excellent. The presentation is artistic and exciting. The flavors are complex, subtle and hard to describe because they are using uncommon spices and ingredients. The portions are generous and the pricing, though expensive, feels well worth it. The service is professional, educated and excited about what they are doing.

A fantastic experience.

This is one of the finest dining experiences in New Orleans.

However, if you don't want a curated very tight series of dishes, in a family environment, don't come. This is a very specific place.

If you are open to food sourced locally, prepared well, and served with care. Man. I love this place.

Look at their website, make a decision. If you are able to, the best food I have had for while.

I was really excited for an interesting meal here, I came around the holidays with my husband, parents, and brother. We're all adventurous diners and travelers so it seemed like a neat experience. I had a friend come with her husband and they highly recommended it.

The whole vibe of the place was they kept saying they were here to make everyone feel right at home, and their focus was hospitality. So, my husband is allergic to oysters (we knew going in that he would sit that part of the meal out). I asked if he could have just a little more of the other items, such as the bread, and they said NO. I couldn't believe it, after all the constant hype about how they want to welcome you and make you feel at home, they wouldn't even give him another slice of bread (and especially for the price and the fact things are pretty much family style).

The big table seating is generally fun, but we were sat next to the most sour of guests and it was so uncomfortable. They hardly ate a thing (again, deepening the insult that my husband couldn't just have a bit more of the other items being prepared), and didn't even say hello back or say anything if we asked to have an item passed. That's not the restaurants fault per se, but just know that by design you can't control your seat mates, and some times folks will lose out.

But the final straw was that the owner/chef gave about a 30 minute speech about her approach to food and hospitality and it went on and on and on. It was very unwanted, seemingly by everyone. She kept asking if we all had questions and no one did...we just came to dine not for a recitation. It was so self centered and killed what little remained of a good vibe of our experience. I felt like I was in a Portlandia episode! This meal was my Christmas gift to family and unfortunately no one had a good time.

One of the coolest dining experiences I've had in New Orleans -- and I've been coming to this city to eat for more than 10 years! We had a coursed chef's tasting with wine pairings from 2014 to celebrate their 10th anniversary!

Mosquito Supper Club is a truly unique restaurant. Visitors often leave saying they felt like they went to dinner at a friend's house. Sitting inside a restored Victorian cottage in Uptown, New Orleans -- Mosquito Supper club hosts chef's tasting menus at 2 large communal tables, each set for 10 (and there are just a couple of 2-tops for a regular menu). Chef Melissa Martin, who started this place 10 years ago, was raised on home-cooked Cajun food -- and 90% of her restaurant's dishes were passed down to her from her mother. She gets nearly 100% of her ingredients from local fishermen and farmers, educates visitors on the history and flavors of Cajun cooking, and passionately advocates for the preservation of Louisiana wetlands and coastal communities. Her recent cookbook is titled, "Cajun Recipes from a Disappearing Bayou" -- and that's what she serves at her restaurant.

Standout dish of the night: a crawfish bisque with stuffed heads: I've never had anything like it, but I want more! Honestly, everything from sweet potato biscuits, to the fresh salad, to the strawberry dessert was fantastic -- I just didn't have room to show it all!

Down right amazing!! The menu is different every day so don't plan on using our pictures as a way to pick your dinner. Plus my pictures will never do the mean justice. Served family style in a small family house in a quaint neighborhood. This place can have a wait list that is like days or weeks so you cannot just plan to pop in. The wines are paired perfectly with each meal. Not one thing will leave you feeling like there was something missing. An absolute must come here!!!

Supper Tasting Menu x 2 = $270.00
 
Wine Pairing x 2 = $130.00
 
 Subtotal = $400.00

Service Charge (25%) = $100.00

Taxes = $51.00

Order Fee = $5.00
 
Total = $556.00

Have been wanting to try this place for several years and was in town and able to make a reservation a week or so in advance. Their cookbook is great.

Cute place, a bit bare inside (at least in the room where we were seated). The table for two was a bit too small and the chairs not overly comfortable. There was another table for two across the room as well as a table seating either 8 or 10 people.

The service was good but it did begin with some short explanations of what was to come, which left us wondering what to expect as other similar dining experiences have begun with a bit more information. The initial drinks took a few minutes to get which sort of left us wondering when they (the drinks) would be served.

The food was good. The portions incredibly small. The wine pairings varied, in my opinion, from very good to poor.

All in all, a lackluster experience at a very high price, and an experience that I would not want to repeat. I think stopping at the bar and having drinks and perhaps a few a la carte food items is the way to go.

It's a neat place with a great concept and the website suggests they take care of their employees, including an offering of health insurance, all of which, of course, comes at a cost passed on to the consumer. In our case, the cost was $556.00 for two, with the wine pairings, plus a few extra bucks for additional drinks. As a former New Orleanian, the experience may be a bit wasted on me. Those from out of town may enjoy the show.

We hope to go back for drinks and food, but will try the bar next time...if we can get seats.

I struggled a bit to write this review, because I wanted so badly for this meal -- our last dinner in NOLA at the end of a week-long visit -- to be fantastic. But I think my expectations were too high, so a few minor things left me feeling "meh" about the experience.

As others have noted, I felt a disconnect between the sort of "take it or leave it" attitude on the booking website vs the welcoming tone of the host when we arrived. I had to psych myself up just to make the reservation (could I, as the website said, "handle" their philosophy and rules?) -- so I wasn't sure what to expect. But I resolved to follow the directions on the website, "check [my] energy" and try to enjoy the experience, and walking up to the house and settling in, the ambience was warm.

The food was good, and some dishes -- the biscuits, the duck confit -- were terrific. But others (including, unfortunately, the oyster soup) were unremarkable or didn't seem cohesive within a course.

I'm glad we chose the non-communal dining option, although we were seated next to it. And sadly, one of those patrons spent a *long* time, at several moments during dinner, bragging to the sommelier about their own travels and wine purchases, which kinda killed the mood for me. I realize that's not MSC's fault...but it was disappointing, and the food and service weren't enough to wow me.

Unique experience with delicious, local and fresh meal. We had heard of the supper club from friends and we were very pleased. Tables were family style and reservation had a seating which left an intimate family style experience with an old classic New Orleans home.

Crab jumbalaya stood out as the best thing we ate along with the oyster soup. Had the wine pairing as well, which was nice to pair specifically with the flavors but if you're a drinker, they had a bar available.

Supper lasted about 3 hours and we ate well. Fun experience for a night out!

One of the best meals I have had in my entire life.

If you can get past the high brow and pretentious attitude of some of the customers here, then you will be able to treat yourself to one of the best meals you will have in your entire life.

The service, ambiance, and vibes (except for some of the other customers) here are great. But you come for the food and the food is amazing. There's no fancy Michelin restaurant technique and plates for instagram here. It's just food with amazing flavor that makes you feel like you're getting a real home cooked meal by grandmom. The food will transport you home or at least the feeling of being in someone's home and getting the best home cooked meal of your life.

It's pricey, yes, but the money goes to support the staff having a quality life and the high quality of the food. It's worth every penny.

I have been wanting to try MSC for quite sometime now and it was all I hoped it would be.

The service is lovely. The communal seating and serving meant we had new friends before the night was over. You get a little bit of the story of each course, but not so much as to break the flow of the conversation.

The food was simply fantastic. The highlights were the sweet potato biscuits, watermelon and shrimp salad, and stuffed crab. The gumbo had quite a bit of heat on it, but it was fun that it was served with both rice and potato salad and we were encouraged to try it both ways. IFKYK.

We did the wine paring, which I think we would skip next time. Pours were generous, but I'm not sure it added much to the meal. I would have been happy with a pre-dinner cocktail and ordering a glass or two of wine off the wine menu.

Definitely an experience-style dinner. I highly recommend.