Brunch at Muriel's

[bam bam]

I hate brunch. I hate Gus Martin's food. Somehow, I combined the best of both worlds by going to Muriel's for brunch this morning.

Gus is fairlly new to the kitchen there but his previous stops at Palace Cafe, Dickie Brennan's Steakhouse and Mr. B's have left me, well to be kind, uninspired. The brunch menu certainly is your standard fare of bizarre dishes to be eaten at different times of the day.

I started off with the seafood gumbo. This gumbo was a little too thick and while it had a good amount of seafood was way too salty for my liking. (For a second, I thought I was at Chateau Du Lac.) My next course was a Louisiana Crawfish Frittata. Essentially, this is the egg in an egg mcmuffin with a small amount of crawfish, green onions and peppers. It was ok. It certainly wasn't breaking any new ground. The dish also came unaccompanied by any starch or veggie or garnish whatsoever. You are served a plate and an egg.

I rarely have dessert but after my Abita Root Beer Float at MiLa last week, I decided to try dessert every once and in awhile. The dessert menu here is a list of standard New Orleans fare with cutesy adaptations. I went with the Pain Perdu Bread Pudding. This was nothing more than your standard bread pudding swimming in a ghoulish amount of caramel and pecans. Overtly sweet and totally lacking any flair, I was able to consume two bites of this monstrosity.

I am not a brunch guy. Eating soup, eggs and dessert at 11:30 am does nothing for me. But I cannot recommend Muriel's for brunch. Nor was I left interested enough to give it a shot at dinner any time soon.

[Maxine]

I love brunch. Sorry the one at Muriel's s*cked. I've never been.

I was supposed to go to brunch yesterday but after staying up way too late, getting to brunch before noon seemed like a waste of energy.

Must go to a couple of brunches before football season starts b/c after the end of August, brunch is history until next February.

[Turbodog]

bam, too bad you did not have a good experience at Muriel's. It is one of my favorite restaurants i the area. I have been only once since Gus Martin took over for Guy Sockrider (May 5, 2008, before a Hornets playoff game). My meal was almost perfect.

[noladiner]

I gave it a few trys after Chef Guy left and was never pleased. When Guy was there my meals were always near perfect.I am affraid I will have to agree with Bam Bam

[TulaneRebel]

Isn't the frittata how a restaurant dumps its soon-to-expire seafood?

[Creole Eats]

You are correct Bam, Muriels used to be our favorite restaurant even with the poor service. Now it has both- Poor food and service. We will not eat there again