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59 seafood spots in New Orleans, scored and ranked for 2026.

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Top 10 Seafood Spots

1
Pêche Seafood Grill
Gulf Coast Seafood · Warehouse District · James Beard Best New Restaurant (2014); Best Chef: South (Ryan Prewitt, 2014)
Donald Link, Stephen Stryjewski, and chef Ryan Prewitt's Warehouse District seafood grill, drawing on South America, Spain, and the Gulf Coast. Everything orbits a wood fire — whole grilled fish of th...
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2
Acamaya
Mexican Seafood · Bywater · North America's 50 Best Restaurants 2026 (#30); MICHELIN Bib Gourmand
Sisters Ana and Lydia Castro give Gulf seafood the Mexico City treatment in a Bywater room, pulling from childhood trips to the capital's mariscos markets. The mostly-pescatarian menu runs hamachi tos...
91
3
Mosquito Supper Club
Cajun · Uptown · James Beard Award, Best Book: U.S. Foodways 2022
Melissa Martin turned a restored Uptown cottage into a communal table for the bayou cooking she grew up on in Chauvin. Dinner is a prepaid prix-fixe served family-style — you buy a ticket, sit down, a...
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4
East Harbor
Seafood · Gentilly
A seafood restaurant on Elysian Fields Avenue in Gentilly, leaning on fresh-cooked, made-to-order plates. Casual and neighborhood-facing, open late most nights of the week.
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5
GW Fins
Seafood · French Quarter
A French Quarter fine-dining seafood house run by the Wollerman family, where the menu changes daily around whatever the boats bring in. The lineup shifts constantly, but the marquee dishes hold: lobs...
90
6
Dr. Jones
Modern American · Metairie
A shoebox of a Metairie room where two Donald Link-trained chefs, David Rouse and Billy Jones, cook a tight chef-driven menu off an open kitchen. About a dozen dishes — shrimp scampi with lemongrass, ...
88
7
Paladar 511
Italian · Marigny
A corner room at Marigny and Decatur turning out housemade pastas, blistered wood-fired pizzas, and Gulf seafood against seasonal local produce. The high-ceilinged space pulls a date-night crowd, and ...
88
8
Pigeon & Whale
Seafood & Oysters · Freret Street
A Freret Street spot in Uptown New Orleans built around oysters, cocktails, and contemporary cooking the kitchen describes as "inspired, contemporary cooking with a creative twist." The raw ...
88
9
Snapper's Seafood & Cajun Restaurant
Seafood · Central Business District
A casual Cajun-Creole seafood house on Canal Street, steps from Bourbon, working the gulf-coast playbook of oysters, gumbo, po'boys and platters. The kitchen's signatures run to red snapper under a cr...
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10
Mandina's Restaurant
Creole-Italian · Mid-City
The Canal Street Creole-Italian room that's been feeding Mid-City since the family turned a pool hall into a restaurant in 1932. Come for turtle soup, shrimp remoulade, and an Italian meatball sandwic...
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All 59 Seafood Spots in New Orleans

Station 6
Seafood · Bucktown
87
Delacroix
Seafood · Central Business District
87
Seiji's Omakase by Little Tokyo
Japanese / Omakase · Metairie
87
Porgy's Seafood Market
Seafood · Mid-City
87
Nanami Sushi Diner & Onigiri
Japanese / Sushi · Garden District
86
Succotash Nola
Southern · French Quarter
86
Nikkei Izakaya
Japanese-Peruvian · Mid-City
86
Deanie's Seafood
Seafood · Bucktown
86
Baru Bistro & Tapas
Latin American · Uptown
86
Frankie & Johnny's
Seafood / Creole · Uptown
86
Fives Bar
Cocktail Bar · French Quarter
86
Pêche
Seafood restaurant · Lower Garden District
86
Acme Oyster House
Seafood · Central Business District
86
Hot N Cajun Boil House
Cajun Seafood Boil · Central Business District
86
Easy Seafood
Seafood · Village De L'Est
86
Gentilly Wings & Seafood
Wings & Seafood · Desire Area
86
Really Really Nice Wines
Natural Wine Bar · Uptown
85
R&O's Restaurant
Italian-Creole · Bucktown
85
Clesi's Seafood Restaurant & Catering
Seafood · Mid-City
85
Castnet Seafood
Seafood · New Orleans East
85
Jack Dempsey's Restaurant
Seafood · Bywater
85
Casamento's
Oysters & Seafood · Uptown
84
Two Tony's Restaurant
Creole-Italian · Lakeview
84
Maria's Oyster & Wine Bar
Seafood · Warehouse District
84
Nine Roses
Vietnamese · Gretna
84
Red Fish Grill
Seafood · Central Business District
84
Zimmer's Seafood
Seafood · Gentilly
84
It's Nola Baaaby
Cajun-Seafood · Little Woods
84
Bon Ton Prime Rib
Steakhouse · Central Business District
83
Peck's Seafood
Po-boys · Central Business District
82
The Blue Crab Restaurant and Oyster Bar
Seafood · Lakeview
82
Louisiana Pride Seafood
Seafood · New Orleans East Area
82
Krab Kingz Seafood
Seafood Boil · Gentilly
82
Superior Seafood
Seafood · Uptown
81
Lakeview Burgers and Seafood
Burgers & Seafood · Lakeview
80
Mr. Ed's Oyster Bar & Fish House French Quarter
Seafood · French Quarter
80
Briquette
Coastal/Seafood · Warehouse District
80
Landry's Seafood House
Seafood · Lake Shore - Lake Vista
80
Bullard Seafood and Grill
Cajun Seafood · Little Woods
80
Hooks Catching & Frying
Seafood · Seventh Ward
80
Williby's Catfish
Seafood · Gentilly
80
Boil & Barrel
Seafood · Lakeview
78
PeeWee's Crabcakes
Seafood · Desire Area
78
Lucky Jean Seafood
Seafood · New Orleans East Area
78
North Broad Seafood
Seafood Market · Fairgrounds
78
Deanie's On Hayne
Seafood · Little Woods
78
Mid City Seafood & Deli
Seafood · Seventh Ward
78
Danny's Seafood
Seafood · 7th Ward
78
Hook an Anchor
Seafood · St. Roch
78
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