Creole supper club · Mid-City, New Orleans
Creole supper by gaslight in Mid-City, New Orleans
Bayou Ember Kitchen is a supper club where the kitchen runs on a pecan-wood ember grill and a pot of dark roux that is never quite finished. Come for gumbo and blackened redfish, stay for the piano trio, and go home smelling faintly of woodsmoke.
Tonight’s card
From the ember
Dinner Tuesday to Sunday from 5:30 pm
Chargrilled Gulf oysters
from$18
Half dozen on the shell, garlic and herb butter, aged parmesan, grilled French bread
Dietary notes:Contains shellfish
Seafood gumbo
from$15
Gulf shrimp, crab and okra in a lighter roux, Louisiana rice
Dietary notes:Contains shellfish
Blackened redfish
from$34
Seared hard in cast iron, crawfish butter, charred lemon, dirty rice
Dietary notes:Gluten-freeContains shellfishSpicy
Bananas Foster bread pudding
from$12
Brioche custard, brown-butter bananas, rum caramel
Dietary notes:Vegetarian
Piano trio Thursday to Saturday, 7 to 10 pm
How an evening goes
An evening in three courses
Nobody rushes you here. A table is yours for the night, and the night has a shape that regulars learn quickly.
Arrive
We hold your table for fifteen minutes. Start at the zinc bar with a house cocktail, a zero-proof satsuma highball or a cold glass of white, and a half dozen chargrilled oysters while the room fills up.
Supper
Everything that can go near the fire does. Redfish blackened in cast iron, pork chops glazed with cane syrup over pecan wood, and gumbo built on a roux stirred by hand until it turns the color of strong coffee.
Linger
From Thursday to Saturday a piano trio plays from seven. Order the bread pudding, keep the table, and nobody brings the check until you ask for it. That is the whole point of a supper club.
From the dinner card
Gumbo, fire and cast iron
The menu is short and moves with the Gulf and the seasons. Oysters and shrimp come from Louisiana waters when the season allows; the rice, cane syrup and pecans come from the state too. Creole tomatoes turn up in early summer, satsumas in winter, and there is always a vegetarian plate that is cooked with as much care as the ribeye.
Every dish on the full menu is marked if it is vegetarian, gluten-free, contains shellfish or carries real heat. On your phone the menu filters as you tap, so you can hide shellfish or spicy plates before you even sit down.
Dinner · a few favorites
To begin
Fried green tomatoes
from$12
Cornmeal crust, pickled okra, soft herbs, buttermilk dressing
Dietary notes:Vegetarian
Shrimp remoulade
from$16
Chilled Gulf shrimp, spicy Creole remoulade, celery root, little gem lettuce
Dietary notes:Gluten-freeContains shellfishSpicy
Ember-roasted beets
from$13
Satsuma, whipped goat cheese, toasted pecans, cane syrup vinaigrette
Dietary notes:VegetarianGluten-free
From the ember
Cane-glazed pork chop
from$36
Double-cut chop over pecan wood, sweet-potato hash, pickled mustard seed
Dietary notes:Gluten-free
Mushroom étouffée
from$24
Oyster and king mushrooms (no oysters), blond roux, jasmine rice
Dietary notes:Vegetarian
Ember ribeye
from$48
Fourteen ounces, bone-marrow butter, charred onion, bitter greens
Dietary notes:Gluten-free
Sample “from” prices in US dollars for this demo.
Weekend brunch
Beignets first, then eggs Sardou
Brunch is louder than dinner, and that suits us. The doors open at half past ten on Saturday and Sunday, the beignets come out of the fryer in batches, and the chicory café au lait is poured until the last table leaves.
On Sunday the trio plays from eleven until two, softer than at night. Tables between 11:30 and 1 pm go first, so book ahead or come early and wait at the bar.
Saturday & Sunday · 10:30 am to 2:30 pm
Beignets & café au lait
from$9
Three beignets under a drift of sugar, chicory café au lait
Dietary notes:Vegetarian
Eggs Sardou
from$19
Poached eggs on artichoke, creamed spinach, hollandaise
Dietary notes:Vegetarian
Grillades & grits
from$24
Braised beef in tomato and pepper gravy, cheddar grits
Two-course brunch set from $34, coffee included
Private dining
A room for ten, forty or the whole house
Rehearsal dinners, birthdays that need a long table, a team night out. Tell us the date and the head count, and we will plan the menu with you.
The Gaslight Room
Seats 40Stands 60
Our back room, lit by gas-lamp sconces, with one long table or five rounds and space for a small band.
The Balcony Room
Seats 18Stands 28
Upstairs, with tall doors that open onto the cast-iron balcony over the street. Best on a mild evening.
The Chef’s Counter
Seats 10Set menu
Ten stools facing the ember grill, with a tasting menu cooked and explained in front of you.
Sample reviews
Sample reviews
These reviews are sample content written for this demo website. A real restaurant shows its own guest reviews, with permission.
The gumbo tasted like someone had been standing over it all afternoon, and it turns out someone had.
We booked the balcony room for my mother’s birthday. Eighteen of us, one long table, and the trio played her song.
I can’t eat shellfish, so I filtered the menu on my phone in the car. Still had too many choices.
Hours & finding us
Open six nights and two mornings
All times are New Orleans time (Central)
- TuesdayDinner 5:30–10 pm
- WednesdayDinner 5:30–10 pm
- ThursdayDinner 5:30–10 pm
- FridayDinner 5:30–11 pm
- SaturdayBrunch 10:30–2:30 · Dinner 5:30–11 pm
- SundayBrunch 10:30–2:30 · Dinner 5:30–9 pm
- MondayClosed
Mid-City, by streetcar or by car
We are in Mid-City, a short walk from the Canal Street streetcar line and a few minutes from City Park and Bayou St. John. On a real restaurant website the street address and directions appear here; this demo shows the neighborhood only.
Street parking is usually easy on weeknights and slower on Friday and Saturday after 7 pm. The streetcar is the easiest way back to the French Quarter after dinner.
The dining room and restrooms are step-free. If you need a particular table, add a note when you book.
Tables are held for fifteen minutes. The roux takes longer.
Book online in under a minute, or call us and talk to a real person at the host stand.