Biscuits & Buns on Banks
1 / 12#12. Biscuits & Buns on Banks
- Rating: 3.7/5 (774 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 4337 Banks St. New Orleans, Louisiana
- Categories: Comfort Food, Breakfast & Brunch, Coffee & Tea
- Read more on Yelp
Highest-rated comfort food restaurants in New Orleans by diners
Comfort food. Just saying the phrase manages to create a feeling of warmth that suddenly envelops you and travels directly to your stomach. It's the small, happy dance you do in your chair as your mom puts your favorite dinner in front of you when you go home to visit. It's the infamous cranberry sauce that your beloved aunt makes every Thanksgiving. It's the inexplicably delicious French bread pizza that makes you remember the nostalgia of childhood when everything was simple and eating pizza for lunch felt like a dream come true.
There's a wonderfully subjective quality about comfort food because when it comes down to it, the only criterion it has to have is that it has to make you feel comfortable when you eat it. It's the dish you eat when you're having a rough day—like a huge bowl of chocolate ice cream—or it's the dish you eat when you have something amazing to celebrate—also a huge bowl of chocolate ice cream.
Whether you're out traveling for work, enjoying a road trip for solely play-related purposes, or just tired of figuring out what to have for dinner tonight, Stacker decided to help you find some of the highest-rated comfort food restaurants in New Orleans, using Yelp data current as of July 22, 2025. The restaurants that serve the starchy, salty, sweet, greasy, cheesy, flaky, buttery comfort food that hits close to home, exactly when you need it most.
Businesses in the "comfort food" category were selected using Yelp's ranking system, which calculates an adjusted rating value that takes into account the number of ratings as well as the rating score itself. Only businesses with at least 20 reviews and within a 10-kilometer radius of New Orleans were considered. Also, in an effort to highlight independent businesses and local chains, those with more than 10 locations nationally, based on our Yelp data, were not included.
Keep reading to find out if your favorite comfort spot made it or to find a new favorite!
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Dat Dog
2 / 12#11. Dat Dog
- Rating: 3.9/5 (674 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 5030 Freret St. New Orleans, Louisiana
- Categories: Hot Dogs, Comfort Food, New American
- Read more on Yelp
Empty Nest Cafe and Bar
3 / 12#10. Empty Nest Cafe and Bar
- Rating: 4.0/5 (55 reviews)
- Address: 5050 West Esplanade Ste I Metairie, Louisiana
- Categories: Breakfast & Brunch, Seafood, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
Sweet Sadie's
4 / 12#9. Sweet Sadie's
- Rating: 4.1/5 (30 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2425 8th St. Harvey, Louisiana
- Categories: New American, Breakfast & Brunch, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
Adams Catfish House
5 / 12#8. Adams Catfish House
- Rating: 4.2/5 (45 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 8523 Hwy 23 Belle Chasse, Louisiana
- Categories: Seafood, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
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Chef Ron's Gumbo Stop
6 / 12#7. Chef Ron's Gumbo Stop
- Rating: 4.4/5 (1732 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2309 North Causeway Blvd. Metairie, Louisiana
- Categories: Cajun/Creole, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
Parenton's Po Boys
7 / 12#6. Parenton's Po Boys
- Rating: 4.5/5 (62 reviews)
- Price level: $
- Address: 4304 Ellen St. New Orleans, Louisiana
- Categories: Sandwiches, Comfort Food, Cajun/Creole
- Read more on Yelp
Koz's
8 / 12#5. Koz's
- Rating: 4.5/5 (68 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 6215 Wilson St. Harahan, Louisiana
- Categories: Sandwiches, Comfort Food, Seafood
- Read more on Yelp
Nostalgia NOLA
9 / 12#4. Nostalgia NOLA
- Rating: 4.5/5 (46 reviews)
- Address: 125 Camp St. New Orleans, Louisiana
- Categories: Coffee & Tea, Arcades, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
Red Dog Diner
10 / 12#3. Red Dog Diner
- Rating: 4.5/5 (892 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 3122 Magazine St. New Orleans, Louisiana
- Categories: Cocktail Bars, Breakfast & Brunch, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
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Addis Nola
11 / 12#2. Addis Nola
- Rating: 4.7/5 (298 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2514 Bayou Road New Orleans, Louisiana
- Categories: Ethiopian, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
I-tal Garden
12 / 12#1. I-tal Garden
- Rating: 4.7/5 (152 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 810 North Claiborne Ave. New Orleans, Louisiana
- Categories: Vegan, Comfort Food
- Read more on Yelp
This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 95 metros.
