"The gumbo is divine and the red beans and rice is definitive."
"At lunch, other than po-boys, you want to eat gumbo or jambalaya or what is, in our opinion, the finest red beans and rice in town since Buster Holmes closed, followed, of course, by Mother’s bread pudding with buttered brandy sauce."
"A little under the radar, however, is the fact that you can get truly excellent red beans and rice there, too. They're on the permanent menu, but you get your choice of a meat and two sides to go with it during the Monday special; we recommend the baked ham, turnip greens, and grits."
"15 Best Red Beans And Rice: Mother’s Restaurant - Thick and smoky, this great concoction begins with rendered ham fat and goes from there. Available every day."
"I had not 1 but 2 bowls of red beans and rice at Mother’s restaurant on my last visit."
"What I can say is that, after visiting plenty of restaurants and trying the different New Orleans cuisine, they have the absolute best Crawfish Etouffee and Rice and Beans in all of New Orleans (to my taste). And I’m sticking to that statement."