The Grill Room at Windsor Court

Worst food we ate during our visit to New Orleans - including at the airport.
We paid $200 for dinner for two people.
The Raw salad was the only thing the group of 16 agreed was decent.
The French onion soup was insanely salty, the squid was not only lacking any flavor even with the sauce (only enough for half maybe).
The last piece was so awfully chewy I was barely able to chew the bite I took and skipped finishing it.
The mushroom “steak” were basically three pieces of mushroom half the size of a shrimp.
My main dish was the Duck breast ordered medium by everyone in our party was extremely overcooked and dry.
The beef tartare was so overpowered by ginger that I was unable to taste any other flavors, including the beef.
Also, I know wine is typically overpriced when sold by the glass, however, I was recommended a wine that costs less than $20 a bottle often, yet expecting the quality glass of wine I expected was cheap.
Charging $20 for a glass of wine that is so cheap is not a good look.
I expect quality and shouldn’t need to make a scene bc staff assumed I didn’t understand wine. We are a group of 16 artists.
We were very dressed up, however as artists our style is a bit more alternative than the average person.
Tables were separated and preset despite a reservation for 16, for 7 at each.
Some staff was quite rude judging based on our appearances.
Despite everyone being quite appropriately dressed and all of us being quite successful found their behavior offensive at best.
Unfortunately, due to such a poor dinner, I ordered dessert in hopes they may redeem themselves.
The house made biscotti with my cappuccino turned out to be really the only good part of the menu.
The caramel mousse was as disappointing as dinner.
It was dense, overly sweet and lacking the expected flavors.
Go anywhere but here!

Some coworkers decided to walk over to the Windsor Court for lunch during a conference last week.
They have a $28 small plate lunch special that I ordered: Gulf shrimp with chili butter, tasso collared greens, truffle Mac & cheese, and carrot soup with crab.
The shrimp and soup didn’t have any flavor at all to me, and the soup had a few shells in it.
The truffle Mac and greens were delicious though, with the greens being my favorite.
The service was pretty good though, even if VERY slow despite not being very busy.
It was all just very mediocre to me, so I doubt I’d personally go back.

The contrast between restaurant appearance and quality of food is shocking. I had a Caesar salad that I had to cut and assemble myself.
I had to cut lettuce and mix it with 2 huge pieces of dried bread.
A cup of sauce was included.
I'm having difficulties understanding why I had to finish cooking myself and pay to the restaurant for this. The rest of the dishes were average at best.
Short rib had 1 solid piece of meat and lots of fat hidden under overcooked pasta. The restaurant is empty.
The hostess looked surprised to hear that we did not enjoy the food and decided to move away from our table as fast as they can. The place is very beautiful.
This is sad that in such a beautiful place people don't bother to cook good food.