Avila Grill

The food was amazing !! Everything we ordered was a hit! When you enter, it gets a bit confusing because the bar is at the entrance. You have to continue walking to the back, which feels restricted, and then order at the kitchen window. Once you order, you can take a seat and the food is served to you. The bar tenders were great. Super friendly and made incredible drinks! They recommended a few places to check out in New Orleans. Please do yourselves a favor, visit this place!!

Wonderful place in the back half of a bar. The food was fantastic. We had empanadas and a pork and a beef brioche. Seriously delicious. You can eat in the back area, or pay a cover charge in the bar and listen to music, which was great when we were there. Would definitely go here a lot if we lived in town.

Hole in the wall Venezuelan food! I love empanadas and I can’t believe I was able to find such good ones at the back of a bar in New Orleans. Who would’ve thought??? We also got the Areppa which was delicious but packed full of cheese. I love cheese but my boyfriend is lactose intolerant so he couldn’t have much. The empanadas were the highlight of the show! Delicious green sauce to go with it. Wow amazing!

Wow. So freakin good. We ate everything we could in NOLA for the weekend and this place was on the same block of our hotel, (Olivier House which is a gem of a place in the historic French Quarters) we went here out of convenience and struck gold! My husband is from the Dominican Republic so Latin food is always judged critically. We ordered a chicken patacon a delicious sandwich that uses plantains as the bun and the chicken arepa which has a corn based pocket stuffed with goodness. We wanted to try the empanadas so ordered a couple of those too. We ended loving those so much we ordered six to go to enjoy for lunch while we were driving the next day. Oooh and get the green sauce that comes with the empanadas for whatever you order! I want this in economy size! The staff was so friendly and accommodating. The atmosphere was charming and if we weren’t traveling with our son would have hung out at the little bar. I would give this restaurant six stars if I could!