I've been dying to try Willa Jean's biscuits. I came here a few years ago with some friends for brunch, but the line was out the door. This time I made sure to arrive as soon as they opened. The bakery & coffee bar is at the entrance, so you can grab a beverage and a pastry to go. They also have a spacious dining area and bar if you want to stay and enjoy a meal. In addition to delectable pastries and desserts this Southern bakery/restaurant also serves breakfast, lunch, weekend brunch, & cocktails. Everything in the bakery display case looked tempting, but I stuck to the plan and ordered a biscuit to go. It came with butter and raspberry jam. The biscuit had lots of flaky layers. It was buttery with a soft & fluffy interior. It tasted so good plain but once warmed up it was even better, especially with butter and raspberry jam. Willa Jean consistently receives rave reviews over their baked goods, which is well deserved. The biscuit exceeded my expectations. *They don't take reservations.

Best breakfast/brunch in the CBD and worth a walk or Street Car ride if you're staying in the French Quarter. So good that we went twice for breakfast in a four day trip! Do not miss the griddled banana bread. I still think about it!!!

The food was excellent. All the breads / pastries were made in house ! I had the chicken & honey tabasco on a biscuit. The biscuit was buttery & flaky The chicken was juicy with crisp skin & the honey tabasco was PERFECT. also had the french toast which my friend say was really light. my iced jasmine peach tea was unsweetened but get it with lemonade for the perfect treat. Highly recommend if you want a cozy breakfast that wont weigh you down

Visiting New Orleans for four days, visited Willa Jeans twice. Great food and great service! My wife loved the Avocado toast. I l loved the sausage egg and white cheddar biscuits. Another must try is the banana bread. Our first visit was Sunday Brunch time. It was busy, so we sat at the bar. Carla was awesome! Felt like a great welcome to New Orleans.

My fiancé and I stopped for brunch during our stay in New Orleans. We sat at the bar and the bartender was amazing. He gave us great recommendations and was prompt. They give complimentary biscuit with butter and jam. It was the best biscuit we've had. I got the hangover bowl and hibiscus tea. My fiancé got the salmon Benedict with iced vanilla latte and it was all amazing. We can't recommend Willa Jean more. We will definitely be back during our next visit to New Orleans.

If you are a breakfast person, you NEED to check this place out. Right as you come in your greeted by their wonderful display of baked goods. The host and wait staff are amicable and courteous. The restaurant itself is very well lit with ambient light from the ceiling to floor windows and nice Edison bulb lighting. The food is excellent, every plate coming out of the kitchen looked delicious. I highly recommend the crab cheese appetizer and the salmon Benedict. And of course, can't go wrong with the homemade biscuits. I will definitely be coming back next time I'm in the area.

This is such a popular place so expect to wait.We had about a hour wait, but they do have a little area that you can grab coffee and pastries as you wait. The food here was delicious! Everything we got we really enjoyed. Our favorite dish was the home fries. It comes with the thickest bacon I've seen! This is a MUST! I got the avocado toast. I really liked the bread it came on, it was thick and fluffy! Honey Tabasco fried chicken was good too! The biscuit is really flakey which I liked. We ended up being too full from the home fries to really finish it! Overall this place is delicious! They have a lot of options to choose from that looked good! Wish I could go back to try more!

Wooooooweeeeee, the food here was deeeeelicious! We were making our way to the garden district from the French quarter area and decided to grab breakfast here. The space was very pretty and the panoramic windows brought in a lot of light. We went on a Tuesday morning around 10am and we were seated right away. Amari was our server and she was great. We ordered the shrimp and grits and my partner LOOOVED this plate. The shrimp was very fresh and the grits were cooked very well. The egg was a little over cooked imo but it was still a tiny bit runny in the middle. The gravy was so good, all the flavors were very well balanced. 10/10 We also got the bacon and egg with pimento cheese biscuit and omg YUMMM. The biscuit was so fluffy and crispy, not heavy and the egg was cooked perfectly! Good bacon too, not the skinny thin kind, the kind with a little chewy but still crispy. Order this! 10/10 We also got the salted honey latte and I thought it would be a little more honey forward. The salted honey was very light so I was a bit disappointed but the coffee itself tasted good. I'd come back, I know my partner would def come back hahaah so I'd recommend giving this place a try! I'd try the hangover bowl if I'm ever in town again but I wouldn't order the salted honey latte.