Tracey’s Original Irish Channel Bar

This place was pretty close to where we stayed on Magazine St. I had heard good things about their Po’ Boys, but we actually ate Oysters here. The Oyster man was a great salesman, and his oysters were super fresh and tasty. Friendly bartenders and good beer on tap. This is a casual place, and one thing that can be confusing is that there is no table service, so you have to order drinks from the bar, food from the kitchen and oysters from the oyster bar. But once you get the hang of it, it’s a comfortable place.

My boyfriend and I came here because we noticed it was always crowded with people, so we figured it would be worth a try. I walked up to the bar, excited to try a new place, but was slightly greeted by the unfriendliest bartender who did not seem to want to make our drinks right, or even make them at all (she took my ID and studied it as if she were looking for a reason to not serve me). We then moved to a table instead to have some food, which was okay, but by that point I was already too turned off by the service. Not sure if I will be coming back.

Yes, it’s Mardi Gras.
Yes it’s busy. I understand, I really do and am willing to concede certain expectations from restaurants around this time of the year. But we waited over an hour for extremely mediocre food.
The trouble apparently stemmed from the person at the window taking orders not keying in any of notification medallions they hand you to let you know when your food is ready. (This was told to us by the guy that replaced the original order taker).
So, one out of 2 of the sandwiches (yes, it was an extremely large and difficult order as you can see. sarcasm/​) was given away to another table and the other sandwich was delivered cold after sitting in the back, undeliverable.
We weren’t the only table to experience this. The people next to us asked for a refund as they waited over an hour for 3 roast beef poboys only to be handed their sandwiches at that point.
For all of our trouble, when the disappointment of eating there was brought to the attention of the guy that took our orders (who I believe is either the owner or manager of Tracey’s) we got a, «Well, it’s Mardi Gras! This is crazy!»
Uh huh. Sell it to the non-​locals, which I’m sure they do on a regular basis. Just another New Orleans establishment feeding tourists that are willing to (over)spend on mediocre food while eating in some really disgusting surroundings, all to experience a little bit of ‘culcha’.

Local scene with down home food, po boys and friendly bartenders. Order at the counter and pick up when your buzzer goes off. Big space with booths or tables. Tons of big screens for your sport fix too. Thumbs up.

Just started the Thursday crawfish boils, they are off the hook good. 1÷28÷16. Every Thursday through out the season of crawfish until April early May. Come get you some of this…

My friend met his South African bride to be here so this place will always be close to my heart.
This is a great day drinking/​sports bar that has a ton of maneuverable tables and can accommodate anyone.
When you aren’t pressuring your friends into asking strangers on dates when you’re hear then make sure you grab some oysters or the Reuben.
Drink are standard neighborhood bar drinks, not bad but not awesome either.
Celebrate St. Patty’s day here.

Whether it’s to watch a game, trivia, or just a regular night, Tracey’s is pretty consistent. There’s lot of seating, but get there early if you want to watch a game. There are always fans, which makes watching games more fun! They have beer and liquor, not sure about wine. The kitchen is solid. Large menu with daily specials. I’ve had the roast beef, hot sausage, and shrimp po boys. I personally like the shrimp, but all are pretty average and satisfying. Their sides are great and easy to share with table. Favorites are the fried okra, sweet potato fries, fried pickles. They do fried food! Sometimes the keep the doors open, so it can get cold if it’s cold outside. Tracey’s is a favorite for me and my friends. We always know what to expect and have a great time every time!

The best place, hands down, to spend your weekends during college football season. You gotta love SEC though (who doesn’t???), because the fans are loud, proud, and rolling DEEP up in here on Saturdays. Arrive early on Saturdays in autumn to make sure you get a seat, because it will get packed AF. Fried okra is a MUST (and big enough to share among 3 people). Love the seafood poboys; soft shell crab is a favorite (when in season) as is the oyster poboy. Wash it down with an ice cold Abita Amber, and you’ve got yourself a true New Orleans experience.
On Saint Patrick’s Day, this is THE spot to post up during and after the big parade, as it’s in the heart of the Irish Channel district, is on the parade route, and is the most Irish of Irish establishments in the area (without being cheesy about it).
Sometimes it’s a bit of an ordeal to get a drink when they are super busy, but just be patient and remain visible.
Side note: the owners of Tracey’s used to be the proprietors at the old Parasol’s down the block before that place got bought out by some Floridians. Keep it real and go to Tracey’s to keep the old Parasol’s vibe alive (they even took some of the old parasols with them from the old bar and have hung them on the ceiling at Tracey’s, for history’s/consistency’s sake).

Can’t miss Tracy’s being an «Irish Pub», what with the orange, green and white flags billowing over the street side. Really wide open space, with beer, food and pool. Pool table is different. Saloon-​ish bathrooms are interesting. They keep it freezer box cold indoors in the summer. Alcohol– thumbs up, food– thumbs down. Can’t stomach some pub fare, even though you’re ready for it. Sure some would be drunk enough to enjoy the loaded fries. Fun joint on St Patty’s Day — block party! Slonja ya’ll.

This place isn’t really me I guess. I didn’t love it. I ordered an old fashioned and the bartender told me that they don’t do much fancy stuff like that. It’s a standard, simple cocktail. Pretty much bar 101. Not complicated and doesn’t require a shrub or something fancy.
The doors were all open and people are smoking outside and the smoke just comes right in. You might as well just allow smoking inside because it’s really just the same to me. I was having some dinner and didn’t really appreciate it very much.
We had the seafood platter with fish, shrimp and oysters. We scored the last order of red beans and rice too. The fried food was good. The catfish was nice and the oysters were a good size. Nothing special but solid. The salad that came with was muffuletta giardinera dressed. Interesting. The red beans were similarly just ok.
It looks like a good place to watch the Saints which is why I showed up but ended up leaving before the game started to watch it at home.

Love the po’boys especially the Fried Shrimp– a must try! You can sit here watch any game and enjoy your sandwich, awesome drinks, and the fried pickles are pretty yummy too! Outside was a Oyster shucker just to add to this places awesome atmosphere– and I recommend him too !!

Stumbled across this place on accident. Very happy I did. Sandwiches were epic (muffaletta and roast beef and ham po boy). Fried pickles ridiculous as were sweet potatoe fries. Place was really laid back. Check it out if you’re in the area.

Cute little neighborhood bar and restaurant. We had the surf and turf PoBoy. The roast beef in it was not good. No flavor at all! The shrimp were OK but got soggy from the beef. It was huge and we could only eat half. Sad part is it won’t keep well too soggy! Would not order again. Bread was good. Fries are OK but don’t spend the extra money for them they don’t come with sandwich.
Servers are friendly…

Let me start by saying that as city’s go, NOLA is perhaps the funnest city to visit of any place I have visited on three continents.
Thanks to a nephew’s wedding, our family congregated in New Orleans in late September, and as luck would have it, one of our party rented a room via AirBnB about a block away.
Without going into details, two in our party got screwed around by one of America’s finer Airlines and arrived 24 hours later than scheduled. By the time we fetched them from the airport, they needed food and drink.
By default we selected Tracy’s. A big open bar on Magazine Street. It was a Saturday afternoon and it seemed the crowd watching an LSU game on the numerous screens cleared out.
Our group of seven ordered a wide variety of foods to share and it was all very good. By far the highlights were the fresh oysters and the soft shelled crabs.
The oysters were sweet and were some of the best I’ve had in years. Plus, at $ 1 a piece they were great value. My companion says they might have been $ 10 for a dozen. Either way a great value for really superior oysters.
The other highlight was the soft shelled crabs. Deep fried, these were the freshest, biggest, most delicious I have ever enjoyed. They were so good, our group ordered a total of four and probably could have eaten more if it were not for the reception we had a few hours later.
There were only two knocks on Tracy’s. Even though they were very busy a few hour earlier with a spirited audience of LSU Tiger fans, the tables could have been bussed a bit more thoroughly. And the second knock has more to be with a Californian with a taste for local beers. I could be mistaken, but it seems they only the standard national brews on tap. A nice cold local craft brew would have made the whole experience that much better.
So If you find yourself in New Orleans, head over to Magazine Street in the Garden District to Tracy’s and order up some po’boys, fresh oysters and soft shelled crabs. You won’t leave disappointed.

I inevitably end up at Tracey’s every time I’m in New Orleans– usually more than once.
The po’boys are decent, the man behind the counter– terrifying. The bartenders are incredibly friendly, and the drinks are cheap.

Been here several times, but I’ll stick to this most recent trip.
Passed by for a couple beers after work with a coworker, since she just moved walking distance from Tracey’s and had never been.
The high life’s were nice and cold, and the roast beef she ordered was nicely done, as always. I still think Tracey’s has the best roast beef out of any uptown/​irish channel establishment.
One downside (and my rationale for 3 stars instead of 4): Nobody should charge more than $ 2 for miller high life. Ever. It retails for $ 6/​6-​pack. Usually less. I know rent on Magazine is probably expensive, but still.

I’ll admit its been a few years since I have visited, but I give this place one star for food. The ambience and amount of tvs is great for game watching, so 4 – 5 stars for that. I’ve eaten here twice and I just don’t understand how this place makes top poboy lists. I had the boudin balls here and I wanted to gag they were so horrible. Did they even use the basic ingredients which is pork and rice? It tasted nothing like boudin, the chefs should take a road trip to cajun country to learn whats in boudin or just take it off the menu. The shrimp tasted like frozen shrimp not fresh. I think this place should stick to basic things like fries, cheese sticks or just cut out the kitchen and make that a party room with more tvs catered by a place that can cook.

I’ll keep it simple:
+Friendly Staff
+Clean (ish) Dive Bar
+Numerous TVs
–Over-​priced
–They forgot to actually make my over-​priced food which I pre-​paid & graciously tipped for
–Food is just OK… heavily salted and wrecked my stomach not long after.
I won’t be running back. Maybe as an option for football games? Maybe.

This bar was recommended to us by our taxi driver when we had no clue what we were going to do for lunch. We both got the «famous» roast beef sandwiches and an order of fried pickles which turned out to be really good. The roast beef sandwiches were not exactly what we were expecting because they had gravy on them, but were super delicious and of course very large and messy. Fun bar and a great local spot. Very very friendly people!

Sadly another dive bar that has raised the price of Abita Amber above what I’m going to pay for it. The quality of the food service has been slipping and it just doesn’t seem to bring in the crowds it used to so the ambiance has dropped. Higher prices, less people and less fun… Times are changing fast and not for the better in the bar industry of NOLA.
At least they still have the St. Patrick’s day events but other than that I just don’t find myself coming here anymore.

I really wanted a muffuletta but they were out. They should just erase that line (menu is a chalkboard) when they are out so someone doesn’t stand in line for 10 minutes only to be disappointed.
Boudin balls were good but INCREDIBLY salty! The fried okra was the best I have ever had. It must’ve been picked 5 minutes before it was battered and fried.
Restaurant was very dirty. My husband said the guy taking the orders «had the personality of a shit sandwich». With all the fabulous places to eat in New Orleans these guys need to step up their game!

Cool bar, quite spacious, friendly staff and quick service on their busiest day of the year. I’ve only been here for the St. Patrick’s Day festivities and I’m impressed at how they handle the crowds and they host a great party. Obviously they’ve perfected the system of crowd control for their busy season. I’ll have to go back one day to eat and will update the review at that time.