Calypso Restaurant New Orleans

New Orleans, United States

4.3

Closed now

10 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards

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Telephone:
+1 504-265-4297
Address:
10210 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA, 70123
River Ridge
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Bussiness info

Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Accepts Bitcoin
No
Parking
Street, Private Lot
Bike Parking
Yes
Wheelchair Accessible
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
Full Bar
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
No
Has TV
Yes
Dogs Allowed
No
Waiter Service
No
Caters
Yes

Today

Today 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (New Orleans) 22:15 Friday, 20 June 2025

Business hours

Monday –
Tuesday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wednesday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Thursday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Saturday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
Sunday –

Description

Specialties

Venezuelan foods: Empanadas (deep fried meet pies), Arepas (corn pocket), Cachapas (sweet corn pancakes), Shredded Beef, Black Beans, Fried Green and Sweet Plantains, Guasacaca (Venezuelan style guacamole sauce).

Passion Fruit Rum Guarapita: a typical Venezuelan drink made of fresh passion fruit juice and rum.

Trinidaddian foods: Roti (a type of burrito filled with a curry potato sauce with beef, or chicken, crawfish and other fillings), Trinidad style red beans and rice, Sorrel (a hibiscus flower tea).

Spanish foods: Seafood Paella rice with shrimp, calamari, clams & muzzles, Varios Tapas…

Authentic Sangria!

Caribbean foods: Arroz con Pollo (Puerto Rican rice and chicken), Jerk Chicken (not available everyday) (Jamaican spicy chicken).

Unique desserts: Guava Fantasy, 3 Leches, Brazo Gitano.

Full Bar: we have a full bar specializing in high end Rums from Venezuela and the Caribbean. We carry Pampero Aniversario (Venezuela’s top rum), Zacapa (Guatemala’s top rum), and soon we will have Trinidaddian and Barbados rums.

We also carry a good variety of quality beers.

History

Established in 2014.

We originally catered Venezuelan & Trinidaddian foods to the film industry in New Orleans, but after explosive growth and by popular demand, we had no choice than to open a brick and mortar establishment/​location where the industry folks could gather and enjoy meals with their friends and family. We are now proud to share our exotic latin and caribbean meals with all the New Orleans public and we welcome everybody! Come Calypso with us!

Meet the Business Owner

Michael S.

Business Owner

Michael was born in Caracas, Venezuela and his parents Tony and Jean are from Trinidad & Tobago. Growing up in this unique combination of rich cultures impressed him from a very young age, especially the exotic foods and musics of these countries & the caribbean. This love of culture & food motivated Michael to start providing caribbean foods to the United States public. After moving to New Orleans in 2013, Mike and his wife Annie discovered that this rich cultural city also had an intense love for exotic foods & so they decided to open Calypso Restaurant after many people asked them to. Initially they catered Venezuelan & Trinidaddian foods to the various film productions that were taking place in New Orleans, but based on the explosive success they had, they had no choice but to open a brick and mortar establishment where all their film friends can come and enjoy the exotic delicacies. Mike is also an actor, italian opera singer, filmmaker and has worked in many movies and tv shows.

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10 reviews of Calypso Restaurant New Orleans

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Place rating: 5
Elmwood, LA
Delicious, flavorful, and incredibly fresh! The owners couldn’t be nicer. Very friendly and truly passionate about serving their customers the very best. Best plantains around! I’d also recommend the shrimp arepaz with the guacamole salsa. Yum!
Place rating: 1
New Orleans, LA
I went to the restaurant Last Tuesday after 11:00 am only to find it was not open, even though posted per the website it was open. HMMMMMM!
Place rating: 3
New Orleans, LA
This is a small storefront restaurant in River Ridge near Manguno. It was difficult to find in the dark. I wasn’t sure what to do when we walked in. There were about a dozen tables and a bar, two couples at tables and a single waiting at the bar. Cheerful upbeat Latin music was playing. There were half a dozen TV screens or monitors on the walls cycling through pictures of New Orleans, beach, mountain and city scenes from, I assume, Trinidad and Venezuela. Along the left wall was a buffet. It looks like they have a liquor license since they sell rum drinks.
We sat down and waited for several minutes before the woman behind the buffet came over and explained the menu, which was pretty limited. Apparently they always have the buffet, at lunch and dinner.
The buffet contents were some small cornbread griddle cakes, that they melt cheese on top of if you ask, chicken soup, marinated beef brisket and paella. They were out of the beans at 6 on a Saturday night, but fried up some plantains in place of the beans. The beef was very tasty, one of the owners said they marinate it and slow cook it until it’s very tender. The paella had mussels, sausage and chicken, that I could see, but not much else in the way of seafood or meat, and a bit too salty as well as the rice being dried out.
I really liked the idea of a Venezuelan restaurant and wanted to like it, but for me to enjoy it I want to know more about the food of the country, what the typical dishes are and how they are cooked. The menu needs a much wider selection of dishes, explanation of what they are, and a Saturday night buffet should be a showcase for the cuisine, rather than a way to cut down on staff and make customers serve themselves. $ 17 for a very limited menu of soup, beef, rice and plantains isn’t interesting enough to hold my interest.
Place rating: 4
New Orleans, LA
My first visit to Calypso a few weeks ago after hearing about it from a friend. A co-​worker and I decided to try the Friday buffet which is seafood centric. We had the arroz con pollo and shredded brisket; they were both full of flavor. The brisket is best when dipped in the Guasacaca (avocado based salsa) which lends a brightness to the rich brisket. After, we tried the seafood paella which was full of seafood and sausage. Everything was tasty, though the buffet suffers some due to the lack of traffic as the temperature on some dishes wasn’t ideal. This is anecdotal, but deserves mentioning.
We did speak with the owner after eating and he shared his background. He couldn’t have been nicer, and did allow us to try a few items off the day’s menu (the empandas are not to be missed). Calypso is a great addition to River Ridge, but helps fill the hole of Latin cuisine in the entire metro area. I can’t wait to get back and try more of the menu!
ETA: I went back for lunch today and everything was hot and fresh. I’m guessing my previous concern has been addressed. Food was excellent again.
Place rating: 5
Saint Amant, LA
This place is so good! Great vegetarian choices and low prices. The owners are awesome and the food is so unique! Check it out!
Place rating: 5
Cincinnati, OH
Very bright, flavorful food. Especially good deal for what you are paying. Friendly service. Will definitely return.
Place rating: 5
Louisville, KY
Great food and a great location! Friendly staff and fair pricing for the food quality!
Place rating: 5
New Orleans, LA
So excited to have Calyoso so close to my mother’s home. Can’t wait to try it. Have heard so many great things about the food
Place rating: 5
River Ridge, LA
Finally, an authentic Resturant in river ridge. Great food. Well priced! You must check this one out before the word gets out because once it does, it will be hard to get a table.
Place rating: 5
Ventura, CA
They are currently a catering company and soon to be a restaurant mid July 2015. They have catered the office several times now and every single time it just gets better and better. The food is always fresh and blended well. The owners are amazing too. You can just tell that they are passionate about their food. i have the brisket empanadas, black bean and cheese empanadas, and the fried plantains and all of it was just amazing! I absolutely love the food and customer service and can’t wait for the restaurant to open!