Upscale Latin cuisine that doesn’t disappoint! Familiar dishes with a nice range of offerings. Several vegetarian indicated on the menu. I ordered the vegetarian quesadilla and sweet plantains. Both were as good as I would expect. The specialty margarita was fantastic. My dining mate got the seafood coconut soup that looked like a curry soup. I’m looking forward to returning to try the paella and the flaming dessert. The overall vibe was great and the service is top notch. There was a little mix up with my order but it was fixed quickly and were very nice.

This place is so good! The menu has so many appetizing options! If you love Latin food, this is the spot. First and foremost, it’s a small eatery with friendly customer service. The food is made hot and fresh to order, so be patient. The food is bursting with flavor. The appetizer was my favorite!! I ordered the seafood tostones. Now my dinner dish was the shrimp curry, which was good but the shrimp were a little over cooked. Their drink options (non alcoholic) were limited as they were out of things. Overall, I would 100% eat at Mayas again. Great owner and employees! Definitely worth a try if you are in the New Orleans Area!

We enjoyed a great lunch. Especially the ceviche. We ordered way too much but the food was excellent. A great location right on the edge of the Garden District. Please give me a like if you find this review helpful.

This is best Latin American, fusion restaurant in the city! The food was delicious! The restaurant is decorated so beautifully, the staff was super friendly and accommodating. The drinks we yummy! Literally can’t say anything bad about this place. Definitely go try it! I can’t wait to go back. We order so much food to try everything! Also, who thought to fry Elotes?!?! Literally the best invention lol. Make a reservation and GO!

this is the best latinx restaurant I've ever been too. The atmosphere is amazing, and the people are even better. Our waiter is name Joshua and we talked for over 30 minutes about his story and the restaurant. He was so kind and friendly. Our food was amazing too. I got the beef and chicken emanadas, and they were incredible. tasted great and filled me up, along with complimentary tortilla chips and salsa. Speaking of, the salsa is a custom mix of a sweet Chilli base with mango and a multitude of spices. It was delicious.

Good food but not inattentive service. We had the flank steak and curry. Good size portions. Watched the server touch all the eating parts of the silverware while she was rolling.

I wanted some real authentic food and experience. And I wasn't disappointed at all. From first walking in the door. Everyone was inviting and so nice. The menu is easy to understand and the portion size is incredible. So worth taking the time to find and stop by. You will not be disappointed. A must visit.

I love Maya’s! I’ve been coming year for years and the staff has always been warm and welcoming. Mayas is a blend of Latin style cuisines that has really great food and drink offerings. Their brunch is one of the most underrated in the city of New Orleans. The brunch menu is amazing and you can usually get a table pretty easily.

Mayas didn’t disappointment, let’s begin there. The venue is stunning & the atmosphere was calm. The complementary chips & dip was really good. Appetizer: Seafood Tostones DELICIOUS! Wow. 10/10. Highly recommend. Frozen peach margarita was tasty. Entree; steak churrasco with fried egg & yuca fries. Steak was flavorful, but could’ve been more tender ( even as medium) My friend ordered the eggplant curry, delicious. I will definitely be returning. & lastly, service was lovely as well!

This was perhaps my favorite meal on this trip. They serve South American food but with influences from other countries. The service was spectacular and made us want to linger until closing. Mayas gets a top recommendation.

This place is definitely an underrated spot. We found this place by accident. At first glance, the menu doesn't really grab you if you're looking for local traditional New Orleans cuisine but the food was unbelievably fantastic. The staff is friendly and the food came out really quick. The seafood guacamole is a must have but you can't go wrong with any menu item.

So good!! Soup and salad that came with some entrées were divine. ($14 entree comes with either soup or salad!) Lots of specialty cocktails. Excellent service. Plantain appetizers were wonderful. Child loved their chicken & cheese quesadilla, and the bacon wrapped plantains. Pork dish was great. Also enjoyed the yellow curry rice with chicken. Decor is interesting, sparse Mayan art on walls, tables covered with black and white tablecloths, nice hefty silverware, cloth napkins, cool water decanters and glass vessels. Several comfortable booths are along one wall, with nice tables and chairs (mostly 4-tops) spread out with plenty of space. You could dress up for a date here and have the fine dining experience, or come as you are from shopping on Magazine Street with your 7-yr old and have a lovely time too. Highly recommend!

Came for a Christmas dinner with a friend because she said it was a good spot. I love the Christmas decor and enjoyed the ambiance. Service was pretty decent. Waitress was attentive and did not have any issues especially since we came an hour before closing. Ordered Mayas curry, enchiladas verde, churrasco steak, empanadas (chicken and the beans and chorizo), and mojitos. The empanadas were not worth the price. Small portion and did not really have that much flavor. I also ordered the steak because I love chimichurri sauce, but I felt like it was lacking flavors too so I would not order that again. It also came with rice and black beans which tasted bland too. The enchiladas was the best! I highly recommend!! The mojitos were good, but I felt like it was mainly ice…you definitely are paying more for presentation than the alcohol. My favorite thing about this place is the vegetarian options. I like how they have a lot of that! I would not mind returning, but it also would not be my first choice.

... rank top two dining places to eat in New Orleans and that's only because my memory can't recall #1, what impressed me more was the efficiency during non peak periods, food came out to temp better than I've ever seen, my apple martinis was perfect exactly the way i ordered...

Delicious, efficient, and inviting! An adorable and cozy restaurant full of flavor. It was definitely worth the Uber ride!

Omygosh such a great restaurant! Food was all DELICIOUS. Staff was beyond nice. Adorable Christmas decorations. Made such a perfect Christmas dinner!!

Cozy place to enjoy the most testiest food! We were the for Valentine’s Day and they had an special menu: starter, main plate, dessert and sparkly wine for $55 per person. Food was delicious, we only took pictures of the main plates. We will come back here for sure to try more of their food. Don’t forget to make your reservation!

Food was delicious! The Ceviche de Mercado was fresh and easily would be enough for 4 people to share.

We went for lunch. The food is delicious and authentic, in a relaxed atmosphere. Started with an empanada, sized to share (we had one filled with a traditional chicken picadillo), and the palomas were generous. We had the cubano-- smoky and meaty, with crisp fries we couldn't stop eating-- and a poblano relleno with steak, which was flavorful and hearty. Will try the flan next time because we were too full.

THIS IS THE DEFINITION OF A 5 STAR EXPERIENCE. The owner/chef/bartender is a Superman - somehow made the best mojitos we’ve ever tasted while simultaneously cooking some of the most tasty food we’ve ever had. Amazing cocktails, food, and service! They even had an espresso martini waiting for us on the way out.

Instead of cooking Christmas dinner, we decided to dine out. I did a quick search to see who was accepting reservations on Christmas day (that wasn't attached to some big hotel charging $100 a plate), and saw that Mayas was going to be open. This place has been on my list of places for a while now, and I figured now was a good time to go. This restaurant smelled amazing soon as we opened the door, the decor is lovely, I'm really into to the art they have displayed. The Christmas decor was really pretty, too. We were enthusiastically greeted, checked for our Vax card, and seated. The server we had was very knowledgeable, really nice, and professional. Now, the food.... everything we had, from the complimentary chips and salsa to the entrées was delicious. Their salsa isn't a traditional tomato salsa, it's a sweet and spicy mango salsa that has a similar flavor profile to the dipping sauce often served with pot stickers in Asian restaurants. It's so good, they really should bottle it up and sell it. We ordered the black bean and chorizo empanadas, let me tell you these are the best empanadas I've had in years. I used to buy my empanadas from a sweet El Salvadoran lady daily on my way to culinary school years ago, and aside from hers the ones at Mayas are the best. I had the Jamaican curried shrimp, and my daughter ordered the grilled chicken with black beans and rice with mango salsa, both meals were delicious. The servings were large, I ate all of my shrimp but couldn't finish the rice and veggies. My daughter took her meal home as leftovers she could have for lunch the next day. I don't normally condone texting at the table during meal time, but I made an exception during this meal, because the food was so good I was texting my best friend about it and sending her pictures. We'll definitely be back. I highly recommend this restaurant. Make reservations, wear your mask, and bring your vaccine card. They are following city guidelines.

Best mojitos in town. Definitely fresh and no syrups. Even comparing to Cuba. I highly recommend this place.

Some of the best guacamole I've had! The regular and the seafood guacamole. The tuna tartare is a large helping and delicious and so is the ceviche. Definitely a great menu and restaurant seems to be ran very well. The waitress had a little trouble understanding us (could have been a language issue), but she got everything right in the end. This is one of our favorite restaurants.

Easily overlooked but always memorable experience. The food is amazing! There are almost too many choices but none of them are bad. From bacon wrapped plantains to seafood guacamole, and any of the brisket, steak or shrimp dishes are going to hit the spot. Expect to bring leftovers home. Also be sure to pop in on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday for 2 for 1 caprihinias, Palomas, or sangria drink specials.

The food is good here. I called a month before hand to book the upstairs room for 40 people for my wedding reception. Sounds perfect right? Wrong. I called the Thursday before to confirm and received no call back. When everyone arrived we were told that the air conditioning was out upstairs and that they could only seat 20 people. No call beforehand. When I got upset, I was told to calm down or the police would be called. After all was said and done they told us they could not figure out how to split everyone’s check, which was agreed that they would do when booked. Again the food and ownership are usually good here but I will never give them my business again.

Quite surprisingly good. My daughter picked it out while driving down Magazine street and I had never heard of it. We stopped and thourghly enjoyed unique flavors from dish to dish. We will be back.

Recommend? Yes, but only if it's convenient. I got the tostones and the tofu moqueca. The pickled veggies on top of the tostones made it really good. The tofu moqueca was a true surprise. I knew the description said there's lime, but I didn't expect it to have such a strong effect on the dish. I personally didn't enjoy it because I'm used to Vietnamese curry and a Thai red curry. It's not bad perse, but very different to me. The tofu did have a hint of sour as well and I'm going to attribute that to it being in the curry so it soaked the flavor versus the alternative which is it being bad. Overall, it's a great atmosphere and if you get the right item menu it would be a really good time.