Where the Locals Eat Rating
Best Fried Chicken
Top 100 Restaurant, New Orleans
"[Willie Mae Seaton] cooks without flash or pretension the kind of food, like fried chicken and pork chops, that she grew up eating in Mississippi. Over the 50 years that she's owned her Sixth Ward bar and restaurant, Seaton has become a master craftswoman of Southern cooking."
– Todd A. Price, Gambit Weekly
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Now in her 90s, Willie Mae no longer spends as much time at the restaurant after its post-Hurricane Katrina reopening, with her great-granddaughter Kerry Seaton now running the kitchen and remaining true to her recipes.)
"Willie Mae Seaton has earned a sterling reputation for forthright cookery of unimpeachable quality. She has done so quietly, one platter of deep-fried chicken at a time."
– James Beard Foundation
"Before the flood, Willie Mae's Scotch House had been frequented by in-the-know New Orleanians for almost 50 years; her wet-battered fried chicken, in particular, was the trump card of both city bigwigs and serious eaters from around the region, and the stark white ‘double shotgun' (Willie Mae lives in the adjoining side) remained a bright spot in an area better known for its urban blight."
– Cynthia Joyce, Salon.com
Cash only. No alcohol available. Serving lunch 11 am-3 pm Mon–Sat. Closed Sun.
How Others Rate Willie Mae's Scotch House
Zagat 2009
25 Food Quality (very good to excellent)
The Times-Picayune
Top 100 Restaurant, 2008
James Beard Foundation
America's Classics Award, 2005