Mr Poor Boy Restaurant

Food is always consistent. Flavorful and plentiful. The plates are filled with food. It is always packed in there.

Great Roast Beef Poor Boy and fries! Friendly Service and restaurant seemed very clean.

Stop here frequently on my way home from work. Staff is friendly and always accommodating. Love the sandwiches and they have great lasagna, which being Italian I am very picky about. My favorite sandwich is definitely the roast beef!

Good but…
No one preparing food was wearing gloves or hair nets. I have a problem with that, especially since the people preparing the food, also run the food out and bus tables. The place just has a cluttered, unclean feeling to it. The folks are pretty nice, and seem to know many of the regular patrons.
They have a very small bar area (not a liquor bar) but don’t plan on sitting down there. It is full of random items for the kitchen and bagged to go orders lined up.
The area where they store the ketchup bottles/​condiments for the dine in guests is horrendous. It is a cluttered mess.
The place is small, and storage is obviously an issue. They have a glass front cooler right by the front door and register, which they use for food storage. I noticed a large container of brown liquid with something floating in it (maybe roast beef?) that wasn’t covered. It was not appealing AT ALL looking at that while you’re standing in line to order. In fact, I was planning to order roast beef, and decided not to because of it.
I ordered a hot sausage po-​boy dressed, with cheddar cheese. They toast the bread slightly, which I like. They used a bit too much mayo for my liking. The cheddar cheese seemed to be the pre-​shredded type. They do not use Patton’s hot sausage. Overall it was good. The fries were definitely nothing special. They had no seasoning at all (salt or anything), and were slightly undercooked. I wouldn’t order them again. $ 10.71 was my total.
I don’t think I’ll be back or recommend, due to the cleanliness. There are many other similar places around.

Stopped by for lunch today and tried the roast beef poboy with fries. They had a really big menu with different daily specials. If the other food is as good as the roast beef poboy I will be back. Thanks Unilocal reviewers for steering me here.

My daughter came home to visit and Mr Poboy’s Restaurant was her first food from Home. She ordered a Roast Beef Poboy with Cheddar Cheese, French fries, Diet Coke. It was awesome! A Great Start to enjoy the food she was raised on.

Driven by here a few times on the way to the airport and thought I’d give it a try for lunch. Lady behind the counter taking orders seemed a little rude and short when I ordered. I tried the roast beef po boy. Good sandwich although the bread is an important part and I’ve had better po boys around New Orleans. Bread had the classic po boy hard crust but the flavor of the bread was weak. Roast beef and dressing were good though. I’m more critical of their onion rings which were soaked in oil and were just average in taste. I’ve had better from national fast food chains. Guys who brought out the food were extremely nice. Small inconvenience but they don’t take AmEx so for people with an AmEx business card you’ll need another form of payment.

Found this place by accident and glad that I did. Had the hot roast beef and it was awesome! The place is family run, friendly, clean, and cozy with a large menu to choose from. If ever in the area and hungry, it’s worth stopping in… you won’t be disappointed.

Ordered take out. I ordered the 6“roast beef poboy and it was pretty good. I like it sloppy and they did a great job! My fiancé ordered the 15″ shrimp poboy and it was plentiful. Definitely worth the money and will go back.

Went there for the first time today. I got a 15 inch shrimp po-​boy dressed. It was awesome! Shrimp fried crispy and well. NO SHORTAGE OF SHRIMP ON THIS SANDWICH! Loaded with shrimp… shrimp falling off because of overloading. Gonna tell all my friends about this place!

This was one of the first times I tried a real New Orleans roast beef po boy — and I’ve gotta say, this ones the best I’ve had of several I’ve tried elsewhere. Messy is an understatement… but every bit worth it.
The menu has a decently wide variety of options — mostly home cooked fare and from what I hear it’s equally as tasty (being that I’ve only gotten the po boy both times I’ve been). Big portions. Beers available, and from what I remember some other more unique bottled soda options. Friendly staff.
I think I’ve developed a habitual craving for a lunch stop at Mr. Po Boy when I’m in town.

I don’t know why this place doesn’t get more attention. For my money, yes I will say it, this is the best shrimp poboy in New Orleans. I am saying I will put this shrimp poboy up against Domilise’s, Parkway, Mahoney’s, or any other «well-​known» poboy in town. Other than the fact that it is on Jefferson Hwy at the far end of River Ridge in a nasty strip mall, this place is fantastic.
The shrimp poboy is always delicious and overflowing with large, perfectly fried shrimp. I used to get the large but could eat it for three meals. The small comes with so many extra shrimp that when you’re done eating your poboy you have a fried shrimp platter left on the plate.
I have had their hot ham and swiss and their hot roast beef poboys as well and all of their food is great.
The actual restaurant is your typical strip mall dive with a friendly staff. They always seem to have the same customers in every day that look like they just arrived from the Harahan Elk’s lodge, but everyone is friendly.
If you’re ever headed down Jefferson Hwy to the airport or are in the neighborhood or live in River Ridge, stop and get yourself a fried shrimp poboy from Mr. Poor Boy and you will definitely be back.

Good home cooked food and all the regulars eat here.
There barbecue beef po-​boy was fantastic one time and then real greasy the next time. The meatball po-​boy not so good. It tasted like meat loaf and no sauce on it.
The have the best sweet potato fries I have had anywhere in the south.

I’ve been twice and both times for plate lunches, one a really big plate of white beans with a large pork chop and the other a salisbury-​steak kind of dish with macaroni and cheese.
If you are entertaining your cardiologist or a Top Chef producer for dinner, go elsewhere; there’s plenty of calories in them there piles of food and the décor is well-​worn by time. But as others here have noted, it seems clean enough even if the paint is bit yellowed and the staff is very friendly.

Stopped for poor boys and these were good. Not overly generous on the seafood but certainly above par. Fast and friendly too. Worth a stop.

Sloppy, artery clogging, family owned diner kinda food. But I love it. Been eating there for years, different owners now, but still the same basic place. It’s clean enough, the prices are cheap, and the food is good enough. They might be reaching a little with the daily hot plate specials. All the ones I’ve tried have been pretty good though, especially for the price.
I have to mention the po-boy’s. They are always good and adequately stuffed. The shrimp, roast beef, and smoked sausage are my favorites. Everything seems to be cooked to order.
The dining area is comfortable, the staff is friendly, food is just as good when you get it to go. You enter, order your food, find a seat and relax. This place has a lot of loyal regulars. People who understand that a salad consists of iceberg lettuce and a slice or two of tomato. It’s a good neighborhood po-​boy spot and that’s that.

The BEST roast beef poboys in the city. Restaurant not much to look at, but everything I’ve gotten here has been good, but I just keep going back to the roast beef!

Mr. Poor Boy is one of those small family owned diners that has been around for a long while. (1969 if I remember the date right from the menu.) Dining area looks it, worn and comfortable, but not quite suburban casual. It’s clean and the service is good. I tend more to take out rather than the dine in. I can phone in an order, run over here after work, pick up two dinners to go, and get home in time to pretend I had made dinner for us.
Prices for the homemade daily hot plates are pretty reasonable and the food is good. Red Beans served with sausage is the Monday special. (what else would you expect in New Orleans?). Wednesday is spaghetti with a choice of 5 different meats to top the red sauce (well, depends on how you would consider the stuffed green pepper). Thursday has to be my favorite, the roast beef over mashed potatoes with lots of gravy and veggies. What a sloppy mess and I couldn’t be any happier eating it.
Of course, it is a po-​boy house, just about any type you can imagine. They have every right to brag about their roast beef po-​boy dripping with gravy. I like their fried shrimp po-​boy.

Diner style food great customer service lots a different daily specials hole in the wall atmosphere kitchen looks a little scary

My fave po-​boy joint.
Love the roast beef po-​boy. I’ve been getting it for years.
Also d’lish… dinner & lunch plates which are super cheap.
The seafood po-​boys are yummy too.
Gotta love the Barq’s