Best Restaurants with a Wood Oven in Central Business District

I read about this place and it was our first meal on this visit to New Orleans. What a start to a trip! Amazing lunch. I would suggest making a reservation as it was full when we dined on a Friday. We sat at the bar and the bartender was great, tasty drinks (the Tavi Spritz is my new favorite drink) and good advice on food. We started with the half order of fried chicken hummus. Creamy hummus topped with chucks of fried chicken and amazing salsa verde. So good! The fresh pita and olive oil and spices served with it were perfect. I loved the crispy halloumi. Crispy and hot drizzled with honey and on the best citrus and nut base. Every bite was a flavor bomb. ❤️ The lamb kofta had nice char and flavor , served on some spicy spread with tomatoes and yogurt to cool it off. The sujuk pide is big. A thin bread wrapped around tender meat and cheese with tomatoes on top. Filling but so good! We didn’t have room for dessert because we enjoyed the lunch so much. I would definitely go back and try more. And more crispy halloumi!

Great service today on Christmas day! So busy but servers were awesome. I messed up on timing of my reservation but they worked hard to accommodate my mistake. Food was great and good quantity.

Our waitress was AMAZING. It was a great dinner for our family celebration.

The Caesar salads were on point, the Hawaiian pizza was superb, and our son had the key lime pie which he absolutely loved. Our server was very nice and took good care of us.

My husband and I enjoyed our visit. The atmosphere and staff were amazing. The food was awesome. Everything was cooked and served to perfection! We highly recommend GAIA and will return for future outings to New Orleans! Note to the ladies, the Tiger Lily drink is spectacular.