Plume Algiers
Indian restaurant · McDonogh
1113 Teche St, New Orleans, LA 70114
Highlights
Innovative Indian cuisine with bold spices & layered flavors
Innovative Indian cuisine with bold spices & layered flavors
"A frequently rotating Indian menu produced a memorable shrimp thali that made the reviewer "immediately close my eyes in pleasure": garlic shrimp slathered in a chile‑butter bath, fresh naan, and a sambar spiced to perfection combined to create an experience that affirmed the reviewer's decision to move to New Orleans. The reviewer writes that an "amalgam of regional and international spices transported me to India, a country I’ve never visited, through the swamps of Southern Louisiana, and right to my plate in the Crescent City." The visit ended with the reviewer leaving with "a takeout box, a full stomach, and a smile that stayed plastered on my face during the entire drive home." — Kayla Stewart, Eater senior editor." - Henna Bakshi
"After a year of restaurant pop-ups, Tyler Stuart and Merritt Coscia opened their now-popular West Bank restaurant, Plume Algiers, in 2020. An incredible ever-evolving menu and frequent specials might include Kozhi, a spicy fried chicken stew with coconut dumplings, Recheado shrimp salad, chow mein, and aloo chaat. Family-oriented and friendly, this quaint Algiers shop is a neighborhood restaurant through and through." - Beth D’Addono
"It’s a hot brunch summer at Plume Algiers, the West Bank’s four-year-old feel-good Indian restaurant. While owners pause dinner service for the season, Plume is open Thursday through Sunday from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m., serving favorites like the fried banana chaat, egg kaathi roll, Keralan fried chicken, and egg curry, as well as new additions like gluten-free fermented coconut pancakes. The milk cake, made with milk fudge and pistachio, is a sweet finish." - Eater Staff
"Tyler Stuart and Merritt Coscia call their three-year-old West Bank restaurant a “celebration of regional Indian cuisine born from one couple’s love of communal eating and the dynamic dishes of India.” That emphasis on simplicity, respect, and community comes through in the food and atmosphere. An incredible and affordable ever-evolving menu and frequent specials might include kozhi, a spicy fried chicken stew with coconut dumplings, recheado shrimp salad, pork axone, and aloo chaat." - Clair Lorell, Eater Staff
"This Indian gem recently doubled its size — chef Tyler Stuart’s inspired cooking is that good. With his partner Merritt Coscia in the mix, the former Carrollton Market chef started with Plume pop-ups until landing in Algier’s Point early in the pandemic. The inspiration came from a two month trip through India; now, Stuart’s whipping up regional dishes from kaathi rolls to pakora, dal, and curries, all powered by housemade spice blends and best paired with homemade naan for dipping." - Beth D’Addono
