Central Poboys

Great service and yummy food. Everyone in there knew each other and treated us like we were family. Get a burger or poboy and debris fries.

We love central! They are reliable, have huge portions, and the staff is so incredibly kind, warm, and welcoming! Definitely our favorite restaurant!

This is a great lunch place . Not fancy , very reasonable prices , good food , very large portions , nice people and quick service . Only open for lunch .

Tastes like you have a grandmother in the back cooking for you. Unpretentious, perfectly executed dishes with amazing specials every day, from Italian to gator sausage to pecan cheesecake. Their absurdly cheap, absurdly big (and absurdly delicious) debris burger has to be the best deal in all of the New Orleans area.

I had a muffuletta, a New Orleans original sandwich invented on Decatur St in the French Quarter. I’ve had the Muffuletta downtown at Central Grocery where they were invented and they’re good. Cooter Brown’s muffulettas are better than Central Grocery. I love muffulettas. The one I had at Central Poboys was the best I’ve ever had. Seriously. It was more than delicious. I’ve been there twice and both times had the muffuletta. My only critique is that the second one I had was too “central” (pardon the pun). By that I mean that the meat, although plentiful was extremely thick on the

Central Poboys catered a meal for my group recently. They provided excellent food, friendly service, and made our meal a memorable event. Thanks.

Absolutely amazing! Great and fast service! Delicious muffaletea and, shrimp and corn soup, fries, and even the sweet tea! Comfortable and clean! Will be back for sure!

So yummy and sooooooo much food.

The food is really tasty. The portions are huge.

I had the 12" fried oyster poboy... definitely could have ordered the 8" because I didn't finish 1/2 of the sandwich. The bread was so good. Very soft and chewy with a nice crust on the outside.

The service is excellent... very friendly.

Almost forgot about this place usually no place to park but got there early. It was so good. Roast beef Poboy for my son and potato poboy for me we split onion rings they we homemade and amazing. Yes we had to get a togo box sandwiches are huge and very full.

Great poboys! Get the napkins ready and order the roast beef! It's a absolutely delicious! They overstuff this poboy with tender roast beef and gravy and then dress it with lettuce, tomato and Mayo on delicious soft and chewy poboy bread! I did not have one complaint about this meal!

Excellent food and service. Way too much food for us to eat but reasonable prices! Highly recommend

Delicious home cooked food!! Always the BEST!! And macaroni to DIE for!! We had the Family deal tonight came with so much food have leftovers for tomorrow!!

Had the Stuffed Peppers family meal today for Mother's Day. It was a great deal and the food was very good. You and your team did a great job.

Great food. Just ask them to toast your bread for PoBoys. Best oyster sandwich. Reminds me of Bozo’s back in the day. Remember to tell them to toast bread!

Service was horrible. Took a long time to get order in and then it took FOREVER to get food. A tabletop of 8 came in about 15 mins after us. They appeared to know all the employees and were served their food before us. We were a table of 3. Two shrimp poboys, roast beef poboy, one order of onions rings and fries. Took us about 30 minutes to get our food. The onion rings were amazing. The poboys are large but mostly bread. The food did taste good, just not overstuffed. Hour and a half in and out. Never going back. Inexcusable

Caught a craving for a po-boy, and had an appointment at a nearby place. So I let Yelp guide me here. Special on the menu today includes an alligator sausage po-boy. Well. I guess that settles that. Atmosphere seems like a dive at first, but it's very clean with a rustic look.

The server taking my order threw me off a little asking if I wanted lettuce, tomato, and mayo. I suppose they've had too many out-of-towners who didn't know what "dressed" meant.

The sandwich was good - crusty Leidenheimer bread and a good sausage (split and grilled nicely). Hard to tell alligator

Doesn't look like much when you drive down the street but it's a good choice for when you're hungry before 6pm .

Alligator sausage Poboy was great, French roll was fluffy and crunchy on the outside. Seafood gumbo was great and mildly spicy

Tasty but I think it might be a little overpriced for some standard & well-done food.

UPDATE: I'm still giving this place 5 stars... But I have to say today was the first time in YEARS I didn't enjoy my food... I ordered a small dressed Hamburger Poboy with cheese.... It had ZERO flavor... ZERO... For $10 I was soooo disappointed... A frozen tasteless patty for sure :(

Don't like that place parentons is a much better place to eat at down the street I give them a five star evertime I go their

Was in this area of town and had a hankering for a poboy soooo Whatdya do... hop on yelp and look around. Poof this place popped up. I ordered the hot sausage and gator sausage poboys with a side of some potato salad. Potato salad was pretty good and the gator sausage wasn't bad but a little tough in comparison to other gator sausage I've had. The hot sausage poboy was spot on just needed pickles. I asked for fully dressed so I'm guessing pickle is not a part of their fully dressed line up. Not a deal breaker though, it was still good. Service was good and everyone was friendly.

We had catering brought to us for a family dinner: Angel Hair with meatballs (SAUCE IS AMAZING!) meatballs were tender and flavorful! pasta cooked perfectly. and the sauce.... the sauce is the REAL DEAL. there were arguments over the leftovers. stewed chicken, plenty of pan gravy, chicken was cooked well, flavor was out of this world! next was… shrimp pasta! whatever they put into that cheesy, gooey sauce should be illegal! shrimp was plump and tasty! next up, pot roast! tender, to the point you do NOT need a knife. again, the family was eating like cavemen and arguing over it! and the dessert

Love the food, love the staff. I always get food to go and its always finished within ten minutes. I do wish they stayed open a little later but Im not complaining. Keep up the great work!

I had one of the daily lunches. It was 'Des Allemands' fried catfish. It came with potato salad and a small green salad. I could not taste the catfish. There was a taste of seemingly old cooking oil. It left a really bad taste in my mouth. I've eaten Des Allemands catfish many times. Des Allemands fried catfish never tasted like that. I called the restaurant and informed the lady who answered that there was an old cooking oil taste and that I did not taste the fried catfish. She simply stated, "ok". I won't be eating any fried fish from Central Po-Boy :(

Alright, so anyone who knows me, knows of my love of a good Po-Boy..
The quintessential New Orleans cuisine, this not to be missed delicacy never ceases to excite the palate and senses.
And my go-to Po-Boy is the Ham and Roast Beef with Debris Gravy, fully dressed of course, often called "The Fergie".
My first time at Central Poboys and I ordered my favorite.
The 12" Fergie, dressed like I love it.
And this one did NOT disappoint.
It arrived in all of its overstuffed glory.
Brimming with what can only be described as a very generous portion of both Ham and Roast beef, gravy and Swiss

I was having a craving for a Poboy after work on Friday this week so I stopped in on my ride home from Elmwood. I did a quick Yelp search of Poboys and came across Central Poboys which had good reviews and was close by. The restaurant is on Central Ave. (Duh, it is the name of the place) and in the middle of a weird mix of commercial, industrial and residential buildings. The restaurant is small but big enough to have a bar and 10 or so tables.

The menu is the basic po-boy list, I didn't see anything crazy or gourmet that a lot of newer poboy joints have. I walked up to the bar to place

This is a small restaurant that is always busy. They have different specials everyday along with the regular menu. They open at 11 and are only open until 6 according to their door.
#comeearlyorwaitforatable
We ordered a alligator sausage poboy with fries and a cup of chicken and sausage gumbo.
#hugeportionsizes
The amount of food you get is unreal. If you leave hungry after eating here I am not sure what to say!

Parking is available in the small lot but fills quickly. You then need to find street parking which is tough at times. My tip is just be there when they open at 11.

This was my first visit to the restaurant after passing it tons of times. A co-worker said that the food was good here so I was expecting something great. I ordered the fried fish with angel hair pasta and crawfish sauce. There was absolutely no flavor to the fish or the sauce. It was missing seasoning. The service was awesome. My drink was refilled timely. The macaroni and cheese looked better than what I got so I will try that next time.

I went in here about a week ago so and it was my first time I was ever in here and it's never crowded which is a plus. The fried fish in the cream sauce with angel hair pasta is absolutely delicious!! The seafood gumbo was also very good and very flavorful. The onion rings are not your typical onion rings that are very thin and crispy onion rings. All in all everything was good and I will definitely go back in again. I've got food from here a few times and I'ts never disappointed me.

I had lunch with my MFG Rep at this location and all I can say if you go for lunch get there early. Small place and it fills up quickly. Since I travel a lot I try to watch what I eat and while I wanted the gator bites po'boy, I knew better. I did have the shrimp salad. There were so many shrimp on my plate they were falling off the plate. The price is great and the wait staff is awesome. I hope to get back to the area soon to work with my rep so I can get back to this place to eat. It is now bookmarked so I will know where to go.

I got a half oyster half shrimp poboy. The oysters were flash fried so they were still plump and juicy. Shrimp side was also light and fried just right. Both oyster and shrimp had lots of goodness. Very good poboy!
Note- I asked for Roastbeef gravey on the side, seemes a bit greasy so stick with the fried food or specials of the day looked big and good.