Just got back from my family road trip to New Orleans. On our last night there ( Saturday night, April 1st), we asked our hotel Concierge, a wonderful fellow named Sean over at the Queen & Crescent for some suggestions of where to go. One of the suggestions was Mother's, being that it was just around the corner and we could get some Crawfish Etouffe, which was one of the last items of New Orleans cuisine I still wanted to try before I left. I looked over the menu online to get an idea on pricing and felt everything looked like prices I was comfortable with. We headed out about an hour or so later and arrived to find a line out the door. We decided to wait and see how things worked there. An employee came out and handed us all menus, letting us know that it would be around a 30 minute wait. We didn't really have anywhere we needed to rush off to, so we waited. Once inside, we got into a new line to order our food. I have to say, I like the way they had things set up. Get up to the register, order your food, pay and go sit down with your receipt. A server will come get the receipt and make sure all your food is made up and brought out to you in a reasonable time. My daughter and I both ordered the Combo Platter. At $20, it was a great opportunity to try a bunch of different things, instead of being locked into just one. It came with Jambalaya, Red Beans and Rice, Potato Salad and a choice of seafood (Shrimp Creole or Crawfish Etouffe) and one side (I got the grits, my daughter got the green beans with tomatoes). My wife got a debris po' boy. Between those three items and the drinks, it came out to around $64, which was perfectly reasonable in my mind, given the amount of food that came out, the excellent quality of the food and the fact that there are signs all over indicating that the employees are not to be tipped, so I'm hoping that means they get a higher wage than most servers and that there is just an increased price on the food in order to make up for that fact. The service was excellent as well, so they deserve it if that is the case. This is definitely a place I will recommend to others and will certainly dine at again the next time I visit New Orleans.