Is R&O's Restaurant Still Open? Mystery Diners Update (Metairie, LA)

Mystery Diners, Season 3, Episode 5 Aired May 17, 2013

In the 'All in the Family' episode (aired 2013-05-17), owner U.J. was troubled by a string of staff departures at his Metairie restaurant, R&O's, and brought in Mystery Diners' undercover investigators to work alongside the crew and find out why employees kept quitting or asking to be moved off certain shifts. Hidden cameras showed waitress Dee Dee treating coworkers dismissively behind the scenes and behaving unprofessionally in front of guests, driving several staff members to look for work elsewhere; the same footage also captured U.J.'s cousin, Chris, quietly struggling to balance restaurant shifts with a full course load at school without asking for help. When U.J. was shown the tape, he let Dee Dee go, worked out a more flexible schedule with Chris so he could keep both commitments, and promoted server Amanda to assistant manager to help steady the floor and keep an eye on staff morale going forward. According to Wikipedia's article on the series, citing its sources, Mystery Diners carries an on-screen disclaimer that its events may be staged or re-enacted for dramatic effect and has been described by a television critic as relying on implausible scenarios and unconvincing acting.

Man v. Food, Season 5, Episode 4 Aired August 14, 2017

Man v. Food (S5E4, aired 2017-08-14) featured po-boys and Louisiana seafood at R&O's Restaurant, described on the episode as being in New Orleans. The business operates as R & O Restaurant and Catering, an Italian-Creole restaurant at 216 Metairie-Hammond Hwy in the Bucktown section of Metairie, Louisiana, a New Orleans-area suburb, according to Visit Jefferson Parish's business directory. According to Yelp, a listing for this address titled 'R & O RESTAURANT' was updated 2026-06 and showed 477 reviews and 572 photos with no closed designation and posted hours (Wednesday-Friday 11am-2pm and 5-9pm, Saturday 11am-9pm, Sunday 11am-7pm). Google Places listed the same address's business status as operational when the record was compiled on 2026-09-08. The restaurant's own Google Sites page, checked 2026-09-08, loaded successfully but displayed no dated content of its own.