Ideal Discount

The best gas station in mid city New Orleans
Friendly employees the people on the register will make your day

Upstanding people with their heads on strait, who have perfected their day to day operations. Unlike similar gas stations in the vicinity, these people are good at keeping the beggars and riffraff off the property.

They go the extra mile for their regulars, and if there's a specific item that they don't carry, they will order it for you on request.

Their prices ate low, but even if they weren't, I would still go there.

My beer stop on Fridays.

These guys introduced me to cheap gas, banana plank cookies, and toasted coconut juice.

One of my favorite corner stores in the city

The chicken and honey biscuit! Periodt.

good prices

Run of the mill corner store. 4 stars because the employees were very gracious to let us stand in the store during a downpour before we walked home.

Customer service and business practices noted and aside, they make some really good fried chicken

Cheap gas

Great gas prices, cheaper than other nearby stores.

Open 24/7

Just spent $30 at this store? Want to use the restroom?

Too bad.

Racist actions -
I waited in line. Someone got in line behind me. the person at the register was scrolling on his phone, acting as though he doesn’t see me. Doesn’t greet me.
I ask I asked for incense. He’s still on the phone barely present. The man grabs them from above the register on a stool On ONE REGISTER - as he’s still checking me out
The lady next to him obviously seeing I’m there takes the same register and motions for the white male behind me to step in front. They take care of him IN MY FACE as I’m standing at the counter WAITING….. it was evident I was waiting. It took 2 seconds to grab what I asked for. Why would you take another person behind me then make me wait …. When I’m at the counter checking out. Not even a verbal hold on.

It’s disrespectful . I walked out. No service.
Not even a word my way

I have been patronizing this business since 2006. Many changes in management and employees over the years. Some not as bad as others, but rarely has there been a sincerely friendly or appreciative staff member or manager at this location.
I used to live about 5 blocks away, near Cabrini, and would go for the gas prices.
I had to hold my nose because of the horrible stench, as well as the service, inside. I did that for about 8 years. Sold my house and moved to a different part of town, but still filled my tank there. I have a hard time reading the pump because of the graffiti and the gang tags. No matter what time of day, there are aggressive panhandlers or sketchy people loitering nearby.
Lately, I have been filling my tank in the morning at the beginning of the week, and stopping by every weekday evening at the end of my shift (11:30PM) for a soda, bag of chips. It takes me 6 minutes to get there. I asked the man running the place what time he closes, he said midnight...then "maybe 11:45"
I am not trying to split hairs, but whenever the old man is not there, a very rude and bitter woman closes the place right when I pull into the parking lot. She knows I am coming at about 11:36 or 11:37.
Tonight, I hurried over to this Ideal Discount on Orleans and Moss, just to test a theory. Sure enough, when I arrived a couple minutes early, the establishment was open (all the lights inside and out were one) but the self-hating woman had another employee hurry up and tape a hand-written "CLOSED" sign on the door.
I had already parked, and was out of my vehicle headed toward the door before the sign was taped to the glass inside.

This is not the first time this rude person has done this to me. Or to others. Every so often there is an NOPD cruiser in the lot when I arrive. A couple of weeks ago, I arrive around 11:40, and the place is "closed". A police officer was already returning from store's door, and told me the place was closed, again. I replied saying, it seems to be closing earlier and earlier. I mention this because more often than not, there is a police cruiser either parked or idling in the lot when I get there, so it is not a safety issue for the employees inside.
It is an employee that has no value, nor respect for loyal, paying customers.
The business website lists this place as being open 24 hours a day. Another reason to avoid this place like the plague.

My coworker stopped buying gas at this location several months ago for the same reason; a bitter, self-loathing rude woman treated him poorly.
Me, my coworker, and now my wife will no longer spend money at this establishment. Who knows how many other customers this woman has cost this business?