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Best Cajun & Creole food near Donaldsonville, Louisiana, United States
Reviews on Cajun & Creole food in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, United States. Donaldsonville (historically French: Lafourche-des-Chitimachas) is a small city in and the parish seat of Ascension Parish in south Louisiana, United States, located along the River Road of the west bank of the Mississippi River. The population was 7,436 at the 2010 census, a decrease of more than 150 from the 7,605 tabulation in 2000. Donaldsonville is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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10. Mike Anderson's - Gonzales
Overall Ratings
4 based on 473 reviews
Mike Anderson's was established over 3 decades ago and is famous for serving fresh South Louisiana Seafood. While Mike Anderson's Gonzales is known for providing excellent service, it is the consistency of the delicious food that truly sets us apart. Whet
Reviewed By F5805LYandreas
I love the food! Each time I visit here I receive a pleasant experience! Iâm always one to select seafood and the fried catfish, fried oysters, fried shrimp, and hush puppies with a stuffed potato were delicious. The next day, I missed breakfast but was able to order a shrimp poboy with fries. True Louisiana flavor! I also ordered bread pudding and was surprised about the portion size. It was more than I expected and I enjoyed every bite.
9. Don's Seafood
Overall Ratings
4 based on 321 reviews
DON'S SEAFOOD More Than Eighty Years of Exceptional Seafood South Louisiana locals and visitors have been drawn to DON'S authentic Cajun cuisine for more than 80 years. Menu selections including traditional Landry family recipes, and more recent original
Reviewed By Yoyoyoitsyaboi100
Food was great. Out service was even better! Our server brooke made sure our drinks stayed filled and we got everything we wanted and needed! I will be back!
8. The Cabin Restaurant and Events
Overall Ratings
4 based on 269 reviews
Through the efforts, ideas, faults, love, sweat & patience of friends, family, & agitators, you are able to enjoy some Southern history. Our goal is to preserve some of the local farming history, serve meals typical of the River Road tradition, & make you
Reviewed By DougBen
This place has been hear longer than I can remember & the buildings are as old as the hills.Food is consistently good if you ask the locals.It is one of very few restaurants close by but well known for travelers & local natives alike.I had a lunch special of red beans & rice with sausage plus corn bread on my last visit that was true southern comfort food well done & my partner had a sloppy roast beef poboy that was very satisfying .Lots of history & artifacts decorate the place adding character & charm.The waitress, Mama P was personable & friendly.
7. Latil's Landing
Overall Ratings
4 based on 129 reviews
Latil's Landing Restaurant is located inside historic Houmas House Plantation and Gardens. Dine in the intimate 250 year old rooms of the Mansion. Elegant, Romantic and great cuisine. Named one of the Top 20 restaurants by Esquire Magazine, and One of the
Reviewed By Taylor B
"Dine like a Sugar Baron" is how dinner is described at Latil's Landing restaurant at Houmas House plantation, the extraordinarily luxurious mansion and bed-and-breakfast complex near Darrow, Louisiana, on the east side of the Mississippi River. It once was the largest sugar plantation in the country. Now, as they say, visitors can dine like a sugar baron, enjoy the culinary delicacies of Louisiana, use the exact replicas of the original china used by one-time owner General Wade Hampton, who was the wealthiest landowner in the antebellum South of the 1800s. Try the three or five-course tasting menu or order a la carte. The prix fixe fixed price menu allows guests to choose amongst several choices of food and beverage. This is what fine dining is all about, dinner in magnificent and historic surroundings. As native Chicagoans, however, we had to scuttle our traditional ways and sample some Cajun, Creole, New Orleans and Old South cooking. We certainly weren't disappointed. For appetizers, we had seafood gumbo, jumbo Gulf shrimp wrapped in Yukon Gold potato and Houmas House salad, mixed greens tossed with a Steen's Cane Syrup vinaigrette and finished with Belle Ecorce blue cheese, roasted pecans, cranberries and garnished with julienned pears. For entrees, we chose a grilled four-ounce Wagyu filet mignon with roasted fingerling potatoes and a grilled rack of lamb tossed with herbs and served with sweet potato puree. For dessert, we shared white chocolate bread pudding and lemon panna cotta with strawberry carpaccio. Believe us, it tasted even better than it sounds.
6. Cafe' Burnside
Overall Ratings
4 based on 122 reviews
Café Burnside is Houmas House Plantation and Gardens' casual restaurant. We offer a buffet, or a la carte dining. Pasta, Seafood, BBQ Chicken, Gumbo, Salad, Poor Boy Sandwiches. Great food reasonably priced. We offer a Sunday Brunch and Buffet. A special
Reviewed By Taylor B
If you are planning to visit the historic plantations located along the River Road from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, here is a suggestion: Reserve a room for three days at Houmas House's elegant bed-and-breakfast accommodation, then enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner at the Houmas' three restaurants. You won't be disappointed. Cafe Burnside offers a change of pace from the Carriage House's breakfast/dinner menus and Latil's fine dining experience. Lunch is served from 11 to 2, before or after you've toured the mansion and the grounds and gardens and visited the gift shop, and offers a truly wonderful alternative to a la carte dining--a grand buffet consisting of traditional Louisiana cuisine. The buffet, which costs $25, includes gumbo, Caesar salad, fried catfish, BBQ chicken, crawfish Etouffee, red beans, sausage, rice, shrimp fettuccine pasta, corn Maque Choux and bread pudding. If you prefer a la carte, start with the bisque of curried pumpkin with crawfish and corn and a Caesar salad with chicken. For an entree, how about Louisiana seafood pasta with crawfish and shrimp, pan sauteed jumbo shrimp in a wild turkey glaze, grilled double cut pork chop on Rosemary garlic mashed potatoes, filet kabob or shrimp kabob or tender chicken breast fried in panko breadcrumbs and served with vegetable risotto and a Creole tomato sauce? Lunch was never like this.
5. The Grapevine Cafe
Reviewed By JRLH
Four couples from surrounding towns met there to celebrate the August anniversaries. This was a return visit for six of the people. One actually eats lunch there on a regular basis.The restaurant was packed with several large tables of people celebrating important dates. That combined with live music definitely limited the conversations to the people seated next to you or across from you.Service was very good. Drinks and food were delivered within reasonable time frames. Everyone was satisfied with their food. The only complaint was that the veggies were salty for some. The art work which is displayed on brick walls surrounding the interior is for sale. The art has a local theme and uses different mediums.
4. Cafe Lafourche
Overall Ratings
4 based on 21 reviews
Full service Cajun & Creole Restaurant open 6 days 10am - 2pm and 5pm - 9pm Monday thru Saturday available for private parties (rehearsal suppers ,small weddings,birthdays, baby showers, anniversaries, brunches,etc.Call for details.
Reviewed By MikeT100
We stopped here for a late lunch and found the food wonderful. This seems to be something of a hidden gem.The staff was a little awkward, but extremely pleasant - always smiling and constantly helpful. The shrimp gumbo was authentic and very well prepared - as was the corn chowder. The crab cakes were a good size with large lumps of crab meat. They were lightly grilled and very flavorful.This restaurant may not look like much from the outside, but it is definitely worth your while.
3. The Carriage House Restaurant at Houmas House Plantation and Gardens
Overall Ratings
4 based on 171 reviews
Reviewed By Taylor B
The Houmas was the largest sugar plantation in the United States in the mid-1800s. And the history of this famous plantation survives in architect James Gallier's original designs of the facade at the Carriage House Restaurant. A great pair of 1850s New Orleans gift mirrors sit atop the carved marble mantles, reflecting the Irish appointments of the ballroom. Executive chef Joseph Dicapo has created menus that recall what dinners must have been like in the 1800s. Breakfast from 8 to 10 offers a parfait of fresh berries, yogurt and granola, pan seared veal cutlets cooked in a New Orleans style sauce, a traditional breakfast of two scrambled eggs served with grits and pork sausage, house-made golden brown waffles with fresh berries, Bananas Foster Pain Perdu or New Orleans style French toast topped with Bananas Foster sauce, a three-egg omelette with Applewood bacon, fresh cherry tomatoes and Brie cheese and, my favorite, Crawfish Eggs Benedict with two poached eggs and Canadian bacon atop a Mimosa biscuit, topped with creamed spinach finished with fried crawfish and hollandaise sauce. Dinner from 5 to 8 starts with plantation BBQ shrimp or crab claws or grilled scallops or Louisiana crawfish cake or seafood and okra gumbo or tomato basil soup or southern fried quail salad and finishes with Louisiana beef short ribs or a seven-ounce Wagyu filet mignon or duck praline or pork tenderloin or classic lasagna with a New Orleans style red gravy or shrimp sauteed with bell peppers and finished in a herbed cream sauce or potato chip crusted Mahi Mahi. Is this what the sugar barons ate in the 1800s?
2. Grapevine Cafe
Overall Ratings
4 based on 236 reviews
Reviewed By MelissaR224
The Grapevine restaurant had excellent food and service. We were there on Friday evening and did not have a reservation. They were able to seat us because it was early. Our table was underneath two fans and was a bit cold. The wait staff understood and turned down the fans for us which was very nice of them. I had the stuffed red fishâexcellent! My friend had the stuffed chicken. Highly recommend this restaurant.
Where to Eat in Donaldsonville: The Best Restaurants and Bars
1. Cafe' Burnside
Overall Ratings
4 based on 122 reviews
Café Burnside is Houmas House Plantation and Gardens' casual restaurant. We offer a buffet, or a la carte dining. Pasta, Seafood, BBQ Chicken, Gumbo, Salad, Poor Boy Sandwiches. Great food reasonably priced. We offer a Sunday Brunch and Buffet. A special
Reviewed By Taylor B
If you are planning to visit the historic plantations located along the River Road from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, here is a suggestion: Reserve a room for three days at Houmas House's elegant bed-and-breakfast accommodation, then enjoy breakfast, lunch and dinner at the Houmas' three restaurants. You won't be disappointed. Cafe Burnside offers a change of pace from the Carriage House's breakfast/dinner menus and Latil's fine dining experience. Lunch is served from 11 to 2, before or after you've toured the mansion and the grounds and gardens and visited the gift shop, and offers a truly wonderful alternative to a la carte dining--a grand buffet consisting of traditional Louisiana cuisine. The buffet, which costs $25, includes gumbo, Caesar salad, fried catfish, BBQ chicken, crawfish Etouffee, red beans, sausage, rice, shrimp fettuccine pasta, corn Maque Choux and bread pudding. If you prefer a la carte, start with the bisque of curried pumpkin with crawfish and corn and a Caesar salad with chicken. For an entree, how about Louisiana seafood pasta with crawfish and shrimp, pan sauteed jumbo shrimp in a wild turkey glaze, grilled double cut pork chop on Rosemary garlic mashed potatoes, filet kabob or shrimp kabob or tender chicken breast fried in panko breadcrumbs and served with vegetable risotto and a Creole tomato sauce? Lunch was never like this.
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