Still great and the prices keep going up. 60 dollars for 2 people to eat a combo meal with a drink…read moreis a lot. We love the food so I guess we just keep coming back! The fish and shrimp are great. The hush puppies are so good. They have crinkle fries which I love. The slaw is a little sweet for me. Service is always great. There really isn't anywhere else in this city that has better fried seafood.

Smackin Mack's-If we lived here this place would be worth the 90 minute drive OFTEN to go to!!!!…read more It's on the end of a "plaza", a little hole in the wall decorated with silly signs, limited seating, huge chalkboard menu. You order your food at the counter and they call your name when it's ready. We were greeted with a huge smile as soon as we walked in (Southern hospitality) You don't get the shit in Ohio most of the time! The food.....let's put it this way, when the 2 moms (we had the grandsons) say it's hard to get the boys to eat and all 3 boys got a cheeseburger and fries and all 3 ate every last bite but a few fries and one of them (7 yr old) says "I want to stop eating but I can't" and they gave it a million The food was fabulous!! I say this about some places but this place was top notch- out of this world-I don't even know how to describe it- I ordered hush puppies, she gave them to us and said "I'll give them to you because yall are Yankees" (She had asked about the boys and told her we were babysitting and from Ohio) The BEST freaking hush puppies I've ever had!!! I also had a fried green tomato BLT- who would have thought??? He had a Shrimp PoBoy and loved it!

It was ok. Gumbo was light and not as robust as I like…read more Service staff was awesome. Food was average.

Very good crawfish étouffée and bread pudding. Staff is very attentive, and the restaurant is clean…read moreand well lit. Good food at a reasonable price. Definitely come visit.

Just Passing thru... we're always drawn to cool old country type places like this to eat and glad…read morewe stopped! Biggest chicken fried steak I ever had! Creamy mash potatoes with white gravy like eating at grandmas house. Hubby had fried steak fingers. We both enjoyed it all down to the warm hospitality of the staff! Will be back! Thank yall

Great home cooking food! Highly recommend if you're in the area! Staff was kind and courteous.read more

they chicken nn waffles were amazing nn the service was great,and the environment there is just…read moregreat!!!!

An Old Fashion Diner with so much Soulful Deliciousness!…read more Great Service! The Kindest Folks! Open Quite Early and Really Late! Hard to believe but true! 24 hours to be exact. Beautiful clean and well decorated dinning room. Warm and inviting booths. The food was delicious! Those cooks are fantastic! Perfect eggs! Very good French toast! Beautiful and Tasty omelet! Crisp smoked bacon! Perfectly fluffy biscuits and correctly made grits! We had breakfast, though they do have an extensive menu for lunch a d dinner. We will be definitely be back! See you real soon-

They're tucked away behind the gas station next to the Mediterranean restaurant…read more It's a very small spot and not good for big groups. It is good for grab and go or a quick dining experience. They do not offer a full menu every day, they only have what's listed on their white board which was disappointing. Everything was good but everyone in our party agreed that it was very salty. You can't come back from oversalting something in my opinion.

Probably my favorite lunch plate stop in Alexandria. Banger after banger, there are no bad options…read more My favorite was the crawfish pasta during happy hour lunch for $12. Stupid good deal and with the little croissant, just delicious. Only downside is that it's huge and put me to sleep at work. Next favorite meal was the broccoli with the crawfish and cream pasta sauce over it. You get all of the flavor without the risk of food coma. To be honest, the food coma is only an issue if you have to return to work and be highly functional. Otherwise, go for it. The chocolate cake is also very much on point with it moistness and delicious chocolate frosting. I could rotate through the menu and hit this spot multiple times per week.

Best ham poboys ever and hamburgers. Homemade kind of food, not a corporate chain. All old…read morefashioned goodness. Friendly and fast service, clean and charming dining room with red checkered table cloths and homemade personal size pecan pies for a last minute craving.

The food was made to order. The curly fries are homemade a real potato no bag! The shrimp was also…read moreseason to perfection. The service was great the woman at the register was very friendly. I just wish they had homemade tarter sauce

First time at Darrell's. Place was simple, clean, nothing over the top. Menu was basic burgers,…read morechicken, shakes, fries, onion rings, drinks. But the burger I got was outstanding! The fries were fresh out of the deep fryer, and my soda was popping. The rest of my friends that were with me loved their burgers and one had the chicken liver and gizzards. Not one complaint. The service was hometown kindness. Highly recommend to everyone passing through, or going back for another visit.

Tasty chicken, good burgers and great chicken livers. Service is quick and you get free refills.read more

We reserved a table for 20 which cost $150 added to our bill (total table I'm guessing was over…read more$1500 probably more ‍ since just my portion of 6 people was $525 before tip) to reserve the table in a room so I would've expected that the fee would've included more than 1 waiter. The waiter gets a 5 star review from us because I felt so bad for her to have to do EVERYTHING alone for 20 people and she was kind & tried her very best to do a good job but it's humanly impossible for 1 person to serve 20 people ordering appetizers, cocktails AND meals. Just the task of bringing waters to the table took her 4 trips so imagine all the cocktails & refill requests!! We were there 2 HOURS before eating! Thank goodness the food was good and the company was even better so we enjoyed our evening but shame on Tunks manager/owners for not preparing better for a busy Friday night that included a wedding party reservation for 20 that they knew about way ahead of time so could've prepared accordingly. The place needs to be renovated really bad! I appreciated the nostalgia of stepping back into time when life was simpler but the overall feeling is a bit dirty and the bottom deck had soft spots, the concrete walkway out to the lawn had sunken areas so be careful and the cats were begging while the carpenter bees were feasting! The scenery is beautiful at sunset and was a perfect spot to take pictures. The cocktails were good but had very little alcohol so we switched to beer. The beer prices are CHEAP! $4 for a Stella appetizers were huge and the prices were good, only $15 for 3 huge full plates so can feed a lot of hungry people while waiting on what seemed like forever to order. I'd go back if in the area since the food was good but since I'm out of town most likely wouldn't drive just to come for dinner. I highly suggest if paying for the private room and arriving with a lot of people to make sure you request 2-3 servers so you're not there for 4 hours!

I haven't been to this restaurant in over 20 years so it's great to see that it is still going…read morestrong and survived the pandemic unlike a lot of businesses, and also still has the same great quality food that I remembered from my childhood even with my more mature adult palate. I came with my dad and husband on a Saturday right when they opened at 4:30 and we were promptly seated (the oyster bar downstairs looked like it was already pretty busy!) We were seated by the window in the dining room when you first walk in so I had a beauty beautiful view of the lake, swamp trees and birds, and sunset while I ate! We were greeted by a sweet blonde curly waitress (I don't think she said her name) and quickly served our drinks of choice. I chose sweet tea because I was in the deep south and they make it the best! For our appetizer we shared the Shrimp en Brochette with waffle fries. Overall the stuffed shrimp were very good and fresh, although I may ask them to cook the bacon a little harder next time. THE SAUCES were the star of the show, so much so that I dipped the waffle fries in all of them. No clue what they were, but my best guess is a Parmesan cream sauce, melted butter sauce with a hint of lemon, and some sort of brown sugar or caramel sauce with black pepper. The brown sauce and the Parmesan cream sauce were my absolute favorite and I could not get enough of them! I even got my dad hooked to dipping the waffle fries in the brown sauce! I had the Snapper Ponchartrain for my entrée with garlic mashed potatoes, and a side salad with homemade thousand island dressing. Both sides were very good. The salad was fresh and served in a chilled bowl, the mashed potatoes were perfectly whipped in garlicky buttery goodness, and the bread was reminiscent of a beignet without the powder sugar! Again, the homemade sauces for the salad and the fish were the stars of the show! The fish was delicious and fresh however, I feel like it could not compete with my taste of the Snapper Sandy that my dad got! I am definitely ordering that cheesy goodness next time I am there! For dessert, I had the bread pudding to go! The only thing I would do differently is ask for the sauce on the side, but the bread pudding was delicious and nice and saucy by the time I had it at home! Again, another sauce star! Overall, I was very pleased with my experience and still obsessing over the sauces! Great to see this restaurant still doing well after all this time!