Great experience eating from the food truck! Everything had so much flavor and portions were large enough that I felt full at the end with a snack of some left over. read more

The Cafe Roux food truck was in Shadowmoss last night, so we decided to make a dinner out of it. They have the ability to order online, but the app was a bit "twitchy" and so my wife went over in person to place the order. Start to finish, she was there for about 30 minutes. We ordered gator tacos, gator bites, jambalaya, gumbo, crawfish mac n cheese, and ben-yays (sorry for the spelling). I will start by saying that we had no leftovers at all. Everything was devoured, and enjoyed by most of us. My daughter thought it was a bit spicy, but that's the joy of Cajun food that she doesn't appreciate yet. I was very happy with the flavors of all the items tasted, and yes, there was spice, but it wasn't overwhelming and my mouth wasn't on fire. I could see myself ordering from them again. read more

Cafe Roux - Gator Taco - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Sullivans Island, South Carolina

Seriously awful, at least on my one visit. My gumbo was full of slivers of sharp chocke bone and plenty of chicken gristle. Little flavor and no sausage. Did not even remotely taste like gumbo. Their French bread at least was good but the gumbo not only bad, but dangerous per the bones in it. I told the person manning the front end of the restaurant and he seemed unconcerned. Read my reviews, over a thousand here, and very very few are one star reviews because if anything I'm a bit generous with praise and always try to be understanding of what a restaurant goes through as it is a very tough business, but this is a case of either not caring about quality or extreme incompetence. read more

My husband ordered the fried oyster and shrimp platters with one side of coleslaw and one side of corn. Each came with a container of remoulade. I really enjoyed the light and fluffy batter on each. The oysters were soft and moist inside with a crunchy outside. The shrimp reminded of a crisp tempura batter. The coleslaw was ok with celery seed but not as good as I have had. The corn was cooked with seasoning but otherwise pretty average. I would recommend these two dishes as they were good for their money. read more

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Robert who runs this place has some deep deep southern/creole/Cajun roots. This restaurant has an amazing offering of southern soul on a plate. The menu isn't overwhelming, but it captures a quintessential piece of the South. I'll be coming back as soon as I can. Seating inside and out. Good offering of wines and beer from the fridge. Oh! Ask for a non orange juice fruit monitor....omg, refreshing! Hand cut berries in a special mix of drink. Sooooo good. I had the boudin and then some jambalaya, both great by themselves. Thanks for a near beach side experience!!! read more

Great food. This is real Cajun cooking. A review below said the grits were thin - I disagree and thought they were the best grits I've ever eaten. Shrimp & Grits was phenomenal, gumbo was great, red beans was the best I ever had, crawfish Mac n' cheese was dank!!!! Fiancée and I ate 8 beignets.... Will be back! read more

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Super surprised by the quality of food! Hidden gem for sure. Wondered in by chance and had no expectations. This is real and real good Louisiana seafood. beignets were free and on point! read more

Cafe Roux - Famous Charleston real estate agent Camilla Korson eating Cafe Roux Crab dip - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Sullivans Island, South Carolina

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I tried the Cafe Roux food truck's food. I had the crawfish mac and cheese. It was very salty and spicy. However, the crawfish in it was fresh and tasted good. I also had the beignets. It was generally good. The other complaint I have with their food was the prices are too high. For just the small crawfish mac and cheese was $6.50. And the beignets was for 3 pieces $4.50. I'm not sure i will be back because you get a little food and the prices are too high. And the food, I find, is too salty. read more

My wife and I came to eat at Café Roux last weekend, we were actually looking for Pier 22 and we think that this place was attempting a re-brand. Well, they didn't exactly leave behind their old brand because there were still signs (and the "welcome mat") that they quite didn't turn the corner from P22. Any rate, this experience fared as one of the more disappointing ones. We both requested the jambalaya and some she crab soup. I'll give the details below, but the short skinny was that we were served the equivalent of left-over food. You know how when rice is tender and fluffy when it's served fresh, packed and mildly dry when it's long since cooked? Well, it was not fresh. It was re-heated and was not even warmed up adequately. This made sense because the soup was not hot and fresh either... (Note in the pictures, there's a jumbalaya by Matt L., his review was cut by Yelp. His jumbalaya looked GREAT compared to how ours looked. At least his rice looked fresh, seasoned, and I see more beef in this one.) As we were waiting for our food, my wife points out to me that the gentleman behind the counter was scooping out chunks of frozen stuff into bowls, placing them into a miniature oven adjacent to him, and warming them up. We continued to watch as he then scooped out brown rice chunks, also into bowls, placing them into this mini-oven, taking them out one by one. We were wondering, "Oh, must be someone else's food." No! It was supposed to be served to US! All of the food was "prepared" in this area behind the counter visible from the dining area; there was no stove-top, no fresh cooking/preparation was performed, we witnessed this as we waited for our food. There was a back room where there may have been cooking equipment(??), but everything was prepared behind the counter where stuff was scooped from containers, like it was all pre-cooked and just sitting frozen or refrigerated, and then heated in a small oven that was sitting atop of an adjacent counter. So he brought out the soup telling us that the plates (i.e., bowls) were hot, and a same warning for when the jumbalaya was brought out. Sure the plates were smoking hot, but the food itself was not hot at all! The soup did have some creamy flavor to it, but there were also bits of shell in it. UGH!! Not that I have a ton of experience with seafood- based soups, but don't people prefer that their shrimp and other shellfish to be completely rid of all shell/tails? When the jumbalaya came, with one look I could tell that it was not prepared fresh. It was re-heated. There was hardly any meat, the taste was bland, the rice was not moist, it was dry. I asked the guy if it was prepared fresh and he said that it was! Really?? Prepared fresh means that 10 minutes ago, the meat was raw, the rice was hard/uncooked, it meant that you could show me the pan that prepared this stuff and it would still be hot and covered with the jumbalaya spice residue still on it, and supposedly it would smell of the aroma of the spices... I'm sure that was not the case. I didn't ask to see the pan, but no points were to be won after witnessing the preparation and seeing such dismal soups and meals brought out. We just left ASAP. So horrible! So given that we are in hard times (Covid-19) and restaurants are having it really, really rough, I'm sure that plenty are trying to think of short-cuts and ways to cut time and/or costs. Well, this was not the right way. If doing it the right way would have been unprofitable, then I'd say you were not ready to open back up. Oh by the way, if you still don't have any alligators for the tacos, maybe you should take it off the menu. On second thought, anything that requires real cooking that you're not prepared/willing to do, take those off the menu too. read more

Best restaurant on the island! Everything was authentic, made to order, and full of flavor! The absolute best dinner we had all week! The fish tacos and bengies were amazing! read more

This place was AMAZING! The best authentic Cajun I've ever had. The owner was extremely kind and helpful. Wonderful tasting food, we ordered half the menu and there wasn't a thing that was less then scrumptious. I can not recommend enough! 10 stars!!! read more

Cafe Roux - Don't forget to leave with some beignets! - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Sullivans Island, South Carolina

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Awful! My jumbalaya was cold and the meat was overcooked and grey. The boudin balls burnt through the styrofoam. Very bad. No remoulade on wife's poboy. read more

Cafe Roux - Cold jumbalaya - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Sullivans Island, South Carolina

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Great new lil place on SI. Great food and the owner was lovely. Nice lil new spot for the island

The Jambalaya was basically dirty rice with a little bit of meat. The corn side was bland and like something that they serve at a school cafeteria. The woman working the register was very friendly. read more

Food was wonderful especially the shrimp tacos. Owner was super nice as well! Definitely would eat here again!!

Had a great day on the beach and wanted to top it off with some great food. Walked straight down the street and popped into this place and had the best cajun food Carolina has to offer! You can tell the owner puts all of his passion into everything he cooks! Good time! read more

This food was spectacular. Generous quantity and the variety and taste was phenomenal. Great value too!

Used to love this place but last visit turned me away forever. Everything was burned and the food had a weird smell to it, like it was old

Robert is super friendly and eager to get established in the neighborhood with the locals. Very nice guy and truly wants to please his customers. For that reason he gets a full star. We ordered many items and I would say they range from three and a half to five star. The five star would be the flavor of the blackened catfish and corn side. Shrimp remulard, coleslaw, and gumbo we're also very tasty. sadly, the jambalaya was dry, possibly just been heated too long with the low numbers since they've only been open for less than two weeks at this point. The flavor of the shrimp and grits was great however the grits were way too creamy and thin. Had the grid spin thicker like a normal shrimp and grits I would have given this dish of five star as well. It's early I know, and I am supportive for Robert to be successful in this space next to the very successful restaurants on middle Street and Sullivan's Island. His passion is there so please give him a try. read more

I just (10/7 @ 7pm) purchased four items from their food truck. Everything was extremely salty, I mean inedible-salty. I ordered fried fish, fried shrimp, jambalaya, and red beans and rice. All was so salty I couldn't eat any of it! I don't normally leave reviews but this was so bad I had to let y'all know how disappointed I am. $60 on food and my wife and I are still hungry! Creole/Cajun style doesn't mean salty y'all. Come on! read more

If you're craving Louisiana creole cooking... this is it! Best in Charleston and very authentic. Robby Wray made us feel right at home. Do not miss the crawfish mac'n'cheese and beignets!! read more

Had an exceptional food and service experience. We had boudin balls, shrimp and grits, and poboys plus sides, all super delicious. No wait. Worth checking out if you're in the area. read more