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    Cajun Kitchen Cafe

    4.0 (230 reviews)
    Closed 7:00 am - 2:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Good for kids

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    We got the breakfast Jambalaya with rye break and a side of crispy hash browns and two mimosas. AMAZING
    Kay W.

    Service was super super fast on a Saturday morning Easter weekend. I did feel rushed to order as two people came to ask for drinks and two people came to ask for our food order within the first 3 minutes of us being sat, First time here but it is Easter weekend. Great service though!! We got the breakfast Jambalaya with rye bread, a side of crispy hash browns and two mimosas. AMAZING. We shared and both of us are stuffed. Super flavorful. Deff recommended.

    Worst biscuit ever.
    Tracy B.

    Ok the ambiance is ok, strip mall dining, service is ok, cordial. The food? Realllllly has slipped. The biscuits , a wad of flour and Sysco butter, Grits completely devoid of seasoning, catfish was nasty._Realllllly bad. The coffee is bitter, guys you need to step this up. Quite awful.

    Jamalaya = Jambalaya
    Gary I.

    Cajun cooking was started by the French who settled Acadia, a region in Canada, but got kicked out by the British in the French & Indian War. Many of the Cajuns moved to Louisiana to settle and used local ingredients which may not have been available in Canada. The French Créole are French citizens born in French colonies such as Louisiana. Later African Americans in Louisiana also referred themselves as Créole. Créoles also based their cookIng on French cuisine although it may primarily have been inspired by Île de France. For a while one could generalize and say that Cajun was more about country cooking while Créole was more citified. However, since both groups have lived in the same region for 250 years, there has been quite a bit of cultural diffusion to the point it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the two cuisines. Cajun Kitchen Café is conveniently right next to a bank atm in a ubiquitous, nondescript shopping center. Outdoor patio dining during the Pandemic. Prepare to wait for a table at this well frequented eatery. We went for Sunday lunch around 11:30am. Our waitress and supporting staff were friendly, accommodating, and responsive making sure my ice tea was full on the hottest day of summer. The food once ordered came out quickly. 1) Beignets came out soft, sweet, and pillowy with the outer layer having a dryer bread texture dusted with white, powder sugar.  Mini pitcher of maple syrup. 2) Corn Bread is standard. Bit mealy, soft, moist. Not much of corn fragrance. Whipped butter. The Apple Butter which is thick, caramelized, smooth, sweet was a great marriage to the corn bread. 3) Jamalaya is Créole Jambalaya with red tomato & spice infused, hint of piquant chile , thickened sauce. Plump Shrimp kissed by moist, ocean sweetness. Cubes of meaty, smoky Andouille sausage along with chicken & ham. White rice thickens as well as acting as a bland counter to all the spiciness. A sprinkling of Tony Chachere's Louisiana Pepper Sauce will kick it up a notch. 4) Unsweetened brown tea is just ok. Is it the local, lackluster water or a mediocre tea mix or both? There may be better Cajun-Créole cuisine, but this is good food for a small, agricultural California town thousands of miles from Nouvelle Orléans. 3+ stars. PS  Can't upload more photos easily since Yelp no longer allows me to access my Google Photos app.

    Pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream! Very good!
    Marta Z.

    The BEST pancakes I've ever had super soft and fluffy! I've also tried their breakfast burrito and it was AMAZING! They always give you big portions which I really appreciate because it makes it very worth every penny. I highly recommend Cajun Kitchen Cafe!

    Scrambled eggs with breakfast potatoes.
    Don G.

    We were winetasting in Santa Ynez - Santa Barbara Wine country and some of the staff mentioned we need to go here for breakfast. We sure did and we were not disappointed. Breakfast was absolutely delicious. Cajun kitchen is now our must go to breakfast place when winetasting.

    Ready for breakfast!
    Amber M.

    My friend and I came here for breakfast when we were in town for the weekend. I have family from New Orleans, so I MIGHT be a little judgy when it comes to cajun cooking. It should be bursting with flavor and the best dishes can transport you back to the French quarter in the summertime. That was not the case here, but I get it, it's tough to have that authentic flavor in a small town. A lot of people don't like it. I really wouldn't call this place "Cajun Kitchen Cafe" because it's not truly authentic and most of the menu is not cajun. We started with an order of hush puppies and bloody Marys. For breakfast I ordered the jambalaya with eggs (I asked for poached), served with cornbread & apple butter. My friend ordered the blackened catfish with eggs and grits. Overall, the food was pretty bland, but again, I expect big flavor, especially with jambalaya. Sadly, it was pretty bland and very soupy for jambalaya. I did love the poached eggs. The catfish wasn't really "blackened" and didn't have much flavor, but it was okay. The Bloody Mary just tasted like tomato juice and was pretty weak. Luckily, there was plenty of the Tony's cajun spice blend and hot sauce on the table to help them out the food and blood mary. There were two things that I loved--the hushpuppies and the apple butter. The hushpuppies were a nice pop-in-your-mouth size and would super crispy. They were flavorful and delicious. Next, the apple butter that was served with the cornbread--not remotely cajun but delicious!! It tasted exactly like the apple butter my Norwegian grandmother used to make when I was a kid--and I was so so happy. I almost bought a tub of it to take home, but its a long car drive and any week now I'm going to start a diet. For a regular breakfast spot, it's not bad, but if you thrown cajun in the name of the restaurant, I'm going to have expectations. It's really more of a "cajun nod" cafe. Service was friendly and attentive, the restaurant was clean, and the wait was pretty short--we waited about 5 minutes. I'd eat here again, but probably just go with a typical breakfast, other than ordering the hushpuppies. I will also smother everything in apple butter.

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    The best Eggs Benedict and Bengnets I've ever tasted. Eat in or take away. You won't be disappointed. Staff is courteous and attentive.

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    Service is great here. We've only gone for breakfast. Food is good and blueberry muffins are freshly made. Beware of huge pancakes

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    OMG I had heard this was a fast friendly restaurant. The service is terrible and slow. They even only brought half my order.

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    This restaurant gets it right every time! Very courteous staff and the food is awesome!!! I recommend anyone to give it a try.

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    Yummy lunch on the porch. Hot sandwich, red beans and rice, file gumbo and huge biscuit. Loved it. Great food and felt safer doing covid.

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    Bon Temps Creole Cafe - Crawfish Etouffee, delicious

    Bon Temps Creole Cafe

    4.0(735 reviews)
    43.8 mi
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    Ok foodies. I'm finally writing a review of one of my favorite restaurants...Ever!…read more Bon Temps Creole Cafe in San Luis Obispo, California I've been a regular patron of this establishment literally over decades, from their humble original location attached to a motel next to a freeway onramp to the comfy digs adjacent to the SLO Amtrak station. Now, I have been to the Big Easy and as I recall, the food I there was amazing. All of it. Even a simple pizza slice was memorably delicious. BTCC emphatically recreates that culinary experience with a solid menu of creole style dishes. New owner? No worries! Grits, jambalaya, Poboys, fresh homemade cornbread, sweet tea and lemonade, the offerings are all perfectly seasoned, flavorful and delicious. My favorites? The crawfish etouffee, the muffaletta sandwich (for sharing) and any breakfast omelette. Fancy? No. affordable? Yes! Whether you sit inside or on the peaceful patio you'll enjoy the atmosphere and the friendly attentive service from the staff. Definitely, Good Times!!!

    Bon Temps Creole Cafe is the only NOLA themed cafe that I've been to in San Luis Obispo,CA…read more Great ambience, feels like you're in the French quarter of New Orleans. Awesome service and best of all the food is so tasty! We ordered Southern Benedict and Cajun Pain Perdu with ham/canadian bacon. The food is sooo tasty!

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    The lobster Louisiana style was amazing! I don't think I've ever tasted such flavor and butteriness…read morein my lobster before. The service was great and we appreciated how family-friendly everyone was. We came with 3 kids who enjoyed the food as much as the grownups did. We were visiting Santa Barbara for the first time and were very happy to have stopped by for a wonderful meal with our family.

    It was our first time trying this place with my fam. We were looking for a seafood place that has…read morecajun, creole taste and this place didn't disappoint us. We ordered 2 lbs of shrimp - I think it's $25+/lb and 1 lb crawfish (can't recall how much maybe its $17+ /lb), 5 steamed rice, 1 large extra sauce (drunken crab mix - can't recall exact name) . Everything was really good - we did medium spice and it was spicy especially for my 12 yr old son but he still enjoyed it though. The service was good, but could've been better - staff are always by the bar are and just chatting, but someone will come check on us from time to time - its just that when we need their attention sometimes its hard because they had their back away from us and we ate at around 2:30ish so the restaurant was pretty empty - just 2-3 tables taken inside. The place is big, lots of seating and great for big groups. However, one of my disappoinment here is the ladies bathroom - its really dirty, trash overflowing and on the floor, etc, like its really dirty. I hope management can fix that issue with the staff. P.S I forgot to take photos because my kids were very hungry and didnt let me take pics...next time!

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    4.3(1.7k reviews)
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    Last night was the first time in many years that I've eaten here…read more I cannot believe I waited so long to come back. Our food was phenomenal. Each dish had its own unique flavor. No dish seemed to have any crossed ingredients. Fortunately for us as well was that we were there at one of two times during the day when they have an entire restaurant participation sing along. Most Outstanding Dinner outing !!

    It's been a while since I've been here. I used to really love this place. The food isn't bad by…read moreany means, it's just not as tasty as it used to be or as I remember it. It's like they threw out the old pots that used to give flavor beyond any seasoning they shook in. The menu is much smaller. The food presentation is better, the plates are definitely more cleaned up and picture ready. Previously, the food used to all run together. We ordered my all time favorite all, the Cajun popcorn. The recipe is definitely different, the breading is fluffier and softer. Personally, not a fan, I prefer it a little crunchier to my liking. The redfish special was good, make sure to get it with the Pontchartrain sauce, it MAKES the dish. The lamb was good, prepared medium rare perfectly! The bread pudding soufflé was excellent. I'd come back, the food is good, just not as great as I remember it. Street parking is your best bet, but you can drive around the corner and find a public parking lot nearby.

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    Momma's Soul Food

    3.3(3 reviews)
    155.8 mi

    These guys were very nice and responded right away over text when I had questions!…read more I had the shrimp & grits and the seafood gumbo. The flavor of the food was packed with delicious herbs and spices. Truly a supernova of delicious authentic soul taste. If it were just that, it'd be an easy 5 stars; however, onto the negatives: 1. The shrimp & grits were pretty skimpy on the grits (altho tons of shrimp and delicious sausage in the seafood gumbo. HIGHLY recommend that one) 2. The prices are a bit high, in the $20-$40 range. However, I understand that delivery companies do take a big portion 3. The grubhub page said "not currently accepting orders" while the Uber eats one was accepting them. I asked the owner over text and she said she'd try to fix the grubhub website (I wanted to use grubhub over Uber eats cuz I had a $5 off grubhub coupon). It still wasn't fixed after 15-30 mins so we just gave up and ordered on Uber Eats since we were hungry. Would've been nice to know how long it might take to get it fixed; I was assuming it'd be a quick setting change Note that these guys are delivery/pickup only via Uber Eats or Grubhub and you have to just wait and show up at their house when it's ready. Didn't have to wait long after the estimated finish time to see the sous chef walk out and hand me the order. +1 for great instructions on where to meet them

    Very rude and annoying "chef" is constantly yelling into a megaphone, and disturbing the already…read moreloud area. + food is mid at best. Don't go here.

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