Great shrimp and greats!!! Very well seasoned! I highly recommend! Awesome mom and pop place. Trisha was so sweet and knew her food! Fast service! read more

Carlico Cafe - American Near Me - Gonzales, Louisiana

First time pardoning the cafe and totally disappointed with my food. I ordered a Philly cheese steak on a po' boy bun. What l got a sodium laced Philly cheese steak sandwich! ( you know it's bad when you can toss your entire meal.) Even the fries were cooked in old grease. Yuck!!! My husband ordered the Friday's special which consisted of shrimps in a thick Louisiana roux, white rice, roll and bread pudding. The bread pudding was good resulting in the one star. The waitress was friendly and attentive. The cafe is quaint and soft music was playing in the background. We thought we find a place that compared to Franks restaurant closer to home. Such a disappointment! First impression of food served, l can't recommend this place, not even to my enemies. read more

Let me start by saying I have never done a formal review online and if I could give negative stars I would. My negative review would focus on who I believe is the owner. Our waitress was amazing but we witnessed the owner berate his staff in front of customers. This occurred behavior occurred during our entire visit with multiple servers being disrespected over trivial items. I absolutely love a greasy spoon diner and would love to support local owners but I will never return to this establishment. On the way out I told our server how great she did and handed her a cash tip and told her she didn't deserve to be treated like that. See you at Waffle House. read more

The atmosphere perfectly equals a cute quaint cafe! Hit all the marks. Service alined as well- hit all the boxes. Food was tasty! Hope to return soon. read more

I was there for breakfast this morning .. the server was Dom she was so sweet and helped me the picking what I wanted... she was on top of our coffee and needs once the food came out ... The owner on the other hand was a very rude jerk to Dom, we were in a booth and could here the way he spoke to her in a way that no boss should ever speak to a employee.. the lady behind us also mentioned something about it .... very very unpleasant to hear... there was 2 girls working and he put everything on Dom never told the other girl anything.... I can say I will not be a repeat customer with an owner like that.... I my self am in the service industry and would never work for someone like that..... read more

Carlico Cafe - The prices weren't too high.. - American Near Me - Gonzales, Louisiana

Owner is horrible and belittles his waitresses. The staff look miserable. The food is ok not great. Kamals kafe is just down the road and i rather go there read more

Horrible owner berating his employees in front of customers it's awful, the food is soso and not worth the money

This place has THE best food I've ever tasted, the grilled bread was really good. The service was nice, the employee that served us was so nice! Would come again. Ambiance doesn't matter though but it wass pretty good. read more

Good, old fashioned, all-American breakfast menu with a good variety of selections. Omelettes are made so the egg is very thin and smooth, and stuffed full. The Philly-cheesesteak omelette is loaded with meat and sautéed onions and a great flavor. Shredded hash browns are cooked with a nice crunch (a la Waffle House). Biscuits are good, soft, and buttery, but flat (big, but flat - not thick and fluffy- but still good flavor). Breakfast rice is a good mix of sausage, veggies, and rice - essentially jambalaya. A bit overpriced, but the food is good read more

Carlico Cafe - Philly cheesesteak omelette with hash browns and a biscuit. - American Near Me - Gonzales, Louisiana

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I used Carli-Co Cafe to cater my wedding day brunch! BEST DECISION EVER!!! I struggled with finding affordable vendors that offered traditional breakfast options. The staff there were patient and helpful with helping me organize my order and make decisions. I ordered the pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, grits with cheese and fruit salad to serve a group of 10. It all was under $200. They provided everything I needed for utensils and plates as well. They had it all hot and ready when I arrived on time. They were all so pleasant and gave me a huge smile and sense of relief on my wedding day. I wish I had pics to share but unfortunately we didn't get any. It was so delicious! I can't wait to visit them in person to eat there again. read more

By far one of the best restaurants in Gonzales!! Cannot say enough for this food!! Everything my husband and I have had there was superb!!! You must try this place!!! AMAZING FOOD!! LOVE this place for sure!!! YUM, YUM!!!! Denise read more

This is a great place to eat for a nice breakfast. The staff is very nice and welcoming and the food is delicious. This is my go to spot when I don't feel like cooking breakfast read more

Was utterly disappointed after having good food and amazing service from our waitress, watching the owner (Luke) belittle and speak disgustingly to his servers. Not only did he get in their face, mock their laugh, but stick his finger in one servers face as well. I will absolutely not be coming back and would hope no one supports a vile owner who speaks to people that way publicly. I can't imagine how awful it is in private. No breakfast sand which is worth that. read more

Worst service I have ever had. Waitress ignored us. They would not remake an incorrect order. I believe that it was the owner too. I had to reach out to another server and then they still refused to make it right. Will never return. Was told to visit by local family. read more

Cute place and the food was good. Our waitress was wonderful, the owner however could use some lessons in professionalism. Listening to him chew out multiple waitresses while eating lunch was not what I had in mind. The way they were treated and spoken to was appalling. I'll be taking my business elsewhere. read more

absolutely horrible service. As soon as we walked in every single server there walked passed us not greeting us. 5 mins later they told us to just sit anywhere, didnt give us menus. We sat there for another 15-20 min, we saw them sit & attend other tables while still not coming to us. The table next to us told their server that no one has helped us & she replied ' yeah well we're all busy' we got up & left. absolutely ridiculou. read more

Don't come here the food is good but the service is horrible.They are soo prejudice they will have a black person waiting all day on a small order and others will be fast in and out.The order was to supposed to be ready and I'm still waiting don't come here unless you ready to cuss someone out read more

Service seems like there are all over place. The lady didn't ask if I wanted my receipt. I don't even want to come back for what I had to see....I heard the breakfast was good so I thought I would give it a try. I actually tried to call my order in....couldn't get through. Other than the group they had they only had about 4 people in the restaurant. read more

I hadn't been to this restaurant in years. When my best friend and her husband came to town, I told them about it, and they wanted you to try it. The food was SUPERB--top tier! They enjoyed it, and our waitress was exceptional. read more

Place looks great, very welcoming. Breakfast was perfect if your looking mom sundays morning home cooked breakfast.

Absolutely the very worst food I have ever had..The oil used on the grill was RANCID!!!..the eggs were horrible..The bacon had the dirty black stuff from the dirty grill on it..Even the tops of the biscuits were dirty...Consider yourself forewarned. read more

Greet at the door isn't friendly and expect a wait but the food is good. We also had a great waitress.

Terrible service, mediocre food. We've been here twice now for lunch. The place was pretty empty, so I have no clue why it took 30 minutes to get the lunch special out to the table. The food was only warm, not hot. The flavor of the food was decent (1st time shrimp stew, 2nd time chicken and sausage pasta). The service both times was SO slow. And again, it's not because they were busy. The sweet tea tasted old, and they were out of rum sauce for the dry bread pudding. The cup was dirty with lipstick on the edges. We will NOT be back! read more

Only 4 stars instead of 5 because the food was amazing and the servers were super nice and attentive The owner of the restaurant was working in the kitchen, we waited 28 minutes for our to go order to be cooked while he yelled and caused a scene and generally just super rude to the employees. Felt so bad for the servers and the other customers watching,, almost didn't want to come back if he's there again! But other than the owner, everyone was nice and gave us water while we waited,, great food but he's gotta chill and take care of his employees in front of customers read more

My girls like to go here for breakfast but they forget that every time we have been there it takes at least 45 minutes to an hour to get our food, even when it's not that busy. We are always starving by the time we get served. Today we walked in at same time as a father with his son and were seated. The waitress came and got our drink orders and brought the drinks and then we sat and waited. Finally after we had been there for 45 minutes I told the waitress we were ready to order. She said she thought we were with a man and a boy and thought they were in the bathroom, and apologized for not taking our order yet. I pointed out that the man and his son were at another table (already eating). While waiting for our food my daughter knocked over her hot chocolate, it went all over the table, my lap and shoes, and the floor. My oldest daughter and I grabbed paper towels and started trying to clean up the mess. Waitresses passed by and we were right by the front but everyone seemed oblivious or were perfectly fine with letting us clean up the mess. I had to ask our waitress for a wet towel to clean the stickiness off of my arms and shoes and she said, oh, I didn't know she got it on you, I thought it was just the table. Ok, so she did notice. After about 10 more minutes she said she would check on our food. I heard her asking someone else for help and overheard her saying she put the order in but we still didn't have our food. At this point I was ready to walk out but my kids were hungry and didn't want to go somewhere else and wait. The waitress came back and told us the printer ran out of paper so they didn't get our order but were working on it to quickly get it out. I told her we were considering leaving because we had been waiting so long and been seeing people get served and leaving that came in after us. She did offer to bring the girls some fruit or oatmeal while we waited and said she would tell her manager what happened and maybe he could do something for us. We decided to wait. The food came, it was good but I don't know if it was worth over an hour wait. I got up and grabbed a knife and fork for my daughter because she didn't have one rather than wait on the waitress to come back. We got the bill and the waitress said the manager never came back so she couldn't do anything about the bill. I told my kids I hope they enjoyed it because that will be the last time we go there. read more

Carlico Cafe - a person sitting at a table - American Near Me - Gonzales, Louisiana

The food was absolutely amazing. The service was really good and they were nice. And the atmosphere was cool and old timy

Great place for a solid breakfast. Service is always prompt, and the food is comforting.

My favorite place for breakfast. The best fresh fruit Bowl around. Locally Owned and operated read more

Carlico Cafe - Fresh Fruit Bowl! - American Near Me - Gonzales, Louisiana

This was quite a good visit for us. The local Waffle House has been closed for 3 days now and we wanted to eat breakfast before work. I found this place on Yelp and saw it was located across from Lowe's. Surprising, since we have driven past it so many times and never seen it before. The interior is a little drab and would t give you the opinion that it was a restaurant. The exterior is plain, but it blends itself in to the strip plaza it is located in. The omelet menu is also carte, a big plus, since my GF doesn't eat potatoes or bread. Most places you pay for the whole meal, regardless if you get the sides or not. My chicken fried steak was good as were the eggs. The gravy didn't seem as if it was homemade. But overall the service was good and we will return. read more

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Worked here for a while a couple years ago, and it wasn't that great of an experience. Went back to eat just to see if there were any improvements, and sad to say, there were none. The boss still is absolutely cruel and disrespectful to his employees and the employees look miserable being there as usual. The food is subpar, the music is too loud, and the atmosphere is messy and cramped. It's crazy how this place is still open. I give one star not only because I have to, but because the shrimp and grits are really good. read more

I was apprehensive about going to Carlico because I heard some bad stories but I went anyway! I was very surprised! Breakfast was cheap and good!!! A regular told me to try Pork Chop Breakfast so I returned the next day and it was good!!! I however ordered a la carte cause the Pork Chop Breakfast is too much food, but in the end it costs just as much if you order items separate, lol. The Gentleman regular told me if I like Soul Food I must come back for lunch, so for that.......I Shall*** read more

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I'm in the middle of Whole30 right now so there aren't many breakfast options for me. Found this place by chance and it was SO good! I just had scrambled eggs and a fruit bowl (fruit bowl was gigantic), but my husband had the shrimp and grits. Their coffee is fantastic and smooth. Can't wait to come back and try more things - especially the all you can eat chicken tenders on Tuesday. Highly recommend. read more

me & my husband go here once a week for the bottomless mimosa & breakfast. Hands down the best liver and onions in the area!

Needed breakfast in Gonzales. I expect so much out of Louisiana cuisine. This isn't it. We ended up at this diner by default since Starlight stopped serving breakfast and we wanted breakfast food. Mediocre at best. Had the traditional sampler. Hubby had the same with bacon and he said his meal was 'edible.' Nothing to phone home about. Over salted, greasy potatoes. Smoked sausage, meh. Egg was basic. I give two stars for community coffee and decent service. Would not return. read more

Shrimp and grits were fantastic! Good ingredients simple and tasteful. Wife had traditional scrambled cooked well. Wait was short and service was as expected for crowd size. read more

Carlico Cafe - Shrimp and grits - American Near Me - Gonzales, Louisiana

Don't go out of your way to try this place. When the place was almost empty it took her more than 5 minutes to notice us. We finally sat ourselves, because the only other table there was leaving and just told us to do so. Not a great experience for us. Definitely not coming back. Food was just blah, not great flavor. read more

Yummy and fast breakfast! Very reasonably priced for what you get. Went with my boyfriend we both got coffee, he got chocolate milk, I got the traditional breakfast with two eggs and he had the same with three eggs all for $20! Will be back here! read more

Clean and a great place to eat. Prices aren't high and it's good quality. Never been for lunch though, but the breakfast is a good home cooked meal. read more

This morning we went to eat breakfast. What a waist of time and money!! We waited 30 To 45 minutes just to order. The food was horrible, the service was pathetic but the worst part was the owner! After an hour and a half of being there, I went to the counter to pay and he was at the register. I tried to start a conversation with him. I did not tell him his food and service was horrible. I had let that go. I was sincerely just trying to be nice while I was waiting on my check. I asked him how he was doing. Is it going to be better in phase 3? But he got so rude with me and told me what are you talking about! I said well about Covid and phase 3 and he said what is that? What are you talking about? I'm busy and don't have time to talk. I mean very very ugly and rude. This is the short version he kept on about how busy he was and that you would have to wait in line at McDonald's. I never said anything about McDonald's. I have heard many many people in Gonzales say they won't eat there because he's so rude. I understand! I will never ever waste my money on crappy food or service. This guy should never ever be in customer service. He will never ever get a dime out of me again! read more

While I've many positive experiences here, the food is always good. During my last visit the owner was disciplining a worker constantly in front of customers in a very unprofessional manner nearly bringing the employee to tears. read more