We found Davis's Catfish House on our trip back from Florida for lunch. The lunch was delicious and we both had the catfish lunch. The lunch was reasonably priced at 11.99 with one side and hush puppy. The coleslaw was excellent and a large portion. We would highly recommend this restaurant if you are in this part of Alabama. read more

David's Catfish House - Seafood Near Me - Andalusia, Alabama

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Traveling from Florida and yelp helped us find this gem. Amazing catfish cooked perfectly! Cheesy grits and hush puppies were delicious too.

Amazing shrimp and steak. Amazing prices. Sweet tea is perfect. Staff friendly and clean environment. Customer service is how it should be. read more

This is a "must" stop for anyone passing through Andalusia on their way to the beach. I love fried catfish, and this casual, family friendly restaurant lived up to my expectations. I prefer ordering a whole fish instead of filets. There is something satisfying about eating both sides and leaving the skeleton. My fish was excellent; cooked just right, nice batter, and served piping hot. Service was wonderful. The staff is friendly and welcoming. A great example of southern hospitality. read more

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What a gem. Traveling through the area, we found the perfect "all you can eat" lunch. Great service and great food. Thank you, we were very satisfied with the entire experience. read more

I can now take Visit Andalusia, Alabama off my bucket list! Not being partial at all to the name of the establishment, David's Catfish House came highly recommended just from other Yelp reviewers. Not hard to find, ask anyone in the local area and they'll point the way. As an iconic structure should, DCH has it's own lot complete with ample parking spaces. We arrived for lunch on a beautiful sunny day. The place was bustling with a busy lunch crowd, but we were still promptly seated in a booth. DCH has a dated, antique yet distinct southern hospitality feel. An fitting seafood/fishing theme was prevalent throughout the restaurant. I mentioned dated because the "flat" rectangular cushion in our booth was in badly need of a upgrade. As quickly as we were seated, our server appeared to take our drink orders. We helped ourselves to the table crackers as we scanned the menu. Their menu is simple yet complete. Aside from the obligatory fried catfish, they also offer "broiled" catfish with cajun or lemon pepper seasoning. Their other in-house Favorites include the popular southern comfort foods: hamburger steak, shrimp & grits, pork chop or ribeye steak. Of course every good southern joint doesn't leave out your choice of cheese grits, baked potato, green beans, hush puppies, coleslaw, sweet potato, baked beans and turnip greens. I would be remiss if I didn't mention their appetizer options of gumbo, fried green tomatoes, onion rings, fried dill pickles or their redneck ben-yays. Didn't try them but it's obviously their version of a New Orleans beignet. Their desserts include lemon ice-box pie (new to me) and cheese cake available with chocolate, caramel or raspberry sauce. As appetizing as their catfish poboy sounded, I was in a mood for a whole catfish. The cup of gumbo was served hot with a hushpuppy on the side. A nice of portion of rice, the gumbo had good flavor and most importantly it met one of my top must-haves... okra! My catfish dinner arrived soon after. The whole (sans the head) catfish was served with hushpuppies and my sides of baked sweet potato and grilled green beans. The baked sweet potato was on par and delicious especially with that thin layer of whipped butter which I added myself. Grilling instead of the typical blanched green beans were a nice touch. Good move DCH. Personally I would've taken the green beans off the grill about a minute and a half earlier for a more crunchy texture, but the green beans were seasoned perfectly and delicious. The hero of the meal was the catfish. Most seafood restaurants like to use a thicker traditional fish fry batter. Yes the thicker batter seals in the flavor and juices better, but the fry used by DCH is so light, it's barely visible. It almost looked like they dry rubbed the catfish with their blend of seasonings then flash fried it to seal in the goodness. But it was dipped into their light batter because every cut that was made in the catfish was coated. The cook was to a perfect golden light brown and the taste was outstanding! Yom Yom Yom Yom! Some of the best fried catfish I've had in awhile. Thank you DCH! If I ever drive through Andalusia again, guess where I'll be heading for food? read more

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Good food , good service and a great atmosphere. I've been dining here for years. Still great.

Great service and food. I've eaten in and take out. All great! I always get the same meal. Always consistently good

My wife and I were on a long road trip and decided to spend the night in Andalusia since it reminded us of the same city in Spain. But the best was this great restaurant David's Catfish House. The food is Terrific 5 Stars if you ask me. We want to give compliments to the lovely girl that took care of us, her name skips me now. She was lovely and professional. She did spoke great of her Spanish teacher from Venezuela. If anyone is in this area stop in for the Awesome catfish and gulf shrimp. Needless to say the green fried tomatoes and onion rings are 5 star. read more

This was our first time at a DCH, the food, service, price were amazing. We will definitely go back.

I was born in Andalusia but have lived in San Diego for the past 45 years or so. Yesterday was my Auntie Hallen's 90th birthday so my daughter & I made the trip in order to be here for the occasion. The highlight of the visit so far has been our meal last night at David's Catfish House! Auntie raves about this establishment so I was extremely delighted to discover that the food, service and ambiance lives up to the hype. The service by our attendant Jerica (probably misspelled ) was exemplary and the personal attention given by the owner (Heenan I believe) to my Auntie, as well as to the rest of our dining party was above and beyond. The staff, as well as a few customers displayed that "Southern Hospitality" that I grew up experiencing while living here up until joining the Navy in 1977. It was very refreshing and reassuring to see that some of the qualities that I so value are still being proudly displayed. As I previously stated, this is my Auntie's favorite spot and now, anytime I'm in town, it will be mine. A very big thank you to everyone involved in making this a joyous occasion. read more

David's Catfish House - Auntie Hallen and family from Andalusia, Prattville, Montgomery, Wetumpka and San Diego. - Seafood Near Me - Andalusia, Alabama

A real southern restaurant! The catfish was tender and moist, hush puppies, grits everything was very enjoyable! Sweet little southern/girl waitress. Oh- and really good old country music playing! A definite must go!! read more

What a great place to have some catfish and seafood. Warm cozy place in a very cold day! Wait staff was excellent, very friendly and anticipated our every need. When you order coleslaw as a side they bring it out first like when you order a salad. Captains wafers on the table are a nice touch! The coleslaw is my favorite and sweet. I love it! Sweet tea is always sweet! I ordered the popcorn shrimp, fries and hush puppies. It was an enormous amount of food! My wife ordered the catfish but I didn't get a picture of hers but it was great as well! Everything was tasty and I highly recommend stopping by for lunch or dinner! They also have lunch baskets weekdays from 11-2pm. read more

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I'm not a seafood person but I love their pork chops and steaks. They also have delicious salads and coleslaw.

Quality of food was amazing. From the Fried Green Tomatoes to the fish to the coleslaw (which was the best thing ever), it was all very good. Service was good as we were promptly seated and taken care of. The overall condition and cleanliness was surprisingly lacking. I understand the idea of a homey appeal. Saying that, a rundown home was surprisingl. As this was the Andalusia location, we look forward to trying the Milton location soon. read more

Had high hopes for this place. First time going here. Ordered Cajun grilled shrimp was way overpriced and overcooked! They bring you your drinks and an extra glass half full in case the waitress doesn't have time to get back to you for a while. They also bring an extra glass of ice just in case. The air conditioner drips right where people sit. The wait staff are like oh well! It looked as if it needed a good cleaning. Won't go back. read more

I am/was a frequent customer there. I go at least 2 times a month. I always order a salad with my meal no matter where I eat. Over the past 2 months, in 4 visits, my meal has arrived either at the same time as my salad or within two minutes of the salad. Usually by someone other than my server. This last time I specifically asked the server to bring my salad first, as an appetizer. She did. Two bites into my salad, someone from the kitchen I think, brought out my meal. My server came right over and apologized saying that the fried food comes out fast. I left a message on the website basically saying what I just wrote above. I also added that other restaurants seemed to not have this problem. I ended my email by saying that if it happened the next time, I was done with Davids. Mr. Spurlin, the owner, replied to my message simply by saying "We will miss you sir". At least he got that right even if he can't make the meal come out after the salad is about finished. The food is awesome there, service is usually excellent in all areas. I'm pleased to say that his staff cares a lot about the customers even if the owner doesn't. read more

Horrible food. Horrible service. Stinky. There are many better establishments out there. Not recommended.

David's Catfish House is really the only GOOD restaurant in Andalusia, (IMO), so if you don't like seafood you're SOL. Although they do have other things on their menu that you may like such as the usually suspects: hamburgers!...Other reviewers who gave 5 stars rating are spot on. This is THE place to eat! It is very popular and if you go when everyone else and their brother are there, you will be waiting a while to either find a parking spot and/or wait in line to get seated and finally place an order. Not a place to stop unless you can deal with waiting sometimes. They are not perfect but It IS worth the wait. This is also one of less than a handful of Andalusia restaurants that checks off 'some' of my boxes for nice ambience. However, I will be the first to tell you that I HATE country music/whatever they usually have playing in the background but the food usually makes up for it. LOL! Usually a satisfying dining experience, unlike other Andalusia restaurants that sound nice and someone might even fool you into going to one of them but are NOT the real deal. So as the expression kinda goes, "Now that the cat is out of the bag, go get some of that catfish!" Also, go inside for great service. As someone who has used their drive through more than once but has since stopped; I DON'T recommend it as they forget things and you'll get to your destination and wonder "Where's the (insert here)" ???. I have actually caught it before driving off and they can be hostile in giving you what you ordered, even with a receipt in hand to verify it. The drive through is stupid, just go inside! read more

My favorite eating establishment in Andalusia! Competent, friendly people and delicious food!

WOW!!I didn't think I liked catfish, but this place changed my mind. By far, the best catfish I've ever had. Super crispy and fresh tasting. The sweet potato was very creamy and tasty, and the turnip greens were exceptional. I also had a cup of gumbo, and this too was incredible. Absolutely loved this meal! The restaurant was very busy but despite that, we got our food timely and even got a personal thank you for coming from Dave. Our server Tamika was very exceptional-she was very polite and remembered every single person's requests, despite us being a large party. The restaurant was very clean and I really liked the decor and atmosphere. Will definitely be back. read more

Ordered to-go for work and was okay. Shrimp was ok, sweet potato was great tho, small and super soft. Sweet tea jugs came in reused mayo jars... and one had little white things floating in the top, definitely not apart if the tea. read more

David's Catfish House - Shrimp basket and (what was a) sweet potato. Sweet potato was great, not so much the shrimp. - Seafood Near Me - Andalusia, Alabama

Decent food. Clean. Lots of goofy religious stuff on the walls. They're a bit slow on the refills if you opt for the all-you-can-eat options. read more

Great food , great service and wonderful atmosphere! We love the fried catfish , very fresh, also the coleslaw and hush puppies!!

Okay...so I've had catfish at many different restaurants, but this restaurant exceeded my expectations. The restaurant was very clean and the decor was down home country feeling...similar to Cracker Barrel. The hostesses and my waitress were very friendly. The prices were very reasonable and affordable. I ordered the two piece catfish fillet with a baked potato, slaw and lemonade. The portion size was plentiful and I enjoyed everything. I have no complaints at all about this visit and will make it a point to return if I'm in the area again. read more

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We have eaten here often and the food is usually reliably good - but not so much today. The shrimp and catfish was as good as ever but the large serving of French fries was terrible - room temperature and not crispy at all. As we walked thru the restaurant to leave, it was apparent that no one was pleased with their fries - plates of fries were left. We usually love David's French fries but these were awful. read more

Lemon pepper grilled catfish and sweet potato is da bomb.com!!! Servers are doing the best they can with all the tables they have! It's nice to have the owner come around to each table and let you know how much he appreciates you! Special touch!! read more

This place was awesome! Catfish was good but the veggies were to die for! Sweet potato, green beans and greens were a few! I'd go back just for those and the sweet tea, which you get a whole pitcher for your table! read more

Love this place!! Food was wonderful and we had a great waitress too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had the 1 piece catfish and the mixed seafood. The main food was delicious. The redneck beignets was good the gumbo better. I had greens and the cheese grits they were not the best try something different. read more

Just when I needed it most, David's Catfish House scored a hit. The night before a bigger and better-recommended restaurant was mediocre at best. After dining at David's the next day, I regretted not choosing it for both occasions. I would not have hesitated in returning for the second day in a row. Nothing fancy in the facilities, but the food was excellent. No rocket science efforts are required to fry catfish or make cole slaw, but it seems too many dining outfits can't get that through their heads. Note: When I rate a company I compare it to what is available in the community and my expectations concerning the same. read more

Food was great. Had the catfish strips and my wife had the chicken strips. Service was excellent

Down-home restaurant that has consistently good food and service. They are always packed for a reason.

I'm not super big on catfish, but this restaurant may have changed my mind. The catfish was absolutely delicious. On another visit I had the fried shrimp. It was equally delicious. The service is outstanding! I cannot say that enough. This will be a regular place for my husband and I. read more

Wow! Great food and great service! Awesome onion rings and both catfish and seafood are amazing. Attention to detail on all items to include collards that are crazy good, grilled green beans and slaw that is better than homemade!!!! read more

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Had the grilled bbq shrimp which was great. Green beans were very good not sure about the name. Cheese grits were good. Good find in this small town. Service was great. read more

Food was good and pretty tasty. They give you a lot of food for your money. I would definitely recommend them for a good meal.

Great ownership and small town hospitality. I have never had a bad plate at David's! read more

This place was packed on a Friday night! We were sat promptly and had amazing service. We enjoyed the redneck ben-yays, fish and shrimp. The cheese grits and cole slaw were very good as well! Definitely recommend if you are in the area. read more

Great local restaurant that features best of southern Alabama cuisine. It was very busy but could still seat us in just a few minutes. Our group had: Fried green tomatoes Catfish Shrimp Crab Fried pork chops All very good read more