Ordered via the Yelp app about 40 minutes before closing. Ordered a full blackened shrimp po-boy with potato salad, small kitchen sink gumbo, bowl of red beans and rice. Oh. My. Gosh. This place was so good. Amazing. We loved it. Po-boy: definitely the best I've had in a while. Absolutely FULL of shrimp. Potato salad: better than my mamas. In fact, may have edged into slap ya mama territory. Definitely beat your aunties. Red beans and rice: absolutely better than mine, and mine are pretty freaking good. Gumbo: omg this was slap ya mama good. Like look her dead in the eye and smack her for not feeding you something like this. Overall, Gumbo House was a win for us tonight and I'm full and happy. read more

Gumbo House - Left to right: Kitchen Sink Gumbo, Shrimp Po'Boy, Red Beans and Rice, Potato Salad - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

I love me some good ol' Southern-style gumbo and this place looked so tempting everytime I passed it on 9th Ave. in Downtown Anchorage. The street sign is huge and the bright pink building (with lots of parking out front) drew me in one cold Alaskan evening. Ordered the shrimp gumbo, medium (13.99), and it was DELICIOUS! Seriously the seasoning was amazing and with the rice it was filling and kept me warm. I am definitely ordering another one soon. Rice and bean, cup (5.99), was okay. Needed more fat and seasonings BUT when you mixed it with your gumbo it was a winning combination! Dont recommend eating it alone. Plain ol' cornbread (2.49 for a piece) was DRY. I mean crumbly, overcooked dry. No butter flavor. Had to soak that sucker in my gumbo. I overloaded on carbs here but I wasnt aware that the gumbo came with rice already. Ordered through Grubhub here on Yelp (it was a 0.99 delivery fee for Downtown Anchorage addresses) and got my order delivered in 45 minutes. ETA was 40 to 50 minutes. I requested extra utensils and napkins and I got them. Super smooth no-contact delivery -- Super COVID friendly accomodations. Disappointed on the cornbread but hopefully next time its betted. read more

Was pretty excited to see a highly reviewed cajun restaurant up in Anchorage, my wife being from near Beaumont Texas has a lot of fond memories of Louisiana influence cooking. Red beans and rice being one of her favorite dishes. We tried the jambalaya, the red beans and rice, chicken gumbo, and a bbq pork po boy. The red beans and rice really fell short for both of us. We'd of preferred Popeye's. The gumbo also didn't deliver, lacking flavor, ending up being just oily and very salty. The jambalaya was okay, rather bland but edible. We ended up wasting the red beans and rice, and the gumbo - wasn't worth finishing. The bbq pork po boy was actually very good, and had we only had that I would of rated the place much much higher. Unfortunately, they are either hit or miss - or were just having an off day. read more

This is the first time I've ever been here. The gumbo was so bad that I actually spit it out and the jambalaya was the worst I've ever had. The flavor was not what you would come to expect or want. This would be 0 stars but the red beans and rice was the best part by far. Never had red beans and rice with so much liquid but it wasn't that bad. We asked to split the check 4 ways and he split the check evenly instead of correctly splitting it. I'm never coming to this place again read more

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Y'all I'm from Alabama and this jambalaya and sweet cornbread (muffin) was hitting it! I mean it had FLAVOR FOR DAYS !!! It's a little spot near the Convention Center and next door to a speakeasy and down the street from the Hilton and mall - anyways, the service was 5 . Greeted as soon as I walked in. The bathroom was clean. The water was safe and they added the 3 lemons like I asked. Definitely coming back when I have my next site visit. read more

Gumbo House - Fried okra with Jambalaya Bowl!! - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

Gumbo seafood platter There is no gumbo, even though it is pictured in one of the photos in the menu. It actually contains several pieces of seafood deep fried, which is very good. The picture of the gumbo is misleading, unless you include a cup of gumbo read more

Picked up food to go at lunch time. Got a cup of jambalaya and half of a shrimp po boy. It was so good I had to stop everything I was doing at work so I could fully enjoy it. The shrimp was Cajun battered and had extra sauce on it (as requested). They provided an assortment of hot sauce packets for the jambalaya (which I love). I ordered the food through their online ordering which was extremely easy and straight forward. To top it all off, the hostess was very warm and friendly when I showed up. Can't wait to go back. read more

Gumbo House - Jambalaya Cup and Half Shrimp Po'Boy - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

Got to go bucket of jambalaya. So good! So much chicken, sausage and shrimp. Enough for 2 good size servings read more

Good food, good service, ambiance could be better...didn't have the expected vibrancy of a place serving Cajun food. read more

Gumbo House - Really solid gumbo...okra cooked well and the chicken was shredded chicken thighs...good enough to come back and try the crawfish gumbo. - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

My waiter. Joe was awesome. Service was top-notch. Nice ambience will definitely be going again. read more

Gumbo House - The Cajun Angel hair pasta was delicious and plentiful. - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

So delicious and great service! The flavors were out of this world. Highly recommend the jalapeño corn bread and shrimp gumbo.

Fast service. Nice interior. Cornbread was amazing. But the Jambalaya was not Jambalaya. It was too soupy, like a gumbo. Something was off about the Po' Boy. But nice to have Cajun food in Anchorage. read more

Saw this place yesterday and decided to give it a try. When I first pulled up and saw the parking lot empty on a Saturday I was wondering if that was a sign. Trying not to judge I went inside anyway. My first thought is the building has been a dozen or more different things over the years. An old house converted into a restaurant it has several small rooms and a very cut up appearance. We sit at a small table in the main dining area, only one other couple in the place. I'm handed a laminated cheer of paper that's the menu. I order the chicken gumbo and cornbread. She orders the shrimp gumbo and cornbread. Once the food is put on the window the waiter, who is obviously drunk off his ass at 1 in the afternoon, brings the food over, spilling it all over the place as he does. I'm having second thoughts about this place for sure but I decide to give the food a try, maybe it's worth it. Immediately I know it's not authentic anything, oily, watered down soup with little to no flavor. Hardly any meat and what's there looks like scraps from something else. The cornbread was old and stale. The place is dirty, they're serving ice out of a camping cooler on a chair. What have I gotten myself in to! Do yourself a favor and stay away from this joint, not worth the time or money. read more

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My fiancé and I were down town and had sometime to kill and we were hungry for some lunch and this place popped up. This place is a great place to pop in for a quick bite and be on your way. He has fawned memories of this place when he worked downtown working construction during the winter. Offering warm hearty food and decent sized portions of food for a decent price. This place this time did not disappoint. A Restrant this small can get caught up in the larger down town places but being that the house is painted bright pink it's hardly a restrant you could miss. Upon entering we were greeted warmly and were directed to find a seat. The waitress, mind you, who was waiting the total of 8-10 tables in there was awesome. She suggested we get the lunch special our choice of 1/2 a Po'Boy and a cup of either Jambalaya or Gumbo. We both opted for the lunch special. I got the gumbo, which was delish. It had sausage, chicken and oysters with nice sized pieces or okra. YUM it had great flavor I also got the blackened shrimp Po'Boy which has a great sweet remoulade and pickles. Omg it's had the best contrast of sweet and spicy. The fiancé got the gumbo which was also good it had the kitchen sink in it as well. Great flavor! He also got the BBQ Pork Po'Boy also a great flavor with a little bit of spice and sweetness from the remoulade. Overall great experience from this place I would def go back again! read more

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I had the Chicken Gumbo and a half order of calamari. Both were up to par with anything I've had in Louisiana. Definitely will go back and try other menu items. Waitress was also very friendly as were the other staff members. I went around 1300 and was had no wait and plenty of space. Food was very hot and helped to warm me up on this typical 32° day! read more

Solid piece of Nola in Anchorage... reasonable prices fantastic Po Boys, Jambalaya and Gumbo. I in general don't like chorizo... but, but... the Chorizo Po Boy was freaking outstanding! read more

My 3rd visit. Very tasty satisfying. Lunch special, half sandwich and a gumbo or jambalaya are always fantastic. Staff are very friendly and attentive. Definitely a recommendation read more

Absolutely delicious! Ordered the angel hair pasta dinner to-go, yes to-go and the sauce was so flavorful, meat cooked perfectly and authentic Cajun spice! (Not too spicy, quite mild but delicious) Usually food loses their quality when ordered to-go in various ways but this place has done it right. I drove home and ate it 45 min after picking it up and still super warm and I can eat this everyday for the rest of my life and be satisfied! read more

Gumbo House - to-go Angel Hair Pasta Dinner - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

gumbo was served cold, blackened catfish was blackened seasoned but was extremely soft/mushy will not return read more

My husband and I ate here tonight with our daughter and it was a hit and miss. The service was really good, the food was just not great. We ordered the Taste of the South and Angel Hair Pasta dinner dishes. The Angel Hair Pasta was the better dish I would eat it again however, the sampler was not good at all! If a place is called "Gumbo House" I would expect the gumbo to be good but it was the worst thing of all that we had. The jambalaya was not much better. I can't even describe how bad the gumbo was, it was just terrible! I think depending on what you order it's a hit or miss. read more

Kitchen sink gumbo tasted overly burnt. Probably just a bad batch. The cornbread was great though!

Cute place, sweet staff, and decent grub. Today I met a friend here for lunch - she got the jambalaya and corn bread and I got the crab cakes. I'd never actually had what I can only guess was deep fried crab cakes... the outer shell was similar to what you'd see on deep fried mushrooms or cheese sticks. The inside was good though - creamy with a heavy does of crab - and the sauce was zesty and delicious. I even enjoyed the side of corn - perfectly crunchy and seasoned. Overall though, I would have liked more traditional pan fried cakes. The waiter (who may have also been an owner?) was very sweet and attentive. That, the convenient downtown location, plus the delicious jambalaya on my previous visit will likely bring me back again at some point. Give it a go for some local flavor and to support this adorable local business! read more

Gumbo House - Deep fried crab cakes? - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

I came down here yesterday for lunch with a friend while running errands around town. The Gumbo House is located in a small pink-colored cottage that formerly housed Cilantro's Mexican Restaurant years ago on W. 9th Ave between F and G St. across from the Delaney Park Strip in downtown. The dining interior is small and cozy with New Orleans and jazz memorabilia adorning the walls all around (my kind of scene being a jazz vinyl collector). If there is any place in America that I would have a blast posting reviews on, that would be the French Quarter in New Orleans. Some of the best restaurants in the country can be found along those famous streets. One of these days.... The person behind the counter who appears to be the manager greeted us warmly as we walked in and beckoned us to take any table that was open. I already knew what I was craving and I didn't have to look long at the menu before deciding on what to order. I went with a bowl of traditional Jambalaya (chicken, Andouille sausage, and shrimp with white rice sprinkled with parmesan cheese). I also ordered a side of Corn Muffins which is available in plain or jalapeno. My friend thought that was a great choice and ordered the same. The corn muffin came out piping hot with some butter on the side as the jambalaya arrived shortly after. The thick stew was delicious with plenty of shredded chicken, shrimp, and flavorful sausage in a spicy broth. The steamed white rice made a great addition along with the parmesan cheese to make for a filling lunch. There were also several other menu items of note to try out on the next visit or picking up for co-workers during weekday lunch. Ones that caught my eye were the signature Gumbo (traditional dark roux, Holy Trinity which is onions, bell peppers, and celery that are the base ingredients for the dish, Andouille sausage okra, and rice), Blackened Catfish served with red beans and rice....this will be my next order, the Oyster Po Boy, the Boiled Shrimp Remoulade Appetizer, Crab Cakes...(always looking out for these on a menu!), and the Bread Pudding with Kahlua sauce for dessert. There was a second location off of Old Seward in the Dimond area that closed a few months back. I asked the manager if they had plans to reopen elsewhere, but he said that remains up in the air for now until business starts picking up again. Copies of their menu are available in the restaurant as it looks like their website is no longer active. This is a nice addition for the downtown area where Cajun cuisine is scarce and limited to a couple of places. read more

Gumbo House - Cozy dining area. - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

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Excellent food and customer service. The jambalaya is absolutely the best I've ever had. Fish and shrimp are very fresh. I can't wait to come back! read more

So happy Gumbo House got to upgrade their location! The small house was cute but not worthy of how amazing their food is! Truly, this is the best place in town for some creole/ southern food. Cornbread is TO DIE FOR. Both the gumbo and the jambalaya are great! The fried okra will send you out of this world (but I think it also gave me bad indigestion- so don't forget the tums!) Good portions for price. No issues ever with service but I haven't sat down to eat in their new location yet. Probably a spot I will always take out of town folks. Also this review is by a Southern gal (raised in KY) and I'm quite impressed. Highly recommend. read more

We love this place. Barbeque shrimp appetizer with a jambalaya side makes a great meal. Staff is always friendly.

First time visiting when we were in Anchorage recently. Love the food we had, it was delicious!

Generally good grub but a little hit and miss on the quality. Red beans and rice are solid. Cornbread was too sweet for my taste. Gumbo and Jumbalaya both had cheese which seems totally unnecessary. read more

Fried catfish was pretty good, could have used more seasoning. The shrimp gumbo was scorched and had a burnt taste, and the red beans and rice were just okay...never had it with carrots in it. Tasted my buddy's jambalaya and it was good shoulda ordered that! Probably won't go back. read more

Gumbo House - Fried catfish and red beans and rice. - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

It was ok. The food was a little under seasoned. The one thing I did love was there ribs. Every else was mediocre

My husband and I live in a remote part of Alaska and expended considerable effort to dine at Gumbo House. Unfortunately, our meal was not worth the effort. When we swing through Anchorage, our time is short and our transportation is often limited. Coupled with this is that Gumbo House is wrapped up in some sort of mess with Restaurant.com in which we are not sure who is to blame. Our Gumbo House odyssey started in July in which we exchanged a restaurant.com certificate for one at the south Anchorage location of Gumbo House. When we pulled up to that location, there was a sign on the door that they were permanently closed. We were surprised by this because there was no indication of this on: A) restaurant.com B) yelp C) Gumbo House's website (yes, I had looked at all three). We did not feel like driving downtown at that time so we planned to try again on this August trip. Which brings us to the present day. We exchanged the south Anchorage restaurant.com certificate for the downtown Gumbo House location. We had a rental car and drove downtown, parking in the free 2 hour parking south of the park strip, and enjoyed a walk first. Gumbo House is in a real house. We both really like the little old houses in downtown and south addition and appreciate that Gumbo House has kept the house intact. The inside is very cute as well, with creative painting of music notes and Cajun scenes. The host/server allowed us to sit where we wanted and we chose a little room with no one else in it. The environment is probably the only thing we liked about this restaurant. Our restaurant.com certificate required that we purchase $50 in one sitting, so we had gone planning to get lots of leftovers. We have used restaurant.com certificates in Anchorage at several other places and never had a problem, but since we planned to order leftovers, we decided to show the certificate to the server before we ordered. He immediately said "You've been scammed, we don't accept those." We explained that we bought it blah blah blah and he said that he would get in trouble with his boss if he accepted it. He indicated that this has happened quite a few times with many customers going back some time. Hmm. We asked for a minute to re-group. I would have left at that point, but my husband really wanted to try it. So we scaled back our order and placed it. The food arrived a few minutes later. The first item out was the caesar salad. While huge, it was underwhelming visually. It was a giant bowl of romaine so pale it looked like iceberg. It was scattered with parmesan and croutons and came with a side cup of their housemade dressing. It was very bland and we uncharacteristically did not finish it. My husband took the leftovers to go, and even more uncharacteristically never ate it. The second item was a cup of oyster gumbo. This was totally blah. To me it even had an off taste and was pretty icky. Finally came the calamari po'boy with coleslaw. Po'boys come with a choice of potato salad, fries, or coleslaw. The coleslaw was meh. Some of the cabbage was limp and it lacked flavor. The sandwich was decent. The calamari was very good; the bread was nothing special (not stale but not fresh-tasting). It was vastly improved with the addition of hot sauce. They provided two Louisiana-made hot sauces on the table and we tried them both, preferring the one with habanero in it. We were antsy for the check. It took us a bit to find the server again, but he gave us a $10 discount of our bill because of the certificate problem. He talked at length about other customers having problems bringing them in and literally not having the money to pay for their food. When we left, I looked up this restaurant.com issue and it appears that the Better Business Bureau has a lot of problems with their business practices. But I can't help but think that if Gumbo House has had so many problems with them, can't they have done something to get their name off their website? Or put a warning on their website stating, "We do not accept restaurant.com certificates" or something. I can't help but feeling that the owner is leaving this problem to the servers to deal with, which is a bum deal for everyone. We debated between 2 and 3 stars. The food is awful in my book and ranked about a 1 star. The place is cute, which brings it up a bit. The server gave us a discount, but otherwise we just felt like they don't really have their act together. read more

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I ordered the shrimp gumbo, jambalaya, the oyster and shrimp po boy and a side of okra. I will say that everything but the gumbo was great. The jambalaya had great flavor loved the po boy. The gumbo had this burnt roasted taste to it, it was not good like I couldn't even eat it, I was pretty bummed. I'm hoping it was just a bad batch and that's not how it's suppose to taste. Might give the gumbo a second try, but yes to everything else. read more

This place was a pleasant surprise! Delicious hole in the wall in Anchorage! Service was great, food was delicious! I had the fried chicken po boy and the gumbo and it delivered on all cylinders! Highly recommend the crab cakes for an appetizer! If your in Anchorage you gotta try this spot! read more

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Order the jambalaya! We were a little hesitant to order Cajun food this far north, but were happy to find the jambalaya well done and full of flavor! We ordered takeout which was quick and easy. The service was great! We'd definitely come back! read more

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Excellent little place to grab a bowl of gumbo or jambalaya! The restaurant doesn't look like mucj on the outside and it's certainly not fancy, but the flavor is absolutely delicious! I ordered the jambalaya and it had a wonderful tomatoey taste to it. It was enough spicy for me but I can see how others would probably say it is not spicy enough. My husband ordered the kitchen sink gumbo and it was also very tasty. The gumbo has more of a pepper taste than the tomato taste of the jambalaya. There was a generous amount chicken, shrimp, and sausage too! One thing I think could be better is the bowl that this is placed in. I felt like both the gumbo and jambalaya would've been much more amazing and comfortable to eat if they had been in a rounder or larger bowl. There was little room for me to move the fork around without spilling rice. If you have the northern lights book you'll save plenty with their coupon! :-) read more

Gumbo House - JAMBALAYA :-) - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

We stumbled upon this place on St. Paddy's because everywhere else was super full. We arrived around 9:30pm and they didn't close until 11. The place was large inside and the waiter quickly took our order. We ordered the Taste of the South, Catfish, and a bowl of fries. The catfish and fries were delicious. The taste of the south was interesting and only enjoyed two of the three bowls. My only complaint is that both dishes were over $20. Probably won't be returning unless I had to. read more

What a wonderful meal!! And the service from Marco was great! The owners are so hospitable! And Pedro Poboy sandwich's! Delicious jambalaya ohmya! I didn't even reach for the hot sauce read more

This is an authentic Cajun restaurant with a hole in the wall vibe. The food is full of flavor and the restaurants is one of the last remaining places that you can get a lunch for a reasonable price. I had a cup of crawfish gumbo and a jalapeño corn muffin and was stuffed! ($10.50 total) read more

Get the shrimp gumbo for starters. It has wonderful flavor and many pieces of andouille sausage(my favorite). It's a perfect start to whatever meal you are ordering. In addition to the gumbo, I ate the catfish dinner. The filet was fried to a golden perfection. If you are traveling to downtown Anchorage, you should make a stop here for lunch or dinner. read more

Generous daily/lunch special portions (the po boys were HUGE), accommodating service, kind staff, and good hearty Cajun food. Great stop for a quick lunch! read more