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    4.0 (334 reviews)

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Blackened Shrimp Po Boy with Chicken and Sausage Gumbo  and green beans.
    Cat V.

    We are in our RV and traveling the southern part of the US. Lunch time in Vicksburg MS and wanted to try something local. Ordered takeout of 2 crawfish pies (for later), Fried Oyster Po Boy with Okra, Shrimp Po Boy Blackened with Green Beans, Chicken and Sausage Gumbo, and Seafood Gumbo. OMG this was the best Po Boy I've had. The oysters were fried just right and were nice and succulent. The Shrimp had such good flavor with the blackened season. The Okra was not a bit mushy but it did lack salt. Both gumbos were really flavor and had a nice slight kick in the end that crept up and was not overpowering. We would definitely recommend this place! I saw a lot of reviews that they are slow, even so it is definitely worth the wait.

    Don't let the photo fool you it wasn't that much food.
    James L.

    Decided to try this place after putting it off the entire work week. Well I should have continued putting it off. Now if you are a fan of paying a lot of money for a little bit of food then this may be the place for you. Definitely not worth the $21 plus the 4% credit card fee. I ordered the West Bank Catfish ( blackened catfish served with a crawfish sauce over a bed of rice). Now this dish did come with a lot of the crawfish sauce which drowned the little bit of rice it came with. Now let's not forget the catfish ( one tiny fillet split down the middle) which was actually pretty good but it was one of the tiniest pieces of catfish I've ever gotten at any restaurant. The overall taste of this dish was okay but most definitely not the real flavor of a Creole Etouffee.

    Boudin Balls
    Ingrid S.

    I was given the task of finding a restaurant to go to for lunch while traveling through Vicksburg, Mississippi. I'm skeptical if Yelp is the right way to go because I've come to realize that not a ton of folks down in small towns in the south really swing to using this as a way to seek out good food and local spots. But hey, I gave it a whirl and this spot as well as a biscuit named place popped up as potential winners. My dad really wanted a good gumbo spot so this won. They also had fried tomatoes on the menu and that was key for picking it. Visually, it doesn't come across as a cute restaurant. It's in a strip mall for one thing. But taste wise - pretty darn good. You can opt for boiled seafood or go the gumbo route. Fried shrimp and catfish baskets, po boys, steaks, burgers. I ultimately went with a small lunch of a cup of seafood gumbo and a side of hush puppies. But tried with appetizers the fried green tomatoes and boudin balls. Thoughts overall: The gumbo was quite good. They even include baby crab legs that I managed to cut my finger open on because I'm stupid when it comes to opening them. Tried my dad's wife's full sized crab legs and that was an interesting experiment. The soup was good, could use a little more of a kick to it. The fried green tomatoes again, excellent but not the best I've ever had. I'd like them thicker in cut and a puffier batter maybe. The crawfish cheese sauce that came with the tomatoes was amazing. I'd eat that on its own. Hell. Boudin balls were kind of a stand out item. Very moist and spicy and full of flavor. The deep fried oysters my dad was eating, not my cup of tea. The hushpuppies - exactly as I like them - sweet and without chunks of corn. The way bite sized corn bread should be. I'm probably in the small percentage on how much hatred I feel about corn nuggets appearing in food. Everything was a-okay. Not completely blown away but it was good and for the price quite worth stopping by.

    Seafood Gumbo
    Bill M.

    Just a few miles from Louisiana but Vicksburg is a small town, so we had to rely on our fellow raters to find a Cajun restaurant. Again, they came through - the Gumbo Pot had some good offerings. We had a dozen Charbroiled oysters ($28), Seafood Gumbo (10), Red beans/rice (7), and fried green tomatoes (10). The Gumbo was excellent, as was the crayfish sauce that came with the tomatoes. These could compete with the best we've had elsewhere. The oysters were good, but not great (see my review of Pearls Oyster House in Memphis), as was the red beans/rice. The tomatoes were just OK - disappointed that they were breaded with seemingly only corn breading. The service was very good, and there was no wait (at about 6:30 pm on a weeknight). We felt the prices (above) were reasonable. We considered going back as there seems to be a lot of highly rated restaurants in the area which were permanently closed, but did find one (see Rustys Riverfront Grill).

    Elaine N.

    Quick Review for a Quick Dinner Stop Item 1: Taste of the Bayou (choice of three soups) -seafood gumbo: Really taste the crab flavor! Has a crab in it. This was my favorite from all the soups I selected. The bread that it comes with is flakey on the outside. Best way to describe it is Philsbury biscuit having babies with a dinner roll. It was truly amazing. Item 2: Crawfish pie - loaded with crawfish in the creamy filling and the flakey crust is to die for! Item 3: Boudain - wow... my first time having these and I am in fall. They look similar to large hushpuppies but aren't dry. With the first bite in the middle, you'll see grains packed together. It's savory, it's packed with variety of seasoning, and delicious. You cannot go wrong with anything that is fried here! Customer service was top-notch. I love how respectful and attentive my waitress was.

    Casey T.

    My wife is a Louisana native and I'm a lifelong Virginian. We were traveling by and happened upon this place and it ROCKED. Don't be fooled by the simple exterior. The food is awesome and the staff was friendly. If the amount of take out business being done says anything; it's that this place is local's fav. My wife had the shrimp and grits and I had the shrimp po'boy. At the end of our meal the owner was going to table to table checking on the tables and even gave us some free bread pudding to go as a treat after chatting. Southern Hospitality!

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    The food was good and the service was really friendly service. Very clean and no wait time!

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    Good food and friendly staff. We had a good experience here. If you like seafood give it a try. We recommend

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    Fabulous food! The owner and his family are fine people and if you're in Vicksburg you should give it a try. They can cook!

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    Service was great. Gumbo was warmed but not enough or I would have given 4 stars. Ambiance wasn't bad or good. We just expected more.

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    It's alright, but nothing to fight to get through the door about! The place is nice and the staff was great!

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    Great Food Great Service. Definitely recommend this spot for a couple beers or full on dinner for 5

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