Great seafood restaurant hiding on the lake in Slidell. I would recommend the shrimp dinner, as you get a generous portion. I mistakenly ordered the sweet potato fries, and I was not mad that I did. They pair great with ketchup. Also they have the best cocktail sauce I've ever had! They keep the restaurant very clean. There are TVs where you can enjoy a game. The staff have all been welcoming, friendly and attentive. There is plenty on the menu to choose from, but I've only had the shrimp. This is a gem that not many know about but enough do that there is sometimes a wait. Until we meet again! read more

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Best Restaurant on the northshore Period. Never Had a bad meal there ever Staff is wonderful food is delicious read more

We have been eating there for years and it never disappoints. Favorites? Hmmm, don't remember anything we haven't liked. My wife's favorigte is the shrimp special, which I also enjoy, but the selection is very good, so sometimes I wander. Try it, you'll like it. read more

Love that they serve a draft beer in a frozen glass. Food is always good. The soft shell crab with the artichoke sauce is delicious! Wish they would open one on the South Shore. So much better than Blue Crab, Landry's and Felix's!! read more

The food hasn't changed but the new policy we can't seat you until your whole party is present is odd. I can see this applying to large parties, but if I walk in with 3 ppl and say we are waiting on a 4th, why can't you seat us!? You're going to put me at a 4 top table anyways! I think the high school girls that run the front take this rule to the extreme and I've noticed the difference in business when I go. Used to be you couldn't get a seat in this place, now, it's pretty empty for lunch. read more

We were traveling from the New Orleans airport back to our home in Ocean Springs, MS. A friend recommended Phil's Marina Café, so we decided to stop and grab a quick bite. We were seated quickly and our server, Hannah, showed up immediately to take our order. She was knowledgeable and attentive. The food was reasonably priced, delicious, and the view of the marina was lovely. We highly recommend! read more

We were visiting Slidell and went to this restaurant that was close. My kids had the alligator bites appetizer. I wasn't as adventurous but they said it taste like chicken and had the texture of pork. They also had delicious poboy sandwiches. How do I know it was delicious? Because they gave me some of theirs because my meal was not good. I ordered the crab cakes. The waitress warned me they sautéed them but I wasn't prepared for the soggy pickled taste. I'm from Maryland so I knew better. Despite this I'd go again but for the poboys. read more

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What's going on at Phil's? I've been going to Phil's for years but the last few times has been less than desirable. We took some friends from GA last night and it was the worst Phil's experience yet. My Shrimp and Egg plant boat , as well as my eggplant appetizer was burnt. The Snapper Pontchartrain was dry and the stuffing was the consistency of an over cooked hamburger patty. The other two guest ordered the shrimp platters, even a chain restaurant like Popeyes can't mess that up, but they tried. The fries were limp and temped and looked like the leftover scraps from the last batch they fried. Well at least the service was good......wrong. I actually had to go to the bar myself and refill our drink orders with the exception of my friends Cosmopolitan which she said wasn't a Cosmopolitan, so she didn't even drink it. You need to step up your game Phil's or I wont be the last customer you lose. read more

Soft shell crab, crab, shrimp, crawfish, snapper, mahi mahi. And if that isn't enough, there are several Italian dishes, including vegetarian (eggplant), seafood sauces/pasta, and classic Southern Italian. Be prepared to satisfy your appetite and taste buds. Great prices too. read more

We looked on yelp while passing through Slidell and decided to try Phil's based on positive reviews.It was absolutely packed and we had to look a little while for parking but only waited about 5 minutes.The food and service were both excellent.We had decided what to eat prior to arrival but quickly changed when we saw fresh boiled shrimp and crawfish,the only issue Is everything looked so good we'll have to arrange trips to return.Highly recommend! read more

Phil's Marina Cafe - Oysters - Seafood Near Me - Slidell, Louisiana

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I visited Phil's Marina yesterday and the service was far less than expected. We sat in the patio area with a nice view of the water. We were seated quickly but waited an extended period to be helped. Waitress came and took drinks and we let her know that we've been sitting here for over 30 minutes and that everyone who was seated after us were working on appetizers.... And we don't even have drinks or water. She ignored us asked what we wanted. We proceeded to wait. It wasn't until the table next to us got dessert that we looked for the manager. The manager did not help the situation at all. She starts with checking the ticket and we can hear her from the computer say," it's only been 33 minutes." She approaches the table and tells us that it's been 33 minutes. That makes it even worse to let us know that our ticket was just submitted when we've been here for over an hour. No accountability whatsoever, no remorse. It was only three of us at the table, and we knew what we wanted. It should have been a smooth transaction. read more

Love love love this place! Coldest beers around and great food. Had the shrimp and mushroom soup, delish, and salad to start with great blue cheese dressing. Then tackled the Eggplant Christopher! Soft shell crab has been replaced by a crab cake which is sandwiched between two pieces of eggplant. There are pasta noodles hidden underneath and the whole dish is blanketed with a large heaping of crabmeat cream sauce. I ordered a side of noodles and split the dish with my mom and we still had some left over..! DROOL! Dish looks exactly like the picture online... Their crawfish bread is like crawfish étouffée over French bread... super rich! Even simple mozzarella sticks are great! PS. Can't beat the sunset! read more

Phil's Marina Cafe - Eggplant Christopher - Seafood Near Me - Slidell, Louisiana

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Been on a trip the last six weeks. All the way to Main and back. Best food I had the whole time. The Crab cake was wonderful. Roast Beef delicious!! read more

Incredible food and staff is amazing. Our server was on top of everything to make our dinning experience incredible. I had the catfish plate, and it was delicious. Fresh, light and flakey with a perfect battered crust. Yum! Others in our group had 4 other dishes and all thought it was excellent. Service was fast, food was great. We will be back! read more

Great place for the locals for some good seafood! Pros: Fresh seafood, friendly staff. They oysters and boil were amazing! Get the sauteed crab legs, simply delicious and the sauce is fabulous. Good dinner for the family, something for everyone and a creative menu. Cons: Drinks are fine, but don't expect anything to wow you. Simple bar, simple bartenders. The wait can be long around dinner/sunset time....but with those views its expected. read more

This is a good resturant and I usually always love my food here however I ordered a crab cake and it was the worst crab cake I've ever had. It was more like a crab salad similar to tuna salad or something I was expecting it to have bread crumbs and be fried and it just wasn't there for me and it leaves a lot to be desired. I wouldn't order the crab cake ever again but everything else I've had from there has been delicious. read more

Phil's Marina Cafe - Crab cake - Seafood Near Me - Slidell, Louisiana

I love Phil's. Food is always delicious and the people are always nice. I love the feel of the place. It reminds me of the restaurants I grew up going to out by the lakefront in New Orleans. read more

It's rare that I give a 2 star but based on the overall star rating, I was really excited and optimistic about this place and it did not live up to expectations. I think it would be a 3 star if we hadn't been left waiting at our table so long. We came north for something that didn't pan out, but then were hungry so just decided to eat up north. Found this place on Yelp with good reviews so that solidified the selection. We got there about 7:30 on a Saturday and were sat around 7:45. It took our waitress a bit to get to us but they were finishing their dinner rush so it was understandable. We ordered an appetizer and dinner at the same time and it took over an hour for our actual food to come out and I don't think we had anything overly complicated. We watched multiple groups who arrived after us, leave before us. And then, when the food did arrive, the fish was over cooked on both of our entrees. read more

Phil's Marina Cafe - Mahi-mahi - Seafood Near Me - Slidell, Louisiana

Family friendly. Noisy, happy, great family and friends place. The food was great. I had the Tuna steak and there was way more food than I could eat. My sister had gumbo, slightly spicy. We both enjoyed our visit. read more

Food fantastic service good on the water lovely!!very near house, convenient nice atmosphere

We love Phil's! The food is always consistently great. From the gumbo, to fish/seafood dishes, to poboys, to their side dishes, they always produce a great meal at a reasonable cost. I also can say their appetizers are fantastic too! read more

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My family and I came to eat here recently and were not disappointed!! When we entered the restaurant, there was a couple that came in right in front of us. The man seemed intoxicated and started to cause some issues with the hostess and some of the customers. The hostess handled it very well and it was taken care of quickly. It was a busy time on Saturday afternoon so they were busy but we were seated and served quickly. The food was phenomenal!! We were seated by a window so the view was very nice! read more

Jenny was a wonderful server. Fast and polite service with good food recommendations. Ill for sure be visiting this local slidell business again. read more

The staff was very unknowledgable and unfriendly. They said the fish was all four catch of the day. The fish they served me tasted old and it looked like it has pieces of bugs and small hairs in it. I notified the waitress immediately that the first bite made me feel sick and made me run to restroom and vomit and she went over to another few workers and started to laugh at me infront of my face. I notified the person who I was told was the manager named Mindie and she was only helpful in telling me the owners name is Rooney. I asked them to please take this dish off of my tab and they refused. Terrible place their food is not fresh at all I would not recommend this place to anyone read more

Food is decent. Water is Horrible! Tastes like it came right out the septic tank. Had to order bottled water for $2.00 a piece! Don't ask for extra tartar sauce. They charge an extra .75 cents. Ridiculous. (You only get 1 tiny container with a platter of catfish.)Raise the price of the dish and give 2 tarters with the meal! Heading back down to the best seafood restaurant in town with unlimited tarter and great tasting water-Vera's! read more

Enjoyed lunch today. The gumbo is really good. I had the Ruby Reds, they are good but I devein them cuz I don't like the poop other than that they are good. My husband had the shrimp special which was good. The gumbo was delicious. We were swated quickly, servers wore mask. She was friendly. read more

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I've lived around the Gulf Coast for most of my life and have always been a seafood lover. Phil's is the best I've ever had. My Liz had the Snapper Devereaux and I had the Veal Nicole and we shared. Both were outstandingly good. The snapper was garnished with a white wine sauce with mushrooms and Gulf shrimp. The veal had a lump crabmeat topping. Both were exquisitely good. Also worthy of mention was the gouda cheese grits and the blue cheese dressing on my salad and the creole dressing on Liz's. 100 stars! read more

This was our first time visiting Phil's and we were not disappointed at all. Since we moved here our neighbor has been telling us to go here. We started with the crawfish bread which was amazing. I had the Mahi Marliene and loved every single bite. My husband had the Catfish Cindy and he was very pleased. We left full and very happy. Service was good; not amazing, but good. I wish they had a drink menu with some specialty cocktails. Overall it was very good and I look forward to returning soon. read more

This place is great! It has fresh seafood at reasonable prices and very good service. I ordered the ruby red shrimp in garlic butter sauce. Of you've never had ruby reds, these are the sweetest and most delicate shrimp you can eat. The shrimp are boiled and served with the butter sauce and homemade spicy cocktail sauce. You had to peel the shrimp so bring some wet wipes but it's totally worth it. I had the gumbo too. It's a dark roux just like I like it. I do wish we could have dined with the view but ithis place is super popular. And that's a good thing! There are tvs everywhere so it's a great place to watch the game. And a very large bar to sit at too. There is plenty of parking and a ramp to get into the restaurant. I highly recommend. read more

Phil's Marina Cafe - Ruby red shrimp amazing! - Seafood Near Me - Slidell, Louisiana

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Delicious seafood -- table ordered fried shrimp, corn and crawfish chowder, eggplant parmesean, onion rings, snd gumbo. Everyone was happy with their food. Service was unusually slow. read more

This is supposed to be seafood gumbo horrible with 1 shrimp in it. They refused to take it back. The manager wasn't any help.. it was read more

Phil's Marina Cafe - This is supposed to be seafood gumbo it was horrible with 1 shrimp in it. They refused to take it back. The manager wasn't any help.. - Seafood Near Me - Slidell, Louisiana

Passing by after dropping off a friend nearby - I pulled in to get a bite. I think my last meal here was a little while back and I had forgotten how much I enjoy their enclosed deck that offers some nice harbor views and a perfect spot for watching sunsets. And it was indeed a nice sunset. After ordering a bourbon and water I leaned back and enjoyed the view until my meal arrived - 10oz Ribeye - medium + was the order. Also arriving were a side of Pasta Bordelaise and a side salad. I asked for some Parmesan which found its way into everything at the table and that, with some judiciously applied pepper made for a very nice flavor. The steak was very nice but honestly the thing that stood apart even more was the Bordelaise simple because it was subtle and flavorful and worked as a great accompaniment to the steak. Jade was my server and she was fast, professional, and attentive - and added to the whole experience. read more

Phil's Marina Cafe - Seafood Near Me - Slidell, Louisiana

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I'm not sure how this place doesn't get more recognition, but it was great! It is a marina restaurant setting that looks out over the water and is a great place to catch the sunset. The food was delicious, I had a little bit of everything and it was served quickly and well prepared. The bartenders were very attentive, they shuck your oysters fresh when you order them. I highly recommend the crab au gratin, it was delicious! I will definitely return to eat here again when I visit town. read more

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Love the atmosphere of this place. Only drawback was had a table of 7 seated. All of our orders came out except one order. We had to wait 10 minutes before waitress finally went to get it. This was unacceptable. 4 stars for food. Service about 3.5 stars. I'm not sure if the waitress or kitchen was to blame for the forgotten plate. The dish I ordered was the soft shell crab Patrick. The fried crab was a little too soggy for my taste. Too watery on the crawfish topping. Next time I'll just have the soft shell crab only. Dessert, bread pudding and crème brûlée were excellent. read more

Phil's Marina Cafe - Soft shell Patrick. - Seafood Near Me - Slidell, Louisiana

My first time there and the food was pretty tasty. The crabmeat au gratin was delish. I've never had it with toast but it was paired perfectly. I ordered the blackened snapper with shrimp and veggies. I truly enjoyed it. I will definitely go back just for the crabmeat au gratin alone. It was after lunch so the crowd was pretty think but the customer service was great. We asked for suggestions from the meal and everything we ordered was on point. read more

Phil's Marina Cafe - Lunch Special menu - Seafood Near Me - Slidell, Louisiana

Nice atmosphere over looking the harbor. Restaurant was busy, we were seated within a few minutes and ordered drinks. Service was good overall. Good variety on the menu. Good portions, food came out as ordered and was delicious. read more

Phil's Marina Cafe - Chicken fried steak and baked macaroni - Seafood Near Me - Slidell, Louisiana

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Went for dinner with a large group on 6/20. We had about a 5 minute wait for a table of 10. Service in Slidell is always friendly. No exceptions here. Lots of locals which is always a great sign. I ordered the seafood plater and shared it and it was fresh and fried perfectly. My wife order the fish tacos and loved it. The apps were very good. I could have been content to just get that next time. read more

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The shrimp special is he best. The food is always fresh and very tasty. The service is hit or miss sometimes. Not all patrons are treated with the same level of service. This is my go too restaurant when I'm not expecting friendly service but great food. I've lived in Slidell for 5 years and eat here maybe twice a year and the food never lets me down. read more

Phil's Marina Cafe - Shrimp special - Seafood Near Me - Slidell, Louisiana

The service was slow, the server was all over the place, we were a party of two and I got my food 20 mins before my husband. The explanation was that another server stole his plate. The crab cakes were full of onion chunks, the macaroni was just elbow noodles with cheese sauce topped with a slice of cheese backed in the oven. When I asked for extra olives & salad dressing, I was told is was 75cent extra. After speaking with the manager, her excuse was that the server is new and still trying to get his footing. The manager did nothing to make it right. My money spends everywhere but never there again! read more

I've had a lot of po'boys in my life, but the catfish po'boy I had at Phil's was undoubtedly the WORST I've had in my life. The fish was over-fried and the bread resembled the barrel of of a baseball bat and was either stale or over toasted. It crumbled to the touch and couldn't even be sliced with a knife. Just awful! Being so close to New Orleans they should be ashamed to serve such a low quality sandwich and call it a po'boy! To make matters worse, I ordered a Miller Lite draft which came in a frosted mug that had so much ice in it, I couldn't taste the beer. I had to send it back because I couldn't drink it. When I did, the waitress smartly responded that they were known for their frosted mugs. I'm surprised that they're not known for their watered-down beer, because that's what it was. I'll not return to Phil's EVER again...!!! read more