I have a very good friend that told me that we needed to check Rougeaux's out. He said the food was amazing and him and his wife have been several times. He said the Crab Cakes were amazing, but so was everything they tried and had enough to bring leftovers home for later! Well, we finally were caught up around the house for a change and the young one went with family to the Lufkin Zoo. Finally free, we headed down to Nome to try out Rougeaux's! We wanted to be there at, or shortly after 11:00 am. We arrived around 11:30 and there were people already filtering in! I noticed they had outside seating as well as inside seating, and as it was pretty breezy we chose to sit inside. We walked in and waited to be seated at a table per the sign inside the doors. The young lady who greeted us was very kind and showed us to a table with menus and silverware in hand. We got seated, got the menus, and she told us our waitress would be right with us! And she was!!! She introduced herself and her name was Jessica! We told her it was our first time and she welcomed us and told us that she hoped we liked it and gave us some tips, then took our drink order to give us time to gaze over the menu. She was right back with drinks and asked if we would like an appetizer? Oh yes, we wanted to try their appetizers, they all looked tantalizing, so we choose two! An order of 3 Boudain Balls and an order of Crabmeat stuffed jalapenos! She went to turn those orders in and came back and asked if we thought what we might want. The tips she gave us left is wanting to try it all!!! But we tried to act like we weren't starving and my wife ordered the Fried Shrimp and Oyster Combo and ordered a side of hand battered onion rings with hers. I ordered the Combo with Catfish and Oysters with the same side of Onion rings! Jessica was very outgoing and friendly and had a great personality! It wasn't long she was back out with our appetizers! My wife and I traded tasting both the Boudain Balls and the Crabmeat stuffed Jalapenos! They were both served with a really good homade Ranch Dressing and a pink dipping sauce called Le Mein I believe it was. Both were really great compliments to the appetizers!!! While we were trying the appetizers my wife noticed she had brought out some Boiled Crawfish to another table! So when Jessica came back to see how we liked our appetizers, my wife inquired about the Crawfish! Jessica said that their crawfish are some of the best and they are nice and spicy served with two potatoes and one corn on the cob. It sounded delicious, why not!!! So we told Jessica we wanted to split 3lbs of Crawfish!!! She came right back with them before our main orders came out and we started working on those crawfish!!! Oh, my goodness!!! Right now Rougeaux's is being batting . 300!!! Evening we have tried is better than just on point, is so really delicious! Then Jessica brings out main orders out and they both look just as amazing as the rest of the food we've already tried! Before we finished off the crawfish we both tried the onion rings! Another home run! And when we tried our oysters they weren't only cooked to perfection, but their Tartar sauce is really good!!! I compared it to what we make and theirs taste just like ours!!! I have the Tartar Sauce Recipe from Gaido's in Galveston and it's the best we've ever had. We didn't buy the store bought stuff. Their Tartar Sauce is right on point for taste, it's excellent! I'm a Tartar Sauce but while my wife favors Cocktail Sauce. They also bring you the Le Mein? Spelling might be wrong on this sauce, but it's good too! By the time we finished off the crawfish we were only able to eat one piece of my catfish and only a couple of the Oysters. Then we wanted to try what they had for desserts. Jessica gave us the rundown on desserts and we elected to split the Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake topped with pecans and a Carmel drizzle with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream!!! So we wish went ahead and asked for two to go boxes at the same time!!! They have a really nice size menu and it really does ALL look good, so we want to come back in the near future and I want to try their Gumbo's, Crawfish platter, Half fried and half Ettouffee, and their Crab Cakes that I was told are the Bomb!!! The entire place inside and outside had a very nice ambience and is just really nice! I have to give Kudos to our waitress Jessica! Every little tip she gave us was right on point, it was all every bit as delicious as it sounded!!! We'll be back soon! Loved it!!! read more