For those who haven't tried gator, this is the place to visit. Very friendly and welcoming.

Delicious food and we got the 55+ portion and it was almost to much. The catfish is the best. Great service.

Absolutely wonderful food we love it there eat there quite often well I mean we get take out quite often cuz I'm disabled but if there's ever a problem they make it right read more

After a long day at Gatorland, my family and I decided to try out The Catfish Place because it came highly recommended. What immediately caught my family's eye was the variety of meats they had (many that we can't get in Hawaii): Gator, turtle, frog legs, etc. My family are the type to try anything at least once, so we gave it a try. The food was good! Besides all the other proteins, my family also got a bunch of the all you can eat catfish. The catfish was perfectly fried and the center was still moist. The only reason that I took off a star for this restaurant was because of one of the waitresses we had, Lisa. We did have a big party so maybe that overwhelmed her, but we were nice enough to write all our orders down to make it easier for her and she ripped it out of my hand. Her attitude was terrible, but she may have just had a hard day. Luckily for us, another waitress stepped in to help instead, Margaret. She was so helpful and friendly! She even showed us pictures of gators that she caught! Really awesome. By the end of the night, Margaret changed my view of the restaurant to a positive and the food was delicious! read more

The Catfish Place has been on my wishlist for almost nine years! True story! When I moved from Texas to Minnesota nine years ago, I was trying to find a restaurant that served catfish. Seems in north central Minnesota, it is walleye or something previously frozen. And then I found The Catfish Place in Saint Cloud! I thought, great! Only about an hour south of me! Then I started reading the menu... Gator from local lakes, what?! And then I realized this is in Saint Cloud FLORIDA, not Minnesota. Oh bummer! So, I filed it away for another day. Fast forward to today, and I finally made it here while on vacation! I wish it did not take me nine years to get here, but still worth the wait! Table for one and I got seated right away on a Saturday by a window. Sorry I did not write down her name, but my server came over right away and said she was new (her second day). She sure knew her stuff though about the menu! I ordered sweet tea to start (perfectly sweet for me, and I like my tea sweet), and it came out with a pitcher. Excellent! I then ordered the seafood gumbo, though it was a coin toss with the clam chowder, but I opted for something I cannot usually get at home. My gumbo came right out nice, hot, and delicious! I then placed my order of the three meat platter of catfish, turtle, and (of course), gator! Another winner here! When my plate came out, I thought (uh oh), how am I going to finish all of this food!? Along with double coleslaw (also very good!) and hush puppies. I somehow managed to finish everything, except for 2 of 3 hush puppies! Of course, all three things were fried, but there was no excess oil to be found! Perfectly crispy and hot! If it was not that I had another three hours of driving, I would have taken key lime pie to go. I am sure that is delicious too! Great service! Great food! I plan on being back again the next time I vacation in Florida! Support small businesses! They need us as much as we need them! read more

The Catfish Place - Seafood gumbo! - Seafood Near Me - Saint Cloud, Florida

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Local Tradition and good food ! This Restaurant has been serving Saint Cloud for decades .They support other businesses during bad times, like when they let another breakfast restaurant use their place in the day while they rebuilt from a hurricane . I bring out of towners there to sample local redneck food. Always fresh local vegetables of the day . read more

We stayed in Kissimmee and drove to actually go to another restaurant that ended up being closed. So glad it was!!! This is locally owned and it was AMAZING!!! Great great service and fabulous food! We had crab legs that were perfect. Cole slaw was outa this world. We also had fried green tomatoes as an appetizer that were yummy. This is well worth the drive to St. Cloud. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!! read more

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Most of the servers have many years of working there, and that saids something about the owners. Great, food, environment, and service. The catfish is off the chart. read more

Not gonna lie, I've done a lot of bad things in my life. I don't wanna get into too many details due to the Statute of Limitations in Florida, but let's just say I've made some bad choices. Well, I believe that the choice I made today to pull into The Catfish Place was such a good choice that I'm certain God can overlook the rest. This place was amazing. Tarah was a fantastic server. Too much food to even comprehend finishing the meal for two and an appetizer we ordered. If it's solid country cookin' and possible salvation from your past sins, this is the place! read more

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This restaurant has the best seafood! I love their fried shrimp and their snapper is delicious. Don't forget to get their coleslaw if you like it because it's so good! read more

Always the freshest and pure simple southern seafood you'll find anywhere. Great service as well.

Make sure you work out before coming here because nearly everything but the salad is fried! Oh but it is soooo good! I'm a huge Sweet tea fanatic and when they saw how much my husband and I liked it, they left us a small pitcher. the salads were cold and fresh, but lets be honest... you are there for the fried food! I got, calamari, shrimp and gator, a pick three combo. I didn't finish it all and so took it home and surprisingly it was still good the next day. The service was great, very attentive and kind, answered all my questions as it was my first time there and the place was clean and well managed. Cost was worth the portion. For my husband an I we paid around $50 and this included 20% tip. Go back? Can't wait!! read more

No matter what we always have to route our trip around stopping to eat at this wonderful restaurant. Fried Gator and Fried Froglegs read more

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I have been wanting to try this place for years and have had it on my list of restaurants since before moving to Florida. After spending the day at Gatorland, we finally made it and let me tell you; it was worth the wait. Our waiter who's name I believe was Joe, was incredible. Upon hearing that I had never tried catfish he went back into the kitchen and had them fry up a sample. First of all, that has never happened to me before and second, it was to die for! This is definitely a local's joint, but they make you feel incredibly welcomed. The food here is bar none. I have no qualms about driving the hour and 45 minutes to visit this restaurant again. There's definitely a reason it's been around so long! read more

Always good, southern cooking and good service. I do not typically enjoy catfish as if not done correctly to remove all of the skin I get a taste that I do not enjoy. I have enjoyed The Catfish Place Sever al times and truly enjoy their clean, meaty catfish every time. I enjoy with fried okra. You can't go wrong at the Catfish Place. read more

This a good casual place to stop by for a very reasonably priced tasty meal. The catfish and sweet potato was tasty. I like the way the fixins for the sweet potatoes are served on the side, so you can decide on how much to put. Also, lots of fried items, just so you know! read more

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I'm surprised by the raving reviews. I went here for lunch with my family. The lunch menu doesn't have the culinary adventures of the dinner entrees, its basic fried southern seafood. It took a really long time for our food to come. Everyone said the scallops were the worst they've ever had. Overall, the food was okay or bad. The catfish wasn't too flavorful. The only real treat from here is the hush puppies, they're near perfect. Bottom line: this place is a small step above Long John Silver's and offers sub-par decor and service. read more

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They only get points for being locally owned and operated. Everything is fried in the same oil that is apparently changed so infrequently that everything tastes the same. As local residents for almost 30 years, this is one we stay away from. read more

Great service and local cooking! It really gives you that small town, locals eatery vibe.

I drive pass by this restaurant all the time and with high rating from Yelp I decided to give it a try with bunch of friends for lunch. I guess American seafood is primarily fried but they must have done the frying for a long time because the fresh catfish lunch I had was really good. The batter, or lack thereof, just enough to coat the fish without flaking it off, almost looks like it's part of the filet and it's so good (check picture). Just about everything else we had were fried except salad (surprised it came with it for lunch). The lady was extra nice although she looked serious gave us extra drink in pitchers and extra sides. You can buy some restaurant souvenirs after you eat and play musical chair (just chairs for people to sit and wait arranged in musical chair format). I'll definitely come back and try out other more expansive dishes, perhaps non-fried. I saw menu on the wall near the register showing raw seafood available as well but I was not sure of it: raw catfish! While we were there most of the customers were senior citizens and they offer senior citizen section of the menu as well. Salute! read more

The Catfish Place - Fresh catfish lunch special with hash brown and hush puppies - Seafood Near Me - Saint Cloud, Florida

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Yummy food and good takeout service. We will be back. (Get the hush puppies! They are amazing!)

Great food! Friendly staff! I really enjoyed my catfish here. It was cooked just right!

Man o man don't I love myself fried food. I mean who doesn't? I came with my brother during lunch and it wasn't so packed. I've been here before and had to wait about 15-30 minutes, but that was during dinner hours. Whether you have to wait or not, the place is worth it! You are served with big portions and great service. There is a section for private parties if need be. If you love southern comfort food you will not be disappointed. read more

The Catfish Place - Dinner platter with catfish, gator, & frog legs. Sides of hush puppies, frech fries and collard greens. - Seafood Near Me - Saint Cloud, Florida

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Catfish, turtle, frog legs, shrimp, gator, and hushpuppies at their finest! No wonder they've been in business 42 years. They have Southern food dialed in. It's just too bad we live in Idaho or we'd eat here more often. read more

The Catfish Place - The Florida Cracker Special. Frog legs, turtle, gator, catfish, hush puppies. - Seafood Near Me - Saint Cloud, Florida

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They have deep frying down to a science or maybe they have elevated it to an art? I'm not sure which. My family has visited this restaurant 4 or 5 times and never had anything we didn't like. The fried entree's are lightly breaded and perfectly cooked. We've never had a dish that was soggy or smelled of burnt / old oil. The interior is dated but it adds to the charm of this old florida restaurant. I have always felt if your going to name your restaurant after a dish or ingredient you had better get it right. Well I'm happy to report the cat fish place knocks it out of the park. Resist the urge to get the all you can eat catfish. I found the catfish dinner to be too much food. So I usually get the catfish sandwich. This place is a local favorite with good reason read more

The Catfish Place - Part of the wall mural at the catfish place. - Seafood Near Me - Saint Cloud, Florida

Went on vacation to Florida and took a little trip to The Catfish Place. The house special was excellent....lots of food! The staff was really nice as well! read more

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Service is very good, the meals are always on point. Parking and. Restaurant is always busy which means The Catfish Place will stick around a little longer. Thank goodness! read more

We loved this place! A good variety of regional food, made well and priced reasonably. our waiter helped us pull together a delicious feast of turtle, frog, gator, and catfish. everything was really good, including the sides - lots of choices. Loved those hush puppies, too! Cold beers for less than $4.00 were a welcome sight after s fun day in the sun. Definitely recommend The Catfish Place - the service was great, too. read more

Great for locals and for visitors to try unusual food. A little pricey but the service is good and staff is on it! Make sure you get hush puppies. Insist on the hush pups!!! read more

Okay I missed out on the 7% cash back Yelp deal do to my unwillingness to store credit card info all around the web. It could have added up on our $45 total bill. Well I had - you got it... Fried Catfish Fingerlings (again). What is not to like? Very mild fish and their tarter sauce is just to my liking. Plenty on the plate in front of me too. The hush puppies. are on the sweet side for me but still worthy of processing in my personal internal conversion system along with those awesome Black Eyed Peas. OMG, now these guys stole the meal for me. Perhaps it's because I really dig some down-home, southern cookin' recipes? Believe me, I tried to reverse engineer the flavors on my palate to try and create at home but it just wasn't happening. I put minced onion, bacon fat, along with a little Goya ham flavoring in mine and well, I was impressed. The fried okra will take you back to the 60's home cooking dinner. Freaking as good as they get too. Something about the fryer that adds this taste which rang the nostalgia bell for me. (Gen X and beyond need not try to relate - LOL) Service is spot on, well organized and trained. This was worth the trip. Happy to experience the benefits of a very established, establishment whom has not lost their touch for getting it right. read more

They have been in business for 47 years and still going strong. We were here on a Friday and had the special which was cod fish cooked to order. You also get a choice of 2 from and extensive list of sides. All the food was great and the portions were generous. The iced tea was nice and fresh. I really enjoyed the meal. read more

Stopped here based on a local friend's recommendation. The service was fast, friendly and casual. The food was good all around. My husband got the catfish (no bones) and I got the clams. Sides were mashed potatoes and cheese grits. They were good. Nice family owned place. Everything was well seasoned and piping hot. We will be back!! read more

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Excellent service! Excellent meal! The shrimp and Fish were fresh and hot. Great coleslaw too! Yum!

I've only had mediocre gator and frog legs before. And here, it was a game changer. The atmosphere has one of those Southern homely place. The servers were really nice and they gave us some green tomatoes on the house. It was amazing as well. Their tartar sauce with the deep fried frog legs were out of the world. It was just amazing and perfect. I really want to go back and try more of their frog legs. The deep fried alligator was amazing. The meat wasn't too chewy and the combination between tartar and these dishes were amazing. I'm in love with this place. Definitely coming back. read more

Wow your famous local quality good food and great prices. They have all the unique local gator, turtle, shrimp, lobster, meats which you should try. It taste like chicken. Highly recommend this place. Our tour guild recommended this place and so worth it read more

Excellent food, great service with very friendly staff. We enjoy eating at The Catfish Place.

Love everything they make!!! I've fallen in love with their food. They have delicious chicken tenders and the fried catfish is great too. The serving sizes are so large that I always have leftovers! The hospitality and service are always amazing! The ladies are so sweet, and serve you like they'd want to be served. We always feel at home here! read more

Vacationed in Florida, decided to try catfish place. Had Mindy as my waitress,outstanding service, excellent food, friendly environment. Overall wonderful experience. read more

I would have never thought that the food was so delicious. Almost everything is fried, but it's done so well, light and crispy. The portions are large and come with two sides, so come hungry... When looking for the delicacies of Florida...frog legs, gator, and turtle, this is your spot. Lastly, the customer service was great. It's like Cheers in there, so many locals. I love it enough to buy a t-shirt. Enjoy. read more

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Nice old school St. Cloud restaurant with a clean environment and good service. Food not very good though. Ordered the Catfish Dinner and not a single whole filet. Basically a shameful plate of scraps and batter. Don't waste your time, you can probably get a better piece of catfish at golden corral. read more