This place was great! Food and service was awesome. Great view on the river! Will definitely go again.

Loved this place. Got a burger and fries and some fried pickles and they were amazing. Will definitely go back again. Decently priced for lunch and very good service. The only negative I have about this place is their water tasted horrible. read more

A colleague recommended Trapps as I was on a business trip to Monroe. I must say that they had the most delicious crawfish etouffee! It was buttery, and had the right amount of seasoning. The service was fast and friendly. It was a great lunch! Try the crawfish pie appetizers! read more

Trapps - Crawfish Pie? Don't mind if I do! - Cajun/Creole Near Me - West Monroe, Louisiana

I love Trapp's. It has a great atmosphere, and has recently started serving several of the local craft brews that have popped up. The bar area is intimate, but relatively open, especially in nicer weather when the outer doors to the patio are open. The deck area overlooks the Ouachita River, with nice views of the old train bridge and the Monroe waterfront. It definitely has a laid back ambiance. The service is great, with friendly staff, and the food is very good. I love the red beans and rice, especially later in the evening, when it has had a chance to "cook down" and thicken. It's one of my favorite local spots in beautiful (and getting better by the minute!), historic downtown West Monroe. read more

Trapps - Quaint bar area. Full bar and solid wine list. - Cajun/Creole Near Me - West Monroe, Louisiana

Great dinner! We stopped in West Monroe during a long road trip. We found a delicious seafood restaurant at Trapp's. We had corn and shrimp bisque and gumbo, then shared a fried shrimp platter. It was all delicious! The corn and shrimp bisque was in a class of its own. We also enjoyed local craft beers, with the amber being our favorite. Seating on the balcony is a must! The view of the river and bridge was lovely plus a guitarist provided music. Great local restaurant with delicious food! Thanks to Yelp reviews! read more

Delicious sea food, will deffinetly be returning for the NACHOS! Amazing! Loved sitting out on the outside on the balcony! read more

You better come early if you want a seat. We arrived at 11:00 am, right when they opened, and were seated promptly. By the time our order arrived the place was PACKED! We started with the Creole Crawfish Pie. Delicious and just enough spice. Prices were very reasonable all around. I had the shrimp plate and my wife had the etoufee. Both were large portions and both were really good. We finished up with the bread pudding. Awesome sauce and just how I like my bread pudding, sans raisins. Friendly staff and a quaint building on the river. We will be back!!!! read more

Love it! Everything was excellent. Had etouffee, blackened tuna, asparagus, homemade chips and bread pudding. 2nd best bread pudding I've ever had. The 1st is Pat's in Henderson LA. Excellent service also. Great place! read more

Black grill fish serve over rice fries real potatoes and salad and sweet tea was the best !!

This place is really a mixed bag for me. Let's start by saying the prices are reasonable, and it's a plesant place to eat. The Cajun and Creole food here is good, and they have excellent, nicely seasoned and fairly unique French fries. My issue is some ODD choices in execution. The burger for example is served on what can be described as a French brioche bun, which is incredibly soft and is an odd choice for a hearty burger. In fact I habe spoken to several people who also.had the same thought, and it is enough to turn you off ordering the burger. Two bites in and it is flat and mushy, and ruins the burger. The burger itself is decent, but many I know won't order it due to the bun. I am sure some people may like it, but I feel that not only should the bun choice be explained on the menu ( as it is such an odd choice) but a more traditional bun should be made as an offering. Their were a couple of other odd execution items we experienced too, but none as off putting as the Burger bun, which we all found odd. The red beans and rice, and gumbo were decent, and as previously mentioned, the Creole fare is worth giving a go. read more

Love this place, so far nothing I've tried on the menu has disappointed. Wait staff has always been top notch.

Fun little place. While I'm positive one would be as welcome with heels and cuff links, I would recommend savoring the casual atmospheric here. Roses and Revolvers play here on Thursday nights. The drinks are tasty and the nachos are delicious.But I came for the band and I'm not disappointed. Also, their service is great and the staff are friendly and accommodating. All around happy. read more

Trapps - Cajun/Creole Near Me - West Monroe, Louisiana

Pretty great stop for a bite to eat. I stop in here at least once a week on my lunch break. Service is excellent and food is great. I usually stick with the Chicken and Sausage Gumbo or the Smothered Catfish. Boudin is good too. And they have daily specials as well. read more

Dinner here tonight. I had the seafood platter. EXCELLENT!! I wasn't crazy about the seafood pies but everything else was good! A young man named Hunter was my server. Hunter told me he had not been there long. His service was excellent!! I will definitely eat here again when back in West Monroe. 8/27/19, lunch here today. Food and service was again excellent!! read more

Love Trapps its a local restaurant and the quality of the food is outstanding I could live off the crawfish queso. The atmosphere is kinda loud and hyper. I haven't ordered anything that I didn't like yet. It is defiantly one of the better restaurants around West Monroe. read more

It's okay but far from amazing. The gumbo wasn't the best but it wasn't horrible. I just wasn't taken back by the food.

The food was good. We had a party of 6 and everyone enjoyed their food. Service was good. Our food choices varies from the smothered catfish to hamburgers. I suggest the yams as a side. You won't regret that choice. read more

Good local Louisiana cuisine. As a traveler passing through we felt welcomed and enjoyed the blackened and smothered catfish as well as crawdad tails. The place sits right along the river and has an easygoing vibe. read more

Great place to eat. I have pretty much tried everything they have and it has been the best. Favorite is hard to choose because it is all good. read more

It's right on the river!!! Super cute but be aware the river had a funky smell. The food was so creative. The nachos were fully loaded with fried crawfish and shrimp and the cheese was scrumptious. My daughter had the jambalaya which the portion size was very large. I had the catfish smothered in crawfish ettoufee with yams and asparagus. The yams are THE BOMB!!! The gumbo was just "ok"... i like a kick in mind so i added hot sauce. Service was very quick. read more

I've dined here twice, and must say that the food is not very good at all! Their fried shrimp are very small, like something you get from the frozen food section of the grocery store! Why they can't serve larger fresh shrimp is beyond my comprehension. This is Louisiana and large fresh shrimp are easy to come by. The bar can't even make a decent Bloody Mary! I gave it two stars only because of the outdoor seating overlooking the river, otherwise it would be one star! I truly want to like this place because of the outdoor seating, but I can't. read more

Service is always great. Their seafood nachos are always delicious. Great location. Great place to eat when they have live music as well.

Love the food here! Nice atmosphere for business lunches/taking boss to lunch, too. Service is usually good, too.

It was alright - a let down for my first meal in LA. I had Jambalaya, which I love, so in LA I was expecting a delicious dish with fresh seafood. The meal here was heavy and didn't taste fresh at all, but old like it had been sitting in a big dirty pot. There was dry sausage and chicken, no seafood not even a shrimp. Came with garlic bread - meh in taste. My water was a strange color - I don't know if that is typical here, but I didn't like it... The only good thing was lots of flavor and large portion for the price, but the cost is irrelevant if the meal isn't appetizing. They have a happy hour and outdoor seating overlooking the water. read more

A bit crowded but a wonderful atmosphere nonetheless. Servers were exceptional as was the food. Just a cool place in Monroe.

I guess our expectations were too high! The remodel was great, love the reuse of materials. The food was just so so. The raspberry vinegarette was very good. The seafood pies were not what I expected, they had rice in them. They were okay but more like rice dish in a fried dough. Service was good. We will go back and try something different just because we really love this location. So glad they saved this building! Crazy thing though...looked at they bottle of Trappey's Hot Sauce and it was bottled in New Jersey! read more

The food here was good but average, nothing special. The river patio scenery was great. Be careful of the patio tables they're sort of shaky and unstable. We at cheese burgers, that would have been a little tastier with a different type of cheese. read more

We tried Trapp's for the first time today. I doubt we will ever return. We got seafood pies and boudin bites as our apps. They were good and flavorful. The dinner went down from there. I got the catfish plate...the fries were better than the catfish. The catfish wasn't bad...it just wasn't good. My husband got the large seafood platter...the fried shrimp were ok. The boiled shrimp didn't taste fresh and once again not bad catfish. The soup that came with my husband's meal was the worst part. It tasted bland, old and watery. The soup tasted as though it had been cooking so long it was starting to break down. A general lack of salt on the fish and shrimp may be the answer. I was very disappointed. The service and unsweet tea were the highlights of our meal. read more

I had heard it was sort of a dive as far as atmosphere, but the food was delicious. It was a dive...but the food was awful. I ordered the crawfish poboy. The only thing I tasted was thousand island and stale bread. I wouldn't recommend it nor would I eat there again. Very disappointing. read more

Food wasn't bad.... but I must say the water looked like lemonade!! Filter your water or buy bottled water

From the north visiting and tried the Fried Shrimp and sad to say I was disappointed because it was not worth the money. The north fired seafood is a mound of food here is was 12 shrimp. Small and lack any flavor. read more

Great atmosphere. Really have renovated the building from the last restaurant that was at this location. Friendly fast service. Enjoyed a bowl of gumbo which was well seasoned. Also a side of asparagus which had a great flavor plus good portions on both. Had a singer out on the heated deck was seated inside so could hear but also was not to loud so could have a good conversation without interruption. Highly recommend for anyone that wants the Louisiana cuisines. read more

Really a great and super cute place! Not fine dining but not a dive and very comfortable. There were plenty of seats available but we sat at the cute little bar for a bit while waiting for a table to open up on the river front, which was totally worth the wait; anytime of day or evening, the view of downtown Monroe, the railroad swing bridge and the beautiful river is spectacular. Fried pickles and crawfish queso appetizers were really good, especially the pickles. The fried catfish platter was amazing. The boiled shrimp were cooked just right though a bit peppery. The blackened catfish and the asparagus side were great! And the drinks; I was the designated driver so I didn't have one but everyone was happy with theirs. And the service was top notch from the hostess, to the bar and to the table. Highly recommend for drinks or dinner! read more

Trapps - View from riverfront seating. - Cajun/Creole Near Me - West Monroe, Louisiana

Was ok the service was so bad , it took so long for the food to come out they were not very busy and they acted like they did not care and the food is high in price that was the second time that we ate there and I was not impressed with them at all. read more

First experience Thursday late evening my wife and I sat in bar a band was playing outside on deck really cool atmosphere . Had 2 4 1 draft local craft beer good beer and price , ordered seafood nachos huge pile and very tasty , I liked them my wife loved them ! Second time came for lunch had a burger and house chips/ fries awesome burger ! We also ordered fried shrimp plate with side salad instead of fries salad was really good shrimp okay small portion . read more

I've heard great things about Trapp's and have really been looking forward to dining here. The customer service is great, and the food proudly reflects this area within the name of each unique dish. I tried the grilled stuffed chicken with a side of asparagus and yams. The chicken was seasoned perfectly, stuffed with boudin, and topped with an awesome boldly-flavored sauce. I definitely look forward to coming here again. read more

We really like this place a lot. Very good menu ands service is great. Kaylye was our server this time she was very nice. Love to sit outside over the water read more

This was our 4th visit to Trapp's and the first ones were fine. This time we arrived at 1:00 on a Sat. We were seated at a table right in the center of the main room where every server and customer brushed our table as they passed. We asked to be seated in the side room, which had plenty of available tables. Our server was ok, but the food was terrible. My blackened shrimp po-boy had cold, unseasoned boiled shrimp, my husband's crawfish po-boy had tough, stringy crawfish and the other 2 entrees were as bad. Not wanted to make a scene since we were there with guests, I chose to send an email (linked from their website) and ask if something had gone horribly wrong on that particular day. It's been 3 weeks and I have not received a reply so I'm posting this. So sad to see a good little place go so wrong. read more

This as an unplanned lunch visit. Yelp reviews looked good, so have it a shot. Glad we did! We were immediately seated on the porch, overlooking the river. The crawfish queso is incredible, and the blackened catfish is awesome! read more

Went at 2pm. Two tables and the one we picked; all outside. Nobody inside. All tables outside were not clean but we sat anyway. A waitress came, didn't speak and dropped two menus. She left and came back, didn't speak but proceeded to wipe down our table then walked off; without speaking. Two tables over had a waitress who was actually talking to them, took their order, brought them drinks, brought them food... never looked at us nor did she bother to find who should be helping us. 24 minutes later we proceeded to leave. Two people were at the door texting while another stood beside them just standing there. All three said thank you for coming as we walked out without so much as a drink order. read more