We just returned from Lucille's and found it to be very good. I ordered the catfish platter and hubby ordered the shrimp dinner. I substituted the gumbo for the soup of the day and DH substituted the corn & shrimp bisque....both was very good, but I think my gumbo is much better, so next time I'll get the bisque too. My catfish platter had 4 nice sized pieces of catfish, cooked very tender, not over cooked. The batter was light with a little spice...very good. Hubby's 8 shrimp were medium size, nicely battered and perfectly cooked. Nothing worse than over cooked shrimp or fish. The fries -- yes, there was a huge mound of them -- beer battered and delicious. I had so much food I brought 2 pieces of fish and 1/2 the fries home for our daughter. We were too full to have dessert - but hubby was tempted with the bread pudding. He's a tartar sauce person and I'm a cocktail sauce, so we got both. He liked the tartar sauce, I didn't like the cocktail sauce...too vinegary and no substance. I would rate it a 3 out of 5. Price? It was no worse than other fish places we visit. 15.00 for a shrimp platter or fish platter with choice of salad or cup of soup - not bad. It was $1.00 extra for the subs on the gumbo or bisque. We get water, so no charge on that. $33.00 plus tip - about what we usually spend for a nice meal. Service was excellent, server was extremely attentive - his name was Dakota. Decor was sparse, but tasteful, music was background only, not loud and intrusive. Will we go back - absolutely. Sadly, at 6:30 pm there were very few people in the restaurant. I do believe that location is jinxed. I doubt anything, no matter how good it is, will make it in that location. But hubby and I will go back again - I loved everything but the cocktail sauce and the gumbo, but hubby liked the gumbo, so it was just my taste buds that didn't like it.
@TexasOma:
$15 a plate for shrimp for catfish is about what Pappa's seafood charges, plus the portions ARE huge there, the food at Pappa's is phenomenal, & the service is great. It's going to be hard for Lucille's to compete with their medium sized portions & prices like that when Pappa's & Red Lobster are right up the road with the similar prices & huge delicious portions, especially since those 2 are already well established restaurants. Thanks for the review though!!!
4951