The 13 Best Cajun and Creole Restaurants in Austin

Laney B: Delicious!!! Salmon Ponchartrain -blackened, topped with shrimp, crab and crawfish in mushroom brandy cream

Austin Chronicle: The orange-infused crème brulee at this wonderful Cajun-Creole eatery is the best example of this particular French delicacy we've ever had anywhere, in any year. Read more.

mian guan: Best cajun food in Austin. And I'm from Metairie

Austin Chronicle: Excellent Cajun-Creole fare, with authentic everything – gumbo and jambalaya, boudin and étouffée, gator and redfish. If you ever wanted to fais do-do in South Austin, this is the place.

Heather Krossman: Delicious food, great environment and a kickass staff. I love coming here!

Tim Horn: So good!

Tyler N: I thought the gambling specials like the Sunday coin flip for a free dessert was fun. Favorites are the Crawfish Étouffée, Crab Cakes, Boudin Balls, House made Sodas, and Seafood Gumbo

Gregg Sales: great weekend breakfast.

Andrew TIngley: Rattlesnake pasta with boudin balls! It's HEAVEN!! Great mojitos & hurricanes !! I love this place!

Pete Nelson: Blackened pork chop anything is awesome

Carlos Green: Gotta try the blackened crawfish tacos... the best

Rosalyn Rojmar: Blackened "Naughty cat" tacos with jalepeno hush puppies is a can't miss. Enough for 2 people.

Roger Willis: Awesome brunch, go for Boudreau's

Victoria Schaefer: The Cajuns come to Palm Springs in the 50's.

Brian Spears: Wash your hands with the opposite sex in the partially conjoined washrooms!

Steph Granillo: Everything was so phenomenal, but don't pass up the Fried Boudin. That was one of the best appetizers I've ever had.

Benjamin Ponkratz: Incredible bang for the buck up and down the menu.

Dana Bakirtjy: Gumbo and catfish on rice are our weekly go-to’s

eric bierman: Crawfish étouffée is awesome!! And the gumbo is wonderful.

Hollis Tibbetts: Go for stuffed chops and dump their crawfish étouffée over them after they're done cooking

Way Out West Austin: These Cajuns are so creative, there's always something new on special! Read more.

Michelle: Fish basket with gumbo was quite tasty. They even have beignets and coffee.

Rachel McGruder: Probably the best blackened fish po-boy I’ve ever had! I can’t wait to go back and try more of the menu.

Austin Talbert: Awesome neighborhood spot for home cooking. Great daily specials. meatloaf and greens were the stars.

Mallorie Frank: So good, love the catfish and chicken fried chicken

Ernie Durawa: Terrific cat fish

Chefs.com: One of their Cajun Specialties is Pasta Mardi Gras Linguine tossed with crawfish, andouille sausage & crimini mushrooms in a marinara cream sauce topped with jumbo grilled shrimp.

MTV: J Cole Can’t Get Enough of Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen. We know where we are getting dinner tonight.

Marta Tsoneva: Raspberry frozen margarita is delicious!!

Tamara Evans: Definitely try vegan crab cakes and vegan jambalaya on a stick!

Jaclyn Turgeon: Baton Creole is the best surprise of the night! Everything is freaking amazing! We had the gumbo and jambalaya on a stick! Who even know that was a thing?! We lost our friggjn minds!

Jennifer Zeller: An amazing food truck in the back of an awesome dive bar. Get. Everything.

Amanda Aguirre: Boiled crawfish and oysters are amazing! Such a nice little spot to have a beer and some Cajun food!

Austin Chronicle: A laid-back place to watch the game while enjoying cold beer and good Louisiana-style food – especially the seasonal crawfish boils. On a sunny day, the patio overlooking the creek is hard to beat.

Austin American-Statesman: Artist Bob "Daddy-O" Wade has a big New Orleans Saints helmet that sits on top of the roof overhang of this Cajun restaurant. Who dat who can't find dat football hat?

Brian Bremen: Everything's great, but the combination po' boy is especially good.

Taylor Byrd: The roast beef and gravy Po Boy is on point. True to NOLA

Fred Perrotta: Each taco has an entire piece of fish in it. Try the snapper.