Southern Spice Restaurant & Grill — Restaurant in Lake Charles

Wow, was wanting a nice homemade lunch before heading home after a doctor appointment. A nurse recommended and it was all-around great! Fast and friendly service and very clean. Daily specials available along with the full menu. It was just right. Home style southern entrees and sides. We ordered gumbo and chicken wings to start. The chicken and sausage gumbo was great. The roux is very flavorful. My husband’s chicken wings were cooked perfect…light, crispy and tasted fresh. He said for having no sauce they were awesome. I ordered the plate of Meatloaf with red gravy. The plate came with rice or mashed potatoes plus two sides, roll or cornbread and a dessert! Can’t beat it. The sides I ordered were smothered cabbage and black eyed peas. It was all delicious. We looked around at what other people ordered and and saw yummy chicken tenders and fresh fried seafood. There are also plenty of good, healthy and grilled options but we chose different today. And, they offer breakfast. Plus, they make homemade cakes too. Today was coconut and lemon. Yum! We will definitely go back. Bravo to the cooks! This is a must try spot when visiting...

Southern Spice hits a grand slam with their Southern Hospitality! From the greetings you receive as you enter to the wait staff hustling the whole time! Such a delight getting true customer satisfaction with a meal as close to home cooking as possible, which is SO rare these days! They have daily specials that include one of their dessert options that may be Chocolate Cake, Lemon Cake, Bread Pudding, or something that'll surely satisfy your sweet tooth after a large serving. The specials are totally awesome as well as their Chicken and Sausage gumbo. And when you order a cup, be prepared for something larger than what the other places serve with very nice size chunks of chicken and sausage! Also LOVED they are not shy of having wait staff of all ages! One is the sweetest lady who comes by to make sure you are getting everything you need to help out since it does get busy, so ALWAYS go early or you may have a slight wait but they get food served quick and turn tables quick, without feeling rushed 1 bit! Love this place and highly recommend eating here to try a few of their...

The interior place was nice! But to be honest.... the food was super bland. And no flavor at all. Stay away from the crawfish ettoufe, it just tasted like wet, soggy white rice. I added salt, black pepper, and some Cajun seasoning that they had on the table and it was still tasteless. The gumbo, bread and cornbread is apparently made only by one person who comes in just for that... but those had no flavor either!! Added a bunch of salt to the gumbo to bring it to life somewhat, also the gumbo was extremely watery which was also so weird. I'm from Texas and was hoping for some Cajun flavor but this was not the place for that. Even the "Cajun fries" were flavorless. The fried pickles were saturated in grease and so oily idk what it was... not even the ranch is homemade which was disappointing. The only thing that had flavor was the hush puppies from a family members meal. Maybe I came on a bad day. But there won't be a next time.. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone to be...