The Catch — Restaurant in Oklahoma City

The CATCH has gone waaaay down in flavor!! So disappointing, so sad. I frequented the location on Belle Isle and the flavor was always great the fried catfish and Cajun Fried Shrimp and Popcorn Shrimp baskets were my favorite! That location is closed now., I went to the one on Air Depot in Mid West City two days ago and the food was good but the dining hall was not best but okay it was just and open concept with two restaurants in one. Not sure about that. But the food and service was good and the service was friendly and accommodating. NOW to this location not do good, as soon as I walked up the the counter to place my order which I get almost the same thing time with the exception was I was ordering something for my elderly mother and my son was placing an order as well all on the same ticket. I asked for the Popcorn Shrimp and I wanted four large shrimp as well added to my basket and the waitress got short me just borderline rude when I asked her were the large shrimp added to my basket because I didn’t initially see that they are listed but faintly below the main item. As I’m am ordering for myself and my mother, I’m not seeing each selection I made and the waitress/counter person was taking offense in how I was ordering and began stating the “ Let me get this order done first then I could ask about what I wanted to drink. I eating in these restaurants since the first one opened, it was the rage and I was eating there three times a week. So I took note that she was being rude. There were only two people seated and eating there food at about 3:30p.m. So it was not packed and no one one line when I walked up to the counter. Then I remembered my last time coming there that the staff was rude and aloft as if me coming in to eat was disturbing their day . When I mentioned it they offered free food and kept talking between themselves. I told them “No, I don’t want free food, but a good attitude.” So we got our food and LOW and BEHOLD the has changed the recipe for the Fried Catfish, Popcorn Shrimp and the Large Cajun Shrimp!!!! It was void of any seasonings at all other than flour!! I know this to be true because my mother and I just ate at the Air Depot location just two days ago the food was seasoned. I said to myself “THEY ARE TRYING TO RESTAURANT OUT OF BUSINESS!!! And as we were finishing up to leave that same person came to our table and talk and was overly sweet to us. I was like that is passive aggressiveness at its basest! Which led me to live this review so management can review this and take action if the care. SOMETHING needs to be done about this now before another location is closed due to poor service and lackluster quality of food! Stick to...

Food: Coconut shrimp, redbeanrice, hushpuppies, beignets. AMAZING. This made me so happy. Felt like I was in New Orleans or Corpus Christi again. Sooo yum. I'm from Stillwater 50 minutes north, and experiences like this make me seriously want to move to Edmond. Every single thing was piping hot! The shrimp was so coconuty flaky big and perfectly hot inside. The beignets were hot inside and perfect consistency like wtf they were better than the ones I got at that famous café in New Orleans two years ago. Like how you do that? My sister loved her meal too. She had some kind of grilled fish (i think it was called "Catchfish", fries, and hush puppies, and a beignet. The red sauce that came with the shrimp, a sweet and mildly spicy sauce was just right too.

Service: The lady at the register had all the menu memorized and knew exactly how to do our custom order quick and smooth. I don't remember her name, so she was tall with black hair and multiple necklaces. She was quite cheerful. The gentleman who brought our food to the table (surprisingly quick cook time btw) was proper and thanked us. The third worker i saw was smiling with a positive attitude while she cleaned off tables.

Atmosphere: The chairs were booths with very thick soft blue cushions. Comfy, and the blue fits for the coastal atmosphere. Don't know what else to say about atmosphere except that the workers set the positive vibe, and the place was clean and lit good, and the menus were nice and even up near the front door so that we could decide what we wanted before approaching the counter.

This is a favorite now, for sure. Price was reasonable. I would pay more for food...

Hello Richard, here, the cat is one of my all-time favorite places for seafood this particular dinner I had the shrimp and catfish basket. There are two choices of smaller size or regular size with the extremely ginger generous portion of french fries, the three pieces of shrimp and a huge piece of catfish all fried. I find that plenty to eat. It was all delicious. One of the things I look for is the consistency of what food is supposed to be hot and what food is supposed to be cold the hush puppies shrimp and catfish or were the perfect temperature. The service was wonderful asking if everything was OK, but the most important part of the service they were not overbearing. I’m sure you have all had an experience where you’ve had so much tea you couldn’t stand me ask one more time do I need tea? I would like to get a word in edgewise to my guest, ha ha this is a perfect atmosphere. They were just absolutely on the money this trip. And I might add the subsequent trips I’ve made to both places here in the north side of Oklahoma City. Prove they were indeed The Catch and my catch seafood. Let’s face it Zeiter Z was gone and it’ll never be back, but this is a...