Landry's to Geaux, R. and Catering — Restaurant in Van Buren

I was looking for a place within walking distance of my hotel and will always choose Cajun if available. It is fairly small, but very comfortable with several bar seats. I was one of three tables at 8pm on a Wednesday night. Two servers, both on their game. Started with a salad with the swamp dressing, just a touch too sweet, but otherwise good starter salad. Big pours of wine, and a full bar, no complaints there. Had a cup of gumbo, not my favorite gumbo but I'm a northerner and it was probably authentic. My main was the Blackened Shrimp Royal and it was top shelf. At least six huge shrimp with great seasoning, with the Crawfish Etoufee over rice. There was at least as much Crawfish as there was shrimp. I'm not a big bread eater, but the sauce was so good I was slopping it up with two slices of bread. I would make a special trip into downtown...

OK THIS PLACE I JUST COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW AWESOME THE STAFF WAS I DIDNT GET THE WAITERS NAME BUT HE WAS SO AWESOME AND FRIENDLY MADE SURE WE WERE COMFORTABLE THE FRIED ALLIGATOR WAS AMAZING APITIZERS LIKE FRIED PICKLES WERE OK TOO THIN OF SLICE FOR ME BUT THE LAMB WAS COOKED TO PERFECTION MY HUSBAND WAS DYING FOR THE PERFECT STEAK AND WELL I MUST SAY IT WAS TOP NOTCH ALSO THE LIVE BAND WAS A ONE MAN BAND CALLED HIS SELF FLASH DID OUTSTANDING HE SOUNDED JUST LIKE Chris Stapleton REALLY FUN ENVIRONMENT FOR DATE NIGHT 100% WILL BE RETURNING AND RECOMMEND ALOT OF FOOD FOR A GOOD PRICE KINDA UP but not bad BUT WELL WORTH IT TRUST ME WAIT WAS A BIT ON THE STEAK BUT THE APITIZERS WAS SPOT ON AND SPACED OUT BUT THE TIME I GOT MY PLATE I WAS STUFFED 😉 SO MUCH FOOD I COULDN'T FINISH MINE HAD...

Man, I hate to leave bad reviews but this was really no bueno. Was visiting family in Van Buren this evening and saw this pop up in places to eat. I placed my order online for a bowl of seafood gumbo, fried boudin balls, and a side salad for a total of $32.56 after a 15% tip. Once I got home and opened my food up I found boudin balls that were way overcooked and looked like old boudin balls that had been rebreaded and fried again. Once I got through all of the burnt crust I found about a nickel size portion of actual boudin. The $15.00 “seafood gumbo” should be renamed okra gumbo because that’s really all it was. In the entire dish I found two small shrimp, about 2-3 crawfish tail pieces, and a few sausage. There was plenty of okra though! Definitely not the Landry’s I remembered...