Based on 283 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.2 stars. Price
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ No delivery
Address:
340 LA-594, Monroe, LA 71203
Phone: (318) 343-6400
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Hours
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday
(Labor Day)
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10 AM–6 PM
Hours might differ
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| Tuesday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
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Reviews
Marie L.
Delicious! We had the seafood dinner and the catfish and shrimp were fried to perfection. Crispy, but not dry. The red beans and rice tasted homemade and the coleslaw was great. We will stop here again when we’re driving through. We gassed up, had a great meal, and it was easy on/off i20. Perfect road-trip stop!
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ktop08
Very very rude & disrespectful! Once I got to where I was going I go to eat my food and it’s still raw in the middle and soggy on the outside. I do not recommend this restaurant!
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Jose Cano
Louisiana with it’s people are just plain beautiful, it inspires the rest of the country with food and culture. When it comes to good eating it never disappoints. Here at Mel’s you will definitely get first class service, friendly staff, clean restaurant, and some of the best fried chicken, cat fish and shrimp, Perfectly seasoned! The gumbo is delicious! I can keep going with all menu, I highly recommend. I will be back
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Stephen Loope
Stopped by on a road trip to check something on the car. I could smell how good the chicken was from the off ramp. I was not disappointed, it was sooooo juicy, and crunchy. It had the perfect amount of kick. Probably the best fries chicken I’ve ever had, I’m seriously debating going five hours out of my way to go back.
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Tam Mot
Nasty (plain) small portions for a high price got 2 fish plate some gizzards (nasty) red beans and rice must have gotten all the seasoning was over spicy fish plain cold slaw disgusting very disappointed spend to much to get bad food was traveling should have just kept my but across the street at the Chester’s
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JuliesNEST julieashley
We love getting delicious fried catfish here. It’s self-service southern cafeteria style. Boudin balls and okra. Fried chicken and cole slaw, too. It’s never crowded because we go during off peak hours but the food is always hot and fresh anyway! Great people.
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matthew turner
I have fish, shrimp, RB&R, potatoes and gravy, and a chicken breast. Yes I’m fat, and it was all amazing. Great service, excellent people, great prices and specials. I’m coming back when ever I’m in town.
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Martin Hennessy
Not friendly employees lied or does know how small pieces of fish are she over embellished the size personally to whom ever reads this turn around walk fast back to your automobile go across the street to Loves truck stopp better deal yes the place is clean catfish is a ripoff!
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Jason Brown
Catfish is cooked to order and always fresh! You don’t get any hush puppies though they stop giving those away. But the red beans and rice taste really good! I’ve been coming over here for years and it’s consistently been delicious every time. The people that work in there are super friendly!
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Lorenzo del Rio
Place is next to a shell gas station. Tried the fried catfish and chicken dinner with a side of dirty rice also included a roll. And a meat pie. By looks alone it was unflattering. Taste on the other hand was pretty good. The star of the show had to be the catfish. The batter was crisp and the catfish was flaky and moist and flavorful. They give you what I assume is homemade tartar sauce which was ok and paired nicely with the catfish. Close second was the chicken,the plate came a thigh and a leg, again it was crispy and moist. It was seasoned just right not spicy and not bland. Third was the meat pie, it was like a ground beef taco but with a pastry tortilla?. It was good comfort food. This one needed a little bit of that Louisiana hot sauce to go with it. My least favorite was the dirty rice side, it was dry and lacked flavor and substance. Bread roll tasted like a run of the mill prepackaged roll so nothing to write about it.
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