Charles Seafood

I had this place for the first time at work and came again with my husband. They serve consistently good food. Both times I got the Cajun shrimp burger cooked medium, easily one of the best burgers I've ever had. We also got the jambalaya grits for the side and they were really good. Staff were all nice and helpful, very hole in the wall feel which we liked.

I had seen a review of Charles Seafoid and social media and they really enjoyed it so decided to check it out. We went for lunch and the restaurant looks nice from the inside and the service is decent, although it did take a while for us to get seated. once the order was placed, the food came out very quickly. we ordered the onion rings and charbroiled oysters to start and then the Charlie seafood platter plus shrimp poboy for the main; the platter came with salad and gumbo.the portions are huge - the onions to the platter to the poboy were in big portion size. while the portions were big, flavor and seasoning was a bit lacking. the seafood in the platter were big pieces but the breading and the seasoning was lacking for our tastes. standouts included big portion size and the seafood gumbo.

Stopped in for dinner Saturday night, hoping softshells were on the menu. Lucky me. We started with 1/2 lb royal reds served with garlic butter. These lobsterlike shrimp are never a letdown. Followed with softshell crab plate. My crab was cooked perfectly, crispy and delicious. Not our first visit and surely not pur last.

We loved it! Cozy, family friendly service and delicious food! Stuffed crab was so yum.

While on the prowl for fried fish, I stopped here to give this place a try. There was a little crowd forming at the entrance waiting to be seated.  The lady seating people was on the move. She cleared the entrance  relatively quickly, and we were seated almost immediately. The  restaurant has a family-friendly and hometown feel to it. I was greeted by several of the wait staff just in passing, which was great. They all were very pleasant. My waitress Loraline was awesome and attentive. She took my order almost as soon as I was seated. I ordered the fried trout platter and an Arnold Palmer. They have a fully stocked bar, but I opted out this time. My wait time was understandable ( about 25 minutes) given the volume they were dealing with. Most of the tables were filled, and there were also call-in orders that they were handling. This is a nice size restaurant with comfortable and excellently spaced seating. It's very clean also. When my food came out, my fish looked appealing with the garnish of lemon on top. However, I was disappointed at the portion. One piece of standard size fish and a few fries.  For $20, the portion was not enough for the price.  I was quite ready to eat, and l started slicing away before I remembered ( oh yeah, a picture). It was tasty enough. It satisfied my fried fish craving in the moment.

Food wasn't fresh. Everything seems to be fried in old oil. I couldn't finish my meal. What we ordered tasted the same

Finally! After hours of "New Orleans" restaurant research and reading endless reviews, Lisa and I just concluded we needed a new avenue of discovery. It was then I met my "Bon Ami" Weasel (Dave), a local resident in River Ridge LA. After a thorough discussion on the farming and the harvesting of the native crawfish, he suggested Charles Seafood on Jefferson Highway and we are so happy he did! ALLONS! As it is the beginning of crawfish season, we took a trip out to this little hideaway. Parking is not too bad, as the street is large enough to accommodate. Our server Araina was cute, lively, and very friendly. She was very enthusiastic to teach us about the local culture and cuisine when she learned we were from out of town. Lisa decided on the original muffuletta. I went with the NOLA muffuletta. We split a pound of crawfish (mud bugs) and the seafood filé gumbo. FIVE STARS! The portions are huge. The crawfish were served cold and absolutely delicious, as well as seasoned perfectly. "Pinch da tail, suck da head!" The NOLA is roasted beef, thick and tender, debris "dressed", and served on a crispy toasted sesame seed roll. The original version is a healthy portion of ham, salami, cheeses, and comes with an olive salad topping that is absolutely amazing. The seafood gumbo is one of the best I've ever had. They seem to employ an adequate amount of staffing and everyone seemed satisfied with the quality of the service. The atmosphere is very delightful and the floral aromas are really quite pleasant. (No fishy smells). The multi level dining areas are very clean and comfortable with quaint decor. If you "wanna pass good time" and enjoy authentic local LA cuisine and maybe a "Lagniappe" then I say check out Charles Seafood. "Laissez Les Bon temps rouler"!

Can you say onion ring heaven? I don't know how I haven't dined here before but that's been a very big mistake. This place is great, the food is delicious, and the service is laid back and cool. We ate here with a group of 6, was supposed to be a group of 8 but 2 couldn't make it. We had made reservations too by the way. It was a lenton Friday so the place was packed even at 5:30. Not really an easy to find parking space outside. But that's a really great sign when you're dinning at a restaurant right? So we were seated immediately. And greeted with smiles. I was very impressed and grateful when they allowed us to split checks since that never happens in the nola area. They made sure our drinks were filled. We were there a total of 2 hours but we were a group of 6 after all. One ordered Royal red shrimp which is one of my favorite shrimp dishes and he said they were pretty darn good. And I ordered the blackened fish and had some of the fried fish and onion rings. Those onion rings are HUGE. You really don't need to order more than one order. There were maybe 15 fairly big sized onion rings fried to perfection. Everything on the menu said seasoned to perfection, but I say fried to perfection because the star food was the fried onion rings and the fried fish. I loved the decor; it was all fun seafood themed. It's not a big place but they can at least accommodate 8. And like I said parking may be an issue.I already plan to go back with my mom for more of those onion rings. Thanks for being pretty amazing.

Great Service and "most" things came out truly hot.. However, if you were thinking about getting a MUFFULETTA there, skip it.. The bread isn't toasted as it should, was barely warm when served and the sandwich doesn't have the proper quality combinations of meats and cheese upon it to be a TRUE Muffuletta and oh my goodness, the olive salad applied was so meager, that the only thing you really tasted in their version was the bread and olive oil.. I was truly disappointed. Hungry and ready to dig in only to find, well BLAH.. Fries and Onion rings were pretty darn good..

Love their crawfish, and their fried foods are done right. Great service at a top tier neighborhood family restaurant