Vernon's Kuntry Katfish

Why 2 stars? Because I honestly didn't like pretty much anything. --- --- ---I've driven by Vernon's about a hundred times and the parking lot is always full. While fried catfish is not exactly something I ever think about, I was quite curious to see what all the hype was about. Unfortunately, the food was just really disappointing.As I've gotten older, my body only accepts so much fried food before it just hits a wall. But if it's really tasty, I'll still manage to power through. This, however, was not tasty enough to do that.We started off with complimentary hush puppies and some kind of pickled tomatoes (maybe they weren't tomatoes, but I'm not sure what they were). These were probably my favorite items of the meal. We ordered a fried platter of catfish, pickles and cheese sticks. The catfish basically just tasted like fried batter. The cheese sticks tasted like they were purchased from the frozen section from Kroger a couple of weeks earlier. And the marinara sauce had a bizarre flavor that is hard to even describe. For my entree, I wanted to order the catfish because it's the namesake of the business. But to be honest, I'd already gotten my fill of catfish from the appetizer, which was exactly the same, only in bite size form. I was given six pretty large "tenders" and could only manage eating two before I reached the end of my stomach space. I *n-e-v-e-r* leave food on my plate, but I couldn't even finish half of it.My sides were mac-n-cheese and a loaded baked potato. These were both equal to the quality you'd get at a middle school cafeteria or a bowling alley. I hate to trash a business like this, but when the food is so far below par, it's hard to be constructive in my criticism. Everyone we interacted here was friendly and the interior of the restaurant was much nicer than I assumed it would be based off the outside of the building. But this was one of the worst meals I've had in a while and a huge regret for me to waste a cheat meal here.

Can't go wrong w/Vernon's!!! Great food, great service and great family atmosphere. They have managed to maintain their standing years after Vernon's passing ... the best Hush Puppies anywhere , the best catfish and the best fried green tomato relish!!!! We've been going since the early 1960's and will continue to go as long as we're around....

We had just moved to Conroe Texas and saw this place on the 105. Wasn't so sure about it but I really do enjoy catfish and thought we should try it. Glad we did. The food here was fantastic! We each ordered the Small Katfish fried meal served with Cole Slaw and the Mac n Cheese. This was some truly delicious and well prepared Catfish although my wife was surprised that the catfish was coated in corn meal and not beer battered like she is used to. I love it! The Cole Slaw and the Mac n Cheese were delicious as well and will be my choice of sides for the future. The service was extremely quick, friendly and really reasonably priced. I would definitely recommend anyone who is a fan of catfish try them out and all the other items on their menu which also look absolutely delicious as well.

We were up in the Conroe area visiting relatives, so this was the choice of restaurants. It is still as good as ever.We were here at lunch and had the lunch special. The food was hot and delicious. The service was really good as well. There are a variety of vegetables to choose from if you want those. I had the "healthy" fried sweet potatoes. They are fantastic. I received a very good helping. The lunch specials are offered in a variety of ways, so there are ample choices.

My husband has been going here since he was a kid and has been telling me he wanted me to try this place for years. We finally went for lunch a few weeks ago, and I was not disappointed. For starters, their portions are huge, so come hungry and be prepared to have left overs. They give you free hush puppies as an appetizer, and they are fantastic! We both got our own entrees, as I was looking forward to having left overs to go home with. I got chicken tenders with macaroni and fried ocra. We ordered some onion rings to share, and my husband got a fried fish platter that had catfish and other fish. Everything was hot and delicious. I am a "sides" person and their sides are amazing. I could just order a whole bunch of sides and be happy. The chicken tenders were enough for probably 3 people, so I had plenty to take home. We also got dessert, and it was hard to pick because all their options sounded delicious. We decided on apple pie and ice cream which I would highly recommend. I can't wait to come back here in the future!

Coming home from one of our tournaments in Conroe we stopped in at this kuntry katfish kafé.Cute little place. Very clean inside and lots of comfort food. My husband got the small order of fried catfish fillets and he couldn't even finish it. It was four pieces it was huge. I can imagine the large that has six pieces would be way too much. But he said it was really really good. I did taste it. I'm not a big catfish person because it usually takes somebody to me but this catfish actually was a very clean tasting. It was really good. The beans were real good that came with it. He also ordered the seafood gumbo. I tasted that and yes, it was delicious. Really full of shrimp and crawfish and all kinds of stuff. And the coleslaw was super creamy which we liked. Very good taste. I went ahead and ordered a cheeseburger Because I'm always looking for a good cheeseburger. I was kind of disappointed because although the meat was a half pound, which is good, it was pre-formed And no spices in it so you can tell it was probably a frozen patty or a patty that they already had just in the freezer refrigerator. I went to patties and they're just mashing together and they're filling it with spices and slapping it on the grill. So wasn't real happy about that but the fries were real good. They were soft and tasty. All the other ingredients on my cheeseburger were very fresh. Good big pieces of jalapeño on there. Then for dessert. My husband ordered the Good Pie - yep that's what it's called. This was basically, whip cream and pecans bananas and pineapples and flaky crust with some chocolate drizzle on top. It was really really really good. Really disgustingly good. . I brought home their banana pudding. It was good - nothing super special but it was good. It didn't have any Nilla Wafers in it which that's my favorite part of banana pudding. So I was a little disappointed at that. But all in all I will definitely come back - it's a cute little place. Our waitress, Mikela - she was so so sweet and very attentive. And I think I would like to try some of the other stuff. I would like to try the fried shrimp that looked really good. We saw it on another table. So I would like to give it a try. So if you're in Conroe when you're in the mood for some comfort, food and some good old catfish, head over there, Just maybe not the cheeseburger.

Great food here, and consistently great time after time.The catfish is wonderfully prepared and bountiful. I suggest ordering a appetizer of the stewed green tomato relish with hush puppies. When the few hush puppies were gone, they were replenished. The surcharge is quite small and worth the cost. These used to be comped, but with food prices, I can understand the minuscule charge. Just get them!I also had a bowl of gumbo. It was perfect on a cool day. Service was very good and beverages were refilled when needed.

I was politely impressed by Vernon's. I am by far a fine dining kind of babe. But the down home chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and gravy, and green beans were just what I needed to remind me of grandma. Everything was seasoned to perfection. The steak was crisp on the outside and tender on the inside. The potatoes were perfectly whipped. I even tried the catfish which was nice and flavorful and crisp. You must give Vernon's a try.

Always good!But I had something totally different today...It was the blackened pork ribeye with ettoufee.. and he wasDelicious

Stopped in there today for lunch with our family that was visiting from South Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan.It's been a while since I've been here. I noticed that they remodeled the remodeling job looks really good. There was a total of 13 of us. The waitress did an outstanding job taking care of us splitting the ticket as we requested two thumbs up. Also, the food was delicious. We all tried a little bit of everything so everybody could enjoy what they liked.One of the relatives traveling it was the 79th birthday today and they say him happy birthday and brought him out banana pudding .We would definitely go back .