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Catfish Parlour

Catfish Parlour

4705 E Ben White Blvd, Austin, Texas, 78741, United States

Fish • Cheese • Seafood • American


"My son has been wanting to take me here for years and I finally got to go today. I love the old-school look of the restaurant and the older music they were playing, it was great. The menu was fairly straightforward with mostly Seafood options along with some chicken and I believe a chicken fried steak. Plenty of sides to choose from to go with your meal and the ones I chose were very good. The food came out quickly and was hot and flavorful. Staff was very friendly and professional. One thing I found neat was they brought out hush puppies with different dipping sauces when they seat you. The hush puppies instead of being little round balls are in the shape of mozzarella sticks so I was a little confused at first until my son explained what they were, but they were very good because they weren't all doughy like the little balls can be. I ended up getting a catfish, jumbo shrimp and oyster platter, all fried. The catfish was very good and Very flavorful. I'm not an oyster fan but I did eat two of them and those were actually pretty good. The jumbo shrimp was amazing but I love shrimp LOL I did not try the desserts which consisted of cobblers, bread pudding and ice cream from what I recall but I would like to try it sometime. I was too full to eat anymore and I had to bring a lot home as it was. Overall I enjoyed the food and the atmosphere and I will return."