Catfish Hut - DeRidder

This restaurant has a great atmosphere, from the decorations to the kind southern hospitality of the hostesses. If you like fried foods, this is a great place to stop by to get authentic Louisiana cuisine.

The to go fish is literally paper thin with little to no meat inside. husband was pretty disappointed

While I realize this restaurant is under new management, I have to say, what was an old favorite is now a one and done. With a busy restaurant, it only took about 10 minutes to be seated. It went down hill from there. Evidently our area had no wait staff because over an hour later it was our turn to place our order. We were told, right off the bat, there were no baked potatoes. No big deal even though I do not like fries. 40 minutes later, our order arrived, and I'll admit I ordered thin and crispy but the rest of the table ordered regular fried fish. It was all so dry and very unappetizing. It honestly looked and felt as if it had been sitting under a heat lamp much too long. It was dried up. To top it off, 4 tables, yes 4, that came in after us were seated, received their food in under 10 minutes, and all had baked potatoes. I can honestly say it was THE WORST $104 fish dinners we had all ever had. We will not be back.

I ordered the Small Catfish dinner with fries, it comes with a small salad of shredded lettuce, a couple bits of Cucumber, a few pieces of tomato and dressing of choice. Cost of the dinner was $12.99 plus another $3 for my drink. The Catfish was of a farm raised frozen and factory breaded type. You get one whole fillet cut in half, the meat of the fish was mushy, while the costing was rubbery and tasteless (thankfully there was hot sauce to add flavor). There might have been 12 fries on the plate. I was very disappointed in the overall meal. Service was mediocre at best. We seated ourselves, waited for about 5 minutes to order our drinks and another 10 minutes before they took our order. Place was Not busy at all! I can understand why the parking lot was about empty. This will be our last visit here. Definitely not worth the money.

No rating for this restaurant but since I have to give them a star, it's only because they're open for business. Since the original owner died, they changed the recipe and now it's not worth the trip there. It's so bad, I rather cook my own