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Ralph & Kacoo's the Seafood Restaurant
Category: Restaurants Seafood Seafood [Edit]
6110 Bluebonnet BlvdBaton Rouge, LA 70809
(225) 766-2113
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
14 reviews for Ralph & Kacoo's the Seafood Restaurant
14 reviews in English
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Review from Gretchen A.
Hattiesburg, MS
8/17/2010
Um so on reading the other postings on this place, I am glad we went prior to. We were there this past saturday and the food was GREAT! The decor was not much different (dead things and guns) They are renovating the resteraunt. Not sure what the changes will be but will be interesting to see.
My only complaints are:
1. The wait times between orders and food. It reminded me of a bad hells kitchen night. We placed our drink orders and waited, decided to order appetizers and the kids plates and waited, ordered our food and waited No desert (apparently thewaitress didn't want to be bothered) but its ok we had so much food I don't think anyone would have wanted one, but it still would have been niced to be asked. Oh and the bill yup over 10min from the time we asked for it to when we got it (and no they were not that busy it was 7:30pm and only a handful of us in there with many workers just standing around)
2: Bill finally arrives and there is an 18% gratuity...REALLY? Maybe if the service had been good so the waitress got lucky on that one.
So in conclusion we really enjoyed the food and will go back, with stuff for the kiddo's to do and hopefully get a different member of the wait staff that will earn the 18%...FYI if you work there had the service been great we would have gladly added to that tip -
Review from Charles V.
Baton Rouge, LA
6/10/2011
I used to enjoy this restaurant.. That's not the case anymore!
The last time I went there the food came out luke warm. I informed the waiter, who promptly took the meal, but brought back the same cold dish ! They did comp the meal, but what's the point when you can't eat it?!
I will not be back,.. total disappointment ! -
Review from Ashley K.
Baton Rouge, LA
7/24/2011 2 Check-ins Here
My dad loves this place. The food is ok, but I'd rather go to parrains or chimes. They do have good hush puppies, that are served to you before your meal comes. The Cajun stuff potato is very good.
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Review from Ron D.
Norcross, GA
12/4/2010
I remember R&K from the 80's. Recently I went back for business and recommended it as a good place to take 12 out of town co-workers out to dinner on a Tuesday night. Big mistake.
It took us 90 minutes to get our entrees from the time we sat down. 30 minutes to get our appetizers. Everything tasted so-so. Fried food was over battered and the gumbo was thick and non-authentic. Worst of all, it was all served less-than-warm.
Whatever happened to this place is not good.
The next night we went to Mike Andersons. The food was far better and the service was great. Thank God I was able to redeem myself with my co-workers with a good recommendation the second night. -
Review from Captain D.
Atlanta, GA
10/6/2007 4 photos
The eyes, oh God the eyes... how they haunt me still.
Myriad cold, unfeeling orbs glittering dully in the dim light of a great grisly trophy hall. Always staring, never moving; endless counterpoint to this culinary paean to the consumption of wildlife in extra-large, deep-dish servings.
Such was the terrible wild wonder of Ralph & Kacoo's in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
It's true that I had asked my erstwhile guide to this elder city for this dining experience, but when the request first left my lips it sounded more like: "Gee, I'd really like to eat some fresh seafood while I'm here!"
I never expected what I was in store for as we left her autocarriage and approached the restaurant by foot. I do clearly recall words writ large over the entrance declaring something to the effect that I was about to embark upon a "Seafood Adventure". Huz-freaking-ZAH me hearties, Captain Drew (the inventor of the rPhone) was sailing for culinary adventure!!
Who, I wondered, were these two people... you know, this Ralph and Kacoo? Were they a pair of brothers who'd gone into business together? Perhaps they were famous historic figures from Baton Rouge's storied past? Important Indian tribes that existed here long before the white man's arrival?
The truth behind this restaurant's name would remain a mystery to me until a bit later...
Of course, the firearms should have been a warning signal.... you see, our hostess marched us past a long display filled with various long guns and pistolas. It was some type of museum devoted to every post-flintlock projectile known to suburbanites. I have to say that every time I see a firearm in a restaurant I look for a theme. Like the all-pirates theme they have at the Queen Anne's Revenge in Charleston, South Carolina. Or the "this is a crazy postman with a gun, call the police" theme that you read about in the paper from time to time.
I couldn't quite figure out the caliber of the theme at Ralph & Kacoo's until after we turned the corner and walked toward our table. It was at that exact moment that I realized that all the guns we'd just seen on display had very likely been used in some devastatingly brutal battle with an army of dangerous woodland creatures, an event that I've taken to calling 'The Beastly Battle of Baton Rouge'.
It must have been hellish.
The heads of the unfortunate losers in this historic struggle had been mounted on every available flat surface in this wing of the restaurant, looking down upon diners, Cromwell-like, as a reminder of how our bad decisions can come back to haunt us. Or how a seafood-themed restaurant can still get away with putting a thousand deer heads on the wall just because they can, themes be swanned.
The silent psychic cacophony from the assembled stuffed bestiary was a burden I chose to endure with quiet determination as I pushed a twice-backed potato around my plate. Into my mouth went taste samples of fried catfish tidbits, fried soft shell crab, fried shrimp, fried stuffed crab and fried oysters.... scores of mounted deer heads recording my every bite.
My hostess to this fine city was herself a vegetarian and as such she'd elected to contain her meal to a simple dish of pasta. Oh, had your old pirate pal Captain Drew only followed her lead.... for at 3:15 in the wee hours of the morning I awoke with a feeling of dread in the pit of my stomach and a clammy chill to my brow. My stomach lurched and swayed as if riding the swells pushed before an advancing hurricane.... it was a terrible torment, almost like a curse... hell, it was INDEED a curse... it was the bloody 'Kurse of Kacoo" by thunder!!
It was clear to me then what I had to do.... without another burp I leapt to the helm of the porcelain ship and began singing to Davy Jones down deep in his locker, returning the undead spirits of those poor fried creatures I'd consumed back into the depths from whence they'd first come.
And that, of course, would constitute the 'Ralph' portion of the night's festivities.
Ralph & Kacoo's.
Kacoo's & Ralph.
Whichever order you contract this nasty bit of business, I advise you to dock yourself near the closest toilet.
(While you're here look for a tatty stuffed tiger, a room devoted to the city's favorite university and a room dedicated to breaking the Kurse of Kacoo.... aka, the aforementioned toilet) -
Review from Jeremy B.
Alexandria, LA
Okay, the other reviewers of this restaurant are CRAZY.....This place was AMAZING!!! From the beautiful outside and inside. There was beautiful fish tanks throughout the restaurant and waterfalls on the outside. There was a full bar. There were SEVERAL Large sitting areas, meaning you will ALWAYS have a private spot for yourself or your ENTIRE family (since they gladly take reservations). There are about 5 large parts of the restaurant and each part has a theme...Mardi Gras room, LSU room, Louisiana History room, etc.
We were seated IMMEDIATELY. We had 2 waitresses serving us the ENTIRE time and waiting outside the door the entire time. The restrooms were SOOO nice and actually clean and their drying napkins were super nice and thick. There is also a GIFT Shop with "Ralph & Kacoo's" Apparell to purchase. The food came out at a reasonable time...HOWEVER, the bread and hush puppies they served while the food was cooking was UNBELIEVABLE.....I SWEAR TO GOD these were the most AMAZING, CRUNCHIEST, JUCIEST, MELT-IN-YO-MOUTH, TASTIEST HUSH PUPPIES I have EVER had in my entire LIFE....I will honestly go back JUST FOR the Hush Puppies ALONE....you MUST eat them!!!! I almost fainted when I tasted those Hush Puppies!!!
AND THE FOOD was sooooooo GOOD and SOOOOOO MUCH food that I (As well as the other 20 people with me) had to take home a TO-GO plate...it was unbelievable!!! I had the Stuffed Shrimp and Gulf Shrimp with fries...which was OMG GOOD, $16.99!!!!! The average price is between $15.00 and $22.00 (without an alcoholic beverage). The menu included lots of Louisiana Seafood and each of our 20 plates had HUGE PORTIONS and was cooked PERFECTLY (and I am a super picky eater....so i KNOW what I am talking about!!!). They also had a Dessert Tray that they roll around with HUGE cheesecakes and other desserts and ask you to choose your dessert from the tray.
HOWEVER, the smell of the restaurant was kinda "Old," probably because it was in an older building ... but that's the ONLY bad thing I can think of.
I WILL DEFINITELY RECOMMEND this Restaurant....Especially for larger groups!!!!! -
Review from Sue Y.
Atlanta, GA
4/8/2011
Let me start off by saying that I came here with co-workers from out of town for an early dinner. Because it was rather early, there weren't many people eating and so the hugeness of the building made it seem rather empty and the dark (not dim - the *dark*) lighting made it a bit uncomfortable.
My waitress was nice but new and she couldn't provide me with recommendations between the options that I had. I eventually ordered the salmon which was so so so so rubbery. Like - IT WAS RUBBERY. My fork couldn't break it up so I had to use a knife. My vegetables were a medley of uncooked and overcooked veggies.
..my potato was fine?
After dinner, the waitress brought over a platter of desserts which I believe was made to entice us but it looked as if it had been sitting out for a few ours..in fact, I believe that I saw the same platter when I walked in - sitting near the bathroom doors. -
Review from deshunda m.
Dallas, TX
2/27/2011
Just okay, very pricey for just okay food.
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Review from Luke O.
Austin, TX
9/14/2010
Eat at Ralph and Kacoo's, and you'll never want to go anywhere else for cajun food again. Their food is the real deal! I definitely left more spoiled of a person that when I waltzed into their front door.
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Review from Extreme M.
Baton Rouge, LA
1/25/2009
I agree with ALL of the 4 posts before mine. The food is overpriced and the quality is poor in taste and presentation. My eating experience the last time I went was nasty. There was maybe 3 or 4 other tables with people at them, almost the whole restaurant was empty other than staff. We did get to choose where we wanted to sit although. As we were being seated by a waitress who looked like she hadn't groomed herself in a couple of days (ratty hair and smeared makeup), I noticed a nasty smell of sweaty gym athletic shoes. It was very gross and made me lose my appetite. I thought "oh well" and ordered anyway. All throughout the meal and afterwards, the smell never disappeared. Where was that coming from?!!!! Gross!!! If that was some sort of cleaning product, they need to invest in a new one. It's driving customers away!...at least THIS customer! The food was edible. I remember the food being better many years ago when it was under the previous owners. It would have to be the last restaurant open in B.R. before I would go back here again. So sorry to see the quality and service of the restaurant go so far downhill. This restauarant needs a life preserver!...it's drowning!
Oh, and what do all of the dead animal heads on the wall have to do with seafood? I thought this restaurant was about cajun seafood. -
Review from Lindsey D.
Houston, TX
5/27/2011
Best hush puppies and Cajun stuffed potatoes!
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Review from matthew w.
San Francisco, CA
5/21/2005
Crappy pseudo Cajun for tourists. This place was fine untill it was purchased by the Picadilly Cafeteria chain. Then it magically turned into a Long John Silver's
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Review from Terrence O.
Atlanta, GA
12/30/2005
I agree with Matthew W. on this one. This is the place you go when you have NOTHING better to go to, and if you are in Louisiana YOU ALWAYS HAVE A BETTER CHOICE! If price is a concern, go to Parrain's, it's EXCELLENT for a resonable price.
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Review from Katherine H.
Williamson, GA
12/12/2010
We ate here June 2010 during the peak of the oil spill. The place was empty, but as many other reviewers noted, the service was horribly slow. I had been told when the 'chain people' bought out the founders, that the food went downhill and have to agree. It was overpriced fair tasting food. None of it was worth the wait.
