Johnson's Boucaniere

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Great food and people. Everything we had was amazing. My son stole all my Boudin after eating three huge pancakes. The staff was great and love the history and character of the buil

We came here on a food tour. Our tasting here was their fresh boudin. Wow! The best boudin I've had. The owner came and visited with us about their history and their food preparation. It was a good stop and I will visit again.

Johnson's is my absolute favorite restaurant in Lafayette.

Everything on the menu is so delicious. They have their own smokers to cook their meats to perfection. All the workers are super friendly and in the hundreds of times I've gone they have never messed up an order.

My favorites are the stuffed grilled cheese sandwiches with either pulled pork or brisket. The sandwich with a bag of chips or a link of boudin is a solid lunch. The brisket over rice and gravy with green beans and mac n cheese is my go-to Friday lunch that I can usually make 2 meals out of (if I can practice self control and not eat it all at lunch). On the weekends they have their brunch specials and I enjoy building my own biscuit with brisket, egg and cheese. Depending on the time of year, they'll have a Ragin Cajun sandwich that's packed with awesome flavor. And during Lent they have fish options that are super tasty as well. You really can't go wrong with anything on the menu.

There's a side parking lot with some spillover into the grass lot but parking usually isn't a problem. There's patio seating and they close off part of the patio with air conditioning or heat for comfortable dining. They offer contactless payment. Service is usually very quick which is ideal for short lunch breaks. They're located in walking distance of downtown and the saint streets. The employees get to know the customers by name and you'll see many familiar faces/repeat customers.

I only wish they were also open for dinner but then I'd probably need a bigger waistband.

If you've never eaten here, add this to the top of your list immediately.

I'm from Texas and love Texas BBQ and was driving through Lafayette for work decided to stop for some lunch. This is the absolute best decision I've made because I stopped here. The atmosphere is quaint and family feeling. The food is amazing the brisket is cooked perfectly and seasoned to perfection. The Mac and cheese is absolutely to die for its so cheesy and has the best flavor I've ever tasted. The potato salad is ok could be better just fell a little flat compared to everything else. Lastly wash it down with a Abita vanilla cream soda and thank me later.

I came here on a Sunday. It is a site for sure. The restaurant is basically a house with add on's to have a porch in the front and the back. You have to climb stairs or there is a ramp if you need. The logistics are kid of bad between ordering your food to finding a place to sit to getting your food. You wat in line to order your food in this tiny, adorable cajun shop. The sad thing is on Sunday, like most restaurants, they have to change their menu on Sundays and they don't have hot boudin available on Sundays! But I digress, besides that, they did offer lots of other delicious items. So while waiting in line, there only one door that enter. I would reconsider building an IN and an OUT door to make things smoother, since people are waiting in the door way, and food bussers are trying to go in and out of that same door, and customers after paying are also trying to go out of that same door. Once we got through zig zag, we went back out on the porch, which has seating or we can enter through another door - which I was somehow would have been connected to the food order section - and sat in there. There was plenty of seating throughout. The fans kept air flow. Clean bathroom available.

I ordered the boudin balls trey, a pork belly double biscuit, and a boudin biscuit to try a variety. The boudin balls were good, crispy, small, more rice to meat ratio and full of yummy somewhat spicy heat. Very good boudin balls. Then the boudin biscuit was good, I think there was added bacon in there, but I liked the balls better. The pork belly biscuit came with some tartar sauce with some heat type sauce on it, my god! That was great!! That was actually my favorite. The staff were all smiling and friendly.

I will be bac for that hot boudin, but I do wish the logistics of the place were easier without getting rid of the cajun charm of it.

Service was great. We are from California and the young gentleman at the register was very helpful. Food was yummy. I had the brisket with rice and Mac n cheese and hubby had the boudin, ribs, coleslaw and potato salad and a small cup of jambalaya. It was also clean.

The boudin was amazing! Shared a link and the boudin grilled cheese with my fiancé and it was SO FREAKING GOOD. We did both think the grilled cheese was a little expensive for its size, but otherwise a fantastic stop in Lafayette!

Let me preface this review with noting that I am a local Cajun, who grew up eating Sunday BBQ dinners from our local meat market.
Those fond memories are now just disappointing reminders that I could have been eating here all along.
Thd BBQ'd pork steaks are THE BEST I'VE EVER HAD. Like fall apart in your mouth and perfectly seasoned. If your in the area on a Sunday, this is a do not miss kind of experience.

The BBQ here is amazing! Johnson's Boucaniere has been on my list of place to dine at and finally when. I have been missing out. This is the best bar-b-que I've had in a while. Everything was seasoned well.

Service was great as well.