We were looking for local cuisine and had The Vermilionville Restaurant recommended to us. My husband ordered the Jambalaya, my daughter ordered the Gumbo, while I ordered the baked potato to have room for bread pudding. All were delicious!I loved the many windows and brightness of the dining room. I also enjoyed the art by a local artist.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Recommended dishes: Bread Pudding, Gumbo
Kathy B.
Pretty village of re-located authentic houses. Not placed in the proximity they would have been historically but well preserved. Knowledgeable staff. Associated with LARC.
François A
?????⚪️The cuisine here is comforting.Today the dish of the day was pork ribs smothered with okra smothered (the vegetable not the dish, aka okra here)But there was still a starter on the daily menu of gumbo ?with andouille and chickenIt was complete with a brownie for dessert.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Shellie L.
My husband, eight year old son, and I really enjoyed our time at Vermilionville! We ate lunch at the restaurant, enjoyed the Cajun musician's jam session, and visited all of the structures including my sixth great-uncle's home. The guides were great especially John Reese who I turned out to be related to, but in Louisiana aren't we all related? My Cajun grandmother told me over and over again that we were!
David
The cuisine is good and resembles that of mothers or even grandmothers without a doubt. Taste, generosity, simple but authentic and well cooked. The buffet format is a little disappointing on Sundays (fairly high price (especially for children) and therefore quite limited choice of dishes and meat (rice, pasta, ham with honey and beef stew. A few vegetables but the whole remains quite simple). For desserts or gumbo you will have to ask. The atmosphere is very canteen and lacks a little finesse (very very noisy). The service is quite cold and long. However, it remains a good restaurant, especially in this area where there is little competition!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Gumbo
Myrtle M.
Such a lovely place it really is like stepping into another century. Lots of beautiful houses and La Cuisine de Maman is a nice venue to have a celebration.
Melissa Fayyazi
Wonderful experience!! I can't say enough. I've been going since I was a kid. I love the houses and the restaurant. I wish the restaurant offered other things, more appetizers and pastries. Not everyone wants to have a meal there. We wanted coffee and something small but was not much to choose from. Be sure to catch the Sunday dance.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brother Roop teaches the Bible
Totally excellent ? ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Shrimp, Gumbo
Kirk Barilleaux
This was my first time eating at La Cuisine de Mamon...the restaurant at historic Vermillion ville and I was VERY DISAPPOINTED!I had heard a lot about the restaurant and it's chef and I wanted to give it a try and see for myself. I came around 1 pm for lunch, and the restaurant was empty with the exception of one of the vermilionville employees. It was a Wednesday, and I opted to have the plate lunch special of the day, which was roasted turkey.The lunch came with a choice of either a salad or gumbo cup, the main entre was accompanied by mashed potatoes and a mixed vegetable melody, and a dessert of bread pudding was included in the $13.95Lunch price.I had the gumbo cup and was very surprised at the taste. It was very good and had a lot of chicken and sausage pieces in the cup. This made me look forward to my plate lunch to come...but alas, I was let down by what was presented to me.The plate was very unappetizing in its presentation, it looked like the food had been thoughtlessly thrown on...very messy quite ugly to behold.As for the taste of the food...it left much to be desired. The roast turkey was 2 chunks of pre formed turkey, and the sides of mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables were to put it nicely very disgusting in both taste and appearance.Definitely not like the food Mama used to make and Serve at home.The meal had a very dry bisquet on the side....too dry to be eaten, unless cardboard is your preferred taste.The whole meal reminded me of the bad cafeteria food I was served in High School.The one saving grace of the whole meal was the piece of bread pudding that was served at the end of the meal.It was warm and had a good tasting sauce to go with it, which helped to drown out the taste of the awful plate lunch that came before it.I do have to compliment the service, as both the hostess and waitress were very kind and welcoming.Maybe I made it to lunch on a bad day?I am told that there weekend buffets are very tasty, so I may try and make it back on a weekend to give the restaurant another try, but as for my lunch experience today, on a scale of 1 to 10...I would give it a 2..maybe a 3.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bread Pudding, Gumbo
Susan Kramer
This is an authentic restaurant with delicious home cooked meals. We had the daily special of stuffed turkey wing over rice, red beans, green salad or gumbo, buttermilk biscuit, dessert, and drink- all for $12.95. They are open 11-2 and you do not have to visit Vermillionville village to eat at the restaurant. The service was wonderful. The workers all eat here as well - it’s that good! I would have brought a gallon of that gumbo home if I’d had an ice chest!
Good food. Great service. Pleasant, casual, relaxed atmosphere.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bread Pudding
Kri (Klmbean)
The service was okay. None of the workers acted as if they wanted to be there. I went on a Saturday. I did try a seafood platter with crawfish bisque. It was delicious. Their potato salad was a little sweet which I didn't like though. Atmosphere is nice.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Ana Miura
Best Chicken and Sausage Gumbo ever! The rest of the plates we ordered: Crawfish Etouffee, fried chicken and fried shrimp were really good too, specially the fried shrimp. Really cheap for the quality and quantity. Good service.Kid-friendliness: Family friendly
We were looking for local cuisine and had The Vermilionville Restaurant recommended to us. My husband ordered the Jambalaya, my daughter ordered the Gumbo, while I ordered the baked potato to have room for bread pudding. All were delicious!I loved the many windows and brightness of the dining room. I also enjoyed the art by a local artist.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Recommended dishes: Bread Pudding, Gumbo
Pretty village of re-located authentic houses. Not placed in the proximity they would have been historically but well preserved. Knowledgeable staff. Associated with LARC.
?????⚪️The cuisine here is comforting.Today the dish of the day was pork ribs smothered with okra smothered (the vegetable not the dish, aka okra here)But there was still a starter on the daily menu of gumbo ?with andouille and chickenIt was complete with a brownie for dessert.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
My husband, eight year old son, and I really enjoyed our time at Vermilionville! We ate lunch at the restaurant, enjoyed the Cajun musician's jam session, and visited all of the structures including my sixth great-uncle's home. The guides were great especially John Reese who I turned out to be related to, but in Louisiana aren't we all related? My Cajun grandmother told me over and over again that we were!
The cuisine is good and resembles that of mothers or even grandmothers without a doubt. Taste, generosity, simple but authentic and well cooked. The buffet format is a little disappointing on Sundays (fairly high price (especially for children) and therefore quite limited choice of dishes and meat (rice, pasta, ham with honey and beef stew. A few vegetables but the whole remains quite simple). For desserts or gumbo you will have to ask. The atmosphere is very canteen and lacks a little finesse (very very noisy). The service is quite cold and long. However, it remains a good restaurant, especially in this area where there is little competition!
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 2
Recommended dishes: Gumbo
Such a lovely place it really is like stepping into another century. Lots of beautiful houses and La Cuisine de Maman is a nice venue to have a celebration.
Wonderful experience!! I can't say enough. I've been going since I was a kid. I love the houses and the restaurant. I wish the restaurant offered other things, more appetizers and pastries. Not everyone wants to have a meal there. We wanted coffee and something small but was not much to choose from. Be sure to catch the Sunday dance.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Totally excellent ? ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Shrimp, Gumbo
This was my first time eating at La Cuisine de Mamon...the restaurant at historic Vermillion ville and I was VERY DISAPPOINTED!I had heard a lot about the restaurant and it's chef and I wanted to give it a try and see for myself. I came around 1 pm for lunch, and the restaurant was empty with the exception of one of the vermilionville employees. It was a Wednesday, and I opted to have the plate lunch special of the day, which was roasted turkey.The lunch came with a choice of either a salad or gumbo cup, the main entre was accompanied by mashed potatoes and a mixed vegetable melody, and a dessert of bread pudding was included in the $13.95Lunch price.I had the gumbo cup and was very surprised at the taste. It was very good and had a lot of chicken and sausage pieces in the cup. This made me look forward to my plate lunch to come...but alas, I was let down by what was presented to me.The plate was very unappetizing in its presentation, it looked like the food had been thoughtlessly thrown on...very messy quite ugly to behold.As for the taste of the food...it left much to be desired. The roast turkey was 2 chunks of pre formed turkey, and the sides of mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables were to put it nicely very disgusting in both taste and appearance.Definitely not like the food Mama used to make and Serve at home.The meal had a very dry bisquet on the side....too dry to be eaten, unless cardboard is your preferred taste.The whole meal reminded me of the bad cafeteria food I was served in High School.The one saving grace of the whole meal was the piece of bread pudding that was served at the end of the meal.It was warm and had a good tasting sauce to go with it, which helped to drown out the taste of the awful plate lunch that came before it.I do have to compliment the service, as both the hostess and waitress were very kind and welcoming.Maybe I made it to lunch on a bad day?I am told that there weekend buffets are very tasty, so I may try and make it back on a weekend to give the restaurant another try, but as for my lunch experience today, on a scale of 1 to 10...I would give it a 2..maybe a 3.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Bread Pudding, Gumbo
This is an authentic restaurant with delicious home cooked meals. We had the daily special of stuffed turkey wing over rice, red beans, green salad or gumbo, buttermilk biscuit, dessert, and drink- all for $12.95. They are open 11-2 and you do not have to visit Vermillionville village to eat at the restaurant. The service was wonderful. The workers all eat here as well - it’s that good! I would have brought a gallon of that gumbo home if I’d had an ice chest!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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