Tad's Louisiana Cooking | Cajun • Creole

MADDIE WAS A ROCKING SUPERSTAR WAITRESS. ID COME BACK JUST FOR HER. GIVE THAT GIRL A RAISE

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

MADDIE WAS AWESOME I WILL BE BACK FOR HER

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was VERY delicious and filling. Some of the best hush puppies I've ever had. All of the food had so much flavor!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Our server, Brandon, was amazing. Restaurant was clean and relaxing environment. My Jambalaya was real bland, dry and not much flavor, except the sausages. The sausage pieces had great flavor, but there so few pieces. The hush puppies were amazing though. My wife ordered the fried catfish with etouffe and that has fantastic flavor, with a little spice. All in all, I would go again, but would try a different dish.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 5

Bad costumer service 😒 🙄 😤

Had sausage scramble wit etoufee, very good.

I didn't eat here (yet) but my car broke down and I pulled into their parking lot. The staff was so kind to us, they gave us water and let me, my brother, and my baby sit in the lobby. Next time I come back to lake charles, we will be eating here!

Atmosphere: 5

Service: 5

Great bartender, iilyyiah was an amazing bartender and server. She is a true asset to Tads.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Excellent Cajun experience at TaD’s. Food was great and service couldn’t have been better. Our waitress, Paige, was prompt, caring and a joy to be around. 10/10 recommend.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place is completely unacceptable. They automatically add a 20% tip and a credit card fee without telling customers upfront. That’s not just bad service—it’s deceptive.

When I questioned it, the staff and manager had no clue how to explain it or fix it. Instead of taking responsibility, they just blamed the owner and “the system.” That’s a weak excuse and shows how poorly this place is run.

If you’re going to charge people extra, at least be honest about it. Customers deserve transparency, not hidden fees and clueless management. I will not be coming back.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

They forgot my pecan strawberry salad and dressing. That's the best part. The grilled shrimp is really good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 3

Didn't eat. Just had the bloody mary and it was amazing

Let me start by saying….
Ms. Aaliyah is the best bartender, HANDS DOWN! However…the politics of the restaurant limit her to being behind the bar as much as she’d like.
Personally, I hope the owners read this review! Yall need to do better!
All of the waitresses and waiters are awesome but Aaliyah and Paige are my favorites!

Food: is amazing. The crawfish queso is perfection. I’ve had the grilled chicken wrap, the smash burger, the ALL YOU CAN EAT (AYCE) catfish and they stack the plate for you. It comes grilled or fried! Amazing!

Service: always on point. The girls (especially my favorites) go out of their way to give you great service! They’re all worth talking about!

Music: yall need to do better in this department. All the play is Country and Rock. We’ve even requested a music change from the GM and she told us it wasn’t an option and refused to change the music for us. Nobody wants to sit and listen to Ozzy Osborne playing on the radio.
It’s pretty sad they won’t cater to the demographic or the environment either. They also won’t even accommodate the regulars like myself. It’s pretty disappointing!

Dear Owners of TAD’s: yall really need to be more involved with the staff. Yall are letting the GM speak on your behalf and dictate every move, every conversation and every issue. She’s not handling it with respect to everyone!
She’s constantly blaming every issue or inconvenience on you (the owners) and refuses to solve any of them because you (the owners) said that you don’t have any negotiation for anything. It’s your (the owners) way or the highway!
I just personally don’t think that’s true!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Last night I took my family to have a quick dinner and get our belly’s full. Needless to say we had the worst service the young girl was terrible. Tara I think was her name, she just couldn’t get anything right. And finally after the final mess up with the salads. Which should have came first yet came last. We requested to speak to a manager, not because we were looking for a hand out. But because we felt this was something they needed to address and hopefully take the correct action with her. I am giving 5 stars because the manager that came to speak to us was amazing. Very professional and made us feel like she genuinely cared about us. Tads is finally start to improve in the management department. The last time we came the manger that we spoke to briefly was extremely rude and very disrespectful. But not the young woman last night I believe her name was Amanda. Very tall with blonde hair, I pray this reaches the owners. Because without her coming and talking to us and making all of our problems go away. We were NEVER going to go back again. That’s how bad of a taste the waitress left in my mouth. So I just wanted to take the time to recognize this woman, she was so kind, and so genuine, and made us feel so much better. I hope she is able to see this post I’m putting about her, she needs to be acknowledging! Can’t wait to go back now, and make sure we don’t get that same waitress again! Lol

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 1

Came during fathers day so it was really busy, but I will say staff did really well handling it, Mister was a wonderful server and brought our food in a timely manner. We did have to wait an hour to be seated, but was well worth it for the food. Catfish was amazing, Cajun fish po boy was phenomenal, and the Cajun queso was pretty darn good too. Will definitely be trying to return with my family again next year :)