Ralph & Kacoo's

3107 S First St, Lufkin
(936) 634-8000

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Customers' Favorites

Bourbon Pecan Bread Pudding
Thin-Cut Catfish Oysters 8
Cattleman's Onion Rings
Chicken Fried Steak
Cedar Plank Salmon
Stuffed Mushrooms
Shrimp St Charles
Mashed Potatoes
Seafood Platter
Oysters Diablo

Menu

Starters
Cattleman's Onion Rings
Hand-breaded Texas colossal onions cut thick, fried to a golden brown and piled high. Served with our creamy jalapeño ranch dipping sauce.
New Orleans Crab Cake
2 R & K lump crab cakes. The same great recipe we have used for many years. Served with our remoulade sauce.
Boudin Ball
5 pieces. Our version of a Louisiana favorite. Real hickory smoked pulled pork mixed with Cajun rice and spices. We roll the balls in seasoned Panko and deep fry to a golden brown. Served with our creamy jalapeño ranch dip.
Crab or Shrimp Dip
Our famous R & K Au Gratin cheese dip loaded with shrimp or jumbo lump crab meat. Served with our house-made seasoned tortilla chips.
Queso
Homemade and served with fresh seasoned tortilla chips.
Swamp Bites
Alligator tail meat blackened or fried. Served with hollandaise dipping sauce.
Firecracker Shrimp
Fried popcorn shrimp tossed in a spicy sauce.
Ralph's Hushpuppies
6 pieces. Golden nuggets crispy on the outside, warm and soft on the inside! Served with our creamy jalapeño ranch sauce.
Jumbo Shrimp Cocktail
Traditional shrimp cocktail with our spicy cocktail sauce.
Peel & Eat Jumbo Shrimp
1 pound of jumbo shrimp, hot or cold, Cajun spiced and served with our tangy cocktail sauce.
Stuffed Mushrooms
Large mushroom caps stuffed with our R & K crab stuffing and topped with shrimp and cream sauce.
Fried Pickles
Thick slices of kosher dill pickles hand-breaded in our Cajun spices and deep fried to a golden brown. Served with creamy jalapeño ranch dressing.
Taste of Louisiana
One of our favorites, fried alligator tail meat, crawfish tails and shrimp. Served with cocktail sauce.

Soup, Gumbo and Étouffée
Red Beans and Rice
Red beans with our smoked Alabama Conecuh sausage. Served with rice.
Seafood Gumbo
Shrimp and crab served with a little rice and a whole lot of flavor!
Chicken & Sausage Gumbo
Chicken & sausage in a mouth-watering roux. Served with rice.
Shrimp Etouffee
A spicy roux with lots of shrimp. Served with rice.
Crawfish Etouffee
Our specialty! A spicy roux with lots of crawfish tails served over rice.

Tacos, Nachos and Quesadillas
3 Soft Tacos
Drizzled with panama sauce, served with Pico de Gallo, pepper jack cheese, and a side of coleslaw.
Panama Quesadillas
A large 14" flour tortilla loaded with your choice of smoked brisket, shrimp, chicken, crawfish, or boudin, pepper jack and cheddar cheese, onions, peppers, and our Panama sauce. Grilled to a golden brown. Served with guacamole, sour cream and our pico de gallo.
Seafood Nachos
Chips loaded with pepper jack and cheddar cheeses, queso, shrimp and crawfish, sour cream, guacamole and jalapeños.
Brisket Nachos
Smoked brisket, pepper jack and cheddar cheeses. Topped with guacamole, sour cream and jalapeños.

Oysters
Charbroiled Oysters
Butter, garlic & parmesan.
Oysters Diablo
A spicy kick! pepper jack cheese, bacon, spices and jalapeños.
Oysters Rockefeller
A luxurious meal. Spinach, onions, and spices topped with our hollandaise sauce.
Oysters Kacoo
Charbroiled and topped with crabmeat stuffing, hollandaise sauce and lump crabmeat.
8 Pack Sampler Oysters
2 each of the above.
Oysters on the Half-Shell

Salads
Steak Salad
Grilled tenderloin tips over mixed greens, tomatoes, red onions, red bell peppers and hard boiled eggs. Your choice of one of our made from scratch salad dressings.
King Louie
Mixed greens tossed with our zesty seafood dressing, topped with tomatoes, red onions, red bell peppers and hardboiled eggs.
Classic Caesar
Romaine lettuce tossed with Caesar dressing, parmesan, Romano, and croutons.
House
Our house salad consists of romaine & iceberg lettuce, Greek olives, hearts of palm, tomatoes, croutons and cheese. Your choice of one of our made from scratch salad dressings.
Cobb
Diced chicken and shrimp, crispy bacon, sliced avocados, tomatoes, hardboiled eggs and blue cheese crumbles on a bed of mixed greens.
Ralph and Kacoo's Coleslaw
Served with fries and coleslaw.

Sandwiches and Burgers
Chicken Fried Chicken
Hand-breaded and fried to a golden brown. Topped with lettuce, tomato, pickle and onion.
Delta Dip
Shredded brisket piled high on a po' boy Bun, topped with pepper jack cheese, lettuce, tomato and served with a side of our Au Jus.
Cajun Cheeseburger
One half-pound flame broiled burger topped with pepper jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, red onions and our spicy mayo.
Boudin Burger
Grilled smoked boudin with pepper jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, red onions and our spicy mayo.
Ultimate Chicken Sandwich
Grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed onions, mushrooms and smothered in pepper jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, red onion and pickle on the side.

Po'Boys
Shrimp Po'Boy
Oyster Po'Boy
Fish Po'Boy
Crawfish Po'Boy
Smoked Boudin Po'Boy
Smoked Brisket Po'Boy
Half & Half Po'Boy
1/2 Po'boy (your choice of the above) and gumbo.

Cajun Specialties
Cedar Plank Salmon
A Ralph & Kacoo's favorite! Fresh fillet of salmon smoked on a cedar plank to a perfect medium and topped with our lemon butter sauce.
Chicken K-Jun Blue
We take a grilled chicken breast, top it with Alabama Conecuh sausage, crawfish tails, pepper jack cheese and a New Orleans style cream sauce.
Shrimp St. Charles
5 jumbo stuffed shrimp topped with our hollandaise sauce and jumbo lump crabmeat.
Seafood Platter
Jumbo shrimp, stuffed shrimp, crab cake, oysters, thin cut catfish, fries and hushpuppies. (Sorry, no substitutions)
Ralph's Platter
Jumbo shrimp, stuffed shrimp, crab cake, soft shell crab, oysters, catfish fillet, a cup of gumbo, fries and hushpuppies. (Sorry, no substitutions)

Southern Classics
Thin Cut Catfish Oysters
8 pieces.
Jumbo Shrimp
8 pieces.
Stuffed Shrimp
5 pieces.
Catfish Fillets
Chicken Tenders
4 pieces.
Crawfish Tails
Soft Shell Crabs
2 pieces.
Delta Double
Combination of any 2 of the above.

Pasta
Blackened Chicken Primavera
Blackened chicken and fresh vegetables folded in fettuccini.
Fettuccini Alfredo by the Sea
Shrimp and lump crab meat tossed in a rich alfredo sauce.

Kacoo's Favorites
Shrimp Trawl
Fried gulf shrimp, blackened shrimp, stuffed shrimp, shrimp etouffee over rice, shrimp au gratin, and hushpuppies.
Catfish Cocodrie
One blackened, one grilled and one fied catfish filet covered in our famous crawfish etoufee. Served with one side.
Catfish St. Ann
2 blackened catfish fillets covered in our cream sauce and topped with gulf shrimp.
Shrimp Brochette
Jumbo gulf shrimp stuffed with pepper jack cheese, a sliver of fresh jalapeño, wrapped in bacon and cooked to perfection!
Jambalaya
This is a tried and true Cajun dish! We take rice, shrimp, crawfish and sausage that has been seasoned with authentic Cajun spices, and mix them all up in a bowl with a shot of vodka! A little on the hot side, not for the faint of heart or teetotalers!
Shrimp and Grits
A real down-home Southern favorite! Grits with smoked gouda cheese, covered in shrimp etouffee and 6 jumbo grilled shrimp. A favorite of the South!

Side Dishes
Mixed Vegetables
Mushrooms
Fried Okra
French Fries
White Rice
Coleslaw
Asparagus
Red Bean
Onion Rings
Braised Potatoes
Dirty Rice
Side Salad
Cheesy Grits
Big Tator
Loaded Mashed Potatoes
Crispy Brussel Sprouts

Beef and Pork
Ribeye
Heavy marbling makes it our most flavorful steak.
Bacon Wrapped Filet
7 oz. Petit and tender.
King Filet
9 oz. Center cut, "best of the best".
Sirloin
10 oz. Juicy and full of flavor.
Chicken Fried Steak
Tenderized Choice top sirloin hand-breaded and fried to a golden brown, smothered in cream gravy.
Shredded Brisket
Served with coleslaw and BBQ sauce.
Pork Chop Stacker
Center cut pork loin hand-breaded and fried to a golden brown. Topped with shrimp etouffee and an onion ring. Served with our seasoned rice. Choice of one side.
Fall off the Bone Baby Back Ribs
Served with coleslaw and BBQ sauce and choice of one side.

Desserts
Satin Pie
We've been making satin pie for nearly 50 years! A graham cracker crust filled with creamy peanut butter, drizzled with chocolate and topped with whipped cream.
Key Lime Pie
Our key lime custard in a graham cracker crust with lime zest and whipped cream.
Beignets
More than just a doughnut! A light and airy dough, fried and covered with powdered sugar.
Flourless Chocolate Cake
The best chocolate cake you will ever try! Every single bite is extremely rich and fudgy and the chocolate glaze takes it over the top! Served warm.

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Recent Reviews

This is a first-class eatery, loved the rolls and butter that is sorely missed at most restaurants these days. We both had etouffee and I've had better. The sauce was thicker than most and the shrimp were too few. I'll no doubt come back again next trip through but we will both have to try something different on the menu.
September 2025
Great place. Great food and great service. Was my first time trying Cajun food so I’m a poor judge to give my opinions about their food but most of my local coworkers said it’s good so I trust their judgment.
September 2025
Friday evening there was live entertainment on the patio. Very welcoming staff at the door. We were a large group of 25 people and we were served in a timely manner. Food was great although we did joke about the hard rolls! They might have been going for mini French bread tho. LOL! We are definitely coming back.
August 2025

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Ralph & Kacoo's

3107 S First St, Lufkin, TX 75901
(936) 634-8000