Prejean's Restaurant
Offering breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Prejean's Restaurant features a menu of Cajun classics, such as blackened shrimp, a variety of "po'boys," gumbos, ettouffees, and fried oysters, seasoned with authentic Cajun spices and topped with savory sauces. Prejean's Restaurant also features an extensive dinner menu, with a variety of soups, salads, inventive entrees, and a unique dessert menu that includes Southern favorites, such as bread pudding and pecan pie. With huge gators (real and plastic) scattered around, stained glass artwork depicting shrimp boats and other scenes inspired by the Bayou, a huge gift shop, and live Zydeco music, Prejean's offers great atmosphere for families and groups of all ages.
Prejean's Restaurant
3480 NE Evangeline Thwy.
Lafayette, LA 70507
(337) 896-4470
prejeans.com
Café Vermilionville
Nestled in the heart of Lafayette, Café Vermilionville is a Louisiana landmark, as it occupies the restored original site of Lafayette's first inn built in 1818. Open for lunch and dinner, Café Vermilionville offers appetizers and entrees that feature elegant, contemporary takes on classic Cajun and Creole dishes, including turtle soup, shrimp and crab napoleon, grilled blackened chicken and fish, and seafood served with authentic Creole sauces. Café Vermilionville also presents a sophisticated atmosphere, with white tablecloths on large round tables, sterling silverware, an impressive wine menu, and soft, candle-lit lighting. In addition, Café Vermilionville features a kid's menu, holiday menus for Thanksgiving and Easter, and a huge outdoor dining area, where patrons can enjoy their meals from a covered balcony or under a tent situated on beautiful cobblestone.
Café Vermilionville
1304 W. Pinhook Road
Lafayette, LA 70503
(337) 237-0100
cafev.com
Randol's Cajun Restaurant
Established in 1972, Randol's Cajun Restaurant et Salle de Danse (Dance Hall) is a longtime Lafayette favorite. Offering fresh vegetables and seafood from the Gulf of Mexico, Randol's features Cajun favorites, such as seafood jambalaya, fried alligator, oysters on the half shell, bacon-wrapped, barbecue shrimp, Cajun chicken, and ettouffee, using crawfish and crabs raised on-site and herbs and spices grown in the restaurant's gardens. Randol's also offers diners a number of regional specialties, such as the Louisiana Seafood Boil and the Boucherie-Cochon de Lait: Louisiana's version of the Hawaiian luau. Featuring a huge dance floor, filled with live Cajun and Bluegrass music nightly, Randol's offers a fun, casual, family friendly environment that is sure please.
Randol's Cajun Restaurant
2320 Kaliste Saloom Road
Lafayette, LA 70508
(337) 981-7080
randols.com
