Friend's Costal restaurant
407 Saint Tammany St
Madisonville, LA 70447
(985) 845-7303
Madisonville, LA 70447
(985) 845-7303
Rating: Five Stars
We hadn't been to Friends in a while so we decided to have dinner here.
We made reservations which are quite important on weekends. It tends to get busy.
We arrived on time and were promptly seated. The restaurant wasn't very crowded condsidering how full their parking lot was.
We started with sauteed crab claws and calamari. The crab claws are incredible. They are sauteed in what I believe is the sauce for bbq shrimp. It is wonderful and spicy. After eating this appetizer you will have probably consumed several sticks of butter, but who cares. It is that good. The calamari were also good. It comes with a side of marinara for dipping, and there is a habenero on top.
Our entrees included the special grilled fish (escolar), crab meat salad and fried seafood platter.
The grilled escolar was very good. I had never heard of escolar, but it was very tasty.
The crab meat salad was very good and had a good amount of crab meat.
The fried seafood platter came with shrimp, oysters (I substituted more shrimp), catfish, a crab cake, sweet potato hush puppies and fries. It was very good. All of the fried seafood was cooked perfectly and tasted great. The crab cake was also very good. The seafood platter was $26 and is enough food for two people. There were at least 10 shrimp, two or three catfish fillets, a crab cake, two hushpuppies and a mountain of fries.
The service was very good. Our server was very attentive and friendly. This was really a good experience.
We didn't go outside on the deck, but there were a good amount of people out there. There was live music and a great view of the river.
I highly recommend Friends and think it is the best restaurant of its kind on the Northshore
We made reservations which are quite important on weekends. It tends to get busy.
We arrived on time and were promptly seated. The restaurant wasn't very crowded condsidering how full their parking lot was.
We started with sauteed crab claws and calamari. The crab claws are incredible. They are sauteed in what I believe is the sauce for bbq shrimp. It is wonderful and spicy. After eating this appetizer you will have probably consumed several sticks of butter, but who cares. It is that good. The calamari were also good. It comes with a side of marinara for dipping, and there is a habenero on top.
Our entrees included the special grilled fish (escolar), crab meat salad and fried seafood platter.
The grilled escolar was very good. I had never heard of escolar, but it was very tasty.
The crab meat salad was very good and had a good amount of crab meat.
The fried seafood platter came with shrimp, oysters (I substituted more shrimp), catfish, a crab cake, sweet potato hush puppies and fries. It was very good. All of the fried seafood was cooked perfectly and tasted great. The crab cake was also very good. The seafood platter was $26 and is enough food for two people. There were at least 10 shrimp, two or three catfish fillets, a crab cake, two hushpuppies and a mountain of fries.
The service was very good. Our server was very attentive and friendly. This was really a good experience.
We didn't go outside on the deck, but there were a good amount of people out there. There was live music and a great view of the river.
I highly recommend Friends and think it is the best restaurant of its kind on the Northshore
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