Catfish Hole Restaurant

Really great fried catfish. Unlimited "fixins" which consist of the best hush puppies in the US, pickles, and sweet tomato relish. Catfish comes with fries (all of which is served "family-style" meaning it is on one plate and you serve yourself).

Prices are reasonable, and portions are 3,5 , or unlimited. They have fillets, steaks(with bones), fried shrimp, and then plenty of grilled seafood items and fried chicken. Excellent and friendly service makes catfish hole excellent overall.

This place "use" to be really good!
It's gone down hill they fry the fish too long and all you get is a bunch of fried cornmeal over a little slab of fish. The service was AWFUL and it wasn't even rush hour! The hush puppy's and coleslaw were great but filling up on that and paying for awful fish and service just isn't worth it to me. It will a Long time before I go back if ever!

Wow!  Okay, 100 wows!

I was looking to stop in Alma a couple of times, and I've even thought about living here.  I'm surprised that a town so small can offer so much.

So, I was going to one of the pizza places--there are 4 of those.  I'm really picky about pizza and I didn't want to be disappointed, plus when I saw catfish, I had to go here.  I used to go to The Catfish Place in Apopka, Florida and almost always got something amazing.

Being in Arkansas near so many lakes and rivers, I figured it had to be 100 times as good.  I don't know how fresh everything is--I'm better at knowing ocean fish--but everything was good.

I ordered the 3 piece Catfish filet dinner that comes with fries, cole slaw, and hush puppies.  The waitress brought the hush puppies even before the drink, along with a dill pickle spear.  I also ordered a sweet tea--it is the south, after all.

After eating the fish, I was thinking about shrimp/prawns, as in shrimp cocktail.  Call me a glutton, but I don't have sit-down meals often.  The breading on the catfish was a bit salty but really good.  So, the waitress made my order into a combo meal (talk about flexibility!) and that came with another piece of fish and cold, boiled shrimp.  I think the price changed from $9.99 to $15.99, and then, the iced tea on top of that.

I feel like I over ate, but it was good.  I even liked the hush puppies and I never like hush puppies because they usually taste like the shoes of the same name.

I had a lot of fun peeling the shrimp and I'm surprised someone across from me didn't have one fall into their food.  They're lively little devils--the shrimp, not the people.

I remember the motel desk clerk telling me how this restaurant had become less good, as it had changed owners twice.  I can only imagine how great it was then because it was good for me in 2013.

This might be reason enough to move to Alma.