We finally made the trek across the lake and out into the rural area for the House of Seafood. After hearing stores of how magnificent the place was supposed to be, we were a bit disappointed.
The place is kind of rundown and old. The seating consists of wood picnic benches. I guess they don't want you to get too comfortable and stay too long. The food is served from one very long table area.
Much of the food really didn't look all that appealing. Some of it was labeled, but most of it was not. So, many items were a mystery. I mostly stuck to what I actually recognized.
The boiled crawfish and shrimp were good. I also liked these fried things called Gator Balls. They tasted mostly like crab to me. Oddly no one else at my table cared for them. Â The pecan pie was downright nasty. I could not even eat it and wondered what it was made from.
Overall, I don't think we will be making the long trip back too soon.
It's been over a decade since I visited this mecca of cajun buffets in the sticks well beyond the causeway. Still my favorite buffet I've been too, and I live in the home of buffets in Vegas. Hope to return someday, but I'll have to look up old LA local friends to help me find it. If this place was right next door to the Bellagio's world reknowned buffet, I'd choose House of Seafood probably 3 out of 4 times.
Review Source:It's a bit of a long drive from NOLA, but that is probably a good thing. Otherwise I might be tempted to come back more often. The boiled seafood was very well cooked and a huge variety of all seafood. Even though I tried to eat only a little of each thing, I was completely stuffed before I could try it all. My highlights were the boiled crawfish, gumbo, crab legs (they even had a crock pot of melted butter for dipping) and stuffed shrimp. Â
Only things that I was not impressed with was the crabmeat au gratin (too salty) and the boudin. Aside from that, there were TONS of great options, and all of us (in our party of 6) left stuffed.
I also like that there was a lady discretely walking around with a microphone telling the crew in the back about the things they were running low on, so the buffet stayed stocked up. Â Overall 5 stars! Â Now excuse me while I find a place to nap, so I can pull out of this food coma.
Unbelievable the amount of seafood you can get here! The number of choices of seafood here is ridiculous! For the price you pay, you definitely have to be hungry and love seafood to make it worth the trip. Â Known pretty much to the locals in Covington it's definitely a place to go to if only to experience of it. Â I seriously pulled a stomach muscle there. Â Not exactly the five star restaurant but the atmosphere is friendly, fun, and great for a family that is hungry, the wait was not terrible but the line to get in was long. Â We were a group of nine! Once in there was no holding ms back I made 3 trips and I don't normally eat this much but it was goooooooooood!
Just look at my pics, can't even decide where to start describing the place.
Very similar to the Chinese buffets you find everywhere. But this was strictly a back-road Louisana seafood buffet located in the sticks. Good experience though. Â =)
Big parking lot (we actually parked right next to the entrance..they knew we were coming!). It was pack and they sat us in Reagan's section. All I gotta say was she was one CUTE waitress that provided awesome service even in a buffet atmosphere. If you go, as to be seated in her section. She was that cool! Too bad she lives all the way out in BUSH, LA.
The food was ok. Lots of fried seafood (Southern fav)...lots of crawfish (they were small though), lots of blue crab, shrimp shrimp shrimp, snow crab legs, GATOR, BOUDIN sausages, frog-legs, oysters, etc. They even had SWEET TEA!!! The restaurant was a big dirty though. NOT OK!
I WOULD go back to this place if I was in NOLA again. That drive over the lake was cool too...26 miles each way. So almost an hour to get there from the city. Just make sure you don't get lost, or you might find yourself in NO WHERE, LA.
This very popular seafood buffet, located just north of Covington, is a good choice for those wanting to indulge in a ridiculous amount of very cheap seafood - particularly the snow crabs, prawns, and crawfish. Â
I'm not a big fan of deep fried fish (this is the south, so there's a lot of it), but all the shellfish choices were excellent. Â
At the low price of $17.95 plus t&t or $7.95 for the non-seafood buffet, this is a great place to indulge at :). Â
Service at the House of Seafood is second to none - you'll get true southern hospitality here. Â The waitress came to our table, asked us whether we'd eaten crawfish before, then came back with a big bowl of them and proceeded to show us how it was done. Â
This restaurant is only open on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Â The best day to go is Thursday because it's not as crowded, and the seafood is at its freshest. Â Friday and Saturday it's packed, so it's worth making reservations. Â
My favorite dishes from the night: crawfish, marinated shrimp, snow crabs, and stuffed oysters. Â Be warned: most of the shellfish is actually quite spicy!
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