I've driven by the restaurant countless times and always had an interest in going. Â After snagging a half price gift certificate off of groupon, my husband & I decided to head out there on a Sunday evening.
Place was easy to find, but parking was fairly difficult. The restaurant was fairly small, had live music, and an interesting decor.
Waitress was nice, but seemed very inexperienced. Â We ordered a certain kind of mix drink, and she brought us back a beer. When we corrected her she said that they didn't know how to make the drink we ordered. Â Requested an amaretto sour instead, and it was very watery. We asked her about a few dishes and she didn't appear to be very knowledgeable about them. My husband ordered coke or pepsi, was told they only have RC Cola and only one refill is free. Â Asked waitress for extra napkins twice and was never brought any.
My husband ordered his meal (the chicken stuffed with ham) and asked that there be no tomato or scallions, but  when served, it had both of it on there. Said chicken was tough, ham was cold, and was served in an odd shaped bowl which made it difficult to cut. Fries were unseasoned and cold.
I got the heart of the bayou sampler, was very disappointed. Â Hush puppies were burnt, catfish was cold and dry, it only came with two shrimp and 3 pieces of crawfish (the garlic butter sauce they were served in was very good), clam strips were fairly good, but didn't come with many. Gumbo had a good taste, but was very watery. Â Portions were small, we both left unsatisfied.
Overall I'm very disappointed in our experience and will not return. If you're going to go, I recommend going if you can snag a discount coupon. Definitely not worth their full price menu.
My wife and I were passing through Columbia, Pa and saw Prudhomme's in TripAdvisor. We went there on a busy Saturday evening and had a fabulous meal. The restaurant is Cajun and it features shrimp, alligator, catfish, etc. The place has a shabby cool atmosphere. How can I put it? No need to dress up. My wife ordered a shrimp platter that featured three kinds of shrimp. She gave me a taste and it was excellent. There was also a nicely spiced rice, pepper and tomato side that was a great compliment. There were also excellent hush puppies and Cole slaw. My own platter was similar but instead of shrimp, I ordered catfish. It was richly seasoned (very Cajun) and the fish was fresh. Being a Saturday night there was entertainment, a singer (really good) who did rhythm and blues and some easily recognizable popular tunes. I ordered a pint of Yuengling and my wife had a scotch. Our bill was an extremely reasonable $47+. With tip we walked out $57 dollar lighter but with a very rich dining experience. The desserts looked sinfully good (Cajun/New Orleans style pies) but our better angels recommended that we abstain in order to fit into our clothes. I really wanted to give it 4 1/2 stars but there are no halfs. Lots of locals.
Review Source:Grossed out by our dinner. Microwaved shrimp creole with cold rice and HOT shrimp. Waiter diappeared for LONG periods of time (to bathroom we discovered--he apparently was ill). Owner chatted us up and wouldn't leave us alone to eat... until we needed her assistance, and she'd vanished into thin air. Thick layer of greasy dust everywhere.... can only imagine how horrible the kitchen must be. Â Once there--never again!
Review Source:A mixed bag. Â Really good hush puppies. Â The crab ring was just ok. Â Liked the fried clams--the fried mushrooms in the app sampler were particularly good. Â The catfish prudhomme was really bad--they used old fish. Â I took a few bites, but it was pretty inedible. Â I told the waitress, and she really should have taken it off the check. Â My friend got the seafood sampler, and that catfish was very fresh. Â The peanut butter pie was absolutely delish. Â The had a nice singer. Â The nabe is a little sketchy, but the building is very cool. Â The rib special was also super yummy. Â Might go back, but then again might not.
Review Source:I have visited Prudhommes several times over the past year and I have never been disappointed with the food. Their Blackened Catfish is amazing, and buckets of Crawfish are great when in season. Draft beer selection is average at best, though I have to give a big plus for serving the large jug-bottles of Mississippi Mud Black & Tan. It's the service that knocks them down a star or two for me. Each visit our orders were marred with errors & things were forgotten, one time the table was pretty much forgotten for a 15 minute span due to a smoke break (waitress was nice enough to tell us when she got back) Things like that can't happen in a nice establishment. Ownership needs to crack the whip on the servers. Hands down a 4 to 4 & 1/2 star establishment with better quality service.
Review Source:Super cozy with the most caring staff around. Family owned and operated by the most caring Cajuns I've ever met.
What to Eat: Hushpuppies (lots of them), alligator, or, if it's Monday, the AYCE fish fry. Mmmmmm.
What to Drink: Eeny, meany, miney, mo. Any of the microbrews on tap or in bottles. Be risky. You never know what you're gonna love!
Never before last night have I thrown away an expensive restaurant meal ever, usually I can take it home and rework it, but not this dish!  Not knowing what to expect with Cajun food I ordered something I felt was "safe", founder stuffed with crab meat over rice with a veggie.  Not only did the fish have an very strong fish odor, there wasn't hardly any fish in the dish, the crabmeat was smothered with chopped peppers which I don't like and wasn't mentioned on the menu, the rice was undercooked, and the veggie was fried green tomotoes.  I expected brocculi or something average and not being a fan of tomtoes was disappointed.  The dish smelled bad, tasted worse, and the overall appearance was colorless.  Thank God I came bearing a gift card because I would have never paid for that.  The waitress offered me a few choices in exchange for the tomotoes - applesauce, cole slaw, but made no other offerings when I told her I disliked the meal.  In fact she never came back and we had to go up to the bar to ask for our bill.  For  a $17 meal, both the food and service were disappointing.
Review Source:Do yourself a favor and don't even try this restaurant. Â We heard about this restaurant before and have always wanted to try it. Â The perfect way to try it was a Groupon for half off for a four course meal for two. Â Great, my wife and i decided. Â Not so great. Â We made a reservation for 7 PM on Sunday night. Â The Groupon said reservation required. Â The website said there was a private parking lot. Â
Didn't see anything but street parking when we got there. Â All indications pointed to business casual as the dress code (multiple web sources), and we get into the restaurant and people were wearing jeans and the waitresses were wearing high cut jean shorts. Â The restaurant wasn't busy because of the time and day. There were only 3 other tables besides ours. Â We sat down and told the waitress we had a Groupon and were given the Groupon menu. Â The waitress was nice enough but didn't seem like she even knew the Groupon menu or the procedures for redeeming a Groupon. Â
On the menu you could choose one appetizer to share, each person received one soup, one entree and one dessert. Â The appetizer, Cajun Whoopie Pie was good, but the waitress didn't give us plates to share it. Â We had to keep passing the plate back and forth and take turns eating it. Â The soup was forgotten, we got our main entree first. Â They gave my wife the wrong entree and had to take it back and make the right dish. Â They brought the soup out after we asked about it. Â My wife's ham and bean soup was good, but my gumbo tasted watered down. Â There was supposed to be either a salad or slaw with the entree, we both ordered slaw, we both didn't get slaw. Â We got dessert, and the menu was laid out to look like we both got a cup of coffee with each of our desserts. Â We didn't even get offered coffee.
I really wanted to like this place, because the food, with the exception of the gumbo, wasn't that bad. Â It wasn't the best but it was something different and had a good flavor. Â I won't go back now, not because of the food, but the slow service.
You would think that the restaurant would want to give the best service to Groupon customers so that they would come back again. Â Apparently not, because this was some of the slowest service I have ever had.
The atmosphere was great, and the waitress was friendly, so I cannot give this place one star... If I want a microwave meal, I'll go to the freezer section and get one for 50 cents. The chicken in the chicken and peppers is clearly from a bag, and I wouldn't be surprised if the entire meal had been cooked by "Chef Mic". Staff forgetful, didn't bring things to us or brought them incorrectly. It wasn't even busy, there were only about 6 other people there. I'm not going back. This place is a very poor representation of what it should actually be. Save your money, save some parking frustration, and just go to your local Applebee's.
Review Source:First time here and I was disappointed. Ordered the Swampie with shrimp and it showed up with 4 shrimp and 3 slivers of sausage. For close to $20, I expected a bit more than a bowl of rice. The food was good, and my girlfriend shrimp trio was well prepared. Drop the price to something a little more reasonable and we may be back.
Review Source:Visited with my wife and another couple. Â We reserved one bucket of crawfish with our reservation, and we ended up getting 2 more (the last of which was the last bucket in the place). Â We had never eaten fresh crawfish before, so don't have much to compare against, however, these were incredible. Â Between the 4 of us, we also got the jambalaya (fantastic), gumbo (very good), hushpuppies (best I've ever had), and peanut butter pie (also fantastic). Â Will definitely come back. Â I believe they get crawfish flown in on Fridays (when in season), and based on our visit, they can sell out of them by 8PM.
Review Source:Fun spot. Went with my wife last evening. There was a live "Motown" singer who had a good voice, great presence and was very entertaining! We only expected to go for dinner, so that was a surprising bonus.
We had an awesome buffalo chicken/mashed potato/onion straw appetizer. Some good beers (Kona Firestone, Abita TurboDog) before our dinner. I had Prudhomme Catfish--blackened catfish over crawfish étouffée. Most delicious and filling.
I recommend trying this restaurant when you are near Columbia.
I won't lie. Â I've never been to Cajun country and have no idea how the cuisine should really taste to be considered authentic...but with that in mind, I have to say I really like Prudhomme's. Â I've been there several times now and always walk away satisfied. The atmosphere is cozy, the staff is nice and the owner Sharon is often there. She's definitely a people-person and is always nice to talk to, and the food is good. Â My bf tried the Swampi with gator. Basically souped up dirty rice with chunks of gater. Â Never had gater before. Â It's an interesting flavor. Â The smaller pieces were a little bouncy to chew (very little fat in that meat), but the larger chunks were tender and the flavor is on the sweet side. Â I had the duck which was very meaty and cooked properly. Â I had the pear puree on the side, because I want the skin to stay crispy. Â The Dave's pasta dish is also delicious. Â Creamy, spicy sauce over pasta with your choice of meat. They serve Nissley wines, which are pretty good for a local winery. I'm fond of the Naughty Marietta. Â If you like spicy food and you're not a stickler for whether or not your food is genuinely cajun, (it could be...I'm not the expert) you'll have a good time at Prudhomme's.
Review Source:In town for my best friend's wedding I took my parents and brother out to eat at Prudhommes. Frequent patrons of this establishment my family and I expected yummy meals, which was usually the case. On this particular night (Friday 09-sept-2011) the Columbia area was issued a Water Boil Alert. This meant that we had to eat off of paper plates, use plastic utensils, and solo cups. Ok, not a problem I can deal with this.
My brother ordered the King Louis Supreme and making his way three quarters through his meal noticed a foreign object that didn't quite taste right. After spitting out the object we identified it be a zip-tie. SERIOUSLY?! Quite outraged at the situation I took a picture of the foreign object before the bus boy cleared our table and carried away our paper plates. I informed the bus boy about the object, but he said nothing as a shocked look crossed his face. When our waitress returned to see how we were doing I also informed her of our discovery only to be ignored. I even had the picture, which I attached for everyone to appreciate, but she would not look at it. Not wanting to engage (scream, yell, cops being called, etc.) the staff in my irate state I paid the bill and my family left.
After this experience I will never return to this establishment. If finding a zip-tie in your food isn't bad enough. A staff that doesn't take the situation seriously or at least apologize is outrageous. Especially considering this object could have potentially caused my brother to choke.
Thought I would check this place out since I haven't found any other Cajun places in the area after I moved here and my mom was up visiting. Being that both my mom and I have spent a lot of time in the French Quarter in the "Noo Awyuns" (New Orleans) we were really looking forward to dinning here.
Apparently, Prudhommes is located in what use to be a speakeasy at one time. So when you walk in take notice of all the "doorbells" on the wall at every table. They were used by the patrons during prohibition. If a patron saw a cop walking up to the place they would ring the buzzer and everyone would hide their hooch. Also, this place is still a working hotel on the upper floors.
Prudhommes is small inside but it has a lot of character. I loved the look of this place. Once you walk in to the left is the bar area and to the right is the dinning area. We went around 6pm and it wasn't crowded at all, which was nice. The service was a little below average because I had to ask for a refill and we waited an exceptionally long time for our food.
The rolls that the waitress brought us were burnt and my alligator appetizer was bland and overcooked. My mom had the King Louis (I think that what it was called) platter. Blackened catfish over lump crab meat with fried green tomatoes. She said it was good, but the tomatoes had way too much batter on them and were bland. Fried green tomatoes are suppose to be lightly battered and have a slight tangy taste. I had the fried catfish platter with fried green tomatoes. Same thing with my tomatoes. The hush puppies were great.
As far as this being a Cajun restaurant there wasn't much variety on the menu besides catfish, or much flavor in the food. So I have to give this place an average.
I have had chances to come here before, but missed out. I was invited by my friend Mike Knaub and was glad I accepted. Not only did I enjoy the best catfish I ever tasted, but I also had some really tasty sauteed alligator tail.
This place is what I imagine the family type places in New Orleans provide - great food and good atmospher with a well stocked bar and pretty decent taplist. I enjoyed Samuel Adams Noble Pils and also had Harpoon IPA to compliment the blackended catfish bites and garlic, mushroom and pepper accompaniment to the alligator which I would compare to lobster or some quality crabmeat. The band played and did so with a level of skill few bar bands I have seen in the area, playing plenty of southern and blues rock classics note for note. I will be sure to come back for happy hour when the beer is a buck cheaper until 7pm.
went here yesterday for valentine's day and must say that we will definitely be going back. service was good (great, really, considering there were only 2 servers in the place and it was valentine's day). their onion rings are amazing! i could only eat one because it was so big but it was delicious! partner had cheese fries and they were good too. they have a decent wine list and interesting beers. i got the king louis supreme entree for dinner - blackened catfish with lump claw meat underneath it surrounded by chunky, slighlty spicy, tomato sauce. it was delicious!! partner had the swampi - garlicy rice stir fry with mushrooms, onions, peppers, andouille, shrimp, and gator. he loved it!
prices were a bit expensive for our budget but it was great for a special treat. and considering we only live about 3 blocks from here we'll be back for their happy hour and bar specials...mondays are buy one get one 1/2 off apps, wednesday wings 4.25/dz... <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lostcajunkitchen.com%2Fspecials.html&s=bf03da666071329761c26f37a146b15371ee69e89f4548ed2b6cf9bcefe7a7c1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.lostcajunkitc…</a>
This is a small Cajun restaurant located along the main street in Columbia. As I understand it, the owner is the nephew of the famous chef Paul Prudhomme, which makes this sort of the Central PA version of a celebrity chef restaurant.
I've never really had a Cajun meal before, and was looking forward to giving this place a try. I had the 'Heart of the Bayou Platter' which is Blackened catfish, buttery garlic shrimp & Crawfish, seafood gumbo, fried clam strips, hush pups, slaw, frizzles onions & house dips (I uploaded a picture of it to Yelp.) It wasn't overly hot, and I quite liked it. Service was good.
It's not exactly fine dining, but if you like something a little spicy, this place is definitely worth a try.
We were a group of 8 from a meetup, Many of us were quite excited after hearing good things about this place. Â
It took a bit till our apps came, sauteed gator had great flavor but is really chewy, The oysters with crab was tasty, cajun whoopie pie was good, it was a corn muffin with creamy crab, the corn muffin was really good and was the best part of my meal.
The shrimp Sunny is in a tomato sauce that was so bland, like watered down tomatoes, not even salt.
The Crabby Pork had creamy crab like the whoppie pie, had a dry pork loin and was served with mashed potaoes, weird.
The Rice and Beans had ham and sausage and was tasty, nice flavors
The jambalaya was cold, bland and dry
The Seafood Gumbo had no seafood that I could see or okra, olny onion and celery and was tastless except for a little hot spice.
I cant tell you about the crab louis, it took so long the woman who ordered had to leave and took it to go.
Between the Apps and Entree it took over an hour. They bought us a round of drinks while we waited. IF the food is really good you can overlook alot of other faults but this scored low all around.
You should skip it, really.
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