angeline's louisiana kitchen

early in the day we tried booking a reservation online but they were already booked for the night! we took our chances and went anyway to see how long we would have to wait until we were seated. we ended up waiting half an hour which was pretty reasonable considering how packed the place was! 

although there is definitely an urban vibe to angeline’s it is also incredibly warm and comfortable. despite being busy we could still hear each other speak despite the crowd.

the sparkling strawberry lemonade was absolutely worth the $4! so delicious. my sister's root beer was also very good. we ordered the hush puppies with honey butter to share between us, as well as the grilled boudin traditional cajun pork with rice sausage and creole mustard and arugula. the sausage was delicious and quite spicy but those hush puppies? my word they were outstanding! crispy on the outside, light and fluffy but with that cornmeal bite in the centre and the honey butter oozing on top. divine! a great way to start.

i finally had my first po’boy and it came with a spicy potato salad. i got theshrimppo’boy and asked for them to hold the hot sauce but keep the creole mustard and it worked perfect. theshrimpwere super crispy and the overall sandwich absolutely delicious and quite filling.

my sisters both ordered the buttermilk fried chicken with ginger-vanilla sweet potato mash, tasso ham cream gravy and blue lake green beans with parmesan. i had considered getting it as well but i was worried the sweet potato mash would be too sweet for me. one shared her fried chicken with me and it was perfection and that mash? delicious. justin was in heaven with his meat fest the cajun mixed grill. everything was so good.

i was a little nervous about going to angeline’s louisiana kitchen because i thought the food would be too spicy for me but man, am i ever glad we went. they accommodated my lack of spice tolerance (although i think i did quite well with the creole mustard) and the food was absolutely fantastic.

this place is definitely worth the wait. warm and cozy atmosphere, comfort food that will heal the soul and even the soft drinks are divine.

angelina's was our lunch destination on the warm berkeley after noon. my great grandmother and i pulled up in front angelia's and walked in and was greeted at the door by a friendly girl that sat us close to the entrance by the window. it had a nice atmosphere tastefully decorated with a new orleans them but not overly done. the lunch menu is the the same as the dinner menus and the price are the same ... but i did note there is more of a selection during lunch then dinner ?!. my great grandmother got a friedshrimppo boy( deconstructed) $13.99 being with a side of gumbo and i got the crawfish étouffée $13.99 it was good but it was only warm when i got it . my great grandmother enjoyed her deconstructedshrimppo boy and theshrimpwas fried to perfection and was good and hot . the gumbo had a good taste to it. it had a familiar taste that my grandmothers gumbo has , but was a little to thick for my taste. so i brought my food home warmed my crawfish étouffée and thinned out the gumbo and it was good. i will be making a return visit to angelina's with my husband in tow he wanted to eat hear but i did it before him .... shhhh don't tell him lol ... so hopefully my food will be hot next time and i'm going to try there red beans and rice :)



update december 8 2015

so funnily brought my famly hear for dinner and extremely disappointed ... one there is no kids menus .. no problem the kid will eat ribs .. at $ 18.99 they should be good ... no drenched in a sauces that tastes of liquid smoke and burnt ribs ... now i got to feed my kid mcdonalds because they suck .. so right now i feel ripped off ,for over priced crapy down home louisiana cooking ... i would have gotten a better tasting meal eaten with the cast of swamp people and duck dynasty to get a taster cheaper meal .... so this will be the last time i will eat hear ... sorry angelina's i had hopes for you and you disappointed us ;( ... oh and are waiter was really no were to be found ... and if you ask for bread it's a no, maybe , yes game , we'll on some days ... it's very limited .... ummm ok

angleine's (cajun/creole). oh angeline's, why do you insist on disappointing me? i researched you for weeks, thinking i had finally found a cajun place capable of rivaling what i make at home. alas, i was horribly mistaken. your food, expensive and lackluster, left me more than disappointed. i was taken aback by how utterly terrible your gumbo and etouffee tasted; both were over cooked and had numerous ingredients that overpowered their more delicate companions. the lone saving grace was the decor and friendly service. if i return, it will be for the fried chicken and jambalaya, neither of which i have had the pleasure of trying but i hear are delicious.

rating: 3.5/10


-----11 jan, 2014-----

gumbo (dish review). i love, and make, a great gumbo. every christmas, i put two days into crafting my own pot, complete with tasso, andouille, chicken, and okra. that is why i was so excited to try angeline's rendition of the traditional nola staple. needless to say, i was extremely disappointed. the roux was insanely dark and so smoky it killed the flavor of every ingredient concealed in it. speaking of the other ingredients, it was so hard to find them amidst the soupy, tar colored broth that i wondered if there was anyshrimpand okra at all. all of this wouldn't be so terrible if your gumbo didn't cost as much; $14 for a pretty small serving is unacceptable. i will not be returning for this nasty dish; i suppose i am forced to make more of my own to get the taste of angeline's out of my mouth.