marilynn's place

loved it. our first experience there won't be the last. i thoroughly enjoyed the crawfish étouffée and my husband ate the gumbo.
the owner or manager brought us beignets for dessert. perfect. plus i enjoyed the local brew.

nice owner - great food!. po'boys in butcher paper and plastics but who cares? the food is awesome and i like the non-pretentious (sp?) atmosphere.

we were driving through shreveport on our way to texas. looked on urbanspoon for a good place to eat. found marilyn's place. the red beans and rice was fantastic. the fried curry fish was even better. the hush puppies were very dry ... as if they were cooked yesterday. the bread pudding was as hard as a rock. we were not greeted when we entered, we were obviously not sure what we were doing, and was given no direction from the staff. if i lived in the area, i would not return. open air seating ... kitchen is open air as well .. flies every where.

anybody giving mp's a negative review is out of their mind. we traveled all the way from birmingham, al to eat here and every mile was worth it. flavorful food meets tactful decor in this local gem. the owner, robert, gave us outstanding customer service. the people of shreveport are lucky to have this unique restaurant.

will not be back. a bit tight with the air conditioning. the food was very bland and the prices were a bit high for what you get. so sorry as i was really looking forward to a good meal there.

a pricey disappointment.. we ordered beignets and shrimp and grits, the beignets were fried puff pastry with a sauce that was ok made with frozen strawberries. the shrimp and grits was alright but rubbery tiny shrimp and oversized chunks of bell pepper took away from the quality. on the other hand, the staff is great.

great for out of town guests. we like to bring family and business associates here when they're in town. the food is usually great. the service is friendly. it's a little pricey for us to go without a special reason, but i always leave with a fully stomach! the roast beef platter is my favorite! and the beignets are amazing!

the shrimp poboy is good but not worth the crappy service. will never go back.

does not like it. this is not worth a high rating. i had to try it twice as i thought maybe i caught it on an off night, but, both times the food was not at all great. i have had better cajun food in alaska than what they serve here. sorry for the review but i just want to point others in the right direction.

waaayyyyyy overpriced!!

graded e for effort. if you read the reviews you'd never try this place. i like to try a place for myself and form my own opinion. first time there was a week night. we tried the roast beef sandwich (poorboy..hmm ?) jambalaya, red beans and potato salad. every dish was really good. we are from new orleans so we had our fingers crossed. we are so tired of all the chain restaurants here in shv. food was tasty, we liked the vibe and we met the owner. we chatted for a while and he knew a lot about new orleans and we could tell he puts his whole heart and soul into his business, my family owned a few restaurants in new orleans so i very much aware of what it takes to run a successful restaurant. about three weeks later we returned. early dinner on a saturday. here is what the owner needs to be aware of...and i did see it mentioned in another review. you cannot be fully confident that your staff will run your restaurant like you would if you are not there, the girl taking our order seemed unfocused. she did take the order correctly but it took a while for her to enter it into the system. we ordered a 14 inch roast beef just mayo and wanted the bread toasted. the bread that you use is too doughy to be called po'boy bread, po'boy bread is not a shape it's about texture. and i know we are in shv but if i have to settle for gambino doughy bread then please please toast it so your po'boys have texture/crusty exterior. your kitchen barely warmed the bread. hamburger po'boy..um sandwich that is, meat was barely warmed, could not have been cooked to order because it was ready too quickly. people do not mind waiting for good food. please do not cook your burgers ahead of time. also, one measly patty is not enough meat on a po'boy. also, roast beef was dressed. we did not ask for dressed on roast beef. kitchen is too caught up in serving food quickly. priority should be on freshness, temperature and accuracy. we will probably try it again on a weeknight. thank you for giving shv a unique place to dine.

meh. we had high hopes of finding a gem in the culinary vacuum of shreveport. the gem we found in marilyn's place was cheap plastic. the catfish is overcooked and bland. it was the curry catfish which sounds exciting. nope. the red beans and rice were bland. the jambalya was bland. no amount of tabasco helped. the beignets were ok. my advice to the cooks and owner...get out and taste some good stuff in no or lafayette and taste what you plate up. sorry.

shrimp roumalade - great cr.... shrimp roumalade - great
crawfish étouffée - great
sweet tea- great
beignets- great
service and friendly atmosphere!!! worth stopping for!!!

i liked the environment and it reminds me of a lil cajun place i used to work at down in hammond. i walked in the door with hopes high because they claimed to have a "mothers style roast beef poorboy." i ordered a half and half shrimp poorboy with remoulade and roast beef poorboy. the remoulade on the shrimp was way way off balance (tasted like the remo from the jar.) the roast beef didn't have that slow cooked jus gravy flavor. mind you if i were from north of alexandria i probably would think this is decent, but they made a huge claim that they just could not fill on their poorboys. maybe i just need to give it another chance on different items, but i dislike the fact they refer to "mothers style."

claims to be new orleans style but is very lacking. order the daily dinner special and it was not microwaved long enough and came out barely at room temp. had to eat it with plastic fork and knife. will not return.