Melvin’s Restaurant

Loved this place, strictly grown up time… Service was great, Food even better … definitely a hidden gem of Houma. GREAT EXPERIENCE will be back

One of the fanciest places in houma. Like to go for lunch, good atmosphere. Great food and service.

Food was okay. Dishes could be more presentable. Escargot appetizer was good w the sauce it was cooked in, but you can tell the escargot wasn’t fresh due to its texture (Too soft and mushy). Steak was good. The broiled seafood was okay, too salty. Service was great.

I’ve been going to this restaurant for years. Love the food and ambiance.

For whatever reason, a lot of the restaurants in Houma appear to look like deserted houses. But then when you enter them, they are full of people and nicely decorated. I’m tempted to just walk up to random houses and see if they are restaurants.
Seeing as how I was in Louisiana and have never had real jambalaya, I figured I’d give it a go. The jambalaya here was with pork and sausage (possibly being redundant here) served with a side of peas and a dinner roll. The jambalaya itself was pretty good, very flavorful but lacked a good spice level. However, nothing that a good heaping dose of hot sauce couldn’t fix. Also, it’s worth noting that they serve Coke by the glass bottle. Score. Any real Coke drinker knows that glass bottle Coke is the real way to drink Coke. The real star of the menu is the myriad of desserts. I tried the peanut butter pie and it was delicious. It was essentially peanut butter filling with a cookie crust topped with fresh whipped cream. I’m told that it exceeds 800 calories per serving. Those of you familiar with my look of indifference… picture that now.
Service was good. The restaurant appears to be off a back road and honestly, I wouldn’t be able to find this place again if my life depended on it. Definitely worth checking out. It’s a little on the dressier side given that the clientele was older, but I don’t think they’d turn you away if you were dressed casually.