The Keg Restaurant

First time trying alligator tail. Well seasoned and fried to perfection. Good, friendly service. This place was PACKED on a Friday night. Alligator tail cost $ 12.99 for a basket and Shocktop on draft was $ 4.50 a pint. Will definitely return when I am in Murray, KY.

Love the blue plate brisket special! Also the Friday fish special! Both are more than I can eat and done well.

Love love the keg!!! Very good food at great prices! Something for everyone on the menu!

Had dinner at the keg last night the service was great the food was even better. We had crawfish bread it was amazing then for dinner I had the Cajun platter more food than even I could eat and that’s saying a lot. There were six of us in our party everyone had a different main course and everyone raved about how good their meal was. Everything was cooked perfect. Even though the place was packed the waitress made sure the glasses were never empty and that we were satisfied with our food and/​or needed anything. We are from northern New York and we will be back to eat at this restaurant.

Had the lamb chops and they were good, servers were nice, and atmosphere was good. However cigarette smoke from the bar was a bit bothersome.

I stopped into the butcher shop part of the venue on my last visit home. The guy behind the counter was awesome. Very knowledgeable and the meat was fantastic. They will cut steaks at your desired thickness. I got a NY Strip & ribeye. I will definitely be going back for steak when I return for Thanksgiving!

OMG! Loved this place. Best (or shall I say beast) steak in a 40 mile radius! I come through this area a few times a year and I’ve never found a great restaurants until now. It’s off the beaten path but worth it. My steak was big enough to put a dent in world hunger and delicious! I can’t wait to come back and try other menu items like blacken alligator royal red shrimp. :)
It’s not a fancy place but the food is great and service was wonderful. It is a bar in KY so smoking is allowed but the place was well ventilated so not a problem.

Absolutely love this place. Food was great! I’m not easy to please when it comes to smoked ribs, but they have delicious ribs. I got a whole rack (I like leftovers for later that night) This guy across from me kept eyeballing my ribs. He was so funny. You could tell he was starving and he really wanted to taste them. So I offered him some, he came over and said I’m sorry I just couldn’t stop lookin. I said hey, you’re not the first guy who couldn’t keep his eyes off my rack… cracked him up. LOL It did take about an hour for our food buy they were so busy and it was worth the wait! Bar area, eating area, family area with a pool table.

Service is terrible. Having to stare you waitress down and wave to get a drink multiple times, and get treated like you’re an inconvenience for asking. Go elsewhere.

Every college student knows about the Keg for its bar scene and it’s Wednesday Karaōke Night. However, what many people don’t know is that the Keg has the most underrated food scene in Murray. They have amazing house smoked BBQ which could easily be considered competition worthy BBQ, it has an amazing flavor profile, crunchy bark, and a perfect smoke ring. The brisket is to die for! They also offer a great selection of Cajun food which is very rare in Western Kentucky let alone Murray. Depending on the season they have Crawfish, Oysters, Shrimp, and more. I could get pounds and pounds of their fried okra. I really wish they would bring back their fried and blackened frog legs! The bar scene here isn’t bad, they have cheap drinks and all the major beer choices. They don’t have a large craft beer selection but then again Nick’s is the only bar with a wide variety of craft beer. They have live music on the weekends featuring many local favorites.

Food is amazing!!! Service quite lacking. Several times in a row. I actually heard our waitress say that she was ready for us to go home so she could.

Was in town for business and our hotel was right next door so we thought we would stop by for dinner. Had the Cajun sampler and it was very good. The andouille sausage was out if this world and the shrimp was delicious. The crawfish were a lot of work for little meat, but all in all a great place! Coworker had the Cajun chops and they were very good also. Definitely try the corn nuggets, awesome!

Really like this place. The service is kind of slow, and we’ve have issues before, but the food is awesome. I like the brisket and the boudin/​andouille platter and my wife always gets the blackened chicken platter. I wish it wasn’t so smokey, but that’s a problem with every place in Murray and not just this one.

Awesome service & excellent brisket! Hubby had the special tonight, New Orleans seafood creole and said that it should be added to the menu on a regular basis!

Good menu and staff, but the food was a little lacking all around. I was here with a group, and so we expected delays, but the waitresses were very attentive and helpful. I had the steak tips while two of my friends got the blackened shrimp pasta and the brisket sandwich. The tips were overdone and lacking in flavor. My salad was a pile of huge iceberg leaves with thick cut cucumber, shredded cheese, chopped tomato and croutons. It was large, but served on a hot plate, so the lettuce was wilted on the bottom. My friend tried to order a caesar salad as a side, but they only had iceburg lettuce. He had also tried to order the soft shell crab, but they didn’t have that either. He said the brisket was good, but a little too fatty. This was obviously the case given the pile of fat he had pulled from the sandwich and left on his plate. The pasta eater said the food was ok, but not at all spicy for a blackened dish. The saving grace from all of those there was the gumbo. It is non-​smoking until 8:30 pm, so if you don’t like a smoky place, eat early.

My husband and I went here on a Saturday night and the Drunken Poets were playing, they were pretty good, but I didn’t know the songs they were covering (they said Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan). We ordered the appetizer sampler with chicken wings, Louisiana toothpicks, fried mushrooms and cheesesticks. I had the shrimp sampler which had so many shrimp I couldn’t finish it. The bacon wrapped jalapeño stuffed shrimp was awesome, and the hand breaded shrimp were yummy. I lived in Florida for 20 years, so I was a little nervous about the «fresh» oysters, but he shrimp were good, so maybe next time. My husband had BBQ, which he said was really good. Better shrimp than the Fishermans Wharf in Paducah, which is overpriced. Best place to eat within 30 miles, easy!

Great menu selection but a little weak on the quality of the sides. Their Blue Plate allows you to pick one meat and three sides plus a bread. Smoked turkey and blackened chicken were both good. Recommended if you are in the mood for BBQ meat, cajun/​creole, or fish on Fridays.

Always Great Bar-​B-​Que and Blue plate specials for lunch.
Cold Beer, Warm Service, Live Music on some evenings.
Plenty of TV’s around the place and a few Pool Tables in the back too.

Took my family here though I hadn’t eaten there yet. Really liked the place. The beer was cold and the food was good. Had the beef brisket and could definitely taste the smoke in it. You can see the smoker sitting out back. We also had the Cajun catfish was cooked right and all of the sides (hush puppies, corn bites, fries, etc.) were cooked perfectly.
The waitress was very friendly and got us anything we needed. Will be going back there.
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Went in on a late Thursday night… dining area was full… all you can eat seafood… shrimp…craw fish… crab legs…$ 24.99…I wanted to eat light… by suggestion I had the Cajun grilled Jumbo Shrimp… stuffed with jalapenos… wrapped in bacon… awesome…served with a side salad and the Keg’s own red beans and rice… whoa…I got stuffed too… if you like Cajun… and like seafood and are in the area… servers…very friendly… you gotta try it… I’ll be back… oh…and the selection of beers was awesome… I found out…