Doe’s Eat Place

Good steakhouse with delicious appetizers. The steak was slight above portion, but more is always good.

Small place with a corner location in the heart of the downtown riverfront. Great selection of wine, beer and spirits. Menu is small. Steaks, fish and a couple pasta dishes for dinner plus tamales and chili as apps.
I tried the tamales and they were delicious. Probably should have paired them with a small bowl of the chili. The steaks are all too big. 10oz filet is the smallest they have… Everything else is 24oz or bigger. The meat is well seasoned and cooked to perfection. (Medium)
Came with a salad, side and bread. My side was baked potato. Bread was outstanding. I believe it came from the bakery down the street. (Kirchhoff).
All in all a nice dining experience bolstered by live music in the bar area. Well worth a visit… Just make sure you are really hungry.

The most tender filet I’ve ever had. Their homemade carrot cake is an explosion of flavors on the taste buds. Highly recommend both.

When I first ate here on a Sunday afternoon a few months ago I had the tamales. I was not impressed at all and decided I would not go back. Well, coworkers talked me in to going there for dinner this past Friday evening so I ordered the filet minion. It was awesome! Great tasting tender steaks and huge portions. I will certainly return again for a steak (just not the tamales).

The high prices lead you to have high expectations, right?
It’s a pretty limited dinner menu, but that’s okay with me. We split a huge Porterhouse, it was excellent, but aren’t most steaks? The accompanying fries were fine, the gumbo soup was basic. All in all, the food was fine, but not special. I suppose for the $$$ price range, I was expecting remarkable food. One of my kids ordered the tamales with chili, it was a third of the price and just as enjoyable as the steak.
While we were there, there were THREE drink/​dish drops! Kind of strange, right? One was in a doorway beside our table and it took 5 minutes to get cleaned up. Our service was in general slow, but pleasant.
It was an average experience, but coupled with the price, it had to be a 2-​star.

Food was awesome. Never seen steaks so big and still have great flavor, cooked to perfection. If you’re not a steak lover, there’s plenty other things on the menu you’ll enjoy. Our waiter was very friendly and attentive.

My husband and I went there this past Saturday and we were not fans. Every single item that came out was extremely salty. He had the steak and fries which were cooked well but ruined by salt as was my meal, the tamales and chili. I really don’t know why I ordered the tamales as I come from El Paso, Tx which borders Mexico and knew that Kentucky Mexican food was not to be trusted; they were extremely inauthentic, ruined by salt and the dough was not sticky enough and crumbled immediately when I touched them. The service was lackluster but not terrible. If we lived in Paducah we would not return.

Love going here. The steaks are amazing. Service can be on the slower side when busy, however that’s no issue.
I’ve been to the original family owned Does Eat Place in Greenville Mississippi. This location in paducah blows the original out of the water, also no need for armed security.
Try the Bone in Ribeye, grab an order of tamales and shrimp, you won’t be disappointed.
Good bar selection as well.

Food great however over priced staff incredibly rude seem to think perhaps only restaurant in town will not come here again this was their 2 nd chance will put up with alot but young kids being rude to my wife not one of them

The only reason I’m giving this two stars is because the steak was actually pretty good (I got the fillet). However, for a $ 60 meal (I got a glass of wine and the fillet that comes with salad and side) the service was not up to par. The entire time I was there I got the feeling that I was an inconvenience to the staff and that they just wanted to get me in and out. They brought out my salad and steak at the same time so that my steak just sat there while I was eating my salad. The waiters also kept running around with scowls on their faces as if they were late for a train, never stopping to chat with their customers. It felt more like a sports bar than fine dining… and I’m not knocking sports bars, just not paying $ 60 for my meal there either!
On to the food… wine was great. Got the house cab. (However my first glass had about 10 gnats in it when delivered to my table… they seemed annoyed that I asked for a new glass). Salad was bland and boring… tasted like premix lettuce from the store covered with olive oil. Steak was very good… pan seared like a nice fillet should be. Fries were not good.
Conclusion: steak was good, but not good enough to bring me back considering everything else.

Although pricey, this place is fantastic. My fiancé had been wanting to come here just based on the fact that they had humongous steaks. I had low expectations. I was assuming they would offer a giant sirloin, tough and probably overcooked. The menu surprised me, although I wasn’t thinking I would get quality great flavored beef. My fiancé ordered the 3 pound porterhouse (meant to be shared between two people, not us.) I wanted the ribeye but they were sold out (a good sign) so I opted for the big ol’ filet mignon.
Our food came out and I was astonished at how big they were. I was very pleasantly surprised that this was an absolutely fantastic steak. Flavored beautifully! I like mine medium rare plus (more on the rare side of medium) and it was beyond delicious. My fiancés was huge! His was also medium rare plus, and tasted great! My only complaint was that his had a good half pound or so of fat that had to be trimmed off. That, and the French fries weren’t all that great.
The salads and fried shrimp were both really good, too. We spent quite a bit of money, but it was well worth the experience. The ambiance was nice, very relaxed. Almost too relaxed. The servers were in just regular clothes, no uniform of any kind. I like the «come as you are» vibe, but for those prices, they could class it up a bit.
Overall– absolutely wonderful!

I came here with a friend based on the Unilocal reviews and I was VERY impressed with the quality and flavor of their filet Mignon and lobster tail. It was superb. It was slightly pricey but it was well worth it. They offer $ 3 mint Julips on Sunday, but you have to ask for it, as it’s not advertised. Our waiter Jim, was nice but took him an extremely long time to bring our appetizers, and at times he would not hear what we even asked for. Like I asked for different dressed because their house dressing tastes more like a bland ramekin of olive oil. The bread was delicious as it has pieces of garlic encrusted within its dough. Everything was amazing, service could’ve been better, but it was a very busy night and they seemed short staffed. Although, I noticed the people sitting at the bar, seemed to be serviced a lot faster. So sit there next time! ;)

Great food for sure! But the service was something to be desired. We were waited on by an older man who seemed flustered the whole time and always only heard half of what we requested (like us asking for mint juleps and water, he only brought us the juleps and said we didn’t ask for water when we know we did). However when the food came it nearly made all those random little problems seem worth it. Then we got our bill and another problem– he added the beers from the table next to us to our bill then tried to defend it. We had to quite literally go line by line with him until he saw his mistake and corrected it. I will go again but sit in the bar area. We had a clear view of that area and those patrons had prompt and correct service.

Pros: Authentic Tamales, Fresh cooked steak, the food is seriously good
Cons: pricey (unless you share with your table), menu is short and needs explanation, food takes a while to get out
I think the best part of my meal was the tamales. Be sure to get them with chili and unwrap their paper casing before you eat them! They are absolutely authentically delicious. The steaks come in huge sizes, so you’re better off to share them with your table. The steak was thick, and cooked exactly as ordered (medium rare). It was a little tough, but I think that was due to the thickness of the steak. Overall a positive, tasty experience!

I took my family here for my birthday. We arrived at 4:40 and were seated. Our waitress came and I said we needed one more minute. We didn’t see her for 15 minutes. When she came we ordered at around 5. Shortly afterwords our salads came out. They were very unimpressive. It was lettuce and three small vegetables. We got tamales and they were pretty boring, not quite like the reviews I had read about. Then at 6 our main meals came out. The table next to us arrived after we ordered and got their food 10 minutes before us. I got the bone in ribeye and it was really good. Maybe a 9 out of 10 good. It was better than many usda prime steakhouses I’ve been to. I also got some loaded French fries and they were good also. I was a little disappointed that there was no kind of bread before the meal. But at the end of the day I went here to try the steak and left a happy man.

The steaks are superb! The tamales are pretty good and paired with their chili it’s even better, although coming from a Hispanic background I’ve certainly had better tamales. Lunch menu is rock solid, burgers are great! Steak sandwich even better!
A must if you’re in Paducah!

Very disappointed, been several times & steak is excellent. We went in @ 3pm on Valentine’s Day. Several open tables but refused to seat us.

Worse $ 50 meal EVER!
The steak was nothing special other than ‘big’ and their bread seemed like it was 2 slices from a store bought loaf thrown in a frying pan (on one side). So if you are just looking to gorge yourself on red meat — knock yourself out, but be sure and bring the $$ cause you are going to pay dearly for it! Plus the atmosphere wasn’t quaint — it was just old.
I could have gone to Outback and gotten a better steak in a more appropriate portion, had homemade bread, and paid a lot less for it! What a rip-​off.

Frequent customer but tonight service was horrible and food was NOT up to standard.
3 of 6 meals were over cooked.
Busy night, but have staff to handle customers. My out of town business guest would probably not go back.
Come on folks, step up your game

I have been to the original Doe’s in Mississippi, this one has a different atmosphere but is just as delicious as I remember. My husband and I drove 3.5 hours to eat this steak and it was worth it! The tamales are yummy and a little spicy. The steaks are the best in the world! The fries are okay — but who cares — the steak is the reason to go there. The bread at the original Doe’s is cut different and much better. If you are near Paducah or even if you are not near, this place is worth the drive.