Rice Palace

Stopped here for early lunch gumbo and salad buffet. Very tasty. Does not offer any military or senior discount however.

For the price, this place is superb. Home cooking done well. I’m from south Louisiana and this place has the best jambalaya and gumbo that I’ve ever had at a restaurant. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by everything I’ve eaten here. Wonderful flavor in every dish. Don’t let the location (it’s attached to a truck stop off of I-​10) dissuade you.
Great for families.
Also great for travelers passing through.

Stopped by quick lunch here by I-​10 exit 80. It’s a truck stop/​restaurant/​casino .The restaurant is open for 24 hours, buffet, full bar, and conjoined casino area (just video poker machine) next to restaurant. The food taste pretty good .
Appetizer :stuffed buffalo chicken bites is delicious, crab cake also delicious
I ordered exit-​80 burger (¼ lbs) w corn nuggets, my husband ordered classic Rubin sandwich. Both were juicy and delicious. Inside is clean and quick service .
Server was nice and friendly. Definitely come back again.

Can’t beat the Sunday buffet! Bar-​B-​Q chicken is cooked to perfection and the pork steaks can be cut with your fork! The rice dressing with pork & beans, green beans and sweet potatoes are very good and tasty. Friendly staff, and top it off with a ice cream cone, kids will love it!

We had the club sandwich, sweet potato, cheese curds, french fries, and the salad bar. The mixed green lettuce as rotten at the salad bar :(
Average place for the above, but way below average for the salad bar!

I have several go to stops along the I-​10 corridor, and the Rice Palace is one of my favorites. They have a good size truck parking area in the rear of the building. Lots of seating, and it has always been clean every time I’ve been here. Service is friendly, and the food is great.

Great find and a better breakfast at exit 80 I-​10 in Crowley, La. Big paved lot in back for truck parking. My Cajun omelette was stuffed with crawfish. Tasty!

I had the Western omelette. Prices for breakfast are very fair. Service was fast. The only negative is the stale smoke smell from the casino next door. Hopefully they fixed that aspect.

This really is s hidden treasure ! We had a late lunch. I ordered a hamburger which was excellent. My husband had crawfish étouffée It was the best thing I have ever tasted! The servings were generous and the wait staff friendly. I would like to go back to try the buffet

Service was slow, but food was great! You’d never expect the food to be as good in this interstate diner. If passing through id go back for sure!

Quite a nice find! Service was friendly and efficient. When my husband told our server McKenzie that I wanted to try everything, she offered to bring some samples. But we were able to pick a few dishes without that but it was such a kind and unexpected offer.
We split a fried shrimp po’boy, onion rings, red beans & rice with a side of cornbread, chicken & sausage gumbo, and pork jambalaya — all were very good. My favorite was the gumbo — delicious dark roux with a little heat, rich and not greasy. The onion rings were up there with the best ever — light & crispy. I prefer pinto to kidney beans but the beans& rice had a great smoky flavor. The jambalaya was top-​notch even though it did not have the usual ‘trinity’ — tender well-​seasoned chunks of pork scattered throughout delicious rice.
All priced well — this feast cost us less than $ 20! We’ll be back!

Great Cajun food with friendly service. Nice place to stop between Houston and Baton Rouge. Buffet gives quick option for lunch. Try some of the specials such as seafood sauce piquant.

It’s visible from I-​10, in a rather isolated area, on the long drive from NOLA to Houston. It’s open 24 hours a day, and it’s attached to a casino (and a gas station, if memory serves.) I pulled in on a rainy Monday night at 11:30 PM.
The ambiance was very strange to me. It’s dark inside and there is a checkerboard-​tile floor. The dining room looks like an 80’s-era drop-​ceiling remodel, but I think the thing that lends the most weirdness is the glow of the slot machine lights from the other room, which is separated from the dining room by a gas station-​style glass door. My style of dress stuck out a little bit (most of the clientele was what I think of as stereotypical ‘lumberjack’ Cajuns, whereas I’m standard big-​city hipster) but the servers and the people at other tables were all friendly.
It appears that there is a buffet option, but on this cold, damp evening I knew exactly what I wanted without even looking at the menu: Chicken&Sausage Gumbo, Rice, Cornbread, Coffee.
The gumbo is, hands down, the best I have ever had. I prefer a gumbo that is earthy and pungent, with a fairly thin broth, and just a little bit of grease floating on the top. It was absolutely flawless. The rice was perfectly cooked also. It was soft but each stubby grain had a bit of «snap» to it. The cornbread was moist and heavy, but not sweet, and it also had a slight earthy flavor to it.
On the way out, I was telling the cashier that this is the kind of gumbo that I always imagine I can get in NOLA, but nothing there comes close. She told me that NOLA cuisine is typically Creole (city food, expensive ingredients), and that their style is Cajun (country food, whatever ingredients were on hand).

The best chicken and sausage gumbo on earth! The seafood gumbo is okay too, but nothing to crow about. The crawfish bisque is not one of my faves, but it is tasty enough. The prices are a steal and the food is consistent.
My heart is broken that they’ve recently taken off the eggplant arcadia or whatever it was called. I have never had better eggplant and I’m a bit of an afficianado.
Get the Cat Trap, amazing fried catfish, order it with the crawfish etoufee on the side rather than poured over it and pick the rice dressing as your side. Spicy andouille filled rice that will have you asking, «Who dat?»
Not fancy, and not convenient, but well worth the stop!

Ohhhhhh man! Hidden GEM! I wouldn’t say it’s in the middle of nowhere, but let’s just say, it’s a bit out of the way. And a metropolitan area is not a close distance. We hit upon this place when we were driving from TX to FL.
The gumbo? AWESOME. A tiny bit greasy, but oh, so delicious! The pork jambalaya? Get OUT of here! Couldn’t believe the taste explosion happening in my mouth. DAMMIT, WHY AM I WRITING THIS REVIEW WHEN I HAVEN’T HAD BREAKFAST?! I’M STARVING NOW! We also had the oyster po-​boy and man, let me just go ahead and be understated and call it ‘tasty’. Go ahead and try it yourself.
We actually think about this place a lot, and at some point, we might be tempted to drive 3+ hours out of town just to get this food. They ARE open 24 hours, you know.

Excellent local cuisine. They have a great Sunday buffet especially on BBQ days. They also have the best chicken and sausage gumbo I have ever tasted.