Mattie’s Catfish Kitchen & More

This is a neighborhood place that is really good. Food is a 5 star taste! It’s a food shack. A place to wear your cut offs and t– shirt, just chill and enjoy great deep fried food. Customer service is good. Prices are good. I have dine at some of the best restaurants and can cook, so if I say the food is great, it’s great. I have not tried the dirty rice yet but the chicken, fish, shrimp, fries are very good! They also have grill items that are pretty good. Try it? you will not regret it!

Good deep fried fish and shrimp! Grandma got a fish sandwich and I and got fish and shrimp. It was really good and fresh. Not sure why this place has so many low ratings. Give it a try. The fries were good as well. Called it in to go and it was ready when I got there. Will go back. Great customer service.

In my opinion, Mattie’s was one of the best food vendors who attended the Ziegenbock festival at Sam Houston Race Park last weekend.
There was a long line but their service was quick and organized. I ordered the fried catfish dinner for $ 10.00 and it came with 4 pieces of fried catfish, toast, and french fries. I added an Arnold Palmer (iced tea + lemonade) beverage for a couple more bucks.
The friend catfish was immediately breaded and tossed into the fryer as soon as I ordered it so I knew my food was going to be fresh and piping hot.
A couple of the catfish pieces were thin filets; however, the other two pieces were thicker and more substantial. I split this catfish dinner with 3 other people and we were all pretty satisfied with one piece of fish and some french fries. It was a nice «snack» for us but if I had ordered the catfish dinner for myself, I would have been absolutely stuffed. The seasoning on the fish had a «kick» to it but it wasn’t exactly Cajun nor spicy… It was almost just like a really good salt and pepper seasoning with a mixture of cornmeal and flour breading.
The breading was crispy and the filet was nice and flaky on the inside. I haven’t been to the actual restaurant but I am interested in trying more food from Mattie’s!

There is a wait as the food is cooked to order. It’s best to take it to go if you don’t have to drive far because they only have a few patio tables outside under the awning. There is no inside dining dining.
I was not crazy about the fish it didn’t seem like real catfish and the pieces were rather small. The shrimp were huge and delicious and the hush puppies were really good. I probably would not order the fish again, but I would definitely go back again for shrimp and hush puppies.

It’s a bit too hot to sit outside, under some sheets/​coverings, and at picnic tables. If you’re going here, get it to go. Food was average; really, we live on the Gulf Coast and it’s kind of hard to mess up fried chicken