Sal and Phil’s

Terrible service very slow and the waiter did not know the menu. Will never come back! The waiter did not check on us at all. Never refilled our drinks. We waited a hour for the food. The experience was terrible. The food was cold. I could tell the food was sitting there for a long time the batter was soggy.

Sal and Phils got a makeover! I walked in and was lost.
One of my favorite Jackson area spots for seafood and PoBoys expanded to include a bar and a bigger dining room.
It really looks great and opened the place up.
The good news is they did not change the food. Still great. Still fresh.

One of the best seafood platters you can get in our area. Everything else seems a little overpriced but you can’t really blame them. The economy makes it hard to stay in business I’m sure. Simply put, if I have the pocket and craving for REAL seafood, I come here.

I miss this place, I ate there for years and the Po-​Boys are the best. I must put Sal & Phils on my list for my next visit to Mississippi,

Crab legs and shrimp seasoned perfectly. Poboys are simply the best around. Service is lacking just a bit, but the food makes me keep coming back. Great place to get your grub on for great seafood.

Excellent food! I’m usually not one for fried food, but when in Rome…
I ordered the grouper PO Boy. The grouper was Fresh and perfectly fried. The bread was soft, yet the perfect texture.
The only reason I’m giving 4 stars instead of 5 is because of the French fries. If you serve such excellent sandwiches, why slack on the fries? I was expecting fresh cut, perfectly fried French fries — sitting next to my fresh, perfectly fried grouper sandwich. The fries were an epic fail in comparison!
4 stars, nonetheless. This place is a must-​visit if you’re Ridegland, MS.

Excellent seafood at the right price. The atmosphere does not approach that of the Mayflower or Crechale’s, but I’ll put Sal & Phil’s seafood up against either one any day. It is that good, and about ½ the price. Plus it is laid back, informal and you can stuff yourself with a boat of crawfish while your friend is dining on a perfectly glazed broiled redfish.

Crayfish boot was very good: spicy and satisfying. Beer selection was also very nice. The other meals we had looked equally yummy and portions were sizeable. They lost 1 star for a fairly limited menu, especially when you remove the fried foods. The lost the other star for a poor excuse for a salad bar and pre-​packaged (bagged) silverware.

Crawfish are big and spiced perfectly. Not a huge fan of crawfish but love them here. The thirty shrimp and a boat of crawfish, perfect end to a week!

Here’s the deal… you don’t appreciate a good Po Boy until you move away to Texas and they just THINK they know how to make a Po Boy. Sad Sad Sad, I tell ya’. The secret is the bread. Nobody makes the bread like they do in New Orleans… oh wait… snap…Sal & Phil’s gets their bread from… drum roll please… NEW ORLEANS. From one of the two remaining bakeries that make the real deal. Oh my goodness the Roast Beef Po Boy… dressed…was amazingly sloppy and good! Had to park in back at lunch time… but well worth it! Huge portion.

Great portions at great prices. As good as you can get 150 miles off the coast.

My co-​workers and I found this place by accident. We were originally going to the restaurant next door, but we weren’t dressed for it (white table cloths). I saw the sign that said ‘boiled crawfish’ and that was it! I love this place! Every time I am in town for work, I will go out of my way to come here and I am not alone. When my co-​workers came back into town again a month later, we hit this place at least 3 nights. The crawfish are spicy and amazing, the raw oysters are so fresh and clean, the hushpuppies are tasty and not greasy. This place converted a guy into an oyster loving/​crawfish eating machine after the first time he every tried either! In fact, one of my co-​workers got a fried platter, and it was all great… not greasy or heavy for fried food. The staff is friendly and great, and we have never had bad service. Just went back again tonight, and I repeat… LOVE THIS PLACE!

Quality has degradated and service has gotten very slow. Staff is not accomdating at all in making suggestions or insuring that your order is correct. I drove past 3 other seafood restaurant to go to this one to suffer a bad experience.

If I could gave 3.5 stars, I would have because Sal and Phil’s is descent.
They are not the best or the worse restaurant in Jackson area, but the are pretty descent.
I’ve been going there for years, so the kids that work there are familiar with me as I am with them.
If I had to recommend a dish or two, I would say get the Royal Reds, Crawfish (fried or boiled) and last but not least– their BBQ shrimp. Deannie’s in New Orleans claims to make the best, but I really think Sal & Phil’s is waaaaaaaaaay better. Matter of fact, the last time we went there I ordered two batches.
Their fried stuff can be a little salty at times, but not where the food is not edible — but salty to where you will need some cold beer to wash it down.
All in all, my family are regulars there.

We always enjoy our food at Sal & Phil’s. I’m a native of the Mississippi Coast and they have the best shrimp po-​boy in the Jackson area, in my opinion. We also enjoy their crawfish and royal reds.
HOWEVER, their service tends to be on the «just ok» side. I know we would go more often if the service was better and slow service might be a turn-​off to some people.

Service ok. Gumbo excellent. Crawfish good. Shrimp Po Boy good, not the best but good enough for landlubbers. I had a muffelotta. Can’t wait to get to NO to get the real thing. It is a dive and a very cute one at that. Felt like I was at a real fish camp.

Sal and phil’s is the BEST place for authentic shrimp Po Boys! We also get the 30 piece boiled shrimp. Re: the Po-​Boys: bread is great, the shrimp is fresh and crispy, hot and juicy, and we just had a great meal there last week and again a couple days ago. We had gone to another place on old canton rd called Crabs Seafood or something that had gotten better ratings than sal and phil’s but it was awful. Not fresh and fish smelled old and tasted old. At Sal & Phils there are a couple of younger guys managing the place now and they really care. I will be going back.

I have eaten here for years. Since phil passed away and Sal has been ill, young managers seem to be running the place. The food quality has plummeted. The service is non existent and it is less than clean. My meal, which is the same thing I almost always order was so fishy it was borderline rotten. The manager told me I did not know what I was talking about. I told him to please let me pay my bill and leave. I came straight home and wanted to warn the people, especially the ones thinking the «living social» coupon is a great deal, to run, don’t walk to a Captain D’s if you want better food and service.

A co-​worker who is a local took me here, it is local hole in the wall type place but the food was good. The appearance might turn you away but get past it and enjoy the food. The place was was older but clean.
I had a salad and the Royal Reds, they were great. The shrimp were large and very clean. If I lived in the area I could easily be a regular.

Best seafood lunch in town!
Try the snapper for lunch or fried shrimp
Nights are good for the royal red shrimp
Great Old Style Neighborhood Seafood Joint
New Menus… New Flat TVs