Richard’s Boudin & Seafood Mart

Great seafood at great prices. Wonderful wait staff. They KNOW how to fry food! People might think it’s easy, but it is easier to screw it up than fry right! Shrimp po’ boy was hmm mm good! Husband had seafood platter. All was very good! Do not be thrown off by less than lux appearance, this place is clean and serves up some of the best seafood we have ever had and we travel a lot!

Not a good time. First time at this site and stood in the doorway waiting for some kind of direction. Do we sit ourselves or do we wait to be seated. After 10 mins of waiters and staff looking at us we decided to seat ourselves. This may have been the right move. Not sure. Got or tap water drinks and proceeded to order 7 pounds of crawfish and fried mushrooms. Mushrooms were very tasty and really enjoyed them. The crawfish on the other hand were mediocre, and thats being generous. Half my crawfish were mushy and dead before they were boiled. Oddly about a dozen of the crawfish tasted like diesel fuel and were not edible. When I told the staff I was told sorry with no solution. Like sorry our crawfish are not to your standards, deal with it. Not a fan of Richards. Should have stuck with the crawfish joints that we were used to. Probably won’t come back.

Good gumbo, horrible everything else, especially service. The staff is overwhelmed when busy, maybe that’s why they’re so unfriendly.

Love their boudin!

Good food… the shrimp & Oyster po boy was yummy
Place is outdated and not laid out very well, but the food is tasty!
Staff is pretty helpful and the spicy catsup is awesome.

Love the shrimp poboy, fried gator bites, crab fingers, boudin balls, and seafood pistolettes. Thought it was strange that they didn’t have remoulade sauce at a Cajun seafood place. Good for a quick lunch with family. Fair prices. The building is nothing fancy. Also has a meat-​market counter at the entrance. (didn’t have room for dessert)

Originally being from Detroit I had to be taught that the name was pronounced «Rishard’s», not Richard’s.
It’s super dumpy inside, really old and bordering on dirty. The food is all fried except for the gumbo’s and étouffée’s and frankly, I thought everything was terrible, the boudin balls, the catfish and the pistolettes. I heard that this place was good before, but is going downhill.
I also hear that Sausage Link is the place to go to now, but, I have never been so this is just hearsay.

The boudin had a great flavor and texture. The folks running the place were very friendly. Drive past all of the national franchise places for really good food. Maybe 10 minutes off of I-​10.

Didn’t try the boudin, so that might be a discounting factor in my review. But everything we did have was lackluster, and pretty expensive for a «local lunch/​diner food» type place. The service was great and very friendly, but the sandwiches we got were not very enjoyable. Not worth $ 20 for a drink and two sandwiches, one of which was unfinishable. Maybe serve less stuff and focus on the good things? One star for food, but excellent service and perhaps good boudin, so two it is.

Great boudin! We enjoyed the food here, and their coconut pie slice was huge and delicious.

Sometimes, you just gotta have some real Cajun food, without going to a lot of trouble to get it and without spending a lot of money. If you’re way in the southwest corner, then Richard’s will work.
It did for us. I found a listing for Richard’s in a book about where to have real Cajun food, suggested it to my hunny for our trip into SWLA, and there we were. It was a while ago, I don’t remember what I had, but I remember that it was good. As usual, I finished up what my wife couldn’t, I think she had non-​spicy boudin.
It felt real, too. Now, I’m fine with the gussied-​up atmosphere of Prejeans, don’t get me wrong. But you get a place like this that puts its profits more into the grub than into the frou-​frou. It looks like a place where the locals go, a hangout place for friends, and me not being a local, I’d rather go to *that* kind of place than a tourist trap. Especially SWLA, I was listening for anyone speaking French or telling a Boudreaux joke (didn’t hear anyone).
So yeah, it’s a simple place that works well, with food I could get stuffed on.

I was in the mood for some boudin, so me and my four year old stopped here on the way to visit family in the area. He ordered the kids chicken strip dinner and I got a few pounds of boudin to share when I got where I was going.
The boudin was pretty smooth, which is to say there wasn’t any real chunks of meat enclosed, just lots of wonderfully pulverized pieces of meat with plenty of ricey goodness and small bits of green onion throughout. Overall, the boudin was pretty good if you enjoy a meatier boudin. It is about half meat and half rice in my amateur opinion. The casing was moist and not easily breached. Had a nice flavor with a spiciness that crept up on you while eating, but never overpowered the taste to become too hot. The price is fair with comparable boudin joints I’ve been to.
The chicken strip dinner was surprisingly very good. I half expected something bought frozen or prepared in advance. What he was served was fresh chicken breast, cut into strips, breaded and fried. 2^nd place to Raising Canes as far as the strips go. The fries were standard fair that is served almost everywhere.
Located on Highway 90, which is also called Napoleon Street through Sulphur, Richards Seafood & Boudin Mart is exactly as the name implies. They have a long cold glass case with shrimp, catfish, boudin and sometimes gator meat. Definitely has a «locals eat here» feel. Very nice people behind the counter and the order was fairly quick to come up. I hear the crawfish étouffée is pretty good. May have to make another trip to try a po-​boy also.
In my opinion, this place is between 3 and 4 stars with a 3.5. I just will end up with a 3 star rating because of the location and ambiance.

Took Brendon’s advice and stopped by here to get my boudin fix. Didn’t have time for a sit down meal so we took 2 lbs of boudin to go. Really tasty — one of the best I’ve had. Super cheap! Boudin was $ 2.99/lb!
Will have to come back to try the food someday.

«Rishard», not Richard.
This is legit cajun. It was actually built on my family’s land. All of my uncles grew up picking vegetables and whatnot after school on this property.
It’s kinda dumpy inside. The food, however, is great. The boudin is really tasty and so are the pistolettes. Also, the food is super cheap.
You can get here quite easily if you are on your way to the casinos in Lake Charles.
Don’t half step. Purchase one of their sick T-​shirts.