Charlie's - Springfield

Best Fried Catfish!. Since I have lived my whole life in Southern Louisiana, I think of myself as a great time seafood lovers and know good or bad seafood when it serves me. During a recent visit to Charlie's I had the #2 fried seafood combo (catfish, shrimp, oysters filled crabs. The fried catfish was the first rate, had never better (forget about the inflated place on the road in Manchac, this fried catfish will hit everyone in N.O.! Fried shrimps were beautifully large and wonderfully spiced, the fried oysters were a little dry and small, but still tasteful and the filled crab was excellent and prepared the old-fashioned way in the actual crab shell (not this tinfoil thing with a perfect mix of spices. But back to catfish... extremely fresh, fried to order ( takes a little more time, but isn't that what you have come here far? , perfectly spiced/dreamed and a good thickness (I like thicker fillets...not the thin stuff that like nothing but fried dough and especially...greaseless! Next visit I will either the Wels/Shrimp combo or just a plate full of this wonderful fried catfish, indeed!!

Great food, everything!! We planned a trip from Prairieville to the restaurant Taste of Bavaria in Springfield when we found that they had closed. What a disappointment! Looking for Urbanspoon, we found Charlies and decided to try it. Yeah, it's loud and there's a little waiting, but boy, that food is from this world, all of it! My wife is very critical when it comes to food. She attacked Charlie's fried catfish. It tasted really different from the usual fried fish....as the oil was super clean and almost sweet. I ordered a grilled seafood plate and it was by far the best I ever had in a restaurant. The grilled oysters were delicious and the grilled catfish was great. Her grilled shrimps were also good. From all our restaurants, I'm gonna put Charlie at Number One. Philay moved to number two.

Best lunch special around, expensive? I'm not sure why I have seen this in a few reviews, maybe y'all should go hit the dollar menu at Mcds. Good value and great food. Not to mention you can can speak to Charlie or Marla whenever you have a problem.

I am sooooo so happy that we drove out to Charlie's! It was still busy at 8pm but we got seated pretty quick. The food was amazing!! The seafood platter was wayyyyy too much for me. I fed two small kids off of it and still had half left. Seriously. It was $28 but SPLIT it!!!! The service was friendly too, we got lucky and got a fun, bubbly waitress. We will be back!!!

Out standing. My wife and i have been coming here for about a yr now , and we love the food best see food,around. and the stake? will melt in your mouth huge and thick, if you leve hungry dont blam them lol your plate over run, staf has all ways been friendly and has even took time to stand and chat awile ,, now dont be in a herry when you get ther as ther is usely a wate but not all that long naver been over 20 min for us, parking is a bit tuff, at times , as for as price well i think it very fare, and as for me the qulity of the food is awsome , better then any were in baton rouge for sure, come give it a try and see for your self i think youll love it as well, keep up the good work charlie