Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen
This lively seafood shanty attracts families and Creole cravers with its fresh catch fixes.
(224) 265-0573
798 W Algonquin Rd
(at Elmhurst Road)
Arlington Heights,
IL
60005
42.051376
-87.993772
Reviews & Ratings for Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen
15 reviews
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Terrible
Contributor
February 18, 2008
My overall experience here was not up to my expectations. The food quality was poor, service was terrible. This place was poorly managed. I would not recommend eating here.
Decent Cajun seafood
by colinsilveira
August 05, 2007
Pappadeaux serves us pretty good Cajun flavored seafood. The service is very good but the restaurant semms to be overcrowded and noisy. The interior decor does not lend itself to a good dining experience. The food itself comes in large portions (as usual) and everything seemed fresh and seasoned. Overall it was a good dining experience.
Terrible service, mediocre food.
by terries
March 31, 2007
Based upon the good reviews that I read on this, and other sites, my husband and I took a friend who was visiting from the UK, to Pappadeaux's. Once we were seated, we waited for fifteen minutes before the waiter showed up. I ordered a cocktail before the meal--which arrived twenty minutes later with my sandy and lukewarm chowder. There was no bread brought to our table until we were almost done with our soup--which was ultimately no great loss, because it was over-soft, and chewy, as if it had been microwaved. I ordered the New Orleans fillet--a tilapia--which was a nice enough piece of fish, but covered in a gloppy sauce. Very overpriced. My husband ordered fried catfish which was fine and our friend ordered shrimp creole which had lots of shrimp but was nothing special. We ordered some mixed vegetables to go with our meal which we had to chase the waiter down to get. We had to chase them down for everything. We were very embarrassed to have taken our friend there and we will never go back.
Pappadeaux by Teresa F. at InsiderPages
Contributor
January 15, 2007
This is a wonderful seafood/cajun restaurant with some really good food. I had their lobster bisque, which wasn't on the menu, but they made it anyway and it was the best bisque that I have ever had. Just a little hot kick, with lumps of big lobster - it was sooo good. The prices are a little high, but nice atmosphere and easy parking.
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by velvetbug011
August 14, 2006
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Always returning
by luvoffood
March 10, 2006
This place is fantastic, both my wife and I enjoy it each return we have made.
Try the Fondou appetizer...its great.
You must always experience the "Swamp-Thing" when you arrive.
If you plan on taking kids, do not take them on a Friday or Saturday night, overwhelming packed sometimes.
We visit early when the kids are with us.
Excellent desserts by D. L. at InsiderPages
Contributor
November 27, 2005
It seems like many restaurants have good food but they do not have particularly good desserts, you could take or leave the desserts. But at Pappadeaux there is a dessert for everyone. Everyone I have eaten there with has ordered something different and they all love the dessert they ordered. They have a huge dessert selection. I would practically never leave this restaurant without having dessert. You can also buy the sauces they put on their fish dishes so you can cook with them at home--it was about $16 for a quart the last time I was there.
I recently went there for a holiday brunch; they served pancakes and waffles, omelettes to order, muffins, fruit salad, Caesar salad, fried chicken, fried catfish, blackened catfish, slices of roast beef and lamb, some rice dishes, a fried potato dish, peel and eat shrimp. It was okay. I actually picked up two dishes that were too dirty to eat on. The blackened catfish was in a heavy cream sauce that looked delicious but had no flavor. I piled shrimp on my plate, but only ate 2 of them--they weren't tasty or particularly good, and I guess I wasn't in the mood for peel-and-eat. They appeared unable to keep the food trays replenished--I was constantly seeing empty trays or getting the last morsel of something--particularly, the salads; if you missed the blackened catfish, you were out of luck because they put out salmon in a mustard sauce instead after awhile. One person I was with said, let me go get some (salad, potatoes or whatever) before they run out . . .. Also, they didn't have things labeled; after we left, 2 of the people I was with said they didn't know there was fried chicken and that they would have had some if they had known it was being served. Maybe it's that you get what you pay for, it was only $21.95 (dessert not included), but they could have done better at keeping the food replenished even at
Mmmm Lobster by Douglas Y. at InsiderPages
Contributor
August 28, 2005
What can i say, Pappadeaux is awesome. Home of the $44.99 all you can eat Thursday Lobster night. Where they serve you whole lobsters until you can eat no more. And believe me, once you try it, you have to wait about half a year until you wanna eat lobster again. Be sure to make a researvation as the wait for a table on Thurs can be as long as 2 hours.
This lively seafood shanty attracts families and Creole cravers with its fresh catch fixes.
by Jennifer Olvera
August 26, 2005
In Short
Nautical decor and a N'awlins vibe prevail at this boisterous chain known for its family-friendly atmosphere. Fried alligator is a popular beginner when available. Oysters Pappadeaux with crabmeat, spinach and hollandaise sauce offers an alternative. Gumbo, po boys, shrimp etouffee and crawfish are among the entree essentials. Desserts include bread pudding with bourbon sauce, sweet potato pecan pie and praline cheesecake.
More expensive than other seafood places by Jackie G. at InsiderPages
Contributor
June 06, 2005
Pappadeaux is more expensive than other seafood restaurants in the area, but their menu is a bit more varied, which makes up for it a little bit. They have good appetizers, and their dishes have a cajun twist.
