Cajun Restaurants near Portage, MI

“Food is good but an overall odd experience, like a Tarantino movie. Whole place was empty, except for us and 1 other couple which they placed 2 feet away from us. Spread the customers out guys, yes the server has to walk a couple feet farther but it's better for the customer. Waited all summer and fall for this place to open, but turns out it was open the whole time and we just didn't know it because the building was overrun by weeds and branches everywhere, including the big OPEN banner so we thought someone was trying to open it but it didn't work out, turns out they were open just left it looking like a foreclosed property with a perpetually empty parking lot, lol, super weird. It's kinda cleaned up now outside, so if u drive by the mall in Portage and see this place with an empty parking lot, they ARE open now. And the whole Asian hibachi menu combined with the Cajun seafood menu was weird, but the crawfish, shrimp, and crab cakes were pretty good. Just weird being the only customers in the building and looking out the window and seeing hundreds of cars next door in the mall and movie theater parking lots, especially when u consider this is the Brann's building which was always busy but at least we got the best parking spot in the lot! But weird being the only ones there, then another couple walks in and they seat them right next to us, like 2 feet away! And then waited for 20-25 minutes to pay our bill with only 1 other table in the whole building while the dude was eating his food like 6 feet away from us and the other customer. They must REALLY be proud of that little area of the building cause we were all cuddled up there. And when we leave there are only 2 cars in the lot, 1 of which belonged to the other customers I assume, soooo, are there even employees in there or was it all just a dream? How on earth is this place paying the property taxes and insurance and overhead for this place, none of it makes sense. All I can say is food is good (all Cajun food is good) but I'm not sure if we ate at a real restaurant or just left a Tarantino movie set or maybe we imagined it all. Having said all that, I'll be back cause I would crawl through a sewer to get ahold of good Cajun crawfish, the rest of it doesn't really matter.“

“Googled restaurants in Kalamazoo and Cookie's was on the list. The words Cajun and Creole jumped out at us. My favorite! Food was Amazing!!! We'll definitely be returning for more! A hidden gem for sure!!! Thank you!“

“This place is amazing! The best Cajun food I have had since being in New Orleans! The service and food was amazing!“

“Food is delicious, staff is friendly, service is fast. Unfortunately it has a fast food decor/vibe that takes away from the rest of the experience. I was looking forward to a more intimate atmosphere.“