Didn’t eat here because when we arrived at 6:30pm (said online that they open at 4pm), no one was there. The door was unlocked but no soul in sight.
Raul Jimenez
Gumbo was great. Excellent dirty rice but the 3 cheeses grits and shrimp is off the chain good. My compliments to the chef.
Markarious Richard
While working at Mansfield Park Ground Zero music festival, Kevin Lively took excellent care of us and the entire festival. RESPECT to him and his tremendous food...THANKS!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
John MacDonald
Great food and friendly service. The gumbo is SO good it won the People's Choice award two years running at the KNON 89.3 FM Mardi Gras Gumbo Party & Cookoff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish Basket with Hush Puppies French Fries, Shrimp and Grits, Gumbo, Catfish
Rebecca Troxclair
Delicious gumbo & veggies!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Candice Taylor
OMG!! They have the best catfish in the DFW area ?. Food is served fresh, hot, & efficiently. The service is also great. If you're ever in the area, I recommend you check it out. From now on, this is my go-to spot for catfish. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish Basket with Hush Puppies French Fries, Beignets
Emma Wilson
My husband and I spent the day at the lake, got hungry and needed to find some quick easy food. We found this on google and were so happy we did! We love Cajun food and this food was next level. Everything was hot and fresh and we were well taken care of. We will definitely be coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gumbo, Fried Crawfish
Troy Murphy
Very cute place with a Lakeview in a very obscure location. The food is good and reasonably priced. It is a BYOB venue, so plan accordingly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Gumbo
Bob Beste
You really should not miss going there. Food is great and the people are friendly. Haven't enjoyed a place as much as "Chimes" on the north shore in Louisiana.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
LnM Grappe
We had the Catfish and let me tell you it WAS AMAZING. If you are looking for a great place to eat you owe it to yourself to give them a try. It was Yummy ??? 5/5
This was the best of the best during our stay in Texas so far.The owners were the sweetest hosts, pricing the most authentic Cajun I've tasted outside of Louisiana.Gumbo is a must. As is fat Tuesday! We will come again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish Basket with Hush Puppies French Fries, Shrimp and Grits, Gumbo
Almar Haas
Excellent food! Super friendly people there, great atmosphere!
Great food and excellent service. Best fried catfish we’ve ever had. The gumbo has turned me into a fan! Gator Balls, hush puppies and fries were also delicious!! Do yourself a favor and get out to Mrs Lively’s Cajun Konnection soon!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gumbo, Catfish, Gator Balls
Lyndia Smidt
We recently visited Ms Lively, turned out to be day she was preparing for her 75th Birthday Celebration, and it was terrific.The atmosphere, the food and the service was excellent.You would have thought we were the only persons in the restaurant.Kevin, the owner's son, attended to every table detail making our selection and options to the menu an experience with his knowledge of the Cajun traditions food and what I'd call Tex-jun recipes.Kenny, the man behind the scenes and oversought the kitchen watched carefully to see what ever was needed was provided, Even down to the purple onion.To the city slickers and foodies, my husband a true conosure who has eaten at most of the great restaurants and knows many of the Best chefs found the service delightful and entertaining.Thought to be a little drive, it is worthy of the drive. Try it!Wheelchair accessibility: 2 ramps for wheelchairs, the back one a little steep but they were more then ready to assist in any way.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish Basket with Hush Puppies French Fries, Shrimp and Grits, Dirty Rice, Fried Green Tomatoes, Gumbo, Catfish, Hush Puppies
Don A
My son and I tried out Mrs. Lively's yesterday evening and had a wonderful experience! Being a native from Louisiana and an active cook myself, I am very selective and critical of Cajun cuisine outside of Southern Louisiana. The menu served all of the typical fare you would expect, and we ordered a variety of dishes, all which exceeded expectations. I would suggest just ordering various starters and a main course to split to maximize the samplings. We started with the Lagniappe, which had perfectly fried green tomatoes topped with fried crawfish tails and shrimp. The "Cajun Glaze" that they used had a slight kick with Asian tones - the key is that the glaze did not compromise the crispiness of the fried food. The tomatoes and glaze were the stars of this dish. My son ordered some additional glaze on the side for our main course. We also ordered a bowl of gumbo - the roux was perfectly cooked and the sausage/chicken was sufficient. The Natchitoches meat pies were superb and tasted like I remember eating in Natchitoches as a kid - they were the smaller versions, but four to an order. For our main course, we went with the seafood basket and added the crawfish. The star of this dish was the fried catfish - the owner explained how they marinade it to enhance the flavor and the cornmeal breading was absolutely perfect - none of the seafood was greasy at all. I could just eat pounds of that catfish!! We also split a bread pudding for dessert and it was nuanced with apples, which I hadn't seen before. It was very moist and went down smooth. We are looking forward to going back tonight to meet the owner's mamma (it's her birthday and they're having a buffet!!). The owner was wonderful, honest and very proud of his cooking - max stars for ambience, atmosphere, and quality of food. Laissez les bon temps rouler!!
Didn’t eat here because when we arrived at 6:30pm (said online that they open at 4pm), no one was there. The door was unlocked but no soul in sight.
Gumbo was great. Excellent dirty rice but the 3 cheeses grits and shrimp is off the chain good. My compliments to the chef.
While working at Mansfield Park Ground Zero music festival, Kevin Lively took excellent care of us and the entire festival. RESPECT to him and his tremendous food...THANKS!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food and friendly service. The gumbo is SO good it won the People's Choice award two years running at the KNON 89.3 FM Mardi Gras Gumbo Party & Cookoff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish Basket with Hush Puppies French Fries, Shrimp and Grits, Gumbo, Catfish
Delicious gumbo & veggies!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
OMG!! They have the best catfish in the DFW area ?. Food is served fresh, hot, & efficiently. The service is also great. If you're ever in the area, I recommend you check it out. From now on, this is my go-to spot for catfish. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish Basket with Hush Puppies French Fries, Beignets
My husband and I spent the day at the lake, got hungry and needed to find some quick easy food. We found this on google and were so happy we did! We love Cajun food and this food was next level. Everything was hot and fresh and we were well taken care of. We will definitely be coming back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gumbo, Fried Crawfish
Very cute place with a Lakeview in a very obscure location. The food is good and reasonably priced. It is a BYOB venue, so plan accordingly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Gumbo
You really should not miss going there. Food is great and the people are friendly. Haven't enjoyed a place as much as "Chimes" on the north shore in Louisiana.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We had the Catfish and let me tell you it WAS AMAZING. If you are looking for a great place to eat you owe it to yourself to give them a try. It was Yummy ??? 5/5
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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This was the best of the best during our stay in Texas so far.The owners were the sweetest hosts, pricing the most authentic Cajun I've tasted outside of Louisiana.Gumbo is a must. As is fat Tuesday! We will come again!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish Basket with Hush Puppies French Fries, Shrimp and Grits, Gumbo
Excellent food! Super friendly people there, great atmosphere!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Okra, Dirty Rice, Gumbo, Catfish
Great food and excellent service. Best fried catfish we’ve ever had. The gumbo has turned me into a fan! Gator Balls, hush puppies and fries were also delicious!! Do yourself a favor and get out to Mrs Lively’s Cajun Konnection soon!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Gumbo, Catfish, Gator Balls
We recently visited Ms Lively, turned out to be day she was preparing for her 75th Birthday Celebration, and it was terrific.The atmosphere, the food and the service was excellent.You would have thought we were the only persons in the restaurant.Kevin, the owner's son, attended to every table detail making our selection and options to the menu an experience with his knowledge of the Cajun traditions food and what I'd call Tex-jun recipes.Kenny, the man behind the scenes and oversought the kitchen watched carefully to see what ever was needed was provided, Even down to the purple onion.To the city slickers and foodies, my husband a true conosure who has eaten at most of the great restaurants and knows many of the Best chefs found the service delightful and entertaining.Thought to be a little drive, it is worthy of the drive. Try it!Wheelchair accessibility: 2 ramps for wheelchairs, the back one a little steep but they were more then ready to assist in any way.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish Basket with Hush Puppies French Fries, Shrimp and Grits, Dirty Rice, Fried Green Tomatoes, Gumbo, Catfish, Hush Puppies
My son and I tried out Mrs. Lively's yesterday evening and had a wonderful experience! Being a native from Louisiana and an active cook myself, I am very selective and critical of Cajun cuisine outside of Southern Louisiana. The menu served all of the typical fare you would expect, and we ordered a variety of dishes, all which exceeded expectations. I would suggest just ordering various starters and a main course to split to maximize the samplings. We started with the Lagniappe, which had perfectly fried green tomatoes topped with fried crawfish tails and shrimp. The "Cajun Glaze" that they used had a slight kick with Asian tones - the key is that the glaze did not compromise the crispiness of the fried food. The tomatoes and glaze were the stars of this dish. My son ordered some additional glaze on the side for our main course. We also ordered a bowl of gumbo - the roux was perfectly cooked and the sausage/chicken was sufficient. The Natchitoches meat pies were superb and tasted like I remember eating in Natchitoches as a kid - they were the smaller versions, but four to an order. For our main course, we went with the seafood basket and added the crawfish. The star of this dish was the fried catfish - the owner explained how they marinade it to enhance the flavor and the cornmeal breading was absolutely perfect - none of the seafood was greasy at all. I could just eat pounds of that catfish!! We also split a bread pudding for dessert and it was nuanced with apples, which I hadn't seen before. It was very moist and went down smooth. We are looking forward to going back tonight to meet the owner's mamma (it's her birthday and they're having a buffet!!). The owner was wonderful, honest and very proud of his cooking - max stars for ambience, atmosphere, and quality of food. Laissez les bon temps rouler!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5