Area Lakes Catfish
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About Area Lakes Catfish
Located in Lufkin, Area Lakes Catfish offers a warm, casual dining experience centered on comfort food made fresh to order. Guests praise the simple yet satisfying menu featuring locally sourced catfish, shrimp, frog legs, and alligator. The kitchen ensures high-quality ingredients, with live crawfi...
Located in Lufkin, Area Lakes Catfish offers a warm, casual dining experience centered on comfort food made fresh to order. Guests praise the simple yet satisfying menu featuring locally sourced catfish, shrimp, frog legs, and alligator. The kitchen ensures high-quality ingredients, with live crawfish noted for their freshness and excellent value. Beyond the kitchen, the friendly staff delivers attentive service, often greeting guests with genuine smiles. This family-friendly spot provides free parking and convenient takeout options, making it an ideal destination for locals and tourists alike seeking authentic regional flavors in a welcoming atmosphere.
What Customers Say About Area Lakes Catfish
Area Lakes Catfish is highly praised for its fresh, high-quality seafood, especially the catfish and fried shrimp. Customers consistently highlight the friendly service and affordable prices. A few negative reviews mention rude service from a specific employee.
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Tip: The crawfish are fresh and lively, with very few dead ones per bag, making it the best place in town to buy them.
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Area Lakes Catfish is located in Lufkin, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.
Historical Heritage
- Russell-Arnold House (A 643m) — building in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
- Behannon-Kenley House (A 884m) — house at 317 Shephard St. Lufkin, Texas Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
- Lufkin Land-Long Bell-Buck House (A 897m) — building in Lufkin, Angelina County, Texas Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
Religious Buildings
- First Christian Church (A 833m) — church building at 1300 S. 1st. St. Lufkin, Texas
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Area Lakes Catfish Lufkin Reviews
Dang good people and catfish
Great quality at very good prices
Best And Biggest crab Legs around for cheap
Don't buy fish or shrimp anywhere else
Really good smoked boudin
Everything was super good thanks
Very helpful!
Great experience
Great place for fresh seafood and catfish in lufkin.
Great place nice and great fish and sea food great prices
Amazing food. Best fried shrimp in Lufkin.
I had thefish for the first time yesterday and it was the best.
The food is made fresh to order and seasoned well. The menu is simple yet satisfying, fish, shrimp, frog legs, and gator. The baskets come with fries and hush puppies. The cook greeted me with a smile, I'm tempted to say the fish is fresh or at least local, however, I'm not certain. Yet, they are easily a local contender for best catfish. If your in Lufkin on N. Timberland give this colorful food truck a try.
Yes I highly recommend this place, the service was excellent and the lady that helped us was awesome and so sweet !! Will be back soon for more Catfish ♥️
Super nice friendly folks. Excellent quality of seafood.
Grabbed live crawfish and some frozen jumbo shrimp here last year and it was great they even loaded it for me great people
Crawfish are always fresh and lively with maybe 2 dead per bag. I won't go anywhere else for my seafood.
The food is awesome. I love the shrimp and the gator bites. Went by again can't get enough of there good food
I bought a lot of catfish from this place and I love it !! It’s very affordable. Thank you.
OMG I got 3 fish, 4 shrimp basket with fries and hushpuppys and could not eat it all. Too good. I'm so going back later lol
It’s a seafood market. With fresh seafood.
They’re not lying when they say nothing is farmed. Went in to buy some catfish fillets because I felt too lazy to go catch some myself. The freshness and quality of the meat was something I did not expect 10/10 will come again when I’m feeling too lazy to catch and process some for myself haha!
This is the best place to buy live crawfish. It's cheaper than the other places in town and it's wayyyyy better quality. Bought some last weekend and they were huge and maybe 1 or 2 dead ones per sack. The only bad thing is they won't break a sack so if you wanna boil by yourself you gotta go somewhere else
They’re not lying when they say nothing is farmed. Went in to buy some catfish fillets because I felt too lazy to go catch some myself. The freshness and quality of the meat was something I did not expect 10/10 will come again when I’m feeling too lazy to catch and process some for myself haha!
It’s a seafood market. With fresh seafood.
Super nice friendly folks. Excellent quality of seafood.
Yes I highly recommend this place, the service was excellent and the lady that helped us was awesome and so sweet !! Will be back soon for more Catfish ♥️
Great place for fresh seafood and catfish in lufkin.
This is the best place to buy live crawfish. It's cheaper than the other places in town and it's wayyyyy better quality. Bought some last weekend and they were huge and maybe 1 or 2 dead ones per sack. The only bad thing is they won't break a sack so if you wanna boil by yourself you gotta go somewhere else
I bought a lot of catfish from this place and I love it !! It’s very affordable. Thank you.
Crawfish are always fresh and lively with maybe 2 dead per bag. I won't go anywhere else for my seafood.
Grabbed live crawfish and some frozen jumbo shrimp here last year and it was great they even loaded it for me great people
Great place nice and great fish and sea food great prices
Amazing food. Best fried shrimp in Lufkin.
OMG I got 3 fish, 4 shrimp basket with fries and hushpuppys and could not eat it all. Too good. I'm so going back later lol
The food is awesome. I love the shrimp and the gator bites. Went by again can't get enough of there good food
I had thefish for the first time yesterday and it was the best.
The food is made fresh to order and seasoned well. The menu is simple yet satisfying, fish, shrimp, frog legs, and gator. The baskets come with fries and hush puppies. The cook greeted me with a smile, I'm tempted to say the fish is fresh or at least local, however, I'm not certain. Yet, they are easily a local contender for best catfish. If your in Lufkin on N. Timberland give this colorful food truck a try.
They've got great fish and stuff
I absolutely love Aera Lakes Catfish!😁😋 Have been a big fan of them for many years
It's a great place to get fish and seafood the people are helpful and friendly
I absolutely love Aera Lakes Catfish!😁😋 Have been a big fan of them for many years
It's a great place to get fish and seafood the people are helpful and friendly
They've got great fish and stuff
RUDE! I will never return to this place. The little old guy behind the counter did nothing but cuss and seemed angry.
Sent my son to buy fresh crab legs for dinner. He walked in and asked nicely, "how much is your crab buddy"? The man in store asked, "can't you read the board? It's right up there." Needless to say, my son didn't buy crab from someone that rude. I'll never go there again
Sent my son to buy fresh crab legs for dinner. He walked in and asked nicely, "how much is your crab buddy"? The man in store asked, "can't you read the board? It's right up there." Needless to say, my son didn't buy crab from someone that rude. I'll never go there again
RUDE! I will never return to this place. The little old guy behind the counter did nothing but cuss and seemed angry.
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502 E Denman Ave, Lufkin, TX 75901
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