Lizzy's Cajun Cafe

Always wanted to eat here but never seem to get the timing right, a friend took him here for a Sunday brunch, and we ordered the two-way combos with ribs and links, potato salad, each of which come with a little piece of bread. Both the ribs and the links were outstanding, slow cooked, smoky, tender, crispy on the edges, and the sauce was excellent. We didn't eat inside though because they were catering for an event, and it was interesting to see a bunch of super well dressed people that looked like they were from down south or had down south roots enjoying some food. Staff was super nice, the lady that served us was a real sweetheart, and the overall experience was excellent. Highly recommended for the barbecue. I'm going to go back and try some of the other things!

I walked by one night, just 30 minutes before their closing time. The takeout counter on the side of the restaurant was open. I asked what was available as they seemed to be wrapping up for the night. The chefs told me only a couple of things were available. However, a moment later, they generously offered to make whatever we wanted. So heartwarming! We ended up ordering their freshly made jambalaya and shrimp & grits, on the chef's suggestion. The owner Mr. C invited us to sit inside, made us comfortable while we waited for them to prepare the food. I loved the atmosphere with the musical instruments, various memorabilia revealing the long history of Mr. C's restaurant on Solano Ave. We got a serving of peach cobbler to go. One of my fondest restaurant memories here in the East Bay. Great

I really wanted to enjoy the fried chicken, but it was disappointing. It’s like they took it out of the freezer, flash defrost, dust (and I mean ‘dust’) with flour. There wasn’t any crust or flour which Is what real fried chicken is and should be, otherwise it’s just not fried chicken. Potato salad had raw or undercooked pieces of potato in it. Cubing potatoes just doesn’t work for real potato salad. You need to boil the potatoes and when you cut them up, it’s never uniformly cubes of potatoes. A good potato salad is almost creamy. No noticeable onions, or shallots or any flavoring except mayonnaise. Everything else we had was fried. Fried fish. It was again, unremarkable. The extra ‘merchant charge’ is for what? Is that legal?

It wasn’t a good experience. The food was not tasty, we waited 30 minutes for a fried chicken that doesn’t taste like a fried chicken but a lightly flour dusting drumsticks. The potatoes salad has too much vinegar, the baked beans tasted weeks old. The lettuce in the complementary salad were not fresh and were turning brown, the bbq ribs were not barbecue but baked with store bought bbq sauce. We had flying bugs during our lunch and the room wasn’t clean. I couldn’t wait to leave. I paid more than $60 for two. Don’t recommend this place.

Liz and Curtis catered food to my family when I had a death in my family. The varieties and portions were very accommodating and tasty to say the least. Very cost effective and seasoned to taste, definitely from the "Big Easy" (New Orleans). This is not only the best Cajun restaurant of choice in Albany but also in the San Francisco Bay Area....... Try them you won't be disappointed.... Sharon LaQue Jones Benoit