Middendorf's Manchac

Best kept secret outside new orleans 👌 😎 they have a fish platter for $24.95 it has thin catfish, shrimp, stuffed crab, fried oysters, French fries and coleslaw. It took two us to eat this and we still didn't finish it. The parmesean oysters are soon good. They are famous for there thin fried catfish. 😊🥰❤️

Alright y’all, Middendorf’s in Manchac has been sittin’ out there between Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain since 1934, fryin’ up catfish so thin you could read the Bible through it. Louis and Josie Middendorf started the joint, but let’s be real — Josie was the brains behind the batter. She figured out that if you slice catfish paper-thin and drop it in hot oil, it’ll come out crisp as a dollar bill and twice as satisfying. Picture it: a little wooden shack by the bayou, breeze blowin’, fryers hissin’, and that fried-fish perfume floatin’ through the cypress trees like a love song. Back in the day, fishermen would pull their boats up right out back, track in a little mud, and still get served with a smile — long as they didn’t bad-mouth Josie’s fry oil. It wasn’t fancy, but it was hon

Fun little ma and pa place tucked off between the two lakes on the water. Thin fried catfish was good. Unique esthetic, fun staff, good food. Checkbit out.

We were seated quickly. After waiting a considerable amount of time, another server had to go "find" our server. Food came out quickly and portions were large. The fish and shrimp were very salty. The gumbo was not good at all. There were 5 of us in our party. None of us are likely to go back.

It took me 50 years of passing by listening to people talk about how good the food is,the fries were cold coleslaw and stuff crab was good biggest stuffed crab I'd ever had.. there famous catfish is like taking a dish towel battering it and on the edges where it folds over for the hem,,you can taste catfish the rest is the batter it may be famous but for a southern boy I like my catfish thick enough to taste it,also chewyest shrimp I ever had almost like a tough steak damn ,,,great price$30 for the meal and tea I even left a tip, it's not the waitresses fault lol