Razzoo’s

Everything was excellent. I only had a cup of soup and it was large. My husband’s full meal was great. Service was pretty slow, but it was a Sunday & they were very busy. We will definitely return.

We have eaten here several times. Today service from our waitress was not good. Once we were seated we waited and white and waited. Other waiters kinda looked at us and was like your not my table. Finally an assistant manager came and took out drink order and appetizer order. Waitress finally showed up. Took our order.
Food came out nice and hot and was great. Love how we can share a meal and the split it on 2 plates and we still take home leftovers. Waitress never refilled our tea, manager did. Food today was great but this waitress was not. Could not even see that she was waiting any other tables. She would just disappear. This is not the norm for them.

Great food. Only gripe I have is there are peppers in the hushpuppies, and the gumbo is extremely hot. I know this used to be a mexican restaurant, but it’s not anymore, I thought. Next time maybe I should order enchiladas?

I was sent n to Tyler, Texas for work and it was my first time in the city. After a long, grueling day, my co-​workers wanted to go out to eat. Two of my co-​workers were huge seafood eaters, which I am not, but we decided on Razzoo. The décor was very Louisiana-​esque, very colorful. since I don’t really eat seafood, I ordered a half slab of ribs with cajun fries… The ribs were great, cooked just right and falling off the bone. I would definitely go back, I would like to try the chicken wings :)

Prices were pretty high but they also had huge portions. Cajun pasta and fried pickles were both great!

I have seen these places scattered in North and East Texas and decided to try it. The Love of My Life’ is allergic to seafood so I was dining alone and decided to try it out.
I ordered Shrimp Creole. I have eaten some great SC over the years and my mom used to make a killer version (she grew up in SE Texas). Razoos version was good. Nice complex flavors but they overdid the spicy and overpowered the dish, in my opinion. It was like they splashed on a bunch of Tabasco on it and the subleties of the different flavors went to waste. A shame because the shrimp was perfectly done and it was a nice effort.
My waitress Amber was very young but quite competent. She was appropriately attentive and the food was hot, fresh and prompt.
Another good thing was a member of management worked the floor and asked how everything was prepared for me.
Overall I would say it is a well-​run place and the menu had lots of variety. Came close to 4-​star for me. I need to come back and order something different and see if I can upgrade my rating. I definitely will be back when I overnight here.

The Bartenders are friendly and beer is cold the food I have had some good and some I wish I have not bought.

Stopped by for lunch on ¹¹⁄₁₄. Food was good, it’s the service. We were one of two tables. Lindsey was are waitress she is new or just not any good to much of huddled up girls talking even manager was talking it up. Had too leave the table to ask for check. Very disappointed!

We went to Tyler to drop off my grandson and we both wanted some catfish. Read the reviews and decided to try Razzoo. We both order the catfish and shrimp platter. When it arrived my wife immediately said this doesn’t look like catfish, it looks like swai. Swai is a type of catfish from South America or Asia. We returned the plates and I ordered the CFS and she had the shrimp platter (6 shrimp). The shrimp were good, my CFS was okay. Our server (Karla) was very accommodating. When the manager came by and asked how everything was, we explained our concerns and he confirmed that the fish was swai. Not the kind of catfish you expect from an East Texas restaurant. Some people may not care where their fish comes from but we do and we don’t care for swai .We probably won’t be back, at least not for the catfish.

Great cajun food! The gumbo is amazing and the seafood tastes great. Our waitress was wonderful (I think her name was Jade). I’m from Seattle and it was a great experience here for a food choice in Tyler :)

I was in Tyler for two weeks on business. Ate at razzoos a number of times. The food was always good. The bar staff is amazing in how they work together. They really make the customers feel at home. I would like to thank them for being there. A shout out to Clare, Sara, Christain, and Erika.

Every bartender asked my name and remembered it, the gumbo was legit, I like a little more spice and file’ but, unless you drive 2.5 hours east you won’t find any better. The red beans and rice were delicious, spicy, smokey, excellent texture, and sit like a brick on your stomach when ordered with the gumbo. The beer prices… unbelievable! They have the cheapest, coldest, beer in town! Atmosphere is great, staff are great, the only thing that would make it better is if they found a half dozen Cajuns /​coonasses to yell «DAMN IT BOY» a few times a night. Definitely worth stopping for, and definitely will be coming back!

Very good. Very much liked the gumbo.
Very fast service.

20 minutes before server made her first appearance at our table. 15 minutes later still no regular drinks. Our section had three huge parties at tables and several booths filled and 3 servers. If the manager was worth a crap they would have come over and helped out or brought bar staff to help. We walked. Told the seating staff we were leaving, she told us we were the third party to walk.
We used to love this place and other locations but we will never go to another. If upper management hires these types of managers lord know what they do for cooks.

This is probably the best restaurant I’ve ever tried in Tyler (obviously because I haven’t tried much but I actually do like it). My favorite food is the Tricky Fish which is completely amazing to me. Nice atmosphere and services. The crawfish is also good too.

Went for the first time and was not disappointed. Great food, great atmosphere, excellent service. Definitely will be back!

Excellent service, excellent food, excellent atmosphere. We will be back!

Wife and I tried the place the other day, and I wished we hadn’t. Both the service and the food were terrible. We started out with an order of boudin and a cup of gumbo. Took forever to get these. The boudin was good, actually, but I don’t see the point of bringing a «dipping sauce» with it. I’ve never seen a coonass dip his boudin in anything except his mouth. The gumbo was ok but it was a very thick creole style Filet gumbo and I prefer the more brothy Lafayette style. And they bring you more filet in case «it’s too soupy for you.» That would have made it thick enough to eat with a fork which I thought I was going to have to do as they didn’t bring me a spoon. And by time they did bring one, the gumbo was tepid at best.
Wife ordered «fried catfish» for her entrée and I got what I normally call a crawfish half and half platter, half fried tails, half etoufee. The etoufee was ordered with white rice rather than dirty and with extra tartar sauce for the tails. Well, the etoufee was delivered in a bowl with dirty rice and there was no tartar sauce. I sent the bowl of etoufee back for correction which took forever, as did finally bringing our tartar sauce. The wife’s catfish was battered rather than a cornmeal coating, and she said that while it was a really white meal (almost toowhite for catfish), it didn’t have the texture of catfish. Tilapia maybe? And the hushpuppies was greasy and absolutely tasteless.
If you’ve lived in Tyler all your life and have never gone anywhere else, you might be impressed with this place, but we have eaten in south Louisiana alot and have experienced authenic coonass food. And you’ll probably not see my smiling face in their again.

Razzoo’s offers cold beer and good cajun food for prices that offer great value. Their étouffée is solid, their shrimp creole has a good kick, their corn is flavorful, and their bread is delicious. I had all that, plus red beans and rice and andouille sausage, for $ 12.
This is really a 3.5−4 Star restaurant that gets a 5 Star rating because of two things:
1. Tyler, in my experience, is a food wasteland. Razzoo’s gets bonus points for being one of the better food options for a few miles in any direction… and
2. The bang for your buck.
Don’t drive to Tyler to try Razzoo’s… but if you’re in Tyler and looking for a good spot, you could do a LOT worse.

Why people are willing to wait for over an hour to eat here is beyond me. The entire menu consists of fried frozen food. And it’s bad food at that. It’s not often that I can’t eat my meal. But Razzoos managed to break my iron gut.
Oh, the place is new and shiny. Some people are easily distracted over bright objects. Look! Over there! It’s a entrée dripping in grease. I must have this.
The bar is large and the TV’s are easily seen. Draft selection is not bad, including an IPA for $ 8.50 for a 22 oz mug. I would meet friends here to watch a game and drink a few beers.
If you just can’t turn down the greasy fried stuff, hit Long John Silver’s just down the street. It’s much cheaper and you won’t have to wait an hour to get seated.