Booku PoBoys

Large portions. The hot honey chicken is good and comes with fries. The red beans and rice are good filled with large chunks of sausage. The jambalaya is NEXT LEVEL AMAZING! The shrimp poboy tastes authentic. The gumbo is filled with shrimp, sausage and crab. The roast beef poboy was the biggest surprise and is hands down the best poboy (it's shredded and delicious served hot)! Please add hush puppies, fried okra, and chocolate benoit to the menu.

I was in the mood for something with a lot of flavor, and I’d been seeing BOOKU Po’ Boys on Instagram, so tonight was the night. Since it’s hard to find spots like this in Santa Clarita, I drove across town to get it, and it was absolutely worth it. I ordered the gumbo and it was bomb. Big pieces of blue crab, and packed with shrimp, gizzards, and all the other meats, good stuff and SO MUCH flavor. Huge portion, great value, and exactly what I was craving. Worth the price, worth the drive. 10/10, will definitely be back.

This place is fantastic. Bring your family bring your friends. Food is great vibes are great the owner is such a sweet guy. SUPPORT THIS PLACE!!! You can tell they really care not only about the food, but about you too! The whole experience was very special. Can’t wait to come back. We don’t have enough places that cook with love in Santa Clarita and this place has love as the first ingredient, you can really tell. Let’s make sure this place sticks around!!!

New place in town! We went with the family and Loved it! Our two year old couldn’t get enough crawfish from the crawfish etoufee special. Po Boys & Boudin Balls were fire! Definitely recommend this place if you haven’t eaten here yet. My husband is from Louisiana and he said it tastes better than his mamas! Now that’s saying A LOT.

We’ve been eating Ray’s cooking for years since he was at the Newhall farmers market and we are so thrilled he now has his own restaurant. His food is incredible, packed with so much flavor and soul. His jambalaya and yaka mein are personal favorites, but you can’t go wrong with anything on the menu. Do yourself a favor and visit Booku Po Boys, you won’t be disappointed!

Went on opening night, fully expecting delay like you would with any restaurant opening. But WOW was the food worth it. We had the fries, gumbo and red beans and rice. Everything was phenomenal. I definitely am looking forward to coming back again. My main suggestions would be text messages for orders, maybe a screen so customers can see how many orders are waiting... And PLEASEEEEE lets get some collard greens, conch fritters, hushpuppies and cornbread.

Let me start by saying I was born in Louisiana. Moved to CA when I was still in middle school. Still have lots of close family where we call “back home”. Spent most summers there, still travel there often for visits, fishing, Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, Essence Festival, and other family events. I’ve been raised on Cajun/Creole food. On 12/19/25, My wife and I are hosting my mother for the holidays. We had a late afternoon visit from family who wanted to visit with my mom. That visit stretched into the dinner hour. We decided to pick up Booku Poboys for a tasting. I decided to order a little bit of everything when I got there. While I was there ordering the person at the counter taking my order noticed my screensaver on my phone, which is a picture of a giant pot of Boiled Crawfish. He asked if I “cooked that”, I responded that I cook everything in here, including that, except for maybe a couple of the desserts. I ordered 4 Shrimp Po Boys, a large jambalaya, a large gumbo, large red beans and rice, and a piece of catfish. Once I got home, I spread everything out on the counter with small plates and bowls, so everyone could sample everything. Cut the sandwiches in half and we dug in. I started with the shrimp Poboy. I opened it up, looked inside. It was a full dress Po Boy sandwich. I ate one of the shrimp and was pleasantly surprised it had good texture and great flavor. We all love the poor boy sandwiches. Next I tried the gumbo, which is one of my favorites. We are actually making our Christmas gumbo this Sunday and have some family coming over to help and learn. I pride myself in being a gumbo connoisseur I’ve been making Gumbo for years. I have entered my own gumbo in several competitions. I often order it if I see it on the menu at a restaurant for a taste test and have had some bad ones over the years. I smelled the Booku gumbo. The aroma was great. I took a spoon full of stock and let it poor back into the bowl. The color, texture, and consistence of the roux was perfect. I took a taste and it was right on the money with several flavors bursting in your mouth at the same time. It had sausage, chicken, shrimp, crab, delicious. Next I tried the jambalaya which also had me personally surprised. It was moist, with plenty of flavor. Next up for me was the red beans and rice, which were all great. The beans were not overcooked and had great flavor. Most people from Louisiana cooked their red beans and add sausage, ham and other things to it often times that alone is a meal, delicious. My 84 year old mom, born and raised in Louisiana is very picky southern food eater, and the red beans were her favorite. She love the them. I finished with a piece of Catfish which I cut up into small sections. Catfish also had great flavor, good texture. The cornmeal wasn’t burned and the catfish was moist and flaky, again delicious. All in all, I was pleasantly surprised with the food. It was delicious. I’m absolutely going back there. We all cook the foods we enjoy and grew up on and pride ourselves in our dishes. But who wants to cook every night and here is someplace you can go for pick up or dine in on the food that you love and enjoy. I’ll definitely recommend it to my family and friends. I didn’t dine in so I didn’t rate the atmosphere at the restaurant that’ll be for another time.

This is best food in the city. I took 1 bite and was already thinking about the next time I was coming back. Start with the jambalaya it's fiiiiiirrreeee!!!!

My wife who is Louisiana born and I stopped in over the weekend and where very impressed. We had the boudin balls, red beans and rice, gumbo and jambalaya. The boudin balls where phenomenal and I'm still thinking about them. Gumbo and jambalaya both amazing. The owner Ray is wonderful and very engaging. It's hard to fine good Cajun food in California and I would say this is the best we've found so far. Without hesitation we'll be back soon.

New restaurant that just opened last week. We went yesterday and got a shrimp Po'boy, a hot honey chicken Po'boy, some gumbo and a side of jambalaya. Met the owner Ray- he has the best personality! So welcoming and told us all about the food. OMG everything was so good!!! I am going to have dreams about the hot honey chicken Po'boy. It's take out for now as they get their feet under them, but there are a couple of tables to sit at if you want. We're going to make this place a regular on our list (we ate too fast and forgot pictures!- next time!)

I highly recommend a lot of people to try booku Po boys their food is amazing. You won't regret it. Everything is 10 out of 10

Hubby and I came here tonight for the first time and tried both the gumbo and jambalaya. I mean no exaggeration when I say that the food was beyond incredible. We got to meet the owner, Ray, who took our order and was such a pleasure to speak with. It's clear he takes a great deal of pride in his food and with very good reason. The authentic NOLA flavors shine right through and both dishes genuinely tasted like they were made with both love and quality ingredients. It heartened me to see the restaurant fairly busy for the Friday after Thanksgiving. Looked like a good number of takeout orders coming through as well as at least one family dining in. The space is warm and welcoming and I can't wait to go back to try more delicious food. The boudin balls, sausage and cheese po'boy, and yaka mein are at the top of our list! Also looking forward to trying out their sweet tea and sodas soon.

I ordered the fried shrimp po boy and fries. I thoroughly enjoyed my meal, there was plenty of shrimp, which were crunchy and well seasoned, and all the ingredients were high quality, well prepared, and fresh. My only gripes were that the fries were over salted, and it took a while to pay. They also cut the po boy baguette all the way through, instead of leaving a hinge like most subs, which made it very hard to eat and messy. Overall the food was great but there were some small things they need to smooth over before they fully open. Still, they're already far better than most restaurants in this area.

The jambalaya, Shrimp Po Boy and Gumbo was absolutely delicious. We will definitely go back. We recommend this restaurant. Five star all the way

Ray Parkman is a well-known person to the foodie community in Santa Clarita. He has been a fixture at all of the area's farmers markets as well as many of our local food events, including the chili cook off, in which he took second place. All of that is to say, that opening a restaurant in the Santa Clarita Valley really was only a matter of time for this guy. And I, for one, am thrilled that it's happening. Had an opportunity to taste a good part of the menu for Booku Po'Boys this weekend and I am so excited for the future of this restaurant. When you combine the amazing recipes Ray brings to the kitchen and his back of house staff's ability to execute perfectly with the crisp front of house customer service, I can't see this place having a difficult time succeeding. We tasted several of his Po'Boys, including the BBQ shrimp, the chicken bacon ranch, the hot sausage and cheese, the roast beef and the hands-down winner in our group, the hot honey chicken. The bread is absolutely perfect... Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, French bread from the French Quarter, shipped regularly. The traditional Po'Boy toppings were the perfect addition, tomato, shredded lettuce, pickles and a number of different sauces and aïoli. I became extremely partial to the peach aïoli, which is an original recipe from their kitchen. Every single sandwich was tasty, filling and enough for two meals. I didn't taste anything I didn't like. Some new dishes also were added and of course, without a doubt, tasted. The Nola dog and the Nola fat fries were both amazing. The dog was a traditional coney dog on steroids... New Orleans smoked sausage instead of a hotdog and smothered in Ray's award-winning chili and cheese sauce with Onions. The fries were unbelievable... Fries smothered in beans, rotelle and chili sauce and drizzled with fried chicken skin. You've never tasted anything like it. We also got to have a number of Ray's farmers market Staples... Yaki Mein, jambalaya, red beans and rice and a new favorite, chili Mac, featuring rays New Orleans style macaroni and cheese combined with his award-winning chili. The restaurant is slated to open sometime in late spring but these pop-ups that he's doing until the restaurant opens are great opportunity to get to know the menu. It's absolutely worth the time.

What a surprise! I had heard about this place from a family member. So glad they told me! Food is fantastic! Ray is super friendly and the service was great! If you want to try something different, do yourself a favor and check out Booku Po'Boys! You will be glad you did!!!

My husband and I went to Booku Po'Boys last night with some friends and were excited to try Ray's authentically New Orleans cuisine, especially since we have been fans of his at our local farmers market for years. Boy did Ray not disappoint! I had the hot honey chicken Po'Boy and my husband had the signature roast beef. The hot honey chicken was perfectly spiced, sticky and sweet, complemented with refreshing pickles to lighten it up just enough. And the bread! My husband was equally happy with his sandwich, with its rich, slightly spicy gravy and slices of smoky provolone, all of which was tucked into this delicious bread which is flown in from New Orleans, further proof that Ray means business when it comes to New Orleans cuisine. Highly, highly recommend.

Had the fried chicken! Holy crap was it good! Mac and cheese was gooey and delicious! Can't wait until they open their own shop! This is a weekend pop up.

My wife and I have been going to the two Farmers Market in Santa Clarita partly do to our grandson working at both locations. We met Ray or better to say that we were taken into his orbit and wanted to try his food just to experience his love of life and full blown joy of cooking. WE WERE HOOKED the flavors from a 10 by 10 pop up were Oh My God good. We've gone now twice to his temporary location in Newhall and his expanded menu is full of Ray and his love of food, I had the Roast Beef PO Boy and my wife had the fried Chicken Skins, both were absolutely delicious such a change from fast food. This next visit I had the Shrimp PO Boy my first ever and my wife had the Honey Chicken plus an order of the Nola fries for our other son and all three were fantastic. Speaking for the Shrimp PO Boy only this is the sandwich which all others need to be judged. Ray your personality, your joy of life is tasted is every bite we can't wait till your permanent location is open. Laissez led bond temps rouler. Richard & Sharlene