Esther's Cajun Café & Soul Food
Southern restaurant (US) · Independence Heights ·
Hearty Cajun & Southern cooking; oxtails, fried chicken, gumbo
Hearty Cajun & Southern cooking; oxtails, fried chicken, gumbo
"If you’re on the Northside, few spots will give you better soul food than Esther’s Cajun Cafe & Soul Food. The cafeteria-style restaurant has rows of options, but the smothered turkey wings (and more importantly, the gravy on top) could be eaten with just rice. The turkey is so tender that the bone is merely a formality. Esther's also offers a few cakes sold by the slice that feel like the dessert version of a kiss on the cheek—they’re perfectly sweet and automatically make you forget the pile of laundry waiting at home. Sit by the bar and have your meal with a drink meant for grown folks." - Team Infatuation
"If you’re on the Northside, few spots will give you better soul food than Esther’s Cajun Cafe & Soul Food. The cafeteria-style restaurant has rows of options, but the smothered turkey wings (and, more importantly, the gravy on top) could be eaten with just rice. The turkey is so tender that the bone is merely a formality. Esther's also offers a few cakes sold by the slice that feel like the dessert version of a kiss on the cheek—they’re perfectly sweet and automatically make you forget the pile of laundry waiting at home. Sit by the bar and have your meal with a drink meant for grown folks." - gianni greene
"I’m Creole so I love, love, love Cajun food. My favorite dish at Esther’s is the gumbo and the Cajun fried catfish meal. It’s a family-owned restaurant with great hospitality and it feels and tastes like home!" - Edward Barsamian
"Esther’s Cajun Cafe & Soul Food serves the best soul food on the Northside. We love the cafeteria-style restaurant’s smothered turkey wings with gravy. The meat is so tender that the bone is merely a formality. And Esther's by-the-slice cakes are the dessert version of a kiss on the cheek. Sit by the bar and have your meal with a drink meant for grown folks." - chelsea thomas
"Find oxtails, smothered pork chops, and fried chicken on the menu every day at chef Esther Lewis-Bernard’s soul food restaurant, but visit on Friday or Saturday when small, medium, and large bowls of gumbo are the daily special. Esther’s serves a show-stopping seafood combo with shrimp and whole crab claws." - Minh T. Truong