Zydeco

Dinner at Zydeco in Hermann was absolutely fabulous as always! My husband had the chicken with red beans and rice, and I had the grilled salmon with a baked potato. The surprise standout was the sweet and spicy corn — truly one of the most unique and delicious sides I’ve ever had. We took the bread pudding and chocolate torte to go to enjoy later, and they were the perfect sweet finish to an amazing meal. Zydeco never disappoints!

Been here twice, each time was perfection. The food is awesome, the place is nice and clean, the service is great. James was my server and he was coolest, super nice, and shout out to his wife (the chef) for doing my girlfriend’s different shrimp request. Definitely going back soon.

Grant greeted us as soon as we walked in. I wanted to sit on the patio but after being out there about 5 min, decided it was too hot. He was very nice and helpful in seating us inside. He was very prompt in taking our orders and serving us. We were there around 2 pm on a Friday and there were 4 tables that he (alone) was taking care of, including being the bartender. The food was delicious and large portions. Would definitely go back!

Food was amazing. We tried the boudin balls and fried oysters. The zydeco pasta had a kick but delicious. Red eye gravy and chicken was also a hit. Food portions were big so had leftovers. Service was on the slower side but we were not in a rush after coming from the bourbon festival

Saw this cute place and it seemed like a popular lunch spot. Great menu! All the New Orleans favorites. I had a delicious Crawfish Bisque and Wedge Salad. It didn't disappoint. The service was spot on even though it was busy. Our grandson loved the shrimp appetizer. We recommend Zydeco and will definitely return.

Exploring Herman and stopped here for lunch. Gumbo was better than what we had in New Orleans! Great atmosphere and staff. Poboy was so flavorful! Hubby has alphagal and they were helpful in options for him.

This was the first stop of our anniversary trip to Hermann. The food was excellent and the service was great! We had the boudin balls for an appetizer and they were the best I’ve had. We both ordered the jambalaya casserole and it was top notch! We will be back again!

We visited Hermann for our anniversary and when arrived we were looking for a light lunch since having a full course fancy dinner that evening. I was attracted to this restaurant because you could get a cup of gumbo which is up our alley. Once there I got the gumbo, my husband got the crawfish bisque, also got the boudin balls and we shared a small wedge salad, all was wonderful and hit the spot! All prepared perfectly! The young man waiting on us, possibly owner, was the best! He also selected a beer for me from the large selection with my preferences in mind that was so good. He also has a charming patio. At the end of the day we wished we would have chosen this place for dinner instead of the fancy place where high expectations were not met.

Friendly and prompt service. A good selection of wine. The fried oysters and especially the jambalaya casserole were delicious. Costs are very reasonable. If I didn't live so far away I'd be a regular here. I'd be surprised if there is a better restaurant in Hermann.

Came by on a Monday when most places were closed. Wasn't busy but service was great and the food was yummy. Would stop in again when back in town

Zydeco is a hidden Cajun gem right in the middle of Missouri! Honestly, I never expected to find such amazing Cajun food in a town known for its German history, but I'm so glad we stopped here. We went early on a Saturday evening for dinner, and the food completely blew us away...it was that goooooooood. We started with the pickle coins, a cup of gumbo, and crawfish bisque. Everything was very flavorful. For the main course, we had the shrimp po' boy and fried chicken with red gravy and both were absolutely delicious. I had never tried the cajun red gravy so it was fun to explore a new dish and it did not disappoint. We savored every bite. The place had a fun, lively vibe, and our server was super friendly and checked on us with lot of care. Everything from the food to the cleanliness to the service was spot on. If you're ever in Hermann, then definitely eat at Zydeco. You won't regret it!

My husband and I arrived in Hermann, MO late yesterday evening, and were lucky to make it to this restaurant before they closed. That being said, we quickly ordered our food before the kitchen closed. What we did appreciate was the service and ability to take our order rather quickly. The fried oysters we ordered as our starter were good and I like the remoulade sauce with them. We ordered a cup of gumbo and it was relatively tasty, although it appeared that they put a bit too much rice in it. So, by the time were received our main meal, the jambalaya, I anticipated something decent, however, we were both disappointed. We also noticed they have a surplus of rice at their disposal. Any more rice, and I would have thought we were at a Chinese restaurant. The Jambalaya lacked any shrimp, hardly any chicken and just a few slices of sausage. My husband suggested that perhaps we got the bottom of the pot scraps since we were late, and perhaps that was true, but I would have appreciated a heads up for being charged $14 per plate.

Grabbed dinner at Zydeco while in Hermann. It was decently busy, I'd definitely recommend a reservation on Friday or Saturday night. We had been drinking all day, so we opted for water and followed our server's recommendations for dinner. We got the shrimp po body and crawfish ettuffee. Both were very good and I would order either again! Glad we got a chance to eat here

It was ok. For Cajun food, it wasn't super flavorful. The gumbo roux was very light and fat floating on top. After I ordered two things I said "Could I also order the kid's..." "No! You can get the appetizer." I didn't want all that, so I didn't get anything. It's mediocre at best.

Great restaurant - we went with a party of 10. They don't take reservations, so we waited. It was worth the wait. To be honest they were out of a lot of things by the time we were seated - but they were busy, it was a Saturday night and it was late. It happens. We sat on the patio, the food was wonderful - the staff was great. It was worth the wait.

Fantastic, will definitely return. Loved the ambiance and service and the food was even better than anticipated. 10/10!

We found Zydeco on Yelp and decided to give it a try. I'm glad we did. We enjoyed the food very much. I had the crawfish etouffee, which was recommended by the waiter and was very good. He also recommended the boudin balls, which I enjoyed also. It's nice to get good recommendations from the server. My only minor complaint, and this seems to happen everywhere I go, was the seating of a huge table with many children right next to us when we were the only people in the restaurant. I don't understand why people do that. There was at least one other table where those people could have been accommodated. But this is a mystery that permeates my restaurant-going life, and is not specific to this one. So hie yourself over to Zydeco for a nice meal when you find yourself in Hermann. You'll be glad you did!

Heard good things about this restaurant and had to try. Drinks. Are. Strong. You get your monies worth! Tasty yet strong. Hubby had the pasta dish and loved every bite was our server's favorite dish and obvious why. I had the fried oyster po' boy. A little bit heavy on the breading but the baguette made up for it. Sweet potato are a must. Service was on point and quick. Super pleased to have this option in a town of German food.

My husband and I visited this place while in town celebrating our 33rd wedding anniversary. TRAVIS and Alex (or Allie... can't remember her name) were so friendly and hospitable. The food was amazing!!! We actually came back the next day for dinner and will go again next time we're in town.

We hoped it would be great, but stir fry dish w/ shrimp was a giant salt ball. Only decent item @ our table was their soup w/ cornbread. *Appetizer (not shown) of crawfish was $10... it's quite small, mostly battered tiny pieces w/ sauce that work w/ it. There are better places in town.

We so enjoyed our dinner there last night, the food and service were amazing. The shrimp po boy was perfect, best sweet potato fries I have had. The bread pudding was so delicious and extra sweet as a birthday treat! Thanks to the kitchen and the servers!

Beautiful new eatery in town. Hopefully the owners will watch the feedback to keep improving and gain stability. Misty was great! Very attentive, friendly and helpful. My husband loved her suggestion of the Jambalaya casserole. I really liked the Bayou wedges (potatoes with their skin intact and yummy Creole(?) cheese sauce). Generous portion and lightly deep fried for added crispness. The Wedge Salad was good. The plating almost makes it impossible to eat, though - it's way too crowded in that ridiculous bowl. Delicious house-made blue cheese dressing and the ($added$) fried chicken was nice - perhaps could use a little more seasoning. We would definitely return! Staff needs to be told that water pitchers shouldn't be touching the glass's rim when being refilled.

Service was great! Drinks were awesome. Beware it's Creole and it's spicy. Very delicious.

We had the best service and the most delicious food on Friday night. The Zydeco Pasta was the perfect amount of spicy, and the fries are seriously addictive. You can't go wrong with anything on the menu!

It's not that often I go to a restaurant and I Audibly say wow!! And this was the ticket. We started we the fried crawfish tails, very good, then we had the pasta and the red gravy and chicken and gumbo. Everything was top notch. Our waiter was also very friendly!

Nice vibe. Great young man served us. crawfish etouffe was good but small portion. All really fine but I asked for a roll or bread with my wine. For a wine town not knowing that wine ALWAYS served with some type of bread, I was given a tasty but uber tiny half hoagie roll. Fine. But charged me $4.50 for it---- really over the top insane and pissed me off.

Ok, first of all, I am a native of NOLA. And can I tell you, this place is sooo spot on! Try everything (well maybe over time). So authentic!

Phenomenal service from start to finish! The food was yummy and the overall space was cute and clean.

Located in Hermann, MO. One of the best restaurants in town for Cajun food. Nice open restaurant. Full bar. They are adding in outside patio and eventually will have live music. Food was delicious and we had great service while there. We will definitely go back.

Amazing Cajun food. We had fried crawfish, jumbo, chicken and red gravy and chicken mac. Have to say everything was amazing and probably the best thing we ate in town. Highly suggest trying this place out

Very nice restaurant. They have inside and outside seating. James was very friendly and helpful with the menu. The drink of the month, Berries and Cream was very good.. The crawfish bisque was very flavorful. The gumbo was good but a little salty. The Jambalaya casserole and the Creole Fried Rice with shrimp were both very good. We will definitely return to try other items on the menu.

Went here for lunch while on the wine trail over the weekend. What a pleasant surprise. Great food and drinks. We will be back next time we are in Herman !

The food was do delicious in this lovely restaurant. My husband and I had a bowl of red beans and rice and gumbo - corn bread. We could not have had better had we been in New Orleans. Had an attentive and delightful server - and a good glass of cabernet. My husband said best red beans and rice he has ever had - high praise from him. We belonged to the 'clean plate' club.

Great food and service. We drive there at LEAST once a month for the food and drinks. We drive an hour plus to get there. 5 STARS!!!

Strong drinks, blues music, stellar food. Hubby had the catfish po boy and cole slaw. I had the Zydeco jambalaya casserole. Everything was delicious, a little bit spicy in the best way. Our server Grant was very attentive and friendly too!

We enjoyed a nice relaxing evening on the patio. Started with a drink for each of us. I had the milk punch since I haven't had one before and I liked it. My husband had the hurricane and said it was good. Then had the Cajun fries, which were delicious...really liked the taste of the sweet potatoes wedges mixed with white potato wedges. I had the crawfish étouffée and my husband had the jambalaya casserole. Really liked the flavor of each though my husband said the casserole could have had slightly less cheese sauce for his taste. And finally we shared the bourbon bread pudding...which was amazing!

What a surprise to find delicious Cajun food in a German wine town. We highly recommend eating here and then calling for a trolley pick up.

Delicious food and fun atmosphere. Live music when we attended on Friday night. Our server Martina was very sweet and eager to help and provide excellent service. We waited a bit for our food but they were very busy and overall handled the crowd professionally and quickly. Will definitely come back!

Very basic atmosphere and the food seemed to be bought from Sysco.... Very mediocre. .......

I'm in Hermann a lot and have zydeco's food off and on mostly off season. Overall it's pretty good. The crawfish étouffée, red beans and the boudin balls are always good, the Friday catfish special is fantastic with high quality fish, the salads are ok, crawfish bisque is not good and I like a strong fish taste. The cocktails, I should have known better than to order a hurricane, it was terrible at least for me but the waitress subbed out a beer so they took care of it. Zydeco is a fine addition to the Hermann restaurant scene.

Food and service were amazing. We got the shrimp mac and cheese for one meal and the house salad with a side of crawfish gumbo. Lovely place, clean.

Hubby and I had the fried oysters which were a little pricey, but sooo good! I had the jambalaya casserole and hubby had the fried chicken with rice and gravy. Both dishes were excellent with the right amount of spices. Also, had some tasty cocktails that were nice and strong Overall, I would highly recommend this place when in Hermann. Ask for Ed Norton's doppelgänger to be your waiter, he's excellent!!

Small portions for large money. Catfish sandwich was good but small pieces. More bread than meat. 5-6 sweet potato fries. Won't be back. Rip off. Waitress was a twit.

Great southern Louisiana food!!! My shrimp po' boy was awesome! Great gumbo and brat po' boy as well.

So sad because I wanted it to be amazing! We ordered the Skylab and Hurricane drinks. They were both yummy. Had an early dinner and ordered the Crawfish Bisque, Bayou Fries, and Fried Chicken and Red Gravy. The fries were good and as expected. The bisque was a huge miss. It was really just seasoned milk. No veggies or crawfish to be found. A milkshake would have had more substance. The flavor was okay and had a little spice, but what a miss, sadly. The fried chicken dish was very bland. The chicken is also smothered in the gravy, which isn't bad, but if you want a crispy fried chicken this isn't it. Again the seasonings were lacking. I know they are a new restaurant and hopefully their menu will improve over time. I love Cajun and would love to have a good local option. Service and vibe was great!! You can tell the staff care and that's important!

The Zydeco Pasta is easily the best Cajun pasta dish I've had for sure. The fried oysters were good too.

The space is brand new and everything looks great inside. We were seated next to a window with a wonderful view of the street. The room is pretty open, and I assume it would be somewhat loud with a full house as there is lots of reflective surfaces. Our server was very attentive and we had no problems or delays with service. We started with the gumbo which seemed a little more like chicken and rice soup, pretty disappointing and bland for something I'd imagine a lot of people will be ordering. Our party also ordered the shrimp po' boy which was good, but extremely messy...which is sort of unavoidable with something like that. Not sure I would agree with the menu saying it was "slathered" in remoulade, it probably could/should have had a little more. The included sweet potato chips were unremarkable and didn't have much of any spice or flavor. The crawfish etouffee roux seemed a little too thick, but that may also have been the enormous amount of rice included in the dish. It wasn't necessarily bad, but I just think it was lacking flavor to some degree...however the heat was there.

A taste of New Orleans right in the center of Missouri. I have been here on a number of occasions and have never had a bad meal. The atmosphere is tremendous with a very attentive staff who looked after our every need and the owner made sure we were very well taken care of. As a starter the Boudin Balls and Gumbo were excellent, while the Crawfish Etouffee and Jambalaya are some of the best I have ever had, including down in Louisiana. Rounding the meal off with the Bourbon Bread Pudding or the Creme Brulee makes this a memorable meal. We are looking forward to our next visit and the chance to try some more things on the menu. If you are looking for something a little different in Hermann, I would definitely recommend a visit to Zydeco.

Excellent meal - so nice to find crawfish in mid-Missouri! The service was fabulous. Everyone - from the moment we entered until we left - was so friendly. I'd like to go back and sit on their deck when the weather is nice.

This place was packed, but SO worth the wait. Staff were incredibly friendly, and the food was phenomenal. We will definitely be back! 10/10 recommend the Zydeco Pasta and the Gumbo exceeded my expectations by far! Fried oysters were also delicious!

Great delicious Cajun Food. Has a variety of choices and fresh ingredients. Good pricing and servings fill you up right. Honest people with great service. Always like to come back.

We (my mother and I) dined at Zydeco Friday, 12/6/24. We were staying for the weekend to celebrate my mom's 74 birthday. We weren't sure what to expect from a Cajun restaurant in a predominantly "German" influenced community so we weren't expecting much. Boy was it delicious and exceeded our expectations. We shared the boudin balls and fried oysters for an appetizer. The boudin balls we're so good and flavorful. Spiced just right, a blend of pork, chicken livers, scallions & rice delicately fried served with remoulade sauce. They were plentiful and yummy. The fried oysters were just as tasty and delicately fried served with the same sauce. Then we ordered a bowl of gumbo & baked sweet potato on the side. The gumbo was just as delightful and filling. Pleasantly surprised with this place and would recommend. As for the service we had Dane(?) and he was great! He was patient, knowledgeable & attentive. Fortunately we got in just before the 6:30 rush and the staff had it going on, they worked well together and effectively. Nice job Zydeco. I will definitely come back with my husband as we really enjoy weekend get aways in Herman.

Service was slow took 90 minutes to get anything. I had to ask for my salad to come out after over an hour, and the rest of our party got served and my wife and I still didn't have our food after the rest of our party was done eating. I went up and told them this at the bar and said we were no longer interested in the food we would pay for the salad and fries we did get. They brought the food out shortly after and a bill for all of the food with a discount after our party was done eating and paying. I said something and a manager came over, explained the situation and heard what had happened and made it right as well as addressed some procedures with her staff to make sure parties are put together and communication stays open.

Great place to eat, drink and soak up the atmosphere. The staff is friendly and attentive to every detail. Love the fried oysters as a sandwich or on their own. Salads are also great. Their bread-pudding is hard to pass up. We've had it numerous times and it never disappoints. They also offer a diverse breakfast menu on the weekends with amazing potato wedges to go with egg dishes of your choice.

My group of 20 ate here for my husband's and my birthday back in mid August and we enjoyed our experience! Our server was attentive and the food was delish. I greatly appreciated they could accommodate our large group. A great new restaurant to add to the Hermann food list!

Great food , service,!and ambiance . Beautiful dining area inside and out. Comfortable seating and homelike atmosphere.

I ate there for the first time and I was more than pleased with the service, drinks, food and overall experience! The patio is so lovely! I'm a local on town and really appreciate having Zydeco as our new go to place! P.S. the Zydeco Pasta dish is FANTASTIC! Highly reccomend!!