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    Cafe Zydeco

    4.4 (154 reviews)
    ModerateCajun/Creole, Cafes
    Closed • 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Runzer W.

    This Cajun restaurant is insanely delicious!!! I ordered a Jambalaya. The rice and sauce were mixed well, and I was impressed by the garlic bread!!! Though a power outage occurred during our stay (but back around 15 minutes later), we enjoyed our dining experience there a lot!

    Outside and patio seating

    What a cute spot. Excellent food. Not a fan of ordering at the counter, but other than that the food was excellent. The serving size was generous and it was perfectly seasoned. Under $50 lunch for 2 was a great deal. I would definitely return.

    Grilled shrimp po'boy
    Rachel T.

    Stopped here after flying into Bozeman and it was great! I got a shrimp po' boy, friends got fried chicken po' boy and the creole chicken philly with shoestring fries. The staff was very friendly and helpful in our menu decision-making process and service was prompt. It's not exactly a traditional sit-down restaurant but all the food was great and the casual atmosphere of the restaurant doesn't deter from how enjoyable of an experience it was! We dined outside after ordering inside at the counter and filling our drinks at the self-serve soda fountain.

    Crawfish Etouffee
    Cynthia I.

    My sister found this spot for us. Unexpected find in Montana. Very delicious. Crawfish etoufee is buttery. Jambalaya is full of flavor. Because the food is so good make sure you reserve a lot of time if you plan to come here before your flight. The food took 30 mins on a Thursday at lunch. The woman taking your order will let you know wait time on the food before accepting payment. Could be longer on a weekend. It's a large restaurant, plenty of parking and seating: indoors, outdoors, at the bar. This place is great value. You get a lot of food and you will leave full. I wish we had one back home!

    Quaint and charming inside
    Ty W.

    We tried to find local dishes that Montana is known for and a few local folks we talked to only mention huckleberry and chuckled there's no other dishes the state is known for so I opted to try Cajun, taking me back to my roots. The restaurant is close to Montana State University and it quaint and quite charming with an outdoor patio. The cashier was very friendly. The owner is from Abbeviille, Louisiana which is smack in the middle of Cajun Country. The menu seems legit and we ordered the fried banana pudding fir dessert along with the seafood gumbo and catfish platter. Food cane out and it looks good but I was disappointed that the catfish wasn't fried and it was grilled instead. It taste ok and I think would have taste better if it was fried instead. The seafood gumbo was their popular dish but I was underwhelmed by it. Honestly, the gumbo I make back home taste better. For Montana, the food is good enough but this place can not compete with the restaurants back in Louisiana. Service is friendly and prices are reasonable for small town Monta though. I would definitely go here over the other restaurants I saw on Yelp as those serve the same standard American fare.

    Etouffe
    Nanelle P.

    This place doesn't compare to the real New Orleans style food. Had the gumbo and it lacked flavor and was watery. Had some nice pieces of seafood but really not enough of anything. The etouffe tasted more buttery than having a nice rouge. Had a nice amount of crawfish though. Cute ambiance of a house and friendly staff....maybe they're more known for their sandwiches.

    Seafood Gumbo

    The food was amazing and the portions are huge. Worth every penny. Service was great as well!

    Lobster roll!
    Libby G.

    Fried pickles--AMAZING! The dipping sauce is delicious as well. Lobster roll--this is very heavy, but over all really tasty! Super fast and great comfort food :)

    Large portions
    Ali W.

    The portions here are MASSIVE the price reasonable and the service holding that southern hospitality! Couldn't recommend this place more if you want authentic southern gumbo and other delicious foods.

    Seafood jambalaya

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    Great Cajun food. Friendly and knowledgeable owner. Great decorations on walls. Will be back!

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    11 years ago

    Grreat portions for the price! Very fast and easy for takeout. Try the Bayou Po-Boy.

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    7 years ago

    Great food. Can't go wrong with any of the po boys. The etouffee is wonderful as well.

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    9 years ago

    Dang ol best c'jun food I'd had in a real long time! I had the dang I'm hushers and the were delisius.

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    7 years ago

    I am addicted to the shrimp and crawfish etouffe! Perfect every time! Truly Cajun masterpiece.

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    14 years ago

    Wow, the deep fried breading pudding is, alone, worth going for. The chipolte pork poboy was pretty good as was the seafood jumbalya.

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    13 years ago

    They have amazing food including a delicious cajun gyro, chicken philly and gumbo !

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    8 years ago

    On point every time. Good sized portions and the desserts are delish!! They always have a special and it is cozy and warm in there!

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    Montana's Rib & Chop House - Bozeman - Crab Crusted Chicken*

    Montana's Rib & Chop House - Bozeman

    3.0(231 reviews)
    2.8 mi

    We have nothing bad to say, we went at 3:00 pm and it was pretty empty but we had friendly service,…read moredelicious food with ample portions.

    Stopped there on 7-10-2026 from a recommendation from the hotel that we spent the night at before…read morewe flew out the next day, what a mistake. Walked into the place and they sat us down into a freezing room. The waitress told us that it would get warmer as the crowd shows up. We told them that we were freezing and they still did not offer to move us. Fortunately we were going to miss the crowd since we weren't going to stay there for 4-5 hours for them to show up to exhale enough carbon dioxide to warm the room up. So my wife orders the salmon dish and it came with two sides, she couldn't chose the sides, the dish had broccoli and salad. I order the filet mignon, baked potato and salad and specifically inform the waitress that I want my steak to be cooked "medium". Not "medium rare or medium well done", because the cooks always get it wrong depending on the thickness of the steak if they have a mediocre chef. Well she brings the salads out, can't mess up the salads, right? Salads look mediocre at best, small, nothing to brag about. Still freezing our asses off in the room. The meals are arriving, yeah... My wife's salmon plate was on fire as she bringing it out. The wooden platter that the fish was placed on was on fire which was burning/charr-broiling (crispy) the end of the salmon, the waitress put the fire out as she sat it down on the table, I shit you not!!! She sat my steak and bake potato down. The potato is a nice sized one and cooling off due to the room being so cold and it's got butter on it and the butter is not even melting, so I'm like okay. The waitress (bless her heart) asked me to cut into my steak to verify that it's cooked to my standard before she walks away and asked me if I wanted anything else, why yes I do, I want some A-1 steak sauce like I asked for before. I cut the steak open and it's rare to medium rare. Take it back and get it right. At this point if the A-1 sauce had been there with everything else going on, I would have eaten the steak, took my losses and left and gave her a poor tip. Bam, she comes back with plate which is splattering grease on me (I have a white pullover shirt on) and the table with one of those little ketchup tubs half-way full of some type of steak sauce. You know the type that you pump into the little cups where you get the flatware from and tells me it's @ 350 degrees or some shit like that. At this point, I'm done. I don't care if blood is pouring out of the piece of meat, a little bit of steak sauce, a frozen baked potato, it's going down. Nothing like having a filet that's burnt crispy on the ends, good crispy burnt crunchy tasting and getting to a medium pink middle, what a transition. I used to grill like that. My wife did love her salmon, she didn't eat the broccoli, it would have been nice if she had a choice on her side. The waitress asked if we wanted desert, I just ignored her after that. Got my check, poor tip and left. I think that the salad or meal gave me diarrhea in the evening at the hotel. I had indigestion and diarrhea all night long and the next morning. I had to go over to a local store and buy some stop the flow pills just so that we could fly out of town that day. The funny thing is that Rib & Chop House sent a survey link to fill out and when I went to fill it out, that's why I'm doing this one, I started out with a poor rating. Then they send you a verification code to start it, the code wouldn't work, resend, it wouldn't work. I was really done then.

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    Empty booth we requested.

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    Montana's Rib & Chop House - Bozeman

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    Montana's Rib & Chop House

    3.7(456 reviews)
    24.9 mi
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    The service here was amazing- Ashton, our server was AMAZING!!! He was kind, informative, and…read moreoverall engaged and made the experience that much better. When we (a group of grown adults) asked for a kids menu, he brought us the whole kit and kaboodle- they have cute little paper cars with the kids menu. The food here was amazing- the steak was so so flavorful. The Mac and cheese was okay, but the rest of the food made up for it. The drinks were really good- if you get the margarita please know it's so so strong The ambiance was so nice, not too loud, not too quiet. Overall, amazing place. Would recommend, especially if you're on vacation!

    We visit this steak house regularly and most of the time we have a good meal, good atmosphere, and…read moregreat staff. On Wednesday evening we made a last minute decision to stop in for dinner and we are so glad we did. Sat at the bar as we like to do most visits, enjoyed a drink before ordering as we usually do but what came next was above and beyond and I have to share. We ordered our meal, and as my husband sometimes does, he ordered a rib eye and asked it to be cooked " as the chef recommendeds it". He does this all of the time...nothing more comes of it, dinner is served and it works out to be delicious most of the time. This evening there would be a different chain of events that would leave us very impressed. The bartender took it a step further, she decided to actually refer this order to The Chef... He took the time to come out to talk to us. He explained his experience cooking this choice of cut, he made a suggestion, and went into detail explaining the marbling. He offered his recommendation and we agreed. He called it "Pittsburgh Style", It was the best Ribeye we ever had, ( yes I made him share a piece ). I am sad to say we did not aquire this young man's name but we wish to recognize and commend him, not only on the result of the meal, but on his knowledge and dedication. He didn't have to take that extra step, but he did. And to our server/bartender...Kudos!

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    Montana's Rib & Chop House - Menu 1/2. Sept 2023

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    Menu 1/2. Sept 2023

    The Spice and Tea Exchange

    The Spice and Tea Exchange

    4.1(12 reviews)
    1.9 mi
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    This biz is my cup of tea…read more The Spice & Tea Exchange is my favorite chain to visit while traveling. I recently stopped by their location in Bozeman, Montana and picked up enough tea to excite Paul Revere. I spent over 30 minutes exploring their well stocked inventory of tea and spices. The teas are sold in a loose leaf form, which happens to be my favorite. They have sleepy time teas, highly caffeinated options, and even some mushroom based. The other half of the store is filled with different spices and rubs for all your cooking needs. This is also a great spot to pick up accessories for your tea-loving friend. There's bookmarks, tea cups, and even those small animals that change colors when tea is poured on them. I wanted one of everything. I ended up snagging a cute light blue tea cup that has a built in filter, banana sugar, chocolate mushroom tea, and a strawberry white tea. I also grabbed a ranch rub and a garlic aioli seasoning to experiment with at home. Can't wait to sample all my new goodies.

    Spice things up! This is a pretty impressive spice and tea…read morestore! They have a whole lot of different spices, spice blends, and of course, tea. It's not all just spice blends where some Montanan thinks, "Eh- this is what Cajun spice tastes like." Instead, it's mainly the raw spice ingredients. I love that they get nerdy with it- they had about 8 different types of paprika, with a little sign that lets you know where it's from, what it tastes like, what you're going to pay. You're free to open the jars and take a sniff. If you're cooking in Bozeman, and need just a pinch of some obscure spice, this is a good place to go so you don't have to buy a whole bottle and waste it. They have such large jars of spices, and such a huge variety, you have to wonder about the turnaround time on these spices, and how long some of these more obscure spices are sitting here. The fact that they're in glass jars is slightly worrisome, but I like seeing what's going on in all those jars. I was disappointed that they seemed to largely skim over the world of Indian spices, which are notoriously hard to figure out. The staff was busy when we went, but it gave us plenty of time to get a good look around.

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    The Spice and Tea Exchange - So many cool things here!

    So many cool things here!

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    The Spice and Tea Exchange

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    Community Food Co-op - Look at these breads.

    Community Food Co-op

    4.2(135 reviews)
    1.3 mi
    •$$

    My daughter and I went here for the first time. There was parking on the street, and I believe…read morethere was a small parking lot near the store. It was raining, but we quickly made it inside. We found the salad bar we'd heard about and a soup station. We both decided on a bowl of soup. It was less than $5 per person, and the soup station also offered crackers or bread for an additional fee. The utensils (metal and plastic) were actually located near the entrance of the Co-op, not the soup station. The Co-op had a membership that appeared to offer a slight discount on prices. Overall, the Co-op was quiet, offered a mix of organic and specialty items, with a deli, salad bar, and soup station. Their cashiers were friendly. It definitely reminded me of Trader Joe's and Sprouts. Definitely would return and recommend.

    **November 2025: Sunday Afternoon Visit**…read more My mom and I were looking for some local Montana gifts and food and saw the huge Co-op building on a drive down Main Street. The parking lot is kind of small, but we were able to find a spot to squeeze into on our visit. When you enter the building you'll see an impressive self-serve section and I noticed quite a few people loading up their plates or to go boxes. There's an island of ingredients to make your own salad and a couple of home made soups, and another area for hot items. My mom and I decided to share a squash soup, a small salad, and an assortment of hot items including South Carolina pulled pork, mac n cheese, biscuits and gravy, and mashed potatoes. I also decided to try a local kombucha which was really refreshing. We grabbed our utensils close to the exit and headed upstairs to enjoy our food. After we devoured everything we perused the main floor and bought a lot of Montana based goodies including teas, Bequet caramels, soaps, and skincare products. Suffice to say I spent quite a bit of money here, but I'm happy to support local and be able to share the Montana spirit with my family and friends! I'd say Community Food Co-op is kind of like a cross between Trader Joes and Whole Foods, but with a great emphasis on sustainability and local goods. Price range is $$-$$$ range depending on the items.

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    Now we're cookin'

    Community Food Co-op - Serve yourself

    Serve yourself

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    Food area

    Noodles and Company

    Noodles and Company

    2.2(82 reviews)
    1.7 mi
    •$

    Taste is only ok. The noodle comes in super small portion…read more Way too overpriced. They use strong sauce to cover the imperfection of the food which is kinda sad.

    We are here in Bozeman working for a couple of months and I wanted to try noodles. Well, never…read moreagain in this establishment. My son was the first one to the register and when the guy FINALLY got around to taking his order, I told him we were all together and I would pay for it. He just rang up my son's order and walked off and went behind the cooking line. He never returned, never took my son's money, only handed him a cup for soda. There were three employees cooking, no one seemed to want to take our order. There were probably 15 people waiting for food, a lot of food was sitting up on the table to be given to the various people the whole time we were there, after nearly a half hour, no one took our order or delivered the food that was made. We just walked out. We won't be back. I would never call it fast food, you might call it wait all day food.  It was horrible. I would hate to try the food after the slovenly look of the employees anyway. You should just close this store. The menu looks so good, but don't know if I could ever try it anywhere else. I certainly won't be back here, ever. You need serious management here and fast. I guess this is just your tax write-off, because you can't be making any money here. This is by far the worst restaurant in Bozeman, Montana.

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