as soon as I walked in there, I was treated like family. It was more so like "go ahead and get you a plate" kind of vibes. Then came the real test the food..... being a Maryland native, I always have something to say about the seafood. I ordered the stuffed catfish and it was gone in less than five minutes. I also ordered a shrimp po boy to go. The amount of food given does not make sense because there is so much food for how little you pay. Everything was so good and I loved every bite definitely a highlight of my trip read more

Jazz A Louisiana Kitchen - excuse the plate I ate some food before I took a picture - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

Food is amazing, the staff has an amazing vibe they provide amazing customer service!

I am Cajun. This was un-edible, it was bad, it made me lose my appetite, I decided to permanently do Ramadan although I'm not Muslim so I can have an excuse to never come to this place. Found a hair in my gumbo, the food tasted like plastic. read more

Jazz A Louisiana Kitchen - Wow this was the garlic seafood platter - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

The ambiance was cool. It was like a hole in the wall neighborhood vibe. Seating is tight. There are dollar bills all over everywhere. It was fun reading what people had written on them. There was a full bar and a few TVs with sports playing. The folks were friendly. The food was pretty good. The catfish nuggets were not very seasoned but were fresh tasting (not fishy tasting) and cooked to perfection. The meals we ordered were big. We didn't finish our food but the flavors were pretty good and built over time. The blackened salmon was delicious. I'd definitely go again. read more

Jazz A Louisiana Kitchen - Stuffed Catfish (Full Order) - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

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Jazz is in a strip mall, but from the second you open the door it has a unique character. The place is a little noisy, but the staff is friendly and helpful. The menu has some fun and interesting choices, but only some of them have explanations. I don't care for paper menus. The stuffed zucchini is improperly named, but amazingly delicious. The serving sizes are good, and the food was great. Definitely worth another visit. read more

Jazz A Louisiana Kitchen - Jazz! - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

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We came here one time and it was great. We got here at 6 and the rest of the party at 6:15 today it's currently 7:29 and we still haven't gotten our food. Because "the printer messed up". Server said it'd be another 15 minutes before our food is done and i don't know why the ticket wouldn't have been made a priority. It's actually really upsetting this happened, as this was an important meeting and we thought this would be a great place to do it. I don't think we'll be back here in a long time. It's now 7:32 and we just got our food. Three of our plates came out with the main entrees burnt. Then still wanted us to pay after making us wait so long for burnt food and other food that didn't have the accommodations we asked for . Manager said they'd "take care of us", I'm not sure what she meant by that cause we were not taken care of at all. Update: they gave us a $50 gift card (1 card for the 7 of us) for "when we come back". We offered it for the person of interest the group who sent their plate back but he refused and said he wouldn't come back either. read more

Went to Jazz for lunch with my family today. My wife's blacken shrimp was dry , very small shrimp maybe size 40 to a pound. My blackened redfish was very small and thin. Service was good. Sad this restaurant is so bad. It used to be great read more

This place offered an experience that reminded me of my time in New Orleans. The food was fantastic and fairly priced and the environment of the restaurant makes your heart pounded with excitement the moment you walk in. read more

We were in town for a Tx Tech tour- and I'll preface this by saying if our daughter decides on Tech, we'll try Jazz again. The drink specials were great- and the onion rings may have seriously been some of the best onion rings I've ever eaten! Beer batter and thick, 1" onion rings - seriously fantastic. In fact, I'd recommend going to have a beer, and some onion rings. The gumbo was mid-tier. We grew up in Houston so we had lots of access to solid gumbo. This was more more of a seafood gravy. Not bad, but not gumbo in our opinion, The blackened catfish, the fried shrimp, the coleslaw , all on the salty scale . Too salty for my wife and borderline for me. Great local ambiance, the staff was great- I'm guessing college students? Very friendly and accommodating staff. It's up to you to visit - if you keep it simple it'll be great! read more

BE ADVISED. I award one point as it is the lowest rating allowed on this platform. I received a free meal from Jazz for my birthday. So, Lubbock Jazz location refused to honor it. $18.00 loss! The manager could not explain whether or not Lubbock had such a program, but she adamantly refused to honor my request. On my way out after our meal the waitress yelled to me to hold on as they forgot to include an item in my to go order. So, after this entirely disappointing outing I go home unpack my order and lo and behold they messed up my beignet order. So, I had the added pleasure of paying for two orders and received one. Poor service, uncooperative and incompetent manager and in the end a rip off! BUYERE BEWARE! Needless to say they've lost my business. read more

The food has so much potential but it falls flat. Fried platters would be so much better if they just added salt before frying. The batter in the catfish has a great consistency but no flavor. We had the friend oysters and that also had no flavor. The garlic mashed potatoes would be so good if they just added a bit of cream cheese and sour cream. The hush puppies were good. Super nice texture on the outside and soft and fluffy on the inside. They were the highlight of the meal. We also had the crawfish fettuccine, which was good but nothing to rave about. Also, the ambiance is more of a bar feel. It gets packed and there isn't a lot of room. I made the mistake of coming with 2 babies. They did have high chairs, which was surprising. read more

Excellent Cajun/creole food, with an expansive (but not expensive!) menu and fun atmosphere. Angelica aka Jelly is a darling, request her section and tip proper! :-) read more

Jazz A Louisiana Kitchen - Beignets - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

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The food was terrible. The shrimp was fried salad shrimp with so much batter one could not find the tiny shrimp. The oysters were over cooked. The hush puppies were raw. The French fries were frozen from a bag, barely cooked. The service was good, but that is the only nice thing I can say. Would not recommend and will not go back. read more

The food is great and the decor of the place is southern for sure. Wait staff and cooks do an excellent job. read more

I'm extremely picky when it comes to Cajun cooked food. I frequent New Orleans so it's always a challenge to find Cajun food in a Texas that I can find comparable. This place definitely surprised me in the best possible way. The gumbo was seasoned perfectly. My only complaint was that the cup was too small. read more

Jazz A Louisiana Kitchen - All the food was so good!! Large portions!! - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

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I had a cup of gumbo-delicious and spicy! Then I ordered crawfish fettuccini and my date ordered seafood fettuccini. These are belt-busting plates of food! It was soooo good! Service was super friendly and answered all my questions. Ambiance had dollar bills all over the walls, chairs, ceiling. A fun restaurant for sure! read more

Jazz A Louisiana Kitchen - Money - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

Now this was a gem aka a diamond in the ROUGH for sure! We were staying in Lubbock on a roadtrip home to Austin from Denver. We started off heading to Razzoo's which we quickly discovered is a chain restaurant with lots of super sweet drinks and what looked like frozen, bagged fried food parading as "Cajun". We decided to find something a bit more authentic and local and came across Jazz's. Walking in we knew this was more our speed. The place was packed so we sat at the bar. We got quite the show with dinner. The bartender and serving staff were all annoyed with the kitchen and vice versa. The food handling could use some improvement, but not a deal breaker. The food was awesome! I had fried catfish and she had crawfish creole which was a spicy tomato sauce with crawfish and other veggies. Catfish was fried crispy, fries were crispy and the crawfish creole was saucy and delicious. The staff was very nice to us and they genuinely seemed to be just giving each other a hard time because it was a really busy night and some orders weren't coming out just right and it was slowing them down. read more

This place has been on my list when we visit! Food was awesome! Stuffed catfish & shrimp Diane with an appetizer of onion rings! Cocktails were great! read more

I typically love Cajun food. But this was by far the worst Cajun food I have ever had. It didn't taste fresh and was overly salted. I was really looking forward to trying here given some of the reviews I saw but I will never be back here. Do not go here. read more

It was the worst Cajun food I have ever tried in my life. The chicken was left over from the night before and all the vegetables were taken out of the freezer and heated up. The pasta was too hard to chew. I wish they had a good cook because the atmosphere is so cute. read more

Food, service and atmosphere is always top notch! Been going since the joint opened and have never been disappointed.

Best Louisiana cuisine I've had outside of Nola. Normally that isn't saying much. I've had Cajun cookin' in several cities around the country and it's almost always sub par. If you can combine the ingredients in a dish together appropriately and put up Mardi Gras swag people will come. This ain't that. The special was chic ken A L Mer, blacked per the fun and quirky waitresses suggested. Big chunks of crab and shrimp doused in the creamy sauce. The chicken was cooked perfectly, blacked just right with a little crisp on the outside and juiciness throughout. The oysters were the the biggest I've had since Acme Oyster house in the French Quarter in 2018. Amazing. Swing through if you're in Lubbock! read more

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Visiting from out of town. Hadn't been here in years since attending TTU. Sam was outstanding and took care of us! Sam had a fun attitude and we left looking forward to coming back again and again!! read more

Service was good. Blackened chicken Alfredo was cold, sauce was curdled. Ordered hush puppies and they were made with the beignet dough, no corn meal and were sweet; just needed some powdered sugar to make a nice dessert. I did ask server the difference between hush puppies and beignets and she said the HP's were friend in bacon grease, same dough. Key lime pie was amazing, first time in a long time I had a true lime curd with meringue, baked key lime pie. Not a creamy ice box pie with whip cream piled on it. Establishment and entree came highly recommended. I might return for the pie. read more

It is not a bad New Orleans experience. We had to take our food to go, but the crawfish fettuccini Alfredo was everyone's favorite. The wait time on the order was lengthy, but the food was yum! read more

I Always enjoy the shrimp or crawfish etoffe. The long time chef passed away but the great flavors did not. Their cocktails are not bad either. It's one of my go to places. So far the best Cajun food in Lubbock. The service is acceptable wait staff are knowledgeable, friendly, and attentive. Jazz's walls are covered with dollar bills AGAIN during the heights of COVID the owner took all the bills off the walls and divided it between the staff. Many reasons to eat here!!! read more

Bought lunch to take to a customer. The portions are huge, the food was amazing, and we fed 7 for $120. We called the order in ahead and picked it up at 11:30, it was ready right on time! read more

We have eaten here several times. Always good, crowded little fun place. Food has always been good have never eaten anything that was not good. Last time we had a fun snarky waitress that just fit our vibe! She was great! read more

Food was delicious and very flavorful great service by Jessica. Jessica gave us her recommendations and it was FIRE ! read more

Jazz A Louisiana Kitchen - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

This is nothing like the KC location we were very disappointed with the food we had crawfish étouffée, gumbo, and chicken al mer none of them were at the KC standards. read more

I'm visiting Lubbock and if I didn't know better, I would've thought I was on Bourbon Street in Nola. I'm pescatarian, but they offered several fish entrees. I had a tuna steak salad and it filled me up. My family had other options and they, too, enjoyed them. The autographed, dollar-bill decor was especially interesting to see. read more

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We really wanted to like this place. Cool dive bar atmosphere. Server was very attentive and knowledgeable about the menu. The food was a terrible. I ordered the Cajun Two Step (crawfish etouffee with jambalaya). It arrived cold - refrigerator cold. I did taste it and the flavor was good. I just did not want to chance eating something that definitely was not fresh. The server had the manager come over. She basically accused me of lying. She said all of their sauces were cooked to order. Very disappointed!!! read more

I had the crawfish etoufee and it was the right amount of spicy and savory. Made me feel like I'm actually in Louisiana!

Was told about this place by the hotel maintenance guy and it did not disappoint! Greeted by a great waitress named Sam! Very personable and friendly!! Sam recommended a dish that was on point! Fried chicken with crab and shrimp and sauce with fettuccine noodles and mixed vegetables! 5 stars for the food AND the service. Thank you Sam! read more

Absolutely my favorite place to go when I travel to Lubbock. I always get the crawfish and chicken a la Mer Amazing!!!! read more

Jazz A Louisiana Kitchen - Fried crawfish - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Lubbock, Texas

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Whoever owns Jazz....need to reevaluate....been coming to Jazz forever.....Last nite..the food was cold....the fried shrimp and onion rings had WAY too much batter....boiled shrimp seemed stale....Coon ass chicken was good...vegetables were cold....asked to get some warm veggies...brought me a bowl of "barely warm" vegetables.. huh? Service was helpful and prompt...... read more

Delicious !!! Delicious !! Let's just say that i can't wait to come back. I ordered the Blackened Shrimp with Dirty Rice and I loved it. Just the right amount of "spicy" lol One of my friends told me to write "the food is freakin good" on here lol so there ya go! We would recommend ! FYI: this place is covered in single dollar bills ! It's just amazing. If you're visiting the area make sure you leave one read more

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Food is amazing! Service is great! Has a great home feeling! It is a little crowded but nothing no one can't handle. It's a must when we pass through Lubbock! read more

Great food service and atmosphere. Awesome place to chill and get and drink. We go on Thursdays because they always have a great band playing. read more

I came here 9 years ago sick as a dog and the bartender recommended the gumbo. I ordered a bowl and finished it in a few minutes. Went back to my hotel and woke up the next morning feeling great. Needless to say, I'm back, and the gumbo is still smurftastic! read more