Coonyon's Restaurant Review My dad raved about Coonyon's and…read morewanted to take us there for dinner tonight. We settled in and placed our orders -- I had a small cup of gumbo and a small red beans and rice, Dad ordered the gator bites, and my wife and mother both went with the shrimp and cheese grits. Having spent many years traveling through seven different states, including plenty of time in Louisiana and New Orleans, I've had my share of gumbo. To put it kindly, this wasn't one of the better ones. It lacked the dark roux that gives gumbo its signature flavor, had very little liquid, and mostly consisted of chunks of chicken and okra over a pile of rice. The gator bites were probably the best thing I tried -- even though I only tasted one, it was quite good. The red beans and rice were decent, with the highlight being the sausage, though there were only three or four very thin slices. I'd love to find that sausage again! The shrimp and grits I sampled had good, creamy grits, tasty shrimp, and a tomato-based étouffée-style sauce that worked well together. The waitress was prompt, the food arrived hot and on time, and overall it was a decent experience -- but not quite what I'd consider a true Cajun restaurant.

Authentic Cajun food. Most restaurants do not know how to make gumbo. This is the real deal. Also…read moreyou can get etouffe', boudin balls, muffelettas, good fried or blackened catfish, shrimp and grits and other dishes. Also beer and wine.

Food was outstanding Service was outstanding…read morePrice was very fair Godd food pleasant atmosphere Really enjoyed my birthday dinner!!!!

Probably the best, most consistent BBQ we're had. Any other BBQ joint is always compared to K T's…read moreand they all fall short.

They seem to have a really great selection of many different types of high quality meat and nice…read morepeople working inside. A bit pricey but worth it if you're able to pay the higher prices for good, I believe locally sourced meat. Nice, clean sore.

Always great meat with friendly helpful service. It's clean and you know what you're buying is what…read moreyou're actually getting

Carne Asada Tacos were great. Patio seating is tough on the elderly and the young, but inside…read moreambience is fabulous. Salmon kabobs were tender with a delicious char. Portions are perfect. This place rocks. Overlooks downtown Mountain Home.

We had the poke nachos! They were delicious. Also had the mahi mahi tacos. They were ok, the nachos…read morewere so good, they just won out in flavor over the tacos. The service was great. The atmosphere was lively and upbeat. We had to leave before the live music started, we look forward to going back! I don't know how we missed this place for 5 years?!?

I was at Jamie's and I ordered a hamburger with cheese and fries and the hamburger and fries were…read moredone pretectly and my waitress did a excellent job and she was very happy and she always asked me how everything was to the owner of Jamie's you have the best staff working for you and I recommend Jamie's to everyone nice job everyone keep up the great work

Their Christmas spread was not like last year! There was no…read moreGreen Bean Casserole - shameful!

My wife and I decided to give Fred's a try after quite some time. We were so glad we did. We…read morearrived and were greeted right away. We sat in the screened in area and were served by Dee. She was excellent! We loved the ambience. The view of the lake was wonderful. My wife ordered the coconut shrimp and I had the fresh walleye special. Both were excellent. I overheard that there was only one cook in the kitchen. I was amazed that the single cook handled the whole restaurant by herself, especially since it was filling up quickly as we dined. We'll definitely go back!

This place is Awesome! The view of the lake is breathtaking. The food is delicious. We ordered…read morecheeseburgers with slaw and JoJos. The taste was great. I did ask for the burgers to be well done and was told "all of our burgers are well done" by a very nice, professional young man. The burgers, while delicious were definitely short of well done. Fred's is so worth the trip I didn't give them fewer stars; things happen. We will be back and hopefully will have a better cooked burger when we do return.

Was pleasantly surprised, the food a quality as well as service was excellent all around! Looking…read moreforward to returning.

We dined here Thursday on a whim passing through from Illinois. Our bacon bleu and pepperjack…read morejalapeno smash burgers were phenomenal!! Super generous portions, we also had skinny fries and tots. Our waitress couldn't have been nicer, and the wait for food was no time.

Not impressed. Our server Julian who never gave us his name, was one of the worst servers i have…read moreever encountered. He told us he was serving for 3 years and acted like he was a brand new server. Started with the fact he had no idea how much a glass of wine was!!! You worked here for 3 years and you have no idea what a glass of wine cost???? He told us it was "like $6.25 a glass". I said, there are 6 wines, you mean they are all $6.25? He didnt know... i said while you go back please find out what a bottle of wine is, specifically the Robert Mondavi.... He came back and said the Mondavi was $8.75( not close to the $6.25 he said) asked what the bottle was... he had to go back and ask again, He came back and said "somewhere between $20 and $30. I said that is a big difference, can you tell me the exact price for the Mondavi wine. Finally came back and said $30. (This guy says he has been here 3 years!?!?) WTF!?!? We got our salad and wine eventually. Ate the salad and started the second glass of wine when i had to flag him down and ask if we were supposed to get some bread, oh yeah he says. During all this time he never came to ask us how we were doing or if we needed anything. Asked him about the special they advertised in a BIG sign out side but nothing on the menus told you about the shrimp trio special, he told us about it. Mom ordered the shrimp trio and i ordered the NY steak medium. Mom and i sat and drank our wine and talked. Food came and my steak was well done. (Knew it was not going to be good sending it back). Sent it back anyway, why pay $30 for something that is not right? He left me with my green beans and potato which i ended up eating because i was starving and it took 12 mins to get my steak. By the time the steak came i was no longer hungry so i got a box to take my steak home. (Had two bites and it was tough and stringy). We just paid a lot of money for stuff i didnt even get to eat in the restaurant! Soooo disappointing!! Had to once again call Julian over to ask for boxes and a bill. Not once did Julian come over by himself once we gave him our order. No the restaurant was not full or overly busy, LOTS of empty tables. No desire to ever return here. So disappointing. Looked forward to a wonderful meal with my mom and it was nothing but aggravating!

Had a great experience!! Bartender was awesome and super friendly. The food was delightful. We…read moresplit a burger and the onion blossom. The ambiance was very Texan... but clean. Texas flag, TX light, but is an Arkansas founded company. Overall great experience everyone was great.