Second time dining here. Not impressed this trip. Ordered pork chops. They were very dark. Tasted of fish and old oil. Not sure but definitely not like my first trip through here. Overall, disappointed this trip. Staff were friendly as always. Salad was good as were the sweet potato fries. Tea was amazing as always. Just very disappointed in the chops, especially the aftertaste. Stopped by Friday afternoon between 2 and 3 pm. read more

Yes, banana pancakes are very good. I like mine cooked a certain way and they executed it everytime. There is a buffet for lunch that is well worth a try. Service is good just bring cash if your trying to be budget friendly and don''t order to go unless you can pay per box. read more

Great food and budget friendly with good service they have a buffet as well as a good size menu.

The food and the atmosphere are great. Friendly owners and staff. Their fried chicken is in a league of its own. I highly recommend Penny's Cafe ! read more

The shrimp porboy and the fried oyster sandwiches are delicious. Service is always good the staff is friendly and helpful.

Good food and a warm vibe that I like! To me that's a valuable restaurant. Thank you for being there when I'm hungry!

I have had breakfast here serval times on the way to the coast but Thursday was my first time to try the chicken buffet. Everything fresh , hot and delicious. Mustard greens , cabbage, red skin potatoes, corn nuggets and baked and fried chicken were all amazing. The price was extremely reasonable for the quality. The baked chicken was flavorful and the fried bird was extremely crispy , hot and juicy. I'm a little amazed so much good food for such a low price. read more

Penny's Cafe - Fried chicken delicious! - Southern Near Me - Violet, Louisiana

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I recently went to Penny's Cafe, got money from her ATM machine. Two of the twenties were torn, when my order was ready, I attempted to pay with the money that I got from her ATM and was told that she couldn't accept them. When I ask for the phone number of the ATM company I was told that she was too busy to get me the information. I was the only person in the place. read more

Penny's Cafe - This is the money I got from her ATM - Southern Near Me - Violet, Louisiana

Seafood buffet is always spectacular, whether crawfish/crabs/shrimp or all - if it's in season, it's there. Ordering off the menu can sometimes be a challenge, you order one thing you may get something else, however the food is delicious. Service is always "Spot On" prompt & friendly. The ambiance is a down home relaxed cafe'. Breakfast, Lunch or dinner you can't go wrong!! read more

Went to the all you can eat crab night. Seafood was very bland! Not much of any flavor at all! C'mon we all want this to be good and delicious! Get someone in their that knows how to boil seafood and let's get this cook some help plz ughhh read more

I love Penny's ! Had the fried chicken with a generous helping of fries... Yum Yum Yum read more

Penny's Cafe is a community staple in Violet, LA and it has quite a lot of local characters that frequent the joint. They have quite a comprehensive menu along with doing occasional seafood boils. It is about the last actual restaurant you will see on your way to the fishing grounds of Shell Beach, Delacroix or Hopedale so it is a good place to stop off on the way going fishing or the on the way back home. They sometimes have a breakfast buffet and then a lunch buffet that seems pretty popular. The menu has a selection of New Orleans' Creole fare along with some Italian and plain old fashioned American diner food. The seafood gumbo has a decent amount of seafood in it with good flavor. The entrees are decent sized and typically quite filling and the po boys and other sandwiches are done well. The service is friendly and usually takes good care of you. The only big negative is they have a two refill policy for their soft drinks and iced tea which is rather unusual for the area and I can't think of any other restaurants that do that. Overall this is an interesting joint that has some decent to great food with a lot of local character. read more

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We had a tip-top breakfast experience at Penny's this morning. We'd seen this place while exploring da parish and noticed that the parking lot is always buzzing during the AM. Now we know why. First off, the service was fast, friendly and attentive! We were greeted and treated like regulars which I appreciated. My partner ordered the crab cakes, topped in a cream-based shrimp sauce, cheese and eggs and served with toast or biscuit. He chose the biscuit, grilled. The crab cakes were fresh and flavorful, and the sauce was tasty (but not too rich)! I ordered the 'big breakfast' with pancakes, eggs, bacon, hashbrowns and toast. Every thing was just as desired! read more

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Absolutely the best fried chicken in the area and excellent service....lunch buffet...had bakedchicken, fried chicken, dirty rice. Steamed broccoli, pasta & deserts read more

Penny's Cafe - Southern Near Me - Violet, Louisiana

Love the country Cajun atmosphere and food. You always feel welcomed when you go have a meal. Great people and nice relaxing place

I ordered the seafood platter and it was for two we had enough food on the platter that could feed at least four people it had fries your bread fried oysters fried shrimp fried catfish they had a stuffed crab stuffed shrimp and they had two soft shell crabs the only thing that I did not like was that it salty. But it was good. read more

I'm a regular and I love it can't stay away !!! Very good service ! Makes you feel at home. Awesome southern food. read more

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Wanted to stay inside the parish for brunch and found this gem .Friendly staff and food was tasty. Very reasonably priced and plentiful portions. Will be back often ! read more

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Definitely a local joint and a great place to spot locals. Ordered the hamburger and it wasn't good and the meat didn't seem fresh. Didn't finish the meal. The kitchen was a bit dirty. read more

Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola! That's the motif of this diner. It's on the drapes, the tables, the wall decorations... everywhere. Penny, the proprietor, is a big fan-- enough that when they were out of sweet tea when I came in for one late lunch, she mentally switched up my request for coffee with Coca-Cola! Ah, now that I have that off my chest, let's lay it out. This place is not fast. It's not amazingly good. It's not amazingly friendly. The prices aren't great. But it does offer a variety of local food-- jambalaya, gumbo, catfish, etc., or a little of everything with their rotating buffet. Penny's is pretty popular with the lunch crowd, and when I walk in covered in dust- and drywall-compound-covered work clothes, they don't bat an eye. Lunch will take you about an hour, so be prepared to relax a little. Perhaps put something on the jukebox. You're on southern time, and that's OK. read more

Huge disappointment! Ordered breakfast with scrambled eggs and was brought over easy eggs. No big deal right, told the waitress and she brought the plate back to the kitchen. Well, instead of making scramble eggs, they just chopped up the same eggs and sent them out. And to top it off, the waitress told me it was a mix up with another order(it was just me and a table that was leaving) so don't try and pull that crap on me. Lazy,lazy,lazy read more

My husband and I ate breakfast here on Saturday. The 14th of February, Valentines day. It was our second time here. We had been on the previous Monday, for lunch. At that visit I got the buffet. (Monday, beans) I was jealous of my husbands club sandwich. But, I looked over the menu while we were there and wanted to try the breakfast menu is the basic southern fare with a few specialty's. At breakfast service was friendly no it's not fast you need to be at your leisure. But, it wasn't slow she was attentive and the food is made to order. Very hot and fresh. And, very good. Pancakes, eggs,grits sausage toast. Yea, coke is an overwhelming theme. But, they back it up. Both, times the Coke was SPOT on. I am an avid Coke drinker. If you are you know what I mean. Neat and clean. You get what you pay for. read more

Maybe I ordered the wrong thing but there is nothing special about the food here. The wait staff was very nice but service was slow.

This time i went we got Meatballs & Spaghetti and Eggplant Lasagna both were awesome.

I am not exactly sure what this dish was called but it was described to me as a Cajun Eggs Benedict. It had the poached eggs and ham sitting on top of two crab cakes. The "hollandaise" sauce poured over top was kind of cajun dirty with shrimp, crawfish, diced onions and seasoning. It was ridiculously good. read more

Penny's Cafe - Cajun Eggs Benedict - Southern Near Me - Violet, Louisiana

This place was not great. We stopped for dinner. The salad was iceburg lettuce out of a bag with a single slice of tomato on it. The mac and cheese was spaghetti with melted Velveeta. The fried shrimp were too salty, the Coke was flat, the boiled shrimp were way overcooked and nearly impossible to peel. The fried cheese was obviously microwaved and lukewarm. And the women's bathroom - wow - feces on the toilet, not in, ON. We won't be stopping here again. One plus, the waitress was very courteous and took good care of us. read more