At Louie's Cafe, our Restaurant experience in Baton Rouge, LA brings together fresh flavors, thoughtful service, and a space designed for comfort. Guests appreciate our 4.50 rating across 1555 reviews, along with accessible facilities and standout great service and quality.
Popular Items
Frequently ordered and highly recommended items at Louie's Cafe
Our Story
Welcome to a place where great food meets warm hospitality. We believe dining is more than just a meal - it's an experience to be savored and shared.
Our kitchen is dedicated to creating dishes that bring people together, using recipes that honor tradition while embracing innovation.
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A glimpse of our restaurant experience
Food & Drinks
Two eggs to order/hash or grits/biscuit, toast, english muffin, or bagel/bacon, links, patty, or ham
Two eggs to order/hash or grits/biscuit, toast, english muffin, or bagel
Two eggs to order/short stack, waffle, or french toast/bacon, links, patty, or ham
Three eggs to order/8oz. choice ribeye/hash or grits/biscuit, toast, english muffin, or bagel
Three eggs to order/Two 5oz. pork chops/hash or grits/biscuit, toast, english muffin, or bagel
Three eggs to order/5oz. beef fritter & white sausage gravy/hash or grits/biscuit, toast, english muffin, or bagel
Cubed & chunky potatoes grilled to perfection with onions and cajun seasoning
Hashbrowns covered with your choice of colby, swiss, and/or jack cheese
Choose one, two, or three additional toppings for $1 each
Hashbrowns covered with sauteed mushrooms, colby cheese, and sour cream
Hashbrowns with your choice of cheese plus any combination or four or more toppings
Tall stack plus your choice of additions.
Short stack plus your choice of additions.
French toast plus your choice of additions.
Waffle plus your choice of additions.
One biscuit covered with sausage gravy.
Two biscuits covered with sausage gravy.
One biscuit covered in our shrimp & corn soup.
Two grilled biscuit halves each topped with a sausage patty and over medium egg, all covered in rich white gravy. Dang near highfalutin
Mixed fruit cup, or bowl of mixed fruit topped with yogurt, raisins, and pecans
Smoothie with or without yogurt.
Bacon, sausage links, sausage patty, or ham. Full order 4oz, half order 2oz.
White, wheat, rye, cinnamon raisin, or english muffin
Everything, wheat, cinnamon raisin, or plain
First thing's first
Our grits are YELLOW!
There was a whole diet based upon these in the 70's.
You'll never die.
Tomatoes, lime juice, fresh jalapeno, serrano, & anaheim peppers, cilantro, lime juice, onions, garlic, coriander.
Philadelphia Brand
The first step toward your jungle kingdom.
100% CHUCK PATTY
8oz USDA Choice lip on ribeye
Served with gravy
5oz
5oz grilled chicken breast
Sauteed shrimp & crawfish, 4oz total
4oz sauteed gulf shrimp
4oz sauteed LA crawfish tails
Papa Tom's stone ground yellow grits covered with our lovely shrimp & corn soup.
Two grilled biscuit halves each topped with a sausage patty and over medium egg, all covered in rich white gravy. Dang near highfalutin
Gulf shrimp and LA crawfish sauteed with onions in our spiced butter, folded into herbed cream sauce and served over two poached eggs on english muffin halves
Gulf shrimp and/or LA crawfish sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables, folded with swiss cheese, and topped with herbed cream sauce
Medley of 10 veggies, sauteed
Mushrooms, hashbrowns, sausage, colby cheese
Bacon, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, and colby cheese
Hashbrowns, onions, bell peppers, garlic, with colby cheese and topped with our fresh salsa
Colby, swiss, jack, and/or cream cheese
Gulf shrimp and/or LA crawfish sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables, folded with swiss cheese, and topped with herbed cream sauce
Gulf shrimp and/or LA crawfish sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables, folded with swiss cheese, and topped with herbed cream sauce
4oz 100% ground chuck
8oz 100% ground chuck
Seasoned LA catfish filet. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
Gulf shrimp and LA crawfish sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables and topped with swiss cheese. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
Gulf shrimp sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables and topped with swiss cheese. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
LA crawfish sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables and topped with swiss cheese. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
Gulf shrimp and LA crawfish sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables and topped with swiss cheese. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
Seasoned LA catfish filet. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
Stir-fried veggies and swiss
Bacon, egg, sprouts, tomato, and cheese if you'd like.
Avocado, cream cheese, mushrooms, and sprouts.
LA crawfish sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables and topped with swiss cheese. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
Gulf shrimp sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables and topped with swiss cheese. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
Triple decker with turkey, bacon, ham, and cheese.
Triple decker with 5oz breast, bacon, and choice of cheese.
Triple decker with turkey and bacon.
A phyllis dressed with lettuce and tomato atop a cooler no mushrooms sub cucumber salad with sprouts & drizzled with creamy vinaigrette in lieu of mayo.
Romaine and baby spinach, veggie mix, tomatoes, alfalfa sprouts and three cheeses with sauteed gulf shrimp and LA crawfish.
Classic caesar with grilled 5oz chicken breast
Romaine and baby spinach, veggie mix, tomatoes, and a touch of alfalfa sprouts.
French fries covered with your choice of colby, swiss, and/or jack cheese
Choose one, two, or three additional toppings for $1 each
French fries with your choice of cheese plus any combination or four or more toppings
8oz choice ribeye grilled to order.
Two 5oz center cut chops grilled to perfection.
5oz beef fritter topped with our white sausage gravy.
8oz beef patty grilled to order with onions and smothered in gravy.
Catfish filet on bed of rice, topped with shrimp and crawfish cream sauce.
Gulf shrimp and/or LA crawfish sauteed in spiced butter with mixed vegetables with a touch of soy sauce served over rice, rainbow rotini, or hashbrowns.
Sauteed mixture of veggie mix, onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, mung bean sprouts, and mushrooms with a dash of soy sauce served over rice, rotini pasta, or hashbrowns.
Ice cream, strawberries, pecans, Hershey's syrup, and whipped cream atop a warm brownie.
House made bread pudding topped with rum sauce. Contains Pecans.
One egg to order, choice of hash or grits, one piece breakfast meat, choice of animal cake or bread.
Egg fried medium well inside white toast.
Pick a shape!
Two eggs to order/hash or grits/biscuit, toast, english muffin, or bagel/bacon, links, patty, or ham
Two eggs to order/hash or grits/biscuit, toast, english muffin, or bagel
Two eggs to order/short stack, waffle, or french toast/bacon, links, patty, or ham
Three eggs to order/8oz. choice ribeye/hash or grits/biscuit, toast, english muffin, or bagel
Three eggs to order/Two 5oz. pork chops/hash or grits/biscuit, toast, english muffin, or bagel
Three eggs to order/5oz. beef fritter & white sausage gravy/hash or grits/biscuit, toast, english muffin, or bagel
Cubed & chunky potatoes grilled to perfection with onions and cajun seasoning
Hashbrowns covered with your choice of colby, swiss, and/or jack cheese
Choose one, two, or three additional toppings for $1 each
Hashbrowns covered with sauteed mushrooms, colby cheese, and sour cream
Hashbrowns with your choice of cheese plus any combination or four or more toppings
Tall stack plus your choice of additions.
Short stack plus your choice of additions.
French toast plus your choice of additions.
Waffle plus your choice of additions.
One biscuit covered with sausage gravy.
Two biscuits covered with sausage gravy.
One biscuit covered in our shrimp & corn soup.
Two grilled biscuit halves each topped with a sausage patty and over medium egg, all covered in rich white gravy. Dang near highfalutin
Mixed fruit cup, or bowl of mixed fruit topped with yogurt, raisins, and pecans
Smoothie with or without yogurt.
Bacon, sausage links, sausage patty, or ham. Full order 4oz, half order 2oz.
White, wheat, rye, cinnamon raisin, or english muffin
Everything, wheat, cinnamon raisin, or plain
First thing's first
Our grits are YELLOW!
There was a whole diet based upon these in the 70's.
You'll never die.
Tomatoes, lime juice, fresh jalapeno, serrano, & anaheim peppers, cilantro, lime juice, onions, garlic, coriander.
Philadelphia Brand
The first step toward your jungle kingdom.
100% CHUCK PATTY
8oz USDA Choice lip on ribeye
Served with gravy
5oz
5oz grilled chicken breast
Sauteed shrimp & crawfish, 4oz total
4oz sauteed gulf shrimp
4oz sauteed LA crawfish tails
Papa Tom's stone ground yellow grits covered with our lovely shrimp & corn soup.
Two grilled biscuit halves each topped with a sausage patty and over medium egg, all covered in rich white gravy. Dang near highfalutin
Gulf shrimp and LA crawfish sauteed with onions in our spiced butter, folded into herbed cream sauce and served over two poached eggs on english muffin halves
Gulf shrimp and/or LA crawfish sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables, folded with swiss cheese, and topped with herbed cream sauce
Medley of 10 veggies, sauteed
Mushrooms, hashbrowns, sausage, colby cheese
Bacon, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, and colby cheese
Hashbrowns, onions, bell peppers, garlic, with colby cheese and topped with our fresh salsa
Colby, swiss, jack, and/or cream cheese
Gulf shrimp and/or LA crawfish sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables, folded with swiss cheese, and topped with herbed cream sauce
Gulf shrimp and/or LA crawfish sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables, folded with swiss cheese, and topped with herbed cream sauce
4oz 100% ground chuck
8oz 100% ground chuck
Seasoned LA catfish filet. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
Gulf shrimp and LA crawfish sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables and topped with swiss cheese. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
Gulf shrimp sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables and topped with swiss cheese. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
LA crawfish sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables and topped with swiss cheese. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
Gulf shrimp and LA crawfish sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables and topped with swiss cheese. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
Seasoned LA catfish filet. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
Stir-fried veggies and swiss
Bacon, egg, sprouts, tomato, and cheese if you'd like.
Avocado, cream cheese, mushrooms, and sprouts.
LA crawfish sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables and topped with swiss cheese. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
Gulf shrimp sauteed in a spicy butter with vegetables and topped with swiss cheese. *NOT DEEP FRIED*
Triple decker with turkey, bacon, ham, and cheese.
Triple decker with 5oz breast, bacon, and choice of cheese.
Triple decker with turkey and bacon.
A phyllis dressed with lettuce and tomato atop a cooler no mushrooms sub cucumber salad with sprouts & drizzled with creamy vinaigrette in lieu of mayo.
Romaine and baby spinach, veggie mix, tomatoes, alfalfa sprouts and three cheeses with sauteed gulf shrimp and LA crawfish.
Classic caesar with grilled 5oz chicken breast
Romaine and baby spinach, veggie mix, tomatoes, and a touch of alfalfa sprouts.
French fries covered with your choice of colby, swiss, and/or jack cheese
Choose one, two, or three additional toppings for $1 each
French fries with your choice of cheese plus any combination or four or more toppings
8oz choice ribeye grilled to order.
Two 5oz center cut chops grilled to perfection.
5oz beef fritter topped with our white sausage gravy.
8oz beef patty grilled to order with onions and smothered in gravy.
Catfish filet on bed of rice, topped with shrimp and crawfish cream sauce.
Gulf shrimp and/or LA crawfish sauteed in spiced butter with mixed vegetables with a touch of soy sauce served over rice, rainbow rotini, or hashbrowns.
Sauteed mixture of veggie mix, onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, mung bean sprouts, and mushrooms with a dash of soy sauce served over rice, rotini pasta, or hashbrowns.
Ice cream, strawberries, pecans, Hershey's syrup, and whipped cream atop a warm brownie.
House made bread pudding topped with rum sauce. Contains Pecans.
One egg to order, choice of hash or grits, one piece breakfast meat, choice of animal cake or bread.
Egg fried medium well inside white toast.
Pick a shape!
Hear from our valued guests
What a hidden gem! Louie’s Cafe completely restored my faith that there was good food to be found on my vacation. The service was excellent — Tom, my server, was amazing and really made me feel welcome. The food was perfect homemade fare, from the delicious cubed hash browns with sautéed onions, to the thick, crispy bacon, perfectly cooked over-easy eggs, and a fluffy short stack of pancakes. Even the coffee was the best I had during my whole week in Louisiana. Highly recommend this place — it’s exactly what a great local diner should be!
Food is back to size and quality of the past. It costs more now but definitely worth the money. Had the number 1 breakfast special, with super hashbrowns, scrambled eggs, bacon, english muffin, and a side order of grits. Every bite was exceptional. Unfortunately, they only have normal business hours in this era. Service was stellar, staff interaction is at a higher level than any other places in the area. Big thumbs up to Louies.
Louie's Café has been a cherished tradition for me over the years, and it continues to impress with every visit. This time, I indulged in their brunch special—Eggs Breaux Bridge. This dish features a savory grits cake topped with andouille sausage, crawfish, and shrimp, all smothered in a rich shrimp and corn cream sauce. The combination was nothing short of delicious.([\[225\]][1]) My companions also savored their meals, with standout choices like the Eggs Louisianne—poached eggs on English muffins with shrimp, crawfish, and onions, finished with a spicy, buttery herb cream sauce. The flavors were bold and satisfying.([\[225\]][1]) The service was attentive and friendly, making our dining experience even more enjoyable. I also appreciated the newer location on Lake Street, which offers more seating and convenient parking, enhancing the overall experience. Whether you're a longtime patron or a first-time visitor, Louie's Café remains a must-visit spot in Baton Rouge. It consistently delivers quality food, great service, and a nostalgic atmosphere that keeps me coming back.
Louie’s Cafe is located adjacent to the LSU campus and provides that 50’s diner vibe. It’s a mainstay for breakfast. The menu is replete with egg and meat options, along with those desirable short-stack choices! This really is a gotta try type of place. If you enjoy that diner atmosphere with the vinyl stools at the counter, old fashioned metal legged tables, and good ‘ole greasy home-style cooking….then you won’t be disappointed.
The food and service was good. The only thing that I did not like was the yellow grits. They were thick and gritty. They were not smooth.
Visited 05/27/25 We had the pleasure of enjoying breakfast at Louie’s Café during our Memorial Day vacation, and it was like stepping back in time in the best way possible. There’s something so comforting about a true old-school diner, and Louie’s captures that charm perfectly, from the throwback tables and chairs to the classic ceramic coffee cups with saucers that instantly transported us to simpler times. We didn’t order anything fancy—just the basics—but everything was done exceptionally well. The hash browns, in particular, had a unique spin that absolutely delivered on flavor. It’s the kind of place where every detail feels thoughtful, from the friendly service to the hearty, satisfying food. One of the first things we noticed was a group of older gentlemen gathered over coffee and conversation, which is always a good sign you’ve found a local gem. While we’d love to say breakfast is impossible to mess up, experience has taught us otherwise. Thankfully, Louie’s is proof that there’s also a right way to do it—and they’ve got it down. A special shoutout to our server (whose name, regrettably, we didn’t catch). He mentioned he'd been working there for a couple of years, and his warmth and attentiveness put the "H" in Hospitality. If we ever find ourselves in the area again, Louie’s will be our first stop for breakfast—no question about it.
Louie's Café is a true Baton Rouge institution, and you should know right away that this is a classic greasy spoon. You shouldn't expect the height of cleanliness or sophisticated ambiance, but the dining experience is truly exceptional. The staff is consistently friendly and hustles to keep up with the non-stop crowds, making you feel welcome even when the place is slammed. The main event is the food, specifically the practically life-changing banana pecan pancakes. These fluffy, buttery disks are stacked high with sweet bananas and crunchy pecans, delivering a comforting, stick-to-your-ribs experience that is easily the best breakfast in town. It's a great spot for comfort food and an absolute must-do, particularly on an LSU game day. I will definitely be back for another stack!
Awesome food(serve breakfast all day,close at 230)and service, atmosphere is lively and loud,perfect diner feel, clean and quick friendly service ,waiter continually came by to make sure all was good,slightly crowded and small but that's how you know a place has great food...to say the least when we pass through this area again we'll be ordering the Seafood Stir Fry and the CROQUE MADAME sandwich,amaizing
This is basically a Baton Rouge version of Waffle House on LSU’s campus. We visited on game day, so there was about a 30 minute wait. I ordered the combo #1. This combo included two eggs, a sausage patty, hash-browns, and I ordered French toast for a up-charge. This restaurant has a simple concept, but everything was very good.
Really nice old school cafe. Came Monday 9am no wait for 2. Our server Maddie was great. I had the seafood Louie my girl the eyes Cletus! Both were fantastic their biscuits are really good too. Had been waiting for some good creole food and this hit the spot. Unfortunately the pups had to wait in the car
Common questions about Louie's Cafe
Louie's Cafe is located at 3322 Lake St, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, United States, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.
You can reach Louie's Cafe by calling +1 225-346-8221.
Louie's Cafe has a rating of 4.5 out of 5 based on 1555 customer reviews.
Louie's Cafe features the following accessibility: Wheelchair-accessible car park, Wheelchair-accessible seating, Wheelchair-accessible toilet, Wheelchair-accessible entrance.
Louie's Cafe features the following service options: Outdoor seating, On-site services, Takeaway, Dine-in.
Louie's Cafe features the following highlights: Fast service, Great coffee, Great dessert, Serves local specialty.
Louie's Cafe features the following popular for: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Solo dining.
Louie's Cafe features the following offerings: Coffee, Comfort food, Late-night food, Quick bite, Small plates.
Louie's Cafe features the following dining options: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Counter service, Dessert, Seating, Table service.
Louie's Cafe features the following amenities: Bar on site, Restroom.
Louie's Cafe features the following atmosphere: Casual, Cozy, Historic, Trendy.
Louie's Cafe features the following crowd: Groups, Tourists, University students.
Louie's Cafe features the following planning: Accepts reservations.
Louie's Cafe features the following payments: Credit cards, Debit cards, NFC mobile payments.
Louie's Cafe features the following children: Good for kids, High chairs, Kids' menu.
Louie's Cafe features the following parking: Free parking lot, Free street parking, Paid parking lot, Plenty of parking.
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