3 cajun creole places in Memphis we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Memphis | Cajun Creole across every city.
Cajun and Creole cooking reaches Memphis from down the Mississippi, plating gumbo, etouffee and blackened fish for a Tennessee crowd. Owen Brennan's in East Memphis carries the New Orleans-style Creole template, while Soul Fish Cafe in Cooper-Young folds Gulf seafood and Southern plates together. Restaurant Iris in East Memphis brings a more refined chef's hand to Louisiana flavors.
Restaurant Iris ★ 4.6
east-memphis · 4550 Poplar Ave, Memphis, TN 38117
Chef Kelly English's Restaurant Iris in Memphis moved to Poplar Avenue in 2022 with a tighter menu of New Orleans Creole built on Mississippi seafood.
Owen Brennan's ★ 4.2
east-memphis · 6150 Poplar Ave Ste 150, Memphis, TN 38119
Owen Brennan's in Regalia on Poplar Avenue is a long-running East Memphis Creole-Cajun room with French Quarter styling, baked oysters and tableside bananas.
Soul Fish Cafe ★ 4.3
cooper-young · 862 S Cooper St, Memphis, TN 38104
Soul Fish Cafe in Cooper-Young Memphis on South Cooper runs catfish baskets, hush puppies and Mississippi-style po'boys under $15, the city's cheap-catfish.