I love the cuisine and this place is probably as close as you're going to get in California.

I love the bean and sausage stew on white rice! The other stews with shrimp are good, even as leftover the next morning! Even shrimp! The proper use of spices mixed with noticeably good/fresh quality ingredients is what makes this a great restaurant. The staff has pride in their food. Don't forget to get the homemade (actually made there. Not like "made in house" at Whole Foods) pralines! Luckily they are packaged to go, because you won't have room for dessert after an entree at Roux Dat. IMO

Food tasted good. I had a small shrimp and corn etoufee and my husband had Gumbo and Jambalaya. We had beignets for dessert and it was delicious. Will come back again.

Was craving some good Cajun food and am so lucky to have stumbled upon Roux Dat! There is not too many staff but our food was brought out fresh and quickly. CATFISH & FRIES PLATE: Crispy and flavorful. Paired well with the aioli and slaw CRAWFISH MAQUE CHOUX: Each bite had the perfect amount of veggies to protein to stew to rice. Nice slice if garlic toast on the side BEIGNETS: Despite some reviews mentioning the hollowness of the beignets, I actually enjoyed them! There is no filling in the beignets but the interior is so hot and fluffy that I don't think it even needs filling. Plus they give a milky vanilla dipping sauce on the side which you can scoop in as filling if you'd like. Good amount of open tables (went at 5:30pm, but it did get busier as we ate). Staff were all very nice!

Way too good. Amazed at how good the prices are here considering good creole food is usually super pricey. Roux Dat is really reasonable in price but WOW, food is so good. We got enough food for 2 meals for 2 people, for $40. The fried green tomatoes though...we almost cried. It's almost impossible to find good FGT in California but these ones are above & beyond. Even without the sauce they're super flavorful, and the sauce is bomb. Considering going back tomorrow just because it was so good.

We have been eyeing this place for a while. I had a medical procedure in Santa Cruz. That was very close to this restaurant and my wonderful hubby saw that it was close to my procedure and we decided we would go eat there after everything was said and done. When we arrived, there was two other tables sitting in the restaurant. The service was OK kind of awkward however there was a young gentleman with long black hair that was very kind. He offered me a sample to see if I would like some thing before I bought it, which I did feel was extremely kind . Now to the food. Let me start off by saying when we traveled to New Orleans it was one of our favorite places ever we made so many wonderful memories and ate so much delicious food. That's why this place was so high on our radar. The food was definitely delicious. I had a shrimp Poboy , the breading was slightly salty but definitely crunchy and delicious. My love had the fried oyster Poboy. He said it was pretty dang good. For his side dish, he chose the jambalaya. It was absolutely delicious. Like phenomenal out of this world and I was jealous I didn't order one for myself lol it was packed with chickenand the flavor... bomb! We like to try a little bit of everything so we also ordered the mac & cheese fried pickles and hush puppies. The only thing I didn't really care for in our whole meal was the macaroni and cheese. It wasn't what we were used to and maybe because of it being one of our favorites, we have a very high expectation for the mac & cheese lol the fried pickles were good. It was the first time having them so we didn't know what to expect. Or nothing to compare them to, but that's OK because they did taste pretty good. The hush puppies were actually bomb. Very moist in the middle flavorful and the perfect size. I had got Cajun french fries on the side for my sandwich. They were good nothing super crazy special but definitely had good flavor. I enjoyed them. We definitely want to come back. There are other things we would love to try and I would definitely like to bring my mom here to check it out as well again I wish the service was a little bit more enthusiastic. We had a lot of questions about the menu and , the younger kids didn't seem too interested. The young man with the black hair did seem like he really wanted to let us know what he could just maybe be a little shy. I appreciate him for trying.. he was sweet just a little quiet.

Absolutely fantastic experience. The customer service was better than what you will get in a 5 star restaurant. The food was so flavorful and delicious- and the beignets are worth every single calorie.. It's such a fun and delicious place to eat. Highly recommend!

Day trip in Capitola, wanted good food, came here and was not disappointed! I wanted Cajun food because I'm going to New Orleans in a few weeks. The hardest part was deciding what to order, everything on the menu sounded amazing. Food was delicious, cute decor, and really nice service. Also, easy parking. This place is definitely worth a visit.