Lufkin Restaurants

R&K's is one of the more "up-scale" restaurants in Lufkin. The main theme on their menu is Cajun-style seafood, and most of the time, they do it ok. The quality of the food can be "hit-and-miss." In other words, sometimes it's good, and sometimes it's not. Word of advice when ordering oysters from the Gulf of Mexico. Oysters are in-season during months that have an "R" in it (i.e. you should not eat fresh oysters between the months of May through August, as they are not in season as the waters in the Gulf are too warm). Prices are a little higher than average, but you do get a huge amount of food to compensate for their prices.

Favorite Dish: Usually, their daily specials are their best choice to make, and they are not stingy with the food servings. I would not recommend purchasing two main dishes (if you are eating in), as they serve enough food to choke a horse with one serving!

If you are going to choose from the menu, I'd recommend the Grilled Combo (which includes a 10oz rib eye steak, and your choice of four grilled gulf shrimp or a grilled Mahi-Mahi fillet) for $19.99 (plus tax). The Riverwalk Brownie Sundae (warm fudge brownie with ice cream, pecans, whipped cream, and a cherry) for $4.59 is a good way to finish a meal.

They also offer mixed drinks and alcohol, but you need to have your ID, so you can get a "unicard" pass which allows you to purchase alcohol in Angelina County (the only way to purchase alcohol in Lufkin, is at a restaurant).

Your basic mom-and-pop hamburger joint, that seems to draw in the local folks. Fried food is the main focus on the menu. It’s not really that special, just expensive. This restaurant seems to cater to aging baby-boomers, as it’s filled with 1950’s memorabilia taped to the walls.

The drive-thru does not list the menu or the prices, so it’s annoying for those who have never eaten here, as you do not know what they sell or the prices of what’s sold. Prices for the food, soda, and ice cream sold here is too expensive for the quality and quantity for what they offer.

A Ray’s special (two beef patties, onions, a slice of cheese, and plenty of grease) and a “large” order of onion rings WITHOUT a drink will easily cost you $7. Ice cream is equally expensive, as a single scoop of ice cream will cost about $2.25 – it's hardly worth it.

Favorite Dish: I’ve tried the Ray’s Special burger, and there wasn’t anything that special about it – except the high price for what you got. The interior of the restaurant is very dysfunctional in the way it is organized, as you nearly have people running to purchase their food (burgers or ice cream) into customers sitting in the middle of the store waiting for their take-out orders.

The biggest turn-off for me was the drive-through, as it didn’t even list anything about what they sold. Also, this is a cash-only establishment, but for their high-prices, you would have thought that they would accept credit cards.

Open Monday - Saturday 10:30AM - 9:00PM, closed on Sunday's and Holidays.

Although it's not a "mom-and-pop" restaurant, it is ok. This is perhaps one of the most popular restaurants in Lufkin, and the crowds on the weekends show it. The atmosphere is loud, the interior is like an old Mexican border city, and they offer free soft serve ice cream at the front entrance. This is not really the place to bring a small baby (as the noise may scare the poor kid), but it seems everyone does it anyway.

Favorite Dish: The Flameado (Tex-Mex dish with melted cheddar cheeses, meat, sour cream, lettuce, and pico de gallo) is good (and it costs about $6), and so is their Chimichanga (basically a big fried burrito) for $9.
Also I'd recommend the shrimp alambres; good, but a little pricey at nearly $13 a plate.

At the bar, their frozen blue margarita's are ok, but not very sweet. And the frozen sangria is ok too. They have a drink called the Del Rio Swirl (basically mixing the frozen drinks I just mentioned) which is ok, but gives you a headache if you drink it too fast.