Welcome to Hidden Creek Catfish
At Hidden Creek Catfish, located in the heart of Conway, Arkansas, we celebrate genuine southern hospitality and culinary tradition. Our all-you-can-eat buffet is a feast for the senses, featuring specialties like crispy catfish, succulent frog legs, and flavorful quail. Each dish embodies a homemade feel, ensuring an authentic experience. Dine in a cozy, country atmosphere where flavors collide, from our delectable mac and cheese to the dreamy pecan peach cobbler. The welcoming staff emphasizes service excellence, ensuring your table is never empty. Hidden Creek Catfish isn’t just a restaurant; it’s a gathering place to create cherished memories over fantastic food.
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393 US-64, Conway, AR 72032, United States Hotline: +1 501-426-1032
Welcome to Hidden Creek Catfish, a hidden gem nestled at 393 US-64, Conway, AR. Renowned for its authentic Southern comfort food, this restaurant brings a delightful experience for those seeking flavorful highlights from the heart of the South.
At Hidden Creek Catfish, the menu is a seafood lover's dream come true. As you step inside, the charming, rustic atmosphere welcomes you to indulge in a variety of offerings, including:
- Catfish: Prepared to perfection, the catfish is praised by patrons for its exceptional taste, ensuring a memorable dish every time.
- Frog Legs: A unique delicacy that’s hard to find elsewhere, guests often rave that Hidden Creek’s frog legs are among the best outside of Louisiana.
- Buffalo Ribs and Quail: For those feeling adventurous, the menu features these lesser-known delights, adding a twist to the traditional buffet experience.
- Shrimp and Crawfish: Flavorful and well-seasoned, these seafood staples receive high acclaim, promising a satisfying and fulfilling meal.
- Homemade Desserts: Don’t skip the pecan peach or blackberry cobbler! Critics rave about the rich flavors and comforting textures that these sweet treats offer.
One of the standout features of Hidden Creek Catfish is its impressive all-you-can-eat buffet. Customers like del nayr have pointed out how the bountiful selections make it easy to sample a variety of dishes without leaving the table feeling overwhelmed. The buffet showcases a wide range of accompaniments—fried green tomatoes, mac and cheese, crispy hushpuppies, and mouthwatering peach cobbler are just a few, each bursting with flavor.
Many visitors, including Michelle Goshien, appreciate the well-engineered balance of traditional Southern fare without the heaviness typically associated with fried foods, claiming that the dishes here are comforting yet surprisingly light. With sweet tea that’s “to die for” and a friendly, attentive staff, Hidden Creek Catfish creates a warm atmosphere perfect for gathering with friends or family.
While some wish for more grilled options among the fried delicacies, like Anaee Nacole mentioned, the sorcery with seasoning and the quality of ingredients ensures that each bite satisfies even the pickiest eater.
If you’re in the Conway area and seeking a comfortable dining experience filled with delightful Southern charm and delicious seafood, Hidden Creek Catfish is the place to be. With a reputation for tasty dishes and a buffet that'll keep your plate full, this restaurant is definitely worth every visit. Just remember to bring cash, as this old-timey establishment plays by traditional rules!
Buffalo ribs, quail, catfish, frog legs, kill them, and eat them shrimp, pecan peach and blackberry cobbler. This place is off the chain.
We loved this place! It is a very relaxed, comfortable, country atmosphere. Buffet was so good! I had never had quail before. It was delicious! In fact, I liked everything I got. Catfish and frog legs were great!
The food was good and it's an all you can eat buffet. A lot of people come there and the tables clear faster than I thought they would. I was able to eat frog legs. I haven't had them since I was a kid. I had cat fish, corn, frog legs, BBQ chicken bites, mac and cheese, broccoli, peach cobbler, and ice cream. There are many other food choices too. I'm also posting the hours because Google had them wrong at the time I went.
Before today, I haven't eaten here in over 6 years, since they were last known as Payton Creek. Rest assured, it's still just as good. Best catfish, froglegs, crawfish and shrimp around. Top tier seafood/southern food.
This is a must try for sure! I don’t know how I missed this place for so long. The food is all just scrumptious and surprisingly not greasy. Greasy food doesn’t fare well with my tummy usually so I was concerned when I saw the buffet but it didn’t bother me at all. Everything was so flavorful too, not like a lot of other places where the food all tastes the same ya know. My faves were the Mac & Cheese, fish, hushpuppies, okay well everything I tried was my fave to be honest lol. I had never heard of pecan cobbler before so I had to try that. The crust is just dreamy!! Oh and the sweet tea is just to die for! If you have the opportunity, try this place out for yourself. You will NOT be disappointed. Definitely my new fave. Take cash when ya go, too!
This place is the epitome of the old timey catfish buffet. Full catfish, shrimp and frog legs. Full vegetable bar with all the fixings, desserts and ice cream. Staff is amazing and waitresses are constantly on the run taking care of tables, bar and customers. Reasonably priced and if you leave hungry, it's your own fault. I would highly recommend that you should stop in for a visit for if you're in the area. It's well worth it. I'll definitely be back.
Went a little over a week ago for my mom's birthday on a Sunday after church. They allowed us to sit in a room where we could all be seated together. The buffet had catfish fillets, Cajun fillets, catfish steaks, frog legs, shrimp, fried chicken in a few different cuts ( wings, dummies, strips, whole pieces, etc. ) crawfish. The crawfish was seasoned extremely well. Now the only reason why I'm giving it a 4 star in food is because everything except maybe 4 hot side items were fried. Don't get me wrong, they were all good. It would have just been nice to have a baked or grilled meat item. The sides also included fried green tomatoes, corn nuggets, fried mushrooms, fried okra, french fries, etc. the only hot non fried items were corn on the cob, greens, baked beans, Mac and cheese, and broccoli. You still had your usual slaws, potato salad, green tomatoes, onion, etc. On the cold side. Now let's get to the dessert. I was told to try the cherry cobbler if I ever visited this place but got here and they had a blackberry cobbler in its place. It was 10/10. They also had banana pudding which to my surprise was very good, peach cobbler and pecan cobbler. Now the pecan cobbler needed a little help. It was very watery and runny and the dough wasn't done but the flavor was definitely there in the filling. The service was top tier. To be a buffet our drinks stayed full, our empty plates stayed clear, great conversation with the staff without being over bearing. So in conclusion, if you want good fish and food, great service, love fried food, in kid friendly/family atmosphere, this is the place to be.
Nothing fancy but best frog legs I've had outside of Louisiana, and the crawfish a bit bland but still very good for this area the catfish were great and I appreciated the ' Cajun seasoning on some' the waitress were awesome,and the ice cream was AMAZING, we will definitely be back as long as our waistlines will allow