Ritter's Steam Kettle Cooking

1421 W MacArthur Blvd, Santa Ana - 92704
293 reviews
Cajun Cajun/Creole Seafood
(714) 850-1380

This place is really good. At a glance you might think this place is expensive but the portions are always large so it's almost like getting two meals for one. The chowder fries were good and huge. I had the gumbo and I asked for a little bit on the spicier side but I still loved it and it was still savory.

Loved loved!!! Everything we had was delicious. The salad with salmon? Heavenly! Also completely wheelchair accessible including their restroom. Which was very neat. Definitely going back

Service was a little slow to start, they were a little under-staffed when we arrived. The food was good, there are options for kids that you can ask about, not all of the kids stuff is on the menu. The fried okra is good, the gumbo is the go to in my opinion. I had the cilantro chicken dish this time though just to try and it's not as good as the gumbo.

I'd give this a 5 star rating but it's the service that lacks the rating to be honest. The food has always been fresh and southern based creole food and I love it . But they need a refresh staff wise to get this place rocking again.

The food was decent. Nothing phenomenal. I've had better food in Louisiana and Mississippi. I gave it 4 stars for the service/experience.

Really good food, lovely service, my boyfriend and I liked it and are hoping to come back and try some more things off of the menu soon.Insta: jessicamliz

This place is amazing. Where to start?First the service has been excellent every time I go. They are very attentive and make sure you have what you need.Second, their complementary bread and butter is delicious. That sweet butter with the bread really hits the spot.And their food is so yummy. We always get their special pot with seafood and i just can't get enough of it. I crave it when I'm home sometimes lol.Also they have happy hour on weekdays 4 - 6 pm. 3 dollars off appetizers and beers. Excellent ?

Had the combo Pan Roast, very flavorful. The chowder fires were excellent as well.

We called ahead a few days early to let them know that we were planning on celebrating a birthday for a friend of ours. They asked us to come at 5:30pm because there was 8 of us and they wanted to make sure there was space for all of us. We arrived at 5:30pm and they had us wait an hour and a half outside before we were seated. It was pretty dang cold that night close to 45 degrees with a little wind. Not sure why we even bothered to call or show up early. All told the food was good but when they served us we had all selected different heat levels of spiciness and they intermingled 4 out of 8 of our dishes. So some started digging in only to be burning...so instead of waiting 30 minutes for a new plate we just swapped and ate from the plates already eaten from. Probably not the most COVID safe practice but we'd waited almost 2 hours to eat..so we were hungry. Service was just ok...a little slow...we ended up finishing our food as they were locking up for the night.

The place is small, and quiet which is nice. The food is freaking great. Go there and get one of their pan roasts. You will not be disappointed.