Creekside Catfish - Fort Valley

Great service and food but be prepared to wait a bit. They are usually packed.The servers are cordial and the management makes a potto great the customers. I recommend the blackened catfish. I found it to be outstanding.

I'm a huge fan of whole catfish. The service was efficient and very friendly. We ordered and taste was good but my only complaint is the catfish are so small with very little meat and because the fish are so small and skinny the meat was a bit dry (which I think is beyond their control. I'd rather spend $10 on a whole huge catfish than $5 on a very small, (6 inch) or give me the choice. The fries and hush puppies were delicious, and if you only eat catfish filets I do not know what those were like. I know catfish restaurants are far and few anymore but someone's got to be serving larger fish?

Went for dinner on a Saturday night. Glad to see there was no wait. We were seated immediately and greeted by our server Mike, who took great care of us. The place is a small modest meeting spot for locals and Air Force retirees from 20 years ago. Seemed everyone new each other. In a good way. I ordered the lumpia appetizer; shrimp dinner with turnip greens, grits and hush puppies; and the soggy bottom dessert. The food was decent, but the stars of the night were definitely the soggy bottom dessert and the canned pickles which turned out to be made by the owner a sharp 86 year old doll who was hostessing and running the front of the house with nods and points to the young wait staff. I don't know if it was good enough for me to return, but if I did, I would dare leave with a jar of those pickles!

They're only open Thursday through Saturday 3 weeks a month so check their schedule but the food and service are worth the effort. I grew up eating fresh catfish on the bone and this is the first place in a long time that I found someone who even offered it but also prepared it like it should be. We were in Perry for a week long conference and we were sure to go both weekends. Be sure to go early, they get crowded fast.

A my grandmama would say, Shut yo mouth. This place is as good as it gets for fresh catfish. Not sure what they call them in GA, but we call them sharpies in FL. And the are delicious. Get some sweet tea and some greens on the side and some hush puppies and you are good to go. The only slight negative is the opening salad and having to get there at 4pm to avoid the rush.