BBQ Shrimp & Grits
NOLA-style BBQ shrimp set over a fried grit cake.
Roberto's River Road Restaurant
Sunshine, LA
1985 LA-75, Sunshine, LA 70780, USA52 itemsUpdated March 11, 2026
Structured menu data
Dinner Appetizers
Eggplant Crabcakes
Two sautéed cakes set in Roberto's beurre blanc, finished with dill hollandaise.
Fried Gator
Tender gator, fried and served with remoulade.
Fried Green Tomatoes
Served over fresh greens and topped with crabmeat maison.
River Road Shrimp
Shrimp sautéed with garlic, red onions, and bell peppers in a spicy brandy butter. Served in French boule.
Dinner For the Kids
Fried Catfish
Served with fries, soda, & ice cream.
Fried Chicken Tenders
Served with fries, soda, & ice cream.
Fried Shrimp
Served with fries, soda, & ice cream.
Dinner Meats
Chicken Picatta
Filet
8 oz. Set over bordelaise.
Grilled Chicken Alfredo
Served over linguini in mornay sauce.
Porter House
12 oz. Center-cut, grilled, finished with blueberry demi-glace.
Ribeye
14 oz. Char-grilled.
Roasted Duck
½ duckling over mashed sweet potatoes with blueberry demi-glace.
Tournedos
Tenderloin medallions over bordelaise topped with jumbo lump crab, finished with béarnaise.
Dinner Salads
Cajun Crawfish Salad
Fried crawfish tails over spinach tossed in a spicy ginger & garlic dressing.
Golden Gate Plantation
Seasoned & fried; choice of dressing.
Sensation
Romaine, black olives, and Parmesan tossed in house dressing.
Dinner Seafood
Catfish Billy
Fried or grilled, topped with crawfish étouffée; served over rice.
Catfish Platter
"Domestic" farm-raised catfish, fried crispy in yellow corn flour.
Crawfish & Portabella
Sautéed LA crawfish & fresh portabella mushrooms in a light mornay; served over linguini.
Crawfish Étouffée
Smothered LA crawfish tails over rice.
Papillote
Fresh catch wrapped in parchment and baked with herbs, lemon & white wine, then topped with jumbo lump crab.
River Road Shrimp (Pasta)
Large shrimp sautéed with garlic, red onions, & bell peppers in spicy brandy butter; served over linguini.
Sautéed Catch
Fresh catch with shrimp & toasted almonds, finished with hollandaise.
Seafood Platter
Seafood gumbo, crab maison, stuffed shrimp, soft shell crab, shrimp, oysters, catfish & crawfish tails.
Shrimp Platter
Large Gulf shrimp battered & fried.
Shrimp Roberto
3 seafood-stuffed shrimp wrapped in bacon and fried; set in beurre blanc and finished with hollandaise & Parmesan.
Stuffed Catch
Seafood-stuffed filet, baked and finished with beurre blanc.
Dinner Soups
Chicken & Andouille Gumbo
Crab & Brie
Seafood Gumbo
Lunch Appetizers
Chicken/Andouille Gumbo
Sweet Potato Chips
Lunch For the Kids
Fried Chicken Strips
All kids' meals served with fries, soda, and ice cream.
Lunch House Specialties & Platters
Ahi Tuna
6 oz yellowfin tuna, grilled rare & finished with beurre blanc.
Charbroiled Chicken Breast
7 oz grilled and served with steamed vegetable.
Chicken Fried Steak
Fried pork tenderloin medallions topped with white/brown gravy; served with mashed potatoes.
Crawfish Linguini
Sautéed LA crawfish in mornay sauce over linguini.
Hamburger Steak
Served with mashed potatoes, topped with onions & gravy.
Oyster Platter
Market price.
Seafood Stuffed Chicken
Baked chicken breast with crawfish, shrimp & crabmeat stuffing; finished with beurre blanc.
Shrimp Billy
Fried shrimp topped with crawfish étouffée over rice.
Lunch Poboys & Burgers
Baja Burger
Southwestern-seasoned patty with sautéed onions, mushrooms, BBQ sauce & Swiss.
Catfish Poboy
Farm-raised filets; fried crispy.
Crawfish Poboy
100% LA tails, lightly battered.
Debris Poboy
NOLA-style braised beef tenderloin with onions & Swiss.
Shrimp Poboy
¼ lb fried Gulf shrimp.
The Clucker Poboy
Grilled chicken breast served with sautéed onions.
Traditional Burger
½-pound, fully dressed.
Lunch Salads
Shrimp Remoulade
Boiled shrimp served over romaine.
Warm Seafood Salad
Shrimp & catfish tossed in a warm spicy ginger & garlic dressing over spinach.