Big Daddy's

Name: Big Daddy's
Address: 1 Park Ln, Massapequa, NY, United States, 11758-4341
Telephone: (516) 799-8877
Price range: $30 and under
Rating: 4.5

4.5

263 Reviews

$30 and under

American

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Big Daddy’s Restaurant located in Massapequa, NY opened in 1993, specializing in the foods of New Orleans, Cajun, Creole and South. Often imitated, but never duplicated, Big Daddy’s remains the “Original Home of Southern Food & Moonshine.” The atmosphere is fun, casual and colorful which you will know as soon as you enter. The newly renovated bar features Louisiana swamp cypress and old time brick. Portions are big and so are the Hurricanes.

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Party Size

2 people

DateTime

Jun 30, 2022

7:00 PM

Booked 1 time today

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Dining style
Casual Dining
Cuisines
American, Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service, Cajun
Hours of operation
Brunch Sat 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Sun 11:00 am–3:00 pm Lunch Tue–Fri 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Dinner Tue–Thu, Sun 3:00 pm–9:30 pm Fri, Sat 3:00 pm–10:30 pm
Phone number
(516) 799-8877
Website
http://bigdaddysny.com/
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Dress code
Casual Dress

Location
1 Park Ln Massapequa, NY 11758-4341
Neighborhood
Massapequa
Parking details
None
Additional
Bar Dining, Beer, Cocktails, Entertainment, Happy Hour, Late Night, Weekend Brunch

Popular dishes

Gumbo of the Day$5.00
Tasso ham, beef, Andouille sausage - medium spiced
- To Go: Pint$8.00
- To Go: Quart$13.00
Big Daddy's House Salad$9.00
Field greens, goat cheese, roasted pecans, cranberries, honey balsamic
- Blackened Chicken$15.00
- Blackened Shrimp$18.00
Big Daddy's Caesar Salad$9.00
Romaine Lettuce, spicy Croutons, shaved Locatelli & house-made Caesar Dressing
- Blackened Chicken$15.00
- Blackened Shrimp$18.00
Pretty Megs Wings$12.00
Slow smoked & crispy fried with a chipotle-mango sauce
Lady Day Crab Cakes$13.00
Lump Indonesian blue crab meat, Cajun spices, chipotle dill tartar sauce
Mussels Jambalaya$18.00
Andouille sausage, smoked turkey, Tasso ham, Cajun parmesan cream
Jefferson Parish Blackened Gator$13.00
Spicy blackened gator tail meat, with a pineapple habanero sauce
Baton Rouge Broiled Oysters$14.00
Freshly shucked Blue Point Oysters, broiled with horseradish & gruyere cheese
Blue Point Oysters on the Half Shell
- Half$13.00
- Doz$26.00

Po'Boys

Po'Boys
Blackened, Grilled or Fried served on toasted French bread with vinegar slaw, chipotle sour cream
- Chicken$15.00
- Catfish$16.00
- Andouille$15.00
- Shrimp$17.00
- Oyster$17.00
Pulled Pork Po'Boy$15.00
Pulled Pork or BBQ Beef Brisket seasoned & slow-smoked, vinegar cole slaw, & house made BBQ sauce on toasted French bread
- BBQ Beef Po'boy$16.00
Toasted Muffaletta Po'Boy$16.00
Traditional New Orleans's Sandwich with Salami, Mortadella, Cappicola, Provolone, served hot with Olive-Tapenade on toasted French bread

Sandwiches

Cajun Cubano$16.00
House smoked pulled pork, Tasso ham, Swiss cheese, pickles & Creole mustard on pressed French bread
Blackened Shrimp BLT$18.00
Spicy blackened shrimp, house smoked bacon, field greens, tomato, chipotle aioli on rustic panini bread
The Rueben James$17.00
House smoked pastrami, Swiss cheese, vinegar slaw & jalapeno Russian dressing on pressed rustic panini bread
Louisiana Brisket Melt$16.00
House smoked beef brisket, caramelized onions, pepper-jack cheese, Texas-style BBQ sauce on pressed rustic panini bread
Dixie Fried Chicken Sandwich$16.00
Crispy buttermilk fried chicken cutlet, smoked bacon, melted Colby-jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, & Cajun ranch dressing on a Brioche roll
Cajun Burger$14.00
10oz. Black Angus Burger topped w/ Colby-Jack cheese, Andouille Sausage & Chipotle-Sour Cream on a Brioche Bun
- Add Pulled Pork, Brisket$18.00

Bigger Bites

Creole Jambalaya$22.00
Andouille sausage, smoked turkey, Tasso ham, shrimp & crawfish sautéed in a spicy Creole tomato sauce & rice. Louisiana Classic! Very Spicy
Savannah Moon Blackened Ribeye$42.00
24oz bone-in Angus Ribeye spicy blackened, chipotle roasted red pepper molasses sauce. Served with garlic cheddar mashed potatoes & collard greens
Pasta Jambalaya$22.00
Andouille sausage, smoked turkey, tasso ham, crawfish & Rigatoni all sautéed in a spicy alfredo sauce
Mollie's Pan-Fried Catfish$24.00
Pan-fried filets with crawfish & madeira wine mushroom cream sauce over rice
Billy Carter's Crawfish$24.00
Crawfish tails sautéed in a medium spiced peanut honey sauce over rice
Louisiana Shrimp & Grits$23.00
Sautéed Gulf shrimp, white wine, plum tomato, & roasted garlic over habanero-goat cheese grits. A Southern Favorite!

What 263 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

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4.5

4.5 based on recent ratings

4.6Food
4.5Service
4.3Ambience
4.3Value

Noise • Moderate

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WilliamP
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined 4 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
Big Daddy’s always delivers! Great place, great staff, great food!
TS
TriangleS
New York Area
11 reviews
3.0
11 reviews
Dined 5 days ago
overall3food5service4ambience4
Big Daddy’s is one of our favorite places to celebrate special events. I made this reservation to celebrate my son’s graduation two weeks ago, confirmed the day before and we still had to wait 45 minutes for our table. When we arrived we were told “the kitchen got backed up” and the party before us was still eating. We were offered outside seating immediately but we clhose to wait. There was a band playing so that could have added to the crowd inside. At about 9 we were finally seated, our server was great and the food as always was excellent. My opinion is that Big Daddy’s kitchen gets backed up because of all the Door Dash and Grub Hub take out orders. Management needs to address this and find a balance.
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friendslunch
New York Area
34 reviews
5.0
34 reviews
Dined on June 19, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience4
although it was Father's day and very busy, there was no problem being seated since we had the open table reservation. Service was excellent on such a busy day. Ordered grilled oysters, although they were cold server was on top of it and brought them back quickly. Gumbo was delicious, as good as we just had in New Orleans. My husband loved the pork over waffles. Portion was so big he had dinner the next night. I thoroughly enjoyed my blackened chicken with salad. Again so much, I had for the next day. Hurricane's were strong.
AP
AugieP
New York Area
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on June 18, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Hannah was great….pricing a little steep ….noise level was a little loud at times
IH
IngHKC
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on June 18, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience4
Always enjoy coming here … the food is wonderful. Jambalaya and shrimp and grits are favorites.
E
Ellie
New York Area
15 reviews
vip
4.0
15 reviews
Dined on June 18, 2022
overall4food4service5ambience3
Food was great and service was awesome. Tip gpr the Opentable community - they start taking reservations on Sat brunch at 11 but their kitchen doesnt open until 12, so to avoid waiting at your table for an hour book a res closer to 12!
JS
JennS
New York Area
13 reviews
5.0
13 reviews
Dined on June 10, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Always great food, amazing drinks, and great service. One of our favorite restaurants
WB
WendyB
New York Area
39 reviews
vip
5.0
39 reviews
Dined on May 27, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience4
The food and drinks were delicious. Our waitress and other staff were fantastic.
OT
OpenTable Diner
New York Area
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on May 21, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great service great food
FA
FoodAddict
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on May 21, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Never have a bad experience when dining at Big Daddy’s.
AW
AmyW
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on May 17, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Food & staff excellent! Definitely will recommend to family & friends.
OT
OpenTable Diner
New York Area
27 reviews
vip
5.0
27 reviews
Dined on May 15, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Our waitress was great, food was delicious and so were the cocktails. We had a great time!
SB
ScottB
New York Area
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on May 7, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Amazing food, service and atmosphere — Big Daddy’s always delivers!!
DD
DougD
New York Area
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on May 6, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience4
We were seated right away with our reservations. Dirty Cajun martinis were excellent and the food and service were great
MA
MichaelAnthonyC
New York Area
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on May 1, 2022
overall5food5service4ambience5
Great food, good service and an enjoyable time with friends
T
Tecmom63
New York Area
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on April 26, 2022
overall5food4service5ambience4
Always good food, many options, great drink selection, friendly staff, fast service. Was happy to be able to book a reservation on open table for the 2 of us.
JL
JLB11735
New York Area
3 reviews
4.0
3 reviews
Dined on April 23, 2022
overall4food4service5ambience4
Food consistently good. The “Specials” menu was disappointing. Ordered from regular menu. Wait staff friendly, smiling, checked on us frequently. Had a reservation BUT had to wait almost 40 minutes to be seated. Hostesses we’re very nice and apologetic but seemed overwhelmed . One of our regular go to places
OT
OpenTable Diner
New York Area
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on April 23, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Always awesome atmosphere and food at big daddy’s as usual. Hurricanes were perfect!!
KM
KatieM
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on April 17, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Food is always delicious. Definitely a little overpriced, but the food is good. The "crab cakes" appetizer is actually one crab cake and it's $17 bucks. We always request the wings to be well done, but I think the chef is opposed to doing that because it never happens. Maybe because they are smoked and they don't want to dry them out but we do ask for crispy every time and it hasn't happened yet. We still like them and will keep ordering them anyway.
E
Ellie
New York Area
16 reviews
vip
3.0
16 reviews
Dined on April 14, 2022
overall3food4service2ambience4
We love this restaurant. Add times, the wait for a table could be incredibly long, however we were so excited to see that they were taking reservations on OpenTable. However, although we had a reservation, we were seated 40 minutes after the reservation. We had limited time and didn’t expect to be waiting for an additional 40 minutes and we’re about to leave until we were finally seated. There were a number of large parties, And that may have caused Reservations of smaller parties to have to wait so long. It was just unfortunate because the beginning of our experience was incredibly frustrating.
FT
FaithT
New York Area
3 reviews
vip
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on April 10, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Always a great brunch at Bid Daddy’s! The food and the music are consistently excellent!
JP
JosephP
New York Area
3 reviews
5.0
3 reviews
Dined on April 9, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience4
Great food, good prices, excellent staff and quite crowded - that's a good thing
OT
OpenTable Diner
New York Area
7 reviews
vip
5.0
7 reviews
Dined on April 9, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Every time Iam there it’s the best. Enough said.
WB
WilliamB
New York Area
8 reviews
vip
5.0
8 reviews
Dined on April 8, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Awesome foood drink and music
LT
LizT
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on April 5, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great place, friendly staff and amazing food!!! Would definitely recommend this place to others.
M
Margo
New York Area
227 reviews
vip
5.0
227 reviews
Dined on April 3, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Always consistently good! Jambalaya amazing and shrimp and grits two of our favs! Have been going for ywars. Always a freat time!
R
Rosemary
New York Area
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on April 2, 2022
overall4food4service4ambience3
We had a 630 reservation and were not seated until 650, that was only because we settled for a table in the bar area in lieu of waiting even longer for the desired dining room. All of the apps we ordered were mostly fabulous (crab cake, gumbo (watery), & wings. The meal, on the other hand, was not too good. We ordered 'The Pig Out'. There was a lot of fat on the meats that were swimming in sauce & there was not much quality food on the plate for the price. Our waitress was very good, friendly and conscientious.
KC
KimC
Orlando
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on April 1, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Music was great. Very lively. Great way to enjoy a Friday night.
TS
TriangleS
New York Area
12 reviews
5.0
12 reviews
Dined on March 26, 2022
overall5food5service4ambience5
Dinner with good friends, excellent beer, drinks, gumbo and two of our favorite meals: blackened catfish and pork chops.
C
Charo
New York Area
15 reviews
vip
4.0
15 reviews
Dined on March 25, 2022
overall4food4service4ambience4
First visit and was pleasantly surprised. Good food. Simple. Great band playing.
LD
LizD
New York Area
11 reviews
5.0
11 reviews
Dined on March 25, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great good and the service was excellent. Highly recommended!
OT
OpenTable Diner
New York Area
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on March 24, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great time- fantastic food
BJ
BJLS
New York Area
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on March 20, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Went for Brunch on a Sunday and food and drinks are always on point. Great live music as well.
JA
JoeA
New York Area
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on March 17, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Excellent meal, had relatives in from Florida and they said it was a great choice. Sue , our server, was great as usually, as all the staff.
N
Notafan
New York Area
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on March 11, 2022
overall3food1service3ambience2
I got the burnt ends with grits appetizers. No burnt ends, just burnt fat. Fat, fat, fat. Grizzle. Not good. If there was meat, it was minuscule and overwhelmed by the fat. Unpleasant. Band was energetic but there shd be an area for people to dine without having to scream over the music.
MM
MikeM
New York Area
1 review
2.0
1 review
Dined on March 6, 2022
overall2food2service5ambience5
Wings were excellent. Gumbo excellent. Blackened Gator Bites, tough to chew and extremely over priced for what you get. The Pork and Waffles was served, two orders, with extremely undercooked bacon. We had to send it back to cook the Bacon more. That's just unacceptable. Never should have sent that out. My Crab Cake Benedict was meh at best. Uninspired and made without love. The crab cake was a joke. Supposedly "lump" crab meat but this is not the case. It was supposed to come with andouille hash but without my knowledge or approval, was served with the same plaster-like Grits they serve with everything else. Just a poor excuse for a brunch dish. At the end of the day BD is a really cool & fun place to hang and have a drink but if you're expecting an authentic "Cajun" food experience, you need to look elsewhere.
M
Megz
New York Area
2 reviews
4.0
2 reviews
Dined on March 5, 2022
overall4food4service4ambience4
Delicious food loud music but had a nice time
LI
LINDAT
New York Area
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined on March 4, 2022
overall4food5service4ambience4
we made a reservation and still had to wait 30mins to be seated.
C
Christina
New York Area
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on March 1, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
We love Big Daddy's... The staff is always friendly and the food is amazing. One of our favorite places to go for dinner.
a
alex
Las Vegas
36 reviews
vip
5.0
36 reviews
Dined on March 1, 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
The the minute we walked in everything was great. One of the best dining experiences.

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Big Daddy's does offer delivery in partnership with Uber Eats.

Big Daddy's is rated 4.5 stars by 263 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

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Party Size

2 people

DateTime

Jun 30, 2022

7:00 PM

Booked 1 time today

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1 Park Ln Massapequa, NY 11758-4341

Additional information

Neighborhood
Massapequa
Hours of operation
Brunch Sat 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Sun 11:00 am–3:00 pm Lunch Tue–Fri 12:00 pm–3:00 pm Dinner Tue–Thu, Sun 3:00 pm–9:30 pm Fri, Sat 3:00 pm–10:30 pm
Cuisines
American, Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service, Cajun
Dining style
Casual Dining
Dress code
Casual Dress
Parking details
None
Payment options
AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Additional
Bar Dining, Beer, Cocktails, Entertainment, Happy Hour, Late Night, Weekend Brunch

Website
http://bigdaddysny.com/
Phone number
(516) 799-8877

Big Daddy's

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Gumbo

Pasta Jambalaya

Cajun Fries

Beginnings

Gumbo of the Day$5.00

Big Daddy's House Salad$9.00

Big Daddy's Caesar Salad$9.00

Pretty Megs Wings$12.00

Lady Day Crab Cakes$13.00

Mussels Jambalaya$18.00

Jefferson Parish Blackened Gator$13.00

Baton Rouge Broiled Oysters$14.00

Blue Point Oysters on the Half Shell

Po'Boys

Po'Boys

Pulled Pork Po'Boy$15.00

Toasted Muffaletta Po'Boy$16.00

Sandwiches

Cajun Cubano$16.00

Blackened Shrimp BLT$18.00

The Rueben James$17.00

Louisiana Brisket Melt$16.00

Dixie Fried Chicken Sandwich$16.00

Cajun Burger$14.00

Bigger Bites

Creole Jambalaya$22.00

Savannah Moon Blackened Ribeye$42.00

Pasta Jambalaya$22.00

Mollie's Pan-Fried Catfish$24.00

Billy Carter's Crawfish$24.00

Louisiana Shrimp & Grits$23.00

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