re: What is the Best Restaurant in Lafayette?

High end - Jane’s, Vestal ….
Cafe Sydnie Mae, Mazen Grill, and Cafe Josephine all have excellent food and less expensive than Janes / Vestal.

Creole - Laura’s II, Creole Lunch House, Glenda’s (Breaux Bridge). Probably a dozen other small “hole in the wall” places in Opelousas, Plaisance, St. Martinville, Breaux Bridge, that serve amazing food and operated by mothers and daughters.

Cajun - even in Lafayette, the term “Cajun food” has become commercialized on restaurant menus targeting tourists. If you want Cajun food that was served as family meals decades ago, it’s hard to beat Dwyers or Poche Bridge (Breaux Bridge) … both serve a variety of outstanding plate lunch meals.