A hidden gem on our trip. Our friend randomly found this on maps and it was the highlight of our trip. The sauce for the boil was so flavorful. There was also a variety of item to select from. Our waitress was very friendly and had great suggestions. The seafood was very fresh. My only complaint is that gloves cost money and I assumed it was complimentary until the bill came. read more

88 Boiling Crawfish And Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Ordered takeout from here via Uber eats on Sunday. It was a very quick and efficient process. I got 1 lb of the shrimp (head on) & 1 lb of the crawfish both with the 88 special seasoning & a little spicy. The food itself was OK, I should've gotten a higher spice level but the seasonings weren't well married to the seafood so it tasted a bit off to me. Both the crawfish and shrimp were harder to peel not sure if that had to do with the way it was cooked but it didn't ruin the dining experience for me. All in all, I'm glad I tried this place. If you're looking for a quick seafood boil then this place would suffice. read more

88 Boiling Crawfish And Seafood - Shrimp (head on) - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

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The food here never disappoint me. Service is always good the atmosphere is always great. The crawfish is always good and shrimp fried rice when I order is always fresh. 10 out of 10 definitely recommend . read more

88 Boiling Crawfish And Seafood - 88 spice with cocktail sauce. "Bon Appetit"! - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

I've been coming here for years but just now found the time to write the review because of the wonderful crawfish I've been getting with the 88 special sauce. Super flavorful just with just enough kick, highly recommended! Friendly, fast service, Cold beer spicy crawfish = good time. read more

88 Boiling Crawfish And Seafood - Look at the size of these Mudbugs! - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

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88 Boiling was worth the 30 minute wait and the drive. My family took a 40 minute drive to check out the much recommended crab off of Tik Tock and they did not disappoint! We ordered 2 orders of crab, 2 orders of Catfish and fries, crawfish, oysters and shrimp. The catfish was the freshest catfish we ever tasted. I never eat oysters but I tried the grilled oysters and they were amazing too! The restaurant doesn't have alcohol but it is byob. The restaurant is small and does have a drive through. We will definitely be back everything was sooo good! The waiters were on point too! Great service! read more

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Me and my girlfriend both came here during lunch and grabbed two grilled tilapias and 4lbs of crawfish. The tilapias and fried rice that came with it was great. The crawfish was extremely lackluster and did not absorb the sauce well, almost like it was boiled in hot water first and the sauce was poured on after. There were plenty of dead ones in the live batch we got (soft shells, broken/crushed shells). In addition to that, my girlfriend had food poisoning hours after eating it (vomit contained just the crawfish and its seasoning). Would recommend the food, but 1/5 for a horrible after experience. read more

Loved this place. Would definitely come back again to try other items on the menu. Just came by for crawfish this time. Had heard that it was good for a long time. A little mom and pop shop. Isn't always crazy packed. I got the ragin Cajun seasoning and it was great. Seasoned perfectly. Staff is great. Place is small. Check them out!!! read more

88 Boiling Crawfish And Seafood - Crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

Excellent fast service. Crawfish is totally amazing. I can't wait to go back again tomorrow!!!

Hi crawfish lovers! We decided to try 88 Boiling crawfish & Seafood Restaurant on Wilcrest yesterday afternoon. We ordered 6 pounds with the 88 Special Sauce. Spice level: Spicy. Overall, we decided to give this place a 6/10. I'm glad we tried this spot, but it wasn't overly impressive. Size: 10/10 These guys were HUGE *No mushy or crushed ones. No claws at the bottom either. Spice: 3/10 Ordered spicy and there was not a lot of heat. Flavor: 5/10 Somehow the crawfish meat didn't absorb any flavor. It was truly lacking. The flavor was at the bottom of the bag, and that was it. I had to spoon it onto each tail as I ate them. The sauce itself was good, though. Peel: 6/10 Several of the tails were hard to loosen and some of them were tough and rubbery. Customer Service: 10/10 read more

88 Boiling Crawfish And Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

This is my 2nd time here, my first experience wasn't the best so I decided to give this spot one more chance. We came here for a UYE & when there's crawfish involved you know I'm there. I arrived at 12:10 & my friends informed me even though they open at 12:00 we needed to wait until 12:30 to order which isn't a good look. If you want to have your business run smoothly then be there at least an hour before opening to prep on your food otherwise you'll have a lot of hangry customers waiting to order. We got to try a few items on the menu. Started off with some onion rings and combo fried rice. I ordered 2 pounds of crawfish with a cluster of snow crabs & some potatoes. For dessert the group ordered the mango sticky rice. The onion rings were solid and it came out piping hot & were huge as well. The combo fried rice was nothing special and there was barely any shrimp in my rice. I got their 88 special xxx spicy for my crawfish. Flavor wise it was good but I didn't taste any lemon pepper. I also was expecting my tongue to burn, a runny nose and a little sweat but it wasn't that spicy. I eat spicy all the time so this was like a mild for me, it definitely had a kick but not enough to be triple x spicy. The snow crab was small & over boiled which made it dry. Definitely wasn't worth 16 bucks. The mango sticky rice was okay it just didn't have enough coconut milk. Overall, it was okay decent. The service was meh as well. Our server was not that nice but she did her job. I will say that the manager was extremely pleasant with us. The decor needs some TLC. The walls need new paint, the tables were unbalanced and the chairs look like it's been there since they've opened. Also the way it's set up, we were crammed up together. The tables were just too close to one another and it was hard for us to move around. Will I come back? Only if my friends decide to come here otherwise nah I'm good. read more

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They always take my order and forget things... no lemons, napkins, salt/pepper... they charge you for everything and they "Forget"... Will never be back. read more

Came with a group of yelpers on a Saturday. Arrived at 11:55a since then open at noon. Staff member was just opening the door and turning on the lights. I walked inside, and the staff member told me they would have food ready by 12:30p. I said wait what? Then she said ok, maybe 12:20p but need time to cook. I was surprised, to say the least. Not a good start. Ambiance - your typical whole in the wall spot. Keep your expectations accordingly. Food- I ordered 1 lb of crawfish/$8.99 market price, with there 88 boiling special seasoning. I got medium spice. And it was spicy enough for me. I saved the extra sauce from the bag to make ramen at home, like I usually do. I think they charge for gloves and butter? The reviews I recently saw said they are charging automatic gratuity for a party of 2 or more, yikes! Review that receipt before you pay. read more

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We ordered their *spicy* special sauce. It was not spicy at all. Their sauce is good on the outside, but I didn't think the crawfish meat itself had any flavor or sweetness to it. read more

88 Boiling Crawfish And Seafood - crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

I've been going here for years especially on Fridays during lent but today marks the end of my 88 support. I get it, Saturday evenings are busy but I kind of expect to get what I ordered and paid for... So here it is, I called and ordered for pick up. 2lbs of shrimp, 2 sausages, 2 corns, and 2 potatoes. 88 Special Sauce. Spicy. My husband came home with the food and dropped the bag on the table. I lifted it up and immediately said oh it's lighter than usual... I poured it out into a bowl and counted 18 shrimps. Unless they're counting the sauce in the weigh in, I'm definitely missing some. Ladies and gents these aren't colossal shrimp, they're like jumbo at best. And as I'm trying one... it's not spicy at all and it's just garlic and butter sauce. My 4 year old could drink the sauce. So I'm missing a pound and the sauce wasn't right. I called back and told them I think I'm missing a pound and I didn't get the 88 spicy sauce (aka the reason why I made my husband make the 45 minute drive there) and the staff member that picked up the phone told me to not eat my shrimp but to freeze it to bring it back for them to remake it for me when I'm able to come back next Friday. And then she told me to ask for extra spicy next time because the spicy they gave me wasn't to my standard (in a matter of fact kind of voice too if I might add) I've had their extra spicy and I can't handle it, that's why I asked for spicy... duh I'm not a first timer. But uhm... excuse me? You want me to freeze it and then bring it back to you to reheat and remake? Will the health department be okay with that? Is that your standards for your restaurant? But also not giving a simple apology? Like you guys could have said sorry. But yeah not coming back. read more

88 Boiling Crawfish And Seafood - Cost of 2lbs of shrimp, 2 sausages, 2 corn, 2 potatoes - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

Best crawfish! Staff is always so nice! Services 10/10. All flavors of crawfish are good especially the cajun mild & the 88 house mix. Shrimp fried rice is delicious!!! read more

Three of us had dinner here on 4/7/23. This place is simply all about the good food, reasonably priced. There is pretty much no decor to speak of. We had: Garlic bread - 3/5: Okay. My daughter ordered this as she loves garlic bread. What came out was two very thick pieces of bread that had some melted garlic butter on it. It was a bit lacking in flavor. Onion rings - 3/5: Okay. Picture below. I will say it tasted better than it looked but certainly nothing to write home about. Gumbo - 3/5: The flavor was very good but the portion was a bit small for a "bowl" of soup. Crawfish - 4/5: Very good. Ordered 1lb special sauce mild and another 1lb special sauce spicy. The crawfish were perfectly cooked and quite large. Both sauces were very good but the spicy one was not very spicy at all. Clams - 3/5: Good. Ordered with special sauce mild. Again, the sauce was very good. We've now been to three different cajun-style crawfish/seafood restaurants in Houston. 1 did not have clams at all and two of them (including this one) used the white shelled clams you usually find in the frozen section of Asian supermarkets. We moved to Houston from Los Angeles less than a year ago. In LA, whenever clams are offered at these types of restaurants, they are almost always manilla clams, which are fresh and much more flavorful than these previously-frozen white clams. I don't get it... Snow Crab - 4/5: Very Good. Ordered with garlic butter mild. Really good flavor to the sauce and crab. Combination Fried Ric - 3/5: Good. The fried rice is very traditionally flavored like one would find at a Chinese restaurant (soy sauce and beaten eggs). No house or secret sauce added. Overall, the food is good to very good. The rating takes into account how reasonably priced this restaurant is versus its competition for similar food. read more

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Amazing first experience. The nicest ladies and staff. The crawfish was spicy XXX and made my face hurt... so good! It was perfect snd not just hot but had a good flavor. Sometimes it's just hot and taste blah but this was great. Good atmosphere and ambiance and just overall great experience. Highly recommend. read more

88 Boiling Crawfish And Seafood - I first time here... fingers crossed. - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

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The food is nasty and unsafe. Both times I ordered here the shrimp was stale and overcooked and impossible to peel. The sausage was pink and severely undercooked. The flavor was awful and the seasoning was basically water with a few spices with awful flavor. Absolutely disgusting and uneditable. I threw it away. I'll never eat here again. read more

I'm a seafood boil girly! & this just became my favorite spot. Quick service, the place is small so there's a wait sometimes but it's worth it!! read more

Had dinner with my family here when we visited Houston. Was really looking forward to it as the reviews looked great. It was also close to our Airbnb in the heart of the Vietnamese area which was convenient. Unfortunately, we did not have the best meal here. First, it's inside the end of a mall so don't expect a great view or ambiance. Service was alright, kind of slow. The biggest complaint we had was some of the bags of seafood we got were barely lukewarm. You would expect everything to come out hot, especially for Cajun style seafood. The taste was just alright, seasoning was not to my liking. I will say, when we mentioned this to our server, a manager came out and gave us 2 bags for free and they were very hot. A very nice gesture for sure, but I don't think I would go back. read more

Crawfish is the BOMBEST in Houston!!! I just wish they had multiple locations they need one on the North side of Houston. I would go every weekend if I could read more

I love their crawfish and went there regularly until we moved. I have a bbq close by and we bought 5lbs cajun crawfish. It's very salty, crawfish was big but very salty read more

88 Boiling Crawfish And Seafood - Cajun crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

Food: 4. Came by because we had a crawfish craving. No real research on the place. Interesting place as it has a drive through. Crawfish not in season so only frozen available for $8.99/lb. We ordered 2lbs of crawfish, corn, sausage, crawfish fried rice, oysters, and Cajun fries. Food came out timely and at the right temperature. Crawfish was good. Fries were very crispy. Oysters were too salty but fine with the rice. Crawfish fried rice was excellent. Ambiance is like a modified takeout restaurant. Service was very good. Pricing very good compared to Orange County Service: 4 Ambiance: 3 Value: 4 read more

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The BEST flavorful crawfish I've had! And they were so huge! Also, the service here and the people that work here are wonderful! The wait is long in the drive thru, and I had a crying baby. When I got to the window, they rushed my order for my sweet crying baby. Thank you so much! I will only recommend yall! read more

Great service, great sauces, and most importantly fresh seafood! My group of 11 came at 3PM on a Friday so 88 Boiling Crawfish was pretty empty, only about 4 other parties dining in. We were seated immediately and our food came out super quick. However, I can see how this place might have a long wait during high traffic times - seating was very limited both inside and outside. We ordered 2lb crawfish and 1lb shrimp. On this day I was feeling particularly courageous and asked for xxx spicy 88 sauce. Let me start off by saying...DON'T MESS AROUND WITH XXX SPICY BECAUSE IT IS ACTUALLY SPICY. I can handle spice decently well but I admit that I was sweating halfway through. The sauce was very delicious though...just...extremely spicy. As for the seafood, everything we had was fresh. I don't know what it is about California but our crawfish are sooo small. I was pleasantly surprised that 88 crawfish were a nice size! read more

88 Boiling Crawfish And Seafood - Always have to get potatoes and corn in the bag. Yum! - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

I'm assuming little place I think it used to be a Taco Bell but their crawfish are exceptional and I can only imagine everything else on the menu is as well. Don't let looks deceive you ! read more

Best crawfish!!! We go eat there all the time. The shrimp fried rice is the bomb too.

Yes. Crawfish n seafood are fresh. Decent price for food quality offer. Close to home n got recommend by a friend. Their fried fish n crab stuffed are on point. read more

Watch for this week's Crawfish. 3 lbs for $30 of either old or dead crawfish or overboiled. The whole batch was broken soft meat. Now I worry I ate the take out. Hope I won't get sick. Last year the start of the season was also a problem with live crawfish quality. I did not return the whole year. read more

Been coming here for 7 years now during crawfish season! I love it! Service is great and food is wonderful.

So good and cheap, I just might move to Houston for this place. My brother and I drove through the city and stopped by for the live crawfish. Incredibly fat and juicy seafood with such a savory sweet 88 sauce!! We also sat outside on their shaded patio seating on a warm December day. Would highly recommend this place. read more

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Stopped in for a bite to eat. First time here. The best part for me I believe is the drive-through option. I opted for some King Crab legs, shrimp, a piece of fried catfish and shrimp fried rice. Yes, I was sharing. My King Crab legs were tasty but not spicy (according to my flame-mouthed daughter). I'm cool with the flavorful tinge oh heat‍. The servers were friendly and attentive. This is not a fancy place, but I will come again for good food. read more

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Gosh, this was a missed for me. I done at a lot of Crab Boil restaurants and unfortunately, this restaurant was just ok. I had a lb of Crab Legs. I wasn't hungry but since I was visiting, I wanted to give them a try. The sauce was alright. I prefer to have a lot of garlic with all of those spices. The crab seemed overcooked. Lastly, the service was ok. I asked the server for butter and he left then returned a few minutes later and he asked me "did you ask for something earlier?" Well, I'd give them another try. read more

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Service was great. Crab legs were great. Oysters were pretty good. However, crawfish are not boiled as in boiled in crawfish boil and any typical seasonings. This crawfish tastes like it was boiled in water and served in a bag of seasoned oil. If you're looking for "boiled crawfish" like the Gulf Coast, this is not the same thing. Even the most basic light liquid crab/crawfish boil wld help. read more

No tp in bathroom. Fried plate was OK. Tiny cup of Catsup, no bottles on tables. Tarter sauce smelled and tasted old, expired. Had to ask for lemon but only had lime. Salad, no choice of dressing, you get what they have....white Never got a refill on drink or anyone asking if I need anything...not once. I watched as people got their plastic bag of crawfish(weird), no plate or not even a container on table to put the discarded heads. There is actually a sign that says they will charge for plastic gloves LOLOL I listened as customers said thank you several times, no response from owners. read more

I placed a take out order and that took a standard 20 minutes. For my ordered I did a snow crab boil and bowl of gumbo. The eggs, potatoes, corn and sausages will cost extra. I opt in for the 8& Special which is all three seasonings put together and spice level spicy. First of there is nothing spicy about the sauce. The sauce itself wasn't too bad but not spicy. Secondly, it's not a true boil where they boil the sauce and ingredients together. I did not like the fact that they placed the boil eggs with the shell on. One of my eggs was very difficult to break apart. The best part of the boil was the sausages. Bowl of gumbo is a bit pricey for the small portion received. It was okay but could use a bit more seasoning. read more

Unsanitary! Disgusting! Lack of care! This used to be my favorite spot when I was craving crab legs, good fried fish and fried rice. That is all history now after I was handed a bag of crab legs that I was ready to dig into with a side of ROACH! I will never eat here again. read more

88 Boiling Crawfish And Seafood - Snow crab legs with a side of roach! - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

First thing to note is that this place gets VERY busy both with indoor dining and their curbside pickup. If you decide to dine in, just a fair warning that their seating is not socially distant. All the tables are packed very close to one another. For the food, we ordered the shrimp with medium spice in the Cajun sauce, some crawfish also with medium spice in the 88 sauce, the fried oyster platter, fried rice, and grilled oysters on the half shell. I liked both the Cajun and 88 sauces, but I did find the Cajun sauce very salty. The crawfish were cooked well, but there were quite a few pieces that only had the head and not the tails. I liked the taste of the fried rice, but they give a small portion. The fried oysters here were also very good. The only thing I did not like here were the grilled oysters. First they use very small oysters and then cover them with some red sauce that covers any taste of the oyster itself. Because this place is so busy, do not expect for the server to come to your table any more times than to just take your order. You have to flag them down to get their attention. Overall decent food, but the service and the attempts to social distance are mediocre at best. read more

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Food & service was nasty The entire place was gross and slippery. Their table and chairs are broken read more

It's been forever since I have been here and I was looking for some fish and shrimp. Called in my order 1-2pm, probably took about 10-12 minutes, for it to be a week day and a late lunch they where pretty busy 2 pieces of catfish and 6 shrimp with Cajun fries and 2 pounds of peel n eat shrimp. Fish fillets and shrimp were both small, could have gotten more. Cajun fries didn't have any Cajun seasoning on it, it just looked like they were fried differently. Also ordered 2 pounds of peel n eat shrimp mild house favor. The first were great and very seasoned. I would definitely recommend the boiled food, but the fried food is lacking. read more

88 Boiling Crawfish And Seafood - Catfish and shrimp with Cajun fries - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas