Im not from here but trying this place was one of the best eating experiences Dallas has to offer. I stumbled on this place without any regards just noticing the lines. I've had family members point me to the direction of this place and I couldn't believe how delicious everything was. It was worth every cent spent. I would go back here any chance I get The wait can be quite long, but it is worth it since your food is made fresh. read more

Food is amazing, the lobster black box was the best seafood I've had ever!!! The staff was friendly and even the patrons was nice & talking to us while we dined. I was highly recommended to eat here while visiting from Las Vegas and Aunt Irene's didn't disappoint, it was worth every penny!!! Also the cookies were excellent. I will definitely be back when I come back for a football game. It will be my first & last stop for sure. read more

​Aunt Irene's Kitchen - Seafood Near Me - Dallas, Texas

I hurt myself. My wife was losing her mind abou6 this place so we finally get there and it's standing room for the take out. We went to the dining room and found no seating whatsoever. Came back two weeks later after my daughter's track meet and got lucky. Ordered the "black box" which had the weight of a 5lb bag of oranges. I was hungry and REALLY wanted gumbo but they were sold out (on a freaking weekend at 4 in the afternoon). I wasn't upset so instead ordered the wing/catfish to replace. We ate 2 days on all that good food. The pic doesn't show any justice to all you get. I hurt myself is all. I can add read more

You all know this place has the BEST seafood boil in the DFW area hands down!!! No other place even comes close!!! I love the black box for one person or the lobster box which is really enough for two people or two meals!!! Next I'll try the fried catfish and shrimp! If you haven't tried tjis gem in the heart of South Dallas then your definitely missing out! read more

It was ok I came from out of town expecting greatness and had to make my out seafood sauce at the airbnb oh well it was ok tho

I absolutely love this place. My food is always amazing. I never had to wait too long for my food to come out. Customer Service is pretty good as well. Seafood is my favorite this place is a must try I crave this place once a week!! read more

​Aunt Irene's Kitchen - The black box - Seafood Near Me - Dallas, Texas

I wish the food was everything I was hoping it to be but it wasn't.... I ordered the black box and my shrimp were over cooked or recooked (rubbery) the crabs, sausage and potatoes were ok, but it wasn't as flavorful as I'd imagined it to be. It wasn't worth the 45 minuet Drive, 20 + minuets in line and 30 minuet wait for my food. read more

​Aunt Irene's Kitchen - The Black Box - Seafood Near Me - Dallas, Texas

The food is great but the service is lousy. This is my second bad experience. Got there around 2:45, stood in line and placed my orders at 4:10. I still has not received my order after and hour went inside and they said they couldn't find me. I was parked right outside in the front One of my orders was not ready after over an hour. They said give them 15 minutes and they would bring it out. I waited almost an hour and it still wasn't ready. They said something got confused. I finally got the order and left there at 6:20. Won't be going back!!!! read more

The best I've yet to have in this form. Definitely worth it. Flavorful is an understatement. I love going here on "self dates" enjoy it all to myself read more

No dine in (bc of COVID) but the food TO GO is DELICIOUS! Taste like New Orleans in a box :) it was my first time there so I got the black box which is a little bit of everything. read more

They have the BEST sea food around and it is seasoned very well! Also, the employees are very kind.

Food was great. Cooked to order..Huge portions, two can share one box. Very well seasoned. Had the legs & shrimp box as well as fish & wings Only problem was the wait time after ordering . 1hr waiting on order. I eventually asked about order. They informed me that they had just received their fish order delivered we had already been waiting 30mins on order. Please let your customers know if items are out once ordered or if the wait is longer if particular item is ordered. This way the customer can make the decision to keep order or change it. Upon arriving, existing customers let us know they had been waiting 2hrs. We arrived at 1:22pm.... we ate at 2:25 They don't take phone in orders on Fri-Sunday We try again for sure. Now that I'm informed. read more

Seafood is always fresh and hot !! It's just the long lines on the weekend .Highly recommend

I bet you the location of this place had many people just drive by it. That's sad because there's really good stuff in there! I got the Lobster Box without sausage (yes I know but I was wanting seafood today) and man o man did they full fill ...or over fill I should say! Past reviewers say it's pricey but for what they give you, which is A LOT, I'd say it's on par for crab, lobster tail, shrimp, potatoes, and two corn cobs all in. As far as the location yes it is what it is but the staff is really friendly! read more

​Aunt Irene's Kitchen - Seafood Near Me - Dallas, Texas

Aunt Irene's is Good, Down Home Seafood!! Everything is Made Fresh To Order. Just Don't Expect To Sit Down Because It's So Packed. read more

​Aunt Irene's Kitchen - Black Box With No Sausage - Seafood Near Me - Dallas, Texas

Anyone who knows me knows I am a seafood junkie and crab legs are my fave. My cousin took me to Aunt Irene's in January and it did not disappoint. OMG, the food was sooooooo good! I got the Black Box and I think I actually died and went to heaven. Everything was so good and there's more than enough food to feed two people but, my seafood addiction would never allow me to share my food. My inner fat girl instantly woke the minute I walked in the door so, I ended up buying the Black Box and the Fish Box as well. The catfish was on point. It was piping hot and it was seasoned well. Aunt Irene's definitely satisfied my seafood addiction. Trust and believe, any time I'm in Dallas, this will be my first stop. read more

​Aunt Irene's Kitchen - The Black Box - Seafood Near Me - Dallas, Texas

This review is a day late. It's right down the road from the state fair. I stopped in ordered 2 black boxes and was not disappointed. I do have to say that being a fl girl this crab tray was a close 2nd to the ones from home. I don't know if y'all have garlic butter or not, should've asked. Nevertheless it was good! read more

​Aunt Irene's Kitchen - Black box - Seafood Near Me - Dallas, Texas

I ordered a wing box. It was overflowing with food, so much I have dinner for tomorrow. It's just alittle shop but the food is delicious.

Omg! Now Irenes?, she's simply amazing to have EVER created a creole, south inspired menu and actually nail it!

My daughter picked up 2 turkey legs today. We had watched the video yesterday on how the turkey legs were prepared, they looked really good and smoked. After opening the turkey legs, low and behold, they were not smoked and had NO seasoning (very, very bland taste); looked as though the turkey legs had been boiled first then put on the smoker but not for long because the skin on the legs was not dark from the smoke. Definitely not worth $18.50,/ea. WARNING... DO NOT BUY; you will definitely be DISAPPOINTED. read more

The food is amazing and the price was perfect. It fed two men and we were both so full by the end of the meal we could barely move. On my next trip to Dallas I'm hitting up this place. Yum read more

​Aunt Irene's Kitchen - Catfish box....crab cluster....and crawfish over rice - Seafood Near Me - Dallas, Texas

This wait time is unreal!!! The food is good but we been here since 11:45 and it's 2:38 and haven't received our food yet

Very good in the middle of the hood. Crab legs were a tad skinny, but portion size for shrimp, corn and potatoes was good. Would recommend getting the crab box if your really craving crabs. read more

I definitely feel like this placed is hyped up! You get a lot of food for your money. I ordered a wing and shrimp box and a wing box, I also(I'm sure by accident) ended up with someone's black box. The wings were ok nothing exciting about them, the shrimp was also just ok, the breading didn't stick to the shrimp at all. I did love the corn though!!!! It was so good!!! I'd go back just for the corn. I did play around in the black seafood box and discovered the shrimp and crab was soooooo over cooked! I'm just glad I didn't pay for it! It looked a lot better than it tasted read more

Mmmmmmm this was so good!! I was visiting from Cali when I tried this place! It's kinda in the hood but everyone who worked there was nice and the food didn't take long to come out. I had the lobster dinner and it was nicely seasoned and came with a lot of good. It was 2 meals for me. read more

​Aunt Irene's Kitchen - Seafood Near Me - Dallas, Texas

Drive all the way from Rockwall to eat here. I am here on a regular basis, but today might be my last! We stood in line for 2 1/2 hours waiting to place our order. Young lady came out said we cutting off at 6:15. Ok it was only 5 people in front of me so ok, it was 5:50pm. Then 3 minutes later the same girl came out counted 5 people and said he will be the last to order fried food! WTF? You said you was stopping @ 6:15, now you stopping at the 5th person? Oh ok, well you have lost 3 customers. Thanks for the beginning when you were delivering and meeting in places to get food. Now you big time I cant get food! read more

I got the Lobster box and it was AMAZING! The right amount of spice! The wings were tasty as well with the slightest hint of sugar added to them. There is more than enough to share read more

I'd heard about these Black Boxes but was doubtful they were as good as people made them out to me. Well, I was right, THEY'RE BETTER!!!! I was in the neighborhood of Aunt Irene's so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to get a Black Box. When I arrived, there was one person ahead of me, I listened to her order and ordered accordingly. My box took about 15 minutes. I got the crab, shrimp, and sausage box with potatoes and corn. The boxes are a bit expensive, but it's enough for 2 people to share. I also order 2 cajun eggs and a slice of their cake and it was all delicious. read more

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My husband has been trying to get me Here for about 2 weeks. New to the area so we wanted to See what the hype was about. We ordered the Black Box which came with shrimp, crab legs, corn, sausage, and potatoes. Lots of food for $22!' It's seasoned well on first glance it looks like it's highly seasoned but keep in mind that most of the food has a shell. Just enough seasoning. The environment is very relaxed. You find your own seat after ordering at the front, they call your name, you eat. One lady brought out the wet wipes, napkins and etc. She was very nice. There was hardly a wait. Usually when we go to seafood places the wait is forever and a day. The only reason that I didn't give 5 stars was because my food was not hot. My food was lukewarm then after sitting there for a few mins it was completely cold. We were kind of in a hurry so I didn't have time to tell a manager, wait for them, then wait for a solution unfortunately. The couple sitting next to us had the fried fish and shrimp basket..their food was smoking hot . read more

​Aunt Irene's Kitchen - The Black Box. Shrimp, crab, sausage, corn and potatoes - Seafood Near Me - Dallas, Texas

So I wanted a black box so bad today. I went to Aunt Irene's and ordered crab legs and shrimp. The shrimp was so over cooked it was rubbery and tasted awful. The crab legs were very skinny and almost had no meat in them. I drove all the way from highland park for this food and believe me it wasn't worth it. Aunt Irene must have been cooking for the family she doesn't like and hopes that she doesn't see again. If I could give it zero stars I would!!!!!!! read more

First off we get that the social distancing is an issue. Drove a good 30 minutes to stand in a long ass line in the heat. First time coming to that hole in the wall and last time. Chic taking order was rude as hell. My husband and I never had the food but was hearing that it was good. But not good enough for me to spend my money for rude ass service. We walked in to place order and the lady was like "one person per car to place order". Nope left that BS establishment. Your place is not all that to act so upity. Have a family of 4 and was bout to spend a pretty good amount of money. I will take my money elsewhere that is a bit more humble. Double middle fingers up to Auntie Irene's Kitchen. read more

As always the food is great. Simply put my place to go to in Dallas when I want seafood. They continually update and add things to the menu. I just suggest you get there early to get in the front of the line that's there every day. They do their best to take care of each customers as fast as the can. read more

Not good old shrimp not fresh at all phone doesn't work tried to return and the place was closed not good today had it once before and it was freshly made but today was awful and I couldn't reach anyone I had fried fish and shrimp batter was so thick and shrimp was hard underneath very rubbery so pissed wasted money still hunger read more

This spot is... ok. So you get there and you have to park in a tough parking lot with a lot of shady characters. Then you wait in a line for 20-25 mins to place your order. Then the lady won't tell you how long it'll take. So you don't know if what you should do in your car while you wait for your food. After watching blanket ask twenty people for a quarter and listening to the young men next to you blast key glock as loud as their stock speakers will allow them play it. After a hour and 20 mins you will receive your food in a bag. The food was well seasoned. I asked for all crab but they gave me corn and potatoes as well. So I give them a star for thinking of that. But ya. If you have two hours to sit and chill. Go for it. I've had my fairshare. read more

​Aunt Irene's Kitchen - All crab plate - Seafood Near Me - Dallas, Texas

Seriously the BEST seafood I've ever had! I'm a huge seafood lover!!! This was absolutely the best!!! It's definitely worth the wait! Can't wait to try it again! I would like to try some other things on the menu!!! Soooooo good!!!! Mmmmmm!!! read more

​Aunt Irene's Kitchen - Seafood Near Me - Dallas, Texas

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My husband and I visited Aunt Irene,s on yesterday , this was our firs visit, amazing food, great customer service , which means a lot to us. Very professional and mannered staff. Also, my husband placed an ordered to be delivered the food at to his place of employment, just to say, Irene and her employees was professional they had the order prepared and delivered as requested in a timely manner. Most definitely we will be visiting again. Exceptional service all around. Thanks, -George E. read more

Great seafood dive..great fla or and plenty of food..family atmosphere . Must go in Dallas read more

5 stars. A must try for seafood lovers. Sweetest owner. Pics should say everything. Just go. :-) read more

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Food is always on point and deliciously made. Now that Covid is over I'm not sure if u can eat in the dinning room but I sure hope so. Cause I'm headed there for lunch today. read more

Yes, it's in the inner city of Dallas, BUTTTTT BABYYYYY the seafood is OFF THE CHAIN!! Worth the drive & the money!