Brand new spot here in Crystal used to ne a wendys. Place is clean good food and nice atmosphere. Only thing Id recommend is hot sauce for my catfish they did not have but everything else is good. read more

Cajun Kitchen - Seafood Near Me - Crystal, Minnesota

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Good food for a decent price. The building is a little odd but it seems clean and the service was good.

Seafood boil was amazing! I will continue to go here! The seasoning is great, the fries are great. The service is super quick!

Great food but unfortunately they're stingy with the sauce and that's the best part of the Boil!!

Up until New Year's Eve I've had amazing experiences with CajunKitchen but this last visit was thee worst!! First I had to go in and place our order because their phone was off the hook (first red flag). When I placed the order they said it would be 30 minutes. I went and did my Target pick up and got some gas. Came back to pick up my food and the guy said another 15 mins, I asked him to just call me when it's done and gave the man my phone number. (Mind you there's at least 30 people including children just waiting in the lobby as if COVID was on PTO) I sat in my truck waiting for 30 more mins. Finally went in and was told 15 more mins. All together I waited a total of 1 hour and 33 mins. First off, you don't do that to clients. Don't take my money then tell me 30 mins when the wait is actually 3X that. Tell me the truth from the beginning and allow me to make the choice if I want to sit around and wait that long. When I finally got home my wife and I discovered the crab legs were overcooked, I called the following day to let them know about my experience (much longer wait time than told initially, and quality of food) and to request a refund. Employee named Ghon told me the manager will call me on Saturday no one called on Saturday I called on Sunday and was told managers don't work on Sunday and to call back Monday (today). I just got off the phone with them and they wanted to offer me $20 of free crab on my next visit. I asked how is $20 of free crab fair when I spent over $120 with you? He wanted to argue the point and say I should have brought the food back (after I already been waiting for almost 2 hours) so I told him to keep the money and he can wipe his ass with it but that's the last bit of money that he'll be getting from my household. Cajunkitchen we deserve better! But like I said, you bought and paid for, for the low cost of $120. Best of luck! Somebody point me in the direction of quality seafood with a side of respect for their clients. read more

First of all, they transformed a former Wendy's into a cute place! They have a hand washing station in the dining area...this is so smart! The boil has many options to configure a great meal. I had the crab and shrimp (heads off) with the garlic butter sauce. There was so much garlic and I loved every bite! The service was attentive but not annoying. The place is very clean and they provide enough napkins and supplies to eat the boil without getting food all over yourself. I did leave with garlic butter all over my glasses...but that was totally my fault. I will be back for sure! It was also really fun to other people enjoying a great meal. There are not many restaurants in the area that provide this. read more

We visited this local restaurant last Friday during Crystal Frolics. This is one of our favorite local restaurants. My wife and I split the combo special. Our friends shared a catfish dinner and the regular menu combo which includes lobster. As always the food was beautifully prepared and seasoned to order. If you like spicy be careful because medium spice level is very hot by my standards and I like heat. Nice wide open space and great service make this a good place to visit regularly. Bib up, it gets read more

Good portions and food was brought out quickly. The Cajun house special hot sauce was perfect! read more

Cajun Kitchen - 1lb Snow Crab & 1lb 1 lb. Head On Shrimp - Seafood Near Me - Crystal, Minnesota

Very good seafood boil! The broccoli is delicious and very unique to Cajun Kitchen. The wings are also very good. They are crunchy and very well seasoned! I also got the soft shell crab and wow! It was perfectly cooked and also seasoned well. read more

This is my go to place for seafood boils, but the customer service is very demanding. I believe, poor customer service little to no tip and the servers would get an attitude and try to rush us out if we don't leave a tip. Also, sometimes the food here is not cleaned out well. Otherwise this place is an okay spot despite the location. read more

Amazing presentation, hot and delicious. Loved the peel and eat shrimp with all the three spices sauce.

First off some of the best food I have ever had!! The fried calamari was delicious and be sure to do the "get your hands dirty" it's a lot of food and definitely some of their best stuff. The service was great and the restaurant was clean and nice. Wonderful seafood place. If you want spicy definitely order above a medium. The medium had good flavor but no bite to it. If you want bite go hotter! read more

The restaurant is in a old Wendy's building so I was not sure how the dining area was going to look like. Once we entered it was a lot better looking than I thought it would be and I did like the wood cabin feel to it. We came in with a party of 5 and were greeted by 4-5 woman servers. The restaurant was very slow for a Sunday but is understandable based on hearing about this place the same day so it led me to assume they could have done a better marketing plan because they are in a busy area of crystal MN. We were sat very quickly by a enthusiastic Asian woman with a very thick accent and I had a hard time understanding her as she sat us which I didn't really mind at first. After seating she began to take our drink order with out announcing it so it was a very awkward and confusing discussion and with the thick accent it made it even more difficult for us to make the order and her to take it. I am Mexican and understand the language challenge people have coming to this county which is very understandable and I didn't have any hard feelings against here for it but more for the restaurant management or owners for possibly either not training the employee correctly or assuming the language barrier would not cause an issue down the road. Once we received our drinks we attempted to put an appetizer order in for the table an order of 12 wings which we attempted to get 2 flavors and after a lengthy back and forth due to the language barrier with the server we were told that it could not be done which we understood and ordered one flavor with additional sauces on the side but again due to the language barrier we received 12 sauceless breaded wings with 3 small ramekins of sauces. We were disappointed but took the loss and continued to the main course and the reason we came in, the shrimp and crawfish boil. So we ended up making two orders and due to the payment needing to be split between me and my brother. We again attempted to make a customized order from the menu which confused the server and we had a very hard time making this part of the order it took so long and the server left the table and came back to re confirm with us her understanding of the order we were making multiple times. She kept referring to menu items in a very confusing way which we finally gave up and just said please just go ahead and put in the orders the same and we also ordered a side or white rice. Shortly after she stoped coming back and forth to our table to say a couple confusing words she came back with the food!!! I will give them that the food was very quick which is very common with seafood boils who don't cook the food to order but keep warm holding and serve from there per order. Unfortunately that seemed to be the case once we received our food. The dishes came in the plastic bags which is very traditional and had some of the broth in the bag as well. I had the crawfish and sausage with shrimp corn and potatoes. The food was cooked well but was missing sauce to be mixed in the bag before serving I felt but I didn't mind mixing it up myself and the white rice never came. Overall the food was good definitely not authentically made but kinda close and I would probably return but just ask for a different server possibly to avoid the frustrations which was not a big deal but just a little awkward and frustrating especially on your first visit. read more

This is not a Cajun restaurant. There was no jambalaya or boudin or even red beans and rice on the menu. The server did not understand any of the questions I was asking her. I will not ever be going back to this place read more

Another Chinese Cajun restaurant, tastes like Chinese spicy food. Not authentic at all. Not worth to drive long way.

My husband and I saw that this establishment barely opened so we decided to test it out with our kids. The decor is amazing, they did a great job on setting a fun and inviting atmosphere. As for food we ordered the chicken tenders and fries for the kids, the portion size was worth the cost. We also ordered friend calamari, and a few pounds of varied seafood from the Get Your Hands Dirty section, we chose the special sauce with medium spice. The presentation was beautiful, what I saw different from other places was that Cajun Kitchen added streamed broccoli to the boil. I love vegetables, but I felt that the broccoli took away the true flavor of the sauce. Service was mediocre. After we had gotten most of our order on the table, we had to ask twice for a missing order. And to top it off, our waitress walked past us 3 times and didn't think to check in with drink refills. Overall, I think 3 stars is decent. read more

Cajun Kitchen - Snow crab legs, head on shrimp, black mussels, and crawfish (sauce: Cajun Kitchen Special with medium spice) - Seafood Near Me - Crystal, Minnesota

First and Last time . food is salty. garlic looks dirty and test terrible .AND They need hire new chef and Waiter. read more

I personally like cajun deli food better the food is flavoured better. I didn't like the snow crabs but shrimp was good and corn, potatoes and broccoli. Good customer service and clean restuarant. This used to be the old Wendy's in Crystal. read more

Cajun Kitchen - I ordered the 2 meal combo with 1 half snow crabs and shrimp. Includes corn, potatoes and broccoli.. - Seafood Near Me - Crystal, Minnesota

I really don't want to give a bad review to the new restaurant but this one makes me feel so disappointed. Server's English is so limited, don't know anything about I talked. Seafood was not fresh, feels like reused. Decoration is fashion but not clean on the floor. Overall, I won't come back until all other restaurants closed. read more

So good! Even took us when we showed up around close due to just randomly finding this place and didn't know.

Service was average. Not bad. Just good enough. The food was not so great on the other hand. I ordered the calamari and the flavor or seasoning or whatever they used is not that great. I did not like it at all. It tasted weird and gross in my opinion. Will never order it again for sure and I love calamari. Also their dipping sauce for it is disappointing. I think it's just sweet and sour sauce. I wanted the sauce that was white (I don't know what it's called) that's more commonly and popular to serve as a dipping sauce. But what made me really irked was how I found out at least 3 of our mussels I ordered for my cajun was missing and only the shell was left. Like what!!! I have never had this happened to me in other Cajun restaurants. This annoyed me because eating cajun/seafood is never cheap. The sauce we got was house mix I think and it was watered down. The taste was not all there... I could barely taste anything. But it's better than Captain crab's (Brooklyn Center) house mix but not even close to being as good as Cajun Deli's (Brooklyn Park) house mix. I highly recommend Cajun Deli. They also put broccoli in there (I preferred if it wasn't part of the food tbh) and the only thing I liked was the sausage. The seafood is good but just not the sauce and seasoning. I wouldn't come eat here again. read more

Very good. 5 stars because the prices are reasonable for sea food. Mild heat was just right. Looking forward to coming again.

Great new place! The food was sooo flavorful and plentiful. Service was a strength as well. Also, the restaurant area is quite large, it was nice to see that larger groups could come here. Looking forward to going back. read more

The fried okra & hush puppies were very good, but the special had fish which tasted moldy. The chicken tenders, shrimp & fries were good. The service was spotty, good at times & slow at others. read more

We came for lunch the day after they opened! We got a shrimp boil, fried catfish & fried shrimp. The boil was great! The lunch portion was small, less expensive & so good! We took two kids and they loved the catfish & seasoned fries. read more

I'm glad I found this place, the prices are affordable and the seafood is delicious. I ordered the house seasoning and medium hot, you can't beat it. The people are always nice and the food comes out really fast!! read more

Best seafood I ever had!!!! Rich flavor not to spicy and the employees that work there is super nice I would always come back again!!

I had the catfish, okra, and the soft shell crab. If you like heavily breaded food then this is for you. My first thought of the food was it smells good and once I saw the food I saw so much fried batter on it that it turned me off right away, I took a bite and yes thick batter on the food. I would like to have a choice of asking for lightly batter food if that is at all possible and not spend a lot of time peeling that stuff off. The catfish was not bad once I peeled off most of the batter, the okra & softshell crab? I have had better. I have had plenty of southern cooking and that is not it. read more

We had the "all of above" sauce. Taste is exceptionally good. Not sure if quantity is sufficient. We ordered 1/2 pound crayfish, there were only 9 pieces. Typically crayfish are 25-30 pieces in a pound. Ours were in no way on the larger side in size. They were pretty small. read more

This place is delicious! I had the shrimp and crab leg boil with the house special seasoning, AMAZING TASTE! I was full before I finished but refused to not eat it all. Service was also great, everyone there is so attentive. I had multiple people check in on me throughout my visit. The portions and price are a really good deal! read more

Me and a friend met here for dinner. We really enjoyed it. We each had a boil combo and made it hot, the hot was the perfect amount of spice if you're into spicy food. I would recommend and I will be back. read more

Nice and courteous employees. Food was delicious and came out fast. Love, love, love the hushpuppies! YUM!!!

Awsome addition to crystal area ! If you like Cajun seafood , u will love this place too