Crawfish shouldn't even belong in this restaurants name because they clearly don't know what they are doing. Louisiana friends, let me indulge on how they boil their crawfish. They boil then in water then dump them in an ice chest and pour a disgusting amount of bland "Cajun" seasoning on them. These fools didn't even cook the mushrooms! You get served freaking raw mushrooms! Hands down was the worst crawfish I've ever had. Don't waste your money here. It should be considered animal cruelty for what they do to these crawfish. PS to the kitchen crew/owner, I'd be more than happy to show you the proper way to cook crawfish. First tip, the seasoning goes in the water and is never and I mean NEVER poured on cooked crawfish!!!! Also, please cook the mushrooms people! They are supposed to be boiled with the crawfish so they become juicy and filled with seasoning. read more

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My bf and I love seafood especially crab, we usually cook it at home cause it's cheaper but if we're wanting to go out we go to Joe's crab shack but we got recommended to this place by a friend and tried it out. The only thing I really liked about my meal was the garlic butter and the spice. I ordered 1LB of Snow Crab which was 16.99 (overpriced) by bf ordered King crab, 2LBs which was $51 (SUPER overpriced) and I had very little meat in my crab claws. They also ran out of potatoes? My complaint is the fact my order comes with one half corn on cob and one potato and to add more they charge per cob and potato and you even have to pay for butter lol. We also weren't greeted when we came in and our server was pretty absent, they seemed understaffed. All in all we'll stick with joes. read more

We are from out of town and just wanted to eat some crawfish. We had oysters, gumbo, and of course crawfish. Would definitely not recommend this place!!! The gumbo had no flavor what so ever. Gumbo I had out of a can was better. The oysters were good in size but wasn't a big fan of the idea of pico on my oysters. The crawfish were the smallest I had ever seen. But not only that. They had so much butter that you literally had to scoop them out like soup. Wouldn't recommend at all. I make way way better crawfish and I don't do it for a profession. They need to rethink their business. Although the food was less than desirable. Madison our server did a fantastic job!! read more

Are server was ryan best man ever Food was great love this place. Thank you guys for always lookin out for us. read more

To me it's an odd location for this type of place and it's not really a shack as much as a new strip mall center. The interior is adorned with people's writing on any surface that they can. The daily market price for all items are located on chalk boards on either sides of the bar. I came for the boil and they offer crawfish in the off season, frozen or fresh and a variety of other selections. We ordered 2 pounds of crawfish, 1 pound of blue crabs (two whole crabs) and the cajun fries. They put out a white paper on the table for the boils which makes you see just how messy of an eater you are (my spot was doused in juices and butter) but, hey if you aren't wearing it then the crawfish must not have been that good. To accompany our food we took advantage of the $5.00 bloody marys on Saturday. The bloody marys were good, not as terrible as other places but, not the best that I have had either. For $5.00 though they are worth it if you don't like your bloody boozy. The blue crabs were difficult to manuever, not a lot of meat and don't have the sweet crab flavor. I would recommend just getting the snow crab legs if you have a hankering for crab. The crawfish is where it's at! The seasoning was the best that I have ever had on a boil anywhere. It was garlicy, buttery and had just the right amount of spice (I ordered spicy). Lift up the crawfish in the bowl because all the goodness is underneath. We ordered a side of drawn butter but, you don't need it. We ordered the fresh crawfish and they were smaller than in season but, still delicious. When you order 2 pounds of crawfish you receive the fixins of a half of a corn cob, one boiled potato, small pieces of sausage, onion and mushrooms. It's worth it but, if you are like me you should order some extra pieces of each, especially if you are sharing because there isn't that much to go around. Everyone is raving about the cajun fries but, to me they were just ok. They were regular fries with some seasoning thrown on top served with ketchup! Not really any wow factor. Our service was also 5 stars! The price per pound was a bit high but, it is off season and I would be curious to see their pricing during the season because there are some cheaper places. I guess you get what you pay for though and here you get the seasoning of a lifetime that will make you come back for more. read more

Crawfish ATX - Crawfish and blue crab boil with a bloody mary! - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Austin, Texas

They would get a 5 star review if I was just comparing the crawfish, and crabs to the other crawfish and crabs available in Austin. Buttttt, there are other factors here... 1 - Slow...very SSSSLLLLOOOOWWWW. Took forever to get a table, and while waiting forever to get a table it took forever to get a beer, then when I finally got a beer, and finally got a table, I finally got to order, then finalllllly got my food. 2. Crawfish and Crabs - Not complaining here, Austin doesn't have good crawfish so you gotta take what you can get. Pretty good flavor, I could have used a bit more heat, but overall good job! The crawfish were pretty big, and came with plenty of corn, potatoes, and sausage. The crabs were terrific! 3. Boudain balls - satisfy the craving, but I would skip them and eat more crawfish. 4. Prices - Not too bad, for the flavor, and size of the crawfish, it was fair. 5. Decor and ambience... just joking not going there, it's a crawfish shack. I will return, hoping it's a little smoother and quicker. read more

Crawfish ATX - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Austin, Texas

My daughter was begging me to let her try some crawfish and this was our first stop on your whistle stop tour of crawfish boils. You can get your crawfish at a mild, regular or super spicy level and being the wimp that I am, we chose mild. Yeeee ouchhhh! My BISCUITS IS BURNIN' MY BISCUITS IS BURNIN'!! Just goes to show you, one man's mild is another man's SHEEEIT THAT'S HOT. After getting over the initial burn, we plowed through the rest of the crawfish in record time. Tasty! read more

Crawfish ATX - Say hello to my little friend. - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Austin, Texas

Great food, but they have no idea what they are doing with Favor. Rely on a third party company for delivery. I waited almost 2 hours, to find out the restaurant is closed. At 8pm. When I ordered at 6. I called they were open. I would go there every Friday when I was off. I told the Manger that, I am gonna spend my 300 dollars a month at another seafood restaurant. He said fine.. If I pay 100 dollars for your food and you blame it on it on your 3rd party with no accountability then we part ways. I am done. They said take it up with favor. So, I will. Damn they lost a good customer. 5 years. Your waitstaff will miss my 50% tip. Traah. read more

We ordered crawfish and shrimp to go for dinner and the crawfish was inedible. It was over cooked and the texture was extremely rubbery. We used to love ordering crawfish here but it seems like due to covid, the quality of food has gone downhill. We called to explain how bad the food was, but they tried to tell us it was because we picked the food up 2 hours later. Our receipt proved we picked the food up within 30 minutes of ordering. They refused to give a refund on the crawfish. Very disappointing and we will not be coming here again. read more

I'm giving this 4 stars because I finally found a place down south that does raw oysters at a crazy reasonable price that are yum yum to my tum tum. We tried the fried catfish, too, and it was very good. I wasn't impressed with the cole slaw (I'm definitely a cole slaw snob) because it seemed old and because of that, bitter, but the rest of the dinner was very good. Service was excellent. Our waitress was very prompt and helpful. I'll definitely be coming back. read more

Crawfish and shrimp here was pretty good .. I've been looking for a seafood boil and Cajun flavors and this place hit the spot !! The raw oysters are great as well !! Calamari is delicious !!! Overall everything is fantastic !!! read more

We come here for crawfish when it's in season and have never been disappointed. I do notice they tend to serve smaller and smaller ones as the season ends. But their buttery garlicky sauce is really good. I always get the 1x spicy with extra mushrooms and sausage. I sometimes order crab legs and those can be served in the same sauce if you like. Cajun fries and calamari are good and pretty cheap too. Dinner during the week Mon-Thurs is usually not crowded, sometimes a bit empty. The only time we had to wait about 45 mins was on a Friday during Lent season, but that's not surprising. I like the location too, it's in South Park Meadows, so you can get Amy's Ice Cream, Boba tea, or froyo for dessert afterwards. Or do some shopping at Target. read more

Crawfish ATX - 2lbs crawfish and snow crab legs - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Austin, Texas

The food is great but the customer service sucks. Whenever we order take out we have to keep calling 30-40mins b4 someone answers the phone. Dining in can take nearly 2hrs to wait for a table. The girl up front attitude is flat, abrupt, unconcerned, & lifeless. Everybody who came in after us got seated b4 us. Every year the customer service gets worse. read more

Went here with my friends after 8hs shopping. It was my first time to went to this place. I feel very pleased and satisfied when finish dinner here. We have ordered crawfish, shrimp and snow crab leg pot. All of them are perfect except the waitress. We waiting for a long time to order and pay bill. Although the service attitude is fine, the waitress always disappear. I love the flavor of hot pot. Every seafood in the pot are fresh and clean. I will recommend others to come to this restaurant. read more

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Roaches dead on the bathroom floor where ants were marching from the carcasses to the strewn toilet paper and towels. Also no soap so how can employees effectively wash their hands? Angel was the only good thing about our experience on this Friday night. The green salsa was congealed like Jello and left uncertainty as to what it was supposed to be. The gumbo was cold and the rice was one large clump. After paying the bill the bus person didn't even let me put my purse over my shoulder before he was rolling up the butcher paper table cloth. Do not come here. read more

This place is the best! In a convenient spot in Southpark Meadows, it's very easy to access, but not as easy to see because it's hiding behind another restaurant. This place is always so busy, so I usually get takeout, but the dining service is just as good. Even though there are usually a lot of people, they get your food out fast and it doesn't feel like you're sitting there forever. The flavor of the crab is so good! This is the first place I ever tried snow crab, and it got me hooked. They provide lots of tools to help you eat, like gloves and a cracker for the shell. They provide a little tin for you to put your trash in when you're done. And they also provide little wet napkins for easy cleanup. This is also a family owned business so it's very impressive how quickly and How efficiently they work. I recommend this place, one of the best crab shack's in Austin. read more

SO GOOD and the food is seasoned perfectly! It has always been one of our favorite places to get shrimp and crawfish. My husband especially loves it bc they have king crab, which is hard to find at restaurants. read more

I love this place; however, you can only be understaffed for so long. I went to the location about 2 months ago and loved it. I am back tonight and they still refused to sit folks outside due to being understaffed. Unacceptable. I am currently at Waterloo because it is better than this location on any night. Manager - needs to go. You can't be understaffed for over two months. read more

Sorry, I'm a very forgiving person but my fiance ordered door dash named David. I WENT TO GET THE ORDER AND YOU GAVE ME 2POUNDS OF CRAWFISH FOR DAVOR!!!!! PLEASE get your establishment together. I will accept I should of checked order, but really??? I'm in the industry too and it should have been correct and ready to go. read more

I'm so glad this place opened up in SouthPark Meadows!! Crawfish is delicious. The spicy is pretty spicy for me but I still love it. Everything else is a great price. The combo plates. Love the boudin balls and the cajun eggrolls. Must get the toast so that you can sop up all that spicy buttery goodness from the crawfish!!! read more

Messed up our order. Couldn't get corrected because they had no hot water. When asked for the owners name, they refused to give it. I guess I could've just Googled it... Waitress was nice and manager was a joke. read more

Food was incredible. Participated in Margarita Mondays and lemme tell ya those are bomb. Service was quick and efficient! Will be back

When during prime crawfish season and they completely over cooked it. The tails were a good size but were falling apart. The beer glass came out very dirty. The boudin balls came out with a Short dark hair on one of them. The bar manager "d" or "dr" was rude. He asked if we needed anything and i asked for some butter and he told me i had to ask my server..... well then why the hell did you ask if i needed anything? Food was average, manager was rude and my cup was dirty and food had hair in it. Will not be back read more

Give me all of the snow crab this place can make! I like it spicy so I wish the seasoning could have been Spicer but it was still good. If you are afraid of butter though stay away (more for me).... Also ordered the boudin balls and couldn't stop eating the remoulade sauce was scrumptious. Very laid back staff and atmosphere. One of my pet peeves though is when food is brought out at different times, so beware. read more

Crawfish ATX - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Austin, Texas

Given that we went here for crawfish, I expected to mediocre at best simply due the immersed population of New Orleans natives coming over during Katrina has made Houston a go to place for crawfish, which is where I am originally from. However, upon randomly stumbling upon this restaurant, this is truly a diamond in the rough. I would recommend everybody in Austin to come and try their crawfish at least once... If you know what good crawfish is . From what I hear, they just opened. They are doing a great job attending to their patrons with great service. If this was them working out their kinks, I can't imagine what the service would be like when they are a fine tuned business. This establishment was very clean as well. I highly recommend. I read the earlier reviews... And think that they either were in a transition stage or habitual complainers. Needless to say, my opinion is stated above. read more

Crawfish ATX - Even at 11:25, this place is still packed and insane. - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Austin, Texas

I'm giving them four stars for the food, but the service was really slow. I think the problem was in the kitchen because we were there at lunch and it was not crowded. Our server did a good job with refills, and did separate checks for our large crowd without a problem. I had the crawfish and it was delicious. We also had the Boudin balls which were quite good. Crispy and full of flavor. I'm hoping they'll get their service issues fixed quickly, because I really like having a good crawfish place near my house! read more

Crawfish ATX - Two pounds of Crawfish - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Austin, Texas

This place is amazing but also frustrates the hell out of me. Great food. Subpar service. Like most the other people have said. The gf and I have visited their OG location off wells branch multiple times. Best crawfish in Austin hands down. But half our visits also have been accompanied by below average/very slow service. But when we saw they finally opened a location in our neck of the woods, we had to give it a try. We arrived around 2pm on a Saturday. Pretty busy time to get there. We were 3rd on the waiting list. The first thing to catch my eye was the lack of staff for a restaurant that large. Having dirty tables stay dirty and not having your guests on the waiting list seated on those empty tables is a huge rookie mistake. So annoying to see. I work in a restaurant. If my employees were to leave dirty tables uncleaned while other guests were waiting for 20+mins, that would be a major problem. Now to the food... awesome. Just like their OG location. Big. Juicy. Fresh crawfish. Awesome flavors. I would describe my spice tolerance as middle of the pack, so getting the medium level spice is always perfect. Get a side order of the grilled bread and dip it in the boil fluids. Do it. You will thank me later. The food did take a while to come out as always... The crawfish etouffee here is Probably the best I've had in Austin as well. Which is another reason it's a damn shame I can't give this place 5 stars. Fix your service problems and I'm sure you'll be rated 4-4.5 on yelp crawfish shack! read more

Crawfish ATX - Crawfish and shrimp boil. Extra sausage. - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Austin, Texas

After driving around trying to figure out where to eat or get some drinks on a Saturday night, my boyfriend and I came across this place. I love crawfish so I thought I'd get some to go and head back home. We walked in and were sent over to the bar to order, and at the last minute we decided to eat there and have some drinks. I ordered a frozen margarita and two pounds of extra spicy crawfish. My boyfriend ordered the catfish platter. Overall, I say that the food (and the margarita) was delicious and the crawfish were huge. The extra spicy is not as spicy as some I've had elsewhere, but still had a great kick and flavor. The catfish platter was delicious as well and the seasoned fries were fresh and crispy. The service at the bar was also great. It was very clean and they took really good care of us. I'll be back again! read more

Crawfish ATX - Huge crawfish! Extra spicy is delicious! - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Austin, Texas

I normally come here all the time during crawfish season. This particular time the wait wasn't to bad. After we were sat we didnt get served for about 10-15 minutes. I had to call the store to advise them we were seated for 10 minutes or so with no acknowledgement and ask to speak to the manager. They came out and apologized then someone came over by the name of Rica to be our server stating our server hadn't showed up to work yet. (So I'm thinking y'all were just going to leave us here til they got here) anywho Rica was nice very attentive and made up for lost time I hate to say it but we were the only black table here at that time. Not sure where the disconnect was but people were being help immediately after us at other tables. Very disappointed. At the end of the meal we were give a 15 percent discount to help with the dissatisfaction. Again our server Rica was amazing im only making the stars a 2 do to the miscommunication read more

I came in after 9 PM and the bar and restaurant was full of hungry people. I waited about 10 minutes and grabbed a seat at the bar. Stephen and Fernando are excellent bartenders and immediately provided me with an unsweetened tea. I had a couple of friends show up and they orders snow crab and live crawfish. The food was ready in a few minutes. Delicious! I highly recommend the live crawfish. They fix it just right. I wanted to give a shout out to the busser Sammy who was running around clearing tables and providing great customer service. read more

Every time I come to Austin...I make it a priority to come and eat here....Have never been disappointed....

They have some of the best crawfish in Austin. The service is friendly especially at the bar. Had a great time! read more

I love eating here, I've been many times. But tonight we where turned away with 18 minutes left till close. The first thing the hostess said is "you have two minutes" explained that the kitchen closes at 9:45 but it was 9:43 and ultimately just turned us away. We explained that we knew what we wanted for a to go order but she still pushed us away even tho we where not past the cut off time. read more

Had been craving some gumbo so decided to try this joint out and OH MAN. DECIDED on the etoufee after my waitress offered to let me sample. I also added a margarita which was also delish. I'm truly satisfied and will definitely come back. A must try. read more

Crawfish ATX - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Austin, Texas

We went for my son's 15th birthday and the one star is more on the service than the food. We went on a Friday night, the hostess told us it would be 45 minutes to an hour, we waited about 15 which was nice. We ordered our drinks, 4 sweet teas, one un sweet. The server told us they just ran out of sweet tea but were brewing some fresh. The sweet tea was not very sweet at all - I prefer un sweet tea so I liked it. About 30 minutes passed before my wife got her tea, but it did come out eventually. My son and I each ordered two pounds of crawfish, his mild - mine spicy, my wife and daughter shared the shrimp and steak, and my son's friend ordered a well done steak and fries. We also started with two orders of hush puppies. The hush puppies were good, so was the tarter sauce. The crawfish was also good but the server wasn't sure which one was spicy and which was mild, so we had to figure out which was which by trying each others. It also says in the menu if you order two pounds you'll get corn, 1 potato, sausage, and mushrooms. My order didn't have any potato in it, his order had 1 tiny red potato. For a seafood restaurant, this feels CHEAP. If you have to, charge an extra $0.50 and include a regular sized Russet Potato. The steak was bad. The crawfish got delivered a good 10 minutes before the steak, I had to get up and go looking for it. My wife ordered her steak med-rare and the other steak was ordered well done. I understand that a well done steak may take a bit longer, but not a med-rare. The fries are also CHEAP frozen fries. To top it off, the steaks were mixed up. They served my wife the well done steak and our guest the med-rare. Which isn't a huge deal to swap, but our guest probably left hungry because the well done steak was tiny. Both cuts had big fatty chunks also. After the food got delivered, we didn't see our server again until I asked another server if they could get our check. At which point our server showed up and bused the table. He didn't get much of a tip out of me and maybe a manager will read this and address it. After eating the crawfish my hands were plenty covered in the buttery sauce, which was good, but they need to send out wet wipes or something. I went in to the restroom to wash my hands and had to use my pants because there were no paper towels there either. TLDR - The crawfish was good, the rest of it was CHEAP frozen foods that got fried or re-heated. They should be ashamed of the service, it was that bad. read more

Great service, cold food, small portions, okay prices. Our waitress was friendly and attentive, the food came out fast but had small portions, was luke warm and the fried oysters were completely soggy on the bottom. Disappointed-Was hoping it'd be much better. read more

Not sure why I even went back smh thought I'd try it after a year or so but not any better!! We were there for TWO HOURS just to get cold crawfish and terrible king crab. They first gave my order to another patron after he ate some, took it back from him and gave it to me cold!!! Just ridiculous not sure how this place is still open as there are so many health food violations. The girl behind the bar was very nice though. read more

I absolutely am pleased with this seafood restaurant! we went on a Saturday evening and it was not as busy. We had oysters half shells ($10.95 for a dozen) calamari and boudin balls (both at $4.95 each) for appetizers. we also orders 3 lbs of snow crabs at $7.99/lb with $1 off for every pound that Saturday, 2 inks of crawfish at $9.99/lb, but with every 2 lbs we got potatoes, corn and mushrooms in the hot pot. we also had their margarita special that evening, which was pineapple margaritas for $6. Spent $115 for everything, that's great for the amount of food we had! We enjoyed our waitress and it was a restaurant. Good atmosphere to bring friends and family and enjoy some delicious seafood, especially crawfish! I'll be back! read more

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Oysters were size of a marble..$20 meal. You be the judge. Shrimp.were let's day on the "shrimpy" side..nice waitress.

I went in during SXSW. Felt like they were severely understaffed. There was one female server who seemed inexperienced and wouldn't bus a single table. The manager was nice and accommodating. But should have told her the business. It took a long time to get attention. The food was pretty good. Had the snow crab legs. I would eat here again for sure. Just hope they find some better servers. read more