Best seafood boil in chinatown! Waitress was really nice and explained everything for my party in english and spanish! We ordered the $65 crab leg combo, the 2lb crawfish and 2lb shrimps everything was cooked to perfection and the flavor was on point! Im seeing alot of reviews about it being to pricey but at the end of the day you're paying for good service, good food, and a good time! read more

Service is great food is amazing, the wait was a bit long but we came at a busy time and we just decided to sign in and walk around while we waited for our turn. read more

Food was amazing. Great flavor and very generous serving sizes. Service is good. Definitely could use a little more attention

The all you can eat house Cajun crawfish was delicious! Service was a bit slow. Will definitely come back again. read more

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Hey y'all, No. Absolutely not. I know TikTok probably brought you here but NO! First of all, they do NOT have the all you can eat seafood anymore. Secondly, the prices are pretty outrageous and the service is basic. The water tastes like it came from a dog's bowl and you have to pay per drink for soda or tea. Side Bar: The Cajun fries were good. If you have a Groupon, you can only use one per table even if it's different tabs. They literally made my SISTER move away from my table! But I could get past all of that if the food was good; and yet here I am, stuck! It was awful. $40 for two snow crab clusters (only 4 legs on both). The shrimp were huge but didn't taste like anything. It's like they boiled it in a tub of water and imagination. The sauces were greasy, needed to be emulsified and had a bitter aftertaste. We tried the Spicy 13 & Cajun + lemon pepper. Yuck! When the server came and asked me was everything ok I said no and she just walked away. LMAO. They allow you unlimited drinks if you post a positive review so take those lightly. Also, the restaurant was relatively clean. Final rating: -4 out of 10. Dear Gao, Y'all won't be making it into heaven and need to be thrown in the SLAMMER! read more

So I've seen this on tik tok a couple times , and it had mixed reviews . Personally I think it's not really that worth it , so for the all you can eat for 2 people and 2 drinks was 86.80 plus tip 90.00 right, which we order 3bs of crawfish, 1lbs shrimp, 1lbs of mussels, 1 clams (which they gave us by accident instead of another pound of shrimp) ,1 baby squid , 2 blue crabs , 1 sausage link ... I think they definitely not giving the full pound because I feel like other places serve way more for a pound , the shrimp is huge which is so delicious. Everything was super good , the season was amazing it definitely has a Middle Eastern taste to it which I have a love hate relationship with ... over all I feel like maybe order individual instead of the all you can eat because I felt like it wasn't worth 90$ .. read more

Its pretty nice the food was good came here for my mothers birthday and they made accommodations for a larger party. we got the all we can eat as a group. the only down side was the all you can eat did not include snow crab clusters but it was okay. read more

Gao's Crab - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

THAT SHIT WAS SPICY!!! They give a 1-10, 10 being the hottest, we got a 5 and that was so unbearable. Lips burning, us crying, sweating. The flavor was good though but damn I can't even imagine if we got a 7 or 9. And we eat a lot of spicy things. We came for the all you can eat, but they don't tell you crab isn't included and they charge a pickup fee. We just got a regular boil afterall bc we wanted some crab. read more

This place opens until 1am, 7 days a week. The restaurant from the outside is dark, but it's the one with the blinking lights. I thought it was a bar inside from the outside. 36, plus pop is 39 per person for all you can eat. After tax and tip it's 45/person. Not a bad deal but I don't eat a lot so it wasn't worth it for me. It's great if you eat a lot! Crawfish was good, I did 4lbs and boyfriend did 7lbs. It's in season so other places it's currently 6/lb so I overpaid since I only did crawfish. However it's a great location in bellaire for convenience and tons of parking. The staff is also attentive and friendly. read more

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This place is a hidden gem!! We were served frozen crawfish but honestly it was so good I didn't care.

I've frequent this place long before it blew up on social media. I use to be able to walk in and be seated. Now they have a waiting list and the wait time varies. The last time I waited almost an hour before a table was ready. I like the seafood here but not too much to want to come back and pay that higher price. And the few times I been, they seem to never have blue crabs even when it was in season. Your options for AYCE is crawfish, shrimp, mussels, clams. Not worth the $45/pers. You're better off at a buffet. read more

I was expecting to try this for a long time. And It turned out to be disappointing. We ordered the 13 spices flavor with medium spicy. The taste was just so so. Not too bad, not too good. I will not have the motivation to come again. Among all the things we ordered. The Turkey neck and sausage were better. The shrimps, craw fish, potato, mussels are all flavorless themselves，they did not absorb the flavor from the sauce enough. The mussels were with too much seaweeds inside which were really disgusting. We also ordered fried chicken and fish for kids. These were delicious and kids liked them. We go their bbq restaurant very frequently. But for this new one. I felt it was not that good. read more

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Awesome ambiance, Awesome food, and awesome service! I got the snowcrab A combo. Thank you!!

This was my mom & I first time here. We enjoyed everything. I got 1lb of headless shrimp, potatoes, corn & an appetizer of onion rings. Everything was amazing. Our waitress also assisted us with choosing combos & spice level. Lol the medium was decent spice level for my mom & I as well. We will be coming back! read more

Gao's Crab - Turkey necks, 1lb of headless shrimp, mushrooms and 1lb of crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

We got the spicy Dungeness crab stack and it was delicious! Will definitely go back when in Houston.

I love this place! The food and customer service is excellent! Its vert nice and clean also...

Food is sooooo good, wait was about an hour to be seated but definitely worth it. Such a good price that can't be matched anywhere. I just split a crawfish combo B meal with another person and you basically eat $65 total of crawfish for 2 people, would definitely recommend!! read more

This place has been on my must-try list for a while and I'm glad it was! My server Henry took his time explaining the whole menu to me and was super patient with me while I was ordering. Food came out fast and hot and it was amazing. The shrimp were big and juicy and cooked great! Loved it can't wait to co read more

Gao's Crab - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

The food was great! Just careful not to over order, as they charge for waste over 1lb.

Awesome service and ambiance. Great service, very helpful for first timers. Definitely recommended.

Went here on a Friday night. I will say it's kinda hard to find in the parking lot. The food was good and came out quick. The night I went there was a few things they didn't have on the menu at the time. I ended up getting a special for $29. I came with a snow crab cluster, shrimp, corn and a potato. The sauce was good. The service was fast and friendly. They check on you constantly. The ambience was chill! read more

First time here our server was very attentive and the food was delicious everything was seasoned to perfection, we absolutely loved it... definitely will be back!!!.. read more

It stays open late so that could be a plus . As far as the food it's a little to much cayenne and pepper . They don't use much salt or sweetener like ginger or brown sugar to kill that bite and take away the heartburn . My girl told me don't waste nothing so yea we ate it read more

Gao's Crab - This was the Cajun House sauce with calamari and mushrooms - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

Dope and cool spot it's so much food and it is piping hot don't be greedy and eat with your eyes..... definitely will be back

First time here food was AMAZING!! The server was so nice and kind. He told us on how to order. We ordered the lemon pepper medium. When I tell u it was amazing finger licking goodness!!. The place is nice and comfortable. We recommend this amazing place. I will be coming back with family SOON! read more

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Amazing especially for getting into town late and needing something good to eat. Wait staff was personable and efficient. read more

Gao's Crab - Bowl full of yum! - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

Delicious! Full of flavor! Open late! I had a taste for crawfish and Turkey necks and found this gem. The to go guy was very nice and my food was fixed within 10 minutes of me ordering. There garlic butter sauce seasoning is the best, not to spicy read more

Gao's Crab - Garlic butter crawfish, Turkey neck, egg, potato, corn - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

The flavor of this place is outstanding the amount of portions of the all you can eat is definitely satisfying! read more

Nice spot to go to for a outing with friends. NOT a big group however since place is small. Wait time was two hours but once we sat down EVERYONE was friendly and made sure we enjoyed our visit. We order the crab combo #2 with add ons (cheaper this way) the all you can eat does not come with crab only the very basics. Also ordered the crawfish combo 1 and the crawfish all were HUGE. Flavor was spot on. Definitely will be back. read more

Chill environment with fairly priced food and drinks :) Our server was attentive to us and made sure we were taken care of.

Food is good nine times out of 10. Sometimes the service is a little shifty. I believe it used to be a BYOB. I no longer think it's that but they don't serve much alcohol maybe beer . read more

third time here, restaurant slowed down since its no longer crawfish season. so service is expected to be better which it was AITE. but did Y'ALL KNOW they got fruit snacks and shrimp chips on the side when it's crawfish season (BUSY) its only 2 split checks. when its slowed down, they're able to split the check! sauce still good AF. would not recommend snowcrab, too overcooked. Snow Crab should not be difficult to pull from the shell. I had to dig in. And I worked at a SEAFOOD place before to know this stuff. read more

I would not recommend this place to anyone. It is misleading information and overprice for the food, service, and ambiance.

The music is on point thou. The oyster was on point and hit the right spot and fresh as can be. The crab legs and the shrimp toss with corn and potato was good with the right spice. I highly recommended and the service was fantastic. read more

Gao's Crab - Oysters - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

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The food was great and full of flavor. The price is reasonable. The service was also good

The Place Was Super Small. The Website Doesn't Mention a Reservation Ahead of Time, Wait Time Was Ridiculous. The Customer Service Was Terrible. Food Was Definitely Not Worth The Wait. The Boil Seafood Was Okay Until I Got To Last of It. They Mixed Fresh & Frozen Food Together. It Gave Me Diarrhea. They Almost Charged Me For Part of The Previous Customers Bill. First & Last Time. read more

We went here for my friend's bday celebration on Saturday night. There were 10 of us. The menu was explained to us by the waitress. We asked about the all you can eat seafood and we were told that if one person ordered the all you can eat then the whole table had to order the all you can eat(wth).. I've never heard of that before. I understand the no sharing policy, but this was ludicrous. So to confirm, we spoke with the manager who said the same thing. We told him that the kids/teenagers were not going to eat all of that and they were just going to place orders for exactly what they wanted. Four of us wanted to get the all you can eat seafood. The manager told us that we would have to split the tables and sit by ourselves... Wait... We were celebrating a bday party. Why would we sit away from the party?? Then he said that he had to split the tickets to where the ones paying for the all you can eat were on one ticket vs the whole ticket being together. I understood that part. I asked him to explain the all you can eat and I noticed that it had a 120 min time limit. We wanted to know when the time started. So I confirmed that it started when we got the food. Our thing was, when we wanted to order our second order it would take a while to get our food which the time would still be going. I looked over the items for the all you can eat and noticed that Snow crab was not included. That was a whole waste of time finding out all the info just to discover Snow crab was not on the all you can eat . No one wanted the all you can eat after discovering that. Some of us decided to get combo A($29), which included 1 Snowcrab, 1/2 lb of shrimp with sausage, egg, corn, and a potato. Whatever else we wanted, we added it on. The food started coming out sporadically. What I mean by that is the orders were coming out in bits and you were not getting all of your order at once. if you ordered add ons like turkey necks and mussels, they did not cook that together with your boil. They cooked it separately and brought it out separately. Common sense is to bring out the order once everything is complete for one person. Now, my friend ordered mussels and they were overcooked because they were tough and chewy. 3 people ordered Turkey Necks and I could tell that they were reheated and not fresh. They were really dark in color. One person from the party brought it up to the manager and he replaced the Turkey Neck. The one he brought out was fresh and you could immediately tell the difference between that one and the other re warmed ones. The Snow crabs were also overcooked. You had to do surgery just to get the meat, out when it is supposed to come out easy when you break the legs. The waitress was also confused on who ordered what. She should have gotten names so that it wouldn't have been so confusing. We could tell that she hasn't handled big parties before. The music was way too loud and we had to ask multiple times for them to turn it down. We wanted to watch the Astros and the manager said that he didn't have regular tv only an app. So I asked if he could just put it on a show or something other than watching the political speech. That never happened. There were 4 or 5 tv's and he had cut the one off where he was supposedly looking for something else to put on. Only the one tv was still on the political talk. We were like whatever at that point. We did express that it was our first and last time there. I was awakened at 5 sum in the morning with my stomach in knots and pain. I had to hurriedly go to the restroom. That dang red oil and all the msg they use had to be it. It wasn't sitting well with me at all. I was sick and vomiting until it passed. I could express more about the customer service and the waitress disappearing but its not important because the experience was just not good. So many marks missed. read more

Gao's Crab - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

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We did the all you can eat and let me say that the mussels, shrimp with head on, and blue crab in the house Cajun sauce was so good! 10/10 would go again! read more

My review is about 3.5I don't consider myself hard to please with restaurants so my review will probably be short and sweet. I did not get the ALL YOU CAN EAT. Kinda wanted crab and adding a cluster was $34 so I did a crab combo instead. Food. I loved the crab. Seasoning was good. Not over boiled nice size. Really the best thing of the night. Crawfish being in Houston. I'm used to the VietCajun style some places it do it better others miss and this was a miss. It honestly had no flavor inside. Even with the seasoning outside it honestly seemed like they were frozen. It had live on the chalkboard. Not going to comment on the size since it's really the end of the season. Mussels. Very tiny. Idk hen the season for mussels. Shrimp. They were tasty not over boiled. Fixings (corn potatoes eggs) no complaints. Service. I was only a party of 1 I felt like I was attended too. My waitress was pleasant. We didn't have a long conversations but she took her time going over everything even with how busy everything was. Ambience. Very small, likely that's why it's always a long wait I believe. I waited an hour there we're on wait before I arrived and when I left. I didn't feel rushed either. They did run out of crawfish while I was there. Being that's the one of the main things to eat in the AYCE I felt bad for the people waiting. I would go back for the crabs and fixings. An hour wait tho idk about that lol. read more

Gao's Crab - Combo B. 2 clusters of crab. 1shrimp head off$2 extra, 2 potatoes,corn and eggs. Spice level 5. House seasonings. - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Great flavor and great strawberry lemonade, fast hosting very polite employees. Great experience! read more