More a 3.5 rating than just 3. Popped by one night when we wanted seafood and knew Shell Shack would have a long wait. When we pulled up on a Friday night, there wasn't a wait. We were seated quickly and the waiter came by and explained the menu. We liked that they had combos already arranged, so we didn't have to think too hard on what we wanted. -Gumbo: We ordered a bowl to try and for mild, it was pretty spicy. We like spicy, but didn't want to go too hot this evening and somehow we thought this was a bit much. The portion was for a cup. -Combo 1: We got this combo with their seasoning, Kickin' Style. The flavoring wasn't as strong as other seafood places (Shell Shack, Boiling Crab, etc). Overall, great location, but their seasoning was lacking. read more

Went in on a Friday night and they were pretty busy. Friendly and attentive staff. I had the fried oysters which were really good, but a little pricey for what you get. I also had the crawfish with their special kickin' sauce which is a variety of all their sauces, and is the most popular. Was a bit skeptical but it turned out to be really good and flavorful. Only downside was that some of the crawfish were a bit over cooked, but not to the point where it was bad. Overall, nice atmosphere, good staff, good food, and good location. What more could you ask for? read more

The fiance and I had a late lunch here on Friday and it was not bad. There was no wait and we got serviced pretty quickly. We ordered the combo #1 and just did 3 pounds of all crawfish. But they allow mixing and matching of other seafood like clams, shrimp, or mussels. We subbed some of the sausages for extra potatoes and I'm glad they allowed us to do. But they didn't allow us to get the sauce on the side... which I don't understand why. They also charge extra for sauces such as mayo, limes, ranch, etc. Crawfish was tasty. We had the sauce at medium spicy and it was just enough heat. We also ordered the garlic noodles which i LOVE. They're worth it for the kickin' breath! LOL I would come here for convenience but it wouldn't be my first choice. read more

A lot of my friends hyped this place up, so naturally, I had to come see for myself if their judgement was correct. They absolutely were... of course. The GARLIC NOODLES are clearly the favorite amongst my friends and for very good reason. They're little strings of simple deliciousness. They're just noodles glazed in a garlic butter that make you think "I could totally make this myself" but you didn't and you're probably going to be too lazy to.. so just come get them here. I know I will, lol. The CAJUN FRIES are almost shoestring like, very thin, but again.. lots of seasoning on them to where they're actually a little spicy. Still a good side dish though - but there's a LOT of fries in the basket, so if you're with a group - there's plenty for the table with one order. The CRAWFISH are really big at the moment, which is good because it picks up more flavor of the sauce. I got them Kickin' Style Mild and for a non-spicy eater, they were perfect in flavor even without the spice. Buttery, garlicky, cajuny lemon peppery goodness. Today, they were market priced at $9/lb but the size of the crawfish make the steeper price understandable. The SHRIMP were also gigantic in size and soaked up the sauce. I actually paired them with my garlic noodles.. and that was definitely one of the best decisions I've made in my life. Just kidding. (No, I'm not.) So all in all, good choice friends.. Kickin' Crab lived up to the hype & I hope it stays that way. read more

New seafood joint. Waited maybe 30-45 min for a Friday, not too bad. Looked over their menu. The day we came in they were out of clams and lobster. Started out with cajun fries, better cajun fries than crab station, but not as good as boiling crab. My sister and I shared the kickin combo #1 which was 1lb of each crawfish, shrimp, mussels, and clam but being out of clams we ask for more mussels. We did it in kickin style which was everything at a spicy level. Combo #1 was actually pretty good size. Crawfish a good size, large shrimps, and a lot of mussels. The sauce had a little sweet taste, I don't exactly like that, but it was do-able. They do have a separate hand washing station from the restroom. Next time I come here I plan to try their garlic noodles. read more

Crawfish!!! I've been waiting to try this place! The crawfish are huge here! Love it! Get the Kickin Style sauce Spicy! Hipster California atmosphere! Friendly staff! Just opened on today! Decent prices. I got the crawfish with corn and side of rice w/ some salt/pepper/& lemon! Can't wait to try more! Sauce flavor is on point w/ boiling crab & Crab Station without the long wait!! And maybe even better bc they serve white rice as a side to sop up that amazing Cajun Asian butter sauce!! Tastes kinda like Mango's crawfish before they closed down! Sooo good! I would go back! Their spicy Kickin style sauce is sooo good with rice! $2.49/side of white rice and worth it! Casual place to hang out with friends. $9/lb crawfish! read more

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This is my favorite crawfish place!!! This is bc of the flavor profile! The style is that buttery garlic cajun flavor similar to other popular crawfish spots, but this one is a tiny bit more sweet! I like sweet, so it tastes better to me. It's not sugary sweet though, I promise. I can just taste something that's there, that I haven't tasted in any other crawfish I've had before (lol). My new thing is ordering a side of rice. It goes so well with the crawfish. I'm Asian, that's what we do! Oh and the service is great too, friendly and fast. Both times I went, there was a line at the door, but I only had to wait like less than 10 minutes. Oh and the crawfish price was cheapest that I had ever seen. I'm used to buying it nearly $10/lb but this place is significantly less. I know prices change a lot, just call and ask if ya wanna know. read more

The crawfish was MASSIVE. It's $9 a pound right now as well! I also got the dozen oysters for $20. Price could be better, but they were the size of the palm of my hands. This place was pretty okay, but the thing that pretty much triggered me was the service here. My server/waitress/whatever you want to call them, did not greet nor asked my table how we were doing, said her "hi, how are you guys" etc. She took our orders and "did her job." Customer service is pretty key if you want to be tipped. Learn how to treat customers whenever you are serving them, or get another job where you don't have to handle people. read more

Other than the obnoxious music, which I honestly couldn't stand, this place is awesome! The music thing? It could be that I'm just old, yeah that's probably it, as no one else seemed to mind but me! Great layout with huge tables covered in butcher paper, a bunch of spots to wash your hands along the way, excellent servers, good beer selection, great seafood, decent prices, which all adds up to a phenomenal experience. I took my daughter on a Sunday night as my husband was out of town. She doesn't like a lot of spice, and I'd seen on the online menu where they had a garlic butter option, which worked out perfectly for her. I love the combo of spices and I like it hot, so I got the hot option, but should have gotten the super hot one as it wasn't spicy enough for me. The crab was fresh (we both had a pound each of snow crab), and the corn on the cob was sweet and delicious, though a little mushy. But the garlic noodles, dude, the garlic noodles are my soulmate! They are buttery, garlicky, with huge pieces of garlic cloves. They come to your table as a heaping pile of love...but I digress. They have a bunch of different seafood options from crawfish, to shrimp, to king crab, etc, and again the prices aren't terribly expensive. It's located on the opposite side of the highway from H-Mart, on the corner of Old Denton Tap and George Bush. I would highly recommend you giving it a try, but PLEASE wear the plastic gloves or you'll be smelling like seafood for a month, lol. read more

Kickin' Crab - Garlic Noodles are amazing! - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Carrollton, Texas

Clean place. Food was great. Staff were helpful. We ordered fish and fry for appetizer, it was good but not like capecod level. We ordered 1lb mild spicy shrimp with corn, potato and rice. Loved it. read more

Kickin' Crab - Mild Cajun shrimp, potato and corn - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Carrollton, Texas

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Seafood has some quality to it compared to the other crab boils I've been too. Tastes better too

It's been a long waiting for this place to open and it does not disappoint at all! I loved the flavors that they used for the crawfish, so rich and buttery and the flavors were well seasoned into the crawfish meat too. Can't wait to come back and try the other items on the menu. read more

Ordered 4lbs of crawfish with the "kickin" sauce. It had really good flavor but was pretty oily at the bottom. The crawfish was frozen (and yes we were aware that it was not in season) but it had a really REALLY bad rubbery texture. I don't mind frozen crawfish, if it's made well you can barely tell it's frozen. The tails here.. were grey. And some of the tails weren't attached to the heads, or they were smushed in. And that's how it looks when they've been dead before cooking so idk what went wrong here.. Maybe they overcooked it? Who knows. It was NOT pleasant though. Garlic noodles, meh. I would skip out on it. Pricey and it literally has like 3-4 ingredients, something you can make at home for less than $1! Service was awesome though, no complaints on that end. Workers were friendly and kept refilling our drinks ever so often. Music selection is cool too lol. Would I come back? Maybe in a couple months when crawfish is in season but for now I'll just go elsewhere to get my frozen crawfish fix read more

I was hoping to like this place but the flavor of the kickin' style sauce could not mask the bad crawfish and clams. We ordered combo #2, which I found to be way more expensive than Tasty Tails and provided less seafood. We had king crab (good), crawfish (bad) and clams (really bad). The crawfish was overcooked and some I could tell we're dead for some time, same with the clams. Flavor was good, wish the seafood was better. read more

This place is the bomb!!! The wait staff is awesome and the food is to die for. The Crawfish and shrimp are huge. My little one always gets the fried fish and she loves it. read more

Last night this place would have been a 3 but this morning my stomach demanded I rate it a 2. The crawfish had good flavoring I got Louisiana with mild spiciness and there was some small ones but there were also some HUGE ones but more small if anything. I do agree with others that there were some gritty ones that were off putting. But for 9$ a pound this was not worth it in my opinion. While I have not tried Boiling or Tasty, ice had Cajun Corner in Arlington that I still favor and only at 7$ a pound with but 5 pounds get one free. Way worth it there. While the crawfish was lackluster overall, I will say the other food items we got were good. The garlic noodles are a must. So simple but satisfying. The fries are worth it as well and we were able to share a basket among 4 people. The oysters were fresh and great as well. Oh the edamame was also great but probably not worth the 6 or 7 dollars. The sausages were disappointing. They weren't firm enough and pretty small pieces. Service was good. They work as a team so some were great where I found others pushy. They come by quite often it that's a personal preference thing. One thing I will note is that the music is definitely not family friendly at all but for me and my crew, it was something we really enjoyed. All in all it was good but the next morning, it turned it to just okay. My husband's stomach said the same as well. read more

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My go to spot for crawfish when it's in season. Tried their garlic noodles on my last visit and it was good-- will order again if I need more food but usually I only go there for crawfish. Staff is attentive and sweet. Keep up the great work! read more

I've eaten at a number of seafood joints in town (Boiling Crab and Tasty Tails included) and I have to admit, Kickin' Crab is pretty high up on my list. My family and I had a GREAT time here! We came in on a Wednesday night (it was a party of 8) and not only did the servers take care of all of us - they were polite and friendly in doing so as well. And I know a huge party can be daunting. We had a huge order. We got 5 lbs of the live crawfish, 5 lbs of the frozen crawfish, 1 lb of shrimp, 2 platters of oysters, 2 orders of wings, and 2 orders of sweet potato fries. It was, needless to say, a feast. Their sweet potato fries are TO DIE for. I usually always aim to get regular fries but my cousin was adamant on the sweet potato ones, and I am so glad he convinced us. They were thin and crispy and seasoned to perfection. I didn't like the chicken wings too much, but my little cousin really enjoyed them. The live crawfish were HUGE. Definitely comparable in size next to the frozen crawfish - the price difference is definitely worth it. The shrimp were huge too! Everything was flavorful and dripping in sauce, which I loved. Protip: DRINK LOTS OF WATER BEFORE AND AFTER. The sauce can get spicy and salty, but also in general there's a large amount of sodium content. read more

My daughter loves seafood and said she had been here before. So we decided to try it out. Ive never had mussells but the seasoning was OMG good. Also had the cajun edamame and too was good. Definitely coming back. read more

Kickin' Crab - Crab/Mussell acorn & potatoes - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Carrollton, Texas

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First time trying this place out, it was really good. We got shrimp, king crab, crawfish with Cajun fries and calamari. The seasoning we got was Kickin Style and medium spicy for the spicy level. It was perfect thought next time I might try extra spicy my self. Definitely excellent taste and reasonable portion. Cajun fries and calamari were excellent too. Definitely will come back. We were starving and didn't get to take pictures read more

Best garlic noodles and Cajun fries. Their crawfish is a hit or miss. I wouldn't go during their off season, but their sauces/spices makes up for it. They do charge $2 for additional sauce on the side, which now comes in a big 4oz or so container. read more

Toook forever to get service had to walk up on a waiter to get some assistance. Sat for about 30mins with no one saying anything at all. Got our food quickly but no one checked on us still while sitting at the table. I kept having to walk up to them and ask a question no refilling of drinks or anything. Food was good but wouldn't attend this location any more due to the service. And it's wasn't even that busy at all. read more

I got Cajun spicy spicy crawfish and it was super dry not juicy at all. But the spicy spicy "sauce" that they applied was super spicy which I liked. The flavor of the sauce was delicious and made me sweat after finishing 5 pounds worth. I don't recommend it to people who really can't handle spice. It made my stomach hurt later that day but that's to be expect with that level of spice. I'd go back for the sauce but the the actual tail of the crawfish was very dry and didn't have any flavor. I don't recommend going here if you have a boiling crab close by. read more

sauces are so yummy and the give plenty of food. the combo #1 is great for 3 people!!!

The food is so fresh and tasty. My favorite food there are: -Seafood Alfredo Pasta (~$16). Trust me! You must try it. Extremely delicious,I've never tried anything that addictive in my life. Amazing! I came there 3 times in a week just to eat their Seafood Alfredo Pasta. - Clams (Kickin' Style) ($11/lb) really tasty. It's even more delicious and easy to eat to compare w crawfish. Really fresh and big clams. The sauce is the best. - Crawfish (Kickin' Style) ($9/lb) really tasty.not as perfect as the clam but the meat of crawfish is undeniable. Really fresh,sweet,and their crawfishes are pretty big. Again,their sauce is crazy!!!! read more

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I have been eating here every year during the crawfish season. The kicking sauce is pretty good, very flavorful with garlic and butter but not too overwhelming. I was disappointed with the freshness and the quality of the crawfish from yesterday. I purchased 10 lbs of crawfish. Size of the crawfish is quite small, but a lot of them were not fresh. You can tell by the tenderness of each crawfish. I was expecting KC to sort out their crawfish before cooking them. Afterall, it was $11 per pound. read more

i'm a big seafood person so i had to come try this place out. i ordered the kickin' combo deal #1 which you get to pick 3 of their seafoods. we ordered clams, shrimp and mussels (and it comes with corn, potatoes and sausages) and ordered 1 pound of crawfish on the side and we chose the "kickin style" flavor. me and one of my friend decided to split the combo deal and even then.. we still had so much left over. they had messed up on our order but was generous enough to fix it without charge. the service was great and this place is definitely worth the money! read more

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The crawfish here is great taste. You should try it with cajun seasoning and garlic butter sauce. It's awesome. Waiting time is short and not really too crowded. Staffs are friendly. read more

Kickin' Crab - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Carrollton, Texas

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This a great place if you're ever feeling a Asian twist of Cajun. Their sauce is different from the normal American style Cajun places. My favorite dish is the garlic noodles. I looooove the taste of buttery garlic and this always hits the spot. During peak season for crawfish, they're usually really generous with the amount they give you. Their Cajun fries with the crawfish always can fill you up and has great flavoring. The staff is very attentive and quick when ordering for groups. read more

Omgggg finally a good place nearby me whenever I have my seafood cravings! The seasonings they put in their sauce is freaking amazingggg. I ordered the garlic noodles, Cajun Fries, crawfish, shrimp, and mussels. Everything was freaking delicious! Service was fantastic, the waitress even rolled up my sleeves when my gloves were dripped in the sauce lol... so nice of her. Would deffff be coming back here again. read more

Went to this place with my best friend and my sister. Loved the food, the service, and we had a great time laughing and eating. The only draw back I would give would be that the lights were flickering. We noticed it when we first walked in and thought it was just us. Get the lights fixed and it's a perfect 10! read more

***SEE THE ATTACHED PHOTOS*** We found this clam that did not look right half way through dinner and called for the server to take a look. We wanted to make sure the rest of our bag wasn't contaminated and safe to eat and also let the kitchen know to prevent bad clams from being served to others. The server looked at us stupid and shrugged his shoulders and said he didnt know what this was. After an awkward silence... he asked "do you want me to call the owner?" And I told him do what you need to do. This was our first time at this place and I was taken back by the way this server handled this situation. He could have said, "oh I'm sorry you found this, let me ask the kitchen" and be more proactive instead of just standing there. He then came back and asked if he could take the clam... I said sure. It seemed like he went to the kitchen to ask but came back with "so do you want another pound or something?". I was appalled. I did not bring this up to get free food, and I felt as the server he should be more knowledgeable, especially since it could be dangerous to consume bad seafood. Besides the bad service, the garlic noodles were over cooked and the raw oysters were the worst I have ever had. I'm so disappointed as my friends in California raves about this place... but either they need to step up in training their staff (and perhaps freshness of their ingredients) or we will go across the street to Crab Station. read more

Kickin' Crab - So gross - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Carrollton, Texas

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Didn't taste fresh. Today I had a togo of 3 pounds snow crab, 2 pounds of crawfish and 6 pcs sausage. The crawfish and sausage tasted ok but snow crab smelled like shit. It definitely smell like rotten shit. This was a place me and my wife usually go when we want to have crab. But today's crab was disgusting. Would not visit here once again. I go to restaurants because I believe the food. SO DISAPPOINTED. read more

The Kickin Crab kicks butt! Love how the atmosphere is super functional and almost gastrobar feel on a family friendly- meetup- date night- date lunch spot! ;-) We had an abundance of food with a lb. of crab legs and another lb.craw fish. If you haven't been it's worth the go and the prices aren't bad either. read more

Food was awesome, service was great, and price very reasonable. When you go to other similar seafood places, everything is overpriced and has a very morbid ambience. This place was lively and the food came out quick, even though they were Busy. And make sure to get the kickin style sauce, it's awesome. read more

I LOVE this place! Great quality seafood, good options, and decent pricing. I also love how honest they are with what you want to order. I called and placed an order to go, and they were informed me that crawfish are kind of small, and made sure that that was okay. When my husband went to pick up the food, he said they had reduced seating - which I really appreciate establishments that take COVID seriously. 10/10 would recommend. read more

Visited KC on a Friday evening with the family. No wait to be seated and great service. Good prices on seafood. read more

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Hallelujah it's crawfish season!!! Kickin' Crab definitely satisfies my craving. My cousins and I ordered the sweet potato fries and fried calamari for starters. So good, would recommend both. We ordered popcorn shrimp and fries for the kids, which they enjoyed. I ordered crawfish and shrimp. The spice level I ordered was "spicy" which is level 4 I believe, one right below "spicy spicy" which is the spiciest. "Spicy" is the perfect level of spice if you love spicy food. Mouth is watering just thinking about it. The shrimp are a good size and pretty big. Some of the crawfish are humongous! That could be a pro and a con. Good because more meat! Bad because it won't be as flavorful as the medium sized juicy ones. You can always dip it in all that extra sauce in your bag though. Also for the bigger sized ones, the shells are harder which means you gotta work harder to get that meat. Lol. Totally recommend this place if you're in the area and are craving crawfish. P.S. the service is great here! read more

Kickin' Crab - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Carrollton, Texas

Not only is the service great but the food is awesome too! Our server answered every question and kept our drinks filled. Definitely coming back!! read more

This might just be one of my new favorite spots for seafood boils! I came for my birthday and the food was exceptional. Their Kickin Style spicy sauce is superb. read more