I'm cringing while I hit the 2 star button. I really really wanted to like this place. It saddens me to give this place under 3 stars but if I'm being honest, I can't lie, right?
I was on a crawfish crawl with bae and we decided to stop by since we heard this place was also $6.99/lb, as well as one of the listed places on a Houston Article of good crawfish eats. Bae mentioned he had LA in the past and was not too happy, but was willing to give it a second chance. I personally have only been to the location at 99 Ranch back in 2015 when they were giving 2 lbs of crawfish for FREE if you posted on social media. And now we're back.
This place was popping with to-go orders as well as in house diners. And we all know if it's poppin, then it's crawfish season. Place is small too, and if I do recall, there were ABOUT 15 tables MAX??? From what it looked like.
But anyways, I saw a few customers bring in coolers and even recently purchased beer to have along with their crawfish. Nice. BYOB. I was actually surprised they don't charge since some places do. So I actually appreciate when a place really means BYOB. Just finish what you opened.
I do want to say that the menu is very aesthetically pleasing.
So here's the bad.
I previously checked out the menu online just to check out the flavors and what there was to order. I'm a big fan of garlic butter so I ordered 2lbs medium (their version of mild). I think the most disappointing thing was that, I guess if you're used to most other crawfish places with Viet-Style flavor, you're bound to get a "MIX" option. I did ask about that and the guy behind the counter stated that it would cost something along the lines of 50 cents to mix flavor. Damn. $6.99/lb PLUS 50 cents to mix flavors? Meh.
When we received our crawfish, they were big. I was happy about that. But what I was not happy about was the taste. The texture. And just the overall crawfish. I guess looks can be deceiving. Even though the crawfish may be large in size, the taste was as if it was frozen. You know. That feeling when it tastes mushy or when it just doesn't have that fresh taste to it? YOU KNOW???? All you crawfish snobs, please tell me you know. Judging by color, it's hard to tell. When a crawfish has that prefect bright red color, you know it's juicy. But when it's got that DARK RED color, you either associate it with either, "oh damn, this shell is hard to crack." or "ohhh look at dat meat". You know??
But my 2 lbs are fairly large crawfish were disappointing. Flavor wise....was a big FAT MEH. I just didn't get that garlic butter flavor feel.
The good.
Service was good, I will admit. We ordered beignet fingers and they were really satisfying to end our crappy meal.
Overall, I am bit on the fence of trying non crawfish items. But the curiosity is killing me. Maybe I'll update this IF and WHEN I decide to not go here for crawfish. But I highly doubt that. read more