This is a good place if you have a crawfish craving and live in the 610 area. I've had better crawfish in Chinatown with more flavor and freshness at a better value. If the birthday boy in our group didn't have a crawfish craving and wanted to go out right afterwards, I don't think I would've came here. Food: First thing I always ask at a crawfish place is if it's frozen or fresh. These were frozen, which made some of us debate whether to get crawfish or something else. I ended up getting just a pound of garlic butter crawfish to try with sausage and corn added. Overall, it was okay. It wasn't worth getting. I sort of wished I got wings instead. Parking: This is located in a retail area that has minimal or limited parking. You can park in spots designated to shops if they are closed. Service: Service was decent. The only interaction is at the register when you order and pay, so sort of like a fast food experience. read more

We came here on a Sunday night and the line was out the door. I've been to the Clear Lake and original location so I had high hopes for this place. Upon heading to the line, we saw that there were a bunch of empty tables. Tip: If you only have a party of 2, tell them. Most people in line have huge groups which will take longer to accommodate since the number or larger tables are limited. If not, you'll stay in line for at least 30 minutes. We ordered 4 pounds of crawfish, half cajun and the other half Vietnamese style in spicy. The food came out fairly quickly. The bag was steaming hot which meant that it was super fresh. The crawfish were decently sized, which was nice, but they were really soft. I prefer my crawfish to be firm in texture. The shell was really soft as well. The cajun one was good, but I prefer the Vietnamese style. It's basically cajun with butter and tons of garlic. The spicy level was just right. The nice things about this place is that it is self serve. They just bring you the food. You get everything else including napkins, drinks, and condiments. This place is also BYOB, but you can also purchase drinks here as well. Overall, this place is pretty good, but the service needs a lot of work. read more

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First time here and I wasn't too impressed. Sauce was good.. I had the Cajun and Garlic Butter mix and loved the garlic chunks.. Downside is that they don't clean their crawfish, I was legit eating sand. You could see the mud piled up under the tails. Gross. But I spent $30+ so I wasn't gonna let it go to waste.. I just peeled and ate, no suckin.. lol I also ordered the oyster basket and the oysters were sour so I ended up throwing those away I want to try again... but the fact that the crawfish wasn't cleaned is off putting, I wish a took a picture to attach. read more

Ordered takeout and since this place was nearby we decided to try despite the reviews being iffy. Shrimp was soo overcooked and the crawfish and fried crawfish roll was surprisingly not bad! However we did order the crawfish pho and a regular bowl of pho and I'm not sure why people said their crawfish pho was flavorful and unique because there was no difference in the broth we received. Only thing different was one bowl had pieces of crawfish in them. Also , would probably not recommend ordering pho here because the meat are overcooked and chewy. I would also recommend the restaurant to put vegetables (beansprouts, onions, etc) on the side instead of putting them in the bowl. But anyways, go figure it's not a pho restaurant so that's our mistake for ordering that. read more

First, this place have the tastiest crawfish and shrimp( not better than mines, but close enough)... Lol. The last time I came here, I shared half a pound of shrimp with my husband. He kept accusing me of sneaking to eat his shrimp off his plate. I told him no. I decided to place an order for 1 lb of boiled shrimp and weigh them. As you can see from my photo, clearly I was intentionally shorted. I did not eat any, as you can see the bag has not been disturbed from when I picked up the order. Any restaurant that sells anything by the pound, have scales to measure for accuracy. In this case, the shrimp were weighed and served to me how the company saw fit. When you eat at a restaurant, the customer and the restaurant are entering a legal binding contract. The restaurant serves and the food to the customers, and the customers pay. What do you do when you pay for goods or service and you did not receive what was advertise? I have a huge problem with greedy establishments. I always say greed always get slaughtered whether it's in reduced sales, poor Yelp reviews which has major influence of the success or failure of a business., etc., For a company to feel it is okay to steal from their customers leaves a disgusting taste in my mouth. read more

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It's cheap,no frills kinda place.You can eat loads of regular good tasting food for $40 (2 people) and be satisfied. Don't expect special treatment or anything of that sorts.order your food,sit down,eat and out the door The crawfish was a bit salty for me though but that's just me. I'm not much into chicken but the wings tasted nice,whoever fried it was having a good day! read more

So I remember when these guys first opened their location at Ranch 99, I was not impressed. But apparently the rest of Houston has embraced them so much that they even opened an ITL location. I was super excited since it was closer to the house. I came on a Thursday night. My friend and I were starving so we basically order everything off the menu. We had a couple of pounds of their crawfish, garlic butter flavor, mild spicy, it still really hot for me, but great flavor. So if you come here stick to the crawfish. We also got the gator bites po boy, the gator bites were not very meaty, too much breading, and then too much bread with the po boy, skip it. The La Garlic noodles, was awkward. It was literally just peeled crawfish, shrimp, pieces of sausage, with some of the garlic sauce they use with the crawfish on top. I hated it. The crawfish empanadas were OK, just not enough filling. The spicy lemon pepper wings were also meh. The crawfish eggrolls were another disappointing item. So why 4 stars? Because you should just come here for the crawfish. Simple enough. They are also BYOB, with no corkage fee. Get your drink on!!! And the best part of the place even better than the crawfish was the beignets. It's topped with powdered sugar and condensed milk! read more

One of my fave Cajun crawfish restaurants in the city! The food at this location never fails!

6.99 pound. The crawfish are frozen and small for it to be peak crawfish season! I went to the server and asked of they sold frozen or live crawfish... he blatantly lied and said they are live! My friends and are avid crawfish eaters... they had a weird after taste. We also ordered crab-legs, fried crawfish tails, and wings... those were enjoyable read more

If you choose to eat here, you'll be enjoying $7.99/lb crawfish that is definitely not fresh. Only bottled drinks (sodas/water/tea) are available, unless you want to drink water from one of those orange gatorade coolers. Given that this is a crawfish place, I would expect paper towels available on the tables, but nope. This is just a dirty, unsanitary restaurant. I do not recommend & will not visit again. read more

When I want Crawfish.. this is where I come. Good house season.. never fails when choosing here

love the food and the employee Joshua is so nice and very helpful y'all make sure to tip him when y'all slid through

Been here a couple time first time I've actually decided to sit down and write a review The same here is really laid-back and not your ordinary restaurant I got 2 pounds of garlic butter spicy and 1 pound of garlic butter shrimp! It is a bit pricey but very delicious! They do have crawfish and shrimp year-round the crab legs awesome the pho is awesome and the customer service. I bought my cousin here visiting from Chicago, she loved it and we left at table with only scraps behind! Definitely will be returning! read more

LA Crawfish - Crawfish leftovers!!! Yes it was good! - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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My husband and I only come her once a year during crawfish season-which is the only time to eat crawfish in my opinion. We always order the garlic butter crawfish and it's delicious! The reason I didn't give them 5 starts is because the restaurant really could work on cleanliness. read more

I write this review as the spicy garlic goodness still resonates and coats my mouth! Finally got to try out the new location out when the line wasn't protruding out the door. Granted it was at 1:30p on a Tuesday but that's why I went when I did. I have tried to come here 3x prior and there was always a huge line. Ordered 1 pd of their spicy butter garlic and 6 spicy garlic wings and both were on point ( because I love garlic so much, I soaked my wings in the crawfish sauce since the wings only have a dry rub coat) I was impressed how large my crawfish were! I def recommend giving this place a try, especially if you are needing to itch that crawfish scratch like I was :) read more

LA Crawfish - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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Had been planning on visiting their other location since last year, but then what happens, they open a second location 3 blocks from my house! I tried the Crawfish Pho, and it was the real deal, as well as the crawfish empanadas.... I did notice the crawfish arriving at other tables were pretty puny, but it is still way early in the season, so they should plump up soon..... My only suggestion, spend a little more on the utensils, the cheap thin plastic cutlery feels like it came from a Barbie's playhouse set, especially the spoon that came with my Pho! I am happy to have a go to Pho place so close, and I am sure I will have the entire menu sampled by the end of March! read more

LA Crawfish - Crawfish and Sausage Pho! - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

I ended up going to this place a second time before I even finished my first review. Try and go during a down time because there will likely be a wait. Each time I got a pound of shrimp and some crab legs. Both times LA Crawfish delivered successfully. The flavor was so good. I do like the spicy better than the regular. And you have the option of trying a sauce on the side which I did the second time on the chile lime. I don't think I could get my seafood dipped in that, but it was tasty enough on the side once you got past the oil. The sausage and corn. So good by itself! This place is BYOB. I'm assuming because they don't have a drink station and everything is bottled, but they might want to do something about that cooler water. It's a tad bit strange, but since the food is so good I'm not sure anyone cares. Will be back and probably soon! read more

Come for crawfish, but also for the wings! Fried to a perfect crisp, these babies are approximately $1 each (orders of 6 or 12), and they are significantly larger than the wings you would find at BWW or most bar food menus. The lemon pepper flavor is amazing. As for the crawfish, it's a little pricey but otherwise standard Asian-influenced seasoning (and heavy on the garlic). Options are pretty limited near Rice, so the convenient location is a huge plus. Also, this place is BYOB, as long as it's beer or wine. Wahoo! read more

I have been to LA Crawfish a few times for their Boiled Seafood (Ie Crawfish, Shrimp & Blue Crab". I think their boiled options are good but there are plenty of places in Houston that do the boiled option better. This review is for their Cajun Curry which was Phenomenal!!!! The Curry had a great robust flavor and the coconut was not too overbearing. The curry had crawfish tails and sausage and there was plenty of both (Not too many and not too few). My only suggestion for the curry would be for them to offer spice levels for the curry. I tend to love my curry really spicy and I found myself having to add my own spice to get it to the level of burn that I love. I will be back to get this curry it was really good!!!!!!!!! read more

LA Crawfish - Cajun Curry! Must Try!!!! - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

These crawfish were huge!!! We ordered 1 lb each of garlic butter and medium seasoning. The first two were rather disappointing, and we found ourselves grabbing little containers of cayenne and sea salt (from the very convenient self-serve seasons station complete with Sriracha, warm butter, etc) to season our crawfish. At this point, we ordered the spicy...And, whoa! That was mouth numbing, eye-watering good! In summary, great crawfish! Pho, on the other hand, was so-so. And, the bathroom was deplorable! Other tips: *Don't forget to BYOB! *And, you bus your own table, including your crawfish juice-covered plastic tablecloth, so maybe you don't want to wear your Sunday best ;-) read more

LOVE!LOVE!LOVE THIS PLACE! BYOB!Customer service is good! FOOD is amazing. Me and my friends come here at least once every two weeks for our fix :) read more

I went there last Sunday to eat some seafood. OMG. it was soooooo good. Their sauce was amazing. I ended up putting the sauce on everything I can dip with. No wonder why people use finger licking good phrase. It's the phrase I will use to describe this Crawfish location. Highly recommend!!! read more

My family came here because we wanted to try out a new crawfish place. We ordered a LOT of crawfish. I think in total we ordered 8 pounds for 3 people. And we also got a few orders of their oysters. Personally, I thought the "specialty" oysters weren't that great. All the toppings masked the flavor of the oyster. Next time I would stick to ordering "traditional" oysters (which they DO serve, but it's just written in verrrry small letters on their menu). One drawback to the oyster is that some of mine had shell pieces and grit in them, but nothing terrible. We tried two flavors of the crawfish: hot and sour, cajun. We preferred the hot and sour, which I guess was surprising to the people that work there bc they said no one ever orders the hot and sour. But it's good! So try it when you go there! It tastes like it's flavored with lemongrass and other Asian spices. One thing I did not like is they didn't have a handwashing station separate from the bathroom. ANY crawfish place NEEDS that or else the door handles of the bathroom get really gross. Also, parking is pretty difficult in this small lot (especially bc most of the spaces are reserved by specific businesses). so you'll want to visit during off-peak hours for the easiest time to find parking. read more

Came for a friends birthday. Even off season, there's a ton of people that come here. Got a mixed bag of things, lot of crawfish, shrimp, and fried chicken. The crawfish was somewhat disappointing, flavor isn't as intense as other viet-crawfish places. Same can be said for the shrimp. The chicken bits were quite nice though. Overall good if you don't want to drive down to Chinatown and go for viet crawfish there. Prices are fair, but definitely not up to par with other places I've been. read more

Disappointed! We ordered 5lbs of crawfish, the worst crawfish I ever had in my life, the crawfish are not fresh, plus they were small & tiny ones. Good selection for oysters though. We left after eating half of the crawfish. I won't be back.. read more

LA Crawfish - Crawfish were not fresh and they were small. - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Ordered the Awesome Garlic noodles, Shrimp Po- boy and Beignets. Enjoyed the po-boy noodles were very tasty with a lot of garlic, sausage and shrimp but way too spicy for my taste and I like spicy. Had to ask for more noodles to calm down the heat. The beignets were very disappointingsoggy strips of deep fried dough with oily soup of powder sugar on the bottom and dusted with powdered sugar on top. They have to rethink the beignets...1 star on beignets- 4 stars on food. read more

LA Crawfish - Awesome Garlic Noodles- caution- spicy! - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

It was unanimous amongst our table of four to this place had the worst crawfish we have all ever had. We decided to come here on a rainy day about a month ago wanting to eat crawfish but not wanting to get wet, so Boilhouse and The Boot were out of the question. My husband and I vaguely remember eating at this location years ago and thought it might be a nice respite from the rain. We ordered a few different spices of crawfish along with some crab so we had a pretty good idea of the breadth of the menu and the quality of it. The crab was fine but the crawfish was absolutely awful - each individual crawfish from all the different spices was mushy and the area where you break apart the body from the head was barely holding itself together which to me seems like it meant the crawfish were either previously frozen or in general bad quality. I have only ever had mushy crawfish when they are dead prior to being boiled (tail is usually straight instead of curled). We will not be returning this season or any future season. If i could put the sick, green face emoji in here I would. read more

Went there today for lunch, i ordered a pound of king crab, it was a splurge at $55 a pound. What a disappointment, it was small -this king crab was the size of queen snow crab, and mushy, overcooked and freezer burned to boot. To cap it off, they had 3 tvs on and we were the only ones in the place but couldn't but we couldn't watch the Texans game because the TVs only get YouTube or some kind of bs. Even if the food was good, I'll never be back because there was no soap in either bathroom. So, how the employees are washing their hands after they urinate or poo is beyond me. I told the guy behind the counter and he just laughed. For real. read more

This place puts a Southern twist on a Vietnamese classic, and does it well. It's unique enough to get you in the door, and good enough to make you return for multiple "I wanna try that again!" visits. Their Crawfish Pho is the main event of this place. It's not the best quality pho you can get in the Houston area, but every pho lover can appreciate what this place has to offer. There's enough crawfish in the pho (all but 1 are peeled for your convenience!) to have a tasty impact on the broth, but unfortunately, not nearly enough to balance out the soup:noodle:crawfish ratio. Good news though: you can add additional meats or seafoods to your broth for a reasonable price! Their crawfish buckets are probably the best quantity-for-your-dollar in Houston, but they're not as good in quality or freshness compared to a more specialized place like a Rajun Cajun. They don't take reservations here and have fairly limited seating, so lines can be a bit long on the weekends. They also have a sports bar-esque TV set up, with all of their TVs tuned into different live sporting games, so lines will definitely be long during football season. It does, however, work to your advantage to roll in with a smaller group. Fortunately, it's BYOB, so you're more than welcome to lug and chug a 24-pack of beer while you're waiting in line. Bottom line: if you're a fan of pho and you're open to a twist on a classic broth, LA Crawfish should be your next meal. read more

LA Crawfish - The Crawfish Pho in all of its glory! - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Located in a small strip mall with a bunch of other restaurants. We came here for lunch on a Thursday afternoon and it was pretty dead inside. You order & pay for your food at the counter and they bring the food to your table. I ordered their Pho Sate and 1lb of their Crawfish with Garlic Butter and Cajun Style, medium spicy. The portion for the pho sate was really big! I was glad though because the broth was packed with flavor and just the right amount of spiciness. The noodles were cooked just right and weren't too soggy. The crawfish had good flavor and lots of garlic chunks but it wasn't really spicy even though we ordered medium spicy. I really liked how they had a condiment station with warm butter too! Overall, the service was pretty good for not being full service and I'm glad I got to try with Pho Sate! read more

Tastes so good but super unhealthy Pros: -three crawfish flavor options: Cajun, garlic butter and chili lime (garlic butter was really good but probably worst for your health, Cajun medium spicy was good too but not as flavorful as garlic butter) -clean restroom -Impressive condiment station (has hot butter/reg butter/cayenne pepper powder/ketchup/etc) -we ordered to go and the food came out fast -has unique menu options (ex:crawfish empanadas, crawfish pho) Cons: -one of my favorite parts about eating crawfish is the potatoes. They charge $0.50 per tiny potato. Come on, LA....that's just mean -sausage add in was good but wish they cut it up so that more of the flavor could seep in Good place for a hearty crawfish meal! read more

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Ordered the spicy crab legs and crawfish pho! Each dish was amazing and mouthwatering! I will visit again soon. read more

LA Crawfish - Crawfish Pho - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Love the crawfish here. I get it to go. If you like spicy they will make is spicy. Just writing this I'm craving it.

Pretty good, but as good as a chain restaurant is. My family and I ordered 4lbs of crawfish, 1lb of bbq shrimp, 6potatoes and corns, spicy garlic wings, and crawfish pho. They were all decently good but the bbq shrimp was super salty! I enjoyed the pho but dont go here for pho only, there are better options. I also feel like its pricy but I'm not sure I've never had crawfish at a restaurant before. The ambience is mediocre. Its SO loud and the music they play is a bit obnoxious, but other than that it's fine! read more

We walked in and were greeted warmly by the worker, who gave us plenty of time to stand/stare/fret at the menu. Decided on 4 lbs of cajun (medium spicy) crawfish with one sausage ($32 without tip). I don't eat crawfish often, so I can't say anything about the prices~ ^^" Once we ordered at the counter, we went and spread out the plastic sheet over a table and grabbed our choice of sauces and napkins from the self-serve area. Do yourself a favor, and get a serving of mayo from the self-serve area. Just TRY dipping crawfish in mayo. You can thank my sister later ;) It's muy delicioso!!~ Anyways, the crawfish came in a bag, and we went to work. The crawfish are on the smaller side, but the cajun flavor was quite good :D The sausage is about 5" long, and it was really good! 4 lbs was enough to satisfy both of us~ I've had bigger, better crawfish elsewhere, but LA Crawfish is solid. I wouldn't come here only for the crawfish next time, but I'd be up to try the crawfish pho instead! read more

Service has been a bit shaky with long wait times and sometimes, a line that extends out of the front door. Food quality remains top notch, with the King Crab being my favorite dish. Great place to hang out with friends and enjoy some great food! read more

LA Crawfish - Mardi Gras Feast - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

We decided to go for Lunch... We had the Spicy Garlic Noodles It's infused with onions garlic shrimp and sausage, topped with a Crawfish... Delish is all I can say. Will definitely try again... along with it we ordered the Jalapeño wings... They were basic with grilled onions and jalapeño.. I should of gotten the Spicy Garlic.. Lol.. overall, great price! $14 Total.. And Energy to flow with that.. read more

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Walked in - sign says "wait to be seated", but really, you order at the front so that's weird plus awkward because we hadn't even looked at the menu yet to know what to order. We ended up getting 2 lb of garlic butter crawfish *spiciest*, yes I know it's not in-season but I was curious more so on the flavor. What did not except was the the softest/mushiest "crawfish" I've ever had in my life lol. I should have asked if it was live crawfish though so that's my fault. The flavor was also lack-luster; the spiciness was there but I couldn't taste anything other than the thick spicy paste. Also ordered the garlic noodles and an order of wings. The noodles were so disappointing especially for $12. Looks like instant noodles with minimal seasoning used for crawfish also btw but still needed like a cup of other spices to give it flavor. Best thing here were the spicy garlic wings for sure - nice and crispy outside and decent flavor. Most likely won't return though. read more

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Crawfish was old and meat stuck to shell!!! Shell was hard to peel! Do not recommend!! read more

I went there last night with a couple friends and the crawfish was sooo bad. It smelt ok... but once I got into the bag they were broken, and limp and tasted suspect. Like they were spoiled or something. I did not enjoy this one bit. I got some wings and that was my saving grace. Definitely NOT going back there for crawfish. read more