I'm not sure what surprised me more about my LA Crawfish experience: 1) The chicken wings were my favorite part or 2) The lady at the bench next to us telling her kids that one of the friends they came with is allergic to shellfish and that's why they were at the other end of the bench The menu and options at LA Crawfish was quite overwhelming for me since it was my first going to a crawfish joint like this. My husband and I got a little bit of everything to try stuff out. He got the crawfish pho and I got a half pound of cajun style crawfish and six 5-spice basil chicken wings. We also split an order of a dozen thai chili oysters. The crawfish pho had a very interesting flavor and was overall an "OK" pho. The oysters were large and juicy, but I'll prefer to get them without a topping next time. That's not to say the thai chili was bad, it was good but just not what I'm personally looking for on top of an oyster. The 5-spice basil wings had a bit of a sweet flavor to them and they were crispy and juicy. I'll definitely at least go back to get chicken wings. However, the main dish of the night was of course the crawfish. They came out in a bag loaded with the lovely cajun spices, but sadly the spices had not penetrated into the crawfish shells since they were just tossed in the sauce (I think). The crawfish themselves were easy to peel and big since it was the start of the season, but I didn't get as much of the cajun spices with each bite as I was hoping for. read more

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Love the food at La crawfish, the pho are really great wish they were a little bit bigger.

I usually a huge fan of Smashin Crab but I was craving some crawfish and Pho- I know- weird. We ordered takeout of 4lbs of Cajun crawfish, tendon Pho, and crawfish fried rice. The Cajun crawfish needed a little more heat and seasoning, the broth and noodles were good but not enough tendon(only meat I got). The fried rice was the star of the show! I'd go back and try some other stuff for sure- but def the fried rice. read more

This place has continuously gone downhill. I ordered the cajun fried rice which seemed to have only been seasoned with soy sauce. It was mushy and otherwise flavorless. Garlic noodles had no garlic flavor. Nothing but boiled noodles with shrimp and fried garlic on top- sounds better than it was. Actually, it seemed as if they just placed shrimp and crawfish on top of plain noodles and fried, dehydrated garlic on top. The cajun shrimp boil was good but a little too greasy. If you can avoid the thick layer of oil sitting on top you can taste the cajun seasoning which was not bad. Still it doesn't warrant another visit. I really wanted to love this place again but they seemed more concerned with wall decor than the food they're serving. Too bad. read more

LA Crawfish - Mushy fried rice - Vietnamese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Came here in off season, so I will preface by saying the crawfish were frozen and not fresh. Really good flavors, but 3 stars because a lot of my crawfish were broken, mushy, or had straight tails. I would still give it another try when it's actually crawfish season. read more

LA Crawfish - Vietnamese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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I have only been to 2 crab boils in San Antonio. LA crawfish is a lot better. I like the flavor of the sauce. It's buttery and not as salty. A lot of the times, Cajun styles can be too salty for me. The seafood is overall fresh. A few of the shrimps are not but you can't expect everything to be perfect. I really like this crab boil and would recommend it if you're craving for this type of food in San Antonio area. read more

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We went here to try something different over our usual other sea food boil place in Alamoranch...but today was a fail...the shrimp was mushy, sauce was sub par (flavor wise), the sweet potato fries were good but did not make up for the mushy main course...I had only been here once before, way back when and my boyfriend has had several good experiences here but today was a total fail...not the way we would want to spend our one night eating out. Service was good though. read more

I've been wanting to try this place for a while and it did not disappoint. We ordered the spicy beef pho, chicken wings and chicken bites. The spicy beef pho was well seasoned and the broth was nicely flavored. My only complaint is that it could have more actual beef. We ordered the jalapeño and Cajun chicken wings. They were full of meat and breaded and fried to perfection. The waffle fries were soooooo good. Service was good. One guy was checking on all the tables on this busy Friday night. One star off for having little meat on the soup and for not bringing out the fixings for the soup when the soup was served. read more

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Food was bland and undercooked. Service sucked. When we walked in the cashier was scrolling thru his phone. Never acknowledged us. I said hi, it's our first time here. He said hi and went back to his phone. Super rude. We got a refund and left. I'll never go to that location again. May try again one day. read more

Pros - ample parking - offer a ton of condiment selections (hot butter, butter, sriracha, ketchup, etc) - loved their waffle sweet potato fries! - the garlic butter and Cajun style seasoning were both super good on the crawfish - they also offer pho in the menu which is pretty unique at a crawfish place - they have an organized system for ordering and cleaning up - offer gloves, hand wipes and paper towels for those of you who don't like getting their hands dirty - you can also get 10% off your order if you check in on yelp! Cons - seating is a little inconvenient. It's long tables with benches so it's a bit hard to get in and out. - their crawfish was a little small and disappointing given the price ($9.99 per lb) - the line was ridiculously long when we first got it...and service was a little slow read more

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I'm pretty disappoint with this place. I had high expectations based on the reviews, but I'm still trying to figure out what everyone else ate because this place was not good. The fried oysters were dry, hard, and mostly batter. I wouldn't have even guessed they were oysters. The pho broth was incredibly sweet, the noodles were clumped together in a giant ball. The pho was supposed to be the brisket; but honestly, it looks like they gave me the cheap sliced beef that goes into the regular beef pho bowl. The lemon pepper wings were decently seasoned, but they were so crisp on the outside that it was hard to bite and chew. The garlic noodles were probably the best thing, but once again the noodles were cold, hard, and you couldn't really break them apart. Maybe it's because we did carry out? I'm not sure. I would not recommend this place at all. I feel like I wasted my money. read more

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I wanted to come here cuz I heard a lot of people tell me to try this place out and so far I am very impressed !! I went on a Monday during not busy hours and I was impressed!! Amazing!! Will definitely be back. read more

This is definitely a long overdue review. I visited a friend out in Texas about year ago and she took me for lunch at LA Crawfish after hiking. This was my first time trying Vietnamese and Cajun fusion and let me tell you it was delicious! My friend highly recommended the crawfish pho, so that's what I got. I like pho, but this doesn't taste like your typical pho soup. I really liked how they infused the cajun spices in the broth. It had the right amount of kick and not too spicy. They also add smoked sausage and crawfish in the soup, which made everything so tasty. The only negative for me is that they don't have any locations near where I live. All of their locations are in Texas. I wish they did because I would definitely come back! read more

LA Crawfish - Crawfish pho - Vietnamese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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I tried the wings here and they were pretty good. I had the sweet and spicy and it was a sauce not a dry rub. The mango daiquiri was good too read more

My boyfriend had the Cajun curry and he was very happy w it. I had the gumbo and shrimp and fish. I don't recommend either. The rue was watery and the fried fish was more like a one star. On the positive side the waitress was good. read more

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The blend of flavors is amazing at thise VN-meets-Cajun-meets-Latin inspired joint! I've been here a few times and the fried oysters always taste incredibly fresh. CRAWFISH EMPANADAS are a must if you visit they are amazing. We got wings, which were too hot to eat but loaded with flavor, fried oysters, a shrimp boil, and the fried rice. All were amazing and the flavors blended beautifully. I only wish the tartar sauce was cooler, since room temp tartar sauce makes me uneasy. Also, the boil was great, but nothing out of the expected. Friendly staff. Nice environment. read more

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When im in the mood for crawfish all year round! Human and robot Service is eh but the food is with the trip.

This place has changed the way they cooked their food.The food is too salty. The tamarind flavored chicken wings is flavorful and less salty . The service is good. . read more

Food is good, service is done by a bot so no use in asking for anything...refilled you have to wait for an actual person to come by your table. My family used to eat here at least once a week.. but more maybe 1 every 4/5 months. read more

Tonight we spent about $50 and the magic rice with shrimp contained 5 pieces of egg shell. I called the store and the manager apologized and had the nerve to offer me 10% off my next meal OR drive all the way back over there to get another meal at 830pm at night. Yeah, no. It was as if that was not a big deal and it's supposed to have egg shell in it... I don't know about most people but the moment I taste egg shell in anything I immediately don't want to take another bite for fear of chewing more egg shells. It's quite an experience. Not to mention I've been ordering this same dish for going on 3 years now and the portion size is half for the same price. 3+ years of being a customer of this location on Culebra ends today. read more

I love this place!! The servers here are super nice to me. I always get the garlic butter spicy!! DELICIOUS. THE CRAWFISH ARE LIVE!! THE CHICKEN BITES ARE SO YUMMY. I will always grab these with sweet potato fries! Also if you get crawfish add a sausage link in there! it's worth it. I am a server and so I love receiving great service (: 10/10 coming back. take my money. read more

I tried this place on a recommendation. I was not impressed. Smashin' Crab has spoiled me. I was actually looking for this place to be amazing. Here are my notes... Cons: Boil bag of crab legs were not saucy. The sausage in the boil bag was one piece of undercooked link. It would have been nice if it were sliced into eatable pieces. You have to get your own wax paper for the table. The snow crab legs were small. Food temperature of the boil bag was not hot. There is not an option for selecting the spice level. No hand washing stations. Salty boil seasoning. Not much flavor other than salty. Pros: The fried food was pretty good. Good batter flavor on fried shrimp. The French fries were tasty. The price was about average and the fried food was good. read more

Don't judge a book by its cover. I have driven past this place on more than a few occasions. I was pleasantly surprised at the how clean this place was. With a name like LA Crawfish I was thinking what do they know about crawfish. This place is just not about crawfish but it has an Asian flair offering oysters, poboys, pho, chicken wings, and of course crawfish. It may sound like it has a large menu but their menu is actually small. In fact, there menu even says that it is a small menu. So nice to know when a restaurant is honest and not bragging about its size. On this particular day I went in to have a little lunch consisting of raw oysters. You can get them plain but I decided to get a sampling of all their flavors. The flavors consisted of Korean style, Japanese ponzu, and Thais green chili. My favorite was the Korean as it had a sweet pepper taste. I will tell you that if you are sensitive to spice the Thai green chili is not for you. It has a kick that will leave many with watery eyes and sniffling noses. A good spot and definitely worth another stop in the near future. For those eating the crawfish there is plenty of paper to roll out on your table so you can get as messy as you want to be. Also plenty of toppings for your liking to include Old bay, melted, butter and other spices located near the paper. Service was very quick and the employees are very attentive in checking to see if you need anything. read more

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The noodles were good, not great. Needed a little more flavor so I brought them home and added sesame oil, THAT made them great! I don't like you have to stand in line FOREVER and it wasn't busy, yet they have "servers" that expect a tip. Either have servers, who serve, or don't. You don't need servers, just busters. Everything is self serve. read more

LA Crawfish - Awesome Garlic Noodles - Vietnamese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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LA Crawfish is a great spot for cajun boil! The portions are generous and the price is right. For two, we ordered 1 Ib of shrimp, 1 Ib of Snow Crab legs, 2 corns, 1 Ib of crawfish, 1 sausage and 2 bowls of rice. This could easily feed 3-4 people. The total bill came out to be about $40. You can't beat that! It was so good that we ate it all. We went with the garlic butter sauce which was tasty. The sauce and seasoning bar adds a nice touch to the restaurant. There's plenty of parking and space to sit so you do not have to worry about it. The customer service was excellent. There are also a lot of televisions throughout the restaurant which makes it an ideal place to watch a game. read more

LA Crawfish - QUALITY - Vietnamese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

Never a letdown going to LA Crawfish, obviously outside of the season they use frozen mud bugs and they tend to be smaller but the flavors are always great. Don't forget to ask for the Lime/Pepper dipping sauce for your Arsenal of dipping sauces!!!! read more

Me and my boyfriend recently visited LA Crawfish for the first time. When we walked it it was basically empty, besides us. There was no Air conditioning and was so hot, poor employees. Not to mention it was very expensive, we ordered 1 lb of snowcrab, 1 lb of shrimp head on with 1 corn and 1 potato and my boyfriend got a shrimp plate. which came out to be $80. We waited around 25 minutes for our food and when it came out the shrimp looked old. i still tried to eat my food because i spent a lot of money for it to go to waste. 30 minutes after finishing eating i felt so sick and woke up the next morning with food poisoning. I don't recommend this location. read more

The awesome garlic noodles are just that Awesome!, the seafood gumbo was exactly what I needed, and if you where to be hung over or your stomach is upset I'd suggest getting that it was delicious, my youngster had the sweets & sour wings but I think they may have been a little to sweet or maybe sour, or she's picky lol she didn't dig them to much. But the crawfish and sausage was good even being latter in the season for crawfish we had the Cajun flavor but I'd suggest grabbing there spice from there condiment bar which is pretty awesomely stocked you have access to all of the sauces so you don't have ask for extras just go get it, and don't forget it's b.y.o.b. Which is awesome,But they do serve beer there as well, for the 32$ we paid it was well worth it I'll be going back to try some more menu items for sure. read more

LA Crawfish - A bucket of beer and folks doing as they should be taking care of business. - Vietnamese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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After seeing commercial after commercial about LA Crawfish we finally decided to give it a try. We ordered 4 lbs of crawfish, 1 lb of shrimp, 1 lb of snow crab, 4 corn and a link of sausage. Everything was in the garlic butter sauce which had a very mild kick. Total, we spent $100 which isn't terrible for the size of the crawfish that we got. I know it's crawfish season, but I was surprised to see the size that we got. We've tried other crawfish/seafood boil places and LA Crawfish is tied with our other favorite. One thing I liked was how open it was. We've been to one other place and it felt like we were packed like sardines! It made it really uncomfortable to squeeze in and eat when you were so close to the people next to you. They also have a self serve butter bar that you can customize your dipping butter. And the best part? BYOB! We will definitely be back! read more

LA Crawfish - Look at the size if that crawfish! - Vietnamese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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LA Crawfish is one of the best seafood places I've visited and I grew up in Corpus so I know seafood. They had BYOB last time I visited but I'm not sure if this is still the case. I saw folks bring their favorite adult beverage and chow down on LA comida (food). I usually order the fried fish and the wife likes the shrimp boil. My son likes the Pho and says it's really good. I can't wait to go back again. read more

One of the ONLY crawfish places that I go to in town. The crawfish is super flavorful and reasonably priced. We usually come with a group and come in the afternoon to beat the rush. They have tons of tables and it's a great place to linger and catch up with your friends. A huge perk to this place is that it's BYOB! Ask for gloves and be smart - don't wear white :P read more

LA Crawfish - Crawfish season is here! $8.99/lb - Vietnamese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

I have not been to LA Crawfish in a while, but I miss it and plan to revisit soon. The clusters of crab, potatoes and corn doused in Cajun butter sauce has just the right amount of spice was. The service is great and the ambiance is laidback. read more

I love, love, love everything about this place. everything on the menu is cooked with great flavor, the wings are super good, I've also had the shrimp po'boy OMGGG THE SHRIMP!!!! Are huge! The crawfish empanadas are tasty, also the crawfish fried rice is bomb! I can go on and on about the food... my husband always gets the crawfish pho and I must say it's ALWAYS on point, only place that makes it just right with the perfect spices and flavor I can't get enough of this place.. the customer service is always very welcoming and employees are very helpful and cheerful. I recommend this place to anyone looking for great flavor and or crawfish lovers! read more

This place is listed as Vietnamese (which is what I was looking for), but it's not really very Vietnamese. It's also listed as Cajun, but it's not very Cajun either. It seems more to be another one of those seafood-boil places. I can't vouch for their execution of that cuisine, because I didn't sample it. I ordered the garlic noodles (having seen this dish for the first time in Orange County, CA, but had not tried it there), and a bowl of gumbo. First the gumbo. It had a smokey taste, so my first impression was good. But then, after a number of spoonfuls, it seemed overall to be lacking in flavor except for the aforementioned smoke, while trying to make up for it with heavy amounts of black pepper and hotness. Really good Cajun can be (spicy) hot, but it never lacks for complex scent and flavor. Try Paul Prudhomme's "Meat Magic" spice if you don't believe me. The other bit about the gumbo which I didn't care for was some unknown pieces of something floating around in there -- my guess is that it was crawfish parts that had disintegrated from the crustaceans' bodies. Ew. The garlic noodles did not strike me as garlicky. I thought that's what it was supposed to deliver. It did have a lot of seafood in it, however (for example) the shrimp were not nearly as sweet and tasty as the ones I had for lunch at Laguna Madre. That should tell you something. There were slices of sausage in it, and they were quite good, but slices of sausage can not be expected to carry the whole dish across the finish line. And they couldn't. The noodles were cooked fairly well, with the right texture for the most part. Seemed freshly made. But the rest of the ingredients, I'm guessing, were cooked-up ahead of time, and lost their flavor sitting around in the interim. I don't know that for a fact, but that was my impression. Service was attentive. Beer was cold. I can't say the meal was bad, just disappointing because of how much better I expected it to be, and know it could be. Thus, the 3-star rating. read more

Wow what an amazing meal!! Came here after a long day of fishing and not eating and man this place hit the spot!!! Lady at the front counter was very helpful and friendly!! Pointed out right away what's most popular and what people like and we tried exactly that!! 4 pounds of craw fish we did with all flavors mixed together is a must try!! It has a perfect hit of spice and buttery taste!! And not to crazy spicy!! Pound of the bbq shrimp which were unbelievable!! First time having bbq shrimp and they tasted amazing!! Perfectly made!! Easy to peel!! Pound Salt-toast shrimp was also very good! Although a bit over cooked which made hard to peel!! Also got dozen raw oysters with sampler flavors.. Thai green chili was pretty good with a nice after taste!! Korean kimchee flavor was also very good!! And the last flavor Japanese ponzu I personally didn't really like, one thing that was really missing was horse radish which I didn't see they had :(( for me personally hard to eat raw oyster without radish.. Iv been to a lot of crawfish places around Texas and Louisiana and Mississippi and this place def is one of my favorite spots!! Overall everything I mentioned with 2 fountain drinks we spent $103 which is a bit on the spendy side for 2 people but well worth it with my opinion!! read more

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The servers were so kind and very attentive! 5 stars for just the service alone! I only gave 3 stars because I wasn't really a fan of the flavoring of the crawfish and shrimp, we got the Cajun I felt like it was a bit too salty. We also got spicy garlic wings and they were really good! Season fries were good too. The menu shows prices that were a bit less than what I was charged for each item- they should really update that. But overall it was a good priced dinner. They also have a cool little robot server that brings out the appetizers that was so cute. read more

LA Crawfish - Spicy garlic wings - Vietnamese Near Me - San Antonio, Texas

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We love this place as it has really good and fresh seafood along with delicious asian fusion selections! Highly recommend this place!

Horrible first experience! Walked into the restaurant and the restaurant was empty and sat down to order no one took my order and was waiting for 15 minutes before walking out! Don't recommend this place. read more

Although the crawfish weren't as juicy and flavorful as the ones I'm used to from Louisiana, they were pretty good. LA CRawfish offered 3 types of seasoning for their crawfish and shrimp. They were good-sized and well seasoned. We also had the "Awesome Garlic Noodles" and the Japanese Ponzu Oysters on the half shell. Noodles were tasty, but the shrimp were a little undercooked. I thought the oysters were not only super fresh, but yummy,too. My husband didn't care for them. Our biggest complaint was the uncleanliness of the restrooms which were wet and slippery as well. I would be hesitant to try this location again but might give the one closer to home a try. read more

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It's ok. Fried rice was good the winGs are ok I had the lemon pepper ones it's good this place is just a bit pricey.