I just LOOVE visiting NC these days. It seems like I just can't get enough good food and awesome customer service. Our server was very friendly, fast and attentive, her name is Brittney and the next time I go back there I am asking for her personally. Now...I am still a little scared of eating inside so myself and 6 other family members has the pleasure of eating outside all by ourselves. The weather was good, and when a few drops of rain fell, we lifted the umbrellas and kept it moving. It didn't stop our seafood party. We got to meet the owner who was very friendly and funny. He talked with us as they prepared for the Saturday evening. Band. So yea. If you wanna get out and enjoy good food a band after 7. Check them out. I'll definitely be back. read more

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Ehh! To be fair we were a party of 20 probably! We had 10 kids with us! We ordered mostly baskets from here and they were not good at all! The kids Mac n cheese was disgusting. It seemed as if it was prepackaged and they just heated it up and brought it out to us. The flounder and catfish was over cooked and all you could taste was the oil. The HUSHPuPPIES! The best thing on the menu!! The service was actually really great...didn't get her name but I could give her 5 stars alone. Just the food sucked. read more

Great service and the food was awesome! I don't eat fried food. Bad recon here look to be from the fried foods. We had steamed and it was close to perfection. Messy but taste amazing, and before you order ask the price. I saw one person complaining about cost and I asked and was told the price. The menu says to ask? Food was nicely seasoned and you decide your seasoning and you are going to get messy. Beer, crab, crawfish, mussels and shrimp were all terrific! We fed 4 people and we ate it all and enjoyed the experience. read more

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DON'T GO TO THIS PLACE! I decided to try this place while in the area running errands. The actual price is much higher than the online price but they don't tell you that when you make the order. When I got the price of the food, I thought my son might've ordered (something extra to be added to the plate. WRONG! I immediately went back in and asked for a refund. Nadine (manager) wouldn't accept the untouched food back said they don't do refunds once the food has been cooked. She also acknowledged knowing that the online price has been wrong for YEARS!sats! The low country boil wasn't hot or edible. I received a call from the owner, Rock/Rob (919) 414-4426, who also acknowledged knowing about the inaccurate pricing online. He was very unprofessional and condescending when speaking with me about my concerns. He would not provide me with the number for the corporate office and said they would be changing their name in the next few months. He then offered to refund me the money if I found a place with better pricing. I responded by telling him the Crab Seafood House in Clayton had lower pricing, larger quantities of food, and better customer service. He then began to repeat "it's your life" and say that he could not lose money by refunding the inedible, overly/inaccurately priced food. Well, Losing customers means losing money. I wish I could've given this less than 1 star. HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND DISGUSTING FOOD! read more

Live Crawfish Seafood - Low country boil - Seafood Near Me - Smithfield, North Carolina

Good seafood overall, I've had better but it was average. Good taste and nice staff. Small portions. read more

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This place was Great. Don't judge by the outside. BYW it Smithfield Seafood now The soft shell crab was the Best I ever had... even in Maryland. The Gumbo is a meal in itself. We stopped on the way to Richmond and stopped on the way back to Lumberton. It's that good read more

We called in advance to order and had no problems, were told our waiting time was estimated to be around 20-30mins. Once we got there we saw right away the inconsideration for social distancing as well as mask covering. Cashier had nose out of their mask (seriously what is the point in wearing it?) and servers had no masks on at ALL. The place was PACKED and a live-band was setting up in the corner. Actually, the band member kid's (7-8 yr old) were carrying their equipment. You'd think no one in there knew about COViD. Ended up waiting a hour and a half OVER the 20-30 minute threshold we were told it would be ready. Another couple there who had called were also expressing their impatience and frustration. I understand business is tight and the kitchen can get backed up, and even up to this point I was willing to turn a reluctant blind eye until ... We overheard an employee ask their co-worker, "What should we put in the box? We are out of crawfish." Co-worker replies with, "Oh if it's grubhub it doesn't matter, just throw in extra scallops." The CHEF came out asking the same employee, "Do I need to go and let them know we are out?" Employee responds, "No it's ok." If they had been talking about my order I would have been PISSED! You should call or do whatever you've got to do to let the customer know so they can replace it for something else. The attitude of everyone there was clearly not their best. This could because of stress, and understandably so if they are operating in such a non-monitored covid hotspot. Too small for big crowds and a live band is stupid for a place that size. Hope they tighten up their restrictions, but will never recommend this to anyone else. Go literally ANYWHERE ELSE. read more

2 of us went for dinner this evening. Walked in the door at 6. It wasn't crowded, but there were several tables with diners. Noticed right off that there was 1 woman who was waiting all the tables, fixing drinks at the bar, ringing people up, running food and answering the phone. She apparently had absolutely no help. Found out at nearly 7 that a) she was new and b) she had been due off at 4...and was still there with no help. Where's the manager? Where's the other wait staff? Who exactly is running the place? We ordered a shrimp scampi dinner, a seafood supreme (shrimp, fish and oyster) dinner and some bread with crab spinach dip for an appetizer... The seafood supreme arrived first with the appetizer.... I had the choice of either flounder or catfish and ordered the catfish. The shrimp were very good. The catfish for certain was not catfish. It has a very distinct flavor. I was served the flounder. I didn't complain, due to the waitress providing excellent service already and her lack of help. But she did check later and the cook insisted it was catfish. As I said (and anyone that has had catfish will know what I am talking about)...it was the color and flavor of flounder. I also ordered regular french fries and was given sweet potato fries. The spinach and crab dip with bread.......where to start... For the price, we expected at least warmed up bread of some sort. I mean many restaurants give you that for free as a starter. This was slices of room temperature (and it was obviously a piece of pita bread cut in walk straight out of a package). The spinach and crab dip obviously had real crab in it.....and I am not sure if it was on the verge of not being any good any longer or what, but it had a very, VERY strong fishy taste to it. It was to such a point, that each of us had 1 bite, tried to wash the taste out of our mouths and said no more. The shrimp scampi showed up on it's own 15 minutes after the other food and wasn't hot. It had a large portion, for sure enough for 1 and it tasted really good. Only complaint is that the tails were still on the shrimp.....in shrimp scampi. So the other person I was dining with had to dig through the noodles, dig out the shrimp covered in sauce and pull off the tails..... So I had the choice of eating in front of the person I came with, or waiting for this dish to arrive with mine being cold. After I had finished the seafood supreme, the waitress brought the man at the next table his seafood supreme. He ordered sweet potato fries...and got regular. So he got mine, I got his. The cook quite obviously was cooking 1 menu item at a time, instead of preparing a table at a time. Not sure if he or she simply can't multi task, but that's not the way to operate a restaurant. The waitress worked her butt off doing far to many things. She was excellent. The rest? What a mess. $64 for 2 people to eat, we got a horrible appetizer, luke warm scampi with the tails still on (I mean how lazy must a cook be for that to happen??) and the wrong meal. I don't expect this much mess from a McDonald's kitchen. Disappointed is an understatement. My advice? To possible customers, be prepared for good service from the wait staff and horrid work from the kitchen staff. To the restaurant? Hire a cook that knows how to do their jobs. My god. read more

It's definitely a NO for me. As for someone who lived in Louisiana for years, it is disrespectful to call this anything similar to New Orleans or Louisiana style cuisine. I ordered the crawfish and shrimp boil and it came out swimming in water. It was supposed to be seasoned with Medium, Big Bang flavor and it was absolutely seasonLESS. I had to ask the waitress to bring out actual seasoning to add any flavor to it. The oysters Rockefeller was even worse. Unfortunately, as much as I love seafood, particularly Louisiana cuisine, this experience was a miss. read more

Live Crawfish Seafood - Crawfish & shrimp boil after I had to add my own seasoning - Seafood Near Me - Smithfield, North Carolina

Explosion of Flavors found in a small plastic container Gombo Soup! Has a bit of everything a majestic Sea-land Combination! It's definitely a Seal from New Orleans! You'll need to try it as you explore North Carolina! read more

I had the Swamp Basket on my first visit. I really enjoyed the catfish. Corn with butter and slaw were good. I recommend trying the Swamp Basket. I will try the soft shell crabs on my next visit in a few days and will review them. Service was good as well. I sat at the bar. read more

Live Crawfish Seafood - Swamp Basket - Seafood Near Me - Smithfield, North Carolina

We went out of our way to try this establishment. Contrary to all posted data on Yelp and their website showing they are open today, Monday, 11/15/21. Arrived to find they ARE CLOSED ON MONDAY. Very disappointing...... read more

We were excited to see this new restaurant come in to the area. our first attempt to eat there they turned us away because they had kitchen issues and the store was closed on that particular day we went for lunch. We finally made it last night and it has a nice interior, beachy feel, TVs, some with sports, some with country music playing. Nadine our server was very pleasant and friendly. The food was just so so, not much seasoning and the portions were little small for the money. if you're looking for fried fish you can still visit the local places and get better product for the money. We were disappointed they didn't have very many broiled or sauteed dishes with fresh fish. Side options included slaw, fries, red potatoes. We had the Cajun fries, but they were barely seasoned. We just didn't get a sense with all the breading that the fish was actually 'fresh'. Will opt for the offerings at the beach next time. We ordered the beignets, they were about an inch and a half squares dusted with powder sugar. Some were good, others were a little chewy. Overall it was a nice sweet ending for the meal but again it just felt like it needed a little something, a drizzle of honey, a drizzle of dark chocolate. I've had the beignets in New Orleans, at Cafe du Monde, these were really subpar. They offer a full bar, beer on tap, Coke products, iced tea. The other items, crab legs and such seems a little pricey for what we were looking for that evening. Not even sure I'd make a trip back for those. Parking is tough because it's in a strip mall, that's already tight, near the cinema. just didn't see anything or experienced anything that would make us want to go back. We do hope it does well. read more

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I have gone to this place many times and never was disappointed. However, today with my girls after bragging about it, I was extremely disappointed. They used to give you some pork skins before your food is brought out, but, today we were told they are $3.50 for the small container. I ordered the seafood Supreme w/ two sides. Corn and side salad- to my disbelief there was an upcharge for "premium" sides, i.e. hushpuppies, salad or sweet potato fries. Why isn't that something the waitress wouldn't tell us? A seafood restaurant charging for hushpuppies, its a normal part of the dinner. I won't be going there anytime soon. Very disappointed- the portions are the same- prices are ridiculous! Probably won't eat there again. read more

Nasty food. Gave it another try a couple of weeks ago and I got sick. Totally disgusting. If I wanted cabbage and mayonnaise for coleslaw I would've gone to wall mart. They are serving crap inside. Not just kits. Table service. Never ever ever again. THIS PLACE SUCKS read more

Live Crawfish Seafood - Nasty food - Seafood Near Me - Smithfield, North Carolina

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I have been here a few times, I have enjoyed the food as well as the over all surroundings. I called and placed an order to pick up at 7:49, and I arrived at 8:20. The doors were locked and phones were cut off and lady inside ignored my efforts to get her attention (which I don't blame her if they're closed). Sign on the door and online said they closed at nine. Just extremely frustrated. read more

Live Crawfish Seafood - Call to restaurant. - Seafood Near Me - Smithfield, North Carolina

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The place is clean and well lighted. Our server Nadine was very nice and attentive. We ordered New Orleans and 2 extra order of snow crabs plus white rice enough for 6 adult. Tasty and fresh. Will definitely return if around the area. read more

They do not go by franchise prices. Something that was $20 on the site was $35 when i checked out. The server was nice. I went in to pick up order & while i waited I realized how dirty the place was. Old cups & Miscellaneous things were all over. The sanitation rating was only 90 and when i seen the cook through the door preparing the food without gloves and wiping sweat from his head with the back of his hand. I asked for a refund instead of the food, and the owner told me that it was expensive paying for seafood and theres nothing he could do about the cleanliness. Will never go back. read more

They have good proportions and very fresh food. Their customer service is over the top. They were very sweet people. Me and my husband found our new seafood spot that's close to home. read more

Live Crawfish Seafood - Good stuff - Seafood Near Me - Smithfield, North Carolina

We loved it! We did have to ask a few times for crawfish cause their order just came in. We had frog legs, crawfish and shrimp! Delish

I am originally from Louisiana so no seafood place is going to be great to me BUT the Dungeness crab was very good and the people were awesome. read more

Live Crawfish Seafood - Dungeness crab - Seafood Near Me - Smithfield, North Carolina

Went for late lunch with my dad and son. We were craving our favorite food, oysters. We went to live crawfish & seafood (since last time we went it was great service and great oysters)!! We ordered a dozen of the Rockefeller oysters. 1st it didn't have any spinach 2nd the server brought out no sauce no butter no garlic no hot sauce 3rd the bacon was disgusting and hard! We let the server know how we felt about the food and she suggested we talk to the owner since he was in today! The owner came over and was extremely rude and arrogant! Didn't offer a solution, apologize, or anything. To put icing on the cake I threw up 2 minutes after walking out of the building! Something wasn't right and my body let me know! Wont be coming back! read more

We were traveling thru Smithfield on our way back to TN. This place is awesome! We first tried to go to Texas Steakhouse but it was a 50 min wait and looked like alot of tables were available. We left and are so glad that we did. We had the shrimp boil with bang spice. Wow!! So good! We are on our way back from Outer Banks and have had seafood every day. This was one of the better seafood meals we had! We highly recommend this place and wish it was closer to us in TN! read more

Live Crawfish Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Smithfield, North Carolina

This place was so friendly and had the best king crab. My family and I are from New England and that's saying a lot if we loved the seafood. We did Karaoke and drew on the tables. The staff told us what we should get and we're so sweet. The owner went out of his way to welcome us and help us have fun for the New Year. Highly recommend this place. read more

Stay away. Went in for lunch after church hoping for the best but found the opposite. This is the first place I found that served calamari that looked identical to onion rings, same size and all. Not sure what the protein was under the breading but never seen calamari that size or shape. Wife and I both ordered the lunch special bang bang shrimp sandwich. Oh what a let down. Should have known something wasn't right when they came back and asked about if I wanted slaw on the sandwich as it normally comes only to told 15 minutes later they ran out of slaw. Patiently waiting.... oh before the food comes out do you want lettuce and tomato on the sandwich?.....sure, only to be told a few minutes later they are out of that too. Food finally comes to table and open up the sandwiches to find a whopping 5 calabash size shrimp on a roll that I couldn't even bite through , on not only my sandwich but my wife's also. Look over at the kids meal of shrimp and fries that my child had and was astounded by all the shrimp she received at half of the price of our lunch sandwiches. Sat there and got a chuckle out of the table that was seated behind us because it was every few minutes the waitress came out and told them of something they didn't have! Needless to say this restaurant is a one and done for our family. Best of luck to all others who choose to patronize them. You've been warned. read more

Live Crawfish Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Smithfield, North Carolina

Paid $55 for this... and paid extra for the sausage seen in the picture. Called to make sure I had got the right order, then asked for a refund and owner replied with "that would have to come out of my pocket" and I did not receive any type of refund. read more

Live Crawfish Seafood - 1 Lb King Crab Legs - Seafood Near Me - Smithfield, North Carolina

Found this joint today. Awesome staff and the food is better than amazing! Highly recommend

I wanted this place to be better! We went knowing we were going to spend a lot for a seafood boil. We got the fried appetizer combo and it was just OK. I was happy with our meal but not with a $180 bill for 2 adults and 1 child. No alcohol was purchased. Oh and skip the Beignet's! read more

Live Crawfish Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Smithfield, North Carolina

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Second time I have been to this restaurant. Visiting from California and decided to take my Father there for his birthday. Upon arrival we were greeted and we got a table. I ordered a sweet tea and our server brought it promptly. As I drank my sweet tea through a straw something hard went in my mouth through the straw. I pulled it out and it was a piece of someone's pinky nail. It was a cream color. Our server came over and I showed her the nail. I looked at her hand and she had the same color nail polish. She apologized and told me it was her nail. She explained it fell off the day before and it was floating in the sweet tea. Our total bill was over 200.00 not including tip. I didn't push the nail incident however was not offered any compensation for our meal. The food was not great quality and certainly the ice tea is not made fresh on a daily basis. Please be careful ordering sweet tea. read more

Have you watched Ozark?, every time I leave there I feel like that. I am not saying that they are; but the food ain't that good!. I went twice and ordered two different things each time. Ok admission: my husband is from New Orleans and we visit and eat there often so don't tell me that what they have is a Po' boy sandwich. That is not how it looks or taste in NOLA!!! 1st time I order calamari. Well I should have bought some from Publix it would have been the same. 2nd time I order mozzarella sticks. Again, Publix is right there. I ordered garlic Parmesan chicken, huge fail. And failing on wings is horrible. For the seafood platter. Oysters, shrimp, and catfish (no curl it was sway). It was all so greasy. The chicken was greasy too. I did not complain. I mean it's a covid environment I'm just happy they didn't close down and the employees have a job. So I'm not a petty patty. And yes I tipped. Beyond the 20% again because of COVID. I'm not difficult, but I like good food and I would like food that taste like they say "New Orleans". Or fish or meat that isn't greasy. I love the staff though. Very nice. I paid my bill and tipped. This is really a honest review on 2 trips. Will I go back, maybe if I had to. I'd get the Arnold Palmer with extra ice and wait for whomever I went with to finish eating. Side note: why I went again after the first time. The first time I went I saw someone with crab legs and they ate them and then when it was about the last one, they start complaining. Pissed me off. I said well if you didn't notice that after 2 legs, you've accepted it. They refused to pay. So I wanted to keep supporting that business. I don't want to ever be in that category. I was livid. You complain immediately and return the food or shut up and eat and then pay. Nothing free here buddy!!! That gets me on a soapbox. Lol. Ok so do I recommend it, one of the last restaurants I would recommend unfortunately. Gosh I hate to say that. If you don't know Louisiana food, enjoy yourself. But if you do; stay away. It'd just add another horrible review. 2 stars for staff and Arnold Palmer cleanliness and friendliness. read more

We will definitely make the way back out here to eat! Our calamari was a tad over cooked but the breading and flavor was still good. Our food was quick. My husband had the bang bang shrimp sandwich, my son had the kids popcorn shrimp, and I had the crawfish. All in all it was good, the server was great, and we would definitely come back. Medium heat was a true medium. The flavors and juices were incredible, and the crawfish were all a good size! Also, adding the sausage was worth it. read more

Live Crawfish Seafood - Medium, Big Bang crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Smithfield, North Carolina

So glad to have found this place by accident. Owner was very nice. Said they have been there 2.5 years so I can't believe we never knew about it before now, especially since it's being Starbucks. We have been looking for local seafood place like this for years and now we're so pleased. Going back very very soon. My husband had one of the fried platters and said it was okay and okay for the price but skip the fried you will be happier with bucket. If you looking for oysters, crab house style buckets, low country boil, lobster and more this is the place. I had the crab special. Came with 1# of snow legs and of shrimp and with corn etc. You have three options of flavoring garlic butter, old bay, or Cajun or you can have all three. I had all three...what fabulous flavors. It was finger licking good! It was so much better than the recent experience we had in Charleston a few weeks back. Will go prepared for this next time, dressed to make a mess. The atmosphere is very nice. Customers at the bar seemed to be enjoying themselves very much with their oysters. They have music on Saturday. Family friendly, there were plenty of well behaved family dining. Can't wait to go back, bringing our daughter and son in law. Not the greatest photo but IT WAS GOOD! read more

Live Crawfish Seafood - Crab legs, shrimp - Seafood Near Me - Smithfield, North Carolina

If you like seafood eat at another place...I am sure the food was live sometime but nothing tasted good or fresh

I'd give no stars if I could. Spent 13 years in the crawfish capital and I know crawfish. Overpriced frozen crawfish...just gross. Nothing "live" about them. As an added bonus, plenty of flies flying around the restaurant. I should have known better seeing no one there at 12 noon. Avoid this place read more

This place is gross and overpriced. Seeing family and friends of management walking back and forth from the kitchen to the dining area was enough to make the decision to never come back. Want good seafood ? Go to mayflower down the road. read more

This is Cajun at its finest! Everything is fresh and the spices are just right. The Big Easy Experience with the fried oyster appetizer is just the right combination. The best we've ever had! read more

We were invited In by what turned out to be our Waitress Nadine and assured us that although it was 40 minutes before closing we could order anything and not be rushed out she also said that the food was get. Well I had the Seafood Supreme which comes with Deep Fried Shrimp (21-25 or larger), Deep Fried Oysters & either Deep Fried Flounder or Deep Fried Catfish along wit 2 sides, I opted for the Flounder, French Fries and Corn on the Cob. I also subbed The Oysters with Extra Shrimp. The Food was cooked to perfection with the Lightest of Breading ( it was translucent). The Shrimp were tender and filled with flavor, The Flounder was perfect with a Sweet and almost Buttery Flavor and still very moist. The Fries reminded me Hand Cut Crinkle Fries again cooked to perfection. Prices were great, Service ( By Nadine ) was Second to None and the Food was Fantastic and will fill you up. On a Monday or Tuesday ( the night we visited) you may also want to check out their Draft Beer Selection and Prices. You'll have more than one to drink with anything from Simple Domestic, Impressive Imports and local Craft Beers at a price that will make you wonder why everyone else doesn't offer these great prices and selections along with the food. It's my understanding that they also offer entertainment on some nights. Great Food, Great Service by (Nadine) and Great Prices. We will be back on our trip back to Florida. read more

Food was okay, but way overpriced, no full bar just beer and wine. So many other places to choose from.

We arrived at 1800hrs. on January 2, 2020 a Thursday. The place had about five people in it at that time. Three at the bar and two at a booth. Very quiet except for the televisions with sports on them. Background music seemed to be mostly country. I forgot to check the sanitation rating. Lilly greeted us and seemed friendly enough. We weren't sure we wanted to eat there and studied the menu before we made our decision to stay. Lilly told us that if we decided to stay that we should sit at the far booth as it was set to be used and then left us to think about it. We stayed and I ordered the Swamp Bucket and my companion ordered Snow Crabs with boiled potatoes, corn on the cob, and she wanted butter with no garlic. Lilly gave us great service and was friendly. Before the food arrived we both left the table to use the restrooms to wash our hands. There are no paper towels in the rest room and they have those noisy hand blowers. I didn't use them. They do have paper towels at the table if you want to bring them with you when you go. I had to open the bathroom door with my wet bare hands just after washing them due to there being no paper towels and came back to the table with wet hands and dried them at the table with those paper towles. The food tasted okay, but I wouldn't go back. I'd rather eat at the seafood restaurant at the Farmers Market in Raleigh. My guest's butter came with garlic even though Lilly assured us it wouldn't. We were given flimsy plastic ware to use instead of hard metal which made it nearly impossible for my guest to eat her crab legs. I had to pull out my pocketknife and cut open her crab legs so she could eat them. We asked for one of those small forks to dig the meat out of the crab legs, and Lilly told us there were none to be had. Really? In a crab joint? She gave me one small thimble full of cocktail sauce and one small thimble full of tarter sauce. Not nearly enough. I later asked for more when I had easily used up the two small thimbles she had given me and she gladly gave me two more. I could have used one more thimble of tarter sauce but was embarrassed to ask for a third. At the Farmers market the cocktail sauce and tarter sauce are on the table and you can have all you want. Our bill came to $33.60 cents and I left a $5.00 tip. Honestly, I just would never go back there and I can't recommend this place to my friends. read more

First time eating here and it was wonderful. The New Orleans spice was really good and you get a good amount of food for your money. All around great place! read more