This place is amazing! My favorite restaurant that I've tried in Houston during vacation. I wish we had this restaurant in Las Vegas. We were seated right away, luckily it wasn't busy. Staff were helpful every-time we needed anything. My favorite was the fried chicken feet. It's flavorful and crunchy! Their snail in coconut was delicious, creamy and flavorful this dish were my parents favorite. We ordered their house special fried rice and it was the first time I had fish roe in fried rice soooo freaking good! And the crawfish sauce was the best I've had. I'll defiantly come back here when visiting! read more

Ocean Crawfish - Coconut snail, crawfish and chicken feet - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

The experience of this restaurant was great, but I'm taking points off of the cheese sticks and crawfish. There's no burst of flavor in the crawfish and the cheese sticks is still cold after fried. Other than that the service is great. read more

I don't understand how this place is still open. This place was sooo dirty. The floors were extremely sticky it looks like it hasn't been mopped in ages. Don't even get me started on the restrooms, it was even worse than a porta potty. Health department needs to come shut this place down. Just imagine their kitchen if the rest of the area is like that... read more

This is my first time here at Ocean Crawfish. My family recently discovered this Vietnamese Cajun restaurant. They serve a wide variety of seafood in a Vietnamese inspired, Cajun influenced style. It's quite special. I haven't had anything like this before. The menu has so many items and seafood options that I haven't seen before. I was really impressed. When we arrived on a Friday evening, it's pretty empty around 6 pm. We sat down at a large table and the waiter came to greet us right the way. The service was super fast. Water, menu, and plates and utensils all came right the way. We started the evening with their famous fried rice and oyster. All the food came so quickly that's amazing. The fried rice was super delicious. I highly recommend it. I am not a big oyster fan but their oyster seasoned and baked on hot grill plate was pretty good. We also ordered two different clams which are cooked differently. My favorite was the salted egg sauce that is just absolutely amazing. Nothing like I anticipated and it's so good. We also ordered their crawfish boil which was good, but I would probably recommend trying other items on the menu because they are more special. The quail was seasoned really well and so delicious. Highly recommend it as well. There are so many delicious food I had here that I must come back again and have more. This place is great for large groups, so you can try as many different kinds of seafood as possible. I highly recommend this place for people who are adventurous to try seafood in different cooking styles. read more

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Such a cool family business kind of vibe. The menu had items of different seafood with a Vietnamese twist. Great options to drink beer with for sure. We ordered so much food but sadly I didn't get many photos of. I ordered a michelada and a server accidentally dropped some food into it while bringing the food and was kind enough to offer and provide a new drink for me. Definitely would like to come back when visiting Houston again. read more

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Food is delicious and fresh. I recommend anything with their salted egg yolk! Food also comes out pretty fast.

Such a hidden gem. For all those that are familiar with the "famous" Oc & Lau in SoCal, I'm not sorry to say that the seafood here is so much better! Every dish was packed with so much more flavor. Really enjoyed our server. She was so helpful with her iPad, showing us pictures of the menu and making sure we ordered well. She's the epitome of the Vietnamese auntie who loves on all her nieces and nephews. read more

Ocean Crawfish - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

One of my favorite seafood spot in the area. The service is always quick and the workers are kind. The ambiance of the restaurant can vary depending on when you come to dine. Usually it's busier at night and slower during the day (lunch hour). (4/6/2023) It's $7.99 a pound and the size of the crawfish are medium-large size. They're also live not frozen. My personal favorite flavor is garlic butter. Their house special has garlic butter and a mix of oranges/onions. Not my favorite, but if you like the tangy/citrus flavor, i'd suggest it. They have 5 spice levels ranging from Mild, Medium, Spicy, Extra Spicy, and one last options. Their mollusks are really good here as well and my Mom's favorite is their Special fried rice with fish eggs. read more

The snail is not fresh and fishy. Bad customer service. Order boil crab and we asked for crab opener tool and they told us they don't have it and gave us the scissor instead. Unbelievable!!! read more

"Finding parking is a breeze with us! You won't have to wait a minute and our service is top-notch!" read more

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ONE WORD DELICIOUS!!! This place is so good when it comes to food and service! If your looking for some delicious flavorful seafood this is the place to go ! I came and ate with my family and the oc is amazing must try if your missing a taste of Vietnamese snails or seafood in general! their crawfish still taste amazing only 8$ a lbs pretty large! Service is outstanding here the servers are so attentive and nice always ready to get you anything. Will definitely come back and bring my family again! read more

Combo seafood - Ocean Signature sauce flavor was great but the crawfish were $10/ lb. N small in size.

Saw the promotion for the 9.99 oyster dishes so swung by to try this spot for the first time. First impression was it's in a rough area but that's not saying much for Houston china town. Restaurant was clean and staff definitely hustle hard. Don't expect any kind of world class service and you won't be so offended by this and many other asian restaurants. Although, sanitation is questionable because I witness a staff sneeze in the direction of food that they then serve another table second later!!! Additionally, table near us had a massive spider in their food The food was mediocre at best. The clam dish we ordered had good flavor but for a stir fry dish, it came out already cold. Plus, the vietnamese coriander on top was old and not fresh. The oyster dishes also had decent flavor but those oysters had no meat on them. Not exaggerating, 7 out 10 oysters had meat about the size of a nickle or quarter worth. They also shuck it carelessly, so chew closely otherwise you'll crack a tooth on small pieces of shells. The crawfish was ok, also came out cold. Ocean signature flavor was too sweet for me. The crawfish itself was pre season quality. Shells were really soft and meat was not bouncy. Overall, don't regret the experience but 99% chance won't come back. read more

Party of 3. Came to feast on Oc. quick snack. .total bill with one beer: $110. overall place was good. would stop by again but will definitely try other oc places first. In my opinion the snails were a bit chewy. Below are the dishes we had and ratings of them. Oc Len xao dua , ox huong rang me, oyster sashimi( best) oc Mong tay nuong mo hanh (ok) oc gao xao sa ot, raw oysters, (least favorite, too much work) read more

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I came here to take advantage of the $5.99 a pound special. I stumbled across this page from an Instagram ad and my goal this summer is to try as many crawfish places I can! This place is at the end of a shopping center and very noticeable from the street. There's plenty of parking as well. Upon entering, the server seated me and handed me my menu. It was pretty empty around 2pm on a Wednesday. I already knew what I wanted as I had seen reviews prior to coming. I ordered the grilled oyster with cheese and three pounds of their house special crawfish. The house special sauce came with a citrusy taste but was good and the grilled oysters were amazing! That was my fave part! It came out bubbling on the tray. It is topped with cheese, roe and I think chives. I woke absolutely return to get the oysters again! They also give you a complimentary salad which I enjoyed as well. read more

Ocean Crawfish - Crawfish - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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The veggie dish wasn't fresh and lacked flavor. The best dish they had was the Mango Snail Salad. The rest of the food was just mediocre at best. Please check your bill with larger parties. We had a table for 10. They charged us Gratuity which is understandable but they also charged us a delivery fee. Why would a restaurant owner charge your guest gratuity and also a delivery fee if we are dining in. Just shows you how dishonest some restaurants are by doing this read more

Authentic Vietnamese street seafood - it doesn't get better than this. Fresh seafood grilled/cooked the way of your choice. Most of our seafood we prefer grilled with buttered green onions with the authentic flavorful herbs/toppings. Ambience is lively with locals and tourists to the Vietnamese community. Service is good with many young immigrants trying to make a buck - shout out to these hard working kids. This place is an iconic spot in the Vietnamese community for a reason, and the quality of food puts it respectfully on top of the throne. read more

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Ocean Crawfish is one of those spots where you go to get a real authentic Vietnamese experience. This place suffers from the lack of social media presence and the lack of visits from the younger, more tech-savy generations to push it to the forefront of the Houston food scene. For more context, I grew up in Vietnam and lived there for 15 years, so I have always wanted to relive my memories of eating authentic Vietnamese street food. What most people don't realize is that Vietnamese cuisine is much more than just Pho, different assortments of rice noodles, grilled pork broken rice, and banh mi. The street food scene in Vietnam is just as vibrant, and one of the most crucial components of Vietnamese street food is our snail dishes. Snail/seafood restaurants are virtually everywhere in Sai Gon and are usually go-to destinations for a night-out drinking. Re-creating that kind of experience in the US is super hard, simply because of the lack of fresh snails. Thus, most Viet snail restaurants that I've been to in Texas usually have outrageous prices due to the scarcity of the ingredients. Ocean Crawfish is not one of them. They serve very reasonably-priced snail and seafood, considering the rate of inflation. Furthermore, if you ask the staff, they are very good and honest with telling you which ingredients they actually have fresh that day and which is just frozen store-bought. We only ordered the snails that were fresh and I was blown away by the quality of ingredients and seasoning. Each dishes usually involves one core ingredient (usually the type of snail, fish, etc.) and you have the choice for it to be prepared in different ways. Again, the staff is really good at telling you which way of cooking/preparing is most suitable for the ingredient of your choice (by the way, this is also how these restaurants are run in Vietnam). The restaurant itself is also very vibrant with a cozy family meal kind of feeling. It is worth noting the surrounding area may not be the safest but the restaurant owner has hired a security guard service who is always on duty while the restaurant is open. Overall, I highly recommend this place for anyone who has a penchant for trying authentic eating experiences and for any Vietnamese who misses the nostalgic Vietnam street food scene. read more

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A friend recommended this restaurant because we were looking for a good seafood restaurant in this area, let's just say we were super disappointed. The crawfish smelled and even looked old, in addition to it tasting way too sweet. The raw oysters were old and all brown. Lemon pepper wings extremely bland, should try it for yourself to see. Honestly waste of money. read more

Food was okay, we had the sea snails in coconut milk and 2 lbs of crawfish boil as well as the pork belly. Portions were small. Service was okay. Restaurant smelled a bit off. Anime opening covers were playing, which made for a weird ambience. read more

I love almost everything here. If u love drinking foods (đồ nhậu) or shellfish/seafoods, then this is the place to be. Love all their salads n shellfish here! Only complaint is, their salads r waaaayyyyyy too spicy! It's so good but I hate myself n regret eating it every single bite! N they can't make it less spicy either. That really sucks for people who can't eat spicy. Even my husband who eat very spicy could barely handle it. One star off for that. I love love love their salted egg yolk sauce! So creamy n savory n rich! I love it with blue crabs. One time I called in a Togo order to bring to my friend's, I guess they heard me wrong n gave me soft shell crabs, the sauce didn't taste the same, was too salty, n the fried crabs were definitely not good Togo. We put it in an air fryer to revive it but it made the sauce dry up n just wasn't good. read more

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Been here many times and talking to my friends this places by far is our favorite in the Houston area. Why? The seafood selection is abundant and they'll tell you what's fresh and frozen. Why is that important? To any Asian who enjoys eating seafood it's gotta be fresh because the texture of the meat can either be mushy or have a pretty bad odor. Anyways besides coming here at least once a month or bring guest and friends to try out what Houston's seafood offers I like to take them here. Recently I had crawfish here, early in the year and they were smaller but quite good. We ordered a small batch with garlic butter sauce and it was just right. We had the mild but still had some kick to it which is fine, my wife lost her taste with spicy foods so I'll accommodate. We also had sashimi oysters dressed with seaweed, Tabasco, wasabi and flying fish roe. We also had the grilled ones topped with hot boiled scallions. Fried rice is always good here, it's what we usually have the kiddos eat as they don't enjoy the seafood as much as adults. The razor clams in morning glory was also nice. Give this place a try, I can go on and on and we always try something new or ask for recommendations. The wait staff is super nice and friendly. read more

I want to say it's kind of a hole in the wall, however, this place has been here forever. I've been here before for crawfish but this was my first time trying their specials from the $9 menu. Tried the grilled oysters, clams, snails, mango salad, and seafood noodles. The food is very flavorful. Service was great, the food came out pretty fast. Definitely should try this place if you like seafood and trying new things. read more

Crawfish season can be more seasoned . Everything else we've tried was good. Definitely do recommend coming to try this spot. They are very hard workers. Margaritas was good for the prize they listed. read more

My parents took me here as a post birthday celebration dinner, and it was absolutely fantastic! We were drawn in by their $6.99/lb of fresh crawfish - my favorite seafood! We ordered garlic butter crawfish, house sauce snow crab legs, blue crab, grilled blood clams, steamed lemongrass clams, and coconut snails. EVERYTHING was delicious. The seafood was incredibly fresh and the sauce was perfectly garlicky and savory. I especially loved the crawfish and grilled blood clams. The steamed lemongrass clams were plump and the broth was sweet and sour. I'm not a huge crab person but I really enjoyed how meaty the snow crab was! The pricing is reasonable and the service was great! Our waitress was fun and conversational, and made sure that we had variety in our dishes by giving us her recommendations. Overall birthday dinner went exceptionally well! Would highly recommend for a seafood boil/seafood dinner. read more

Got a lot of selections here! Some better than others but for the variety I like it. Blue crabs w/salted crabs 5/5 I love the blue crabs with salted eggs here. Soooo creamy and tasty. Sometimes I order just bc I crave it soooo much. It's about 2 blue crabs stir fry in their salted egg. Fried oysters 3/5 Very biggg oysters. The batter is decent but lacking in flavor. Very bland. The fries were just okay. Not very special. Pig intestines 4/5 Very crispy and tasty. My brother enjoyed these. Blue crabs in Cajun 3/5 They were tasty blue crabs no doubt. They weren't mushy or overly hard. The meat was firm enough to grab yet soft to chew. The sauce was not in the crabs long enough tho. They were on the light and blander side. I let it soak in the fridge for a day and was fantastic. Mussels 1/5 Bland. I wouldn't recommend. It was dry and chewy. read more

This place was awesome and unique!! To describe the type of food is like Vietnamese tapas or I would say Viet street food! There was a plethora of seafood and quite fresh! One of my faves, which I tried for the very first time were the surf clams! Unique and surprisingly, the meat was tender and sweet. The scallops were wonderful also. I like the fact the customers were social distancing and staff members wore masks! Kiddos to that! If you are in the SW Houston area (Beechnut), come check them out. ChowChow Time!!! read more

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Items that were good: oc mango salad, chicken feet, phoenix clams, mien with crab. Crab wasn't meaty enough however. Crawfish unfortunately had no flavor except what was thrown on the outside. Service was rushed and difficult to get waiter/waitress to add items to order. Location is in a semi sketch area of town so be aware. read more

My absolute favorite stop in Houston. We were craving some authentic Vietnamese food, glad we picked this place! Everything came out SUPER quick, dishes started to hit the table about 5-10 minutes after we ordered. The portions are decently sized and we had 4 people and still ended up ordering more because we wanted to try multiple things. We tried oysters, different types of mussels and clams, crabs, squid, and some stir-fried veggies with garlic. We didn't want to order any starch to avoid being full. All the seafood tasted super fresh and was piping hot when it was served. The highlight of the night for me was definitely the salt and pepper crab or the butter onion oysters. A must try! The shell on the crab was soft enough to eat. Everything was well flavored and servers here are super nice and attentive. Wished we lived in TX just to come here more often! Until next time! read more

Happy to have found this place!! There's pop music with great vibes here. I felt like it's a great place to being a group of friends. The service was okay, could be fixed. There's inside and outside seating, plenty of parking. It was semi packed when I arrived around 8pm on Saturday. We ordered the following: Clams in ginger sauce Snails in coconut Baked scallops Fresh shrimp in garlic butter Cockels Tamarind crab Thai hot pot Everything was great aside from the cockels and the baked scallops. Cockels were so large that they were hard to chew. They were also overcooked. Tasted like we were chewing on hubba bubba. Nonstop chew. The scallops were very over cooked. Nice flavor, but nothing wowed me here. I like the broth for the clams, it was light but flavorful. The snails were great. Pro tip: suck from the small side. Big side is harder for you to get those babies out. You are so welcome! Coconut broth was delicious. Gave such richness to the dish along with the herbs. The shrimp were good but the server gave us a lb and not 2 like we ordered. Keep an eye out. Garlic butter was mild, but the shrimp were fresh so it made the sauce delicious. The tamarind crab was my favorite. This took about an hour to come out. I'm sure that our server forgot about this because when I had asked 20 min out he was running around and 40 min I asked again he said it was coming and finally it came out. I like how it was nicely fried with the flavors of sweet and sourness. Get this!! The hot pot was so cute. I liked how you can put all your vegetables or protein in as you like but it's on the pot basically. Cute presentation. The soup was strong, but I liked it. Overall, I had a great time here. Micheladas are surprisingly tasty. For a group of 5 i think it was under $200 which was extremely low for all this seafood and alcohol. If service improves and a couple items were not overcooked, this place could get 4.5 from me read more

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have been coming here for 2 years and love it! my favorite is the blue crab house special ! good food and service !

Service is good food is good. Price is good not much to complain here. Service beer and wine with your clam or crabs. Speciality items are also on the menu. Not in the best hood but it's Beechnut. So it's my hood Chinatown. read more

I love their environment, super friendly, very family-oriented, and vice quick paste. Their food is is so delicious. I would recommend it. read more

Ocean Crawfish - My children always order 2 pounds of garlic butter crawfish - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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My friends and I had a good variety of seafood here; about 7(?) dishes for a group of 6. BUSY on a Sunday night. The waitress actually messed up and served our food to a different table. We were short on time so unfortunately we had to cancel those 2 dishes and end the night. The did owner(?) came out and apologized once we told the waitress to cancel the dishes. Food itself was okay. I do want to try other Oc places when I'm back in Houston to compare taste. read more

solid cf spot. had their garlic butter and it was on point. and their pricing/lb was actually pretty cheap. i think it was 7.99 when i went, price could change, so dont come after me. but the real highlight of this place is their snails! they have a variety of snails cooked up in different ways! great for a night out with friends and a few beers! their grilled chicken feet. O.MG. im still thinking about it. very authentic street food vibe. i came on a busy sat night but the staff was fully equip , the food came out fairly fast and i felt like i was tended to. i had to wait about 15mins for a table, but that's pretty reasonable for a saturday night. will definitely return. read more

Ocean Crawfish - Complementary salad - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

Honestly, I come here many times, but I never feel satisfied at all even I love their food. This time, I brought my family to celebrate birthday. We were waiting for 30 minutes or so. My parents were fine to wait. The host tried to not let us know how long the wait was. She kept telling us that it was just few minutes. Ridiculous! Then, a guy came to ask for a table. The owner replied that if they came in a small group, they had to wait; however, big group could get table right away. At the moment I heard what she said, my family agreed to leave. I'm done. Never come back again!!! read more

This place is decent. The snow crabs were flavorful and was overall good. We also got some oysters, noodles, and a couple other dishes, TBH I don't recall as they were not that memorable. The Crawfish though, was exceptionally bland. Like there was no flavor to it, we got the house special sauce with it. Honestly, majority of the reason for this low review is the Crawfish. They were huge but lack flavor. The rest of the dishes weren't bad but nothing amazing. Went here for Christmas lunch and wanted to try it out, total was really high but that's expected of seafood places. The oysters were not large, overall everything is alright. read more

The fried seafood is better than the boiled seafood. The house special fried rice is very good The free appetizer salad was a nice surprise If you're seeking Cajun seafood pots, look elsewhere If you're seeking to share a variety of plates with your family of ten dining partners, this is your place read more

Ocean Crawfish - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

I got a to go order. Shrimp is over cooked. The butter spilled all over my car from the sea food boil. Some food was missing from the order , for which I paid extra. Overall wasn't a pleasant experience read more

Been to this place couple of times, service is alright at best but the food was good. Ordered two or my usual, the squid was fishy and ammonia tasting (it went bad) rice was unevenly fried and super dried. Would not return anymore. What a waste of money read more

Ocean Crawfish - Grill squid that went bad, fish sauce spilled everywhere - Vietnamese Near Me - Houston, Texas

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