My husband and I came here for the first time and really enjoyed the food. The ambiance has a cool seashore look. Clean and not divey like expected. We ordered: :raw oysters, there were 5 kinds and we ordered 2 of each. All were pretty fresh tasting. Seafood combo,alot of food enough for 2. Get the garlic sauce, we asked for mild but it still was spicy but good spicy. $25 Calamari with sweet potato fries - good value for the price $8. Everything was fresh so I can see ourselves coming back again. read more

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Came here with a girlfriend because I was craving cajun-styled crawfish. I use to come here when this place was Cafe 101 and was impressed with how they had renovated the place. It reminds me of a Joe's Crab Shack with tons of nautical-themed decor on every square surface. They also had a bar with several TV for sports viewing. Tables are covered with plastic so you can really get down and dirty. Prices for this place is steep! The menu for a la carte seafood all states "Market Price," like that's super helpful. You can actually find out what the market price actually is via a black board next to the bar. I initially got excited looking at the lunch menu and seeing crawfish combo for $7.99 but was quickly disappointed when I found out it was only for 1/2 pound of crawfish. I'm more of I-need-atleast-2-pounds kind of girl. So I went ahead and ordered a la carte 2 pounds of crawfish for $7.99 per pound, which did not include any sides. They really do charge you for every single thing here. I saw tartar sauce for 50 cents. Major turn off. Now for the food, it comes in a plastic bag and you're given a bib and plastic gloves to eat it with. So yes, prepare to look ridiculous and get dirty. I went with the "errything" seasoning with medium spicy for my crawfish and did not find it spicy AT ALL. The flavor, despite not being spicy, was good. Corn and potatoes were really good and very well seasoned! However, the star of the show, the crawfish was awful. I understand it's not yet crawfish season but I do have several friends who own crawfish restaurants and you have to have some quality control with these mud bugs. Most places will take crawfish off their menu if the shipment they receive doesn't look good. I was shocked when I saw what I was actually being served. They were all tiny, about the size of my pinky. Meat was soggy/mushy. Several were rotten so I just had to throw them out. So disappointed. Between the high prices and the bad quality, I wouldn't recommend this place since there's way better options in the area. read more

"That's why I've accessed the museum's security cameras, and having seen the kitchen, I'd advise you to stay away from the shrimp puffs." -- Person of Interest: Season 2 | Episode 3 I had high hopes coming here this past weekend, but alas they were dashed quite rapidly. But let me start with the positives. We arrived with a large group os 25 people, but had called ahead. They were ready for us (early) as a few of us showed up before our reservation time of 12pm. Our table was already put together (mostly) and so we were seated right away. Our server (we had 2 main ones) got the two of us water and menus and we just chatted with each other until the rest began to arrive and be seated as well. The servers were very friendly and attentive. Ordering was super easy as they use iPads with wristbands that just pop onto their arms for ease of use. They coded each order with our names and a code for our table and seat number (for example I was B3Lindy). Very smart and organized. Helpers came by with pitchers of water often and so our glasses stayed filled - I'm not sure if anyone ordered more than water, except for a few beers. Unfortunately, that's where the pluses ended. I ordered the fried shrimp basket with sweet potato fries. While the fries were a stand out (tempura-type batter and perfectly cooked), the shrimp was atrocious. While I can handle heads on shrimp, it was done for laziness. The shrimp were peeled, but not deveined (gross). But even worse, these must have been frozen shrimp that were then battered and over cooked, because they were like rubber, dry, tasteless rubber. Actually, more like cardboard. I ate two - dunking them in the store-bought cocktail sauce did not even help the situation. What a disappointment. I watched as my friends ate other items around me - but they were quite ho-hum about their choices as well. Discussions of over-salted, microwave-steamed in bag food. And a consensus about not planning on returning. I will say that checking out was relatively simple. Those iPads were back and our server simply found our names, swiped our cards and we could click a tip amount and sign our names (with a finger) and a receipt would print out. Give us the ability to email ourselves a receipt and this would be a perfect system. However, an awesome POS does not allow you to have sub-par food that is frozen and then microwaved. For that, you belong on Kitchen Nightmares and need a Gordon Ramsay intervention. I wish this had been better - I wanted to love you Boiling Crawfish! read more

Shaking Crawfish - Fried shrimp basket with sweet potato fries - Seafood Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

When you first walk in, it looks like Red Lobster on steroids with all the fishing equipment decor. They specialize in seafood, boil or fried and extras, such as gumbo, paella, corn, potatoes, cajun fries, sweet potato fries, and steam rice. My mom, bf, and myself came in on a Sunday afternoon, a hour after they open so we were 1 of the 3 tables. They had a staff of two, so even though they weren't busy, it takes time to wave one of the 2 down. They use tablets to order and as payment which is nice so that I can see when they take my payment. They offer blue crabs, dungeness crabs, snow crab, crawfish, shrimp, and clams at market price so if you're on a budget, make sure you inquire about the prices. The crawfishes comes in small ($5.99) or large ($8.99) which kind of threw me off as I am use to places that do not have price difference for sizes. Maybe fresh versus frozen. With the boil seafood, they offer flavors, cajun, lemon pepper, garlic spread, Er'rthing (which is all 3 mix) and BBC special (a curry like sauce); in addition with the level of spiciness that you would like. Fresh oysters are lined very nice in a metal tray on top of the bar which is decorated nicely, each oyster has a tag that dictates the name of the oyster. Each oyster ranges from $1 to $3.25. They also offer crispy fried food, catfish, shrimp, chicken tenders, oysters, calamari, and wings. We order one pound of crawfish with "Er'rthing" and "BBC special," one pound clams (er'rthing sauce), fried shrimps (comes with fries), gumbo, paella, and lemon pepper wings. I would recomment to skip the crawfish, the sauce/seasoning does not seep into the crawfish, it feels like they crawfish were defrosted and tossed in the bags filled with the sauce. Even when you pluck the tail out to dip it into the sauce, it doesn't mask the fishy taste. Er'rthing is the sauce to go for, the BBC wasn't that great. Clams, being that it opens after cooking and was able to be covered in the sauce and the best thing, the clams did not have sand so they were very clean. Fried shrimps (had the head still attached) were okay, it wasn't memorable. Gumbo with rice is okay. Paella, definitely do not get, it is just fried rice with seafood (only mussels and susage) mixed in... The lemon pepper wings are really good, they are friend and mixed in the bag with the sauce. The wings are made the way the Chinese restaurants would make them, just with lemon sauce mixed. They also have fresh slices of lemon in the bag. My bf and I shared a couple of oysters (sorry I forgot which ones ) but they are definitely a must get! It is very fresh, cold, and the right briney taste. All in all, there are certain items that I would come back for will be oysters, wings, and clams. read more

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It was our first time at this seafood spot. We've driven past it several times and finally decided to stop in. Definitely one of my new favorite seafood spots to eat at in Atlanta! read more

Boiled shrimp was GREAT and exceeded my expectation but, the server was HORRIBLE! The bad service started the moment we stepped in the door. When we arrived no one was at the hostess stand to seat us, when we were finally seated, the server acted as though she didn't want to wait on us nor take our order, she had a very lazy attitude as if she didn't want to be there and she spilled water on me when she refilled my glass. If decide to give this place a try, I suggest getting takeout because the bad service will ruin your food and the experience! read more

I've drove pass this place so many times and finally decided to stop by on a Sunday afternoon not busy at all. From the outside looking in I imagined it would be a bit bigger, but the decor is really nice! I ordered the seafood combo with "errthing" in "medium" and no complaints on my end. read more

Shaking Crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

I visited Boiling Crawfish (formerly Cafe 101) last Sunday. The place was pretty dead for it to be Sunday at dinner time. The decor is your typical faux nautical nets, buoys, shells, etc. Very Joes Crab Shack-esque. There were a ton of TVs, so you could definitely come here and get your sports fix while you eat. The food was good, not great but good. I ordered Snow crab legs, corn, red potatoes and fries. There is an art and almost a science to getting flavor to penetrate hard shelled seafood. The crab legs were more on the bland side. The potatoes and corn were decent. Corn was extra starchy for some reason. & the fries are brought out in a paper box, trapping all the steam in and allowing them to get soggy. All in all, I would come back to give them a second chance, with another menu item. 'The Boiling Crab' dinner ware was also off putting, seeing as though that's a completely different establishment. Side note: the fellow next to me was complaining when his shrimp basket came out and the shrimp still had the heads. So beware of that when you order shrimp, if that's not your thing. The gumbo is also REALLY hot/spicy, you'll be coughing if you're not careful. read more

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Food was great. I used to work at a seafood take-out place and loved the food there. I have to say this place has really good and authentic seafood flavor. The wait can be irritable during crush hour what the food's quality makes up for it. Attached is the take-out bag for one blue crab that was missing from a combo that we had. We told the server about the incidence, and they quickly got our back, which was excellent. All in all, highly recommend for anyone who's craving for good seafood. read more

Shaking Crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

If you've had good seafood from a real New Orleans crawfish boil, this won't make the cut. Something about their seasoning was off - there was a very curry-like flavor to it, not Cajun at all. And extremely salty. The meat didn't taste fresh. Also, we checked in to get the free 1 lb of crawfish, but it was more like half a pound -__-. We also ordered some sweet potato fries that had added sugar on it...granted, who goes to a seafood restaurant and gets sweet potato fries, but still. If you're going to serve something, serve it well. We didn't enjoy the food here. Service was ok. Giving it 2 stars for the bucket dumping experience. read more

Went here the day after Christmas with fellow yelper and my bff Phong T. The interior decor definitely surpassed my expectation, one of their employees/management(?) told me everything was custom made. It was cute, cozy, and nautical. Boiling Crawfish is a little above your average seafood place. You can order crustacean and shellfish by the pound and to your taste. They have raw oysters and side items as well. They also have a large selection of beer and wine. They have 2 large projectors overhead and multiple tv screens. Various festivals were blaring overhead as we ordered and ate. which was kind of a turn OFF. I spoke to someone about their music choice though, hopefully they choose something more appropriate for dining. i digress, We ordered 3 Lbs of crawfish at 8.99/lb cajun/mild 2 Lbs of shrimp at 10.99/lb garlic/mild paella 3.00 They brought out bibs and gloves for us. (the gloves are difficult to use because they are big, and permeable) The garlic flavoring on the shrimp is delicious. The cajun flavoring on the crawfish was good but the meat had no flavor. Although, i could tell the seafood was very fresh. We both finished everything and were full but not STUFFED. which is fine. Anyway, our bill came out of be ~$50.00. Cute place overall, I'll be back to try their other seafood selections in the future. read more

Amazing!!! Literally the combination special was perfect with ALL the seasonings mixed together. My favorite place is Boiling Crab located in Dallas, Texas and this definitely gave us everything we were looking for! We went for lunch around 4 so there wasn't a wait time, I can't speak on the complaints I've read about that, sorry! Only complaint I have is the server told us the combination special only came with one potato so we ordered extra for no reason. Waste of money! FYI it comes with 3 pieces :) Worth EVERY penny, I recommend this place for sure! read more

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Be sure to check your order before you leave. I order a combo which includes 1 pound of snow crablegs and only received 1 claw. I called back to report the mistake and was told the 1 claw weighs a pound and no solution for resolve. I weighed the claw which only came to 3 ounces. I feel extremely cheated. read more

Shaking Crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

Three years ago I couldn't get enough of this place. Groupon had a deal and I went for it. Boy am I glad I did. My only advice is don't wear your favorite shirt or jeans... It gets messy even with the protective bibs that they give you. Let's see what haven't I ordered from here.... I've had every one of their boils. The appetizers are all good. you get more than enough with the appetizers so don't overdo it save room for your entree. In my opinion this place rivals the other crab boil spots. I feel like you get more here and it tastes fresher. The drinks are good too. Be careful when selecting thr spice level for your boil because hot is HOT!!!!! P.S. Give the Dungeness crab a try if you're feeling a little more adventurous. read more

This place has some promise. Really it does. I mean I can understand the potential, the hype, the cuisine. Accessible, real easy to find. Right on Buford, almost a stone's throw from 285 and quick escape from Spaghetti Junction. Menu options such as oyster, mussles, crab legs, crawfish, lobster, catfish and a selection of side items. But..... * pause * yes there is a but . There are a few things missing. For instance, like the taste of the food. It seems the food here dropped the ball on right flavor. It does a great job over pouring the sauces onto the food but it is heavy on the salt and that alone can kill the food experience. I am a fan of their cajun steak fries and the shrimp was *pause* .... blah! . The side item of rice was not good. That wasn't even the worse part of the experience. I, personally am a huge on service. I just feel it was lackidasical meaning if I order first, I should expect to get my food first before someone who orders after me. There is no way I should wait upwards to 20 minutes to receive an order that was not complex. That's a red flag in itself. As far as inside, it's cool. I'll give them that, Kinda has the Joe's Crab shack feel or some cheesy florida beach seafood dive spot. Would I give this place another shot? Perhaps. Will I go out of my way to venture to this specific spot knowing what Atlanta has to offer , let alone the infamous Buford Highway. No. Grade: D read more

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Shaking Crawfish is totally Under Rated. I would go here over Juicy Crab any day. It is just as good. There different sauces to choose from are all satisfying to the seafood lovers tastebuds(me). The Juices the corn and Potatoes sit in while eating your crab or shrimp boil is very Rich. They don't water down and try to stretch the sauce here. The Fried Food dishes are excellent, nice and Crispy. I've had everything. And make sure you grab a order of wings! BANGING read more

Ordered take-out: Shrimp, Clams, Potatoes, Corn, and Cajun Fries Flavor: Everything combined sauce We ordered a la carte, including the potatoes and corn but the funny thing is we only received one corn. The shrimp wasn't fresh because the meat was falling apart and mushy. You only taste one flavor from the sauce: salt. Cajun fries were bland. Service: Poor, pissed-poor...we were waiting forever like 30 minutes and we noticed there were bags just sitting on the counter so we followed up and they didn't have our order prep until asked. So if we never mention it, your order wouldn't have been made. And they were not busy. Worst cajun place...I recommend The Juicy Crab, they always hectic but always on top of things, including confirming your order as they hand it to you and the flavor is the best one out of many we have tried. read more

Service was good, environment/business was very clean, nice boat design. We had the pick 3, everything & fiyah... wasn't all that great. It was very salty and not spicy. PS: ***heart attack in the making. However everything were fresh, and I will definitely come back to give the other sauces a try. They have a wide selection of sauces also the food are good for the bucks $$. read more

Shaking Crawfish - Everything sauce - Seafood Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

I love crawfish down in the south so when I was in Atlanta I had to try a Cajun seafood restaurant. The seafood here is fresh and the flavoring is on point. we ordered the all seafood combo and a few orders of crawfish and shrimp on the side in both House special and Er'thing. I liked both flavors but the Er'thing had more garlic flavor so my friends preferred that over the house special. We also got sides of fries and a clam chowder, both decent in price, portion, and tastiness. Overall I would recommend trying shaking crawfish, it'll definitely satisfy your seafood cravings! read more

This is one of the first seafood joints I've been to in Atlanta. The wait time is longer than people would expect compared to a regular restaurant but the amount of seafood that you get for the price is worth it. Their Cajun flavored selection is my personal favorite, but they do offer other flavors and if it's not spicy enough you can always add some hot sauce. Shaking Crawfish gives you a free pound of crawfish special when you check in to Yelp, so make sure you use it! Also, don't forget to ask for butter! read more

Shaking Crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

Ordered the crawfish boil and there was literally no sauce in the bag. The amount of crawfish was terrible and the sauce was warm - not hot. The only things good was the boiled eggs I ordered. Will not be ordering from here again. I should've looked at the reviews before waisting my money. read more

Went for an afternoon lunch on a weekday with my daughter. The wait staff was nice,but super preoccupied with other task in the back, to actually wait on the customers. The food was decent, I ordered the seafood pot with garlic and mild seasoning. I would have liked some additional dry rub for dipping and some cocktail sauce, however the waitress seemed confused by my request, so I made do with out. The seafood wasn't super fresh but definitely tasty. I wouldn't necessarily return with out a Groupon. I am glad I tried it and overall had a pleasant experience. read more

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Came here the first time for crawfish. I know it's not season but we were just at blazin Cajun and their crawfish were a lot bigger and fresh. We have them a try. The chicken fingers were actually better than the crawfish. The batter reminded me when my on used to cook with shake n bake. I'm sticking with blazin Cajun for crawfish read more

Shaking Crawfish - What is this? A crawfish for ants?? - Seafood Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

I been to Shaking Crawfish about 5 times now and it is always a nice experience. The last few times I used Groupon which helped relieve some of the damage. I always order the crab legs and crawfish and choose to make it spicy. The food comes out to be super flavorful and it has nice kick to it. read more

Food is pretty good and decently priced. The only have three cons about this restaurant but I would definitely try the Boiling Crawfish again . Cons : super slow service & the restaurant wasn't busy Decor is nice but the seating isn't really comfortable. Great variety of oysters on the list but only two were available Pros: food nicely flavored Good prices Has a liquor license which is a plus especially since The Bayou Boil doesn't and it's located down the street . read more

Shaking Crawfish - Good fresh Oysters but they're 2.25 each . All of the cheaper prices oysters were not available - Seafood Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

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This place is one of best boiling Seafood restaurant in this area.The raw oyster I had were fantastic.I wish I had more details on where they were from.not overly salty. I'll happily go back for more. read more

Shaking Crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

The first time I came here , my seafood BARELY had any flavor. I figured it may have been a bad night , so I decided to give them another chance. The second visit they shorted me on my order. I ordered a pound of Crawfish only to get all the way home & see a half pound in my bag. Called & nothing could be done. Probably will not return. read more

Overall, great experience. Let's start with the two bad things 1) service was a bit slow, some people had to wait 10 minutes to be seated even though tables were available. 2) I suspect the crab was over cooked Ok now, here were all of the good things about the place: 1) absolutely delicious flavor in the food 2) great price and overall value 3) fantastic atmosphere 4) great prices on fresh Oysters, price range $1.50-2.50 per, 5) very clean and sanitary Must go if you've never been! read more

I like how crawfish are fresh from this location but the taste is different every time I get my order. It's either extremely salty or no taste at all. Someone should have so the food quality control from the kitchen. I ordered Cajun medium today and it came very very salty I ate few and can't even continue to enjoy the food anymore. read more

Unique Na'awlins style food and atmosphere. Crawfish, my favorite is cajun and Fiyahh! heat. We also had Cajun fries, fried tilapia and gumbo. All good - beer and wine only for bar but the Cabernet was good. Service though was moderate. Will come back again! read more

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Go with an appetite! The crawfish boil sampler ($27?) is a great way to start to find out what you like. We did a side of fries, fried shrimp, fried calamari. We ended up adding more crawfish (medium is pretty mild, and hot is REALLY hot). Recommend ordering extra fries to sop up the cajun sauce from the crawfish. So many options! read more

Shaking Crawfish - Crawfish boil, sampler - Seafood Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

Food is good. Good prices and portions but SLOW to non-engaging wait staff. Had to pay at the register. Also, water is nasty lol read more

Shaking Crawfish - Bibs, gloves and crustacean utensils lol - Seafood Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

Mannnnn, I just spent 60$ and the whole 2 pounds of shrimp and potato were super undercooked , still raw! Hope I don't get food poisoning with the 3 shrimps I tried to eat need my money back read more

Usually order the Cajun seafood boil. Quality is pretty consistent and the Cajun seasoning is not too spicy.

I skimmed & scanned thru all crawfish places and picked out this one and juicy crawfish. We decided to try this place out first since its nearby. They only have 1 combo with 1 snow crab, 1 blue crab, 1/2 lb crawfish, 2 corns ,couple pieces of sausage, and 2 potatoes,no sub. Or you can pick 3 from given list to get ur combo (1/2 lb of seafood I believe). I do recommend them to add more combo selection. I got cajun flavor but too grease bc of butter so harely taste any sauce. I didnt finish and i dnt think i will come back. The sauce was ok, nothing special and 2/3 was butter cuz they didnt mix well. read more

Shaking Crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Doraville, Georgia

I visited Shaking Crawfish with my girlfriends and we had an overall okay experience. For three girls we ordered the following: -Bucket combo -sweet potato fries -2 lb of crawfish For the bucket combo, we choose the house sauce and it was good. I felt like some of the seafood didn't have a chance to soak into the sauce so it wasn't as flavorful. The portion was a decent and we were pretty full at the end. For the service, it was okay. Our server didn't check up on us much and when we wanted to pay, we had to flag someone down. It was kinda a hassle and not as seamless as when we first oder. Overall, I would explore other seafood restaurant before coming back to Shaking Crawfish. read more

There's nothing like paying a bunch of money for a few bites of food. Lots of work I very little pay out. I won't be back.

Late seafood crave led me to this restaurant.. due to closing time food was ordered to go ..we ordered all the flavors medium for snow crab...and all the flavors hot snow crab w/ fries that come with dipping sauce and it was great and that was last night... now I'm back with an extra friend and ordered to go ... Food was great... snow crab medium all the flavors and for those who like hot I ordered all the flavors hot for snow crab bag... medium all the flavors snow crab with lobster tail! Everything was delicious!!! read more

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I ordered a LB of crawfish and a LB of fried butterfly shrimp - I've eaten a LOT of crawfish in my time and for a restaurant with crawfish in the name I was shocked that it was the most flavorless, tough crawfish I've ever had in my life. The shrimp was also tough. Not convinced this is even slightly fresh food. Terrible... read more

My boyfriend and I went here because it was on Eater, and we were hearing good things about this place from some friends. It was such a disappointment. We still couldn't figure how we could've improved the experience. Taste: 1 I got fried oysters. BAD mistake. I think the oysters were old. They tasted slightly rancid. They were large, and breaded heavily. The texture was off. 20/10 would not recommend. My boyfriend got the fried seafood combo. Again, nothing he ate was fresh. The texture of everything he had was tough. The taste was fishy and not in a good way. Fortunately, there was one highlight to our meal and it was our side of paella. It wasn't the classic Spanish style. It was more like fried rice with specs of scallops and sausages which I think were andouille or chorizo. It tasted better than our entrees. It was still a disappointment that it was just fried rice. Service: 3 Our waitresses were friendly. We got our food in a timely manner. Nothing to rave about. Price: 4 The prices were affordable, but at the sacrifice of the quality of the food. The prices are the reason I gave this place 2 stars instead of 1. Overall, the food was a major let down. I don't know if it was because we went on a Sunday when they were busy. A lot of places will bring out they're more expensive and fresher items when the restaurant is busy. It may be because we ordered fried items instead of boiled. I don't think I am gonna come back here again, so I'll just never know. read more