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Boil Daddy - Koreatown

3.3 (27 reviews)
Open • 11:00 am - 2:00 AM (Next day)

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Valerie T.

Ordered from this place through uber eats and had a horrible food experience with this restaurant. And before you try to come at me with "oh well, that's because you got it to-go and delivered" - I literally just had a different seafood boil place through uber eats and it was a tremendous difference! Saw the IG reels on this place and thought I'd give it a try. Ordered the shrimp and crawfish with a side of Cajun corn. The driver literally went from the restaurant to my place, no other stops. Upon arrival, it smelled promising. After peeling the first crawfish I knew it was going to be a bad experience. ALL the crawfish were black and muddy inside. Both crawfish and shrimp were mush! Like they left them boiling for days mushy. Couldn't even eat them. The street daddy corn sounded delicious. Too bad they were chewy kernels and lacked flavor. Basically they overcooked the corn without seasoning then coated it with the seasoning only on the outside. I definitely won't be ordering from this place again. Don't waste your money like I did.

Labor Day BBQ was complete with kalbi, boildaddy shrimp and clams and steak, noodles.
Esther P.

I am not a huge cajun food person but my good friend loves cajun food so I picked up some along with 6lbs of kalbi and the entire party loved it! This seafood boil was gone before the LA kalbi! They loved the Daddy Sauce and they are from OC where they have great crustacean food and boils. My takeout had plenty of sauce that we actually even smothered over our other raw shrimp we had on skewers to grill. I will definitely be back to bring more for my friends later.

Shrimp bowl
Co J.

The place is good but the portions are horrible. I ordered the shrimp bowl and it came with ONE piece of sausage. The daddy sauce is tasty just be careful of the spice level

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7 months ago

Delishhh. There's a sauce , the daddy sauce or something like that. It's so good. The portions are accurate.

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Horrible service here.. employees have attitude and don't care. I would not get any food from this place.

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2 years ago

Food is good they don't take cash tho so they lost business from me probably loose lots of business cuz not everyone carry's a card ‍

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Very impressed. The crispy mahalo shrimp was delicious, exactly what I was hoping it would taste like. 10/10

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I visited and ordered food multiple times. The taste was always amazing, so I am grateful and thankful .

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Unseasoned. They don't season the shrimp or potatoes. They expect the sauce to be all the flavor I guess. But even that was lacking.

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Got the Fisherman's lunch special and the food was to die for !!! I could not believe how good this place was.

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Fish and chips - classic and delicious! and the team there is really incredible! Thank you!!!

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“They loved the Daddy Sauce and they are from OC where they have great crustacean food and boils.”

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