Service: Standard level Food: Appetizers were great (roasted corn and garlic fries) shrimp and mussels were below average in terms of flavor (medium cannonball was "gritty") Ambiance: Interesting choice in music but nothing negative read more

Another creole/cajun seafood boil restaurant to add for the books. I've been to so many that I've lost count. The routine is the same with not much differentiation...seafood cooked in delicious seasonings all piled in one bag. The only thing that differs from one seafood boil restaurant to another are the selections and its with the selections that Claws shines. All comes equipped with menu items such as Cajun fries, wings, gumbo, clams, oysters, mussels, shrimp, crab, and fish...but steaks, sea snails and frog legs? Mmm mmm! There were also ribs and a variety of rice and pasta dishes. Lots to choose from and definitely a reason to come with a complete empty stomach on my next visit. Outside of the usual order of shrimp, clams and mussels I ordered coconut sea snails to have as an appetizer. The snails comes in a small bowl however the bowl is fully loaded with sea snails in a coconut curry. The flavor of the curry and snails were delicious. Would have been even better had I ordered a side of white rice to pour them on but didn't want to stuff my self before the rest of the food arrived. For the other items me and a friend ordered our separate bags of shrimp, clams and mussels (Cannonball-Spicy) with a side of Cajun fries and fried okra to share. I could taste a bit more lemon with the cannonball seasonings then most places which I liked. Normally I'd squeeze lemon over my seafood so that spared me from doing so. I like that the fried okra has a normal bread crust rather than cornmeal crust. Nice and crunchy without the grittiness. Last, either it was my imagination of the Cajun fries had a sweetness to them. Not sure if it did or didn't but that's what y taste buds tasted and it was flavorful. Claws is a cool place to grab seafood. As mentioned early, I'll be making sure my stomach is on "E" for the next visit. Looking forward to trying as much more as possible. Dinner 2/26/2018 read more

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Briana was amazing! She served my birthday party group of 15 and did it with so much joy! We has an amazing time, Ate way too much, but we will definitely be back. I come to Claws often and always enjoy the food and service but I love it even more knowing my family loved this place too! Highly recommend the Cerritos location. Also, we didn't have a reservation but we arrived at 5:30 hoping to be sat by 6 and that's what happened! Best family gathering in a long time read more

Been coming here for over 10 years when they first had the spot in Garden Grove, but lately the food has been horrible. Everything is too salty, specially the garlic noodles. We had to send it back and ask for it to be less salty but the cook said that that was the only way to make the noodles(????) not sure if they hired new cook(s) but the seafood has also been over cooked lately. I noticed this change starting in June-ish. Sucks because this is literally my go to spot and idk if I can say that anymore. Hoping things can go back to the way they were. Please!! read more

Claws is the best restaurant of its kind in the Cerritos area. I come here quite often when I'm craving seafood. They have 3lb, 4lb, and 5lb meal deals that come with X pounds of seafood with a choice of 2 select appetizers. I typically share the 3lb deal with one or two people, which is $48. Only the cheaper appetizers are included in the 3lb deal (cajun/plain/sweet potato/garlic fries, chicken cajun rolls, fried okra, edamame, wings). It'd be cool if we could just choose one calamari instead of two smaller appetizers, but I guess they want you to upgrade to the pricier 4 and 5lb meals if you want the good stuff! I recommend: -Raw Oysters -- Pretty good quality and meaty, $10/half dozen, $17/dozen -Shrimp & Crawfish -- Cannonball medium is my go-to. If you want it the shrimp peeled, it's 50 cents more per lb! Less of a hassle and pretty worth the 50 cents, but you don't get the full experience without peeling something though IMO. Add corn and potatoes if you like them... they're amazing with the sauces!! -Fried Calamari -- The batter is just right, not too salty, and the portion is big. Service has always been very quick and friendly, and they have festive interior decorations. Right now, they're Halloween ready! read more

Claws Restaurant - Half dozen oysters! - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Cerritos, California

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So I try I go to any crab in a bag place at least twice before reviewing because I'm always blown away the first time and disappointed the second. Well I'm excited to say I have gone twice and both times have been very consistent. Great flavor, not too spicy (very mild is actually very mild) I've been to places where mild still leaves my lips burning. I also like the fact that when giving them your number they can look up your past order to see what you had before. Sometimes when ordering at other places I forget what spice level I last had. Overall this place is a definitely winner. I was so mad the last time I went because I saved my shrimp juice and planned on throwing some cooked shrimp in it the next day for lunch but someone in the house threw it out, y'all know I was ready to fight. Lol. read more

The food is always delicious. but the service is horrible. it used to me very good before. now they take your order and bring your food and will not check on you, they passed us multiple times going to other tables asking if they needed something and never once stopped at our table.we had to flag the guy down to even get a water cup.just horrible read more

Food is always good here but since when did y'all get sheisty on the sauce, barely any when we ordered last night .

Today ruined me!! Holyfuck wasted 45 minutes of life sitting on a toilet because of the food. Literally only ate here today. It was definitely fire in the mother sucking hole. The lemon peper fries was hitting right, maybe the shrimp had something going on but goddamnn. No doubt it got me fucked up bc the burning ring of fire after the shits solid validation. Another note, service is par staff is real attentive and friendly! read more

My husband and I have been coming here since they open. We are literally here every week or every 2 weeks. We love how fast and efficient they are. We love coming in on Sunday to watch the games. If they don't have it on they will pit it on for us. And in whatever TV we like, I love that customer service. Love the waiters and waitresses who remember us and our order. All they ask if we will be having the usual, Love it! Shows they actually value they're customers. I always recommend Claws to everyone! If I could give it 10 starts I would. You definitely need to try this place 100% all across the board. read more

Food was good, the service was even better. The day I went wasn't as busy as it usually is. I had the frozen crawfish since live crawfish is out of season but their frozen wasn't bad. Would definitely go again if I'm in the area. read more

I used to go to their Garden Grove location a lot. I would even go once a month. But it's been awhile like maybe 5 years plus since I've been there. The meal deals are really a deal for appetizers and shrimp to share. The sauce tastes the same as before. The shrimp was not over cooked. Parking can be a hassle since it shares with other top dining places. read more

Messed up on our takeout order and gave us regular fries instead of Cajun fries on one of the orders. Called and they wanted us to BRING THE ORDER BACK so they could put seasoning on it. For real? Also, told us we have to request for lemons and seasoning mix with our $150 order as if we were supposed to know that. We never had to ask in the past. Good luck with that customer service mentality. Never again. read more

this place is worth every penny! everyone is extremely helpful and attentive! many people stop by to make sure you're doing ok and that's something i appreciate seafood is sold by the pound and you can add potato, corn or sausage there are levels of spice you can add to your seafood we also started with their nachos and they were SO good! would come again! read more

Claws Restaurant - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Cerritos, California

I love coming here it's another version of kickin crab but I think this place is better. The vibe is just great! Love coming here with my family the service is also good I always go during the week so I never really have to wait. But when I do have to wait it's about 20-30 mins. read more

Staff Are Very Welcoming I Just Love Love Love The Food I Go All The Time Very Happy They Offer Peeled Headless Shrimps Sometimes I Like To Get Right To The Eating Lol Plus They Have More Than Seafood To Offer :) 10/10 For Me Very Organized During Pandemic! (WEAR YOUR MASK) read more

Very good prices and very good food would recommend it to anyone I tried bot this and boiling crab and prefer this instead

45 minute wait before we even ordered. The server joon served us a pitcher and never came back. Another female server claimed they couldn't remember, but as a group I and my friends remembered...:/ first experience here and the impression is I will never return. I'd recommend other options for Cajun. As we waited for the food we saw other tables around us be provided timely customer service. Though they had been seated after us. Highly disappointing if one of my friends hadn't come up to a server taking a to go order we probably wouldn't have been served at all. We finished the appetizers before the main course. 25 minutes was the wait time from when we ordered to the time the food hit the table. Food was hot reasonably cooked. No complaints for the appetizers. Main course was decent from My friends opinions. Personally just walked out after the golden rules of a restaurant were broken. No apologies were given. Do not recommend or refer to even as a last resort. read more

DELICIOUS!!! I am such a huge crawfish lover and had my fair share of eating out at various cajun seafood type of restaurants, and so far Claws has been one of the best out there! Why? The frozen crawfish still tastes fresh and the size is big! Definitely worth your money! I ordered the cannonball flavor which is a mix of all and it's sooooo rich and not overpowered with butter. Please give this place a try if you are ever craving seafood. I can't wait to eat here again and suck all the juice out of the crawfish heads mwahahaha :P read more

Better than boiling crab!! Hands down the best Cajun seafood. Ive been coming to the garden grove location for years until it burned down, sadly. But the Cerritos location is closer to me so I've been coming here since its opened and the staff are great, food is great, environment is great, whats not to love. My usual is 1 lb of shrimp, 1 lb of mussels cannonball, mild w. Corn. The price has definitely gone up which im not too happy about. read more

Claws Restaurant - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Cerritos, California

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The service was horrible we waited 2 hours and they were letting people cut us.Really disappointed at the service

Love love love claws Pick it over boiling crab any day ! Food is delicious , service is fast Recommend the garlic pasta read more

No wait on a Sunday night, but there were tons of people waiting next door for Sake2me. My boyfriend and I ordered 2 pounds of shrimp, some corn, some potatoes, and fried okra and we were stuffed! The sauce we got was the one with everything like Boiling Crab's whole shabang, but it just wasn't the same. I still haven't tried a place with the same marinade as Boiling Crab's, but ain't nobody got time to wait an hour plus for a table there! The service was a bit slow considering they looked like they had a lot of servers. At least three were just chatting by the host stand most of the time. Shrimp (head on) - 3/5 - Shrimps were a good size, but the sauce was just lacking something. We got mild but it was more like something in between mild and medium to us. We ordered some corn and potatoes but we were missing two of the corn. Double check your order! Fried Okra - 5/5 - I am a fan of this! It was done well and the sauce that came with it really enhanced the okra. Not too sure what it was, but maybe some type of horseradish ranch? read more

Good food, service, and atmosphere. Enjoyed the dinner meals with appetizers. Super sweet corn too.

This was my first time here but definitely WILL NOT be my last . The menu consisted of a variety of boiled , fried and other seafood selections . The quality and taste was excellent. The food came out hot off the stove and fryer . The staff especially Ashton and Bryant had WONDERFUL customer service and were so attentive to our every need . This place truly was worth every penny and more read more

Used to love coming here for the King Crab Legs all the time. They would cost between $35-$45 a pound. It WAS worth it for the amount of crab I was getting. Didn't get a pound today and the price went up to $52 a pound. Got twoBoiling Crab little legs. Usually get 3 thick legs. Manager insisted it was a pound yeah with all of the juice in the bag maybe. Not worth $52 , check out the photo of the total amount of (KING CRAB) after taking all the meat out.. Never coming back. Costco is cheaper and gives u more for your money. read more

Claws Restaurant - Def not what I used to get. especially for $52 a pound. - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Cerritos, California

I love this place. There is always a steady crowd so I know the shell fish is moving, but there is never a hug line. Service is good and always polite. Calamari is my favorite appetizer. Their combos are good for large groups. Brought my in laws here and they loved it!!! read more

Loved this place! Food is great, the people are nice. The wait isn't to bad. Why do we have to leave w such a long review? Keep it short and simple read more

I've been a returning FAITHFUL customer to claws for the past couple of years. Today 02/17/2022 I went to get 3 orders of fried shrimp w fries & fried okra. I asked for my shrimp to be fried CRISPY because sometimes they bring it out still LIGHT yellow & it's fried soft.. My order came out exactly that way & when I called & spoke to the manager she suggested "eat somewhere else" since they didn't come out to my liking. She stated they always come out "that way." I again tried to explain while rudely being interrupted for the 10th time that they were light yellow & soft.. not the golden brown when they're crispy. Long story short she advised I drive back 35mins to bring food back & wouldn't compensate me. On top of that, refused to give information on higher up so I could speak to them. In return told me there was no higher up & no corp I could speak to. Whatever rude ignorant manager is working that shift rightnow needs severe TRAINING on what to do when CUSTOMERS aren't satisfied. She'd never be allowed to work for my team with that nasty attitude & poor customer service !!!!! read more

It was OK. I won't be back though. Service was good. Huy was an attentive sever, probably the best thing about Claws. 1 lb of snow crab was $23 which was 1 cluster and two legs. They don't allow you to get a half pound of shrimp, which is too much for me. End result 1 pound of snow crab, corn, fries (which was shared) and a Sangria (highly recommended) tax and tip I spent $50 and left hungry. It was flavorful but not worth the money. read more

Claws Restaurant - Sangria - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Cerritos, California

Note to self!! DO NOT celebrate your birthday.. they charged $1 per person for bringing your cake for your birthday.. I never knew restaurants charge you for celebrating your birthday and spend more money at the establishment.. Wow.. some people we be turned off with this.. I surely am turned off at this. PS to claws-- boiling crab, off the hook,hot and juices and kicking crab doesn't charge for celebrating your birthday in your restaurant.. read more

Food was decent. Staff was attentive but unprofessional behind the counters. Girl working there seemed like she was thirsty for all her male colleagues. Sauce was also super watery. read more

Let me start out by saying the food was great, the service provided by mimi the hostess was trash she was extremely rude! I asked if she could possibly take a picture of us & she replied with "no im on break" in the rudest way which is completely fine be on break BUT you could have said sorry I can't right now or let me get someone to help you, she also shouldn't have been sitting at a table directly in the middle of the dining room next to my family & I. She then came back a few minutes later because I expressed that I was upset with her responds & decided to ask again rudely "do you have a problem" I said yes I do, but I'm currently with my family eating so please leave us be & she repeated herself & I said the same response again. She then began to walk away & said under her breathe "good god girl you need to chill." At that point I had, had it & told her if she had a problem to come back & speak to me directly she didn't ofcourse. I had asked for a manager twice throughout the meal & one never came to the table. Safe to say I will not be returning regardless of how the food was the service was bad. read more

This was my first time at Claws. I got a pound of shrimp and and Cajun fries with my friend. I got the cannon ball with medium spicy, it tasted pretty good. I enjoyed the food, but i think their service is a bit off lol. Our server maybe came once to check on us, I was shook. It was kind of awks lol, he also took some time to catch our order. The place was not even crowded lol, so I was confused to why he was not present. I still tipped at least 15% because I believe in workers rights and even though I thought he was tacky, he still deserves a living wage. Maybe it was an off day, but another server named Joseph came to the rescue. He refilled our waters and was chatting with my friend and I for a bit. You saved this review from being worse Joseph. Food was good tho, you might get wack service, but at least ya food tasty. Sauce good, fries good, and shrimp cooked well. read more

Claws Restaurant - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Cerritos, California

I am so surprised to see the lower reviews for this restaurant because I really enjoyed this place and would highly pick this over BC or other surrounding seafood boil spots. I have been to their other location in Garden Grove, but I came here on a whim! I was actually craving sushi and wanted to try the place next door, however this was a much shorter wait on a Saturday and they were able to seat us within 15 minutes! So don't shy away from the long lines outside because it may not be for this restaurant... and even if it was, check out this place and give it a shot because it was so worth it! We ordered the live crawfish and shrimp for our seafood, and of course our corn, sausage, potatoes. Ughhh, I love the sauce here and I am thinking whatever concoction that Claws is boiling inside their kitchen, keep it a secret. And I can even help you with that secret... it's garlic! It's actual garlic chunks in their sauces and I love them for that! We also tried their cajun fries and their coconut sea snails. Both dishes were so good and we were very happy with the food. The reason why I'm giving it a 4 star and not a complete 5 is because something was in the water.... and it wasn't good. Every sip tasted really strange and weird and left a really ugly aftertaste in my mouth. So I would recommend them to change their filter because we needed water but it was pretty gross to sip on. Overall, I would totally come back again (maybe bring my own water bottle) but try this place out if you're craving some realllly good seafood boil! read more

Captain Claw says "Let the Head Suckin Begin!" That's their motto. Saw plenty of folks doing that to the crawfish and shrimps. Don't blame them cause the sauces they smother their seafood in are finger lickin delicious!! Honestly did not know what to expect when my sis n'law took us to Claws. Found out that they are similar to Boiling Crab. I think Claws menu is more diverse though. They serve everything from Cajun seafood to steak to pasta to salads and plenty of stuff in between. Pretty good food that we ate at Claws. Surprisingly, she did not order any crab legs with the 4 lb Meal deal for the group. Would have been nice to try. She got us all Shrimps to share. Have to admit that those shrimps mixed with the mild garlic butter sauce was head suckin scrumptious! Rest of the meal was good too. Chicken wings were tasty. Fried Okra was also good. Sweet Potato fries were on point. In addition to the meal deal, we shared an order of Chowder Fries and Loaded Garlic Asada Fries. My niece loved the Chowder Fries. I thoroughly enjoyed the Loaded Garlic Asada Fries! Order them! Claws is a good place to satisfy your shrimp cravings as long as you don't mind getting a bit messy. So what are you waiting for? Claw on over there! read more

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My first time here and will also be my last. The crawfish was good but the clams are nasty. They smell fishy and taste spoiled. We told the server, and he insisted that they are fresh clams and didn't care about our concern that the clams taste bad. We ordered 1 lb, ate about 3 and left the rest untouched. read more

Claws Restaurant - Almost 1 lb of clams left untouched due to the nasty smell. - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Cerritos, California

Claws is situated between flavor pho and Sake to me sushi. On a Sunday, there were people waiting to eat at the adjoining restaurants. However, when we walked into Claws, plenty of tables were open. Servers were very friendly from the moment we sat down. They handed us menus, one with family combos, which were priced pretty high for just two people. Shrimp being the primary choice for the seafood in a bag, we opted to try the jambalaya and soft shell crab sandwich. I was asked if I wanted my jambalaya with rice or pasta. I chose rice. It comes with sausage, shrimp, and chicken. The shrimp was cooked perfectly. The jambalaya itself, however, had way too much tomato paste. No wonder the server said she preferred the pasta. The meal comes with a side salad, which was just blah. The soft shell crab sandwich was big enough to share. It comes with a side. We chose sweet potatoe fries. Clam chowder was added to the meal and was pretty good, very creamy. Overall, although the food was good, it wasn't great. Priced pretty high, it's just not worth coming back. read more

We went there for a drink while waiting for our turn on the restaurant next door. Our pitcher of beer had some strange debris on the bottom, sadly we didn't notice until it was low enough. Place overall wasn't great. read more

Claws Restaurant - Strange debris on our beer... - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Cerritos, California

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Normally I don't give out 1 star review but this place is a big disappointment. The stinkiest clams ever!