I've never had the food at crawdaddys but as a club crawdaddys is trash. First of all I have never ever been charged $20 to get into a club and I'm from New York so imagine that. The music was EXTREMELY mediocre and on top of everything they charge you for a cup of water and kick everyone out at 1:30 read more

If there was a way to give negative stars that is exactly what they would give. After sitting nearly in middle of room we were ignored. Husband had to walk to bar for menus. Then after 20 more minutes the server too busy chatting with the bar customers and the bar tender we walked out completely unnoticed by them. read more

My family and I got here at 8pm. We ordered drinks and food and when the check came, we had a $30 dollar cover charge. Will not come here again. They wouldn't remove the charge. I don't recommend this place at all. If I had a chance to give it a negative 2, I would. read more

The club is poppin on Saturday nights after midnight on the second floor with the majority of people on the dance floor. Taking into consideration how busy it is on these nights I get my drinks rather quickly. The music is very engaging and the crowd usually animated. read more

Crab cakes are amazing! Drinks were great and the service was excellent. Also had the artichoke as an appetizer. Everyone had a really good meal. We will come back for sure. read more

A little spendy, but definitely worth it for lunch or if you want to go out for a nice dinner! The pasta portions are very large and I left with enough leftovers for a whole meal. It was still delicious when it was reheated the next day. read more

Etoufee was tomato based, thin and salty. New York steak was lightly seasoned and and lacked in flavor; however, it was cooked to order (medium rare). Mushrooms were sautéed in wine and bland. Mashed potatoes were sweet. Regarding the menu items calling them Cajun doesn't make it cajun or a southern. A big disappointment. read more

Feels like an awkward chain; the bar was full on a Tuesday early evening and it seemed like they had been there quite a while. The service wasn't great and the food was worse. The fish and mashed potatoes had the same texture to give you an idea one was super peppery and the other a little pasty. SKIP SKIP SKIP read more

-1 IF I COULD ..Went here for a friend's birthday..heard good things..but was HONESTLY a waste of time! To begin with Security was SO rude..just because you work here doesn't mean you have the right to think your better than anybody..and security did. then we went in bartenders do NOT ATTEND you ESPECIALLY if you are a female. OVERALL WASTE OF TIME!!! NEVER AGAIN! read more

This place is downright awkward, basically a basement atmosphere. Went for lunch and the bartender had to tell us where to be seated because only half the restaurant was open and you walk directly into a counter. We walked past a brunch table with a few unappealing food items that had been clearly sitting for a while on the table that they eventually folded up and clanked through the dining room to put away. After all that we had to wait for our menus. When we finally got our food, my burger had no cheese and when some was brought to me it was (I'm assuming) Kraft singles out of the plastic wrap not even melted on, just cold slapped on top. The food was sub par not worth the price for sure, and servers were quiet and unfriendly. Had it not been for a gift card...we would've probably left. Don't plan on going back. read more

This could be a four-star type of place but there were just a few too many annoyances. First, the good points: all three of us really liked our entrées which were the ribs, blackened catfish, and jambalaya. Those were all good dishes. The sweet potato fries were also very good but the vegetable assortment was a bit blasé. This leaves the annoyances and there were several. To begin, it took a long time for our appetizer to reach our table. We ordered the escargot and it was prepared in the weirdest way I've ever had it. Each snail was in a mushroom cap and those were covered with a mess of onions. Then all of that was baked. There was also a near overpowering taste of oregano to it. I seriously doubt we would order that again. Following that, it took quite a while to receive our entrées. As I mentioned, we were all happy with those. The baked potato arrived baked. That's it. It was not sliced, opened, and stuffed with butter as nearly everywhere else prepares them. I had to slice it myself and apply all condiments to it. I found this to be very annoying. Lastly, I thought the prices were a bit higher than warranted. Overall we were happy with our experience and we are likely to return if we have the opportunity and we would have no problem ordering those dishes. read more

Crawdaddy's - Jambalaya with rice instead of pasta - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Visalia, California

We had dinner here in June, although our food was yummy, everything else about our experience was very disappointing. We arrived with a party of 10 and our waiter, Ramon, was taken back by our presence. He was not accommodating, and rather rude. As he put together several tables to accommodate our group, he noticed that another group was entering the restaurant. Right away he recognized them, knew their name, and STOPPED immediately to help them. Leaving us standing in the middle of the restaurant. He took care of them, got them seated, took them water, before returning to us. Our service continued to be sub standard throughout the meal, Ramon continuing to brush us off. Too top off our experience, he switched the charges on our credit cards, charging us for our friend's bill and charging her for ours. What a mess. We won't return. read more

We have recently relocated to visalia for my husbands job and while staying in our holtel, decided to try crawdaddy's! I'm so happy we did! We started by ordering a half dozen oyster shooters, and the kids meals ( pizza & macaroni and cheese), the food came out really quickly, and the oysters we so fresh and the kids food looked so good! We then ordered our meals, my husband got the shrimp Po'boy and I got the pasta Jambalaya!!! We both were so pleased with our food! We even ordered another half dozen oyster shooters! I couldn't even finish all my food, the plate was so big and full of yumminess! The price was pretty good for as much food as we got! I think I found my favorite place here!!! The staff was awesome, the man I assume was the manager gave my daughter a little toy and everyone checked on us frequently!!! Awesome food! Awesome atmosphere! Awesome staff!!!! Love it!!!! read more

If I could I would give them negative stars. First off this place is way over priced for what you get. There are far better places down the street like Lunch Box and Sequoia Brewing company. Save your money for those places. Next I ordered 5 cheese macaroni with chicken and was brought chicken Alfredo. Then I waited while the rest of the table got their food for 15 min for my meal. When it was brought to me it was so hot it burned my mouth and I burned my hand on the plate. I was able to eat about three bites since I had to wait till it was cool off then the rest of my party was ready to go. So I took the rest to go. Worst Meal I Have Had In A Long Time. To top it off I didn't get a discount for the screw up and had to pay $24 for the worst mac and cheese of my life. My Mac and cheese at home is much better with bacon and only costs $2. Please never eat here it is awful. read more

Been doing some work in Tulare and had a craving for cajun food. This place satisfied the craving! Seafood Gumbo! Other than a couple cocktails i haven't tried anything else, but i will be back! read more

The food has gotten better, along with the new wait staff. The management on the other hand is garbage!! Good luck on talking to the manager, he's always playing in the band. read more

We visited at 5pm on a Friday and the place was empty. Food was decent but not really traditional Cajun or Creole. More of a Cajun/Creole/American fusion. Service was ok. I'd expect it to be superb considering we were the only customers. I also thought they were a little pricey. Overall a disappointment. read more

The food was the worst I've had in a very long time. Dined with 5 others and 5 out of 6 of us agreed . Server was friendly, but not attentive. Absolutely will not return. If I could give it no stars I would. read more

Just went to chill and listen to music, asked young waiter for a couple of cold ones, no food, he didn't show up until a couple stepped in "no drinks" after 20 min but couple had menu and water almost right away... read more

The food was quite good and the service was great; however, upon receiving the bill we discovered we were charged for two additional entrées (one of which was the most expensive on the menu). Luckily, we were smart enough to check the itemized bill and get it corrected. Given that we never discussed ordering those items it was very suspicious how they ended up on our tab. The verdict: worth a visit just make sure you carefully inspect the bill before paying. read more

I had a Groupon so we decided to try it. We went to the one in Visalia. The location is in a great spot since it's in downtown Visalia and the outside of the building looks like a building in New Orleans. They do not have a lot of craft beer so that was disappointing and The food was average. Plates are closer to $20 if not $30 read more

I had my birthday here and quite enjoyed the music, which is the best part. The ambiance was nice, low lighting, New Orleans theme, and a huge bar. We were seated right away and our waiter was fairly nice. I ordered the fried catfish and the waiter brought me grilled catfish. My friend ordered a Scarface (which was DELICIOUS!) and the waiter brought her a po boy sandwich but he was nice enough to bring out her right order. Two of my guest ordered steaks and it wasn't good...it looked boiled and almost rubber. Like I said, the best part is the music. Some of the dishes were really tasty...just not the steaks. read more

Fantastic food, dynamic service & what am incredible band!! My husband says skip the black pepper ribye & I say must try the blackened salmon with lemon hitter sauce! What a great way to celebrate our independence read more

Feel like a VIP almost anytime I go here. The owner actually goes out of his way to meet my friends and I at the door if he sees us coming and seats us! can you believe that? Fun friendly night spot during the week, and lines out the door on the weekend. YOU MUST get the fried catfish, BEWARE they will try to upsell with the grilled, ignore the suggestion and get the fried, AMAAZING. read more

Been here for dinner probably 3-4 times now and the quality of the food keeps getting worse, while the prices keep going up. Went on a weeknight and they had a live band going. I could not have a conversation with the person I went with because the band was so loud. Even the waiter had to get right up next to us to take our orders. Let me tell you, for as much as they charge for a steak dinner I expected a good tasting steak, it didn't happen. I've had better tasting steaks for half the price at Sizzler. Before, when I went I ordered their Catfish, and it was okay, but you only get one small filet with your dinner, barely enough and not filling at all (unless you're a child). I don't think I'd recommend this place for dinner. Maybe if you want to go in and have a beer while listening to loud country music it would be okay, but stay away from the over priced menu. read more

Ok not gonna lie Ive heard horror stories of this place... well it's not as bad as you think. It's actually very fun. And really great service. If want a good drink see Anthony upstairs. Food is pretty good too only had apps so far. read more

Me and my lady went for my birthday and had the lobster with mash and veggies. It was awesome. I'm beating myself up for not knowing about this sooner! The lobster is by far the biggest you'll get around if not ever! Unless your from the east coast. But the service was amazing also! From the guys at the front door to the waiting staff! I felt as tho I was at some super fancy joint just based on the staff experience alone. I'll definitely be going back. Hope this helps! read more

I have come here over the years, both for the restaurant portion and for the nightclub portion. I have to say that there are some good and bad about this place. The only bad I have came across was when a friend and I were having drinks at the bar, the "bartender" not only took forever to serve us, but when I paid for our drinks, she cut me short 4 dollars. Now a couple of dollars isnt a big deal to me, plus I only noticed when I went back to my wallet when I went to the other bar down the street later that night, so I couldnt do anything about it . But really though, that made me feel like not only was she not paying attention, but she didnt even care. My experience with the second floor, the nightclub section, has been good so far everytime I frequent it. The music is loud and the dj plays top hits. There are lots of young guys and girls dancing and having a drink. I know in the past there has been some brawls outside, but I have never seen any the times I have been there. I have seen security throughout and it made me feel pretty safe! The food is good. Although I think some of the prices are a little crazy. I say this because the service, like I said earlier, is pretty hit or miss. The staff is either really helpful and attentive, or careless and slow. I actually had one of the waiters a few years ago complain to one of the people I was with to tip him more because it was a busy night for him and all we ordered was dessert. Like we were wasting his time or something. I hope the waiters and staff get some customer service training. read more

The food was delicious, and the service was excellent. We called ahead and made a reservation, so we didn't have to wait. The band was great, but they were really loud and it was really hard to hear the servers, and each other. That is really our only complaint. read more

Shrimp appetizer was good, but everything else was just alright. Crab cakes were nothing to write home about.

Dora sucks she's the worst waitress ever JUST KIDDING SHES AWESOME she's the best waitress ever she works hard to make u happy go there it's a good place and it has good food all the time even for a picky eater like myself and it's cool there with nice people and it has music and the best lobster in town and it has cool balcony's and has 2 floors and a 2 bars and it's so cool and it's the best ask for Dora to be ur waitress when u go so u can have the best service read more

I went to this place which I heard was great and it was a sure let down.. I arrived and with open tables still waited about 10 mins before anyone attempted to sit me down, then waited another 10 to get a menu...A band was supposed to play at 9 but noithing happned till about 945 still not eating. A younger band showed up but was told it was old slow boring band day and that is what happened. Finally a waitress came to take my order and no crawdads...what the H... what kind of place says New Orleans and no crawdads..what a joke...I ordered chicken fried steak which was ok but took a while...empty glass sat for awhile so I got up went to the bar for a refill and the guy tried to charge me for another soda....NEVER GO if your hungry...a sad day in Visalia, CA read more

Went during happy hour, ordered bud light draft, got the bill and it was $5.00 per pint. Bartender never offered bud light bottles which apparently is the happy hour special at 2.00 a piece. When I questioned the amount I was told prices went up. Also ordered a sampler platter to go. Opened bag to find the hot sauce lid was not closed all they way and it spilled all over the container. Such a disappointment. Won't ever go back read more

I've lived in Visalia for over 6 yrs, this is one of the many over rated places I have been to in Visalia. After moving here from a more culinarily diverse area, and giving my best acceptance the fact that I am surrounded by burgers and burritos I tried this place more than many a few times... to begin with, downtown Visalia is beautiful. Depending on if it's bro night, or homey night, or just a night of debauchery of locals, this is definitely on of the places on the " walk" . This place is extremely over rated! The band? Is Extremely loud, even knowing that the sound was "professionally done" I had to yell in my date's ear all night long. And she still couldn't hear me! Not saying the band isn't good, just saying the band is way too loud! We couldn't even have a conversation about our 5th anniversary together. Our server was good, and semi polite. She asked for us not to complain about her on social media, which is wtf?!. After all do not order the caprese salad! They have no "f" ing clue what one is! Do not order one! Jennier or whatever, was very nice, " at the very end of paying my bill , "I will not return to this overpriced garbage again"! Change your staff, or train them, don't forget that people from foreign countries come here too! Turn it down so a conversation can be held! And hire staff that wants to work! read more

My husband & I decided to give Crawdaddy's a try after listening to Ray Appleton rave about it on 580 Talk Radio. We loved the whole look of the building outside & inside. We had a reservation but arrived early & were allowed to go ahead & find a nice table near the window upstairs. We ordered Calamari for a start & it was delicious. We both ordered the Ribeye steak & even though it wasn't quite as tender as we like it was still very tasty. The fresh vegetables & skin on mashed potatoes were so good. The one thing that we really noticed was the excellent service. Someone was always at our table refilling, asking if everything was ok or if we wanted anything else. We drove about 2 hours to check out this restaurant & we are so happy that we did. read more

Great food and great staff. I remember hearing negative comments about the food years ago but looks like they've changed it up because everything I've ordered has been delicious and the staff is always welcoming and friendly. read more

We went in for a BD dinner! The place was extremely noisy, but folks were having fun. The Lobster dinner was listed as Market Price so I asked an employee what the price was and he opined $39.95, but he'd check to make sure. A good while later, the waiter took our orders and I ordered the lobster. Turned out the guess on the price was $30 low! The dinner was OK, but certainly not worth $70! The band was entertaining. If you're looking for a party atmosphere, then Crawdaddy's is fine, but if you want a good dinner there are a lot of better choices! read more

I can't comment on the quality of their food because we never got that far. My friend and I went in for dinner on a weekday, they weren't terribly busy. We waited at the door for someone to seat us and no one ever came up to us, so we figured maybe we just seat ourselves. We sat down at a table for two. There were two waiters walking around, one of which looked like he had absolutely nothing to do. Neither waiter looked our way, brought us menus, or even told us they'd be right with us. We sat for 20 minutes being completely ignored then finally got up and left to eat somewhere else. Terrible service. read more

Absolutely horrible! We purchased a groupon for this place and thought it would be a fun place to try out for something different. Wow were we ever wrong! Both the food and service was horrible and it wasn't a family friendly place at all as they had absolutely no high chairs. The bathroom was disgusting and we couldn't wait to get out of there. I'll never go back, but that's ok because there are plenty of other great places to eat in Visalia. read more

I live about 50 miles from Visalia but if I ever find myself in the area or passing through town, and I'm hungry... I make a stop. Ramon and Dora are the keepers of many of the original Depot Restaurant recipes which they serve proudly at Crawdaddy's. Keith Korsgarden is the key Crawdaddy and plays in the house band, "The Crawdads." It's a fun, lively restaurant that brings rock and roll and great food together. It's a find in any city and certainly worth a drive to Visalia from Fresno/Clovis. Make sure you try the appetizers, Calamari, Artichoke Hearts and Crab Cakes. read more