Oysters were size of a marble..$20 meal. You be the judge. Shrimp.were let's day on the "shrimpy" side..nice waitress.

Food was incredible. Participated in Margarita Mondays and lemme tell ya those are bomb. Service was quick and efficient! Will be back

I went in during SXSW. Felt like they were severely understaffed. There was one female server who seemed inexperienced and wouldn't bus a single table. The manager was nice and accommodating. But should have told her the business. It took a long time to get attention. The food was pretty good. Had the snow crab legs. I would eat here again for sure. Just hope they find some better servers. read more

Nice spot but every time we come they are ALWAYS out of something. We have been here 4 times and the crawfish and blue crab is always sold out. I guess they must be so good, however as a business owner they should manage their inventory better. I just want to try the crawfish!! Also, my BF ordered the fish platter and the server asked fried or blackened. He ordered fried but when we got our food it was blackened. When we asked the server, he told us that he specifically asked my BF if he wanted fried or blackened, and that my BF said blackened, which I clearly heard my BF say fried(he doesn't even know what blackened meant). We corrected him and he took the food back and brought out fried fish but everything else had gotten cold. It was just not a good experience for my BF. read more

Ordered boudin balls.. they were frozen in the middle ... then our crawfish came.. the potato and crawfish were cold !!! They are lazy and not even reheating things thoroughly. The shrimp poboy only had 6 small shrimp on a large bun!!! read more

Great atmosphere for some crawfish and drinks with my colleagues. The crawfish was seasoned on point and the oyster was fresh. Our sever, Lily, was very fast and attentive. Would definitely recommend! read more

Pretty pricey for crawfish - ended up paying $9 a pound at the end of April. I truly think this is the best place to get spicy Cajun crawfish in Austin though... really can't compare any other places over here. Comparable to Houston crawfish. Their margaritas are pretty trash though...got a house margarita and it was hella watery & weak. read more

Had a pound of king crab legs and a pound of shrimp in the mild sauce. Found the food to be great and had a excellent flavor. I would have given five stars if not for the poor service and they were not that busy. I waited fifteen minutes just trying to get someone to pick up my credit card to pay for my meal. read more

Crawfish ATX - Excellent king crab and shrimp - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Austin, Texas

The food is always amazing! We've become regulars and request Lily every time we go! She has amazing customer service!! When we were unable to sit with her she still came by to check on us!!! She's amazing!! read more

I really like crayfish and I used to come here often. But the crayfish that came here twice last time are incredibly small and some shrimps are not very fresh. I don't know why it is like this. I won't come again. read more

Crawfish ATX - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Austin, Texas

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As an avid seafood lover who recently moved to Austin, I finally found my favorite spot for crab legs. I ordered takeout, so I can't necessarily speak to the restaurant itself. However, service was great, staff were friendly, and my food was ready on time. I ordered a pound of snow crab legs, medium spice level. They were delicious! So well seasoned and cooked to perfection. Also very reasonably priced as well. Will definitely be visiting again soon' read more

Crawfish ATX - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Austin, Texas

I feel bad writing this but this place was just not good. It wasn't even crowded and took me forever to get seated. The crawfish was not good. It tasted grossly fishy and so sweet like it was drenched in sugar. They also charged $9.95 a pound for it which is ridiculous. All around bad experience. Will not be back.... read more

Great service, great food my waiter Cesar made the experience a lot better will visit again soon

Flies and ants! On the table and window! My 2lb of crawfish was served COLD! I know right! Wth! Why would you hand me crawfish that isn't fresh out the pot, wait for 20 min to get it cold! And the flavor was disgusting didn't even eat! Very disappointed and I will be driving to the Wells Branch location for now on! This was my third time going to this location for crawfish and each experience was trash. Won't be a 4th time for crawfish. Drink was good though! Smh read more

We called and ordered ToGo. We were told 15-20min and it was exactly 15 when our food was ready.

We went with a group of 5 last week. The seafood egg rolls were good and the shrimp salad was fresh. The remaining items that we tried weren't great. The calamari was chewy and cold. Oysters were old and lemon wedges looked like they were cut 3 days ago. The oysters weren't served on cubed salt which was fine but having them slide around the huge tray and be cold/old was insult to injury. They had a couple of ok drinks including the hurricane type drink. The bartender may have been busy multitasking because everyone was working hard there. Drinks sat a while before the waiter brought them but I understood bc she was busy. We saw them sitting in the window ready and reminded her. The syrups in the drinks just weren't great and they definitely weren't fresh ingredients. Mexican martinis tasted like melted ice pops. Applebee's Mexican martinis are better; they aren't even in the same class as a Mexican martini from Hyde Park. It doesn't matter how many "floaters" of tequila are used (which the waiter suggested we add more- no thank you, honey- esp at $3 per .5oz!) if the rest of the cocktail isn't balanced so it was disappointing. They may have been slightly better if they weren't melted but honestly I don't think by much. With COVID recking havoc, I'd consider offering a smaller menu that you could guarantee had fresh items instead of subpar ingredients and a full menu. The staff was nice and manager talked with us a while which I appreciate. I may try this place again after Covid but it will only be in a pinch. On the bar, I'd reduce the cocktail list as well and focusing on fresh ingredients or just don't offer cocktails. Most people seemed to order draft beers. The stale syrups are gross and obvious. Once again, everyone was nice/service was decent but food/ingredients seem to pale in comparison to other Austin restaurants. COVID has us all in a bind so I'm understanding. Hope that this review is helpful. read more

If i could do zero stars id be happy too. Awful service. Came with my cousin and good friend. We all put our order in at the same time and when we my friend and i got our order my cousin did not get his. Halfway into eating our 2 Pounds of crawfish and shrimp our waiter comes back and says to my cousin we are barely putting your order in and my cousin says don't worry about it (it's not even a busy night, there's no wait.), he doesn't want any food. I WOULD NOT recommend this place to anyone. Also we asked our waiter for the check over 20 mins ago and still nothing, complete trash service. Definitely not coming back. Jacob is our waiter and completely left us dissatisfied read more

if you want raw seafood and bad customer service definitely come here. They will overwhelm you with it. The manger is so rude

The service is mediocre. My friends and I are all service industry workers so if anyone understands a busy night- we do. During my first experience- our server was exceptionally rude at every turn. We were also told there's no more crawfish last time we came in, then continued to see tables get crawfish well after we got our food. Today when we went in at 9:34 we were told that we could not sit down, even though their open sign was flashing, and all hours (website and in front of the store) all said open until 10PM and the restaurant was packed still. Overall annoyed that they aren't reliable as far as hours/service goes and won't come back anymore. The only reason they are getting 2 stars is because the food is decent at a cheaper price. read more

I didn't read the menu, because in my wildest dreams I would never imagine someone boiling crawfish and then smothering them in some weird butter sauce. It was quite a shock when they brought them out. Size is average to small, but you just can't get past the strange coating. Never seen anything like it. I had a half dozen oysters on the half shell and they were ok, but not the best quality. Had to remind the waitress 3 times for the Boudin Balls, and she never brought the dressing for the salad. So we just them take it off the bill. Mid day and it wasn't really busy, so I'm guessing we just didn't get one of their better waitresses. read more

If you're going to have a new bartender, make sue he knows what he's doing. The bartender tonight sucked win. I ordered a small frozen margarita. You bring me a large on the rocks. My wife also ordered a drink and vitamin takes him almost 20 minutes to get our drinks. The place is not even packed! Come on man! read more

this restaurant is terrible! i ordered a pound of shrimp and it came out raw. I thought maybe it was just one thing of shrimp but i took of head of the other shrimps and blood literally started dripping. I told the people who work there and they only took $2 off my tab when the bill came but i had to argue with them first before they did that read more

food was great and even though it was a saturday , wait was not long and food arrived quickly at the table

Solid crawfish when it's crawfish season! When it's not crawfish season, don't go..the crawfish is not as fresh, juicy or big (unless you're ok with that??) I enjoy their seasoning and love how they add 2 corns, 2 potatoes, and some mushrooms and sausages to every 2 pounds of crawfish. The atmosphere is typical and fitting for eating crawfish. The staff is friendly and props to them for keeping up a good attitude on a crazy, busy Saturday night. I'm glad I checked in on Yelp to get 10% off my order! To give you an idea on how busy it was on a Saturday night at 8 pm, the wait was about 30 minutes for a table of 3. We ended doing to go because it was quicker. For 8 pounds of crawfish and 2 extra corn and potato, we waited about 20 minutes. Not bad! Overall, would highly recommend this place for all of you crawfish lovers. read more

Hate to say the service is getting really bad, especially if you sit at the bar. Takes forever to get a drink because they are tending to waiters orders. Once was a nice place to enjoy seafood. read more

OMG!!! Just had dinner. Sat at the bar! 2 people sat down AFTER me. They were greeted & orders were taken BEFORE me! I was not asked how I was doing. I had to ask for my bill & a to go box. I spoke with a manager. He could have CARED LESS!!! No coupon offer, not even a beer on the house!!! I will NOT be back!!! read more

I had a horrible experience with this restaurant!!! I ordered some takeaway crawfish for dinner, and I got an awful later reaction that evening!! I threw up the whole night and spent the whole night in the bathroom with horrible stomach aches and had awful diarrhea! The food from this restaurant was the only different part in my diet that day, so I have to assume that my severe reaction was a direct outcome of that. I would not recommend this place!!! read more

Zero service . I walked in and was seated. Many waiters passed me by over several minutes and none offered to take my order or ask if I had been helped yet. I got up and walked out. read more

Worst seafood I ever had, would never eat here again, food was cold, and seasoned horribly -7/5 stars. But the server wanted me tho

My GF and I went here today and had a great time. We have been there a few times , but it's been awhile. We sat at the bar. Service was really good. The very first time we went to the Shack was on the Sunday the weekend it opened. It was a disaster. It's been a while, but I believe it took 2 hours to get our food. I truly felt sorry for every employee working that night. The second time was about 6 months later and everything was ok. Nothing to brag about. This last time was. Food was perfect. Service was great and the atmosphere had a nice vibe. They have truly came a long way! We will be back. read more

Good food the first time. The second time watered down. The three time the crawfish was small and a week later it was a little bigger. The services are nice but continue to forget my drink orders and the buckets for the crawfish. Waited around 1hr to get in, every-time on a Friday. If you're in a rush to eat don't go but if you have an 1 hr to wait around sure. Go on a good week and make sure to repeat your order and requests to the server, they will forget. read more

Sometimes we do things that make no sense. Like the guy who cuts you off to exit the highway when there's plenty of room behind you, or a person who gets a tattoo of a coffee mug, or me when I decided to drive ten miles out of my way to eat here. I originally wanted to go elsewhere for a shrimp po' boy, but the place I was looking for on Cesar Chavez apparently disappeared. So -- for some stupid reason, even though there's a Crawfish Shack much closer to my house -- I trucked it down here and nearly vomited up the vodka I'd had at Casino South Side when I saw the size of the fucking shopping center that enveloped Crawfish Shack. No, "enveloped" is too kind a word; let's try "engulfed". It amazingly didn't take me too long to find Crawfish Shack among the million capitalist piranhas, but of course there was a wait. That's really surprising, considering how new they are down here, and I doubt many far-south Austinites have even heard of the original location and its epic food. But, lucky me, there were open spots at the bar. And this location is much larger than the north location, yet it manages to get just as busy. Good for them, but terrible for you. The interior looks like they're trying to become a local Joe's Crab Shack, which is disturbing. A positive about this place is the full bar, whereas the north location only serves beer, as far as I know. A negative for me here is that I live 18 miles from this one, which means I'm not about to try driving that far on even one drink. I'd already had my fill at Casino South anyway. Another positive about this place is the excellent service I got. And that's it for me and the positives. Sorry, folks. The food... Oh, the food... I got my usual shrimp po' boy, expecting it to be just as good as the ones I have at the north location. But it was like being 8-years-old on Xmas morning, expecting to get that She-Ra action figure you asked for but getting a Smurfette nightgown instead. I'm sure the shrimp tasted just fine, but I couldn't get beyond the taste of the bread. It didn't *look* burnt, except in a scant few small spots, but it *tasted* burnt. Charred. Carcinogenic, even. And it was a sweet charred taste, like when I used to go all pyro with my S'mores and catch my marshmallows aflame, gleefully watching them turn a crisp black. The bread tasted like THAT. And while a sweet, ashy taste might be okay sometimes on a marshmallow as a sweets-indulging kid, it's not okay on my bread as a sweets-avoiding adult. The taste was nothing short of overpowering. It was almost like walking into the perfume section of Macy's. It was THAT STRONG. I have no idea how bread could look so innocent yet taste so bad. It's like the "girl next door", and then you find out she's got whips, chains and anal probes in her closet. Except the latter would be tons o' fun for a straight guy, unlike the former. Yeah, thanks, but this location makes me glad I live north. read more

WORST. EXPERIENCE. EVER. I hate to say this but after being recommended here from a native, this place was by far the worst place ever, why well let me explain... First we noticed a lot of people, yes it is Saturday and yes we were told we had to wait 30 minutes but for our luck we waited less then that but I was quite content since it was just two of us and got seated quite rapidly. After waiting almost 30 minutes sitting in our table without being asked for drinks, or that our server will be with us I got up and asked the host if she seated us in a table without a server (smart-elichy I said) and she just looked at me a little dazed and confused and she then ran off to get someone. Again, after waiting another 7-10 minutes I wanted to just leave but instead we decided to stay since most likely we would have to wait wherever we went and due to the crowd we figured that their crawfish was just heaven sent. Finally, we got a server! Kitty, which is funny because she was actually a host too and not a server! Right after she got to our table and we starred at the menu for awhile we knew what drinks we wanted, our apps, and our meals. we ordered a Dr. Pepper, Coke and Jack, waters, 2 lbs of spicy crawfish,2 lbs of mild crawfish, a cup of gumbo, and 2 lbs of mild blue crabs. We got our drinks, we got our gumbo, then a couple of minutes later my date got his crawfish with all the sides (corn, potato, and sausage) then we got the crabs that we wanted to share and Kitty said that my crawfish was being worked on which again, I did get upset however I did wanted them to be tasty and hot so i started on the crabs as I waited. Finally when my 2 lbs arrived, Kitty said that I would have to wait on the potato, corn, and sausage and mushrooms, again I was down but at the time I was just glad I had my 2 lbs so waiting for the rest was not a big deal up until I began eating my mudbugs! They were cold! Yup, not hot, not spicy, with no sides, after I had waited for so long thinking my batch was going to be fresh but NOOO! After my bowl of sides was dropped off I sarcastically asked by this time if cold crawfish was the "style" or the right temperature that they serve for guests and she said no, that is when I simply informed her how dissapointed overall, that I just wanted to leave but we had made plans and did not feel like going elsewhere and asked her if she could please make sure that they come out hot and spicy, not chilled! She finally brought them right, ate most of them and when I told her I was ready for the check I told her that my check-in offered 5%off my bill, she was polite and said not to worry, she will make sure she took care of me and give me a significantly better discount, which I will not lie, I thought for a second that I was then being a little harsh and that the steep discount as I was promised would make this a better experience, even if their food needed improvement in all aspects. I got the bill and saw that I was kindly given 10% off!!! TEN, 10, DIEZ, yup just a measly 10 but to make matters worst I was also charged for additional corn, sausage, potato and mushrooms that I HAD NOT ORDERED! That right there my friends was my 10% off which it was no discount after all so I pointed that out to Kitty and she apologized she just forgotten on the only table that she was working on to take that off my bill since my initial 2 lbs of crawfish didn't come out until later. She later removed it, brought my 10% off down but by that time I just had enough and did not want to request for a manager since I had other places to be and simply decided to give myself an additional discount by not tipping, Yes I just did that. NO TIP. The morale of this situation, even if all hell breaks loose and have to go out of your ways to still attempt to provide great service for the company that you represent, do not over promise to a client. Do not come and tell me that you will give me something and half-butt it but try to be sneaky and make up for that discount. Maybe it was just me but when a couple wants to simply go out and have a nice dinner before going out, there is so much I can handle as the experience kept worsening. Sorry Crawfish shack and Oyster bar but I do not see the big fuzz about this place: Food, service, and prices are just ridiculous even if poor Kitty tried but tried to bite the hand that feeds her. read more

Horrible service and my shrimp were VERY over cooked. I'm giving it 2 stars bc the beer was cold and cheap and the Boudain balls were good.

I show up on a Friday evening with a sign saying that their TABC license has been revoked so it is strictly BYOB at the oyster BAR. No biggie, I go to target which is close by and grab a 6 pack for for less than I would've paid there. I get back to the OYSTER bar and order OYSTERS only for the kind waiter named Ryan to inform me that they do not have oysters. I then ask how the manager is going to accommodate us since there is neither oysters or bar when the place is called OYSTER BAR. The manager Alex was too coward to even come speak with me directly like a man and forced Ryan who was respectful to inform us that they had oysters but they would only serve them fried bc they were "too small & would look ridiculous served raw". So, all in all, I went to a oyster bar that had no oysters or bar. Thank God for the turkey necks bc they are delicious. I give this place one star bc of the lack and cowardice of management. "Alex The manager" couldn't even show me the respect to talk to me in person. read more

I ordered 3 pounds of crawfish and got them EXTRA spicy. Disappointingly not very spicy and just super salty. The big to small crawfish ratio was good. But the service...wow The service was TERRIBLE. The hostess completely ignored me when I walked in and then when I said it was just me, she gave me this really nasty look and told me to sit at the bar. I've never experienced this but the staff talks really poorly about each other in front of the customers. It's unappetizing to hear what people are saying about their job or their coworkers when I'm sitting there trying to eat. But I ordered 3 pounds of crawfish so I trucked through it. Also, the bartender straight up YELLED at his coworkers about leaving dirty plates on the bar. I get that dirty plates on a bar isn't good but come on. Have some class and pull them aside or tell them during a staff meeting. Don't just yell in the middle of the restaurant while you have customers eating. I don't think I'll ever be back here just because I don't trust the staff handling my food. read more

1. This place is legit. 2. Those complaining about size are also eating crawfish outside of the regular crawfish a season. Try going between March-June. 3. They're cooked Vietnamese style. This isn't your traditional Louisiana boil. Yes, butter is involved. 4. I haven't had a bad thing on the menu and I've been going to this restaurant back when they only had the north location. read more

I'm never coming to this place again. I always take to go orders and this time was so disappointing. The crawfish was not fresh even though the front person confirmed me that it's live crawfish. The shrimp was mushy. I've been to here at least 20 times now and honestly just so so disappointed. I know when crawfish ARENT fresh and the shrimps were so mushy that it was impossible to eat. I'm never coming back to this again. This is the only time that I did not finish my crawfish. I had probably 4 piece of crawfish and that was it. I loved this place back then but it's gone down hill. I always recommended this place for crawfish lovers but not anymore. Just terrible. read more

Crawfish ATX - Mushy shrimp. Crawfish was terrible and not fresh - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Austin, Texas

It's okay I wouldn't recommend taking someone on a date here. It's really noisy . Kids running around and I asked for spicy crawfish and got very salty. The potatoes in the boil aren't great but ok. The oysters are extremely small. But I was really thrown by how chaotic it is in the inside with all the children being allowed to run around as if it were a playground. That was way to much. read more

This place is a hit or miss. We've eaten here several times and the problem here is getting good service. Getting seated here are at times unorganized, especially if you have a larger group. At the time, we wanted to sit outside since it was unoccupied and we had a large group. But we were told due to not having enough servers, they couldn't accommodate to sit us outside and that we have wait to be seated inside. During crawfish season, we've eaten at crawfish shack at least twice a month. The 3 star is due to poor service and with their inconsistent with their crawfish servings. I'm not sure how their crawfish servings are measured, but some of us will have more items than the other and some will have less. For every 2lb of crawfish you order you get potatoes and a corn. One time my order had no corn and I had to ask our server to bring me one. We like to go here because of the location. Yes their crawfish can be is good, but with Deckhand Oyster recently opening, we may have to take our business there if there's no change with there service here at Oyster Shack. read more