Best crawfish in Houston!! My go-to order that i always get and HEAVILY recommend is their crawfish with "The Grail" seasoning along with potatoes, sausage, corn, and fries to dip in the leftover sauce. This time i wanted to try their other menu items so we got 1lb of snow crab legs which came with a lot more meat than i expected, soft shell crab fried rice, boudin link, and garlic noodles to-go. Everything was very flavorful but the garlic noodles especially stood out. Even with the whole restaurant packed, our food came out quick. Service was also really nice and attentive! Tip: After you're done eating crawfish, rub a lime all over your hands to help get rid of that garlic smell. read more

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All things seafood I love, Crawfish Café did not disappoint. Tasty garlic noodles & lobster. The crawfish cheese bread & crawfish egg rolls were absolutely delicious. Superb customer service, I will return. The parking, that's another story, work on that Crawfish Café. read more

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My all time favorite crawfish joint in Houston. My favorite is the garlic butter but every other sauce were equally just as great!

Not gonna lie. The crawfish was pretty good. Especially being out of season. They weren't plump but they had flavor. The sauce was nice touch as well. Very garlicky but I love garlic, so...... Win?. The fried rice was good to have, but you have to ask for some crawfish sauce on the side to drizzle on the rice. Service was good. Very nice. Very polite Might come back. read more

Crawfish Cafe - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

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I had to return the "sausage" gumbo. I should have known a gumbo with ONLY sausage and a black roux was suspect ! Totally tasteless. No decent, authentic Creole Louisiana person would burn the roux and put only sausage ‼ Then I get baby crawfish (embryo size) wherein the lil potatoes dwarfed the crawfish. Though I live in California, I was born in Louisiana and lived the 1st 16 years of my life there. I visited a week ago and had crawfish there, in Liberty and Crosby, Texas. ALLLLL were the size of lobsters and much less expensive. I was shocked at the ratings here !! You've got to be kidding me. First time in all my travels nationally and internationally I've had a bad Yelp experience. Let me stop here and get out ! read more

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Came here with my cousin and her fiance and their friend for lunch on Saturday because we were craving crawfish and had a great time! There was a bit of a wait; they said half an hour for a table but we ended up getting seated in ten. They did a good job spacing tables out, each one had a huge pump bottle of hand sanitizer and copious napkins, and all the staff were wearing masks. There isn't a huge beer selection and they were out of margaritas, but the guys had a few beers. I ended up ordering two pounds of crawfish with their signature sauce mix (garlic butter + kickin' cajun) along with potatoes, corn, and sausage in the bag. Spice level medium has an excellent kick and all the flavors melded wonderfully. I finished all the crawfish but had plenty of sausage and potatoes leftover, so serving portions were very generous. We also ordered sweet potato fries (which came with ranch dipping sauce) and cajun calamari (which came with spicy mayo) -- both were tasty! My cousin and her fiance also ordered a pound of shrimp in "the mix" sauce; I tried a piece and it was delightfully garlicky. The servers did a good job of clearing trash bowls regularly and refilling our waters. All in all we had a great experience! I'd absolutely come back the next time I'm in the area. read more

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Manager was not well informed about service dog laws. Had I been alone I would have made a bigger deal out of everything but did not want to make my guests uncomfortable. We asked to be seated inside but when they realized that I had a service dog without knowing they extended our wait time to make sure we sat out side on the corner table. Then when I go to sit down. I'm only allowed to sit in the corner chair so no one is afraid. That is not allowed, also disrespectful and Discrimination. I was not very pleased with my experience at your restaurant. We even got less attention being seated outside to be honest. They didn't come out and check on us or the other surrounding tables twice we had to flag down the waiters to come to our side. Not the most attentive staff. side note the thai Basil seasoning was good ‍ read more

It's the crawfish season! My wife and I have to order some boiled crawfish from Crawfish Cafe around Late Feb to March because they are so delicious! House Special Blends (garlic butter and kickin cajun) is our go to and we add a side of corn, sausage and potatoes and that is good enough for us for a dinner. We usually pick it up and eat at home because heights location is pretty close to our place. But, the place is always full of people especially during the crawfish peak season and seems like a fun place to eat inside as well. Maybe we will try eating inside next time (hopefully when it's not too busy!) read more

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First time here. Got a watermelon margarita with spicy crawfish. I really could have gotten extra spicy. The waitress was really helpful and nice. I would be coming back read more

Crawfish Cafe - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

Second time here and i love it! Im from louisiana so i love the louisiana style & the texas cajun flavors. Its still a little different from home but it definitely does the job!! My first experience was amazing, from the juicy hot steamy crawfish to the frozen margarita but this time it was good, just wanted the crawfish to be steaming hot & more juice in my bag instead of luke warm but it was still good!!! I will be back! The atmosphere is also good. I was too busy being a big back so no pics. read more

Crawfish cheese bread was the star of the show actually ordered on to go. The crawfish were good. Service was ok. Nice vibe inside as well good music to enjoy the food with. read more

Changing my review to 5 stars. The manager reached out shortly after my initial review and completely validated and understood my concerns. He gave me a gift card so I could go try the food again. I got crawfish but a new flavor, Cajun and garlic butter and upped the heat level to reaper. This crawfish was frozen but still tasted excellent! I can't wait to go back during the season next year. Completely redeemed themselves! read more

Crawfish Cafe - 2/10 snails found in my to go food - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

Ya'llllllll get them salt and pepper shrimp thooo they fire! Drinks could use a bit more alcohol but overall the flavor is there! Didn't like the crawfish eggrolls though. read more

Crawfish Cafe - Salt and Pepper Shrimp! - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

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first the AI assistant for calling. Top-tier service as well as food. I must add. I called order 10 minutes the text to pick up. Smack pack is my third time this week (smh) flavor was hitting the like crazy can't wait to bring my family! read more

First time trying crawfish they were pretty big, the food coming out was fast but when we sat down it took them about 10 mins to ask us if we wanted any drinks/give the menu. One of the biggest issues I had was the outside seating how "pets" aren't allowed , we had an ESA with their paperwork of them being one and in training for service animal still declined i felt pretty upset the whole time since I was having bad anxiety that day and the pup had to be in the car with someone while we tried crawfish for the first time they didn't get to experience that. But oh well I guess read more

Crawfish Cafe - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

I mean...... 10/10. Finally tried this place for the first time- had crawfish, shrimp, snow crab legs, & sausage and got the "The Mix" and "The Traditional" sauce.. we will be back! read more

Crawfish Cafe - Crawfish- "The Mix" sauce - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

Great food, excellent service, and great ambiance- Love the crawfish- they are too expensive but great flavor.

This my 6th time coming here and never fails the taste of the season is so delicious. I got the signature garlic spicy crawfish and it was perfect! Our waitress was a nice sweet lady. Excellent services! Thank you! read more

Crawfish Cafe - Crawfish, Shrimp, Sausage, and potatoes. - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

Amazing food and always great customer service. I recommend the crab legs boudin balls and oyster nachos.

I picked up 12 lbs of crawfish and was pleased with the service, cheerfulness and helpfulness of the lady helping me up front. The mudbugs were super tasty and fresh out the pot. They even gave me a paper table cover, gloves, bibs, extra seasoning and limes. We were all very happy. We got kickin Cajun and garlic butter sauce combined and it was an awesome flavor combo. Most of the time they are fresh crawfish, but since they it's off season they informed me they were previously frozen and gave me a sample before ordering so much. They were still very good, and I found that very honest and appreciated it. read more

Crawfish Cafe - Crawfish with potatoes - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

Food 10! parking loot sucks! yall newd gl move to a different location with a bigger parking lot for the amount of biSness yall have. wait time to get a table too! to looooong! read more

I don't eat seafood but the Bird Pack was amazing. Came from Fort Worth for a day of good eating

Wings have good flavor and texture. Fried rice was lacking flavor. (crawfish/shrimp combo)

The food here was so amazing, my server Jada really made us feel welcomed. Some of the best service I've had in a really long time! My family and I will definitely be back! read more

outstanding flavor and service. I try to make a trip to the location off of Shepherd at least 2 to 3 times a month.

Garlic. garlic. gar-lic. I keep coming back to this place over and over again. I've been going for crawfish. Their signature blends are so good and their spice levels are accurate. I keep forgetting to get some photos because I demolish my crawfish before it Can reach the table well. They procidetlemons and butter and mayo if you needed. Fantastic spot with multiple locations! And the potatoes are so good. I can just order them to go and will pick them up some days. Seriously, go before crawfish season is over. No one likes frozen crawfish! read more

Amazed by this Cajun-Vietnamese blend -The mix of flavors were just fantastic! We ordered shrimp and crawfish with lemon pepper, garlic basil and Thai basil sauces -added corn and potatoes for our sides. The egg rolls and chicken wings were also really good. They provide gloves, since it's a little messy to eat. read more

Crawfish Cafe - Shrimp, Crawfish, 9 Fried Shrimp, Shrimp Fried Rice. - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

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I wanted to try some crawfish for my trip to Houston and my friend took me here. For fountain drinks, they are a Pepsi establishment so no Coca Cola. However, they have the Coke in the glass bottle (the sugarcane ones). I would definitely recommend the fried calamari and their sweet potato, and their lemon pepper shrimp. We also got fried okra and the original seasoning Crawfish, and fried catfish. Unfortunately they don't do 1/2 lbs. I think the smallest size would be 1lb. I haven't tried their crab legs which seem to be also pretty popular! Wouldn't definitely come and check that out also! read more

Crawfish Cafe - Catfish Fried Rice Calamari Fried Okra - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

*I recommend coming during a slower time as you will likely have to wait otherwise. *There is a parking lot (on the smaller side) that's shared with other businesses. *Highly recommend the Signature sauce blend. It's excellent. Fantastic. I haven't tried too many crawfish places in the area however it's going to be tough to beat this one. Huge menu with lots of options! First, you pick your seafood (crawfish, shrimp, lobster, crab, mussels, scallops, clams). Then, you choose from 6 different sauces (or 4 different sauce blends) and finally, you choose your spice levels. Love all that customization. They also have a wide variety of appetizers, wings, fried platters, wok dishes, and add-ons. We had crawfish with Signature sauce (a blend of Garlic Butter and Kickin Cajun sauces). I am not the biggest crawfish fan but the sauce really made it a more enjoyable process. It was fantastic. We also got the shrimp with garlic butter. Holy cow, it was LOADED with garlic. Perfect. I also really appreciated that they had a large screen inside with market prices for all their seafood offerings. I hate having to ask so this really helped. Friendly and efficient service. read more

Went to order takeout and was asked for a phone number. I asked what for. The girl said to call when your order is ready. I told her I would be right there waiting. Then she says she "needs" a number. I could tell she was gonna be difficult about it, so I made up a number. Part of my order was the Shrimp Pack. Basic. Couldn't taste the little sauce that came with at all once on the rice. And the server name on the ticket is Clarissa. read more

The food was great we the signature crawfish. My husband even had the red beans and rice and he loved them. I also had a side of garlic noodles yummy. We can't wait to go back. Our waiter was great. I think his name was Cane but the swamp water has my memory a little fuzzy lol.Drinks good and we like all the tv's with the games on. read more

Best crab legs ever!! Be careful and make sure your crab is fresh and not dried out. If it happens to me again, I will update this review. I'm going to say it was a one off. A well deserved one at that. read more

My first visit, and I am absolutely happy! It's my near home place to get crawfish. I'm a LA girl and LA seasoned crawfish purist. That's what I ordered. Babyyy...excellent! read more

Service was HORRENDOUS. Crawfish tasted DIRTY (as if it wasn't purged), could literally feel grains of dirt and mud... For $10/lb, I expected better. I've been to another Crawfish Cafe location (Bellaire) and it's great but this location... not so much. Our server was not attentive whatsoever, messed up our order not once-- not twice-- but THREE times. We ended up with the wrong amount of crawfish, the wrong drinks, and missing dishes... I would say the only saving grace here is the fried rice which isn't anything crazy good but it wasn't horrible like the rest of the meal... Won't be back, sadly. read more

Crawfish Cafe - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

Had 1 hour wait on Tuesday night at 8 pm but food is worth it. We got the cajun crawfish and lemon/pepper chicken wings. Both with strong flavors. The chicken wings surprised me the most. These may have been the best chicken wings I've ever had. It had some cooked onion on top that really added to the flavor. read more

Crawfish Cafe - Seafood Near Me - Houston, Texas

This is hands down my favorite place to get crawfish in Houston. This place gets packed really fast and unfortunately, has a small parking lot. I highly recommend getting at least a few pounds of crawfish in the signature sauce. I usually just get about 2-3 lbs. I usually get it at a mild spice level because my spice tolerance is low. The cajun fried rice was good too! I also recommend the shrimp (head on) in either the mix or the signature flavor. It's so good and the shrimp sizes are pretty big. Everything from here tastes so fresh and flavorful. The flavors are not too overwhelming and taste perfect. I ordered for takeout and it was about a 20 minute wait for the order to be prepared, which is not bad at all! I called over the phone and when I got to the restaurant, my order was ready without any waiting. I highly recommend ordering takeout! read more

We came with a giant group of teachers on a Wednesday afternoon around one and was able to get a table for 14-16 of us within ten minutes, despite the restaurant being pretty crowded already. We opted to sit outside on their spacious patio since it was a nice day. It was windy with a cooler wind, so some of the space heaters were on per request of some of the other customers. They set up a table super quickly for us and added extra tables as more of us showed up. Except for my sister and I, everyone else were first timers - especially to Vietnamese-Cajun style crawfish boils. They were super excited to try all of the different flavors offered here and all of the different seafood that they could get. We took some time looking at the menu as our waiter took all of our drink orders. Everyone ordered something different - from pounds of crawfish in different sauces, to crab and mussels and shrimp, and tons of side orders to share. The Cajun fried rice and garlic noodles were delish! The fried okra and hush puppies and fries were super crispy and complemented the rest of our spread quite nicely. We explained how all of the different dipping sauces worked and the staff were so nice as we kept asking for more ~things~ (small plates and forks to share food, sauce cups, gloves, lemon, etc.). Our coworkers never had so many fun choices to dip their boiled seafood into! They especially loved the melted butter+Cajun spices (I mean, who doesn't?!) and the lemon+pepper+salt, which is my favorite. Some liked the mayo dip the best. We wanted to give a huge shout-out to all of the staff that stepped in to help everyone out that day. Our waiter was super helpful in explaining the menu, taking everyone's separate check orders and ringing us up, and bringing things out as we requested them throughout our meal. It made for a very epic experience for all of our coworkers who expressed how much they loved the food and atmosphere of the restaurant! They are excited to try new flavors or reorder the same things again. Many were already planning on visiting again during their next teacher-holiday to go together or even try to come back even before then! Definitely recommend and we will all be back! Thank you for making this first visit for so many of us so memorable! The only drawback of this place was the parking, but all 14ish of us were able to find either lot parking or street parking nearby, so it's there, it just might not be as easy, but parking is like this everywhere in the heights really, so most from the area will be used to it. The street that Crawfish Cafe is on is also a one way street, so keep that in mind when leaving. We did see lots of cars going down the street in the wrong direction when exiting venues around the area - so just be careful! There were signs on the parking lot to warn people, but not at every exit for every place in the area. read more

don't advertise "live crawfish", when they're not live. -that's false advertising. I literally JUST called, after seeing your ad for "live crawfish", the lady was very short with me, and said they are "cooked to perfection", but also said they are NOT LIVE. (crawfish are not live in October, that's why I had to call, - just to hear their retort....)-not cool to advertise falsely, for the peeps not intelligent enough to know...this is NOT CRAWFISH SEASON RIGHT NOW...... read more

I just was there about 3 hours ago. I ordered the fried rice with crawfish tails. It was bland and mostly rice with very little meat... Had no Cajun flavor whatsoever.I wouldn't even known.I was in a Cajun restaurant.......VERY BLAND DISH ,quitw dissapointing. IThad hard pieces of celery Throughout the dish that tasted very hard And like chewing my front lawn. What a ridiculous waste of valuable time and money coming to this restaurant . Even the ice tea tasted like sink water..... I am not a very good cook at all.But I could have made anything that tastes better than this and was more satisfying. I GIVE CRAWFISH CAFE A BIG FAT NUMBER 0 read more

I looove crawfish season and tried a few places this season, but this place is always consistent with their flavors and never disappoints! They serve Vietnamese style crawfish, but don't let that intimidate you from trying it if you never tried that type of style before. Don't knock it till you try it because I can guarantee you will not regret it! I usually order 2 pounds of their garlic butter and lemon pepper mix and it is sooooo good!! It's not your typical seasoning they just throw on top after they boil the crawfish...it's mixed in there good and their ingredients are wet and not dry seasoning, which I like. And you get those flavorful garlic pieces in there with that butter. So make sure you order some side pieces of corn, potato and mushroom to soak up all those goodness. You're stomach probably won't thank you afterwards, but worth it! This last time I went there, my sister and I saw they had salted egg crab. Okay, I know what you're thinking...it sounds weird but once again, don't knock it till you've tried it. It's an appetizer dish but it's only $15! What a steal and you get two whole crabs! I had to ask my sister to double check on that price because you can't get that price anywhere. The seasoning on the crab was just so decadent and delicious and came with a lot of crab meat inside. Right now crawfish season can be pricey because of inflation, but if you want to make sure your money is money well spent and you want to make sure it was worth it, this is the spot! This place gets really packed and can sometime sell out towards the evening time...many people usually order to go. But if you live kinda far like I do, I suggest to come early like during lunch time. read more

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