Crawfish season is coming, and this is hands down my favorite spot in Memphis: Ellis Seafood! They have the best crawfish in town! Big, juicy, fresh, and always perfectly seasoned. The owner is super nice and even remembers our usual order and preferred flavor, which makes it feel extra special. Must try: ! Corn nuggets (crispy, slightly sweet, so good) ! Fried catfish (crispy and flavorful) ! Crawfish (less salt, garlic butter, 3lb is my routine, 5lb if I'm not on diet) During crawfish season, I could honestly eat here every week and never get tired of it. Tip for serious crawfish lovers: I've heard my friend said Thursdays may be the time they restock crawfish. read more

See all

I purchased gumbo and chicken nuggets for $6.50 and $4.99. The gumbo was watery, mostly celery, okra, and onions with very few shrimp or meat; I think I counted 3 shrimp in the pint. It was not good at all! Also, instead of getting an itemized receipt, you get a receipt with the total which added up to $13.48. it appears they added a TIP and tax automatically (I never authorized a tip 4 a counter pick up order.) OMT: The clerk/waiter who took the money then went back and prepared the food no gloves! I thought there was a law against taking the money and fixing the food by the same person with the same hands. I will never go back again. Nuff said. read more

Food was horrible no flavor store bought food on a plate the cheese cake had a sprinkle of strawberry sauce on it

They are price gouging because they are in a black and brown neighborhood. The price of the crawfish is ridiculous this year. Keep in my mind crawfish season this year it's plentiful and the price everywhere else has dropped but theirs increased. NOPE! The lady at the window is VERY RUDE . Will not return read more

food too high paid overpriced for 1 cluster boil bag don't come here go to a black owned seafood business could of save my money honestly

I thought I had left a review the first time I came here, but I guess I did not. This place has delicious crawfish! This time, I did add fried rice, which was also really good. I will keep coming back for more crawfish while the season lasts. Service was pretty quick, didn't have to wait too long for our food. read more

Ellis Seafood - a bowl of craws and potatoes - Seafood Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

Spicy, well seasoned. Delicious. The medium spice level has a kick for sure. Came with 3lbs of crawfish ,a potato corn and sausage for around $25 read more

Ellis Seafood - Crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

Ordered shrimp fried rice and honey good wings. Felt nauseous after eating wings. Mother did as well.

I love this place!!!! I recommend it to everyone! The food is amazing and the service is great! She treats everyone like family!

I love this place been coming here for years. The staff is amazing, I recommend crawfish when they're in season and also they whiting fish. they also have steam crab and shrimp. If you haven't tried Ellis, you're missing out, read more

Great food everything is delicious, especially the seafood bowl and the season wings whole wings

I don't know why I've waited so long to review this place!! I love getting food from here. At one point I was going like once a week. To me, it's that good. I even got my brother to try them and now he's just as hooked lol. The first thing I tried was the crawfish, I believe. They are seasoned so well. Some of the best crawfish I've tasted in the Memphis area. They also have many other wonderful menu items. I've tried their crab legs, shrimp, wings, fish, fried okra, fried rice and wings, and I can honestly say I was pleased with it all. Reasonably priced as well. On top of that, I have never experienced a problem with customer service and haven't had to experience long wait times for my food, even when I've had a big order! What more can you ask for? I've since calmed down from visiting as much, but I'll be back very soon! read more

Ellis Seafood - 1lb of crawfish: spicy - Seafood Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

See all

I am so glad that I've come across Ellis Seafood restaurant! I decided to order the bag with the shrimp, corn, potato, and sausage and a bowl of gumbo. Everything was tasty from the start to the finish. This place has reasonable prices. I love how they also offer drive thru services unlike most seafood places. I will definitely come back. read more

Ellis Seafood - Shrimp, Corn, Potato & Sausage - Seafood Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

See all

got a crab boil last night and it was bussin and only like $29 for two clusters and 10 shrimp

Quick Dinner with family. There are lots of food choices. The prices are okay. The menu is a tad bit difficult to navigate. Seasonal options are on the menu but you don't know it isn't in available until you order. read more

Ellis Seafood - Fish shrimp and oysters - Seafood Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

There are not many places open in this area on a weekday night. I don't think there are many places open in the area on any night. The sign says that you can dine in until 9PM but they shut down early. I came here and bought 5 wings and fried rice. The fried rice was decent and nothing special. The wings were honey gold and had a very good taste. I wouldn't have a problem coming back here but I wouldn't go out of my way either. read more

Food is amazing. I've been eating here for years and I've never been disappointed. If your ever in the area this is the best place to go,you may not have heard of them but now you know. read more

I would put zero Stars THEY were Sooo fuking rude and disrespectful TODAY I drove off and didn't get that food the guy with the red hoodie on he almost got it by me 4Real I asked him was my food going to be okay since lil women got sooo smart with me at the speaker and he said if I shut up it will...Naw I said Bitch u got me Fuck up and drove off i was finna go in but i started praying for HIMI WONT GO BACK Tho!!..... read more

Best crawfish ever hands down!!! I go there so often that they know me and my children by name. The staff is super sweet and everything on the menu is on point. Now that it's crawfish season they will definitely see me often. Me and my broke lil best friends love this spot. read more

I had my first frog legs at the Gold Strike Casino in Tunica many years ago and fell in love with them. My now 20 year old son shares this love. When I visit him in St. Louis throughout his school year I usually take about 9 frog legs for him to enjoy and share with the uninitiated. Ellis Seafood has fantastic frog legs! They are large and always perfectly cooked with a light batter and come with a side of French cut fries. If you've never had frog legs or the ones you had didn't leave a good impression go and order them from Ellis. They are a destination trip for me and everyone I've introduced them to over many years. Obviously the frog legs are ordered but also their cooked garlic shrimp by weight. You tell them what size shrimp and what weight you would like and they cook them for you. Example: "I'd like one and a half pounds of jumbo cooked shrimp." What you will get is one and a half pounds of jumbo shrimp in a plastic bag with sliced onions swimming in a garlic butter sauce. This is an incredibly delicious dish! You have to pull the shell and tail off the shrimp but the dish is worth the work. When I was working, I once opened this delicious bag in a closed office for my lunch. Within minutes I had people from all over the building coming to my office like I was the Pied Piper of delicious food! I wouldn't open the door lest I get mobbed and stripped of this Siren dish that called hapless people from afar. I've given this dish to people during times of their mourning or as a "Thank You!" with great effect. It's that good. The same for the frog legs. They have a teriyaki rice dish that is also delicious. Super nice people run the restaurant that started in Jackson MS from what I've been told. Food is cooked fast with short wait times even when busy. Food is cooked fresh when ordered. I don't think they take phone orders because of this. Now as a seafood restaurant, they have the usual suspects: catfish, tilapia, crayfish, lobster, crab legs, etc. The aforementioned dishes are so good that I haven't been able to get past them to try other foods! read more

Southern fried seafood, fried rice and egg rolls. First time I ever had fried shrimp and oysters with Chinese hot sauce! It was fresh, properly rolled in corn meal, and came with good hush puppies. Very clean. Recommended. read more

Looks/Presentation maybe a 6/10. Fries are Ok corn is pretty good. fish and okra should have been fried longer. fish is pretty slimy on the inside. Was really in the mood for some crispy cat fish and this did not deliver. Line was also way too long. okra also taste raw on the inside read more

Ellis Seafood - fried Catfish Fillet (2 Pieces) - Seafood Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

See all

I wouldn't advise getting their crab legs. You DO NOT get what you pay for. The snow crab clusters that I received were small..VERY small. It was seasoned good, just very little meat was provided‍ read more

Richard the owner has prepared some awesome seafood treats for you. The food is really delicious!!! My go to place when I come to Memphis! The Gumbo is delicious! Get some!!! read more

I'm not sure what I was thinking on my first visit giving them 5 stars, but I obviously liked it that day. I couldn't even eat the crap today. $17 for one piece of cat, some nasty fried up shrimp, hush puppies, fries, gumbo, and a drink, and I didn't like anything. The closest thing I came to liking was the hush puppies. What made it so expensive was that I threw half of it away. That means I paid twice what it should cost. Catfish: this was the nastiest thing on my plate. I've caught, cleaned, and fried hundreds of cat and I have never seen this color or tasted this flavor before. It was grayish, brownish in color and for it to be a small farm raised channel, I don't buy it. It should be pure white and taste clean. If catfish was supposed to taste like this, I'd never fish again. Gross Shrimp: This is another example of truly disgusting. It wasn't fresh at all. I know it was frozen, but when I say it wasn't fresh, I mean it was borderline spoiled. Once I peeled the cornmeal away, you can tell how nasty it was by my pictures. Gross. Apparently I liked them on my first visit. Fries: Even the fries were not good. My opinion was that they tasted freezer burned. Gumbo: Not that great either. My biggest complaint is that rather than mix the rice in, they put a scoop of rice in your cup, then add the soup in on top of it. That way you eat a bunch of soup without rice, and if you didn't know you were supposed to stir it yourself (it's not like it came with instructions) then you discover that you have half a cup of rice at the bottom. No sausage. It has boiled chicken though. I'm not sure if that's right. It has little soup size shrimp. It's got bay leaves or something in it that you can't eat. The celery was good, but okra was mush. On my first visit I said it was fast food, but I liked it. My second visit, it was just bad fast food. There won't be a third visit. Here's my guess, and it's only an assumption: I believe their freezer thawed everything out and either was fried while thawed out, or it re-froze. It's just one possible explanation. I'll give 2 stars because it used to be good. read more

See all

Best seafood in town, as far as crawfish, crab & shrimp. The rest isn't desirable, unfortunately.

I went there for the first time last week and enjoyed the fried rice and wings, went back today and other the fish dinner and the gizzards plate and both were horrible. I called the store to ask about the cooking time on the gizzards and I was told that they boiled the gizzards first and then fry them. They were the worst I had ever had. The person I spoke with had no remorse and didn't offer me money back or anything. I won't be back!!!!! read more

Amazing crawfish, shrimp, & crab legs! Cooked to order & tossed in sauce. Family that owns it is wonderful as well.

You would never guess such a good seafood place exists in Memphis. Located in a sketchy area of Memphis -- I'm not sure I would go there by myself at night but the food is great. Try the gizzards if you are into them -- they are pretty good. Crawfish is great and reasonable when in seasonz read more

See all

Wow just ventured out to Ellis Seafood last night. Supposedly they have been open for a yr now but they just started serving crawfish. We ordered 3lbs to try (medium to hot flavor) and it was seasoned just right. Its the beginning of the season right now so the mudbugs are gonna be a little small. The thing that got my taste buds going is how the crawfish is seasoned. I like the seasoning with a kick so i'll go with the hot next time. They then put the crawfish in a bag to keep in the flavor. We added a side of 3 corns and they were sweet and delicious! I would definitely recommend getting crawfish here. They serve other seafood items like crablegs, shrimp, frog legs, fried rice, etc. I did not see any alcohol but I am fine without it. The building looks like an old KFC location. Go try and see for yourself how good this place is in East Memphis! bon Appetit! read more

See all

OK, crawfish enthusiasts, if you want to do as I do, cook your own, definitely come by here. They sell them by the LB. for about $3.50 per lb. Every time I've bought them here, and got home, 99% alive rate, good size, and good quality crawfish. Yes, they cook them here, but, I'm not a fan of crawfish cooked with garlic cloves for seasoning. There are WAY TOO MANY seasonings out there just for crawfish that don't detract from the creature itself like garlic cloves. We also had the catfish lunch here 1 time, pretty decent, especially for the price. You can order however many lbs. of live bugs you want. No need to go to B'lly's in S'haven and argue with him that you want to buy less than a sack or 35 lbs. Why waste your time. Come here, get 5 lbs, 10 lbs, at a great price and cook them yourself. read more

Ellis Seafood - Specials - Seafood Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

The Food Was Delicious. I Had The Catfish Dinner With Two Catfish Filets And Some Fries On The Side. The Meal Was Affordable It Was $6.99 Plus Tax. The Service Was Fast Also No More Than A 5 Minute Wait For Me At Least. read more

Ellis Seafood - Seafood Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

See all

This is the best hidden gem. I like them better than some of the high end seafood restaurant that offer seafood boil bags in this area.

I got an lb. of cajun butter shrimp extra spicy with the chicken and seafood gumbo. Wonderful shrimp. I liked the chunky cut of the veggies, but it wasn't the best gumbo ever, but it was extremely edible. read more

This place is right beside autozone, almost missed it... Traffic was heavy! The place was cool with TV's in 2 corners, anywhere u sit u can watch it, they hv some cool huge aquarium inside. The staff is so friendly & for the seafood joint this place is clean (the floor or table)... My favorite is spicy garlic butter crawfish, mannnn... Addicted :) the 2nd one is spicy cajun! Only $21 u can bring delicious 5lbs worth of crawfish in ur tummy read more

Ellis Seafood - Regular menu - Seafood Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

See all

Food: Ah-may-zing! Not sure if these guys grew up in Louisiana, but the roux (coz gumbo is all about the roux) was on point! And the garlic butter shrimp was seasoned just right. Service: Polite, friendly, accommodating. Inside: As another yelper said, this place is clean, even the bathrooms. Will definitely come back, if I'm ever in Memphis again. read more

Ellis Seafood - Tastes just like the gumbo in Louisiana! - Seafood Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

See all

I was looking for lunch which was not the typical chain food after looking at the reviews for Ellis Seafood decided to stop for lunch. So glad I did. I had the catfish and jumbo shrimp. Even the side items of the fries and the hushpuppyies we're good. I didn't go wrong. I would highly recommend this place. It was fast and Fresh read more

Ellis Seafood - Side entrance. - Seafood Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

See all

Best crawfish in town! I order every week and it's the best. Flavor is spot on. Price is very reasonable too.

This fried seafood and chicken shack is where you'll get your typical fried fish, shrimp, or chicken. It's all of those but with an Asian twist. I think this is one of those either you love it or hate it kind of place. Luckily, no one has given this place a bad review yet! And I'm not about to be the first! Now I came here here with my coworker and we had fried fish, seasoned fried whole wings, and 2lbs of cooked spicy crawfish. I always order seasoned wings first time at a hot wings place just to see the quality of the chicken not covered in sauce. The fish and the chicken were fresh and not over cooked. YEAH! The seasoning had a hint of Asian flavors, and it was lighter than I would have expected in this neighborhood, which is not surprising considering the Asian twist. When BJ's, Memphis Best, and Ching's are right in the neighborhood, I honestly would recommend Ellis to dust the chicken with more of that seasoning or give me ranch dressing. With the tartar sauce, I can't really complain much about the fish. Next time I order wings, I would order hot or honey gold wings which probably would eliminate the light seasoning issue on the chicken. Now let me talk about the cooked crawfish. Here you have two choices, regular or spicy. I chose spicy. I'm used to the traditional crawfish boils. Instead of the plain dry cajun seasoning in the boil like you get everywhere else, here we have lots of real minced garlic and red peppers and sliced onions, making an incredibly flavorful southeast Asian style broth. Vampires beware! They cook the shrimp and the crabs in this same broth too, which makes this even more tasty. I want to drink this broth! I wonder if the gumbo is cooked using that broth, cause if it is, I'll be here all the time. But this was the messiest crawfish boil I've ever had thanks to all that real garlic and peppers. Since nobody said it was a CAJUN crawfish boil, this is fantastic. It could be even better if the spicy was spicier! But if you want a traditional cajun crawfish boil, I wouldn't recommend this place. I came back on the next day and had the gumbo and shrimp fried rice. Let's talk about the fried rice first because that's easy to talk about. IT IS GOOD. As for the gumbo, the gumbo is rich in ingredients. It's got lots of chicken, shrimp, okra, celery, and rice. This is probably vampire safe. But that seafoody goodness flavor of that broth I talked about before is in the gumbo, but not the flagrance of the ridiculous amount of garlic or onions as in the crawfish. At just $5 for a 16oz cup, it is a fantastic deal! This may have become my goto weekday lunch place. read more

Ellis is probably the best seafood place I've been too in Memphis. Very flavorful and affordable. I usually get the 2 cluster with shrimp potato and corn for $25. They are very friendly and the wait is never unbearable. The seasoning is delicious and one of a kind read more