Some of the best Cajun food I've had in a while. We had the frog legs(awesome), gator bites(sooo…read moretender), fried plantains(seasoned beautifully) for starters. For dinner I had the Gumbo and my girlfriend had the salad with shrimp, crab, and crawfish. The gumbo was seasoned excellently and tasted just how I make it at home in like 7 hours. My girlfriend's salad was amazing with the homemade ranch. We came in late and the service was still top notch. Finished off with banana pudding and my girlfriend said it was the best she's ever had. We were just in town for the weekend but to anyone looking for a place, do it!

Definitely a hidden Bessemer Gem, Boateng's is a quaint space with good food and adequate service…read more I've had a fried shrimp platter with fried green tomatoes and the ultimate gumbo and I've had a fried grouper platter before with same sides. Two weeks ago I had a salad with blackened grouper fish. My daughter has tried and I've sampled the seafood quesadillas and it too was good. Each meal is cooked fresh to order and worth the wait. Food, service and ambiance are all worth the visit so give them a try and you will go back!!

One of my favorite local places. Seafood boil is always delicious! Service was fast & friendly. Our…read morewaitress was so nice & my kids loved her!

We're on our way to Miramar Beach in Destin and this place was right next to our hotel. We ate at…read morethe bar and watched the Ky Oaks race. The service was great and my pick two Shrimp basket was delicious! The shrimp were HUGE and lightly breaded. My husband ordered the Cajun Fried Rice with Shrimp and said it was delicious too. Huge portions! The atmosphere was good as well. We will definitely be back on our next trip to Destin!

The pasta was good without any added protein. The container of Parmesan was perfect for the…read moreportion. The portion was more than enough. Really appreciated the service of the wait staff, chef and manager. Everyone at our table was more than satisfied.

We love the place but way too expensive!…read more But overall, good food and very nice waitresses.

Yes! Everything is great. What a wonderful combination, good food, great service, and an…read moreunbelievable Sunday ambience. What more could I ask for? Of course, you are home to the food bags that's why we hear. I can't eat seafood, but I Ala carte me up a special. Thank you Wanna, you are Amazing. You look like you looked like you wanted to get me together, if she order one more of them can cokes, Imma bring her a water. lol. We are a party of 4. I got 8 piece Cajun, with a side of sausage, corn, potatoes in crab barrack sauce mild spice. You real spicy for mild. Ty got the catfish basket and Mommy got the shrimp plate with okra. Deedee here too, she got the crab special with crab and shrimp. We eating and it's good. Everybody full!!

Joined a friend for dinner. We were quickly seated. The location is large and perfect for groups…read more She frequents this location so I followed her lead with the order. We both got the buffalo wings with lemon pepper, extra crispy as an app. The wings were really good. The sauce was rich and flavorful and the wings were fried to perfection. My only complaint was they were really big. My personal preference is smaller yet meaty wings. We got the 1/2 lbs shrimp bag with excess sausage and mild house sauce. The bag before the extra was only about $10. It comes with the corn, sausage and potato. That price is crazy good! The shrimp were a great size and the ingredients seemed fresh. The sauce was a very bland to me (in comparison to similar restaurants). The servers were really sweet. Checking on us often but not overdoing it. All in all, I would return again! Next time I'd probably get medium sauce and extra garlic. Yum!

Stumbled upon this gem on TikTok, while visiting Birmingham, we just had to check it out! It's a…read morecozy little spot that has a vibrant atmosphere--dim lighting, great music, strong drinks, and tasty food! They have both indoor and outdoor seating, and since it was such a beautiful day, we decided to enjoy the patio. However, I took off a star because not a single staff member shared how things work there! After being told we could sit anywhere, we found ourselves just waiting without any guidance. At last, a server delivered food to the table next to ours, which prompted us to ask why no one had come to us. She was super apologetic and handed us menus while explaining that we need to go to the register to order and pay first, and then we'd get a number for our table. As for drinks, if you want an adult beverage, you have to order those separately at the bar. You'd think there'd be some signage indicating the process since it's a bit different from the usual! But let's talk about the food! We split the shrimp & grits and chicken & pancakes. While I usually prefer my grits creamy, I still found the shrimp mix to be tasty! The pancake was a tad thick for my liking, but the fried chicken was definitely the highlight--it was absolutely delicious! Oh, and the Hennessy Margarita? Totally on point! Overall, this place is definitely worth a visit!

I give it a 4/5. The food was fresh and still warm when we arrived. The fish was crispy, and both…read morethe fish and shrimp were seasoned very well. They initially forgot the sauces, but they were kind enough to give us more than enough afterward and even included a free topping for my husband's side order. I didn't get out of the car, but from my husband's experience, the staff was very kind.

Solid restaurant, pretty good service. My fish and chips was tasty, but gosh it's a lot more fried…read morefood than I anticipated. Yes, I know fish and chips is fried fish and fries. However, the plate was just a bunch of brown fried food, and I was hopeful to see more garnishes, lemons, etc to make it a little more appealing to the eye. My husband had gumbo which he loved and then another plate with a fish on it that I can't remember the name of. He wasn't a fan of it. I did like the peach bellini that I had. It was very balanced and also hit the spot. Great pricing too for it. I also didn't care much for the hushpuppies. Full of oil, and crumbly in the worst way. The other thing that I wasn't a fan of was the fries. It's kind of hard to mess up fries, but these were SO hard that it sounded like you were crunching a bag of kettle chips. I'm not sure if this was how they normally were or not, but it really freaked me out. They almost seemed old and bottom of the barrel. I did love the interior of the restaurant as well as the bathrooms were spotless. I liked that they had a large selection of fish at the front on the ice.

I am absolutely not a fan of the fried breaded crab claws. It was such a huge disappointment from…read moremy 1st experience with the boiled crab claws. The flavor of the crab meat was lost in all the bread. I felt like I was eating a chewy chicken nugget. Everything else was was what I expected. The fried okra was good, the fried green tomatoes were wonderful & the fries were perfect. Please bring the boiled crab claws back?

Great service, fun environment, and the food was really yummy!…read more My husband and I both had the seafood combo 1. I had the Cajun mild flavor and it was perfect. He had the medium and it was delicious! The spice does build, so if you are sensitive to spice, I'd definitely go mild or no spice. The Chocolate Martini was so yummy!!

Server was very attentive and sweet. They had to reset the coke machine and before they did that,…read moreshe made sure to bring everyone at the table extra refills because it can take up to 30 minutes for it to reset. The ambiance was honestly your typical seafood boil place but the food really hit the spot

Great service. Great food. Great drinks. The bar is where I always sit. It's faster (in my opinion)…read more Kendall was the bartender on duty during my recent Wednesday evening visit. She's amazing!! I really enjoyed the crab claws app- $23. They are served chilled & steamed. This was the perfect little snack. I also had a nice glass of sparkling wine. It paired well with the crab claw appetizer. I always have a great experience whenever I come here. Current is definitely worth checking out if you are in Birmingham, Al

My friend, Julia, and I tried current the other night! We walked in and immediately loved the vibes…read moreand upscale, quirky, modern feel of it all. High ceilings and exposed brick are a few of the ways to my heart. If you've seen a post about this place, you've probably seen a picture of the crackly round, artistic dish and wondered what it was. There are dumplings on the underside of it and you break each one off of the crackly part to enjoy. We did enjoy these but I would've loved a soy sauce to dip them in. They came with chili crunch, peanuts, and green onions but I wanted an actual sauce. They were very standard tasting dumplings and there was nothing extraordinary about them unfortunately. As always, we'd looked at the menu beforehand and decided what we wanted. It does state on their website that their menus can change due to freshness and availability. But we'd both decided on an app and entree we wanted only to get there and have none of them on the menu. I do appreciate a rotating menu to accommodate local items, but I would also love for those to be updated on a regular basis. So after rerouting, we decided on the chicken skewers as another app with the dumplings. These were chargrilled, flavorful, and had a nice crust on them. I got shrimp fried rice and Julia got spicy beef noodles. It was fine but I wish the shrimp wouldn't have been cut up. It felt like they chopped them up in order to not put as many in the dish. At $25 for this, I'd like whole shrimp please. There were a few pieces of raw spinach with pepper on the top. I would've loved a sauce of some kind. I would've preferred shrimp hibachi with fried rice from a Japanese place that included vegetables and sauces. This was not *bad* there was just SO much room for improvement. We both agreed that nothing was awful, but for these prices and the hype, we expected more. Our waitress was super friendly. Bonus points because they had match boxes at the host stand! There was a paid parking lot diagonal from the restaurant, so we had to walk through an intersection to get there. There are some spots up front if you can snag one. Overall, we enjoyed our time here but won't be sprinting back.