awesome food and service! The best fried catfish and jumbo shrimp we have ever had! we've been twice now. will be going often! It's close to our church so we will be going often for lunch after church. We highly recommend it. We met the owners. So friendly and asking for advice. The servers were wonderful. We are so happy to find a place to eat catfish and shrimp again! Will invite friends and family. Haven't tried the crab boil yet because we love the fish and shrimp. Almost forgot the cocktail sauce and home made tartar sauce! YUMMY! read more

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Stay away from the oysters, and stick to the low country boil seafood. Service is nice and friendly and they'll make good recommendations, will be aware of the general vibe from management that can be less than friendly. Prices can get expensive quick, so watch out total price if you care about saving some money at a place like this one. Hush puppies are amazing how am I get a couple orders of those, the squid I really enjoy but it's not for everybody so be careful that you love squid and have a couple friends to split it with when you order cuz it's big. This is Viet cajun, so don't go in here expecting full Cajun and go here expect them to take advantage of the cross-cultural elements. Quality is not super high overall, so don't come here if you're expecting to get your socks blown off with super high quality, this is an expensive place that probably doesn't quite live up to its quality standards it's putting out by its prices and marketing. read more

So good. My family cime here for the first time and it is super good. We will definitely coming back. read more

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Loved it! Spent a weekend at Austin and found this place. The squid and oyster was amazing read more

Juicy Claws Restaurant - GRILLED JUMBO SQUID - Seafood Near Me - Austin, Texas

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Everything was hot and fresh! Flavor was awesome! Add mushrooms to your boil! I was against it at first and my son talked me into it.. Soo good! read more

Hands down great customer service and great food! They also have a "hidden" Vietnamese menu that you need to call ahead if you're ordering family style. I would recommend coming here, the restaurant is big and spacious , outdoor seating and again, hands down great seafood and dishes! read more

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The host was very welcoming and nice. The establishment was very clean with plenty of TV's. The food was amazing , I cannot believe I ate all of it by myself!! I'll definitely be back!!! read more

Juicy Claws Restaurant - Seafood boil - Seafood Near Me - Austin, Texas

The food and service were top tier! The drinks were off the chain. Wifey and I will be going back whenever we are in Austin.

I really enjoyed my time at Juicy Claws and have been to the restaurant multiple times since then. Walking in, the restaurant is decorated with beautiful murals and seems to have a fantastic patio, which I can't wait to eat on once the weather is better. I would definitely recommend the grilled jumbo squid, shrimp satay, and grilled cuttlefish (basically anything that comes with the house green sauce...I could drink the stuff ). The seafood was fresh and cooked perfectly. The texture of the seafood was fantastic and neither the squid nor cuttlefish felt rubbery. The fried fish was honestly some of the best I've had in my entire life and I have had a LOT of fried fish in my life. The coating was nice, crisp, and thin enough to truly let the fish shine. Same goes for the fried oysters! I've never had fried oysters that had such a perfect texture and either wasn't too wet or too shriveled up. It was perfect! The wings were also fantastic. I would definitely recommend the lemon pepper, but am also in the process of tasting all the other flavors. The seafood combo fried rice might've been a some of the best fried rice I've ever had and was always just as good the next day when I took some home to eat as leftovers. I had boiled combo #5 and enjoyed it with the garlic butter at medium spice. The garlic butter was phenomenal and had nice chunks of minced garlic. They also have a good selection of bubble teas! I was a little skeptical about bubble tea at a seafood, but gave it a try and WOW. The Thai tea and Taro were amazing, but my favorites have been the jasmine green tea milk tea and the fruit teas. You can really taste how fragrant the tea they use is. I always make sure to order one whenever I have gotten take out from this place. Overall, I've had a fantastic experience with this restaurant and will definitely be making returning trips. read more

Great delicious food and wonderful friendly and helpful staff. Great interior decor and fun outdoor neon sign. Conveniently located next to Southwest Lale Creek 7 theater in N. Austin just South of Cedar Park off 183. Highly recommend this place. Shrimp, fish, chicken wings. Something for everyone! read more

Don't come here looking for crab. Limited selection. Sharable softshell for ~$20. No crab cake, no crab claws (as the name might suggest). There's crab in some dishes as an afterthought in some dishes. Disapointing. read more

Juicy Claws Restaurant - Juicy Claws. - Seafood Near Me - Austin, Texas

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This place knows that it's neither totally Cajun nor Vietnamese, but their combination of the two works perfectly. We were among the first customers and were seated promptly and others soon began arriving. The space is large, and we suspect that it used to be a Jason's Deli, but they have definitely transformed the interior with a clever and interesting seafood themed decor. Tommy was our server and was helpful from the start. The menu offers a wide variety of seafood options, but we decided to order the garlic shrimp noodles, the salt and pepper shrimp, egg fried rice and two Mexican Martinis. Tommy told us that he was new, so I admired how much time he spent making sure our cocktails were properly made, which they were. I heard the bell ring from the kitchen and noticed the steam coming from our fried rice. Because of how few ingredients it has it's hard to get right, but it was light, fluffy and perfectly seasoned. The S&P shrimp were also seasoned and were plump, fresh and perfectly crispy. Edwyn loved the noodles, but I wasn't a fan of the texture. The service was great, and because the portions were so generous, we had to ask for a box to go. Despite being quite a distance from us, it was definitely worth it and we're looking forward to trying some of their other dishes. read more

Hidden gem in North Austin! Would recommend their crab clusters and shrimp with lemon garlic. Great service and experience.

I've been here a few times now. And I have to say the wings here are sooo good. I get the butter garlic flavor. Also had the pasta, and sandwich. Sandwich a little dray but the flavor made up for that. The owner was kind and friendly too. Recognized me on my 3rd visit too. Something I did. It expect for only coming in 3x in a couple months for lunch. I would definitely recommend this place for lunch time. Quick and easy to order. read more

Been wanting to try this new place and did so today. Met some friends there for lunch (who had been before and recommended). Not busy, so seated immediately, very nice staff. Gotta say it was really good! I had shrimp po-boy with seasoned fries and a cup of gumbo. Gumbo was excellent (dark roux and full of shrimp and fish, veggies, no rice!). Other folks had crawfish fried rice, delish! Fried oyster platter with Cajun fries, and chicken garlic noodles. Bit pricey for lunch (no specials), but fresh, tasty seafood. Extensive and interesting menu options, looking forward to trying more! Wish had taken pics, but I was too busy eating and talking. read more

Very tasty. Nice new restaurant near the Anderson Mill area. I ordered one pound. They have a 10% soft opening special. I order hot with Louisiana and garlic mix. The crawfish were a nice decent size and decent amount. It doesn't come with a lot of juice. So if you enjoy sucking the head not much flavor. Some of the crawfish were not hot. Not sure how it's prepared but I believe everything is thrown into the bag. Hot seems to come with a seasoning for the spicy or maybe that the Louisiana flavor. Over all I will be ordering again and more to give them a better review. Check them out. read more

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Just can't get enough of this new restaurant! Fresh seafood and cooked to perfection either fried or boiled. Staff and Owners make you feel like you have been friends forever. read more

This place was really good! I wasn't sure, but it had great reviews. The Crawfish fried rice was awesome and my daughter had this huge boil, was a LOT of food. But the best thing, hands down the BEST fried dumplings I have ever had. I didn't care for the Tom Yum soup but my husband ate it, it was too sweet for me, I like it spicy. What needs a bit of improvement is the timing of the food delivery as we were waiting on the bowl of soup for a very long time, nothing came out together...but I do know for most of it like the Dumplings they were making them fresh so I wasn't too unhappy! Great place, try it out! read more

We have been waiting for this place to open n it was a great disappointment. 10 little popcorn shrimp as an appetizer for 8.00 Crawfish was horrible and 13.00 a lb.not worth it. Good luck. read more

Love this place! Spacious dining area with an outside patio. Excellent service which is not always the case these days. Now to the food! OMG! I love shrimp and garlic noodles! read more

Juicy Claws Restaurant - Shrimp and garlic noodles! - Seafood Near Me - Austin, Texas

I went to eat here last week. They were out of most things I was interested in trying. Settled for egg rolls and a cup of gumbo. Blah. I will try them again, but I certainly hope their food order process substantially improves. read more

I was very impressed with the service in this restaurant, super fast, friendly and caring. The waitress literally came and check on us every few minutes, filled the water and asked if we would need anything. The food was pretty delicious. The crawfish was full of flavor, lots of garlic (I love the taste of it), the clams was perfectly cooked, and chicken wings was crunchy outside, juicy inside, garlic shrimp noodle was flavorful. My whole family and kids loved the dishes that we ordered. It was a beautiful Sunday, we drove 4 hours from Dallas, attending concert; visiting friends, and had a wonderful experience with this restaurant. Highly recommended! 10* if I could rate that much. read more

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This place is better than the Boiling Crab. Their garlic cajun butter sauce tastes just right, not overly salty. The owner and servers are very friendly. The restaurant is decorated to fit the theme. We ordered the snow crab claws and shrimps. It would be nice if they have head-on shrimps. Hope they get more and more business. read more

The food here is absolutely delicious! Every dish we tried was bursting with flavor and cooked to perfection. The servers were very friendly and helpful too, especially Doanh. 5 stars, Highly recommend! read more

The food was great and the service was stellar! We ordered a mussels and shrimp boil for us and the garlic noodles for our daughter. The medium spice was definitely spicy but the flavor was so good! We will be back! read more

Good ambiance and fast service. I ordered only crawfish fried rice. Tasted good even though it was very dry. The usual sauces found in a south Asian restaurant, like, Chili oil, or chili garlic paste or sambal olek were missing. They did offer Siracha & soy sauce. read more

One of the better crawfish joints on the nw of atx. They have live bands on Friday nights and karaoke on Saturday night.

Enjoyed a beautiful birthday dinner with my husband. The food was amazing, delicious, and perfectly seasoned. I ordered the garlic butter steamed snow crabs and shrimp. Their name makes sense since it was definitely Juicy! My husband is not typically a cream sauce type of person, and he devoured his shrimp pasta!! The staff learned it was my birthday and gifted me a delicious sweet treat to end the night! The server was knowledgeable and very accommodating. This is a new restaurant, and Austin needs to celebrate and support this gem! read more

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The food is really good. The wings are bomb!! The boil bags are ok and seem to lack a bit of flavor but not bad. The service was great the first and second time we went but this last time it was horrible. They have big TVs which is great for any games that are on. read more

I've been been here several times with family. The foods were good. My favorite is grilled squid and Crawfish with garlic butter sauce. The staffs were very energized and helpful! I'll definitely come back. read more

I've been here several times and been happy and satisfied with the dishes I ordered. The service was excellent. Definitely recommend this place! read more

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The restaurant is really good for seafoods lover! Tried crawfish is perfect. Also beef hot spot with lotus roots s great! Danny read more

I was recommended this place by a friend who lives in Austin and decided to stop by while visiting college. And i must say, this had to have been the best decision of the week for me! I was with a buddy and we tried the COMBO #1: a 39$ Seafood boil (crawfish, crab, shrimp, some extras). It was absolutely delectable with plenty of sauce and unique seasoning, definitely in contention for one of the best seaboils I've ever had! Also, for the surprisingly low price, it was a very generous portion Furthermore, we tried the SEAFOOD FRIED RICE (24$). As someone who regularly eats fried rice, I'm very picky about how fried rice should be done. I was worried I would be disappointed by yet another restaurant, yet this was perfectly seasoned, aromatic and savory while the shrimp was tender for sure. A delightful surprise! The portions were filling as well (especially for the price). My buddy and I left full and satiated with to-go boxes to go! Furthermore, I'd like to do a special shoutout to my server Lynn (or maybe Lin? Sorry if i get it wrong!). She was very nice and energetic; she got our orders out quickly and came by often to checkup on us. I'm also a bit of a chatterbox (self aware moment) but she was nice enough to keep us company for a bit even though it was busy! Over all quite a very pleasant experience with a welcoming atmosphere (great lighting!) and great food. Thank you to everyone who served/cooked for me, will come back again! 10/10 read more

Who decided to switch jason deli with this not juicy claw. Worst experience I have ever had. I'm a sever and understand customer and the restaurant business. Never ever would work for a owner who insured their customers. I got the combo #1 Hot. Literally y'all no spice or flavor. The shrimp had to be frozen shrimp bc it was very hard and chewy. I talked to my server very nicely and explained how I did not like what I was served. She came back with her managers the guy owner literally said he ate off my plate I sent back and nothing was wrong with it!! THAT NASTY and Unsanitary. My crab claw was missing 2 legs when served to me I ate one that barley had any meat. The girl owner as she was walking away said " you ate most the crab" most the crab was missing before I even open the bag. Also my boil came out in 5mins!! I wouldn't complain but clearly everything was frozen before being served. Will never be coming back to not juicy claws. Just stick to The heb boil if ur thinking about going here. My 4 year old would give me better service then what I got here! If you want a good boil go to happyrito read more

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Awful customer service! Owner and server were extremely rude. My sister was extremely polite and told them the seafood boil (crab legs, crawfish, shrimp) were not good and she would like to send them back. The owner instead of apologizing and replacing the meal with something else, he accused her of just wanting to send the meal back because she ate most of the meal which she did not. We paid for noodles and popcorn shrimp that were decent. We were trying to give honest feedback. It's disappointing a new restaurant came into the neighborhood and treats new customers like that. Not a welcoming environment read more

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Absolutely delicious and charmingly unique. Everything we ate was amazing. The ginger squid was huge but every bite was gone in a second. The Sweet Chili wings are worth the drive and the prices are surprisingly affordable. Our server Janaya was nice and attentive and the Happy Hour pitchers are only $12. Location could be better but there is easy parking. There's screens for the games and booths if you want them. We will definitely be back! read more

I don't leave many reviews. Full transparency. I live in Leander and have my go-to spots. Hubby and I decided to try a new spot since we had to be somewhere after. We just left 26 minutes ago and now sit in a Chik-Fil-A curbside. We got there at 6:45 on a Wednesday. Maybe 3 other tables were there. We ordered a 1/2 dozen oysters and calamari as apps. Decided on boil #1 with added mussels and mushrooms. Boil #1 contained a crab claw, 1/2 lbs. shrimp, 1lbs. crawfish, and 1 potato, 1 corn. They ran out of corn.... Still my husband and I were thinking that the food was enough. As soon as we ordered, I went to the restroom and by the time I got back the boil was on the table. We thought that was odd but we were hungry so we dug in. I asked for a side of clarified butter. What I got was gelatinous country crock. I should've taken pics but I could turn the cup upside down and it would've budged. The boils was dry so I scraped the bottom for any juice The waiter came back and long story short he forgot about our oysters and calamari. $75 for one boil and now we're at CFA. Within 1 hour. We ate there and were home in time to enjoy a CHIK FIL A sandwich. So disappointing.... When you splurge on a boil you expect FLAVOR and unfortunately we wasted money on forgetful service, fast, dry, and expensive food. Sad part is that 90% of the tables were empty and we were in no hurry. read more

My favorite dishes are crawfish (the house sauce) l, grilled squids and shrimps salads. I love the vibrance, friendly staffs there. I would come back again. read more

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Hi everyone! I'm not usually the kind of customer to leave a review whether I receive amazing service or not. I just leave an establishment either appreciative or disappointed. However, my first and only dining experience with Juicy Claws today has left me literally sick to my stomach and sadden by the lack of empathy and customer focus this food establishment operates on. I placed an online order for a Seafood boil. They offer the boils in two styles Louisiana style and Garlic Butter style. I chose the Louisiana style mildly spiced seafood boil. I go to pick up my order with no issues. I get home to prepare myself to eat, and ate a piece of shrimp and crawfish to realize it's bland. I figured maybe all the seasoning is at the bottom of the bag. I take another piece of shrimp and made my way to the bottom of the bag to dip the shrimp in the supposedly "Louisiana style seasoning", just to realize it's just the seafood submerged in melted butter. I call the establishment to inform them I didn't receive the correct order in hopes of resolving the issue, due to the value and quality of the meal not matching up. We agree for me to drive back in exchange for a replacement. I get back and speak with the manager who inspects the bag along with a server. The manager then proceeds to tell me the order is correct what is the issue? I informed him the boil is bland, there's no type of seasoning no Cajun, nothing but melted butter. The manager offers me the solution of him taking the boil bag to the back to add some Cajun seasoning as there's no other options. I stated I don't feel comfortable with him taking my bag to the back just to add seasoning, as I could've done that myself. I had the understanding that I would receive a replacement. Next he offered to put some liquid seasoning in a to go container, and I agreed. I get back home for the second time. Start to pour the liquid seasoning in a large bowl to mix with the butter in the boil bag. As I'm pouring the liquid seasoning I noticed a bunch of larvae (maggots) in the liquid seasoning. I make a third trip to the establishment to show them the problem. I let them know there's bugs in the container and they don't believe me. I ask the manager for a utensil to show them the bugs in the container. Instead of being met by empathy and resolution I'm met with insulting body language and I'm assuming insinuation that I did this. Due the manager saying you took it home. What does that even mean? My funds were refunded. However, I hope all future customers are mindful when choosing to eat here. read more

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Went in for happy hour. The wings and catfish nuggets were good. Good price on the beer too. However the Mexican Martini was horrible tasted like left over jalapeño water, sad because it cost the most $10. read more