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    Kickin Kajun

    3.9 (874 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Alyssa A.

    Out of this world customer service! My husband and I enjoyed a dinner here to celebrate our 13th Wedding Anniversary. Many of the other patrons looked like they were also on dates or celebrating special occasions. There is a paid parking lot with an attendant adjacent to the restaurant or you can park in a metered stall along the street. We paid $1 to park in the lot during dinner. This restaurant is ADA accessible. We brought a gift card with us our sister had given to us as a gift for a birthday. Unfortunately when they scanned it to pay, it was not working. However the staff were so kind and went above and beyond calling the gift card company the next day to get to the bottom of why it was not working. We would like to thank all of the staff for your assistance, especially Jenny, and for making us feel like valued customers. In the end they found the problem and issued us a new gift card. We will be glad to return for our next special occasion and use the gift card then.

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    Malachi M.

    We are on a mission.... To try some new spots our daughter loves. She just graduated from HPU this week getting her Bachelor's in Psychology. And she wants to make sure we try all the spots she has eaten at the last three years Well, I have to say, the chef did his thing in that kitchen. As a chef myself I take my hat off to you sir! Job well down! Not many can handle the "Kajun" flavors. This was a good spot for the first stop this week! All I can say is there shrimp, mussels, catfish, crabs, rice etc,.etc. etc. it was all good! We will be back if she decides to stay for her Masters program. Ooooh one last thing! The fried Oreos were on beast mode! one order had four and ice cream with whipped cream! BOOM if you're on a diet don't even think about it! Certainly on point! Pray, Eat and Love because life is way too short! M&M

    Catfish
    Richard L.

    First time to this location on Keaaumoku. It's definitely a great feeling to know that the quality of the food and service is excellent and consistent with the location in Kapolei. We enjoyed our food and the service was awesome.

    Snow Crab Legs Combo + Garlic Fries
    Anabelle H.

    We made a reservation for our party of 4 on Thanksgiving Day for 6:30 PM. Once we got to the restaurant, we were able to be seated promptly and I was really glad that we called ahead because all of the tables were filled! We took a few minutes to decide what we wanted and our waiter was so friendly and answered any questions we had. After we placed our order, our food came out within 10 minutes. - Snow Crab Legs Combo (5/5): We got this combo with the Signature Kickin' Sauce with mild spice because I was worried it would be too spicy. However, it wasn't as spicy as I thought, so if we pay a visit next time, I'll opt in for the medium spice level. The snow crab legs were cooked to perfection and so were the shrimps, clams, and mussels. This combo also came with 2 rice bowls, 2 sausages, 2 pieces of corn, and 2 potatoes. - Garlic Fries (5/5): Very yummy and garlicky. The fries were nice and crispy. A perfect addition to our seafood combo. The price was really worth it for the amount of seafood we got; the combo was $77 and the fries were $10. Service was great and the waiters were very attentive, constantly coming by to check on us and to see if we needed more water. Thank you Kickin Kajun!

    Snow Crab Legs Combo
    Cassandra H.

    This is our favorite seafood boil place. The service is always on point and the food comes out quick. We always order the snow crab combo, no mussels sub extra shrimp with their medium spice signature sauce. It always hits the spot. The restaurant has a ton of seating and they have a full bar. They can get really busy but you can check in to the waiting list on yelp so I highly recommend doing that.

    Favorable, tasty, and fresh, especially the Kauai prawns($4.00 extra for upgrade) package for two.
    Jerry E.

    Favorable, tasty, and fresh, especially the Kauai prawns($4.00 extra for upgrade). The combination package with king crab for two. A little disappointed with the size of the king crab legs. They were just a I little bigger than the size of snow crab legs; in fact, I have eaten snow crab legs that are larger. Overall, pretty good experience to enjoy uniquely flavored (with their special sauce) seafood combination.

    Louisiana Crawfish; Sausage; Potato; Local Sweet Kauai Prawns Shrimp; Sweet Corn
    Cindy P.

    Parking is easy with 1h free for validation. My friend and I came here on a weekday evening to order takeout. There's a specific takeout door they had, but we didn't see it and they still let us order inside. It only takes about 10mins for takeout to be ready. We ordered 2lbs of Louisiana Crawfish, 1lb of Local Maui Shrimp, Sweet Corn, Red Potato, and Sausages with Medium & Spicy Signature Kickin' Sauce. The sauce was so good and not overly salty! Medium tastes like mild! Corn is $3 for one piece, but it's so worth it cause it's so sweet and delicious! I do think it's funny that they would charge $1 for lemons for takeout, but if you dine in, it's free.

    Snow crab
    Jaymi U.

    Love this place! The crab is always cooked well and the Cajun sauce is amazing. The service is also great. They're usually quick and always friendly. I think the only downside to this place is the parking. The lot is often full and you have to get lucky to get close street parking. But it's worth heading here!

    6 Pounder
    Meggles K.

    Where to even start because five stars is not enough for this place. If I could give it 10 and above I definitely would! Came down for some seafood boil with my family to celebrate my birthday. The staff was extremely friendly and above and beyond. There was no wait time at all so they were able to fit all nine of us as soon as we got there. The food was absolutely amazing. Everything we all ever wanted, and more! We ordered the six pounder and added extra shrimp and a couple of other things. The staff was very attentive very helpful. The restaurant is very clean, very nice, very welcoming. We truly appreciated our server Nui he went above and beyond for us. We were struggling to open the crab and the lobster and he came right over and he opened it for us put on a little show so shout out to him. You deserve all the recognition. Thank you for everything that you've done and taking care of us for our experience and making it 10 times better! We will definitely be back!

    Mei-Lan C.

    Love their lunch special. For 13.99$, you get a whole meal. It's delicious, and the food comes out pretty fast.

    Kristina C.

    All I have to say is mhm.. how do you make seafood boil taste flavorless? I'm not sure if they aren't tossing it enough or them being really stingy with the sauce? But the seafood boil tasted bland and flavorless. We ordered the 6-pound seafood boil and it was not worth it. Also, considering that it tasted like nothing was even sadder. With that being said, I will not be coming back here. The service was okay, the food wasn't good, and honestly for the price of what you're getting kind of sucks. I'd suggest going to boiling crab!!

    Crystal F.

    After debating on how far I wanted to drive I chose this location over the Kapolei. I pulled into parking lot which was small and didn't have a lot of spaces. Maybe 20 - 30 slots at the most. You will have to pay for parking unless you get your ticket validated at restaurant. There is no bathroom inside the restaurant it's only outside in the complex. The bathroom is the worst public bathroom I have seen. The restaurant does have a hand washing station inside so you do have to use the bathroom for that. The customer service was amazing. I saw the waitress cracking crabs for customers. Which I have never seen or even knew you could ask for that. The food came out it steaming hot and good. The Coca Cola was flat. There is no bar here so no cocktail drinks, just beer. I will not be returning due to the bathroom alone.

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    Amazing service and food and the bartending fabulous!!! 10 stars!!!! Atleast impeccable customer service and staff all so amazing!!!

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    7 months ago

    My favorite place for lunch. Unfortunately they don't have the lunch specials anymore. I would be willing to pay a few more dollars.

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    Cajun sauce is always my choice, I come here for dinner whenever I am craving for seafoods

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    Best Cajun seafood restaurant in Hawaii! Seafood is fresh and so flavorful. I like their mild original sauce.

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    Food was great plus the service..man, a great place to eat. I always recommend and for sure coming back.

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    Ask the Community - Kickin Kajun

    Do they need a vaccine card for entry?

    Nope

    Do they off military discount?

    Nope

    Are the portions big? For example the snow crab combo how much does it feed?

    One person especially if you love crab!

    Is BYOB restaurant?

    When they were at their original location it was BYOB, but now they have a license and sell alcohol at the restaurant.

    Do they still serve raw oysters?

    No, no raw oysters.

    Do they do take out?

    They do but they are horrible at taking take out orders they will ignore your calls when they are busy and will not respond or even give you a heads up. They will pick up the phone and hang up and give you no reason. Walk in order is easier phone… Read more

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    It's little sentimental mood during writing this review…read more Mahalo for your not only good food but also great service, hospitality with aloha. I and my family have been Karai Crab since they were old location inside the Willows. We were always gather with friends and had a great time. After Covid, they moved current location but sadly they close their door. (Old location was old Hawaiian feeling and new place is bright and modern) I think Karai Crab is the almost first restaurant to serve steamed crab, shrimp, shellfish, with corn, potato, and with sauce (is it called Louisiana style? I don't know,,,) on island. It's fun and yum! Our family and friends decided to go dinner last minutes before they are closed. And had a great last dinner here! Mahalo for 13years!!!! We gonna miss you...

    Let's meet at Karai Crab…read more Law of the Claw #3, Be Your Crabulous Self. No Imitations. Love this! ;) We got the Colossal Sampler. It's their seafood boil with 1 cluster of snow crab, 1 cluster of king crab leg, 1 cluster of Dungeness crab, 6 shrimps, 4 mussels, 2 red potatoes, 2 corns halves of corn, 6 clams, 1 boiled egg, 3 pineapple-Portuguese sausage and 2 bowls of steamed rice. For the sauce, we got it on the side, the Karai Special Sauce. It's a mixed of garlic butter with Cajun seasoning. I also ordered a side of the cayenne sauce to add the extra sizzle in my mouth. I like it hot but my friend can only handle level one of hotness! Our server is Gigi. She's the perfect server! She was attentive, friendly and you could see her eyes smiling with the mask on. She's totally crabulous!!! I hope her management shellebrate her!!! The restaurant got lots of nice wallpaper covers of the 3 Laws of the Claws. - Law of the Claw #1 Crack A Smile - Law of the Claw #2 Let's Shellebrate - Law of the Claw #3 Be Your Crabulous Self. No Imitations The atmosphere is nice and quiet but can totally feel a peaceful dinning. The patrons kept to themselves, like we did, as we indulged ourselves with our crabulous seafoods!!! Parking, currently getting fix so we got out for FREE. It's a bit confusing so be careful when you drive in. You will need to drive down, not drive up. There's lot of space. The bathroom is ok. It can use a little TLC. I'm giving them a 5-stars BECAUSE of GIGI!!! Thank you for reading my review. Have a great night!

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    The Boiling Crab

    3.9
    (748 reviews)
    1.3 mi
    $$$$

    Customer service was good the food was really good too my issue was that I never asked for the…read morecheck we was going to keep eating and drinking mind u we only had 3 drinks 1 my wife and I only had 2 , we jut got out of there and today they r supposed to close by 10 so I know the time wasn't the issue, and how I said the service was good they were asking us if we needed something else multiple times (we was still eating and drinking) we just felt that they were kicking us out of there WE NEVER ASKED FOR THE BILL

    Excellent TBC Margarita! We had a 20 minute wait but it was well-worth it. (Sunday at 4:30 it…read morereally cleared out. Not sure if that's always the case but we'll try that time next time we go. And there will be a next time!) Nice to have the text system to let you know when you're table's ready but (they only give you 5 minutes to claim your table so don't get too involved doing something else!) We thought the combo would be too much food for just the two of us. My husband also wanted to try some things you can't find anywhere else. So we ordered a basket of the Fried Soft Shell crabs. It comes with cocktail sauce but they'll give you tartar sauce if you prefer. It comes with your choice of Cajun or Lemon Pepper Fries. We got the Lemon Pepper. We also ordered the Lobster Roll - non-spicy. Our server was very honest about the size of the roll - two King Sweetbread rolls. This also comes with fries so we tried the Cajun fries with the lobster roll. Hardly any wait time. Everything tasted wonderful. Little hidden spice in the soft shell crab batter but not too much. My husband also ordered Gumbo (no rice). Delicious! Five shrimp (yes, we counted them) and tasty Andoui sausage. Okra (not too slimy) on the top. Service was excellent. No pushing. Very patient with the questions and explanations. They put a star on your table to designate first time visitors so you know they want to male your first visit the best. Everyone kept checking back with and manager stopped by too. Parking validation took $4.00 ofd our parking. Not bad. Leigh and Brandon and one more female server (I'm sorry I didn't write down your name!) are the best!

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    (107 reviews)
    1.4 mi

    I stopped by this seafood boil spot inside the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center food court and…read moredecided to try the Cajun shrimp with rice (mild). I was honestly surprised to see a seafood boil place in a mall food court it's not something you come across often, so of course I had to give it a try! The food came out fresh and hot, and the shrimp had a nice Cajun flavor without being overly salty or greasy. The mild spice level was perfect just enough kick without overpowering the dish. The rice was a great addition to soak up all that flavorful sauce. It was $28+tax not bad for the amount of food. What really caught my attention was how quiet the food court was for a Sunday at 11am. Usually, this place is packed, so I was a bit surprised to see it almost empty. But honestly, that made it easier to enjoy my meal without the usual crowd or long lines. Overall, it's a nice hidden find if you're craving seafood while shopping in Waikiki. Prices are decent for the area, and it's a fun, unexpected option in a mall setting. I'd come back to try their other sauces next time!

    This place is located at the food court with a lot of places to sit. Service was quick and the…read morestaff were nice! I ordered the spicy shrimp bowl and it was good! They add cilantro on top, which I love, but know that there are people that don't prefer it. You get 6 pieces of shrimp, which isn't too bad for the amount that you pay. I also ordered the Cajun fries, which was really good.

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    Flying house noodles with shrimp, sausage, and lime.  Get the chili sauce in container on side to add to your preference!
    Flying house noodles with shrimp, sausage, and lime. Get the chili sauce in container on side to add to your preference!
    Snow crab and shrimp platter. Super fresh and good quality seafood.  Also includes red boiled potato, rice and corn
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    Kickin Kajun

    3.8
    (166 reviews)
    9.0 mi
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    Surprisingly this place was pretty good! We arrived to the mall to get a few things, but coming…read morehere was out of curiosity and pure impulse. My family and I were hungry and didn't feel like going to the food court so I teased the idea to my husband, caught a quick glimpse of the basket menus for our kids and was immediately set on going, hoping the boys wouldn't mind. We ordered: 1 pupu platter appetizer 1 soft shell crab basket with fries 2 lemon pepper wing baskets with fries 1 crawfish combo (with shrimp, mussels, clams, sausage, corn, potatoes) Everything was so flavorful and crispy! We weren't expecting the fries to have that much, but they were sooo good! The only downside was that the lemon pepper wings were too salty. The seafood combo was delicious as well, but the shrimp was kinda mushy. Will be coming back again soon!

    When we first tried this place they had a lunch special which was awesome. Kept us coming back but…read moresince they took it away the value just isn't there for repeat visits. The food is pretty good. My son likes the crawfish just because it is not common on island. The po boys are decent with lots of fries or tots. I get the oyster one and they are well cooked. Juicy and not dry or tough. The amount is okay not over flowing. But for the price it is good just not five star great.

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    Mozzarella sticks, crab won tons & coconut shrimp
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    Wow what a great place, between all of us we had several different types foods and we all loved it…read more Would definitely recommend it.

    We came to dine here party of 9 at 630p. Nephew suggested it for a family dinner. This is a small…read morerestaurant and we should've probably gone earlier, but work schedules did not permit, therefore 7 of us sat at the bar and 2 at a countertop table. There are 3 patio tables outside that seat 4 or 5 if you squeeze together. There is no AC available and its probably 'cooler' outside to dine, because the stove and oven are constantly running. There are fans which help, but luckily it wasn't a hotter day. I don't know the owners name, he is the only one cooking. He has a cashier, server, hostess all of 1. Just the 2 of them serving everyone who seems to have come at once. He did a great job and it was nice to be able to see the food being cooked, plated and served. They pretty much stay on top of things. Food does take a little longer to be served, but it was certainly worth the wait. Everything was delicious and hot. All the bones were left on the empty plates. My personal favorite is the pork chop. Collards and cornbread were available and they do sellout. Cornbread was very moist. I also liked the Mac daddy...I think i might try to replicate that at home. They do alot of takeout orders as well. If im in the area again, I may do takeout or come when they first open. Forgot to mention the desserts. Blueberry cheesecake, banana pudding and peach cobbler. All delicious, but my favorite is the pudding. Yum

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