The food here is a 10/5. Seriously, I've been eating crawfish regularly in San Jose for over 20…read moreyears and have never had a sauce like the Sweet California. It's so unique and addicting with a perfect sweetness to it that isn't overwhelming with a slight creaminess and not as savory as most other seafood boils. The crawfish they use is amazing as well, it must be a different kind from most others because the meat is more tender and sweet. I have no problem sucking the claw meat out where as other restaurants I have to dig inside the claw to pull out the meat. Soooo good and I visit as often as I can. Friendly service. They offer other food options as well like Bun Bo Hue, Bun Rieu, etc, but the seafood boil is so good that's all I ever get here. It's also open till 4am!!! Club and seafood boil after?

cajun bistro is such a bay area classic, and for good reason! i've tried quite a few of their…read moredishes: the garlic noodles, sweet potato fries, fish sauce wings, lemon pepper wings, and of course the seafood boil. of course their seafood boil is the star of the show and the reason i (and assumedly everyone else) keep coming back. i get the 30 lb combo with the spicy sweet california and it's so delicious. it has a kick but there's also a sweetness to it. the seafood is always boiled perfectly and the food comes out pretty fast each time. as for their other dishes, they're pleasant but nothing groundbreaking. their wings are really crispy and light in flavor, and the garlic noodles are on the more creamy side. their service is normally just fine but when i went yesterday, the girl working was so sweet and attentive. highly recommend if you're from the south bay and haven't tried cajun bistro yet, or if you're visiting san jose and looking for places to eat!

I want to gatekeep this place sooo bad!…read more The price is way cheap! Big fresh crawfish! Friendly service and quick and free mini dessert. Crawfish combos don't come with potatoes only sausages and corn Get their garlic noodles, but I would skip the fries

baked oysters, salted fish rice, combo #2. 150$ 3 people after tip…read more Lots of sugar in the combo crawfish, frozen corn, shrimp, sausage combo. no salted fish in salted fish rice. oysters were best. everything else you are better off making at home with better quality seafood.

Great place for Asian what ever they have a huge variety of live seafood vegetables and fruitread more

This store was extremely unpleasant. The odor upon entering was overwhelming and even lingered in…read moremy car afterward. I cannot recommend this place at all ... the smell alone is a major warning

quick service, yummy food and drinks it looked small in…read morethere but it was actually pretty spacious! kid/ stroller friendly!

I ordered through uber eats, no utensils, no gloves, nothing but the food and that's okay, but then…read moremy muscles had this gross spider looking thing on them.. the shrimp could've been cleaned better too and I'm not talking about the guts, I'll take that, but those little spikey things by the head of the fish were everywhere in the sauce. Could've been trimmed beforehand. I just don't think the seafood here was cleaned properly. Also I ordered mussels, why was there crawfish legs and clam shells in there. It honestly grossed me out and I couldn't even eat them. Garlic noodles were good.

The food was very good we have had this at a few other places in San Jose but this is the most…read morecrispy one we had. The vegetables and the sauce pair really well with it. We tried the original and taro and thought both were very good! If you are looking for like an egg with crispy yumminess i highly recommend. It's located in the little food hall and is very cute with other restraints here! Will definitely come back!

Can you easily make Bột Chiên at home?…read more Yes with store bought flour cakes. Does it come out bomb? Not if I'm making it! I found Bột Chiên on Yelp trending as a hot and new business. With French and Chinese influences, Bột Chiên is a Viet street food consisting of crispy flour cakes mixed with eggs and served with crack sauce (soy based). Sadly, it doesn't exist in the city (to my knowledge) and the closest thing is at Red Bowl in Daly City. It's alright but not nearly as good as the ones in E Man Jose. Bột Chiên is located inside the Lion Plaza food court towards the back, near the restrooms. M E N U Specialty - Bột Chiên (flour cakes): Regular, taro, and mozzarella. They also have a handful of fried seafood dishes, bò kho (beef stew), bò tái chanh (beef carpaccio), and papaya salad. Free hot tea. Prices include tax. Cash, Zelle, Venmo, and Cash app are accepted. F O O D * Bò Tái Chanh: Viet Beef Carpaccio ($12): https://tinyurl.com/4xwhjd69 Standard - thin, lean cuts of beef topped with crushed peanuts, red onions, and herbs. Comes undressed with lime and side of punchy nước chấm. * Bột Chiên Khoai Môn: Taro Fried Flour Cakes ($14): https://tinyurl.com/mry9yfxx Great contrasting textures - crunchy-chewy taro flour cakes against the soft eggs and fresh crispness of the shredded green papaya. It was delicious with the savory, sweet, and tangy crack sauce and đồ chua (pickled carrot + daikon). To nitpick, I wish the flour cakes were hot (seemed like it was cooked ahead). Like another reviewer, I found it odd that it's topped with croutons instead of fried pork fat, cost saving measure? S E R V I C E Fast and friendly. Order was ready in about 5 minutes. A M B I A N C E OG food court. You come for the food not the vibes. Restroom requires a code. Overall, tasty bột chiên that's def worth a try when in Lion Plaza!

i'm not a buyer to writer commend. food are super ducking good. i come here every sunday night. i…read morewill recommend lobster grill with garlic butter and raw fresh oyster. i'm writing this on wednesday night. p/s also dont forget the oyster shot ducking awesome!!!

Big T's Seafood Market Bar has been around for awhile now. Fresh live seafood available…read more We stopped in for some clam chowder. It was New England style of white Chowder. Though, it lacked a bit of flavor and hardly had any clams in it. It's good to see that they've expanded their menu and now offer ramen, hotpot, and other Asian dishes. We'll come check them out again.

I haven't had seafood boil so my cravings for this were overdue. We came on a weekday and it was…read morenot crowded at all. We got the combo with shabang and shackies sauce. Definitely recommend the shabang. Cajun fries (5/5); This a must get every time I get seafood boil. It was crispy and flavorful. Shrimp (5/5): It was meaty and so worth the value. Crawfish (4/5): Not very sweet but still good.

This place has turned into garbage. Which is exactly where my meal ended up because of the bad…read morequality. It was my favorite spot, but after the terrible attitude, bad service, lack of flavor in the garlic noodle and shambalaya sauce I'm done. I ended up going to Cajun Crackin' after. I had it before, but preferred claw shack around Berryessa Cajun Crackin' is way better, not out of frustration, but flavor. I only took a few bites of claw shacks offering before I was like hell no, don't eat this shit. Literally tasted like crap. Garlic noodles aren not fresh, noodles were old...hard even after sautéed no flavor of garlic detected even though you can see a it. Old ass ingredients and seafood with bad service. INEDIBLE. $40 wasted. Go somewhere else.

Estimated 75-105 min wait for a Sunday dinner at 6:15pm. Added us on the yelp waitlist and then…read moredecided to kill some time and walk around in target across the parking lot. Too bad you can't add to the waitlist beforehand. We ended up getting seated at our table around 7:50pm This location is not as big as the other SJ location but it is slightly less busy than that one since it's further out. They have a white board near the door that lists the seafood that they're out of for the day, which is helpful to note. Menu and pricing is available through the QR code on the table We ordered 2lbs of shrimp and 1 lb of crawfish in medium spice with the whole shabang to share between 2 people. The seafood boil came out hot and within 10 mins but we felt like it wasn't marinaded into the seafood, potato's and corn enough. Portion and spice wise was perfect though. We were hoping to order garlic noodles but was a little disappointed it wasn't on their menu. Our host was attentive though and came by to check on us and give us more gloves

I was really disappointed with our visit. I haven't been to The Boiling Crab in years--probably 7…read moreyears or more. One reason is that I don't live in the San Jose area anymore, and another is that there are now so many seafood boil spots around since Boiling Crab really started the trend. One positive right away: there was no long wait. We arrived around 8pm and were seated immediately, which was great. I remember the days when we'd have to put our name down and walk around Target while waiting for our table. I do wish they offered combo bags like a lot of other seafood boil places do now, since that's always a hit. Instead, we ordered 3 pounds of shrimp with whole-sha-bang sauce in mild. The shrimp themselves were great--nice and big, not the tiny peanut-sized ones you sometimes get. The flavor was also really good. However, the "mild" tasted much spicier than I remembered. From past visits, mild always had a small kick but was still pretty manageable. This honestly tasted closer to medium. My boyfriend politely asked one of the servers if he could get a small side of garlic butter because the sauce was spicier than expected. She immediately responded that it would be $5 for extra sauce, and the way it was said came off pretty rude. We understand that there's an option to make the bag "extra saucy" for an additional charge, but he wasn't asking for extra sauce for the whole bag--just a small side to balance out the spice. Even a simple response like "I'm sorry it came out spicier than expected" would have gone a long way. I've worked in customer service for over 15 years, and I've always believed in "kill them with kindness." We weren't rude at all--we just mentioned that it seemed spicier than mild. In the end, we decided to just skip the extra sauce. Again, the flavor was still good, but to me this definitely tasted more like medium. When we got our check, a different server asked how everything was. My boyfriend mentioned that the sauce was spicier than mild, and she responded with, "Oh no, I'm sorry it wasn't exactly what you wanted." We told her it wasn't her fault since we had already mentioned it earlier, and she just gave us a sympathetic look. Overall, the food itself was good, and I'd probably give it a 4 for taste, but the lack of customer service knocked the experience down for me. I understand it was later in the evening and they still had a full lobby, but a little kindness and attentiveness would have made a big difference.

I ordered Pho Dac Biet, it is really good and there are a lot of meat. This place is comfortable,…read moreserver is friendly.

Best pho place ever I love it so much i love coming here with friends late at night. Best customer…read moreservice and such. A nice environment. Overall 10/10

Great market for fresh seafood! (Locals know what's up!)…read more We came by to grab some snails (to make coconut snails) and indeed did they have some fresh snails. Different kinds and sizes. Cute little store, packed with all types of gems inside. Service was also quick!

I'm all for supporting small businesses, but will never return here…read more To say that the employees are rude is an understatement. I'm used to typical straightforward nature at markets, but their attitude is something else. I was constantly berated while looking at mangos near the door. Literally the whole time, an employee was standing right next to me and nagging me as if I was about to topple all the fruit off the stand or completely obstructing the door. I wasn't, and it's absolutely normal to sort through and select fruit? These mangos are EXPENSIVE, I don't want to just blindly pick a box. When I asked if I should pay outside or inside at the cashier (since some grocers will have you pay for outside merchandise, outside), she rudely asked if I was blind and couldn't see the cashier. I asked the cashier about this behavior (in Vietnamese) and was entirely ignored. Literally not a single word said. Not sure why I hadn't just left at this point, but I bought 6 large, rather expensive, boxes. I truly regret it because even THEN, they made me feel like a nuisance for setting them down outside as I carried them 2-by-2 to my car on the other side of the parking lot. There are no carts and I'm not exactly the strongest body builder out there, not sure what they expected of me. I regret spending my money here. There are plenty other stores in the area for tropical fruit, with better prices and better service.