5 stars because Seafood Island was exactly what I expected and they did that well. My husband and I tried Seafood Island on a whim because neither of us could decide what we wanted on a Saturday evening with zero reservations anywhere. We walked in and were greeted and sat immediately. The restaurant is huge, appears clean, and leans pretty hard into the seafood / casual fun / piratey vibe. It seemed decently busy (10ish tables when we got in), but the restaurant is so big it'll probably never appear packed. Our server said hello, got our drink orders right away and gave us a few minutes to go over the menu. My husband ordered the Combo G, house special, mild and I ordered the Combo B, house special, medium. Our orders came in about 20 minutes and they were piping hot. We both really enjoyed the food. I thought the seasoning was great, the medium spice was perfectly medium. We both thought the seafood was cooked/timed well. The shells peeled right off without sticking. This isn't fine dining, but it is a good, fast seafood boil. All in all, it was a good experience. We will come back. read more

Seafood Island - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Shawnee, Kansas

So sad this restaurant is closed. The best seafood boil bags in Kansas and Missouri. The seasoning was the best and the workers were always so pleasant! They will be missed. I guess I'll start making my own. read more

Our 13 year old grandson wanted a seafood boil for his birthday, so Seafood Island was the first place I thought of. He loved it, and so did my husband and I. read more

I always order take out from here and there's never an issue! Cajun Boiled Seafood and crawfish always hits the spot. read more

Seafood Island - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Shawnee, Kansas

Food was delicious. Waitress was an excellent server, very nice demeanor and made sure we had everything we needed. Got the special which was 1 lb of crab, 1/2 lb of sausage and 1/2 shrimp. Added 1 lb of crawfish and everything was amazing! Also had the best cheesecake we've ever had. It wasn't very busy night being so close to thanksgiving but everything came out in a very timely manner. We will be back for sure! read more

I'll update this review if I ever actually get to eat here! That is right... no food on this review. But, I have been in twice and tried to eat at this place. I see so many 5 star reviews that I just have to share my experiences. 1st time was an evening with a huge line and while waiting watched several groups in front of us begin a fight. So we quickly left. 2nd time... went for lunch time. The floor was drastically sticky and the entire place smelled like cleaning fluid. So, by logic they may have just done the floors or something like that. Either way... staff was slow to come by the table to even ask us if we wanted drinks and during that time we decided to just go try somewhere else. See my review for Hook and Ladder. read more

We drove by this place during the pandemic and finally had dinner here. We enjoy a good Seafood Boil. Mia was our wonderful, knowledgeable, happy hustling server. She was ours (and others) bartender, server and cashier. She clearly knew the menu and was able to answer our questions. We really appreciate restaurant servers as the pandemic really affected them. We know restaurants are hurting and staff are expected to do so much more. Thank you to Mia for the service we got this Sunday evening. read more

Seafood Island - Flaming S'more's Martini. Awesome! - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Shawnee, Kansas

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Went here on a friday for lunch. I loved this place. The lunch specials were perfect with a serving of rice, a small potato and ear of corn. The corn was really good too! I loved that everything was swimming in butter and you could choose the seasonings and the spice level. For appetizers, we got the coconut shrimp, nine nicely battered shrimp with a sweet coconutty sauce and ghe calamari...probably 12 nice sized rings and two dipping sauces. The lunch special came with a choice of gumbo or side salad. The gumbo had a few pieces of okra and ham in a thickened broth...not a lot of substance but s very good flavor and a decent side for the meal. Very filling and delicious! read more

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I know we are in "masked times" but the lady that seated us was so mumbly that I finally just had to tell her I had no idea what she was saying to us because she kept muttering but wouldn't speak up. We asked to be seated at a table and she walked proudly up to a booth and announced that was where we'd be sitting, which I quickly had her correct. I had a coupon from Facebook for B1G1 free fish and chips. In the ad, they showed this really yummy-looking plate of fish and chips. I was a little nervous if the coupon was a scam but our very-attentive server assured us it was a valid coupon and that it actually covered a catfish basket. I like catfish fine and agreed to that, but when you tell me Fish & Chips, I'm thinking cod or some other kind of white fish, not catfish. We did have a choice of "chips" or other sides, like onion rings. I'm assuming the ad company must use a stock photo, but I'm not sure why they didn't say it was going to be the Catfish Basket that was covered by the coupon. The food came out cooked fresh and pretty quickly (it wasn't exactly busy). The catfish was fried in more of "fried chicken" type of batter, which I didn't mind. The fish itself was the type that either isn't butchered right or they user a cheaper type of fish that is a little too muddy for my taste. The onion rings I ordered were really good and I really liked the tartar sauce (not sure if it's homemade or store bought). Mom got the Cajun Fries with her fish and they were SO GOOD! No shade to the onion rings, but those Cajun Fries were IT. For the price (even without the coupon) it was well worth it for the good sized portions we received. I probably wouldn't get the catfish again, but we do definitely plan to go back and try some of the other options. read more

Will not be returning!!! Came around 6:30pm on a Friday night with only a few tables sat. Waiter took a few minutes to come to our table and greet us. We ordered drinks, appetizers and entrees. The drinks took at least 10 minutes to get. The appetizer came out at the same time as our entrees. The food looked cooked well and warm. As we began eating our seafood boil, I cut into one of my potatoes and it was rotten. The inside of the potato was black and moldy. Mind you I cut into the potato with the rest of my dish. We waited 10 minutes for our waiter to come back again. We showed her the potato and she didn't seem to care. She stated that she would bring me a new single potato....... We then asked for a whole new entree because bits of the potato were floating in my dish. This took another 20 minutes, when she dropped it off she said nothing. We didn't see her again for the whole rest of the service. We sat and waited for the check for a long time until another waiter stated he would get us the check... We still had to pay the full bill for horrible service and rotten food. We heard nothing from management. We will not be returning. read more

Best seafood boil around. Great prices, excellent service and good happy hour prices on drinks. Highly recommend.

Still sporting a bit of a Saturday night home quarantine PBR hang-over, I determined that some fried fish sounded like a great option. Seafood Island's combo B was a clear winner - 2 catfish, 4 shrimp, 5 oysters and onion rings ($16) and I added a side of corn-on the cob ($2) and boiled potatoes ($1.60). It was served with a bowl of Cajun garlic butter for dipping along with tarter sauce and cocktail sauce. The platter was a heaping pile of deep fried goodness with large pieces of all the seafood items and at least 15 o-rings. The bowl of spiced butter was a perfect accompaniment to help season the veggies and help clog the arteries. Certainly not the kind of feast I should have often, but it was a damn fine way to spend a half hour contemplating if Cajun butter or cocktail sauce is a better dip for my deep fried delectables. read more

Seafood Island - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Shawnee, Kansas

Fried foods were well prepared. Oysters small , but they tasted great. Crab legs (small) and shrimp were dried out terribly-- all over boiled. Very odd seasoned butter. Place was dead. Staff is very nice. We probably won't return, unfortunately. read more

We came here on a Saturday at about 7pm. We were meeting a few friends here, told the host that we had friends already seated to which she replied, "I don't know who your friends are". Yikes- slightly off putting. Once we were seated, our drink and food orders were taken pretty promptly. That's about as much as I can say for the service. We waited probably an hour for food and at least 30 minutes for each drink that we ordered. Service is lacking and I don't know if they can handle being open on the weekend. I will say, the seasonings on the boils are AMAZING. We ordered the combo E3 with the house seasoning and made it spicy. SO GOOD. The snow crab was not worth it and was overcooked. Overall, I would say pass on dining in here but maybe carry out would be better. read more

Seafood Island - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Shawnee, Kansas

Would not recommend. Very slow service. 1.5 hrs to get shrimp cocktail and a bowl of gumbo. One couple left from waiting and the server just nodded at them without caring. 3 pieces of shrimp in gumbo. Was basically soup. Cocktail said on menu it had various vegetables, but it's 3 or 4 diced tiny pieces floating in the cocktail sauce. Salad's ranch dressing tasted bland. High pitched electrical sound like a bad speaker drones from the bar area. I noticed that 2 years ago when we last tried this place. Crazy they haven't fixed that yet. One disappointment after the other. Won't go back. Sad, a good seafood place close by would be nice. read more

Been wanting to go there for a while...always very busy. Went for dinner, tried a variety of items. Had a fried basket: catfish, oysters, shrimp with waffle fries and also a Steamer Bag with Sausage and Shrimp. The fried basket was good, could have used some malt vinegar and the tarter sauce was just ok. The food items were great though. The sausage in the bag was great! Overall, it was a great experience and we will definitely go back. read more

Seafood Island - F8. Fried Basket Combo M8. Sausage Combo - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Shawnee, Kansas

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The food was amazing! Hot n fresh out the kitchen! Service was on point Joe did an amazing job despite some customers giving him a hard time. He still kept it in point. The place was a hit! Would recommend to others again! read more

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Good food and service. We got there early and were not sure they were still open but by 7pm when we left the place was hopping.

Very good food very nice staff we've been here a few times so big location but excellent service excellent food I would urge anyone who likes crawfish to come here. read more

We have seen this place passing by and always wanted to stop and check it out. We went the Friday before Valentine's Day and it wasn't crowded at all. There was a hostess stand, but no one there. I think they may have been getting a To go order. Once seated our waitress gave us the menu and took our drink orders. She was nice, overall I would give her a B. She always refilled our drinks on time and gave us time to eat our appetizers. We ordered oysters on a half shell and the fried calamari. I loved the oysters and the calamari was good. A little thick for my liking. For our meals we decided to splurge and each get a boil. We were not disappointed! There are different seasonings you can add and you can get it to the spice level you desire. It was so delicious!!!! We will be going back. read more

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We were pleasantly surprised with our meals. We all had the "choose 2" combo with lobster tail and peal and eat shrimp. One of us had crab legs and shrimp. It was really delicious. Large restaurant w lots of seating, allowed us to spread out from other customers and adhere to Covid guidelines. We will be back & I suggest you give it a try!! read more

The happy hour specials tasted like home cooked specialties. They even supply plastic bibs and wet wipes because you may need them. Fun!

Saw someone post about this place on Facebook and decided to give it a try. There are a few boiled seafood restaurants here in KC, so I was expecting this one to pretty be the same thing. I was pleasantly surprised of how much better their food was compared to the place I normally go to. You really don't expect to get great tasting seafood here in the Midwest, but Seafood Island nailed it. It's not the freshest seafood that you'll taste, but it was delicious and flavored perfectly. Another thing that really sold me on this place is that they have softshell crab on their menu. Softshell crab is one of my all-time favorite foods and its rare to find it in the KC area (unless its in a sushi roll), so I had to jump on that. I ordered the softshell crab and and combo special that came with lobster, shrimp and crab legs. Seafood Island has a lot of variety, so you're sure to find something that you like. One thing to note is that the menu on their website has more items than the downloadable menu, so you may want to check out the one from the website before calling in your order and then confirm that they have what you're looking for. Website menu says that have softshell crab and gator, but the printable menu doesn't. read more

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We went and had lunch their today, we had hush puppies and oysters for appetizer which was good the oysters taste fresh and the hush puppies were tasty as well. We ordered combo b which was 1/2 snow crab, half crawfish and half shrimp with no head. It's suppose to come with egg corn and potatoes, we were missing eggs and potatoes. The other one we did was combo c. Which had I believe a 1lb of crab legs, half green mussels and half shrimp with heads on it. It also included corn potatoes and eggs and maybe they just added the missing corn from the first combo into mine but I had 3 corns 5 potatoes. Also you were able to choose a spice ranging from mild to xtra spicy. We did medium spicy and spicy. I felt like it had no heat to it at all. Overall the place was good, I'm not sure how they weight their seafood because the other bag we had looked like there wasn't that much in there. Pretty pricy as well, but great atmosphere and good service. read more

Seafood Island - 1/2 dozen for $10 - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Shawnee, Kansas

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IMPRESSED! The food is RIDICULOUS! Coconut shrimp Lobster Shrimp Crawfish House seasoning The snow crab was a bit of a waste. The service was very friendly/polite, but lacked attentiveness. I still give 5 stars because the food was so delicious. read more

Seafood Island - A18. Coconut Shrimp A2. Hush Puppies B. Seafood Island Combo Specials E. Seafood Island Combo Specials - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Shawnee, Kansas

Seafood island is probably one of the best crab restaurants in Kansas City. It reminds me of Maryland. I ordered the Dungeness crab along with the softshell crab. It was hot and enjoyable. read more

This was a train wreck. We went there Sunday about 3pm. Not crowded at all. We get seated at a booth a few tables over from a large table that was full of dirty dishes and glasses that a large party had left. In other words, it hadn't been cleared. There WERE at least four people working there. Over a half hour later, that table STILL wasn't cleared. Not very pleasant. The food was average and overpriced and it was GREASY. I get better fish and chips at Long John Silver's for half the price. The waitress didn't refill our teas for TEN minutes until she brought the meal. When I had ordered originally I told her that I was going to order take out for my wife. The waitress never came back for THAT order. On top of that the waitress paid a social visit to the booth behind us several times. YOU GOTTA DO BETTER THAN THIS. I'VE NEVER GIVEN SUCH A BAD REVIEW. read more

Highly disappointed. Tiny tiny clams which were extra overly salted clams with watered down sauce. Horrible. Will not be going back. Your better off going to hook and reel. Your wasting your money and time. read more

Seafood Island - a plate of clams and corn on the cob - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Shawnee, Kansas

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Great food. Service is meh. My husbands favorite spot for a seafood boil in KC. We love going here.

Wow all I can say is I'll be back! Now I wasn't a fan of the traffic sooo someone else will drive, but I gotta come back! The place was pretty much empty besides a table with a mom and her two boys and a family of five. I dragged my 2 nieces out to watch me crack shells, they aren't too big on seafood so they both got the chicken tenders! Lmao. The seafood was great I don't remember the exact combo but I know it had a B in it. I added Dungeness crab to it. Sooo good the crawfish was good too! I be on the hunt for good crawfish in MO and finally found a place. Im so excited but I wish they were closer to me! read more

Quite possibly the worst fried fish I've ever had Guys You are supposed to fry fish in a cornmeal mix This was a fried chicken type of batter, and was terrible, no thanks, I will not ever be back read more

We were very impressed! The catfish was pieces fried in a light crispy batter it was tender and moist and delicious. Not greasy at all. The sweet potato fries were done perfectly. Service was quick and server was friendly and helpful. The restaurant was sparkling clean. We highly recommend and look forward to a return visit. read more

Food & service was on point way above average. Mike took good care us, we on the VIP LIST!

We know seafood having had it from Long Island, NY to Florida, to Europe and the Caribbean and lived in Southern California for 10 years along with many visits to New Orleans. We ordered take out for our New Years Eve dinner, not knowing what to expect. We have eaten in some of the top restaurants in the world, I'm not saying that this is one of them, however we were very pleasantly surprised. Had fried calamari and fried oysters with onion rings. Hit the spot. We love fried oysters (eat the fried oyster roll at Sushi Uni often) so, in addition to our experiences all over we can tell you to NOT HESITATE to have the food from Seafood Island. The food was properly prepared tasty and we really enjoyed it. We'll be regular customers. They deserve your trust if you know seafood. Go for it! read more

This place is a hidden gem. Me and my fiancé just ate here for the first time tonight. It was sad that we were the only people dining. We hope to spread the word about this place for more business. Would be absolutely crushed if this place were to go out of business after just discovering it. I had the Tuesday night special- 1 lb crab legs and 1/2 lb shrimp with potatoes corn and hush puppies. My fiancé got the other special- shrimp and sausage. We both got mild with the garlic butter seasoning. Absolutely incredible!! You will not be disappointed! read more

Ordered delivery & unfortunately I got food poisoning. Not great when you're pregnant & trusting they will be handling food with care. May have been an off night, mistakes happen. Unfortunately I wont take that chance again from this location. read more

If you want some good seasoned, well portioned for your money and dog gone good seafood this is the spot. I have been here a couple of times and I haven't been disappointed yet. Sarah is usually our waitress, and she does a good job being New and all. I recommend this Spot. read more

Seafood Island - Menu - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Shawnee, Kansas

This was my first time trying this spot and I have to say I am a little disappointed in what I got. I didn't get all the food I ordered because an item wasn't in season. I was offered another food item they just refunded me the item. The food I did get came soggy and cold. Not appetizing. Then when I was eating my friend crab meat I found it was wrapped in plastic and then fried in the batter. I could have choked on this, still don't know if there was any plastic I actually ate. read more

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Services is slow it's a real hit and miss sometimes the drunk guy on the weekends take the cake he smells like the bar

There's not much that I could say about this place. I ordered the shrimp and crablegs boil. Everything tasted was bland.