Big Fisherman Seafood

This is some of the best seafood I’ve ever had! We came here and had the jumbo shrimp and crawfish and though we got two pounds of it, it was consumed quickly. You can only pick up seafood here as there is no place to dine in, so if you take it out, make sure you load up on napkins as the juice will get over all your hands. It’s well-​worth it though because the seafood is succulent, juicy and fresh. We ended up eating at a nearby park behind the building. And we couldn’t leave Nola without a second trip here, so in addition to another pound of jumbo shrimp we tried the blue crab, which was good. We also had some corn on the cob which has some spice to it. There’s an ATM machine inside and they also offer bottled beverages, including local beer. If you check in here on Unilocal,you get a 10% discount, which was nice. Also, if you’ve never had crawfish, the staff is nice enough to show you how to eat one (taking the shells off and where to find the meat) and will give you one to try. I highly recommend this place to eat at for some of the best seafood.

Employee was very rude– the «medium» crabs were small and not very good. When I called to ask him when they were boiled he hung up on me.
Crawfish and crabs can be good if you catch them fresh

Went here during crawfish season to buy live crawfish packed for travel. Pretty cheap! I initially thought this was a restaurant but it’s actually a takeout place. Good selection of seafood and drinks. One of the ladies who worked there was very rude and gave me attitude. I shoulda left after that without picking up and paying for what I ordered, but I really wanted the crawfish.

Seriously good food! Came in here for my first time to try boiled crawfish. The ladies at the counter were very kind and helpful! The long line moved super fast! I will be coming back weekly until the season is over!!!

They’re right by my work so it’s very convenient. They’re not always real friendly or show a sense of urgency. But the food is good, always freshly boiled (Hence there always being a wait), and it’s on Magazine for cheap. Can’t ask for much more. I’m a fan.

this is a takeout spot, with no place to eat. but if you buy something across the street at one of the restaurants, you can eat on their patio :)
boiled crawfish was only $ 2.50 a pound when i went! the other fixins are sold separately. i believe sausage was $ 5.99 a pound (we got two links, which was half a pound), potatoes were $ 1.99 a pound, and corn was 69 cents each.

If you plan to take advantage of the 10% off you will need to pull up the coupon. They will not honor the offer unless you can find the coupon. Good luck with THAT. They also will not accept a debit card for a purchase less than $ 10, just so you know bc this is apparently an unwritten rule. Be ready when and if you FIND the coupon to have your $ 50 purchase shoved at you without a word of thanks. Who do you think you are anyway coming up in here wanting to buy crawfish?

Oh man. Delicious. Been craving boiled crawfish all season and finally made it. Fairly priced today with $ 4/​lb if you buy more than 10lbs — prices change depending on supply, so keep that in mind. Great seasoning, tender crawfish. Service was a little weird (hence 4/​5*) — the ladies behind the counter seemed like it was an imposition on their day to wait on us. Didn’t really bother me, just don’t get what the point was.
Head to any of the parks near by for a picnic (Napoleon and Magazine worked well)

this is exactly what I was looking for! you can buy everything you need for a picnic at the park with your friends and dog. They sold a small selection of beer, Abita Strawberry is what I purchased, and also all the parts of the crawfish boil, (corn, garlic, potatoes, sausage, even mushrooms!) and even little disposable trays. Went around 2 on a Sunday afternoon and didn’t wait very long at all. I bought 6 lbs of crawfish, potatoes, mushrooms, and corn for 2 and spent around $ 38. Will definitely be back!

Easy to get to place to buy crawfish. They are usually decent on the price. I had one bad experience where when I went to pickup my crawfish for the boil I was having that afternoon and they didn’t have all the pounds I preordered. I would have expected a call prior to me arriving to pickup the crawfish so I could plan for the shortage. They seemed To take the attitude that I should have been grateful for the crawfish I was getting. I was and everything turned out well in the end. I would expect a call next time around.

My husband and I just left there… Without any food. We waited in front of the counter for about 10 minutes without even being acknowledged by the two women behind the counter. Only one of them was helping the other customer, the only other customer, in the store. The older lady was even rude to one of her own workers refusing to stop what she was doing (clearly nothing) to even be of assistance to him. She said to him, is (insert name) not able to help you?
I hesitate to say it was bc I’m black but it did cross my mind. The older lady who appeared to be either the owner or manager was just rude.
We left bc of this. The seafood smelled absolutely divine. Sad that we had to leave without food but I refused to spend my hard earned wages in an establishment that employed such rude people.

Always amazing! Came here on Fat Tuesday on a whim and left feeling like family! Owner is a great funny guy! Let us hang out and showed us around the place. We learned a lot about how to make everything! We got five lbs of crawfish for 3 girls and definitely should have got more! Crawfish pies were out of this world and the sausage was to die for! Can’t wait for my next visit!

About a 15 minutes bus ride from the French Quarters, I found out about this place through another Unilocaler that had traveled through NOLA recently. It’s a place making some damn good and cheap crawfish for the locals, not the tourists.
Price varies by season but when the French Quarter places were selling the crawfish for $ 12.99 a pound this place was the cheapest I found during my trip at $ 3.69. What a difference.
They also sell Cajun Shrimps, potatoes, and corn at the time. I was here for the crawfish but decided to add the corn to my purchase. I love me some corn.
So how was it? Really good crawfish. Nicely spiced with cajun flavors. This is the second best crawfish I tasted during this NOLA trip but is the more traditional one recipe wise so this fact might matter to those that want to taste how it is really meant to be. The other one, Cajun Seafood, have a slight Vietnamese influence to the flavoring.
The corn was good but just a regular boiled corn. I guess I expected some flavor from the crawfish boil seasoning or something which was how Cajun Seafood had it.
This is not a restaurant so there is no seating at all. As mentioned by some other reviews, you could go to the pizzeria across the street and buy something from them and ask to use their table outside. Seems like getting the pitcher of beer for $ 7 is the way to go for most.
But, I also found out from the worker at Big Fisherman Seafood that they also have a agreement with the owner of the Smash Burger that is also across the street. You could just buy a soda or something ask to use their outside table as long as you promise to clean up afterwards.
Either place you choose, ask to get some newspapers to use from Big Fisherman Seafood to use when you deshell.

I don’t know what possessed me to walk down to the Garden District in heels but by the time I hit Magazine Street I was dying. I pulled up my trusty Unilocal app to find a place to refresh my spirit. While I was sitting in a nearby ice cream parlor I saw a review for this crawfish shop and immediately made a change of plans.
Big Fisherman’s is nothing fancy. It’s your standard seafood shop and it’s take out only. However, they sell crawfish on the cheap! $ 4.99 got us a pound of jumbo crawfish and we also added an order of corn, potatoes, and half pound of shrimp to round everything out for a total of $ 16.
The crawfish are precooked and did not have the spicy butter coating that is usually found at places like Hot N Juicy but that did not stop it from being lip smacking good.
As other Unilocal reviewers have noted you can go to the pizzeria across the street and use one of their outside tables if you buy beer. Do this. Beer is EXTREMELY cheap, I got two Abitas for $ 7 and if you go on Monday — Thursday you can get a whole pitcher for $ 7.
You can NOT get prices like this in DC. This was my favorite impromptu meal in New Orleans.
They also accept American Express, zing!

Great place for cheap quality crawfish… I eat them all over the country (with and without the spicy, juicy cajun sauces); this place has the biggest and freshest crawfish of them all… I downed 4 lbs of mud bugs in a flash… cuz they are so big and so good. I did not find a single dead crawfish in my batch. My crawfish was cold when I got them, did not come fresh off the pot, but I can tell they are made from fresh crawfish.
Great stuff, just good old quality boiled crawfish. These are boiled crawfish with some seasoning; they are not made with juicy spicy sauces like Hot N Juicy or Boiling Crab.

If you are from out of town, this is the spot to fulfill your genuine crawfish experience. Big Fisherman is fish counter and only offers take out. We bought five pounds of crawfish at first ($ 4.29/lb) and went across the street to the Pizzeria. We asked nicely if we can eat our crawfish on the metal tables outside. We essentially bribed them by ordering sodas, a pitcher of beer, and a salad. Well, it was all worth the hassle.
We laid down newspapers on the metal tables and dumped our mounds of crawfish, corn and potatoes in the center. The brightness of the crawfish creates a stunning visual against the no frills background of the newspaper. Photo op moment? Absolutely! It is a heck of an experience to rip out the tails, de-​shelled the tail and chew on the head. After our initial five pounds, we went back for more. This time, they run out of the normal size and I bought more of the «select size» at $ 7/​lb. The extra cost is worth it as the select size is meatier and easier to peel. I’m salivating as I play back the taste of the tender tails, the briny and spicy heads, and the cold pitcher of Abita that all go down so well for brunch at 1PM.
This is good for a group of guys in NOLA for your bachelor party or it could be good for a couple (as long as the gal is willing to get dirty and doesn’t mind a bit of twisting, pulling, and sucking). Wow, that sounded dirty.
Go after 1PM as they maybe selling cold leftovers from the day before. We lucked out as the lady in front of us bought all the leftover. Also be courteous to tip the waitress at the pizzeria extra and ask them if they can clean up the huge mound of shell. Enjoy. Cabs from French Quarter is about $ 15. Afterwards, you can walk up and down Magazine street and get dessert. For those truly adventurous, walk over to Pascale Manales for their awesome BBQ shrimp.
After the entire ordeal, take the trolley back to the French Quarter.

CRAWFISH BOIL!!!
Take-​out place.
Also does travel packing. (we did that)
Do yourself a favor.
1) Get 2lbs of boiled crawfish, half a lb of boiled shrimp, crawfish pies, and head over to the pizzeria across the street.
2) Ask the pizzeria nicely if you could sit outside and eat, then ask for a pitcher of Abita.
3) Enjoy the most fantastic lunch you could ever have that everyone walking by will stare at you for.
They also have frozen alligator meat, crawfish boudin, sausages, crawfish tails, blue crabs, etc. We bought a bunch of those and 10 lbs of crawfish to bring home to New York. Their frozen packages last for 24 hours (so they say), and when we got back, we got to enjoy an amazing meal once again. And again. And again.

Pretty much one of the best places to get all of the «fixin’s» for a crawfish boil or cookout.
They have all of the fresh seafood that you could ever want or need. Yes, they only do take out, but keep in mind the fact that post people who frequent this place live in the area and are usually picking up stuff for crawfish/​crab boils and things like that. The staff is really friendly and will be more than happy to help you with whatever you need.
They also have sausages and things like that, but I have never gotten that stuff here.

Such a big fan of this place! Recommended by several locals, I took a friend visiting from out of town who wanted to experience boiled crawfish while they were still in season.
Walking in, we were a little overwhelmed at first (not locals). Boiled shrimp, crawfish, special crawfish (aka ginormous crawfish), various seasonings, pickled products that would be great for Bloody Mary’s, boudin, potatoes, corn, sausage, and so much more.
The ladies were friendly and we selected exactly what we wanted. The select crawfish were sweet and seasoned, though a little less spicy than I expected. Excellently paired with Abita.

YUM! Just plowed through my pound of crawfish ($ 4.99/lb), 3 boiled red potatoes ($ 1.99/lb), a piece of boudin sausage ($?), and piece of yellow corn ($.59/​ea). A bargain of a dinner for $ 7.44! Potatoes were awesome, crawfish was fresh, sausage was sausagey… Everything had a spicy twang to it, mild for some but I’m a spicy pansy so it was just hot enough for me.
Friendly efficient service. They are cash only but have an ATM on site. My recommendation to the business would be to accept CC so people can easily spend more money without the bad taste of ATM fees. They also have boiled shrimp and crab as well as uncooked seafood. If you don’t have sauces at home, I saw some at the counter as well.