Cajun Brothers

I think this place may have gone out of business. I have called a few dozen times over the past month and no one answers the phone.

If you are going to have your posted hours and a sign stating now open on Sundays you should be open on Sunday. We came down from the french quarter for crawfish and arrived the two other groups doing the same thing to find the hours posted right on the door are not correct and they are not open on Sunday. Thanks for wasting my time.

Great crawfish. Employees were all nice and helpful. Will continue to go back! I highly recommend this place for anyone wanting good seafood.

I’m actually just walking out of this restaurant disappointed. The poor customer service and absolute disregard for me as a patron are why this restaurant deserves LESS than one star.
I ordered a shrimp and catfish poboy, gumbo and a crab. (The crab had no meat.)
After waiting half an hour, I inquired about my order. The cashier told me she could not find our order ticket. I showed my receipt, and she said she would tell the kitchen to make it. No apology.
Seconds after, when a man requested a spoon he had already asked for, she apologized profusely for her mistake.
When confronted as to why she apologized to him and not to us for forgetting our food, she became belligerent. She asked if I wanted my money back, and I said yes. My friend was still very upset that she would not show any concern or offer an apology to us as customers.
After refunding the purchase, she was about to slide my card again to charge me for the ONE crab I had already consumed. I told her absolutely not. After now more than 40 minutes and a misplaced order you want to charge my card for a $ 3 card.
I took my card and left. Another customer who had just entered witnessed the interaction and spoke up to say she agreed with us and would take her business elsewhere.
It’s clear they treat some customers differently at Cajun Brothers Seafood, especially the ones who look different than them.

This review is for the boiled crawfish only. Man, they are good! Quick in and out service and spicy deliciousness at home. I admit I don’t know how to judge crawfish, but we enjoyed them.

This place is TERRIBLE. Used to be good… but is staffed by unfriendly seemingly overworked people who have an un-​patient attitude when ask questions abut their fish or about when shrimp comes in etc. Their crawfish lacks any real flavor and seems small compared to other places in midcity… and last time I ordered boiled CF I some were either dead or they were using frozen because a % of them off color and were NOT good. Even smelled bad! Gross. The various places on Broad st (Asian establishments) do it right for much cheaper on the pound. This place caters to «transplant» demographic and people not familiar with midcity… it survives off the reputation of the place that was there before. I am sure this is not the same business that here years ago. That actually had varieties of fresh fish etc. Also… there is lack of fresh fish currently at this place… when I asked about Sea trout or Speckled they asked my «why would we have that»? ummm you are supposed to be a fish store and the is a local fish DUHHH. Also… the shrimp was NOT fresh, Rouses has better Head on Shrimp then this place for $ 1.20 per pound cheaper!!! TERRIBLE.

We ordered the crawfish pie, stuffed crab and onion rings for take out. It took 10 minutes to get the order and we’re back home just as quick. We were all disappointed in the size of the crawfish pie. It was less than 3 inches across and ½ inch high. My uncle ate it in 2 bites. The picture we saw on Facebook gave us the impression it was at lest 4 inches across or more and at least 1 inch high. The crust was very doughy, not flakey. The stuffed carb did not taste like there was any crab nor did I see any crab in it. The o rings were like they just were regular frozen type o rings nothing special like College Inns. Being a visitor I will not go back and my aunt and uncle who live here said they will not return either. They know good seafood in NOLA and this is not it.

Should’ve known when the place was empty on Super Bowl Sunday. Boiled shrimp were salty, rubbery and overboiled (stuck in there shells). Boiled crawfish were bland, mushy and most were dead before being cooked (flat tails). Sausage taste like boiled hotdogs (what kind of establishment doesn’t give you andouille in tha Nolia). Please save yourselves and go to one of the ratchet seafood markets under i10. Cheers!

Gross! Tried this place for the 2^nd time since the owner messaged me on new ownership. And once again it was disappointing. I know good crawfish and this place is no where near good. Why would you try and sell us cold crawfish??? Definitely 100% had way better! This place gets a thumbs down from me.

I love seafood, being from Louisiana, but this place has old seafood put on ice and sold for awhile. Not to mention way too much salt. Crawfish can be seasoned with citrus and cayenne but this place uses just salt that I can tell. I would recommend Bevi’s if you really want some great crawfish.

Charging premium prices for trash crabs :/
I bought a dozen boiled crabs and paid #1 prices at a premium of $ 30 /​dozen. Considering what they were charging, I figured and was expecting Lake Pontchartrain crabs. I was very disappointed to discover that they were actually canal crabs which are very dirty and contain less meat /​flavor than ones from the lake.

So freakin good. I got the trout poboy; extremely fresh and tasty. Also got some gumbo, which was nice and spicy and packed with greens, shrimp, and sausage. Owner is super friendly and occasionally gives out samples which is awesome.

6 doz shucked oysters with the shells for a grilling party. The oysters were gigantic and oh so tasty.

So disappointed. I am not from New Orleans, but I am staying in NOLA 2 weeks out of 4, each months. Also, I am originally, from Europe and used to spend my childhood, not too far from the Black Sea. It means, I do know, my crawfish and my shrimps. Ok… I came to this place to get a few pounds of crawfish and a pound of their large shrimps along with some Cajun potatoes. As I am walking out and getting into the car (btw, the parking is sucks, I had to park in the «little Tokyo“restaurant lot) I am noticing a very strange odor out of my bag. WTF? Not Cajun odor, not seafood fishy odor, hell, ROTTEN ODOR. I am pulling my bags out and here we go… The 12.99 per lb large shrimps are rotten to the point one would threw up just by looking at them!! It’s sticky, smelly mess! I am grabbing my bags and walking back inside the store just to find a lame unapologetic blonde face saying «they were cooked this morning but ok, as an exception this time, I will give you a pound of a new batch»? Fuck (sorry for my language) but now REALLY? YOU BETTER!!! Then the owner came out, no sorry, no smile, not a shit. Gave me a new pound of shrimps and left… Whoa, never again. I will drive 2 extra miles to the «Big fisherman» place that have the top notch Cajun seafood and will never waste my time on this joke of a business.

Of the 3 places that I had boiled crawfish in New Orleans, this one was hands down the best.
I loved my experience here. It’s a no frills seafood shop… and it came recommended by multiple bartenders, both at my hotel and on Bourbon Street.
Most of the recommendations went as follows, «Don’t buy crawfish in the French Quarter, they’re a ripoff… the best place in town is Kjean.» I heard that multiple times and took the suggestions seriously… after all, who would know better than the locals about where to get good crawfish.
I paid less than half the price per pound of what restaurants were charging downtown and had a great time with some spicy seafood.
On top of the crawfish, the corn and potatoes were also awesome and spicy. It was so good that I went back a second day in a row.
If you visit New Orleans or are in the area already and haven’t had their crawfish, it’s worth the trip. The seafood is brought in from their own commercial boats locally instead of being imported.
My only warning to you is that there isn’t much space to eat inside… it’s a bar along the wall, so you might want to grab the food to go to a park with… but if you don’t mind eating on a bar full of pictures of the Saints, you’ll double love this place.

Compared to prices of $ 10 – 13 for a pound of crawfish in the French Quarter during Mardi Gras, we were really happy to see prices for only $ 3.99!!! It’s not meant for sitting and eating, but we were gonna hit the road so had no choice. They have inside seating for about 15 people in a bar type seating arrangement.
We come from Texas and thought that the food and flavor for the crawfish was really good especially for the price!

Just purchased 10lbs of crawfish and was so disappointed to have paid 3.99lb for previously frozen freezer burned. So bad! I called them up and they admitted to being pre frozen and reboiled. Will have to think very hard about returning.

mushy crawfish that was $ 2.99/lb which is $.70 more than the prices in metairie. will definitely not eat there again despite being less than 5 mins. away. the only thing good was the nice lady behind the counter. crawfish was nicely seasoned but couldn’t get past the mushy texture. tasted like they were frozen crawfish before it was boiled. did not understand how they could be selling this stuff in the middle of crawfish season. plus to add insult to injury, they were all feeders– the type too small usually to use for a boil. usually we peel those to eat in dishes. atrocious!

I used to LOVE Kjean!
I just went there to pick up crawfish and they were pricey, overcooked, and too small. Ridiculous.
Eek! Methinks not says it all.
never again…

This was my go-​to place for local seafood for a while. In recent times, the quality has slipped and the fish in particular was not very fresh. The prices are not particularly cheap and you’d expect higher quality/​fresher seafood. Th final straw for me is that the service could be described as surly at best.
My suggestion, swing over to the Big Fisherman on Magazine.