The Cajun Crawfish

WOO HOO! Feels like I am back in Garden Grove hunting down food in the area that this place is in. I finally found this place since Google was taking me to the wrong complex. It is small and a bit hidden, but definitely worth it. My sister and I got the bang bang sauce which is all the sauces mixed together. We got the hot version with sea snails, dungeness crab and crawfish. You have to ask for the bib, gloves and the crab cracking device.
Crab and the crawfish were good, the sea snails were tiny (smaller than a dime), but worth the effort.
If you come on Tuesdays, you get to spin the wheel for prizes if your bill is over $ 40. I’m a sucker for wheels. I will definitely have to be back.

This restaurant become a chain recently. There is another one in Everett and I tried both of them. This location is way lots better. I like the special house sauce and love the crawfish here. The service is very friendly. I will be back.

Love the boil, yummy shrimp, clams and mussels! Not a big fan of the crawfish though, it’s smaller than im used to, but their buttered garlic sauce is just to die for, top it on white rice or dip the french bread! Cajun french fries was too spicy but still good. Will keep coming back!

We had the best service and the crawfish were delicious. We are so happy with our experience and will be coming back.
We got four lbs of crawfish with lemon pepper sauce and two lbs of the boom bang seafood combo.

The servers were really nice but they should hire one more person. It was really awkward watching them run around frantically trying to assist with customer requests. The parking lot is cramped and the line outside is ridiculous. Their spiciness level definitely doesn’t match the American palate. I ordered #2 but it tasted like a 3 – 4 so beware. It’s a younger crowd here; folks in their 20s. Nothing wrong with that. Just an observation.
I think I’m more of a Crawfish House (White Center) fan. They have more menu items, more tables, and is less chaotic. On a positive ending note, it certainly is cheaper than Crab Pot on the Waterfront and you get to avoid tourists.

This place was not good! 90 dollars went completely down the drain! I thought it was going to be good but I’ll never come here again because it was HORRIBLE!!! I ordered 2 lbs of king crab, 2 lbs of shrimp, sausages, sweet potato fries and corn. They didn’t have any of the chowders nor rice which is odd because it’s a menu item. When I got home and opened the food, they had cut the King crab in pieces, the corn was cut into pieces and the sausages my guy wanted was smaller than the smoked sausages that come out the grocery store! It looked like some sort of prepackaged sausages. It was definitely not prepared how it should’ve been. The sauces were super watery and had no flavor at all. When we peeled the shrimp, they were extremely mushy as if they were old or something and this is how every single shrimp in the 2lbs I ordered were! The King crab tasted as though it was previously frozen, definitely didn’t have any sort of fresh taste to them. I can always tell when someone is using processed foods or frozen foods because they have a distinct taste and because I only eat fresh, then I can easily taste the difference when eating something that was frozen or processed. I wanted to throw everything away and call them to ask for our money back. I hope that the manager or owner sees this because our food was 1000 percent less than perfect. I will be making a call to them. Even though the crawfish house had oily food, their food was entirely better than this place and their food was actually fresh and how it was supposed to be. This place, everything I ordered was terrible. I would never waste my time coming here again and I hope you who read this do not either. You will be solely disappointed. And you were warned. This place sucks really bad!

I have been going here for quite some time. They seemed to have dropped a lot of their menu items and the quality is declining.
No chowder, no fried rice.
Melted butter tasted spoiled. When I asked the server about it they said that they keep it refrigerated, but regardless it was off.
Their bam boom sauce is great. Shrimp is tasty (although prices also seem up at $ 15.99 /​lb of shrimp).
Crayfish are small and it and crab are previously frozen. Not so great. Stick with shrimp.

Not sure why this place gets any bad reviews. The crawfish and shrimp were delicious, reasonably priced, and a ton of fun to dig into. We got one pound/​person, and definitely had enough food. Make sure you get a loaf or two of the Vietnamese-​style bread to mop up all the sauce.
The Boom Bang Sauce will have you smelling like garlic for days!

The food was meh, the service was meh, the other customers were rude to staff, the 2 lbs we ordered was more like 1 lb. Food 1 lb. Fluid. Not worth the 30.00 bucks spent. The best part was the onion rings and lemonade. Go to the Crawfish House in White Center… you won’t be disappointed!

I’ve been back numerous times since I’ve written his review.
Oyster shooters are amazing! I order once almost every time I come.
Garlic fries and Cajun fries are super yummy!
I usually get the combo of shrimp, clams and crawfish. I think it’s like $ 12.99 per pound or $ 14.99 per pound. There is a minimum of 2lbs when you’re ordering this combo tho. Which actually is a good amount if there’s just two people eating.
I have not gotten crab since that one time and I honestly don’t plan on getting it again. I just don’t wanna be disappointed if I get mushy crab again.

Seriously terrible, dismissive service.
My boyfriend and I arrived at 8pm (on a Friday, and according to their business hours and sign, they close at 10pm with the kitchen closing 30 minutes prior, 9:30pm) only to be approached by a disgruntled, angry customer asking whether we were on the waiting list because they gave him a hard time as their «kitchen was closing.» (Keep in mind, we came two hours before the closing time).
Confused, we went up and ask if there was a waiting list, only to be scoffed at by a waitress and told matter-​of-​factly that the «kitchen is closing in 45 minutes» (so now their kitchen closing time is 8:45pm? What?) and that they weren’t taking anymore customers.
We questioned why, and they replied, «We have one group waiting for a table with four seats, and another three people waiting for another table.» The restaurant had *four* tables open. They also left those remaining tables with the previous customers’ trash so they appeared to be more packed than they actually were.
So… let me get this straight. You have two groups waiting. Two tables. But you have four tables available? What kind of argument is that? We even counted the available seats and table for them.
It got to the point where it was just so obvious they were antsy to leave that my boyfriend asked, «so just tell us now, tell us if you guys just want to close early,» to which they replied «yes.»
We usually enjoy this spot but if they can’t take in their customers well over an hour and a half before closing and honor their store hours or signage, well then, their business isn’t worth our time.
We ended up going to Crawfish King, where they were very accommodating and apologized for the two-​minute wait. They even took orders 20 minutes before closing time.

The service was great although we took the food to go; the employees were helpful with our many questions.
We ordered the seafood combo with two dungeoness crabs. It was unfortunate that they didn’t have limited amount of crawfish, so we couldn’t order to go. You’d think for a restaurant with the name crawfish, they’d have more then enough. If you were a sit down customer you can eat the crawfish. We still ordered more than $ 200 worth and it was worth it.
The seasoning was well done. I brought some to another family members house, they loved it and went back for more.
It’s a little pricey, so honestly I’d go when they have crawfish available. So make time if your only way to eat crawfish is to be seated. Hopefully they don’t make the mistake in the order again lol.

I think the best thing any customer can do for any business is to return and show their continual support by providing that business with THEIRS. Likewise, the greatest disservice a business, and it’s representatives can do to their customers is simply, not care.
I’ve been dying to find a place similar to The Boiling Crab. My friend strongly recommended The Cajun Crawfish so we all hopped in a car and headed there straight after work.
My friend had nothing but good things to say so we were all excited.
By the time we arrived it was 8PM. They would be closing at 9 and their kitchen is set to close 30 minutes prior to the time they close. Working in a place where we all hope to get out on time, we were already making plans to head in, make nothing more than one order and head out.
The minute we walked in we were «greeted» with a «Sorry, our kitchen is closed,» by someone I can only assume was a waitress.
My friend referred to the sign on the front that says «kitchen will close 30 minutes before closing.» The waitress responded with something along the lines of «we’re out of crawfish,» and made a comment about that’s why their sign is off.
Ok… So, there’s no shrimp? Oysters? Lobsters?
If you’re not going to honor your signage, what your website says, or your scheduled hours, what’s the point?
Don’t subject people who are looking to recommend and support your business with cattiness. That’s not how it should be.
I always try to have something positive to say but this experience was by far one of the worst I’ve ever had. I hope that if I were to ever return, the experience is memorable for the right reasons.

Service was great! I went on a quiet Monday MLK Day and were the only sit-​down customers. The girls working there were really sweet an attentive.
This place is super clean and they have a sink outside the washroom to clean your hands in after eating (trust me you’ll need to)
We ordered a mixed bag of mussels, crawfish, and crab tossed in the Boom Bang sauce. We also ordered a loaf of the French bread (banh mi French bread toasted).
mussels were tasty, wish there were more. I loved that they were open already and covered in sauce.
Crab was good too. Legs were pretty skinny. Wish they were bigger.
I’m not a big fan of crawfish to begin with so I regret ordering it now. The bag was 60% crawfish. These things don’t have much meat to begin with but my mom commented that the crawfish were’t that fresh. After she pointed it out I noticed the meat was rather mushy and didn’t have the slight sweet taste they should.
The toasted french bread was great to scoop up remaining sauce and eat with the seafood.
Parking was easy. Cajun Crawfish is situated in a pretty cramped Vietnamese strip mall with a provided parking lot area.

This place is GOOD. Like lick-​your-​fingers, cajun spicy, salty garlic saucy, so good your table is silent while eating good.
If you’re sensitive to spice or seasoning in general then this place might not be for you.
But I am glad there are places like these up in Washington to assuage a San Diegan’s heart from the breakup with mexican food. ;)
The boom boom bang sauce is a mix of all the sauces they have… and it’s a thumbs up!
Tips? Why yes I do have some. Ask for a couple sets of gloves ahead of time, as the kind they give you tend to break while enjoying delicious seafood. Also, I love spicy food. As in, I can hardly find spicy food that actually makes me sniffle. The «hot» was just enough for me.

YES. Dat Sauce. A million times, YES!
This is the kind of food that is so delicious that you’re willing to sear the skin on your finger tips in order to eat the food before its cooled down. Seriously, so many microburns on my hands because it was so yummy I couldnt wait for it to become a more reasonable temp. But you know what… WORTH IT.

I must say, I have been pleasantly surprised with the food joints lately tucked away on MLK. Cajun crawfish is a solid 4 stars!!! Food was banging! Service was quick and friendly! The only thing missing was that «super wow factor».
Service: we drove from the east side, SUPER excited to try this place for the first time and we pull up around 9pm on a Monday and the open sign was turned off :(I was bummed, thinking maybe they were slow and closed shop early and was ready to drive away, then boo stops the car and looks in, then opens the door lol and there was a private party going on but they gladly welcomed us in anyway! Thank goodness! So even though they were tending to a large private party, they still made sure we understood how to order, what to order, and were super nice whenever we needed something or had questions! The private party even shared some cake with us! How sweet!
Food: if you’ve ever been to boiling crab in California where the wait is literally 3 hours. This place serves food very reminiscent to that, except, NO WAIT! Heck yeah! It works the same way where you pick your proteins/​seafood, and pick your sauce, then enjoy! We decided to go with the mix (minimum of 2lbs) which was perfect for the two of us! We choose crab (duh), shrimp, and mussels! The other options included clams and crawfish. And we chose the whole boom bang sauce which is a mixture of the three sauces offered (original Cajun, garlic butter, and lemon pepper) but what I really liked is that you can control how spicy it is! We went with ⁴⁄₅ stars or hot. When we got the food, omg HEAVEN! The snow crab was so full and soft! Flavors were out of this world! My first bite I basically inhaled 9 pieces of garlic because I didn’t realize it was garlic– oops! Just sooo tasty I’m craving it now. My only qualm is that the Cajun boil only came with one piece of sausage, one half potato, and one piece of corn. So we had to share those lol. But it was all delicious I can’t be mad at that! We also got the Cajun fries! A bit spicier than your classic Cajun basket but I’m not complaining! Just sharing :) the fries were cooked perfectlyyy and came out super hot! Jussssst the way I like em! So good all around!

The crawfishes were huge. I wasn’t a big fan of the boom bang sauce, but my boyfriend loved it so no complaints there. However in our bag of crawfish we only had one tiny piece of sausage, maybe it’s just one of their off days but it’s no big deal.
The gloves kind of sucked because there were holes in them, and whenever we needed something we would need to go all the way in the back where the servers were hanging out chilling. Parking was also a pain in the ass.
I did like the fact that their crawfishes were live and not cooked frozen like at crawfish king. We also ordered the Dungeness crab, but didn’t like it very much, in my opinion it wasn’t worth it. They did give a generous amount of sweet potato fries which was a big plus.

Let’s cut to the chase
The good… Within the moment? How else do I quote this?
Shrimp– large shrimp. Tasted great
Crawfish– big and juicy with good amount of meat
Onion rings– awesome. Served with ketchup which made me miss being in Utah where fry sauce would usually be served.
Sweet potato fries– thin and crispy, also served with ketchup
Raw oysters– served with the usual condiments. No complaints. Yet ?
The bad:
SERVICE. Wow. It took them 15 minutes to get us water and another 15 to come back and take out order. They never checked on us and so when we wanted to place another order, we had to constantly wave them down. When we did get out order in, they seemed annoyed that we «bothered» them. I felt a little animosity in the air.
I threw up everything an hour later. Yes I’m talking emesis on Unilocal but you guys should know. Maybe it wasn’t the food, maybe it was but I was feeling fine until after I ate here. My stomach ache has now lasted 6 hours and I haven’t been able to eat anything else. I’m not sure if I’d come back here and more so bc of the staff and not the food. I’d give the food another chance but I wouldn’t order raw oysters here. I will stick to the crawfish and shrimp and you guys should too.

Heard great things about the place. Had to check it out. I LOVE seafood so I was so excited to try this place.
We were hungry and decided to try The Cajun Crawfish on Martin Luther King as we were in the area. We got there about 1:30 in the afternoon and there were just 1 table not occupied which was great because the service was pretty quick. We ordered 2 lbs seafood mix with your chosen sauce — in our case, garlic butter. Fried calamari and garlic fries.
The food was good, however the shrimp, clams, sausage, potatoes, corn and crab are all delivered to your table in the same plastic bag so they all have the same taste from the seasoning. The seasoning is the best, although the heat creeps up on you even with the lowest spice level.
The fries had a seasoning on them that made it too hot for me & my daughters to eat, so if you don’t like real spicy food please ask them to go lightly on the spice. Although it is tasty, it can get very messy.
It’s not your traditional dinner with plates and spoons, but with plastic gloves, utensils for cackling crab, lobster, king crab legs, etc, and eating right off the covered tables! Oh don’t be alarm you will be given a bib to protect your clothing! It was a totally awesome experience. I recommend it to anyone willing to try and experience a totally new «out of the box» way of dining! Bön appetite!
There’s a convenient hand washing station inside the restaurant. Place was casual and inviting. Staff was very nice and attentive. All in all it was ok but not our first choice for crab.