Best Seafood in Kingwood, TX: Crawfish, Oysters and Lake Views

For seafood in Kingwood, TX, go to BB's Tex-Orleans on US 59 for boiled crawfish and Gulf oysters, and to Sharky's Waterfront Grill at Kings Harbor for oysters on the half shell with a view of Lake Houston. Chimichurri's, Zammitti's, Lupe Tortilla, Akashi, Nukumi, Poke Yana and Three B's Grill round out our nine picks, and every one was checked on its own official website in November 2026.

Here's the line to save: Kingwood has two different Kingwood Rolls. Akashi on Northpark Drive makes one with spicy salmon and eel, Nukumi down the road makes another stacked with tuna, salmon, yellowtail and baked eel, and both sushi bars also roll crawfish into their menus. In the Livable Forest, crawfish season doesn't stop at the boil.

How we define Kingwood

Kingwood is the forested community in northeast Houston, part of the City of Houston, with Lake Houston on its east side. For this guide we counted only places that print a Kingwood, TX address in the 77339 or 77345 ZIP codes: from Kings Harbor on West Lake Houston Parkway, along Kingwood Drive and Northpark Drive, out to the US 59 (I-69) frontage. We left out neighbors that print Humble, Atascocita or Porter, including the crawfish shops on FM 1960, and one Kingwood Drive chain whose own site lists its city as Houston.

How we chose

Every pick had to show a Kingwood address and current hours, a menu or live online ordering on its own official website when we checked in November 2026. We favored places where seafood is the point, or where one dish is worth the trip on its own. We left out restaurants whose official sites we couldn't reach or that showed no sign of being open, which ruled out a few long-running crawfish and Cajun names you may know.

Hours and menus change, and seafood depends on the catch. Treat every detail below as typical, and check the restaurant's site before you go.

The quick list

• For boiled crawfish and a Gulf oyster dozen: BB's Tex-Orleans on US 59.
• For oysters with a lake view: Sharky's Waterfront Grill at Kings Harbor.
• For a dressed-up seafood dinner: Chimichurri's South American Grill at Kings Harbor.
• For crab cakes and clam linguine: Zammitti's Italian Ristorante at Kings Harbor.
• For Gulf shrimp, Tex-Mex style: Lupe Tortilla on Northpark Drive.
• For crawfish sushi: Akashi or Nukumi, both on Northpark Drive.
• For a quick poke bowl: Poke Yana on Northpark Drive.
• For crawfish pasta with the game on: Three B's Grill on Kingwood Drive.

Where can you get crawfish in Kingwood?

BB's Tex-Orleans on US 59 is the year-round crawfish stop in Kingwood: it says it serves crawfish every day, in and out of season.

BB's Tex-Orleans

US 59 frontage, 25635 US-59 · Cajun and Tex-Orleans · open daily

BB's Tex-Orleans opened its Kingwood restaurant in 2021, and the brand dates back to November 2007, when it started in a 1,100-square-foot spot at Montrose and Westheimer in Houston. The Kingwood menu is built for crawfish people: crawfish by the pound in Tex-Orleans, Bayou Style or Citrus-Garlic seasoning, and the 5 Pound Mound, five pounds of seasoned crawfish with corn and potatoes, which BB's says is available all day, every day.

Insider tip: BB's says the Kingwood location serves live crawfish whenever it can get them during peak season, and premium flash-frozen crawfish the rest of the year. So the craving can be satisfied in October, too. Gulf oysters on the half shell are seasonal, and BB's lists half-price oyster dozens at happy hour, typically weekdays from 3 to 6 p.m.

What to order: the 5 Pound Mound, Maw Maw's Gumbo, and the Bedtime in the Bayou po'boy, BB's fried Gulf shrimp po'boy on Leidenheimer French bread. Wednesday is Water Creature Wednesday, with seafood specials all day.

Families: Tuesday is Kids Eat Free (two kids' meals per adult entree, ages 12 and under, dine-in only), and there's a covered patio. BB's says it closes only three days a year: Thanksgiving Day for dining, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

Three B's Grill

Kingwood Drive, 4590 Kingwood Dr · sports grill

Three B's Grill on Kingwood Drive is a game-day grill, not a seafood house, but its Cajun Pasta is a sneaky crawfish fix: cavatappi with shrimp or crawfish, andouille sausage, smoked gouda and a creamy Cajun sauce. The menu also has Fish-N-Chips made with Alaskan cod, a shrimp platter you can order fried, grilled or blackened, and Dynamite Shrimp over Asian slaw. It is typically open from 11 a.m. daily, late on weekends, with happy hour from 2 to 6 p.m.

Where can you eat seafood on the water in Kingwood?

Kings Harbor on West Lake Houston Parkway is where Kingwood eats by the water, and three of our picks share the same address, 1660 West Lake Houston Parkway.

Sharky's Waterfront Grill

Kings Harbor, 1660 West Lake Houston Pkwy, Suite 104 · seafood and burgers · open daily

Sharky's Waterfront Grill promises views of the water in a family-friendly room, and seafood fills most of its menu. Oysters on the shell come by the half dozen or dozen, the po'boys come in shrimp, catfish, crawfish or oyster, and there's broiled or blackened redfish, crawfish étouffée and a creamy blue crab bisque called Captain Marty's Whiskey Crab. Order the Whale Shark Fried Platter if your table can't decide.

Insider tip: the menu has fried gator for the adventurous, and kids 12 and under get Build a Shark, a rice crispy treat shark they decorate themselves. Sharky's is typically open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily, with weekday lunch specials and a Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The restaurant notes that fish supplies are based on availability.

Chimichurri's South American Grill

Kings Harbor, 1660 West Lake Houston Pkwy · South American · closed Mondays

Chimichurri's South American Grill is the dressed-up seafood dinner in Kingwood, with its own dress code page, so read it before you go. The dish we'd drive for is Cangrejo Aleluya: a flash-fried soft-shell crab stuffed with crawfish and shrimp, served over champagne mushroom risotto. Also on the menu: Cebiche Peruano with shrimp and fish in spicy lemon, Uñitas de Cangrejo (crab fingers in lime and lemon butter with a Venezuelan arepa), and Pargo Pistachio, a pistachio-crusted baby snapper with seared scallops.

Chimichurri's typically opens for lunch and dinner Tuesday to Friday and for dinner only on weekends.

Zammitti's Italian Ristorante

Kings Harbor, 1660 West Lake Houston Pkwy, Suite 101 · Italian · open daily

Zammitti's Italian Ristorante brought Sicilian-style cooking to Kings Harbor in 2011, according to the tall tale printed on its own menu, which cheerfully admits that some of its facts are not facts at all. The seafood is real: Crab Cakes in lemon butter sauce, Crab Stuffed Jalapeño, Linguini with Clam Sauce, Lobster Ravioli and a Crab Topped Chilled Avocado when it's available. Zammitti's is typically open from 11 a.m. daily, until 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

Where can you get sushi and poke in Kingwood?

Northpark Drive is Kingwood's sushi strip, and both of its big sushi menus include crawfish.

Akashi Asian Bistro & Sushi Bar

Northpark Drive, 2271 Northpark Dr · Japanese and Chinese

Akashi is a family-owned Houston-area group that serves Japanese and Chinese food. Its Kingwood menu has the Louisiana roll (spicy crawfish and avocado), the New Orleans Roll (spicy crawfish and snow crab, topped with spicy tuna), and its own Kingwood Roll, with crunchy spicy salmon inside and eel and avocado on top. Look for the Northpark Roll and the A&M Roll, too. Akashi's site doesn't list hours, so call before you go.

Nukumi Japanese Steak House

Northpark Drive, 20045 Northpark Dr, Suite 400 · hibachi and sushi · open daily

Nukumi Japanese Steak House is a hibachi room with a long sushi menu. Its spicy crawfish roll tops crabmeat and avocado with crawfish, masago and spicy mayo, and the American Dream roll wraps crawfish, snow crab and cream cheese in soybean paper before frying it. Nukumi's version of the Kingwood roll is the big one: tuna, salmon and cucumber inside, topped with salmon, tuna, yellowtail and baked eel. At the hibachi grill, the seafood deluxe brings jumbo shrimp, sea scallops and lobster tail. On weekdays Nukumi typically closes between lunch and dinner.

Poke Yana

Northpark Drive, 1414 Northpark Dr · poke and boba

Poke Yana is the fast, casual seafood stop in Kingwood. Build a bowl, or order a signature: the Fat Boy with ahi tuna and salmon, the Unagi Don with baked eel, or The Texans, a sushi-rice burrito in a seaweed wrap with tuna, salmon, jalapeño, mango and crab salad. It's typically open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and it pours boba too.

Where can you get Gulf shrimp and redfish Tex-Mex style?

Lupe Tortilla on Northpark Drive puts Gulf shrimp, lump crab and redfish on its Tex-Mex menu.

Lupe Tortilla

Northpark Drive, 20061 Northpark Dr · Tex-Mex · open daily

Lupe Tortilla in Kingwood lists jumbo Gulf shrimp stuffed with lump crab, bacon-wrapped Gulf shrimp in the Pepper Shrimp Brochette, and Redfish Tejas, broiled redfish with jumbo lump crab, grilled shrimp and toasted pecans. Our favorite menu line: the Spicy Shrimp and Rice Stew, which Lupe Tortilla itself calls Tex-Mex gumbo. Start with the Shrimp & Avocado Campechana. The restaurant is typically open from 11 a.m. daily, with weekend brunch and a weekday happy hour. For more, see our best Mexican restaurants in Kingwood.

Save this: a Kingwood seafood checklist

• Crawfish, any month: BB's Tex-Orleans, live in peak season and flash-frozen the rest of the year, per BB's.
• Half-price oysters: BB's happy hour, typically weekdays 3 to 6 p.m., while Gulf oysters are in season.
• Seafood and a sunset: Sharky's at Kings Harbor. Walk to Zammitti's or Chimichurri's next door if the wait is long.
• Two Kingwood Rolls, one afternoon: Akashi's spicy salmon and eel version, then Nukumi's tuna, salmon and yellowtail version, both on Northpark Drive.
• Crawfish in disguise: Chimichurri's Cangrejo Aleluya, Akashi's Louisiana roll, Nukumi's spicy crawfish roll and Three B's Cajun Pasta.
• Cheap shrimp night: The Draft on US 59 lists half-price boiled shrimp on Thursdays (dine-in), and BB's runs seafood specials all day on Water Creature Wednesday.
• Before you go: check hours on each official site the same day, and ask what's fresh. Seafood menus here change with supply.

More eating and doing in Kingwood

For the rest of the neighborhood, start with our best restaurants in Kingwood, the best happy hours in Kingwood and our Kingwood area guide. Bringing the kids? See kid-friendly restaurants in Kingwood, then walk it off with things to do in Kingwood. Willing to drive? Our Houston crawfish guide, best seafood restaurants in Houston and best sushi in Houston cover the whole city.

Last verified: November 2026.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I get boiled crawfish in Kingwood, TX?

BB's Tex-Orleans at 25635 US-59 in Kingwood serves crawfish by the pound and a 5 Pound Mound with corn and potatoes. BB's says it serves live crawfish in peak season and flash-frozen crawfish the rest of the year.

Which Kingwood restaurant has seafood with a view of Lake Houston?

Sharky's Waterfront Grill at Kings Harbor, 1660 West Lake Houston Parkway, overlooks the water and serves oysters on the half shell, po'boys, redfish and seafood platters. Chimichurri's and Zammitti's share the same Kings Harbor address.

Where can I get oysters in Kingwood?

Sharky's Waterfront Grill serves oysters on the shell by the half dozen or dozen, and BB's Tex-Orleans serves seasonal Gulf oysters on the half shell, with half-price dozens at weekday happy hour.

Is there a sushi roll named after Kingwood?

Yes, two. Akashi on Northpark Drive makes a Kingwood Roll with spicy salmon, eel and avocado, and Nukumi Japanese Steak House on Northpark Drive makes a Kingwood roll topped with salmon, tuna, yellowtail and baked eel.

What ZIP codes does Kingwood cover?

Kingwood addresses use the 77339 and 77345 ZIP codes. This guide counts only restaurants that print a Kingwood, TX address, and leaves out places listed in Humble, Atascocita or Porter.