Crawfish Cafe

Allison Kojima

Location: Crawfish Cafe is on the right hand side of the Hong Kong Mall near Ocean Palace. Now that crawfish season is in full swing, I thought I’d try this spot out with a group of friends. I recommend getting a reservation if possible because it gets packed. My friends and I started off with garlic noodles, crawfish etouffee, wings (fish sauce and nashville hot), and crawfish (the grail sauce which is garlic butter and thai basil) The wings were okay, nothing mind-blowing but the garlic noodles were fantastic! The crawfish etouffee was also decent but out of all the appetizers, I would highly recommend the garlic noodles. As for the crawfish, there’s four levels of spice (Mild, Medium, Spicy, and Extra Spicy). I ordered the Spicy and it definitely packed a punch- I was sweating a little bit lol. For reference, I enjoy eating spicy buldak noodles (as long as there’s an egg in it to dilute the spice a little bit) Flavor-wise, it was fantastic! Corn and potatoes were good, and the andouille sausage had that snappy case that we all crave. And with the big crawfish all doused in the Grail sauce, I was in heaven. Service-wise, our waiter was attentive and professional. It also didn’t take long at all for the food to come out. Overall, a solid spot for crawfish if you are craving viet-cajun!

10 months ago

Tiffany Vo

Finally crawfish season so we tried out the Crawfish Cafe location located inside Hong Kong 4. We were seated very quickly and our server was the best. He was attentive without being overbearing and had the nicest attitude. We spent a pretty penny here but we wanted to have a diverse spread of foods we were craving. We ordered the garlic noodles, fried rice, etouffe, gumbo, boudain egg rolls, fried okra, oyster sampler, crawfish in Thai basil seasoning, crawfish in lemon pepper seasoning and mussels in some garlic butter seasoning. Everything was fantastic! I would skip the garlic noodles next time, they were a bit soft and soggy but the gumbo was so delicious. Fried rice was perfect for the kids and they loved the fried okra. Boudain egg rolls had some cheese in it so that was a surprise. Thai basil seasoning and lemon pepper was so so good if you want something else besides Viet Cajun seasoning. A bit early in the season so crawfish weren’t huge but nonetheless, still so delicious ($11.99/lb). All in all, food was great, service was even better. Would definitely return.

11 months ago

Madison Jameson

This place is delicious! We had everything. Crawfish, snow crabs, clams, fried fish, nuggets, Mac n cheese, okra - and everything was delicious. Service was quick and efficient. My only complaint is that all the food came in separate bags which gives the impression that they aren’t made fresh to order (this was confirmed because the food was slightly cool instead of hot like it’s supposed to be) but the flavoring was so good, I won’t knock a star for it. Highly recommend!!!

a year ago

A. Mack

First time here and Kendal got me together. She was so helpful in telling me all the specials and how to access the market prices for the boils. I asked her to mix me up her favorite drink which was bomb! Trust that she knows what she's doing! My food came so fast, I didn't have time to get comfortable. I ordered boil bag #1. The shrimp were so big! And the crawfish beignets? KEEP THEM! 3 stuffed pockets of deliciousness! The food is reasonably priced. I was just greedy! I will be back and I'm bringing folks!! I need to try more food!

10 months ago

Q Man

1. My favorite place to get Vietnamese crawfish. The lemon pepper with garlic butter is the way to eat this. So delish when sucking the heads. 2. Shrimp Po-Boy is good. Good texture on the bread. Nice crispy shrimp. All the right toppings with the mayo dipping sauce. Ordered a side of garlic noodles that was garlic forward but still very good.

11 months ago