Cajun Restaurants in Gilroy, CA

“I’m so glad I overlooked the mix batch of reviews and decided to try this place.

My mom and I were at the Outlets and she was hungry so I went on Yelp to search up food places nearby. After looking at a few food places we decided to head to Jellyfish Seafood Bar for an early dinner. A big factor why I chose Jellyfish was because I really wanted seafood boil and they had seafood boil here.

I really enjoy the concept of this restaurant..seafood boil/thai food. YES YES AND YES!!! Whoever came up with this fusion..10/10 idea!!! If you want Thai food you get Thai food..if you want seafood boil you get seafood boil. Or you can get both!!! My mom and I decided to get both after looking at the menu. We got grilled oysters, garlic noodles, firecracker fried rice, and a mix of the shrimp/mussel seafood boil with jellyfish smack sauce (mix of all the sauces) hot.

Everything was really good but our favorite dishes were the firecracker fried rice and the seafood boil!!! The jellyfish smack sauce was seasoned so well and it was a good level of hot..hot but enjoyable. I didn’t think it was that spicy but my mom said it was spicy but good spicy. My mom kept raving about how good the jellyfish smack sauce was while we were eating..she kept saying wow this is so good. I agree with her..the sauce is amazing and when you put it on some white rice it tastes soooo good. I’m going to try to explain this..sauces at places like Boiling Crab/ Kickin Crab..etc..like seafood boil in San Jose are Vietnamese owned..therefore their sauces tends to taste like Vietnamese/Cajun flavors. For some reason even though this is a Thai/cajun restaurant the seafood boil didn’t have the Asian taste to it..but more so American Louisiana taste..not sure if that’s what they’re going for..but regardless IT WAS SO SO SO SO SO GOOD!!! As someone who is Vietnamese and loves seafood boil I actually prefer this taste over the Asian one..both are good but if I to choose I would choose the seafood boil sauce from here.

Also you need to get the firecracker fried rice!!! I think it’s a must if you decide to come here. The way they seasoned the rice was delicious. Spice with a hint of basil. Perfection!!!

I’m bummed out this restaurant is all the way in Gilroy. This is the first time I’ve been to Gilroy in possibly over 10 years. I might just have to come to the Outlets more often so I can come have lunch or dinner here again.

If you are in the area give this restaurant a try. Ignore the bad reviews come by and try the food for yourself.

Shout out to our wonderful server. I didn’t get his name..but he was the taller guy and he was great. He kept checking in us..but of course we were doing great every time he checked because the food was so good.

Great food..great service!!! Love it here!!!“