SJ Crawfish
393 N Capitol Ave, San Jose
(408) 708-7994
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Foods was ok , but services was suck like they didn’t need a customers . won’t come back again !
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Sweet Potatoes Fries, Seafood, Garlic Noodles, Cajun Fries, Fried Oyster 10 Pieces
I ate these guys on Sunday June 14th. I can tell you right now I was highly disappointed. I’m from the south so I was expecting something from this place considering they have a bunch of these in the south. Every one of those were great. However this seems like glorified Chinese seafood. I ordered a battered shrimp appetizer. The shrimp are brought out to me still whole skin on and friend and seasoned. So all flavor of the shrimp is going to be peeled off. This should’ve been a red flag to start. I order the combo number three. 2 pounds crawfish, 1 pound shrimp, 1 pound sausage. I ordered it Cajun and medium spice level. It had absolutely no resemblance of Cajun seasoning or flavor. It was very bland. All you could taste was garlic and butter. The quality of the crawfish and shrimp was also in question it tasted off for sure. It was almost like it was frozen. The only reason I’m even making this review is because of how absurd this place is my meal was $70 and I can tell you right now it shouldn’t have been more than $40 because this is just a poor imitation of Cajun boil in a bag restaurants. For anyone that actually thinks this place is Cajun good is sorely mistaken. Don’t. This place just gives Cajun food a bad name. As I write this review I’m sick to my stomach and I definitely think this place is the reason for it.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
NOT ALL SHRIMPS ARE CREATED EQUAL!Read several glowing reviews and thought the spot would be legit, but we were disappointedThe shrimp meats were mostly on the soft or mushy side, lacking the typical density of fresh shrimp we had elsewhere, it’s as if the shrimps were soaked for too long... The shrimp heads also had a bitter taste and missing the usual umami flavor. Several of the mussels were not cleaned properly and still had the “hair” attached. Sauce flavor was too mild, we have had our shared of Cajun shrimps, and this experience was poor.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Seafood, House Special
This place was good. I order the shrimp with the fries. The only thing is that you will have a messy dinner. So be prepared to get ur hands dirty.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pretty good fried catfish.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Fried Catfish with Fries, Cajun Fries
The lady owner is very nice. The food is abnormally good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Frozen Crawfish, Seafood, French Fries
If you want to eat crawfish, this place has very delicious sauce and the price is a bit high, around $30-100. The space is very large and there is a lot of parking but the service is a bit
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Recommended dishes: Crawfish Etouffee, Garlic Noodles, Raw Oyster, Seafood, House Special
We got the combo with 2lb shrimp and 1lb clams with the house special sauce, rice, and cajun fries on the side. The price was right!! Significantly less expensive than Boiling Crab and Kickin Crab. The fries were great. Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. We loved the big chunky pieces of garlic in the house special sauce. We got medium spice cause I chickened out of trying the spicy level but I think next time I'll get the spicy level. The only thing I can say negatively is that they may want to cook the shrimp a bit less so that the shells don't stick when peeling. But over all, so so good!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Found this place nestled in a little plaza close to my bfs house. We were surprised to find a seafood boil place so close! We were happy to find that they had fresh crawfish and relatively similar prices to other places around the areaUpon walking in, there were only a couple other people there so we got seated right as we got through the door. At the table, they lay out the butcher paper, give you gloves and a bib, as well as a paper plate + lemon & pepper. Not a lot of paper towels and tissues.We ordered the combo #3 (medium spice, house special sauce), which was 2lb freawfudt, 1 lb shrimp? 2 corns and 2 potato, 4 piece sausage. We also got Cajun fries.The fries got there first and we had a few bites before the seafood came out.The crawfish were pretty big, I was able to get s little meat from their claws. Not super worth to get the claw meat, but can try. The shrimp and crawfish were cooked well and had a nice bite to it. The sauce was delicious. I enjoyed it a lot -- had chunks of garlic and such but still saucy. It was flavorful and not toooo oily and had a sweet savory taste. The medium was not spicy , and this is coming from someone who can't handle spicy stuff too much.The potatoes were enough per person. Small potato. The sausage was not a sausage but it was like a hot dog quality. I've had better but next time the sausage not worth getting.This was good enough for the both of us. We finished the combo but we only finished about half the fries We were so stuffed by the end of dinnerThere are two bathrooms but the sinks are inside, so if you only want to wash your hands, you still have to go in.Overall would definitely come here again! Delicious
The best crawfish in the bay. You need to get the SJ sauce with medium spicy ?️?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Excellent. Every Friday I go with my family. Delicious. I have been to try different places in San José and this is still my number 1. One thousand percent recommended
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I love Ken Le
Great food and very friendly staff. Best place in town to taste seafood. Customer service is next level, they make you feel very comfortable with great food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
They didn't answer the phone ? I call 10
Service: 1
Great Service always fresh and tasty
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