I feel the need to preface this by saying that I tend to have fairly high standards for Chinese food, having been raised on it and my momma was a good cook. Having said that, it took me a long time to check out Crawfish since I usually don't go for Chinese restaurants. I've had several people recommend it, so we went for the Common Thread Asian Noodle Tour. I scoped out the menu ahead of time. The offerings reminded me of things I've eaten in NYC, while it reminded my sister of LA eateries- a good start. We went at 11:45am on Saturday to beat the lunch rush and were seated right away. Service and food was prompt. We started off with the Salt & Pepper Calamari- it was flavorful and tender without being greasy. Most of my party ordered the Chow Fun and loved it. I had the HK Style Combo Chow Mein. The noodles were nice and crisp with a generous combination of meats, veggies and gravy atop. My only regret was that the meats felt overly velveted, bordering on slimey. It was a cold day so we ordered hot tea. I was very impressed by the quality of the oolong. I don't usually expect tea at restaurants to be amazing but it rivaled some of the best I've had. We'll be back!
Ryo N.
Really good food! I got the beef huo fun (or chowfun) was really delicious! It had great flavor and good potion size. The salt and pepper squid was also very delicious. It's a great spot.
Kyle H.
Went to this spot to celebrate my birthday. Saw that they had seafood boils and also asian cuisine. Soon as we walked it was so cozy and comfortable with really nice vibes and decor. Our waitress Nataly was Extremely busy but but was able to provide us with wonderful service. Tha food was Amazing! Tha S&P wings, Firecracker wings, garlic noodles.. everything was really really tasty! Tha Paloma cocktail ihad was tha icing on tha cake for me. Thank you Crawfish Asian Cuisine!!
Greg Trahan
Amazing place. A bit pricey tho
Lourens Steger
Excellent food, attentive service and large portions so there's some to take home. We will definitely go back to this Asian feast.
Richard M.
Ok, the food here was meh to ok. I ordered the Kung Pao chicken and steamed rice, also with two appetizers - fried spring rolls and crab rangoon. Ok, i tried to order the Kung Pao beef, and then Kung Pao pork, and was told they didnt have it. I also tried to order the fried prawns (4 pieces without rice, its on the menu) and was told they dont do that either. It was a strange conversation to say the least. The chicken had a decent sauce on it, thicker than most and i liked that. Pretty standard stuff really. The rice was good, very warm when i picked it up. The spring rolls were homemade and that made the entire experience better! Nice and crunchy, and fried perfectly. The crab rangoon were kind of standard, almost tasted like they were frozen. There are better Kung Pao chicken in town, and I would like to try the seafood at some point, and then i can truly give a proper review. One thing of note: I picked the order up around noon, and although they had an open dining room the place was very empty with only one table with customers.
Lavonne McQueen
Food was delicious ?no doubt will be back we are visiting from Stockton, CA my husband and I truly enjoyed the food and the service was wonderful too loved everything egg rolls, crab fried rice, sweet and sour chicken. Mongolian lamb, pot stickers and salt and pepper wings ?
Susan Thorsteinson
I ordered combo chow main, no shrimp. I got chicken only.I also ordered egg rolls with hot mustard and chili sauce. No mustard. No chili sauce.Of course I didn't know this until I got home 20 minutes later.Good food, really poor service.
Ram The
Calamari, crab fried rice and AZN shrimp killed it. Fosho! you will bring your utensils down and use your hand instead! ?
Apryl B.
I'm not going to lie I go to this place like every other week! Sometimes twice a week for their lunch menu! Their food is amazing every time and their service is great! They have so much to offer and it's a fun place for the family to eat. I always get their calamari appetizer and general chicken! Of course, they have their seafood menu which is also delicious!
I hate to be writing this because I know how tough it is for small businesses right now, but I have to share my bad experience (let's hope it was all an unfortunate accident). My main issue is w the wait staff and management. *tldr; really crowded, expect long wait times even w reservation. Waitstaff needs better training - they dropped glass that shattered at my foot and water spilled on my back, jacket, bag without an apology from the waitstaff. 1) We had a reservation at 7:30PM, got there right on time, and told that they were waiting for a table to leave, about 10-15min. There were two other tables available but they said they were saving it for a larger group so we would have to wait. Fine, that's reasonable, we understand, ok. Well, at 8pm, we were still not seated. I wanted to order before we were seated to shorten the wait time because my parents are older and have diabetes and can't wait that long before eating. They took my order, but told me the wait would probably be the same as if I ordered once we got seated because the kitchen is backed up. 2) We were seated a bit past 8pm. We asked the waiter if there's anything he can do for us since we waited so long (or if he could comp us a boba). It was weird bc even if it's no, he should have just straight up and said that, instead he kept on coming up with excuses and said that he would ask his manager (but his manager was in the kitchen cooking). I think he was scared to ask his manager. Finally, he says he thinks his manager will say no, but he will comp us out of his own pocket anyways. Well, we felt bad for that, and told him we didn't want that. (We ended up still ordering a drink - mango boba, really gross drink, don't get it. Just don't. It's powdery and boba tastes really soft / mushy in a bad way). 3) I really care about covid precautions, and the restaurant was reallly crowded. Since both my parents are vaccinated, I willingly took the risk to indoor dine. They sat us at the table near the kitchen, and I could see the kitchen staff with their masks off while cooking (see photo). If you care about covid (which I know not everyone does), this is something to consider. 4) Our food came relatively quickly given all the other fiasco, so I give them that. We got the braised pork belly, hot sour soup, rice ($2 per cup), seafood hotpot (claypot) and eggplant (we actually originally ordered a pea sprout, but they were out of all the veggies except Chinese broccoli, which they didn't tell us about until after we ordered, so we had to switch it out). I recommend the eggplant and hot and sour soup. Those were tasty. The braised belly is also ok. Skip the seafood claypot (the portion was really small). 5) We were almost done eating until the grand finale of the night. A waitstaff dropped glasses full of water behind me, soaking the entire bottom half of my back (and my jacket and bag). The glasses landed by my foot and shattered (see pic). The waitstaff DID NOT APOLOGIZE to me and they looked really frazzled and was cleaning up the walk way, while I was dripping w water. They might have even apologized to the table next to us. It was so weird. I had to ask for napkins (they didn't automatically think to bring some napkins to a customer they just spilled it water on). I really really hope it's clean water they were bringing out and not old water ppl drank they were cleaning (bc potentially covid infested water on me would be so much worse). I'm now sitting in the car w some paper towels stuffed under my shirt bc it's really cold to be out in a wet shirt when it's like 40-50degrees outside on my drive back to Tahoe. 6) Finally, I asked for the manager, and he apologized. He said he would take 50% off the bill. I feel like most places would do more than that, but given covid situation, fine. We just wanted to get out of there by that point. *side note, another customer at a table next to us was all like 'it's an accident, why are you so worked up?'. Well, because I just had water sp
Anthony V.
My best friend and I had dinner here tonight, and we thoroughly enjoyed our evening. The food was great, we ordered the combo silver bag with shrimp and crawfish, and we got the chicken wings and calamari for appetizers. The food came out relatively quick and hot. The service was also great, we were seated later than our reservation time, but given the situation, they can't control how long it takes people to finish their dinner, totally not their fault! We were also the very unfortunate guests that had to sit next to Cynthia and her family. (See review below me). It sounds like Cynthia & her husband feel entitled and were trying to get free food from the start. You had to wait to be seated? Join the club. If your parents had medical needs and needed to eat sooner then maybe you should have gone somewhere else. I saw the whole situation unfold when the waitstaff accidentally tripped and spilled water over Cynthia causing the glass to break and shatter. It was totally out of their control and tried to clean it up as fast as possible. Cynthia and her family didn't even give the wait staff time to apologize before she caused a scene. The way she handled it was very rude and child-like. You can tell that they "believe" they are some sort of top notch, privileged customers. I had to step in, with the way they were talking to the staff that were in a predicament where they were unable to defend themselves. I can't say anything else about their experience prior to the whole glass/ water incident, because I didn't see it first hand, but I will say that the staff handled the situation very well despite what Cynthia says.
Tabitha E.
My last review from a few years ago took some time for us to attempt coming back. I apologize for how I sound in it too, fairly "hangry" to put it mildly. And this is just for the chinese food side, and not the "boil" seafood side. Anyways, I have come back a couple times since so far. The first time, nothing stands out to me, but it wasn't bad at least! We placed a large to go order last night which included: 1/2 Peking duck ($21) Wonton Soup, size small ($11), I asked to add crispy rice which was supposed to be 4 rice crispy patties for $2, but I only got 3. Honey Walnut Shrimp Black Pepper Lamb ($16), White rice (meh, always put up a fit paying for that at a chinese restaurant) The lamb was tasty, not too spicy, soft peppers and onions and tender meat. The shrimp were amazing, I get that the portions won't be as big as other chinese places in town, but they stayed nice and crispy, and not covered in sauce, not burnt walnuts, very good dish. The wonton soup was incredibly greasy, but had good flavor. I actually would have preferred less meat than what was given, which was a lot! The duck was also good, still moist, and some pieces still had some crispy skin (product of to go box). Only gripe there was would have preferred more toppings, like cilantro and the onion, and more of the pickled slivered carrots they did send with it. There was an orange, honey (I am guessing) sauce along with the plum that was tasty though. Overall, it was good and hit the spot, and after having a lot of really bad quality chinese recently from other lower cost places in town, well you get what you pay for. This will be in our rotation along with some other well known chinese places in town.
Peter M.
Simply fabulous food! Definitely several marks above any other Asian restaurants in the Reno area.
Heather Phillips
This place has great food, but terrible service. Called to make a reservation and was put on hold for over 10 minutes. Pretty disappointing! Never go to make a reservation that night.
I feel the need to preface this by saying that I tend to have fairly high standards for Chinese food, having been raised on it and my momma was a good cook. Having said that, it took me a long time to check out Crawfish since I usually don't go for Chinese restaurants. I've had several people recommend it, so we went for the Common Thread Asian Noodle Tour. I scoped out the menu ahead of time. The offerings reminded me of things I've eaten in NYC, while it reminded my sister of LA eateries- a good start. We went at 11:45am on Saturday to beat the lunch rush and were seated right away. Service and food was prompt. We started off with the Salt & Pepper Calamari- it was flavorful and tender without being greasy. Most of my party ordered the Chow Fun and loved it. I had the HK Style Combo Chow Mein. The noodles were nice and crisp with a generous combination of meats, veggies and gravy atop. My only regret was that the meats felt overly velveted, bordering on slimey. It was a cold day so we ordered hot tea. I was very impressed by the quality of the oolong. I don't usually expect tea at restaurants to be amazing but it rivaled some of the best I've had. We'll be back!
Really good food! I got the beef huo fun (or chowfun) was really delicious! It had great flavor and good potion size. The salt and pepper squid was also very delicious. It's a great spot.
Went to this spot to celebrate my birthday. Saw that they had seafood boils and also asian cuisine. Soon as we walked it was so cozy and comfortable with really nice vibes and decor. Our waitress Nataly was Extremely busy but but was able to provide us with wonderful service. Tha food was Amazing! Tha S&P wings, Firecracker wings, garlic noodles.. everything was really really tasty! Tha Paloma cocktail ihad was tha icing on tha cake for me. Thank you Crawfish Asian Cuisine!!
Amazing place. A bit pricey tho
Excellent food, attentive service and large portions so there's some to take home. We will definitely go back to this Asian feast.
Ok, the food here was meh to ok. I ordered the Kung Pao chicken and steamed rice, also with two appetizers - fried spring rolls and crab rangoon. Ok, i tried to order the Kung Pao beef, and then Kung Pao pork, and was told they didnt have it. I also tried to order the fried prawns (4 pieces without rice, its on the menu) and was told they dont do that either. It was a strange conversation to say the least. The chicken had a decent sauce on it, thicker than most and i liked that. Pretty standard stuff really. The rice was good, very warm when i picked it up. The spring rolls were homemade and that made the entire experience better! Nice and crunchy, and fried perfectly. The crab rangoon were kind of standard, almost tasted like they were frozen. There are better Kung Pao chicken in town, and I would like to try the seafood at some point, and then i can truly give a proper review. One thing of note: I picked the order up around noon, and although they had an open dining room the place was very empty with only one table with customers.
Food was delicious ?no doubt will be back we are visiting from Stockton, CA my husband and I truly enjoyed the food and the service was wonderful too loved everything egg rolls, crab fried rice, sweet and sour chicken. Mongolian lamb, pot stickers and salt and pepper wings ?
I ordered combo chow main, no shrimp. I got chicken only.I also ordered egg rolls with hot mustard and chili sauce. No mustard. No chili sauce.Of course I didn't know this until I got home 20 minutes later.Good food, really poor service.
Calamari, crab fried rice and AZN shrimp killed it. Fosho! you will bring your utensils down and use your hand instead! ?
I'm not going to lie I go to this place like every other week! Sometimes twice a week for their lunch menu! Their food is amazing every time and their service is great! They have so much to offer and it's a fun place for the family to eat. I always get their calamari appetizer and general chicken! Of course, they have their seafood menu which is also delicious!
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I hate to be writing this because I know how tough it is for small businesses right now, but I have to share my bad experience (let's hope it was all an unfortunate accident). My main issue is w the wait staff and management. *tldr; really crowded, expect long wait times even w reservation. Waitstaff needs better training - they dropped glass that shattered at my foot and water spilled on my back, jacket, bag without an apology from the waitstaff. 1) We had a reservation at 7:30PM, got there right on time, and told that they were waiting for a table to leave, about 10-15min. There were two other tables available but they said they were saving it for a larger group so we would have to wait. Fine, that's reasonable, we understand, ok. Well, at 8pm, we were still not seated. I wanted to order before we were seated to shorten the wait time because my parents are older and have diabetes and can't wait that long before eating. They took my order, but told me the wait would probably be the same as if I ordered once we got seated because the kitchen is backed up. 2) We were seated a bit past 8pm. We asked the waiter if there's anything he can do for us since we waited so long (or if he could comp us a boba). It was weird bc even if it's no, he should have just straight up and said that, instead he kept on coming up with excuses and said that he would ask his manager (but his manager was in the kitchen cooking). I think he was scared to ask his manager. Finally, he says he thinks his manager will say no, but he will comp us out of his own pocket anyways. Well, we felt bad for that, and told him we didn't want that. (We ended up still ordering a drink - mango boba, really gross drink, don't get it. Just don't. It's powdery and boba tastes really soft / mushy in a bad way). 3) I really care about covid precautions, and the restaurant was reallly crowded. Since both my parents are vaccinated, I willingly took the risk to indoor dine. They sat us at the table near the kitchen, and I could see the kitchen staff with their masks off while cooking (see photo). If you care about covid (which I know not everyone does), this is something to consider. 4) Our food came relatively quickly given all the other fiasco, so I give them that. We got the braised pork belly, hot sour soup, rice ($2 per cup), seafood hotpot (claypot) and eggplant (we actually originally ordered a pea sprout, but they were out of all the veggies except Chinese broccoli, which they didn't tell us about until after we ordered, so we had to switch it out). I recommend the eggplant and hot and sour soup. Those were tasty. The braised belly is also ok. Skip the seafood claypot (the portion was really small). 5) We were almost done eating until the grand finale of the night. A waitstaff dropped glasses full of water behind me, soaking the entire bottom half of my back (and my jacket and bag). The glasses landed by my foot and shattered (see pic). The waitstaff DID NOT APOLOGIZE to me and they looked really frazzled and was cleaning up the walk way, while I was dripping w water. They might have even apologized to the table next to us. It was so weird. I had to ask for napkins (they didn't automatically think to bring some napkins to a customer they just spilled it water on). I really really hope it's clean water they were bringing out and not old water ppl drank they were cleaning (bc potentially covid infested water on me would be so much worse). I'm now sitting in the car w some paper towels stuffed under my shirt bc it's really cold to be out in a wet shirt when it's like 40-50degrees outside on my drive back to Tahoe. 6) Finally, I asked for the manager, and he apologized. He said he would take 50% off the bill. I feel like most places would do more than that, but given covid situation, fine. We just wanted to get out of there by that point. *side note, another customer at a table next to us was all like 'it's an accident, why are you so worked up?'. Well, because I just had water sp
My best friend and I had dinner here tonight, and we thoroughly enjoyed our evening. The food was great, we ordered the combo silver bag with shrimp and crawfish, and we got the chicken wings and calamari for appetizers. The food came out relatively quick and hot. The service was also great, we were seated later than our reservation time, but given the situation, they can't control how long it takes people to finish their dinner, totally not their fault! We were also the very unfortunate guests that had to sit next to Cynthia and her family. (See review below me). It sounds like Cynthia & her husband feel entitled and were trying to get free food from the start. You had to wait to be seated? Join the club. If your parents had medical needs and needed to eat sooner then maybe you should have gone somewhere else. I saw the whole situation unfold when the waitstaff accidentally tripped and spilled water over Cynthia causing the glass to break and shatter. It was totally out of their control and tried to clean it up as fast as possible. Cynthia and her family didn't even give the wait staff time to apologize before she caused a scene. The way she handled it was very rude and child-like. You can tell that they "believe" they are some sort of top notch, privileged customers. I had to step in, with the way they were talking to the staff that were in a predicament where they were unable to defend themselves. I can't say anything else about their experience prior to the whole glass/ water incident, because I didn't see it first hand, but I will say that the staff handled the situation very well despite what Cynthia says.
My last review from a few years ago took some time for us to attempt coming back. I apologize for how I sound in it too, fairly "hangry" to put it mildly. And this is just for the chinese food side, and not the "boil" seafood side. Anyways, I have come back a couple times since so far. The first time, nothing stands out to me, but it wasn't bad at least! We placed a large to go order last night which included: 1/2 Peking duck ($21) Wonton Soup, size small ($11), I asked to add crispy rice which was supposed to be 4 rice crispy patties for $2, but I only got 3. Honey Walnut Shrimp Black Pepper Lamb ($16), White rice (meh, always put up a fit paying for that at a chinese restaurant) The lamb was tasty, not too spicy, soft peppers and onions and tender meat. The shrimp were amazing, I get that the portions won't be as big as other chinese places in town, but they stayed nice and crispy, and not covered in sauce, not burnt walnuts, very good dish. The wonton soup was incredibly greasy, but had good flavor. I actually would have preferred less meat than what was given, which was a lot! The duck was also good, still moist, and some pieces still had some crispy skin (product of to go box). Only gripe there was would have preferred more toppings, like cilantro and the onion, and more of the pickled slivered carrots they did send with it. There was an orange, honey (I am guessing) sauce along with the plum that was tasty though. Overall, it was good and hit the spot, and after having a lot of really bad quality chinese recently from other lower cost places in town, well you get what you pay for. This will be in our rotation along with some other well known chinese places in town.
Simply fabulous food! Definitely several marks above any other Asian restaurants in the Reno area.
This place has great food, but terrible service. Called to make a reservation and was put on hold for over 10 minutes. Pretty disappointing! Never go to make a reservation that night.