Laughing Crab Cajun Seafood

I was charged twice. The young man who was handling my bill realized that he rung me up for someone else's bill and then ran my card again. So instead of 97.00 , I'm 300.00 in the hole. I'm disputing the charge so I'll be ok. Other than that, I'll begin with the positives. The prices are pretty decent. I got a shrimp and crawfish boil with Old Bay. Crawfish were small to medium and shrimp were a good size. Some of my shrimp were difficult to peel. The skin had affixed itself to the meat. One piece of corn on the cob and some really thin slices of sausage are included. My wife and daughter ate the king crab claws which were better than what I ordered. My complaints are, no. 1, that their gumbo is not gumbo. Every time they serve that a Cajun grandmother dies in South Louisiana. It's more of a bisque, but if you're expecting a beautiful roux you'll be disappointed. Not that bad tasting, but it's not spicy. If you order the Old Bay seasoning on your main dish, be ready for a salt bomb. My daughter got the Cajun seasoning and it was much less salty. My family had a fun experience, so I guess that's good. My daughter will return with her teenage friends, but I doubt I'll return. I'll make my own gumbo. ;)

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

King crab is delicious, but it can be pricey because the market price is high per pound. Plenty of seating. Has a bar. Parking is hard. I will go back and do recommend.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

It was good. Where else are you going to get unlimited crab legs? The sauce was mostly grease/oil though. The staff could be more friendly but they weren't rude. The main highlight is the all you can eat. Overall, an okay place. If you want to get a lot for your money, choose this place

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 3

I’ve been there many times. My kids and grandkids love it. I don’t know how it has been hiding in plain sight next to Gloria’s at Fire Wheel.

I’m very been here in the past multiple times with my 4 kids and other family and we’ve always loved the food. We went again last night because I have 2 sons that LOVE seafood and we always come here for their birthdays with the same people. I have NEVER been charged a service fee in the few years we’ve been coming here and we got charged an extra 40 for 4 kids and 4 adults. Insane considering the service was EXTREMELY slow. We’ve never complained about the service and just enjoyed the atmosphere but yall are pretty proud of yourselves to charge 40 for extremely slow service and not have better signage or notification that you’re adding a service fee that were NEVER been charged before. Will never return or recommend this place to anyone ever again.
I also don’t recommend getting the chicken tenders because I also have 2 kids that don’t like seafood and they were practically inedible they were like large dry McDonald’s nuggets and they would not eat them and just ate the fries. They were shaped strange, batter had no flavor and it was obviously some sort of processed frozen minced chicken parts.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I truly can’t comprehend the negative reviews. My husband and I have visited this wonderful spot twice, and each experience has been exceptional. The food is absolutely delightful, and the staff is incredibly patient and attentive. When we were unsure about how to place our order, they went above and beyond to accommodate us with kindness. I wholeheartedly recommend this location; it’s a gem! and I highly recommend it :)

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

If I could rate this a negative 10 I would. I usually order from here and never have any issues but this was the icing on the cake for me. Literally 10 mins in eating my food. I lifted up my snow crab cluster and a CHUNK of hair was sitting directly on top of the egg. I have locs so its definitely was not mine. I go to return and get a refund for my order, they offered me to get my order remade because the hair had to come from the person that did the door dash order because everyone that works there has short hair. Mind you the door dasher was bald and everything was sealed and tied up. It look like it came out of the drain. No manager no assistance NO ONE came to me and try to apologize or anything. Unacceptable. Picture attached below.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

I am a doordash driver I have been to this place 2 the staff is incredibly rude and they ignore me as soon as I come in I have to literally flag someone down! That's ridiculous just because I'm not a customer don't give them the right to be rude! Also ne er ate the food here but from what I seen it doesn't look appealing! But if you do come here prepare to be ignored or get talk to rudely!

Atmosphere: 1

Service: 1

Love the food, poor service

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 2

We were out celebrating my grandsons 19th birthday, he chose this place. The restaurant itself was dirty, and greasy.
The food was SUPPOSED to be Cajun, fr shrimp & catfish had zero flavoring, my grandsons black mussels he liked. The salt & pepper shakers had so much grease on the tops that you couldn't get any out. Next the service, we had to wait wait wait, for the server, then to get our drinks. It was a wait for everything. I think there were only 2 servers for the entire restaurant! I worked at The Monument Inn, and Pappadeaux, in the industry for 35 years! The RR was disgusting,I can't imagine the kitchen or their cooler. Sad!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 1

The family and I decided to go have the all you can eat. We have had it there before and enjoyed it , the several times we visited. So we pack the kids in the car, and tell them it’s a surprise dinner(because they love it). We pull in , they realize we are eating at The Laughing Crab , and are jumping up and down with excitement! We enter , get seated and then see no one for over 20 minutes…(service has always been pretty slow, so we weren’t freaking out about the wait). Finally, a young man comes to take our order and we tell him that we all are having the all you can eat. We tell him 2 adults and 2 children. He says no it’s all adult prices. We were so confused, and are explaining that my grandson is only 9 years old and that my grand daughter 11 years old, will only eat a few bites of her food. He says it doesn’t matter how old they are and says it’ll be 43.99 for their orders , the same as our adult priced meal. He says how tall are they? I’m like idk but they are young children. He says , they are too tall for the kids all you can eat price and asked them to go measure themselves on the chart on the wall. I asked how that matters , when they are children. He says they go buy the height of the people … I explained that I believe this is the craziest thing I’ve ever heard of. So…, because my grandchildren are tall ( their mother , who is with us is 6ft) like their mother, they are to pay the same price as a full grown man. With all this craziness , we decided to find another place to have dinner , where we would not be paying 43.99 per child, to feed our babies. If you haven’t been this is just an FYI before you go. Might be the place to go if you’re a shorter person 🤷🏽‍♀️ sad part is , we have been there plenty of times , with our family about 10 of us and didn’t mind paying the 25-30 or whatever it costs before today, For the kids meals and 40 for us adults with the 18% automatic gratuity that’s added to any table who orders the all you can eat , no matter if it’s 2 people or 10 people , and before you say we should’ve ordered them something from the kids menu… that isn’t an option. If one person orders the all you can eat , everyone at the table must as well 🙄 food is good but the new prices are ridiculous!! Went up 3.99 for adults , which was not a big deal , but
43. 99 for small /tall children is nuts🤪

Service: 1

Went for all you can eat. Waited 20 mins for someone to come take our drink order to only find out I had to pay full price for my 9 year old to eat because he is “too tall”. I’ve never heard of kids prices being based on their height!

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 3

Service: 1

I really like this lil spot good and all was good… service could be better.. waited 30 mins for a water order… music was on point! Definitely gonna visit again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

We had the AYCE. So, just to start this off I will say that the food was amazing! I had absolutely no tips with the food or the flavor of the food. The main thing that I had a problem with was the fact that everyone in the entire party has to pay AYCE price even if they don't like seafood. You can go eat chicken tenders and other fried foods for $10.99. My husband and my daughter-in-law neither one like seafood so we had to pay that price for them to eat a few chicken tenders and fries and that's about it. The reason that the place is so expensive for the all you can eat is for the seafood. That's a little bit pricey to just basically pay for a chicken tender basket. So on the service why I gave it only four stars is because all three of the other people in our party had already gotten their food and I had to sit there and wait another 10 minutes before I got my food. The tea there does not taste very good either. And my son asked for a Coke and instead of telling him that they didn't have Coke they just brought him the Pepsi without mentioning that they didn't have Coke. When they take your first order they definitely bring a lot of food out on the first tray. I would definitely eat here again but I would definitely make sure that I'm bringing only people that like seafood. And just hope that the service is a little better. If you have a large party that everyone loves Seafood this is the place to go and the price for the seafood all you can eat is a fantastic deal. Again! The food was absolutely amazing though.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

The all you can eat seafood boil was amazing! The seafood was well seasoned and tasted amazing. Minh was our server and he was great. My wife and I will be back soon!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5