This is a great restaurant. The food is superb and we were pleasantly surprised by the very large portions. I was eating with my coworkers, they were served and 15 minutes later I was told they were out of what I ordered. While I waited for my tostada's, I was able to sample everyone else's dinner. Everything was delicious and the tostada's were fantastic!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil, Clam Chowder
Suricata L
ordered oyster catfish bun and Cajun shrimp boil. Oyster was fresh would recommend 100%. Catfish is nicely fried very tender. Shrimp also really tender and fresh as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cajun Catfish Bao Buns, Seafood Boil
Gordon Mitchell
Aspen was the perfect host. She allowed for a lovely “pace” to our evening so the we could explore the Krawbar menu, its comfortable interior and the magnificent food. From the HH Dynamite Shrimp to the Seafood Boil with Dungeness Crab and the French “Happy” Chardonnay by the glass, we could not have asked for better! Truly! It was very “shareable” and perfect for two. The tastes are truly impressive! Coming back for sure!!Dietary restrictions: They will do whatever they can for the “Gluten Free” customer!!Parking: Plenty.Wheelchair accessibility: Easy to get in and out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dynamite Shrimp, Seafood Boil
Reed Lederman
The food was good but not outstanding. We shared a seafood boil which we split 3 orders between 7 people. Definitely enough food along with a couple of appetizers. The fries were awesome as was the clam chowder. The seafood boil was good but because we did the sauce on the side I think was our biggest mistake. Can’t blame them for that.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil
Pete Fritz
Had the most amazing tuna salad. Swordfish perfect. Oysters great! Clams overcooked a bit but great broth. Understaffed wait staff on Friday night, but servers were great. A bit loud, but nice ambience.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Craig Miller
Great seafood fusion menu. The shrimp tortas, and bao buns were excellent. Noisy atmosphere when busy makes conversation difficult.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ryan Marshall
Terrible crawfish quality. I was very excited about finding this place. I'm a long time, generally unsuccessful crawfish hunter. The setting is great, the flavors were great. Unfortunately the crawfish was indelibly fishy/spoiled. Everything else looked great and I really want this place to succeed.... I would have paid double for some good locally sourced signal crawfish. Crawfish spoil way to fast to import from out of state. Lake Washington and Sammamish have the biggest and best crawfish in the world!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Travis Peyton
Awesome place for a date night. Casual enough to walk in at any given time and grab some good grub. Cocktails are awesome and so is the food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dynamite Shrimp
Brianna Segoviano
The environment was very cute, servers were nice but took a while to get to us each time. We had the Dynamite shrimp for our appetizer and it was absolutely delicious. It was way better than our main meal, which was the Cajun catfish dinner and the Cajun catfish bao buns. The catfish on both of ours could’ve been fried a little longer and a little extra seasoning. I’ve never had bao buns prior to eating here, but I thought it was a weird combination for a catfish sandwich because the bun doesn’t really have flavor so it doesn’t compliment the fish in any type of way and the texture is just weird to me to go with fried fish.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dynamite Shrimp
Reinhold
Tasty everything. Proper cocktails, delicious oysters, and boils, and steaks, prepared with passion, great staff.
Fantastic food. Really digging the Asian and Cajun fusion. Incredibly unique. Service was amazing. Little warm on the inside for my taste. Close to uncomfortable. Could use a few open windows or some AC or fans or
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tomm Munro
A very unique restaurant with flavorful, delicious dishes and craft-made cocktails. Staff are off-the-charts friendly, especially the bartender. We moved out of the area, but if we're ever near Issaquah, we make a point of stopping into the Krawbar. If you're looking for a unique, quality dining experience, look no further.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soft Shell Crab Bao Buns, Seafood Boil, Corn
Reaven J.
Overall opinion: not bad but could use some improvementWent here on a Saturday night as a party of 10 (reservation was made). Cute restaurant, good lighting but the music is really loud. The staffing was really confusing, had no clue who our server was or who was assigned to our table but the service wasn't bad. We ordered apps; clam chowder, spicy cucumber salad, and Calamari. The portions were okay, clam chowder was a good size for 1 person but the calamari and salad weren't portioned to share. Lots of clams in the chowder, breading on the calamari was delicious and the cucumber salad was refreshing and tasty. For entrees we went with clam linguini, Kraw pasta, spicy Cajun pasta, fried catfish, fried catfish bao buns, krawburger etc. The food wasn't bad but it wasn't great. The portions were either little or massive, flavors on the fried catfish didn't stand out, the seafood in the pasta was a little over cooked, and it all came out at random times. We also ordered desserts. The mango shave ice and the ice cream bao. Both were delicious but the portions again are incredibly confusing. You get 2 tiny bao with a scoop of vanilla and a scoop of chocolate ice cream, the mango shave ice can feed a family of 4 on it's own? Overall, this place has potential to be as busy as the other restaurants on front street, just needs a little more structure.
Todd M.
Interesting and delicious menu. Very popular destination. Staff is friendly and attentive
Shaneika
Looking for a fun place to hang with friends, This is the spot. It can be real loud in here in evenings due to all the talking and everyone having fun but the atmosphere is amazing. Food is delicious.
This is a great restaurant. The food is superb and we were pleasantly surprised by the very large portions. I was eating with my coworkers, they were served and 15 minutes later I was told they were out of what I ordered. While I waited for my tostada's, I was able to sample everyone else's dinner. Everything was delicious and the tostada's were fantastic!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil, Clam Chowder
ordered oyster catfish bun and Cajun shrimp boil. Oyster was fresh would recommend 100%. Catfish is nicely fried very tender. Shrimp also really tender and fresh as well.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Cajun Catfish Bao Buns, Seafood Boil
Aspen was the perfect host. She allowed for a lovely “pace” to our evening so the we could explore the Krawbar menu, its comfortable interior and the magnificent food. From the HH Dynamite Shrimp to the Seafood Boil with Dungeness Crab and the French “Happy” Chardonnay by the glass, we could not have asked for better! Truly! It was very “shareable” and perfect for two. The tastes are truly impressive! Coming back for sure!!Dietary restrictions: They will do whatever they can for the “Gluten Free” customer!!Parking: Plenty.Wheelchair accessibility: Easy to get in and out.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dynamite Shrimp, Seafood Boil
The food was good but not outstanding. We shared a seafood boil which we split 3 orders between 7 people. Definitely enough food along with a couple of appetizers. The fries were awesome as was the clam chowder. The seafood boil was good but because we did the sauce on the side I think was our biggest mistake. Can’t blame them for that.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil
Had the most amazing tuna salad. Swordfish perfect. Oysters great! Clams overcooked a bit but great broth. Understaffed wait staff on Friday night, but servers were great. A bit loud, but nice ambience.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 3
Great seafood fusion menu. The shrimp tortas, and bao buns were excellent. Noisy atmosphere when busy makes conversation difficult.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Terrible crawfish quality. I was very excited about finding this place. I'm a long time, generally unsuccessful crawfish hunter. The setting is great, the flavors were great. Unfortunately the crawfish was indelibly fishy/spoiled. Everything else looked great and I really want this place to succeed.... I would have paid double for some good locally sourced signal crawfish. Crawfish spoil way to fast to import from out of state. Lake Washington and Sammamish have the biggest and best crawfish in the world!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 2
Service: 5
Awesome place for a date night. Casual enough to walk in at any given time and grab some good grub. Cocktails are awesome and so is the food!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Dynamite Shrimp
The environment was very cute, servers were nice but took a while to get to us each time. We had the Dynamite shrimp for our appetizer and it was absolutely delicious. It was way better than our main meal, which was the Cajun catfish dinner and the Cajun catfish bao buns. The catfish on both of ours could’ve been fried a little longer and a little extra seasoning. I’ve never had bao buns prior to eating here, but I thought it was a weird combination for a catfish sandwich because the bun doesn’t really have flavor so it doesn’t compliment the fish in any type of way and the texture is just weird to me to go with fried fish.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Dynamite Shrimp
Tasty everything. Proper cocktails, delicious oysters, and boils, and steaks, prepared with passion, great staff.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Clams, Cajun Pasta, Dynamite Shrimp, Noodles, Seafood Boil, Clam Chowder
Restaurantji Recommends
Fantastic food. Really digging the Asian and Cajun fusion. Incredibly unique. Service was amazing. Little warm on the inside for my taste. Close to uncomfortable. Could use a few open windows or some AC or fans or
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
A very unique restaurant with flavorful, delicious dishes and craft-made cocktails. Staff are off-the-charts friendly, especially the bartender. We moved out of the area, but if we're ever near Issaquah, we make a point of stopping into the Krawbar. If you're looking for a unique, quality dining experience, look no further.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Soft Shell Crab Bao Buns, Seafood Boil, Corn
Overall opinion: not bad but could use some improvementWent here on a Saturday night as a party of 10 (reservation was made). Cute restaurant, good lighting but the music is really loud. The staffing was really confusing, had no clue who our server was or who was assigned to our table but the service wasn't bad. We ordered apps; clam chowder, spicy cucumber salad, and Calamari. The portions were okay, clam chowder was a good size for 1 person but the calamari and salad weren't portioned to share. Lots of clams in the chowder, breading on the calamari was delicious and the cucumber salad was refreshing and tasty. For entrees we went with clam linguini, Kraw pasta, spicy Cajun pasta, fried catfish, fried catfish bao buns, krawburger etc. The food wasn't bad but it wasn't great. The portions were either little or massive, flavors on the fried catfish didn't stand out, the seafood in the pasta was a little over cooked, and it all came out at random times. We also ordered desserts. The mango shave ice and the ice cream bao. Both were delicious but the portions again are incredibly confusing. You get 2 tiny bao with a scoop of vanilla and a scoop of chocolate ice cream, the mango shave ice can feed a family of 4 on it's own? Overall, this place has potential to be as busy as the other restaurants on front street, just needs a little more structure.
Interesting and delicious menu. Very popular destination. Staff is friendly and attentive
Looking for a fun place to hang with friends, This is the spot. It can be real loud in here in evenings due to all the talking and everyone having fun but the atmosphere is amazing. Food is delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Seafood Boil