12 Crawfish Staples in Houston

If it’s good enough for Queen Bey, it’s good enough for us! BB’s Tex Orleans is a Cajun restaurant with a Texas twist. Brooks Bassler founded BB’s in November 2007, opening a small restaurant in Montrose. Since then, the business has grown to more than 12 restaurants in Houston and surrounding areas. Here you’ll find NOLA-style po’ boys, homemade gumbo, oysters, and boiled crawfish. The eatery, with multiple locations throughout the city, offers crawfish seasoned in traditional Louisiana style or in Tex-Orleans, which adds garlic paste to the mix. Wash it all down with a cocktail from the Voodoo Bar, including The Red Headed Wompus Cat, South TX Jazz, Raspberry Rita or another satisfying adult beverage. Hours and crawfish availability may vary by location. Check out all locations on the company's website.

Alive and kickin’ since 2006, Lotus Seafood prides itself on delivering the very best to Houstonians who are craving good seafood. During crawfish season, customers can enjoy original and remixed boiled crawfish, along with crawfish fried rice. Also available to satisfy crawfish appetites is the crawfish po’ boy and fries and fried crawfish platter. Hurry in and check out their expansive menu to find the perfect seafood combo for you—and don’t skimp on the Crack Sauce! Check out all locations on the company's website.

This Chinatown restaurant is one of the city’s most beloved crawfish spots thanks to its tasty Viet-Cajun mudbugs. It was also featured in David Chang’s Netflix documentary, Ugly Delicious, which earned it national recognition. Now with two locations, Chef Trong Nguyen invites customers on a culinary journey where Cajun and Vietnamese influences come together for a truly heavenly meal. The Viet-cajun crawfish is seasoned with the restaurant’s world famous Viet cajun garlic butter and is accompanied by corn, potato, sausage, secret sauce, and butter.

Crawfish Café knows delicious seafood! The Houston eatery opened in 2013 and serves crawfish in six varieties of flavors that will delight every taste bud. Options include Original Cajun, Kickin’ Cajun, garlic butter, coconut-garlic, lemon pepper and Thai basil. Not looking for a fully immersive crawfish experience? Try the crawfish eggrolls, crawfish pies or crispy boudin balls. Still somehow not satisfied? Crawfish cheese bread, crawfish mini empanadas, and more all await. With five locations in Houston and the surrounding area, your Viet-Cajun crawfish and seafood dreams will all come true at Crawfish Café. Check out the company's website for all locations.

Founded in 2012, That One Place proudly serves authentic and thoughtful Cajun food right here in Houston. Having started as a humble “shack,” the family-owned business is a one-stop-shop for flavorful seafood meals. For crawfish season, the mac & cheese balls that feature deep fried crawfish tails pair nicely with the Natchitoches Crawfish Pie and crawfish boudin Cajun egg rolls. Boiled seafood is also available with various flavors options and add-ons. Wash it all down with a perfectly made Louisiana sno-ball at the main location or swing by the food truck at Porky’s Backyard in Humble (5131 Atascocita Rd.).

Willie’s Grill & Icehouse is the ultimate stop for crawfish season every year! With live Louisiana crawfish delivered daily, it doesn’t get more fresh than the seafood menu at Willie’s. Cajun platters, boils, boudin balls, cajun shrimp pasta, and more are all available on the menu. With multiple locations, customers can easily accompany their crawfish order with delicious and perfectly boiled crab and Gulf shrimp all at market-based pricing. Wash it down with a Frozen Jack & Coke or another icehouse favorite! Check out all locations in Houston and surrounding areas on the company's website.

Transport your taste buds straight to the heart of the Bayou at Wild Cajun Crawfish! Highlighting Louisiana's iconic and flavorful cuisine, this crawfish season destination promises to deliver dishes rooted in authenticity thanks to traditional recipes passed down for generations. Fried crawfish combos, crawfish fried rice, hot & spicy crawfish boil, and Cajun Time Combo Specials that feature 1 lb to 5 lbs of crawfish along with shrimp, sausage, snow crab and more all make this spot a top contender for getting your crawfish fix! 

You butter believe your crawfish dreams will be realized at Hot & Buttered in the Heights! Available for market pricing, you can’t go wrong with the crawfish boil. Treat your friends, or pitch in as a group, with small, medium, and/or large party packs. Each includes varying amounts of crawfish, shrimp, corn, potato, and sausage. Medium and large packs come along with mussels and snow crab. Flavor up your order with hot and buttered, garlic butter, str8 cajun, and spice it up from mild to lip burn. The perfect spot for enjoying crawfish season on a pretty patio awaits at Hot & Buttered.

The rules at Ragin’ Cajun are simple: Eat. Drink. Enjoy. Ragin’ Cajun owners introduced crawfish boils in parking lots to Houstonians in the ‘70s, and they’re still going strong. Customers line up on a regular basis to get their fresh Louisiana crawfish fix during mudbug season with all the fixin’s. Corn, potatoes, cajun hard boiled eggs, sausage links, and more help round out the crawfish feast with every bite just as mouthwatering as the last. Leave room for desserts like Homemade New Orleans Beignets, Pecan Royale Cheesecake, and more. Wash it all down with daily bar specials.

With three locations in Houston, LA Crawfish Shack serves a number of Cajun dishes like gumbo, red beans and rice, and more. However, LA Crawfish Shack’s claim to fame is selling boiled crawfish year-round thanks to proprietary preparation techniques that allow juicy and flavorful mudbugs any time of year. Crawfish scratch the surface of the menu, which invites you to enjoy shrimp po’ boys, blue crab, and a variety of fried baskets as well. Visit this one stop shop and get your seafood fill! Check out all locations on the company's website.

Not to be confused with LA Crawfish Shack, LA Crawfish serves some of the best Asian-inspired mudbugs in H-Town. Garlic butter and Cajun style crawfish are what the eatery does best, in addition to delicious shrimp, crabs, chicken wings, po’ boys and more. If you haven’t tasted Asian-Cajun-style crawfish, you don’t know what you’re missing. LA Crawfish offers a variety of seasonings and dipping sauces like garlic butter, cajun, hot and sour or spicy Szechuan that go beyond the traditional Cajun flavors. Overwhelmed by all of these incredible options? Why not make it a “C-C-C-Combo” and get a little bit of everything. LA Crawfish has online ordering and delivery. Check out all locations on the company's website.

Head to Cajun Kitchen for another tantalizing H-Town Viet-Cajun crawfish option. This award-winning restaurant serves fresh live crawfish with various seasonings to suit your taste and spice level tolerance. Try the spicy Cajun boil, choose your spice level and flavor (Cajun, garlic, the kitchen special or Thai basil). Not to be overlooked is the Crawfish Bread, a special blend of crawfish and cheese spread on top of French bread. Open all week long, the restaurant invites customers to grab a drink, eat delicious food, and relax while enjoying delicious seafood, Vietnamese and Cajun dishes. Reservations and take-out options are available.