These crawfish boil joints are creeping up everywhere... I know of 3 recently. I had a mediocre visit at the Spongebob's Boiling Crawfish house under the sea in that octagon building a month ago, no rush back... The food and service was pretty much laughable. Now, opens this joint in the old Little Szechuan space... Which they totally gutted and reno'd the inside and it looks a shitload better. I love how you walk in and they're all about merchandising already. T-shirts, cups, trinkets, other useless crap, etc takes up the front space next to the door. I don't know if that's a good sign or a bad sign. People need to stop trying to franchise their fucking concept before it becomes known as a quality grub destination. The whole place is simple, clean and decorated nicely but it has that wannabe corporate feel all over it... They really want to franchise this joint real bad. But the place was basically empty and they have a giant bar built out but no booze license. Dude. C'mon, broski... Everyone drinks beer with a seafood boil and fried shit. But let's forget about that bullshit for a minzie... I'm here for the grub. Let's take a look at a few samples...
The Bayou Bucket for 1. For $25, this was a really hefty pail of sea creastures. I'm kinda impressed... Unlike Boiling Crawfish which was pretty weak because they ran out of so many things. First rule of seafood boil club, don't fucking run of seafood. Second rule, don't fucking piss the pouch off when there's no food. But anyways, would you just look at that... Look at it. Look at it. It is really full and thick and it goes down deep... Yeah yeah, that's what she said. All the shit in there were pretty good. A lot of places have most of the stuff pre-cooked and sitting there for hours, by the time you get it, it is soggy as a motherfucker. I would definitely get this again.
Cheesy Crawfish, crawfish cream cheese creole dip. Dude, don't fuck with my emotions... This look like absolute crap. They give you thinly sliced toasted baguettes and tortilla chips. Where the fuck am I? Someone open a window, I can't breathe and believe this shit. As for the taste... Yeah, it's more suitable for a hobo's taste. Skip this shit.
Fried Shrimp & Oysters. Oddly enough they do not have fried oyster as an item even though they have oyster po'boy. But they were nice enough to make it anyways so I got a fried shrimp and fried oyster combo. The shrimp was pretty good since it had the tails on it, it woulda been better if the heads were on it as well. The oysters were acceptable, corn meal crust was nice and crunchy but the oyster itself was kinda bland and dried out. I would stick with the fried shrimp and pass on the oyster next time.
Catch & Mix Lunch Combo, 6" shrimp po'boy and wings. They got a good deal on the lunch specials... This one is a mix and match. I got the shrimp po'boy and wings... Shit, when I see wings I gotta try them just for shits and giggles. Plus, I had more than plenty of fried seafood already. Bottom line, this half a po'boy was weak. The bun sucked, the shrimp was ok, the dressing coated everything, it was basically a po'boy for children. The fries were fine, nothing special and the hush puppies were your standard filler. Let's see if their wings were any better...
I got them nekid because you never know how awful the hot sauce is these days. Once it's coated, there's not going back. Luckily, I did because that hot sauce was very middling. Very standard issue weak hot sauce. The medium minus sized wings were crispy and juicy inside, nothing special, just decent plain wings. They were acceptable.
Even with the misses here, I still like this place... That bucket of sea creastures is really their draw here. It's worth it for the price. The other stuff was just so-so but not toilet worthy. The fried stuff is really kid's level kinda grub. Stick with the bucket and you'll be alright. And they do give you gloves and a bibb if you want it... Just in case you're a messy squirter.
5091 Buford Hwy NE
Doraville, GA 30340
770-733-1460
http://www.thebayouboil.com/home.html
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