Hot Tails

We stopped for a late lunch at Hot Tails. It's not a large place but very well laid out. We ordered the Gulf platter. It was more than enough food for two people. There was a cup of gumbo included with the platter. The gumbo was fantastic. Very flavorful and the shrimp in the gumbo were not overcooked. The platter contained fried shrimp, fish, hush puppies and a soft shelled crab. Everything was delicious. The platter also had steak fries which were perfectly cooked. They were very crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. My only complaint was the frying of the soft shell crab. It could have been fried a few minutes longer. It was a little runny inside but not runny enough that we didn't eat it. Would not hesitate to return.

We had a party of 10 for lunch. Damaris was kind enough to come to our table to take our order. She was very pleasant and helpful and did a very good job. We appreciated her patience and sweet demeanor. The food came out fairly quickly and everything tasted amazing! We had several different items from the menu, which all had amazing flavor! Thank you for a yummy lunch!

OMG … if you have not been here yet, you are missing out … Big Time 😊 went here for lunch today and it was incredible!!! Everything was so fresh and perfectly cooked … the service was excellent too … Allie was amazing and sweet 😊 their Spillway Sauce was so awesome that I had to buy some before I left 👍 if you love seafood … then you need to try them!!

The order concept was a little different than I'm used to, had to order food first at the bar and seat ourselves. The BF ordered the Oyster Rockefeller burger and I had the fried crawfish tails. All the food was made to order, fresh, hot and delicious! The shut up dawgs (hush puppies) were very addicting. I was a little disappointed with the drink selection (no coke zero or diet Dr pepper) as a diabetic a wider range of choice would have been appreciated. I settled for unsweet tea and was happy with that. I gave only 4 stars because with a name like Hot Tails we were expecting boiled crawfish to be available, but it was not. I must say that the wait staff could not do enough for us, it will be worth while to come back just for the service!

Glad to see a new impressive restaurant on the Prairieville strip.

Let me start with the least preferred which was the crawfish bread. The bread was some plain loaf with no wow factor. The crawfish tail batter was not crisp or flaky. The spinach dip was standard fare.

On to the good stuff. The shotgun shrimp. Their play on bang bang shrimp and wow it was good. Piping hot and a down the middle flavor profile that had everyone at the table raving.

Next was the crawfish croquettes. These fresh, properly crusted, and served piping hot pockets of crawfish (and corn?) had just the right amount of red pepper (heat) and when dipped into the pepper jelly (hot and sweet sauce) this place got put on our radar for future visits.

Wait until you see the burger review.

The double deuce burger was a double meat patty with a smash burger like crisp, and that sauce (similar to Big Mac sauce in my opinion) was a solid combo worthy of a repeat trip. The burger was also dressed with cheddar jack cheese lettuce tomato onion and pickle. I don't think deuce or moist are good words for food but it is what it is.

The second burger was the Oyster Rockefeller burger. Here is where the oyster dip took on a second personality. It was better on this burger than with the bread appetizer because it made the burger a handful, and gave the burger notes of richness. The crispness of the fried oyster (which I wanted more of) and the combined bite (with the spin dip and meat patty) made this an A+ bite!! The kicker was that I ordered this burger medium and it was cooked perfect medium!!! Look at the picture!! Was this luck? I know some are cringing with medium cooked meat, but this is quality stuff, so I went there.

These 2 burgers are enough for this place to be on a burger radar for everyone. The sauce might be a mother sauce for several dishes but that is fine by me.

I had a bite of the shrimp remoulade wrap which was very good.

We will be back for sure!