Bayou Bugs

Great place to get live crawfish

We order from here almost every weekend and it's been great for the most part. The other weekend our food was cold though and last weekend the service was TERRIBLE. The girl taking the togo orders was extremely rude, then when she forgot something, we had to go back to the counter and ask her, she then rolled her eyes and charged us for something she forgot. Like I said for the most part, this place is fantastic, but the last two times were very disappointing. Not sure if we will be back after the customer service last weekend.

This May, I decided to branch out and give Bayou Bugs a chance rather than going to my regular crawfish joints. Here’s my Cajun boy assessment...

(Out of 5 stars)

Spice:
-4 stars: While the crawfish tails didn’t have much of the spice, you could definitely find it in the head and in the garlic, celery, onions. It was a great flavor and had plenty of kick; I just wish it made it into the tail meat.

Crawfish Taste/Texture:
-4 stars: the crawfish needed to soak longer to absorb the flavor better and to allow the tail meat to separate from the shell more. 25% of my tails were sticking to the shell and came out crumbly and were likely boiled for too long (over-cooked). Summary: needs less time boiling, more time soaking.

Crawfish size:
-3 stars: For May I definitely expected larger crawfish than I got. Most were on the small side.

Potatoes:
-3 stars: standard red potatoes; not large but not small. They were bland and clearly not cooked in the same pot as the crawfish or at least not nearly long enough.

Service:
-5 stars: live music and a nice outdoor seating area. Staff was friendly and quick.

I’ll probably be back at some point because I did enjoy the food, but it didn’t take the place of my favorite place in town for boiled crawfish.

Love it here! They have live music and the best crawfish in town!