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| - I'd been to a couple of these "seafood boil" places before -- Boiling Crab in California, Hot and Juicy nearby in Tempe -- so the concept wasn't new to me. Regardless, I was so excited to try out this new(er) central Phoenix spot.
A few things:
The service? Incredible. Emilie was our server and wow, we have been to a ton of restaurants with our kiddo over the past few years, and no server was as kind and interactive as Emilie.
The atmosphere? Very similar to others of this type of restaurant. Butcher sheet table coverings, writing all over the walls (by guests), very casual attire w/ plastic bibs provided.
The food? We ordered a pound of shrimp at $12 a pound that day, and a fried shrimp kids meal for our child (kids meals are $5 and come with a side and a drink), plus corn ($1 each) and potatoes (50 cents each).
Kids meal came out first. We had to temperature check so we got to try the fries and a small piece of shrimp. Hot but soooo good. We contemplated getting our own fries because they were that good.
Our pound of shrimp came out next, with corn and potato in the bag. With these places you need to peel & devein the food yourself. So, it's a little effort. A pound wasn't enough but we didn't feel like spending another $12 on maybe 12 pieces of shrimp.
The trifecta sauce IS amazing but it tasted like absolutely nothing but the beginning. You need to let your food sit in the bag for a while, like maybe another 5-10 minutes or so, to let the full flavor blend into the food - kind of like letting chili simmer. I wish they'd done that before serving it to us, because by the time I was on my last piece of shrimp I finally got the full flavor. Luckily, I still had some corn and potato left.
Anyway overall, I'll come back to this place when I'm willing to spend a little more, because it IS very flavorful and I'm glad a place like this has come to Phoenix!
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