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| - Brand new seafood spot! I was excited to see that this restaurant had opened up in the AZ International Market plaza. I remember seeing the LA Crab Shack sign above the restaurant when the grocery store opened up but since there were no occupants at the time I wasn't sure if it was an old sign and the business left, or if it was a business to open in the future. Now I know it's the latter!
The menu is very similar to Hot n Juicy Crawfish and Angry Crab Shack. They offer different varieties of seafood by the pound with your choice of sauce and heat level. Oysters, fried baskets, gumbo, and po' boys are also on the menu. We had a group of 6 and we ended up splitting a dozen char-grilled oysters, 2 pounds each of shrimp and snow crab legs and had the Crab Shack blend, lemon pepper, and garlic butter sauce with them.
The oysters came out first. Compared to char grilled oysters I've had in New Orleans, these were all-around a lighter presentation as they were lightly cooked, seasoned, and had a light smoke/grilled flavor. Overall they were decent, but I do prefer the bolder flavors of the ones I've had in New Orleans better. Although we ordered a dozen oysters we only received 11 of them. Someone needs to learn how to count!
The seafood came piping hot in clear plastic bags. My favorite sauce was the Crab Shack blend, a mix of the Ragin' Cajun, lemon pepper, and garlic butter sauce. At medium heat it still had a bit of bite, but more on the lower end of the heat spectrum for me. Out of the two remaining non-blended sauces I preferred the garlic butter over the lemon pepper since the latter only had dry seasoning on the steamed crab which made it hard to taste the flavor once the shells were cracked open. We did order two sides of sausage which were placed in each of the bags and the lemon pepper tasted odd with the smoked sausage flavor but went well with the other sauces.
Service was friendly and attentive. The manager came by to make sure we were having a good time and let us know to tell him if there are any improvements to make since they just opened.
Since you will inevitably be a briny, oily, spicy dribbling mess (Even with the bib) after you eat they do have a washing station right outside the restrooms.
We ordered 4 lbs. of food + oysters and 2 orders of sausage for essentially 5 people (One person had primarily a po' boy) and we all still felt hungry (But for something non-seafood like) after our seafood bonanza so I'd order more than what we did if you want to walk out of here feeling full.
The only other criticism is I wish the tables were a little bigger so it's easier to share your seafood bounty with your party. It wasn't overly cramped but it did become hard to find a place for the paper towel roll, two buckets of discards, a platter of oysters, and 3 bags of seafood.
Overall we all had a good time and I'd love to come back again to gorge on more seafood!
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