I'm so glad they opened up this location on the strip (located around the corner of Planet Hollywood, next to Buffalo Wild Wings, and past the walkway bridge) so we don't have to uber, lyft or drive to Spring Mountain Blvd for their other two locations over there.
This is our must go to everytime we visit Las Vegas and we come here atleast 2 times on our trip (1 when we arrive and 1 before we leave). This trip was no exception and since it was so close to our hotel (Planet Hollywood) too bad we didn't stay longer since the only place we ate in our two nights here were 2 other places and Hot N Juicy twice!
Food:
I've been to 3 of their Las Vegas locations now and they all have been consistently the same. The Hot n Juicy sauce is the best i've had out of all the crawdad places like this i've been. The sauce is garlicky, thick enough to stick to the meat and shell but not too thick that it has a goopey texture. The spice levels are on point along with the flavors without it being too oily from the butter.
The Lousiana style was on point as well. No, it's not as thick as the Hot n Juicy but, it still doesn't skip out on the flavor of Lousiana. It's watery but, the juices gets all up inside of the meat and just bathes it in incredible authentic tasting Cajun juice that brings me back to my grandparents days when they made their seafood boil (they're from Lousiana and Georgia).
This time around I got 1lb of crawfish and 1lb of blue crab. This time around the blue crab was really meaty and larger than last time i came at their other 2 location and they still came in a pair only instead of a male and female like my previous experience, this time it came in with 2 males (on both visits this trip). But, we ended up getting a pleasant surprise. Since they were celebrating their anniversary, if you order a lb of blue crab you get a extra blue crab for free.
When we first came here we didn't know that and told the server that we didn't order those crabs and our waitress went back to talk to the person who took our order and came back explaining their deal. Guess what too.. both times the extra crab were female with eggs (YES!).
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The staff are consistently friendly and attentive. The food is quality and the price is perfect. You just can't go wrong with any of the Hot n Juicy locations.
Please open one up in the Bay Area. Thank you :D