Recommendations please?

Thanks

I like TJs

We haven't had a ton of time to go out and find good stuff but Tasty tails (belt line and 75) is decent. A little overpriced but it hits the spot long enough to hold us over to our trips back to Louisiana. Glad I married a Louisiana girl so we take trips often back to the NOLA area.

It's sad dallas can't get better Cajun food

Nates in Addison. No question about it.

The Crab Station. North Dallas or Carrollton.

gigem1223 said:

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Nates in Addison. No question about it.

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EOT

that

Nice, I want to give it a try. Thanks

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We haven't had a ton of time to go out and find good stuff but Tasty tails (belt line and 75) is decent.

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I thought Tasty Tails was horrible. No offense and I'm not racist but the Asians can't do Cajun.

The Boiling Crab

No offense taken and I agree with you. I don't usually like to recommend the place either but since crawfish in Dallas is few and far between I figured I'd at least throw the name out there.

In my childhood hometown (Lake Jackson), the HEB there sets up a stand out front pretty much every weekend selling boiled crawfish/corn/potatoes by the pound. Any pick up place like this around north Dallas?

Love mud bugs.

Big Shucks on Mockingbird is pretty good.

I've never gotten the Nates love. They don't season their boil and just dump a boatload of Tony Chachere's on top. Every time I've had their bugs they're overcooked and tough as nails with no flavor.

Tasty Tails FTW.

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I've never gotten the Nates love. They don't season their boil and just dump a boatload of Tony Chachere's on top. Every time I've had their bugs they're overcooked and tough as nails with no flavor.

Tasty Tails FTW.

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Doesn't Tasty Tails do the same thing?

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I've never gotten the Nates love. They don't season their boil and just dump a boatload of Tony Chachere's on top. Every time I've had their bugs they're overcooked and tough as nails with no flavor.

Tasty Tails FTW.

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Doesn't Tasty Tails do the same thing?

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Tasty tails is cooked in a seasoned boil. You can also get w/'who dat sauce", which is a spicy garlic butter. I get extra spicy sauce on the side but the crawfish is their regular boil - no sauce in a bag west coast/vietnamese style.

Their boil is great though.

Disclaimer - I haven't eaten Nates in 6 years. I stopped because it was bland w/a lot of their "turbo" poured on top to add flavor.

It is cajun seasoning but not Tonys. Not nearly that salty

They also have a garlic sauce (two types actually) that they call JP juice.

Plus in peak season they are as low as $3.50/lb. Also better than the one time i ate at tasty tails

Maybe we went on a bad day

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I've never gotten the Nates love. They don't season their boil and just dump a boatload of Tony Chachere's on top. Every time I've had their bugs they're overcooked and tough as nails with no flavor.

Tasty Tails FTW.

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Yes, this is what I experienced with respect to the boil and seasoning.

However, their cook did them well and they were easy to peel. Not overcooked.

I am not a fan of seasoning after for heat and flavor. I don't mind a little sprinkle but I want a good boil that has seasoning and heat without the sprinkle.

I would not eat crawfish again at Nate's.

Still looking for a great place. Supposedly, a food truck in the Desoto area is really good.

We tried Nate's for the first time last weekend. Neither of us got crawfish seeing it was $9/Lb. I get that prices are a little more here but we couldn't justify that! I will say the etouffee was pretty good and I liked the atmosphere of the place. We'd go back again but I'll still say nothing comes close to true Louisiana cooking.

Oh, and their valet service was slow and crowded...I can't get started on that.

In case any of you guys need crawfish catering, my buddy has you covered:
https://www.facebook.com/crustaceancatering/

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We tried Nate's for the first time last weekend. Neither of us got crawfish seeing it was $9/Lb. I get that prices are a little more here but we couldn't justify that! I will say the etouffee was pretty good and I liked the atmosphere of the place. We'd go back again but I'll still say nothing comes close to true Louisiana cooking.

Oh, and their valet service was slow and crowded...I can't get started on that.

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I just park next door at Spring Creek and walk. Their prices are high now but in a month or two when we hit peak season, they get as low as $3.95/lb