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Where to Find Perfect Crawfish in Austin

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Right now is the beginning of crawfish season in Texas. And now, many restaurants are already offering crawfish boils and crawfish dishes. This means it’s time to seek out spicy mudbug boils with potatoes, sausage, and corn, special crawfish dishes like etouffee or po’ boys, or even live freshwater crustaceans by the pound to boil on your own.

Here is Eater’s guide to Austin’s best bets for the seasonal tradition. This means regular crawfish boils from Shoal Creek Saloon, pickups from Stuffed Cajun Meat Market, Viet-Cajun takes from Mandala Kitchen & Bar, and plenty of crawfish etouffee.

Remember: prime crawfish season tends to run from March through May, though boils sometimes still happen in February and June. Perfect those peeling skills now.

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Whitestone Brewery

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The Cedar Park brewery has an April boil on the calendar. On deck will be pre-orderable pounds of crawfish for $11 per pound through Sunday, April 2, and then it’ll be $12 per pound through the event date on Saturday, April 8. Place orders online for timed pickup slots.

Abby's Crab Shack

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The Texas seafood mini-chain restaurant operates one location in the Austin area. On deck are crawfish boils with varying sauces and spice levels or crawfish by the pound. Takeout orders can be placed online or over the phone; the restaurants offer indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Happyrito Seafood

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The Cedar Park Vietnamese-Cajun restaurant offers Cajun crawfish boils available in three or five-pound packs. Takeout orders can be placed online; the restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services.

Stuffed Cajun Meat Market

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Currently, the Anderson Mill-adjacent meat market is selling boiled crawfish by the pound. Pickup orders can be placed online. If you want to boil your own crawfish, the Anderson Mill-adjacent meat market is your best bet. The store is accepting online orders for live mudbugs with a 48-hour advanced notice.

Kasian Boil

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The far north Cajun and Asian seafood restaurant’s menu includes crawfish boils, plus there are crawfish fries, mac and cheese, and fried rice. Order online for pickups. The restaurant is open for dine-in service with outdoor seating available.

Crawfish Shack & Oyster Bar

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The Cajun seafood spot is offering two pounds of boiled crawfish along with corn, potatoes, sausage, and mushrooms, plus other mudbug dishes like fried crawfish, etouffee, and po’ boys. There are also live or frozen crawfish options available depending on sources. Takeout orders can be placed online. The restaurant is open for dine-in service with outdoor areas.

Oakwood BBQ & Beer Garden

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The North Lamar barbecue spot’s crawfish boils take place every weekend through late May from noon to 5 p.m., along with smoked meats, beer, and live music.

Le Bleu

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The Vietnamese restaurant is offering Viet-Cajun crawfish at the moment. There are two-pound orders available for pickups placed online. The restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dining.

Quality Seafood Market

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The seafood market is selling preorders of pounds of live crawfish for curbside pickups. A $75 deposit is required. The market is open for dine-in service.

The Hole in the Wall

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The campus dive is hosting a crawfish boil and music showcase at the end of South by Southwest on Sunday, March 19 from 4 to 10 p.m. with a cover charge.

Scholz Garten

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The downtown beer garden is hosting a crawfish boil as part of a music showcase during SXSW on Saturday, March 18 from 1 to 6 p.m. Expect live music and mudbugs. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Shoal Creek Saloon

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The Cajun sports bar is selling both crawfish by the pound, for dine-in services. Check its Facebook page for updates. There are other crawfish-filled dishes too, which are available to-go as well, from boudin balls to queso. The bar is open for dine-in service, with patio areas.

Skinny's Off Track Bar

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The Central East Austin bar is now hosting weekly Saturday crawfish boils with the purchase of a drink and following the bar on Instagram, typically from noon until everything is gone. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

The Rustic Tap

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Crawfish company Orgeron Crawfish is hosting Sunday boils at the West Sixth bar. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Progress Coffee

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The Cherrywood coffee shop is celebrating its recent opening with a free crawfish boil hosted by Eastside Boilers on Saturday, March 11 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with free RSVPs. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Revelry Kitchen + Bar

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The East Austin bar is hosting a Saint Patrick’s Day crawfish boil with mudbugs by Letz Geaux Boil, green beers, green Jell-O shots, and car bombs. It’s on Friday, Saturday, the 17 with the event starting at noon and crawfish at 2 p.m. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Native Bar & Cafe

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Crawfish company Orgeron Crawfish is hosting monthly boils on the final Saturday of each month at the East Austin venue space.

Big Easy Bar and Grill

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The East Austin bar’s South Austin food truck serves up the best of Louisiana with hot-boiled crawfish and shrimp, alongside potatoes, corn, and smoked sausage. Or, go for the crawfish cakes or popcorn crawfish. Pickup orders can be placed online.

The Cavalier

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The East Austin Bar is hosting multiple crawfish boils from March into May with Willie’s Crawfish. Mudbugs by the pound will be available starting at 3 p.m. on each event date until everything is sold out. It takes place on Saturdays on March 11, March 25, April 8, April 22, May 6, and May 20.

Kitty Cohen's

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The East Austin bar is hosting a crawfish fundraiser for swimming lessons nonprofit Tankproof on Saturday, March 18 from 4 to 7 p.m. Free RSVPs online with payment at the door of the event. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

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Crawfish boil company Eastside Boilers is hosting a weekly crawfish boil at the downtown bar. It runs every Sunday starting at noon. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Mandala Kitchen & Bar

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The South Lamar Chinese and Vietnamese restaurant offers Viet-Cajun crawfish with smoked pork/beef sausages, mushrooms, sweet corn, and red potatoes. It’s available for dine-in services, and there is outdoor seating.

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Gibson Street Bar

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The South Lamar bar’s hosting Letz Geaux Boil for a crawfish boil on Saturday, March 11 starting at 2 p.m. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Shore Raw Bar & Grill

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The West Oak Hill seafood restaurant has two crawfish options: an etouffee and a po’ boy. To-go orders can be placed online; the restaurant is open for dine-in services with outdoor areas.

The Buzz Mill

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Buzz Mill’s crawfish boil includes sausage and rice and live music from 12:30 through 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 12. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Copperhead Club

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Crawfish company Orgeron Crawfish is hosting monthly boils on the first Saturday of each month at the East Riverside bar.

Deckhand Oyster Bar & Seafood

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Both locations (the other in Round Rock) of the seafood restaurant offer up multiple crawfish dishes. The restaurants are also offering boiled spicy crawfish available by the pound. Pickup orders can be placed in person or over the phone. The restaurant is open for dine-in services.

Cypress Grill

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The New Orleans restaurant is offering a whole bunch of crawfish specials on its menu, such as fried crawfish platters, eggrolls, popcorn, po’ boys, and more. Takeout orders can be placed online; the restaurant is open for dine-in service, and there is outdoor service. The restaurant’s first boil will take place on Saturday, March 18 at 4:30 p.m. Pickups can be placed via phone on the day of the boil.

Catfish Parlour South

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The Southern seafood restaurant offers crawfish and seafood gumbo crawfish specials, as well as other crawfish dishes. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services.

Evangeline Cafe

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The Cajun restaurant’s full of crawfish options from the crawfish evangeline to etouffee to fried mudbugs. The restaurant is open for dine-in services.

Keepers Austin

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The South Austin seafood restaurant offers a Viet-Cajun crawfish boil that comes with various sauce flavors and spice levels. To-go orders can be placed online; the restaurant is open for dine-in services with a patio available.

Armadillo Den

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Popular crawfish shop Letz Geaux Boil will be hosting crawfish boils at the far south Austin bar every weekend day. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas. There’s also a boil on Friday, March 10 starting at 2 p.m.

South Austin Beer Garden

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The South Austin beer garden’s crawfish boil is a Saint Patrick’s Day one starting at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 17. There will be free mudbugs with the purchase of a drink.

Mudbugs - A Cajun Joint

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The Buda seafood restaurant has several Cajun crawfish dishes including po’ boys, étouffée, and more. To-go is available; there is indoor dine-in service.

Whitestone Brewery

The Cedar Park brewery has an April boil on the calendar. On deck will be pre-orderable pounds of crawfish for $11 per pound through Sunday, April 2, and then it’ll be $12 per pound through the event date on Saturday, April 8. Place orders online for timed pickup slots.

Abby's Crab Shack

The Texas seafood mini-chain restaurant operates one location in the Austin area. On deck are crawfish boils with varying sauces and spice levels or crawfish by the pound. Takeout orders can be placed online or over the phone; the restaurants offer indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Happyrito Seafood

The Cedar Park Vietnamese-Cajun restaurant offers Cajun crawfish boils available in three or five-pound packs. Takeout orders can be placed online; the restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services.

Stuffed Cajun Meat Market

Currently, the Anderson Mill-adjacent meat market is selling boiled crawfish by the pound. Pickup orders can be placed online. If you want to boil your own crawfish, the Anderson Mill-adjacent meat market is your best bet. The store is accepting online orders for live mudbugs with a 48-hour advanced notice.

Kasian Boil

The far north Cajun and Asian seafood restaurant’s menu includes crawfish boils, plus there are crawfish fries, mac and cheese, and fried rice. Order online for pickups. The restaurant is open for dine-in service with outdoor seating available.

Crawfish Shack & Oyster Bar

The Cajun seafood spot is offering two pounds of boiled crawfish along with corn, potatoes, sausage, and mushrooms, plus other mudbug dishes like fried crawfish, etouffee, and po’ boys. There are also live or frozen crawfish options available depending on sources. Takeout orders can be placed online. The restaurant is open for dine-in service with outdoor areas.

Oakwood BBQ & Beer Garden

The North Lamar barbecue spot’s crawfish boils take place every weekend through late May from noon to 5 p.m., along with smoked meats, beer, and live music.

Le Bleu

The Vietnamese restaurant is offering Viet-Cajun crawfish at the moment. There are two-pound orders available for pickups placed online. The restaurant is open for indoor and outdoor dining.

Quality Seafood Market

The seafood market is selling preorders of pounds of live crawfish for curbside pickups. A $75 deposit is required. The market is open for dine-in service.

The Hole in the Wall

The campus dive is hosting a crawfish boil and music showcase at the end of South by Southwest on Sunday, March 19 from 4 to 10 p.m. with a cover charge.

Scholz Garten

The downtown beer garden is hosting a crawfish boil as part of a music showcase during SXSW on Saturday, March 18 from 1 to 6 p.m. Expect live music and mudbugs. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Shoal Creek Saloon

The Cajun sports bar is selling both crawfish by the pound, for dine-in services. Check its Facebook page for updates. There are other crawfish-filled dishes too, which are available to-go as well, from boudin balls to queso. The bar is open for dine-in service, with patio areas.

Skinny's Off Track Bar

The Central East Austin bar is now hosting weekly Saturday crawfish boils with the purchase of a drink and following the bar on Instagram, typically from noon until everything is gone. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

The Rustic Tap

Crawfish company Orgeron Crawfish is hosting Sunday boils at the West Sixth bar. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Progress Coffee

The Cherrywood coffee shop is celebrating its recent opening with a free crawfish boil hosted by Eastside Boilers on Saturday, March 11 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. with free RSVPs. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

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Revelry Kitchen + Bar

The East Austin bar is hosting a Saint Patrick’s Day crawfish boil with mudbugs by Letz Geaux Boil, green beers, green Jell-O shots, and car bombs. It’s on Friday, Saturday, the 17 with the event starting at noon and crawfish at 2 p.m. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Native Bar & Cafe

Crawfish company Orgeron Crawfish is hosting monthly boils on the final Saturday of each month at the East Austin venue space.

Big Easy Bar and Grill

The East Austin bar’s South Austin food truck serves up the best of Louisiana with hot-boiled crawfish and shrimp, alongside potatoes, corn, and smoked sausage. Or, go for the crawfish cakes or popcorn crawfish. Pickup orders can be placed online.

The Cavalier

The East Austin Bar is hosting multiple crawfish boils from March into May with Willie’s Crawfish. Mudbugs by the pound will be available starting at 3 p.m. on each event date until everything is sold out. It takes place on Saturdays on March 11, March 25, April 8, April 22, May 6, and May 20.

Kitty Cohen's

The East Austin bar is hosting a crawfish fundraiser for swimming lessons nonprofit Tankproof on Saturday, March 18 from 4 to 7 p.m. Free RSVPs online with payment at the door of the event. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

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Crawfish boil company Eastside Boilers is hosting a weekly crawfish boil at the downtown bar. It runs every Sunday starting at noon. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Mandala Kitchen & Bar

The South Lamar Chinese and Vietnamese restaurant offers Viet-Cajun crawfish with smoked pork/beef sausages, mushrooms, sweet corn, and red potatoes. It’s available for dine-in services, and there is outdoor seating.

Crawfish from Mandala
Crawfish from Mandala
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Gibson Street Bar

The South Lamar bar’s hosting Letz Geaux Boil for a crawfish boil on Saturday, March 11 starting at 2 p.m. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Shore Raw Bar & Grill

The West Oak Hill seafood restaurant has two crawfish options: an etouffee and a po’ boy. To-go orders can be placed online; the restaurant is open for dine-in services with outdoor areas.

The Buzz Mill

Buzz Mill’s crawfish boil includes sausage and rice and live music from 12:30 through 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 12. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

Copperhead Club

Crawfish company Orgeron Crawfish is hosting monthly boils on the first Saturday of each month at the East Riverside bar.

Deckhand Oyster Bar & Seafood

Both locations (the other in Round Rock) of the seafood restaurant offer up multiple crawfish dishes. The restaurants are also offering boiled spicy crawfish available by the pound. Pickup orders can be placed in person or over the phone. The restaurant is open for dine-in services.

Cypress Grill

The New Orleans restaurant is offering a whole bunch of crawfish specials on its menu, such as fried crawfish platters, eggrolls, popcorn, po’ boys, and more. Takeout orders can be placed online; the restaurant is open for dine-in service, and there is outdoor service. The restaurant’s first boil will take place on Saturday, March 18 at 4:30 p.m. Pickups can be placed via phone on the day of the boil.

Catfish Parlour South

The Southern seafood restaurant offers crawfish and seafood gumbo crawfish specials, as well as other crawfish dishes. The restaurant is open for indoor dine-in services.

Evangeline Cafe

The Cajun restaurant’s full of crawfish options from the crawfish evangeline to etouffee to fried mudbugs. The restaurant is open for dine-in services.

Keepers Austin

The South Austin seafood restaurant offers a Viet-Cajun crawfish boil that comes with various sauce flavors and spice levels. To-go orders can be placed online; the restaurant is open for dine-in services with a patio available.

Armadillo Den

Popular crawfish shop Letz Geaux Boil will be hosting crawfish boils at the far south Austin bar every weekend day. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas. There’s also a boil on Friday, March 10 starting at 2 p.m.

South Austin Beer Garden

The South Austin beer garden’s crawfish boil is a Saint Patrick’s Day one starting at 2 p.m. on Friday, March 17. There will be free mudbugs with the purchase of a drink.

Mudbugs - A Cajun Joint

The Buda seafood restaurant has several Cajun crawfish dishes including po’ boys, étouffée, and more. To-go is available; there is indoor dine-in service.

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