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Where to Find Perfect Crawfish in Austin

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It’s 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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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 varying 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.

Infamous Brewing Company

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The Hudson Bend brewery’s next crawfish boil will be done by a New Orleans chef. It takes place on Saturday, May 13 from 2 to 5 p.m.

Pops Crawfish

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The seasonal crawfish truck is parked at Rock House Bar & Trailer Park, offering all sorts of crawfish alongside shrimp, sides, and sauces Fridays starting at 4 p.m. and the weekends starting at noon.

The Boat

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Though the Stonelake Office Park restaurant isn’t actually on the water, it still serves up pounds of boiled crawfish with sides, as well as crawfish po’ boys, crawfish/shrimp etouffee, fried crawfish tails, and more.

Celis Brewery

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The North Austin brewery is hosting weekly crawfish boils every Sunday by Lazo’s Crawfish, through the end of May from 1 to 4 p.m. with mudbugs, corn, and potatoes.

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.

Waterloo Ice House Burnet Road

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Waterloo Ice House’s annual crawfish crawl — where each of its locations will host a crawfish boil throughout the season — is back. On deck will be all-you-can-eat crawfish, drink specials, jazz bands, and more. The North Shoal Creek location’s boil takes place on Saturday, May 13 starting at noon.

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.

Southern Heights Brewing Company

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The MLK-183 brewery is hosting a crawfish boil with HooDoo Crawfish on Saturday, May 13 starting at 1 p.m.

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.

Austin Daiquiri Factory

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The formerly-in-Pflugerville spot Down South CaJJun Eats is running Sunday crawfish boils at the East Austin drinks spot.

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.

Latchkey

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The East Austin bar’s weekly crawfish boil takes place on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. courtesy of East Side Boilers.

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. The final one takes place on Saturday, May 20.

Mandala Kitchen & Bar

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The South Lamar Chinese and Vietnamese restaurant offers crawfish fried rice. Pickup orders can be placed online, and there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

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Blue Owl Brewing

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The East Austin sour beer brewery is teaming up with food delivery service Pot2plate for crawfish boils on Saturday, May 13 and Saturday, June 3, from noon to 5 p.m. On deck’s Viet-Cajun crawfish, shrimp, and raw oysters.

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.

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. Then there are the twice-weekly crawfish boils available on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 4:30 p.m., with three-pound or one-pound platters including corn and potatoes). Preorders can be placed online or over the phone.

Ani's Day & Night

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The Riverside cafe is hosting a crawfish boil with Err thing~New Orleans on Saturday, May 13. Crawfish is $6.99 per pound, there is $1.50 a piece of corn on the cob and potatoes, crawfish nachos for $12, and on-site truck Nyam is making crawfish mac and cheese. It starts at 2 p.m.

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.

Waterloo Ice House

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Waterloo Ice House’s annual crawfish crawl — where each of its locations will host a crawfish boil throughout the season — is back. On deck will be all-you-can-eat crawfish, drink specials, jazz bands, and more. The Circle C location’s boil takes place on Saturday, May 20 starting at noon.

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.

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.

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.

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 varying 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.

Infamous Brewing Company

The Hudson Bend brewery’s next crawfish boil will be done by a New Orleans chef. It takes place on Saturday, May 13 from 2 to 5 p.m.

Pops Crawfish

The seasonal crawfish truck is parked at Rock House Bar & Trailer Park, offering all sorts of crawfish alongside shrimp, sides, and sauces Fridays starting at 4 p.m. and the weekends starting at noon.

The Boat

Though the Stonelake Office Park restaurant isn’t actually on the water, it still serves up pounds of boiled crawfish with sides, as well as crawfish po’ boys, crawfish/shrimp etouffee, fried crawfish tails, and more.

Celis Brewery

The North Austin brewery is hosting weekly crawfish boils every Sunday by Lazo’s Crawfish, through the end of May from 1 to 4 p.m. with mudbugs, corn, and potatoes.

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.

Waterloo Ice House Burnet Road

Waterloo Ice House’s annual crawfish crawl — where each of its locations will host a crawfish boil throughout the season — is back. On deck will be all-you-can-eat crawfish, drink specials, jazz bands, and more. The North Shoal Creek location’s boil takes place on Saturday, May 13 starting at noon.

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.

Southern Heights Brewing Company

The MLK-183 brewery is hosting a crawfish boil with HooDoo Crawfish on Saturday, May 13 starting at 1 p.m.

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.

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Austin Daiquiri Factory

The formerly-in-Pflugerville spot Down South CaJJun Eats is running Sunday crawfish boils at the East Austin drinks spot.

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.

Latchkey

The East Austin bar’s weekly crawfish boil takes place on Wednesdays at 5 p.m. courtesy of East Side Boilers.

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. The final one takes place on Saturday, May 20.

Mandala Kitchen & Bar

The South Lamar Chinese and Vietnamese restaurant offers crawfish fried rice. Pickup orders can be placed online, and there are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Crawfish from Mandala
Crawfish from Mandala
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Blue Owl Brewing

The East Austin sour beer brewery is teaming up with food delivery service Pot2plate for crawfish boils on Saturday, May 13 and Saturday, June 3, from noon to 5 p.m. On deck’s Viet-Cajun crawfish, shrimp, and raw oysters.

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.

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. Then there are the twice-weekly crawfish boils available on Tuesdays and Saturdays at 4:30 p.m., with three-pound or one-pound platters including corn and potatoes). Preorders can be placed online or over the phone.

Ani's Day & Night

The Riverside cafe is hosting a crawfish boil with Err thing~New Orleans on Saturday, May 13. Crawfish is $6.99 per pound, there is $1.50 a piece of corn on the cob and potatoes, crawfish nachos for $12, and on-site truck Nyam is making crawfish mac and cheese. It starts at 2 p.m.

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.

Waterloo Ice House

Waterloo Ice House’s annual crawfish crawl — where each of its locations will host a crawfish boil throughout the season — is back. On deck will be all-you-can-eat crawfish, drink specials, jazz bands, and more. The Circle C location’s boil takes place on Saturday, May 20 starting at noon.

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.

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.

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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