If you've been to Boiling Crab or Red Claw in Orange County, CA, then you'll find this place is fairly comparable - though maybe with much better service. But honestly, your opinion on which is better will be based entirely on your own specific tastes and what you're used to. (Ex: I was a big fan of Boiling Crab until I started going to Red Claw a few times and the garlicky taste grew on me. Now I love Red Claw and think Boiling Crab is a bit too salty. Some may think Red Claw is too garlicky. So it all depends. Red Claw not ever having a wait is the biggest influence in my decision to always go to Red Claw now anyway.) \n\nMy husband and I were in Vegas and were looking for a place to get good, inexpensive seafood. Most buffets on the strip definitely don't cut it for me (since seafood is my favorite food), and their seafood is usually not fresh.\n\nSince I love Boiling Crab and Red Claw, I was very excited to find this place on Yelp and we made our way to the original location - as it's a bit more tucked away from the second location, which is a bit more touristy. I found out later from our server that this location is generally more of a local's spot than the newer location.\n\nSo when we arrived at about 7:30 pm on a Thursday night, we were a bit sad there was no parking in the small lot. But thankfully a group of people left shortly after we circled the lot and nearby neighborhood for parking. We got in and were quickly greeted and told that the wait would be about 20 - 30 mins, though maybe quicker because they were cleaning up some tables.\n\nOkay, so while I was waiting, I noticed a few things. \n1. The mixture of people in the restaurant was extremely diverse. I'm sure there were at least 10 different ethnicities there! The age range was also very wide - from young to old. This was a great sign, as I noticed EVERYONE in the restaurant seemed to be enjoying their food - the food fit, apparently, for varying taste buds.\n2. It was pretty busy in there, but the servers were extremely friendly and were all helping each other throughout the restaurant. No server was strictly confined to only one section or certain tables or customers. If you stopped any server, they happily got you what you needed. This was honestly rare to see, and I was impressed at how the servers all seemed to interact together as a team rather than stressed out, competitive individuals.\n\nAs far as the food, we got our shrimp, sausage, and corn in the hot and spicy sauce at spicy level. The clams, we got in the spicy garlic sauce.\n\nShrimp - Mostly fresh, juicy, plump, easy to peel and crunchy (sings of freshness).\n\nClams - Were good, though the actual clams were a bit smaller than I hoped they would be. I guess maybe they just use different clams than what I'm used to at Red Claw.\n\nSausage - Were not polska kielbasa sausages as we hoped. :( My husband was very disappointed and didn't like them at all, and he normally loves sausages. Don't get these. Even though I ate them, I didn't enjoy them. They were pretty oily and fatty tasting in a bad way.\n\nHot N Juicy sauce - This is similar to Boiling Crab's sauce. I would say the spicy is pretty spicy, and a little spicier would make it so that you couldn't taste your food very well. My husband and I have a pretty high tolerance for spicy food, and the spicy here is in between the medium and spicy spiciness at Boiling Crab.\n\nGarlic sauce - We got this sauce spicy, and it tasted fairly similar to the Cajun garlic sauce at Red Claw (though Red Claw uses tons of real chopped garlic and is much better, in my opinion). My husband liked this sauce over the Hot N Juicy sauce, which is ironic since I'm usually more of the garlic lover.\n\nCajun fries - Fries sprinkled with Cajun seasoning. The fries were good and crispy and moist on the inside. The Cajun seasoning is pretty spicy, so be mindful of that if you don't like things too spicy. They were good fries. :)\n\nOverall, this was definitely a great place for good Cajun-style seafood. The service was great, and the food really good. Overall, I'd definitely go here again the next time I'm in Vegas and craving seafood.\n\nBe warned though that your hair, skin, and clothes will smell like your food. I suggest you keep jackets and sweaters in your car and wear something you don't mind stinking up. You'll probably have to take a shower when you get home, unless you don't mind smelling the food on your hair and skin while sleeping. :)
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