My Brother's Crawfish

07/01/09

Check it out.

by CSMobileUser at Citysearch

My first time in, I just ran in to order take out. Right away they made me feel like family. I sat at the bar to wait for my food and they even gave me control of the tv remote. Super nice guys. Definitely give them a shot

05/02/09

True Cajun Style for Cajun Lovers coming from the South

by Kristenp at Citysearch

I happened to drive by and see an A-Frame sign saying live Crawfish, caught a glimpse of the restaurant sign. Then today, remembering about it, decided to try for take out.

I got a kick out of the whole two reviews dogging the place saying too spicy or the crawfish tasted like it was nuked. My first response to the bad crawfish, don't order in the winter months. Ideal crawfish is best eaten during the spring and summer. So your fault for eating it in October. Then in regards to the person eating the crab boil, before ordering it, price it first so you don't get sticker shock doofus. And then in regards to those complaining about spice, you can order steamed, mild or spicy. Don't order spicy if you don't like spicy which then translates to - you obviously do not know true cajun food and should stick to tasteless fare.

The crawfish ettoufee is the most authentic you can get outside of New Orleans. Right amount of spice, perfect thickness to the roux and full of tender (not gummy) crawfish. It is May, so perfect time to eat crawfish. We also ordered the Mussels Boil in SPICY. The spice buttered sauce was awesome to add to rice and the green lipped mussels were cooked perfectly... $11 a pound (which is pretty average anywhere you go). Being from Houston and taking monthly trips to New Orleans - this is the best place in Portland for true cajun food at a REASONABLE price. Living the SE and being surrounded by nothing but Thai food, this is a welcome find.

• Pros: Real Cajun flavor and food cooked perfectly
• Cons: Hard to Find

03/02/09

heaven!

by ais4amelia at Citysearch

Sit back, watch some sports, drink some beer and devour pounds of crab and crawfish. They give you a whole roll of paper napkins so you can just go nuts eating with your fingers and wiping your nose from the spicy heat. My Oklahoma visting father was in heaven! If only the location had out door seating and wasn't in a strip mall I would eat here everyday.

• Pros: cheap, service, delicious
• Cons: strip mall