The Boil Daddy

The crawfish boil with cajun spicing was delicious and reasonably priced. Outdoor seating only but yesterday was a perfect sunny day so sitting outside was great. Outdoor seating was spotlessly clean. Staff brought white butcher paper and lots of napkins (eating cajun boil is always messy and best done with your fingers). This was a far better lunch than another burger or chicken sandwich from down the street and for the same price. Live a little and enjoy New Orleans style cuisine served in the typical "walk up window" style here in Orange.

Went through the reviews and seems the lower ratings may have expected more than an old taco stand. Anyway, here's my take on this place...Been coming here on and off since they opened. Have to say, wasn't initially impressed, seemed expensive and wasn't crazy about the portion. Since then have figured out the menu, get a half pound peeled off shrimp with daddy sauce, potatoes,Corn and sausage, side of rice. Price isn't too bad when you think about Joe's crabs, or boiling shrimp, it is seafood after all. I don't use the outside self order computer, just say hi and someone comes up as soon as they aren't busy getting someone else's food, never had to wait too long.Overall I'm happy with this place, yea it was a taco stand, yea no indoor seating, yea, the round tables are on the small side, yea it can be pricy...Take your time, figure out the menu and I think you'll be satisfied if not happy and you don't have to spend a couple hundred for a shrimp boil...

Food was okay. Service was okay. Ambiance was terrible.- This location is an old taco stand, so there's only outdoor seating with circular tables with benches attached (only two or three square tables). -You only have three options for flavors: Cajun, garlic, or both. - They only give out little squares of "napkins" (it's like one ply toilet paper) for a place where you get MESSY and they only give out four or five at a time. I didn't like that I had to keep getting up to wash my hands at the outside sink (no soap for your oily, stinky hands) and ask for more napkins. - there's BARELY enough sauce in the bag. I should have known the sauce was going to be skimpy because they charge for extra sauce in the bag. NOT A GOOD SIGN. - with there being little sauce in the bag, I decided to remove all of the shrimp from the bag and place it on the butcher paper so we can get the most sauce. Since it's an outdoor only establishment and it being winter, the food got cold FAST. You're probably wondering "why didn't you leave it in the bag?" The food was piping hot, so if it was left in the bag, the shell gets too soft to peel. So you'll have to pay $7 extra to get it peeled already. AND it's so cold, I couldn't take my jacket off to eat the messy food (maybe an outdoor heater would be nice).- quality of shrimp was good. Sausages were good. Garlic fries were good. Sauce was basic. Kickin crab and boiling crab are better in that aspect. Prices were good. All in all, only come if you live near and it's to go. Or during a time of the year when it's not too cold outside. Will I be coming back? Not to this location.

We ordered 1lb of mussels & 1lb of shrimp, both with daddy sauce, and they were really good. The sauce has a lot of garlic and flavor. The garlic fries were also super tasty. The medium spice level was perfect - spicy enough to enjoy but not spicy enough to cough and have a runny nose throughout the meal. Also they have a deal that mussels are $1 off if you eat here before 3pm.The proportion of the food here feels smaller than Boiling Crab even though it's the same weight. Each pound of seafood was able to fit into those small brown cardboard to-go containers which threw us off because we didn't know if it was enough food since it was so compact. We also didn't like that we had to pay extra for the sides (sausage, potatoes) when it's usually included with 1lb+ orders at other places. We also feel like they skimped out on the sauce a little bit - other places usually give you loads of sauce that we can drench the seafood in. Boil Daddy gave only enough sauce to season the seafood. They were also very exact on the amount of salt and pepper packets they give with each pound as seen on the receipt. We also didn't like that we ordered Boil Daddy for takeout and asked for butcher paper but they said it was only for dine-in customers, even though there were barely any people there and the butcher paper looked like it was open for anyone to take if needed. Other places usually provide/include complimentary butcher paper with takeout orders. We ended up having to use our own parchment baking sheets at home.

Didn't like the shrimps they looked like they were still raw not going back again sauce was good thoe the shrimp basket was good

We arrived to this location with a large crowed. We had about 14 people in our party. I didn't think they were ready to accommodate so many people at once as it's a small establishment. We waited 45 min or longer for our food. The food came out piping hot which was great. The food was good, will I come here again...absolutely. The only negatives was our rice was undercooked , which is prob due to them rushing to get our food out. The daddy noods and the daddy shrimp bowl was good. I added sausage to my bowl and to add one small sausage was $4.50. The mahalo shrimp was ok, it wasn't crispy as I thought it should have been. The fried mahalo fish is a must, prob the best thing I ate besides the daddy noods. They had grand opening prices which was very affordable. No bathroom, no indoor seating.

I ordered their mussels & clams to go with their daddy sauce & it was really good! I wasn't expecting it to be an outdoor spot. But I thought it was cute! It came with sliced lemons. I ordered the mild sauce and it wasn't too spicy & boiling crab mild is too spicy for me. So that was a major plus!I was so excited to eat it I didn't take a pic of the food.

Food was really really good. Solid 7/10. Juan the server/cook was phenomenal. A really nice guy. He will bring me back for sure. We tried a little bit of everything. Their spicy is not spicy to be honest. The layout is nice but it's all outside so dress warm. And right now it's super windy. But it was still worth it. Their pasta plate with shrimp and potatoe and sausage was really really good. It's a different spin on just plain garlic noodles. Their seafood was not overcooked or anything. I really want to try lobster and king crab sometime.Cajun fries weren't really Cajuny enough to be honest. But still god. Ranch did not seem homemade.

Disgusting. Boiled eggs were not hard boiled, barely soft boiled. One was broken and oozing in the sauce. Sausage was barely cooked tasted like hotdogs. Corn was cooked well but potatoes were hard as a rock. Crab clusters were small but cooked ok. Shrimp was oily & gross for $14. The place was empty and I see why it was the worse seafood I've tasted & it made me feel sick. Two stars because the staff was friendly to my husband upon pickup.

Food was fresh and yummy! Small place, but they've done the outside really nice shaded tables to eat at. Easy ordering.