Asian And Mini's Seafood

We've only ordered To GO but from the moment they take your order it's fantastic! Great service, food is definitely delicious! Would highly recommend!

It's been over 6 years since my last review so I am way over due to refresh it. My overall opinion hasn't changed since then. It is still very positive. Yelp tells me that I have now eaten here 28 times and I don't live nearby but whenever I am in the area, I give this place serious consideration for a visit. Today I stopped by for lunch for a bowl of their seafood gumbo. It comes with white rice on the side and my bowl had plenty of seafood, sausage, okra, etc. in a delicious roux. I enjoyed every spoonful. On previous visits, I have also devoured their fried seafood offerings (fish, shrimp, oysters, etc), yummy po boys, good french fries and one of my favorite versions of cole slaw. Seriously, everything on the menu is very good and priced extremely reasonable. They also also an everyday lunch menu too. This is a table service but casual restaurant run by a small family. The owner staffs the dining room and usually waits on tables. He is one of the nicest people you will ever have take your order and take care of you.This restaurant has become a mainstay for the neighborhood providing good tasting and inexpensive meals. Come eat here.

Good place for lunch. Got the gumbo and 2pc catfish lunch plate. The gumbo was not very good. Edible but not true cajun style gumbo, more like canned. The catfish was good and very crispy. I loved the crinkle cut french fries. I'll go back for sure for the fried catfish. Service was great very fast, and the owner is super nice. Ambiance is your typical family owned neighborhood restaurant. Could use an upgrade, but it's not bad.

So good! The food is fresh and I think it's one of the best plates of fried shrimp that I've had! My husband also ordered the fried oysters and said they tasted fresh. We also didn't wait too long for the food, but when we got it, it was hot and fresh. The owner was our waiter and he was super sweet and friendly. Overall, this place is definitely a five stars. We will be back!

We went for the first time on Saturday for lunch. Excellent food. We both had the pad Thai which was great.We're looking forward to returning to try some of the seafood.This is a hidden gem and we'll worth giving it a try.

MIXED FEELINGS: FROG OR OYSTER?? Mmm I don't know where to start with this review. I'm having mixed feelings about the experience I had at this establishment. I was referred to this restaurant by one of my high school students who raved and raved about how delicious the food is and about the big portions of food that you receive at a reasonable price. So, I decided my husband and I could take the opportunity to see what this establishment has to offer before going to the movies to see the new Bob Marley movie. It was the perfect plan so that we would not spend too much money on expensive movie food. However, I wish we would have just purchased the expensive movie food instead because my experience at this establishment was not a positive one. I was highly disappointed. Firstly, when hubby and I arrived, there was an older gentleman who greeted us as we walked in. He was really nice and reminded me of an elderly Asian man who is full of wisdom and philosophical knowledge. Customer service was excellent. He treated us very kindly and was very attentive to our needs while we dined. Secondly, we ordered the fried okra for our appetizer and we ordered a seafood platter for our entree in which we shared. It consisted of 2 pieces of fish, 6 oysters, and 6 shrimp accompanied by a side of shrimp fried rice and a beautiful and fresh garden side salad. The fried okra was hands down absolutely delicious and fried to perfection. The fish and shrimp were also hands down absolutely delicious! All were fried to perfection and possessed a nice crunchy texture and not a soggy texture which I despise! So, I have to give them their props because they fried the okra, the fish, and the shrimp just splendidly! The shrimp fried rice was AHHH-MAZING! I highly recommend the fried rice for anyone who loves great tasting shrimp fried rice. You will not be disappointed. Also, the fried seafood was not heavily doused with salt which is a plus in my book. I hate it when seafood is overly seasoned with salt because it's naturally salty anyway. Now, for the disappointing part of the meal. I absolutely love fried oysters especially when fried to perfection. However, these supposedly oysters that I was served were soggy and huge! They were fried crunchy on the outside but soggy on the inside which means they were cooked too fast. I had one or two small oysters out of six oysters but the other four were giant. My husband commented on one of the oysters when I picked it up and he said that it looked like a chicken wing. I have never seen oysters so freaking big in my life. I picked up another one to inspect it and I swear to God and on my life that it looked exactly like a small frog but too big to be an oyster. It had four legs and the body of a frog. This completely ruined my appetite and I did not eat them. I should've taken a close up picture of them but I wasn't thinking clearly because I was appalled by what I was witnessing. I couldn't even finish the rest of my meal but my husband was enjoying himself because he doesn't like oysters anyway so he was good. However, I had already eaten the smaller oysters in which I picked with because they were soggy and not crunchy like the fish and shrimp. They were actually oysters though, because they looked and tasted like oysters. Before biting into the bigger oysters, I tore it apart to see what it looked like on the inside and guys when I tell you it did not even resemble the inside of an oyster, I am telling you the honest truth! I shoved it to the side and covered it with a napkin so that my husband would not see. I did not want to ruin his appetite as well. The one that looked exactly like a frog, I hid that one from hubby as well and I dared not break it apart to inspect it. I did not tell hubby about it until a few days later. His reaction was, "oh wow! I was enjoying myself and going in while you were struggling trying to keep from vomiting." Then he said, "I'm glad I don't like oysters." In conclusion, Asian and Mini's seafood is a hole-in-the-wall type of establishment that serves delicious perfectly fried seafood. Oftentimes, one can find the best tasting fried seafoods at a hole-in-the-wall establishment somewhere in the hood. They remind me of Kim's Seafood restaurant, an establishment that was in the hood where I grew up on the Northeast side of town in Lakewood. It's still in business today and I would always order fish, shrimp, and oysters from them when I was a teenager. I know an oyster when I see one and I know what a frog looks like when I see one. I understand that mistakes happen and that they probably did not intend to put a frog on my plate. I also understand that some people enjoy eating frogs and turtles and other exotic foods but I do not eat that type of food and I am sickened by the thought of it being on my plate. I will not return to this restaurant and I really wanted to put them on my must-return-list. The food is good, visit at your own risk.

We love the seafood! Anytime we have guests from out of town, we make an order and they all rave about it! It reminds me of years ago the way fried shrimp used to taste...Most seafood restaurants are ridiculous in their pricing, but Mini's Seafood is very reasonable and fresh tasting! In fact, when our guests from out of town come back, they usually ask to eat their seafood instead of some big fancy place!Melanie Thomas

The QC here has always been excellent. The fried dishes are oil free & well cooked to order. It may be a small restaurant, but well managed. $9 lunches and $11-13 dinners. Try the hush puppies too. This is from a mystery shopper of 8 years.

I'm so sorry to have to put this but the ratings boosted me to try this place out and I have to say I was dissatisfied. The food was not all of that as far as taste. I had fried catfish & shrimp. My fiancé had the gumbo & that required more seasonings once we made it home. Although, there's a Very nice man there in the front.. I will not be back.

Super great food. OMG huge shrimp in the fried shrimp platter and the price is so reasonable! The Owner is the nicest Thai by way of Cincinnati you'll ever meet. Just him hosting and his wife cooking. fresh fresh fresh!!!