Black Pearl

First time trying this place out and mostly will not be returning.1. Appetizer sampler: fried tofu, calamari and chicken wings all needed salt and seasoning.2. Seafood garlic noodles: favor was okay but only had 4 shrimp and cut up calamari rings.3. House special fried rice: It had FISH ROE. Usually house special fried rice contains chicken, pork (usually char siu), and shrimps -- along with veggies like onion, peas, and carrots. This is not typical and as soon as the plate came to the table we told the server. Her response was "that's what comes in it and that is what you ordered." Which ruined our experience and we didn't feel like eating anymore.Mind you the ingredients are not listed on the menu. What if I was allergic? This was not good customer service. So we were stuck with it and ended up throwing it away.

Had a hankering for crabs so we picked up (wish I ate there instead) some snow crab and dungeness both with the lemon pepper and also the cajun special sauce. Everything smelled and tasted incredible! The snow crab was very fresh and cracked and peeled easily. Both sauces penetrated the the meat with lots of buttery garlic goodness. The Dungeness crab was fresh but the shells were tougher and the meat didn't pull as easy. The ladies cooking the food and running the restaurant were happy, kind and personable. Restaurant was small and clean and had lots of parking.

We went here because we craved oysters and they surely hit the spot. They came with a homemade lime and Thai chili sauce that was spectacular. $16.99 for a dozen crawfish is a steal! We enjoyed the Quail though they were small, but had fantastic flavor. The Seafood Garlic Noodles were pretty good as well but didn't offer much seafood. We tried an Appetizer Sampler of Chicken Nuggets, Fried Calamari, and Sweet Potato Fries. The fries were great but I wouldn't recommend the Calamari.

I've had crawfish from them before and it was really good but this time around they over cooked the crawfish. Their crawfish was very flavorful but over cooked.

This is one of my go-to places when I am craving for both crawfish and snail. Crawfish is currently $9.99 a pound medium size. Everything was on point and seasoned well.

Underrated seafood place! They serve fresh, authentic Vietnamese style seafood. The sauces they serve with their dishes are so addicting. The only complaint I have is that the seafood garlic noodles were a bit lukewarm when we got them. Everything else was delicious!

I've been wanting to try this place for so long and today we finally had time to go! It did not disappoint! This is Vietnamese owned and operated. My main focus was the shellfish menu. Vietnam is half coast line so seafood is a huge part of our diet. I've been waiting to have a clean restaurant with good Vietnamese shellfish. This is it! We started out with blood clams in tarmarind sauce. The tamarin was delicious. I can see how it can be over the top for some but definitely spot on for me. Sweet snails in green pepper sauce. This was the best for me. The snails were definitely cleaned properly and I appreciate that. We ended it with the shrimp garlic noodles. This place will not skimp you on the shrimp! It was so good I'm glad we came. Now this place goes on our long list of places you have to eat at when youre in Houston!

If you're craving fresh crawfish in Katy Asia town. I prefer this one over the other one. Less of a wait and to me the taste of the food is just as good or better. Quick service and decent prices. Both of their house special crawfish seasonings are good, but my personal preference would be the kitchen special.

It's been a while since I came here and when I did I came a few times. Mainly because they were the only ones serving fresh live crawfish starting in Nov :O. My wife got the cravings and we took our offshore friend on one of the outings and they delivered.We got the chefs special sauce with the crawlers with sausage and corn with a bunch of fried finger food, the garlic seafood noodles and a good helping of oysters served in 3 different way and other shellfish. The owner was so accommodating even when she had a low supply and gave us complimentary desserts.Each time we came we had a blast. I highly recommend them and will be coming throughout the season

I've been here twice now. My first visit convinced me I'd be a loyal customer for life, but my second visit wasn't as great. I had razor clams, sweet snails, scallops, oysters, and soft shell crab on my first visit, and loved everything! This visit made me fall in love with razor clams lol so when I came back, I got two orders of it in two different flavors all to myself. One of them was good and normal, while the other one was...gritty. I thought the first one was a fluke, but after having five in a row that were like that, I knew it was the whole plate. But the other plate was fine, so idk how that happened. It was really disappointing because my first visit had me grinning from ear to ear. I'm really hoping it was a one-time thing because I still love those razor clams and don't know where else to get them. Aside from that one dish, everything here has been spectacular. So great that this was potentially my newest favorite restaurant, at least in terms of seafood.SWEET SNAIL W/ SALTED GREEN PEPPER: Not my favorite snail because it breaks easily. The flavor was good, but not my favorite of the night. My parents loved it though. They ordered a second plate. RAZOR CLAM (THAI BASIL): I loved the chewy, meaty texture! And I loved the rich flavor! My favorite dish of the night!RAZOR CLAM (GARLIC BUTTER): The flavor reminded me exactly of crawfish. It was good, but I preferred the Thai basil. GRILLED LARGE BLOOD CLAM: Delicious toppings! The clams were very chewy, some might think too chewy, but I still enjoyed it. SALTED PEPPER SOFT SHELL CRAB: Delicious! Great crispy texture! Great flavor! Super fresh! Really good size too! One of the best soft shell crabs I've ever gotten! Must try!RAW OYSTERS: Huge, plump, and super fresh! The green jalapeño sauce was really good too, even though I usually don't like jalapeño. I'm kinda obsessed with it lolGRILLED OYSTERS W/ SCALLION OIL and W/CHEESE: We split a dozen between the two flavors. Again, huge, plump, and fresh! So tasty! I usually don't like grilled oysters, but this is the first time I loved it!GRILLED SCALLOPS W/ QUAIL EGGS: Good, but I would personally prefer it without the egg. I think my table liked it with it though. CALAMARI RINGS: Huge, thick, and very chewy. Honestly too chewy. Probably won't get again. CRAB GARLIC NOODLE: Tasty! Good portion size and amount of crab.