Backyard Bayou

Service is good. It was packed but you can still hear your conversations. Came Friday night at 630. Told it was about a 30-40min wait and would text us. 10 min later our table was available. Got seated and served quickly. Ordered 2 lbs of shrimp backyard style medium, head on. It seemed more mild to me but the flavor was there. More on the Asian flavor than your normal Cajun but still good. A good fix if you're in the area.

Literally just left the place. Waited there for a good 10-15 min, for anyone to service us or even ask if we wanted to start with a drink. The manager was sitting at the bar also. I hope you see this. Your staff all looked at my family and I get up to leave, didn't get no response from anyone.Please do better as we chose your spot to spend our money at.(Edit: 3/1) not a reach out from the "owner" also. Great service! We've spent our money at your establishment as it's the closest "seafood boil" spot to our home, but we will now take our money elsewhere. It's 2025, shit ain't cheap, but I'll pay more for better service.

came a hour before closing & almost was told that we'd only be able to get takeout but luckily one of the servers was super nice and accommodating! she made sure that we had everything we needed before the kitchen closed and made sure to also check in on us from time to time.as for the food, i got the headless shrimp, backyard style with corn on the cob. we also got cajun fries for the table.shrimp 6.5/10 - tbh nothing crzy; it got pretty bland after eating so much shrimp and it lacked a lot of flavor even with the sauce we bought. it may be because we went near closing but yea wouldn't go here for seafood boil tbh cajun garlic fries 9/10 - sooooo good! i would totally stop by to get these fries again if i was in the area. great portion and great taste!

Service was so slow and lackluster...she didn't really know what she was doing or familiar with the menu.We ordered a bottle of wine that was not available...which led to us finding out that 5 other bottles weren't available as well.We ordered the selfie bucket and after our order was placed and wine was opened we found out that they had to mussels (it was Thursday and 2pm...that's crazy)

Came here with my friend on a Saturday afternoon based on a TikTok recommendation. There were tons of parking which was nice. There was also little to no wait. We got the crab Cajun fries, garlic noodles and a lb of shrimp and mussels with their signature sauce mild. I would say the Cajun crab fries were delicious but got cold fast. The garlic noodles were also decent. The shrimp and mussels were good too but the sauce was nothing mind blowing. I didn't see how much different it was from boiling crab. I don't think I would drive up from South Bay to eat here, but I would come if I was in the area.

I like the ambiance of this place, as it's great for date night or families. A couple of tvs, one of which had cartoons on for the kids, which you don't see very often at a restaurant. They've got a full bar as well. They do the seafood boil the same as most other places around here (pick your seafood, pick your sauce, throw it all in a bag). My husband is from the south where it's cheaper and more flavorful than anywhere in CA, so we don't come back here for that. We come for the catfish and grilled gator. I like that the gator and frog legs are not items you see often in CA. They do a good job at them too. The fried catfish is a proper ratio of batter to fish with a nice crunch. The Cajun wings are hit or miss depending whether the batch has enough seasoning. The gumbo leaves much to be desired (especially if you've had homemade in the south), the roux here is lacking something and could use more protein. The turkey collard greens are just okay. I'm curious about their seafood mac n' cheese, which looked bomb but I forget to order it each time we come back.

Eh. Nothing to write home about. There are sooooo many bag of seafood franchises, so the competition is stiff! The food is decent. Not bad at all. However, I can't say it's the best I've had either. The food was seasoned well and the portions are nice. I got the bag with crab, shrimp, mussels, corn, potato and sausage. You can't go wrong with that bundle! There is plenty of food to share. Although I don't love the seafood sauce, I would still recommend giving this place a try. The staff were nice and the service was really good.

Came here for a yelp event, where we got 2 free pounds of shellfish and 2 drinks. I also added on the garlic noodles, because that is a must when you have Cajun boil. I chose the mussels and shrimp for the shellfish. The sauce was great and tasty, not too overwhelming. The seafood was also very fresh. The garlic noodles paired perfectly with the sauce from the shellfish. Definitely worth checking out if you are looking for a nice seafood boil.

Wow, I've been to many crab boils and this is by far the best! When I arrived I was prepared to wait, even though on their website it said no wait time. There were a few people waiting, I walked up and to my surprise my party of 2 got seated right away. It's a very small restaurant, a little too dark for my liking but it was fine. Tables are a bit too close together, few booths and a bar top. Servers were all young and very friendly. I ordered a selfie bucket, lobster Mac and cheese and garlic bread. Lobster Mac & cheese is out of this world! Not too fishy. Boil is 10/10Garlic bread 5/10 I will definitely be back soon.

I've heard a lot of good things about this place and that's why I gave it a chance but boy I was wrong. I'm pretty sure these social media accounts get paid for the advertising. The bayou sauce was just weird and the flavors didn't go well. I would taste mostly chili and lime. I orders the headless shrimp and snow crabs. The food was ok when I didn't dip it in the sauce. The garlic noodles was just butter and garlic. I guess once you're had Thanh Long garlic noodles nothing beats them. Definitely won't be returning.