Shaking Crawfish

We moved to Atlanta in 2016. We've driven past SC plenty of times. Admittedly, I've been interested in trying SC but have kept 'saving' it for later. 8 years later, I finally see what I've been missing. We were staying in the area for a school play and needed dinner before it started. Acelyn and I ordered our own seafood boils. I went with dungeness crab and crawfish in a coconut curry. SO delicious! I might have over-ordered for myself but I couldn't stop until my bag was empty.

Being from Houston, it's hard to find a place to beat crawfish from Houston. However, it definitely had been way harder than I thought it would be to find decent crawfish in ATL. Having been to multiple places, I thought Shaking had the best flavor and freshness. The jumbo crawfish were big and easy to peel. Meat is always fresh and does not disintegrate. Their raw oysters had always been super fresh too. My go to place for crawfish!

Orders 2 baskets of fried oysters bag combo e and c and split amongst 4. It was a lot of food! It was very flavorful though. I forgot the seasoning we got but super garlicky. -1 star only because they served crinkle cut fries. In my opinion, every fries potato is great but crinkle cut is probably the worst of them.

We went before going to the SPA... should have gone after ... it was too good and I ate WAY too much

We come here for good seafood boil & the decor! Lol. Love a place that sticks to their theme & menu consistently.

First time at Shaking Crawfish! I will definitely be back. Price is extremely reasonable. They don't have liquor, but they do have wine and beer.

The food was amazing and very fresh ... the atmosphere was wonderful . The service was wonderful too. The gentleman who served me was so sweet . And did I say once again the food was bomb.com I'm from New York so where big on food and diversity so I definitely know good when I taste it :-) .

I think the 3.5 average for this place is probably fair. I tried this place for the first time via Uber Eats pick-up last night, since I had a 40% off coupon to use. I was torn on what to order and will most likely order one of the seafood boils next time, since that seems to be their specialty. However, I went with the fried calamari and hush puppies with a side of clam chowder to keep things fairly affordable and simple. There were no issues ordering thru Uber Eats for self pick-up - everything was ready on time, and still warm, despite me having to fight that crazy ATL traffic with 2+ accidents on BuHi slowing things down. Even after sitting for about an hour (since of course, I had to use the restroom and fill my tires on the way home also), everything was still at a good temperature surprisingly. The calamari was still crisp, so shout out to the chef for that! When you pick up, there's a window directly to the left of the entrance inside where they hand you your food through a little door, so essentially contactless delivery which is always good in these times. It was a quick in-and-out process, and I was thankful there was plenty of parking even on a crazy Friday night. The girl who helped me was nice, and everything was packaged securely which I always appreciate, especially when there are a lot of sauces or soup included. Although, the texture and cooking of it was great, the seasoning on the calamari was quite a bit lacking for my taste. I prefer a saltier or more flavorful batter and this wasn't it. The "garlic butter" tasted just like plain butter, so not sure if they mixed that up - it was not salty or flavorful at all. However, the spicy mayo and sweet chili sauce that came with the calamari at least were nice complements to the dish and added flavor. The hush puppies were not anything special; I would say Captain D's does a better job on those overall, but they were worth a try. My favorite item was the clam chowder - it had all the flavor that the calamari and hush puppies lacked. I would get this item again, along with a seafood boil. I'm disappointed I didn't get any corn or potatoes as Uber Eats lists these items as included with the calamari and other dishes, but this wouldn't be the first time UE had an incorrect listing or issue. I guess I'll have to come back for the aforementioned items, along with the gumbo at check-in, but overall not a bad experience and definitely worth a try.

I love this spot I have been coming here for years! I order the same thing every time which is the make your own seafood combo, crawfish, sausage, and snow crab cluster in the hot everything sauce! You must get the everything sauce! Try the wings as well and ask them to make it how they use to make them. The lemon pepper wings come in a bag with a lemon butter sauce(omg!)..great place and reasonably priced. Love the service and ppl who work here, I always receive great service from them and they make me feel like family!

It was good food and services, the fish food was amazing and the services is really good, more polite, but like it!