Ragin Crab Cafe

This is great and messy (the lb of shrimp with seasoning). Just as expected. Great patio on a warm winter day. Staff was great. As to the food, the fried gator bites were terrific. The classical Louisiana seasoning shrimp were excellent. I recommend this low key neighborhood restaurant. And if like me you have an appreciation for south Louisiana and need your fix then this place is great, no fuss and you can get messy with a smile.

I heard about this place my friends were raving about so I thought I check it out. Well this Lousiana style Ragin Crab on Greenville hands down has the best crawfish and king size crabs!! I am huge fan of Aw Shucks but this new place beats Awahucks. We have new Champ is in town on greenville ave! I tried the family pack which came with huge (I mean HUMONGOUS) fat king crab, snow crab corn and shrimp. They have this Ragin sauce ( I tried medium ) you must check it out. Its different The patio is huge so there is plenty of seating there unlike Awshucks where you have to eat standing up lol. The servers were nice and friendly. The lines were long so be patient to be seated if you go there on weekends. I would definitely go back here for some more King crabs and crawfish Great location, easy to spot. I thought the price was reasonable too. Overall I was very satisfied with food and service.

I visited this restaurant this past weekend after walking past it with my gf and thinking that "Cajun" sounded good. Once inside it turned out that this place is primarily a seafood in a bag joint, similar to Boiling Crab or Shell Shack. However, they did have some Cajun items on the menu (etoufee and jambalaya). To start we ordered "Cajun" calamari and onion rings as appetizers. Since the calamari lacked any significant spice, I'm assuming they think that Cajuns prefer the smallest squid rings available fried to the consistency of rubber bands - I was not happy. On a positive note, the onion rings were decent. I ordered jambalaya, which was sausage, chicken, and shrimp. My gf got a shrimp poboy. I don't think they entered the order until we were long done with the appetizers, as it took a very long time before the entrees were served even though there weren't many customers... The jambalaya looked very unappealing - mostly a grayish color with only the shrimpiest of shrimp - sea monkeys would've given these shrimp a fight for their lives (see photo). My gf said the poboy was dry and the fries were not quite warm. I had to get up and find a server, after waiting several minutes while the waitstaff were gathered at the bar talking among themselves, in order to pay our bill. Perhaps the seafood in a bag is decent, but what we had was not. There are plenty of very good restaurants in this area, there's no reason to spend your money at this one...