Fern Modena
TUG Lifetime Member
I went to Hot N Juicy Crawfish for lunch today. I'd been meaning to go for awhile. Its in a strip mall on Spring Mountain just before Decatur (4810 Spring Mountain).
If you love crawfish or crab, and don't mind getting up to your elbows in it, this is your place. They sell the fish by the pound, and had shrimp (with the heads), crawfish, snow crab, king crab and dungenous (sp?) crab today. Most of the year they also have Texas Blue, but not right now. You can also get fried platters they call appetizers (I didn't see these), oysters, corn on the cob, baked potatoes, white rice, and rolls.
You get to choose your own seasoning. Each seasoning comes in mild, medium, and hot. Mild is actually spicy, medium is hot, and I don't think anyone in the life of the restaurant has ever ordered hot and survived. The seasonings are Cajun, lemon pepper, garlic butter (with tons of minced garlic), and Hot N Juicy, which is a combination of all three.
You'll notice when you walk in that all the tables are covered with plastic picnic tablecloth. There's also a roll of paper towels at each table. When your food comes, each pound arrives in a big plastic bag, tied loosely at the top, and the shellfish is swimming in juicy seasonings. At this point they offer you a bib and a crab cracker. Take both. Oh, and take your rings off and perhaps your watch, too.
Is it messy? Yes, but that's half the fun. We had the crawfish and snow crab. It was the freshest, sweetest seafood I've ever had in Nevada. It was a lot of fun, and you can make it a "vacation experience" you can tell folks back home all about.
If you are staying at any of the timeshares to the West of the Strip it will be fairly close.
Go, and enjoy!
Hot N Juicy Crawfish 4810 Spring Mountain (west of Chinatown, on the North side of the street). Phone 891-8889. Opens at noon for lunch, and closes around 7 or 8 PM. Family run.
Fern
If you love crawfish or crab, and don't mind getting up to your elbows in it, this is your place. They sell the fish by the pound, and had shrimp (with the heads), crawfish, snow crab, king crab and dungenous (sp?) crab today. Most of the year they also have Texas Blue, but not right now. You can also get fried platters they call appetizers (I didn't see these), oysters, corn on the cob, baked potatoes, white rice, and rolls.
You get to choose your own seasoning. Each seasoning comes in mild, medium, and hot. Mild is actually spicy, medium is hot, and I don't think anyone in the life of the restaurant has ever ordered hot and survived. The seasonings are Cajun, lemon pepper, garlic butter (with tons of minced garlic), and Hot N Juicy, which is a combination of all three.
You'll notice when you walk in that all the tables are covered with plastic picnic tablecloth. There's also a roll of paper towels at each table. When your food comes, each pound arrives in a big plastic bag, tied loosely at the top, and the shellfish is swimming in juicy seasonings. At this point they offer you a bib and a crab cracker. Take both. Oh, and take your rings off and perhaps your watch, too.
Is it messy? Yes, but that's half the fun. We had the crawfish and snow crab. It was the freshest, sweetest seafood I've ever had in Nevada. It was a lot of fun, and you can make it a "vacation experience" you can tell folks back home all about.
If you are staying at any of the timeshares to the West of the Strip it will be fairly close.
Go, and enjoy!
Hot N Juicy Crawfish 4810 Spring Mountain (west of Chinatown, on the North side of the street). Phone 891-8889. Opens at noon for lunch, and closes around 7 or 8 PM. Family run.
Fern
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I remember (years ago) going to an all you can eat seafood place near Washington DC. It must have looked the same as this place! You could buy shrimp, crab or lobster (each was more costly of course) but, if you bought lobster you could have any of the three. That was twenty five years ago but I still remember it thanks to your tip!
