Crawdaddy's on Greenfield

Since moving here from the South, I’ve been craving Southern cooking. I was searching for restaurants in the surrounding area, and this popped up, so of course, I had to stop in. My expectations were low since we are in the Midwest, and I’ve had authentic Southern cooking. Can I say WOW, this was incredible. I started with the crab and corn bisque (I know I should have gotten the gumbo). It was delicious! Perfect amount of crab and creamy soup goodness. I also wanted to try their crawfish Rangoons, which I’ve never seen before. They were delicious as well. For an entree, I had to try their fried chicken. It’s half a bird and fried to perfection. I’m a sucker for some good crispy fried skin, and I would scarf it down more if I didn’t eat heavily before on appetizers. The chicken came with a side of potatoes, gravy, and greens. I swapped out the greens for red beans and rice, which were also delicious. I’ve said delicious multiple times already, but it indeed was. I also got the beignets to go so I could eat them with powdered sugar all over my face in peace. Paired with the raspberry sauce, it was incredible. I'm glad I found a go-to place for some good Southern cooking.

This trolling restaurant offers, comfort, classics, and soul food. We stopped in for the all you can eat crab legs. This happens on the second Sunday of each month. I highly recommend getting a reservation in advance if you are going for crab legs. We walked in and had to put a reservation in for two hours later.The crab legs were pretty good. Above average for all you can eat. We also picked up some fried chicken to go. It was good for a half price pricing… But it would not have been worth the full menu pricing.

Doesn’t really feel like a restaurant. More like a bar that serves food. After my second visit this seems like a place that should have been on Kitchen Nightmares… My first visit was nice. I only had drinks, oysters and the fried green tomatoes. Second visit I got drinks and oysters but decided to try an entree. The Oxtail soup. 2/10. The sides were greens and cornbread. At the price of $32 you would expect better. I only got two oxtails, which was nice and tender but the soup itself was really bland and OILY. Even after adding salt and pepper I couldn’t finish it. My sides came out cold. And I’ve never had “sweet” greens before. Even hot sauce couldn’t help them. And my cornbread had something in it. They replaced it of course but at this point I was over it. I got my check and saw I was charged for 3 drinks when I ordered 2. Pointing this out to the bartender she caught an attitude, told me she wasn’t going to argue with me and walked off. I ordered my second drink before I even finished my first one. Finished my first drink and had to ask her AGAIN for my second one. But it was pretty obvious she put my drink order in and just never gave it to me because the second drink was watered down like it had been sitting out for a while. Wasn’t even the same color as the first drink I had. I’m assuming because I had to ask twice she assumed I had the second drink when I didn’t. Had we talked there wouldn’t have been any issues but because she was rude while I was simply just trying to talk now it’s a problem and I will be reporting her as well. And thank god I was sitting right in front of a camera. I get it’s busy on Fridays, she was doing a lot but don’t give customers attitude when YOU messed up. So with all that said, oysters are a yes here! But I won’t be eating any other “main” items off their menu and if this same lady is bartending I won’t be ordering drinks either.

Always great food and service. Awesome crab ragoons and crab dip to start with hurricanes and sidecars for cocktails. The pork was Amazing! A vinegar flavor that was great! Shrimp n grits n bacon always spot on and delicious. All I can eat chicken on Mondays is very popular.

Live music was adative. Too many places have live music so loud you go deaf. This was supplementary and really provided atmosphere. Three of us had dinner. One kids grilled cheese with alphabet tots, one Cajun sampler (jambalaya, gumbo, seafood entefou), one Nashville Hot chicken sandwich. All were excellent. Abita is hard to find outside Louisiana. We will definitely be back.