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(916) 929-2268
1375 Garden Hwy
Sacramento,
CA
95833
38.604
-121.516
Neighborhood: North Sacramento
Hours:
Monday To Thursday From 11:00 AM To 09:00 PM Friday From 11:00 AM To 01:30 AM Saturday From 10:30 AM To 01:30 PM Sunday From 10:30 AM To 09:30 PM
Price:
$$
Last updated 6.23.11
Category:
Payment Methods:
American Express, Visa, MasterCard
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Restaurant Special Features:
Local Favorite, Waterfront Dining, Outdoor Dining, View Dining, People Watching, Date Spot, Dancing, Group Dining, Live Music, Dine At The Bar, Bar Scene
Cuisine:
What People Are Saying About Crawdad's River Cantina Inc
Featured Review
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Contributor
The Scene – The casual vibe and fresh air create the mood to groove on the dance floor, sip a chocolate martini as you gaze at the stars or gorge yourself on gumbo. Float your boat up to the dock or walk down the plank and catch some rays while you feast. – – The Food – While the tiki bar out back draws the crowd in the summer, the Cajun menu lures people year round. Try the three-alarm gumbo, chock-full of shrimp, chicken and andouille sausage, or the basic bayou jambalaya with crawfish. For simpler tastes, the steak sandwich is perfectly seasoned and served on a…
Editor's Tips
- Know Before You Go:
- Be sure to wear a hat or bring sunscreen if you plan to sit on the sunny deck, otherwise you may end up looking like a crawdad yourself.
08/29/11
DON'T EAT THE HAMBURGERS !
by Luisa Martinez at Citysearch
A group of us boated in to Crawdad's River Catina this past Saturday. Everyone, except me ordered some kind of fish entree. I ordered a RIVER BURGER and a glass of water (since I don't drink).By the time we finished our late lunch and I got on my boat I started having stomach cramps. I ended having to pull over to the shore of the American River to vomit. I had a case of food poisoning. I was sick all night and all day Sunday.
Luckily, I ate only half of my hamburger, otherwise I may have ended up in the emergency room at the local hospital.
No one else in my group got sick, so I would say stick to the fish!
01/19/11
Great location, good food!
by CSMobileUser2 at Citysearch
My boyfriend took me for dinner and drinks and we both really enjoyed our meals and although my guy doesn't drink, I do. I ordered a few Cosmo's and along with the carismatic and great server, my drinks were great too. For dinner I had their shrimp scampee with rice pilaf and steamed veggies. My boyfriend had their sword fish with a pineapple glaze that was exquisite and delightfully tasteful. Our overall experience was great and I'm sure we will go again during the summer months when it's warm and we can enjoy the outdoor dinning area.
11/22/10
DO NOT EAT HERE
by ackorby at Citysearch
I had been wanting to eat here since we moved to Sacramento 6 monthes ago and my boyfriend took me this weekend for my birthday. BIG MISTAKE. I would give this place negative stars if I could but the minimum is 1.
The food was HORRIBLE. I ordered the crawfish etoufee (a personal fave of mine at other restaurants). The rice was hard like they had reheated it and the overall taste was not good. But the worst part was what happened a couple hours later (still on my birthday). I ended up with a raging case of food poisoning.
I won't go into graphic details, but it was bad. I had nonstop vomitting and diarreha until there was NOTHING left in my system and I proceeded to dry heave for hours. Its been 3 days and I am still unable to eat solid foods.
It may have a cool vibe in warmer weather, but i'd stick with bottled beer and DO NOT EAT ANY FOOD. Seriously.
11/14/08
Absolutely Horrendous!
by lynz5_5 at Citysearch
I've wanted to go here for months and months. Boyfriend and I wanted some spicy creole or cajun food and this place said they served that style of food. What they do serve is SH!T. I had a chocolate martini, except it wasn't a chocolate martini, it was an old fashioned, minus the bubbles and plus the chocolate, translation: disgusting!
We were starving but I wasn't feeling the place, it stunk like a public bathroom, and once I got my awful drink it was all about, choke this down and lets go! We ordered some coconut shrimp with our drinks, it was foul and so gross! Worst coconut shrimp ever! It was almost black, overcooked, had a watery marmalade sauce over it that was gross.
EWW! AND did I mention my cherry tasted like fish? Yeah, sick!
The inside of the place is actually cool, it is right off the river, and supposedly LIVE LIVE LIVE in the summer, you can dock a boat about 5 feet from the outdoor seating area. If they hired good bartenders, wait-staff, and cooks this place wouldn't be such a disappointment!
- Pros: Right off the river
- Cons: Disgusting drinks, bad food, bad service, parking is difficult
07/10/07
Great food, good service
by leschnei at Citysearch
Crawdad's has good food and it can be a fun dining experience. The location is interesting. It is nice that it is on the river but if you are eating on the outdoor patio, it can get a little annoying. People often dock their boats on the pier and sit there playing really loud music and reving their engines while everyone is trying to enjoy their meal. This place gets really good bands to play but 20-somethings beware. This tends to be a late-30s to 50s bar. If you are 21-29 and plan on going for music and drinks, bring a large group of people or a date.
- Pros: Good food, good music, lots of parking, interesting location
- Cons: Loud boats and an older crowd
