The Best Cajun & Creole Food in Houston
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The best Cajun and Creole food in Houston, according to the experts: Eater, AAA, and the Houston Chronicle have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Crawfish & Noodles comes out on top.
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Brennan's and the breakfast klub hold the next two places. Houstonia shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with AAA next.
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Rank 1. Crawfish & Noodles
Vietnamese Cajun & Creole
This is a Viet-Cajun crawfish house on Bellaire Boulevard, where you wear a bib and gloves big enough to look like a bit. The crawfish come boiled with lemongrass and ginger, and the turkey necks arrive pre-spiced. The room works like a sports bar that lost the plot, with the Astros on every TV and a Darth Vader helmet in the corner nobody will explain. It's casual, loud, and messy, and the check stays reasonable.
The awards
- Eater Eater: The All-Time Eater 38
- AAA AAA: Approved
- Eater Eater: The 38 Essential Houston Restaurants
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Rank 2. Brennan's
Cajun & Creole
The awards
- AAA AAA: Four Diamonds
- Houston Chronicle Houston Chronicle: Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 3. the breakfast klub
Cajun & Creole
The line outside this Houston breakfast and brunch spot is so reliable that they've worked out a whole system: heaters in winter, water in summer, and occasionally a bouncy castle, which is a sentence you don't type about many restaurants. Southern and Creole comfort food is the draw, wings and waffles being the dish everyone mentions first, with catfish and grits not far behind. Show up when the doors open or plan around the wait.
The awards
- Houstonia Houstonia: The Best Brunch Restaurants in Houston
- Eater Eater: The 38 Essential Houston Restaurants
- Houston Chronicle Houston Chronicle: Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
- Houstonia The Best Brunch Restaurants in Houston
- Eater The 38 Essential Houston Restaurants
- Houston Chronicle Houston’s Top 100 Restaurants
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Rank 4. BB's Tex-Orleans
Cajun & Creole
The awards
- AAA AAA: Approved
- Houstonia Houstonia: Best Crawfish Restaurants in Houston
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Rank 5. Crawfish Cafe
Cajun & Creole
Real butter and sugar go into the crawfish boil here, which tilts the whole thing sweeter than the standard Cajun approach. This Viet-Cajun seafood spot on Bellaire runs a long roster of sauces, from garlic butter to Thai basil, and lets you mix them into something entirely your own. The menu does what it promises and little else, which in this corner of Houston is plenty.
The awards
- Houstonia Best Crawfish Restaurants in Houston
- The Infatuation The 22 Best Restaurants In Houston's Chinatown
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Rank 6. Willie G's
Cajun & Creole Seafood
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Rank 7. Atchafalaya Crawfish
Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. BB's Tex-Orleans
Tex-Orleans Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. BB's Tex-Orleans
Tex-Orleans Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. BB's Tex-Orleans
Tex-Orleans Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. BB's Tex-Orleans
Tex-Orleans Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. BB's Tex-Orleans
Tex-Orleans Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. BB's Tex-Orleans
Tex-Orleans Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. BB's Tex-Orleans
Tex-Orleans Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. BB's Tex-Orleans
Houston Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. BB's Tex-Orleans
Tex-Orleans Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. BB's Tex-Orleans
Tex-Orleans Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. BOIL HOUSE
Louisiana-style Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. Cajun Craven
Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. Cajun Kitchen
Cajun & Creole
Crawfish cooked wok-style, the way you'd handle crab or lobster in Chinese cuisine, so every crevice gets a proper coating of spice and oil. This Cajun-Asian boil spot in southwest Houston does mudbugs in flavors like Thai Basil or a butter-garlic-citrus house special, and the heat scale runs up to something called Cray Cray, which should tell you all you need to know about who's ordering it.
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Rank 7. Double Bayou Crawfish Farm & Boil House
Cajun & Creole
The crawfish come from the fields you can see from your table, which is either the most logical supply chain imaginable or a mild existential moment for the mudbugs. This BYOB boil house sits about an hour outside Houston, and the lines form by six, so early arrival is less a suggestion than a survival skill. Tours and boat excursions through the rice and crawfish fields are available if you call ahead. Order by the pound or go straight for the full feast.
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Rank 7. Honore's Cajun Cafe
Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. Pook's Crawfish Hole
Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. Ragin' Cajun
Cajun & Creole
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Rank 7. Ragin' Cajun
Cajun & Creole
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