Restaurant Name:  My Brother’s Crawfish
Location:  8220 SE Harrison St., Portland, OR 97216
Website:  www.mybrotherscrawfish.com
Rating: 9.5/10

This is an authentic Cajun food in a modern environment.  To put it simple, this place is the place to go for fresh crawfish and other great southern tastes.  Owned by the Nguyen family, they have Cajun food down to a science with food preparation and display.  Our visit included entree meals as well as two pounds of crawfish.  While the crawfish meal was messy, the taste made up for it and well worth the pile of paper towels.  The homemade spicy sauce is something to prepare yourself for because it does have a kick.  It’s not just hot though, it has flavor too.  Something that most other sauces lack.  Our entree meals consisted of the Crawfish Etouffee, Cajun Chicken Tenders and plenty of side orders to cover the table.

The bar was not functioning at the time, but the presentation was perfect for watching TV, relaxing and an overall good place to just “chill”.  The bar area will be ready for service from April 15th.  This will definitely be the place to hang out no matter what the sports season is.

The service was very welcoming without being over bearing.  Since it had been years since I’ve eaten crawfish, we all got a demonstration of how to eat the food.  They were glad to share and patient with our ignorance.

To top the evening off we treated ourselves to their desert, Beignets.  A unique dish that consists of something like a doughnut, fritter, deep fried bread; but not.  Something very unique for sure and topped with powdered sugar.  We chose to eat this with vanilla ice cream as a dinner capper.

To go orders are welcome.  From my understanding people are traveling from long distances to get these fresh crawfish that they order on a daily basis.  Orders from customers commonly exceed ten pounds.

Overall, My Brother’s Crawfish is more than what I expected and I expect for it to do very well.  Thank you to the Nguyen family for a delightful experience.