Poo yie – it’s your favorite time of year again, that’s right, it’s crawfish season! To satiate your tastebuds and fill your bellies, here is a guide to finding the best mudbugs in Lafayette and the greater Acadiana area too! Now go get your crawfish on, but save some for me!
Bucks Crawfish Company
C’est Bon Crawfish
C’est Bon Crawfish is family owned and operated that has been a dream of ours for 20 plus years. C’est Bon Crawfish’s infancy started in our back yard standing over a picnic table covered in boiled crawfish with family and friends. Today is no different! Located at 3301 Chemin Metairie Parkway, Youngsville, LA. Open Monday – Thursday 4:30pm – 9pm, Friday & Saturday 4pm – 9pm, and Sunday 4pm – 7:30pm though check their facebook for most up to date hours!
Coastal Fire and Ice
Crawfish Jake
On- Site Crawfish Catering in the heart of Cajun Country! And a drive through location in the center of town opening March 5th for the season! Located at 106 Roselawn Blvd. Open Wednesday – Saturday 5pm – 9pm.
Crawfish Time
Mom-&-pop spot with a drive-thru offers a simple menu of family-farmed Louisiana crawfish & sides. Owners Brant and Jason Lamm invite you to try their family farmed Louisiana crawfish at either of their Lafayette locations, Ridge Rd. Or Moss St. Located at 320 Ridge Rd, Lafayette, LA 70506 or 3401 Moss St, Lafayette, LA 70507. Open Monday – Sunday 4:30pm – 9pm.
Dwight’s Restaurant
Edward’s Seafood Haus
Edward’s Seafood Haus is a drive in restaurant that offers boiled crawfish, shrimp & crabs. Located at 208 S. Main Street, Church Point, LA 70525. Open Monday – Saturday 5pm – 9 pm and Sunday 5pm – 8pm.
Hawks Crawfish Restaurant
Lagneaux’s
Large Cajun seafood buffet with a crawfish, crab & catfish menu & a market with 5-lb shrimp boxes. Located at 445 Ridge Rd, Lafayette, LA 70506. While they are not yet open for the season, their hours are open Lunch Monday- Friday 11am – 1:30pm, Dinner Tuesday – Thursday 5pm – 8:30pm, Dinner Friday & Saturday 5pm – 9:30pm
Louisiana Crawfish Time
At Louisiana Crawfish Time you will find some of the world’s best boiled seafood, fried
seafood and fresh Louisiana oysters on the half shell, served in an atmosphere that will have you feeling as though you’re eating at a camp nestled deep in the Atchafalaya Basin. Located at 2019 Verot School Road, Lafayette, LA 70508. Open Monday – Thursday 5pm – 9pm, Friday and Saturday 4:30pm – 10pm and Sunday 4pm – 9pm
L.T.’s Seafood
L.T.’s Seafood opened in 2002 as a drive-thru restaurant, serving boiled crawfish, boiled crabs, and boiled shrimp. owners), who passed away in 2000. Our current location, opened in 2010, is a dine-in and drive-thru restaurant. L.T.’s is a Cajun restaurant serving boiled seafood, fried seafood, steaks, pastas, and sandwiches. Located at 636 Albertson’s Pkwy, Broussard, LA 70518. Open Monday – Friday 11am – 2:00pm & dinner Monday- Saturday 5pm – 9pm.
Stelly’s Boiling Point
The Cajun Table
Serving up farm to table fresh from da pond crawfish! Dine in only! Located at 4510 Ambassador Caffery Pkwy Suite D, Lafayette, LA 70508. Open Monday – Thursday 11am – 9pm, Friday & Saturday 11am-10pm, Sunday 11am – 8pm.
The Crawfish Hot Tub
Drive-thru for a Cajun experience. Boiled crawfish, shrimp and delicious home cooked plate lunches. Located at 218 E Milton Ave, Lafayette, LA 70508. Open Friday – Saturday 5pm – 8pm.
The Crawfish Pot
Serving South Louisiana’s biggest, juiciest crawfish with all the fixins to match. Use the convenience of our drive-thru, or relax on the deck with friends. You can enjoy a full bar with domestic and imported beers right next door. Located at 817 Foreman Drive, Lafayette, LA 70506. Hours for the 2026 season have not been posted yet.
Crawfish Acadiana
Crawfish Acadiana, Home of the Hot Box, serves up crawfish from their family owned farms. They are a family owned crawfish drive through that prides themselves on clean quality crawfish. Located at 7400 Johnston St and open every day 4:30 – 8:30pm.
Big Red’s Crawfish
Big Red’s Crawfish is a new business located off 438 E Pont de Mouton Rd., Lafayette, LA. Big Red’s Crawfish is open from 4:30pm – 9pm with a choice of boiled or live fresh farm raised crawfish.
I just want to throw this out there they have a new spot just built at 7400 Johnston St corner of Bourque Road and Johnston called Crawfish Acadiana. I tell you what THEY ARE GOOD! They are perfectly flavored and so delicious. I have had them a couple times since the season started and i recommend adding them to your list if you can!