Found this joint only because of Yelp -- so thanks, guys! Took my neighbor and her 13 yr old and my mother...we were prepared to get down and dirty... Our first impression was that on a Friday night, this place should have been much busier -- it almost made us nervous -- but we soldiered on. The four of us ordered 3 pounds of shrimp, a pound of crawfish and a half pound of sausage -- all with mild "hot n juicy" (which is all of their sauces combined). Word to the wise, I was sort of bummed about ordering it mild, but we had a "tendertongue" with us... Maybe I'm out of fire breathing practice because we thought the mild - like others on yelp - was definitely hot enough. First you have to peel the saucy shrimp or crawfish while it's hot out of the steamer -- but then you realize once things cool down to the touch that your tongue is still on fire. We ordered rolls -- and that was the fun part -- sopping up all the great sauce (since they don't use newspapers on the tables, this is possible...) We thought the shrimp was definitely better than the crawfish. They were out of dungeness and blue crabs tonight -- altho had snow crab but we were worried about the texture -- and honestly the shrimp were really good. The 13 year old is a shrimp-oholic...We ended up ordering another pound for him and the cajun fries for us...really good crispy fries, too. We girls all had beers -- perfect with the shrimp -- but honestly, once you start eating, you have to keep going -- because you're so slimed, you really can't stop and drink...I'd say we easily went through a roll of paper towels. And they cleared us up before our 2nd round of shrimp and gave us a new plastic tablecloth and fresh drinks. Service was genuine -- a little flakey and not really clued into the real reason they were out of crab -- but...does that really matter? Beware, it's very easy to miss if you're heading from the Strip westbound -- fortunately it's on the right hand side if you're heading west on Spring Mt before you reach Decatur. Then the easiest way to get back to Henderson is to take Decatur back to the 215 -- another warning -- they're doing some crazy roadwork on Decatur headed south -- so be careful -- the road is badly marked, dark and nuts... We'll definitely go back -- but this is not for the faint of heart, anyone who doesn't like to eat with their hands or has an aversion to plastic. Our total bill came to $70 and change before tip. but we had 4 pounds of shrimp (16 - 20s), 1/2 pound of sausage, 1 pound of crawfish, about a dozen rolls, 1 pc of corn and 1 potato, cajun fries, 5 beers and used up more wetnaps than I'm sure any table has ever before...so we thought it was completely fair. (Naturally, we stopped at Sheridan's frozen custard on the way home...) Fun Friday!
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positive