With two locations in Chinatown, one in Henderson, and another at the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood Resort, the OG of seafood boils in Vegas brings Louisiana live crawfish, shrimp, an assortment of different types of crabs, and live lobsters. The restaurant opened in 2007 with spice levels on the sauces that range from house’s signature seasoning to three-alarm fire.

Pier 88 specializes in Louisiana-style Cajun seafood, with specials such as the Low Country boil with a half pound of snow crab legs, another half pound of shrimp, a half pound of sausage, a boiled egg, corn, and potato as well as two way shrimp with eight fried and a half pound boiled. Diners can choose from Cajun, lemon pepper, or garlic butter for a sauce. Coming soon to 2080 North Rainbow Boulevard. Online ordering available.

Tucked into Chinatown, Urban Crawfish Station features fresh seafood and fried Southern classics including shrimp, lobster, and oysters. Choose the urban mix sauce, a combination of garlic butter, lemon pepper, and Louisiana-style and Cajun sauces, with a medium spice level for a real kick. Online ordering available.

The Yummy Crab on the east side offers combos of its Cajun seafood, with options such as clams, shrimp, crawfish, mussels, and snow crab legs peppered with corn, potatoes, and sausage and then seasoned with lemon pepper, garlic butter, or the house special sauce and spices from mild to extra spicy.

N’awlins-style seafood finds a home at this newcomer in Henderson with a center seating area reminiscent of a Viking ship, bedecked with flags, shields, and an illuminated, carved-dragon prow. Viking, Golden Knights, and Raiders combo deals are available for groups of two, four, or six, featuring shrimp, mussels, corn, sausage, and fries. Customers can choose their seafood by the pound, priced at market rates and including shrimp, snow and king crab legs, live lobsters, Dungeness crab, clams, and crawfish, prepared with a choice of seasoning and spice level. A second location is already in the works at 9770 Las Vegas Boulevard S., close to Silverado Ranch Boulevard and sitting behind the South Point.

Living under the motto of “bibs up, phones down, it’s shaking time,” New England-born Shaking Crab serves its East Coast twist on Cajun spiced seafood in the southwest, and already has plans for a second Las Vegas location in Chinatown. The restaurant specializes in seafood prepared in butter garlic sauces and a Louisiana-style Cajun spice mix. Diners can choose oysters, crab cakes, spicy calamari, and lobster cheesy fries appetizers, plus Alaskan king crab legs, shrimp, blue crab, crawfish, clams, mussels, and lobster tails, with options of sweet chili miso, the LV lemon pepper, and shaking hot house Cajun sauces. Online ordering available.

Diners can order live crawfish, shrimp with or without the head, green mussels, live clams, king crab, or snow crab by the pound. Each comes with corn and potatoes. Diners then choose a sauce, which are a little different than a typical seafood boil, ranging from curry and Asian ma la to butter lemon pepper and signature holy sauce.