I’m going to start off by reminding everyone that I live in upstate/central/western New York (whatever you wanna call this region) and it’s a terrible thing when you crave seafood, but we find a way.
I’ve been watching Try Guy (Food Babies) videos involving seafood boils and amazing cajun flavors (curse them for living in LA with their abundance of good food) and I think it’s quite clear that I’m susceptible to wanting to eat food I see in videos. Advertisers must love me.. they get me all the time.. but it’s unfortunate living where I do and loving seafood because aside from lakes, theres not a lot of fresh catching to be had here, so I do take this review with a grain of salt.
I’m back in Rochester for the weekend and found a free lunch where I could order whatever I want. Cue the seafood craving that’s been brewing for weeks. I tried to do a quick yelp search and read some quick reviews and ended up at Juicy Seafood.
LOCATION: 3020 S WINTON RD ROCHESTER, NY 14623
Of course I had to order a bag of seafood boil. I placed an order on the phone and boy did the person who picked up talk fast. It took me a second to get up to speed but it was pretty simple to place and order for pick up and they were speedy about it all too.
I decided to quell my craving by ordering a little bit of everything and went with a Combo B which is 1/2lbs Crawfish, 1/2lbs Shrimp (no heads), 1/2lb of Snow Crab Legs and of course 1 corn on the cob and 2 potatoes (they snuck me in some extra and I wasn’t complaining). I also got this with their Juicy Special seasoning which is just a combination of all their seasonings (cajun, lemon pepper, and garlic butter) and I chose a hot spice level for that extra kick. Go big or go home.
Honestly, the quality of the seafood was a little disappointing but it’s Rochester in February so do I really have a right to complain? I’m not really setting myself up for success here but cravings will be satisfied!! I still happily ate everything in this seafood boil by myself and I was stuffed and happy as a clam by the end. The snow crab and the crawfish were as good as I could hope for under the circumstances but the shrimp actually blew me away. It was soo flavorful and juicy and there were solidly quality shrimp. The hot special sauce was great. It was a builder and I had to take a few breaks (bless the corn and potatoes) but it was such a good sauce and they gave me a container of extra sauce on the side which I happily dipped every piece of seafood into fully. I even saved the rest of the sauce and had it with some rice and some home-cooked shrimp for leftovers.
I think if I play my cards right and go in the summer, the quality of seafood might be better just based off of the seasonality of it. The seasoning was so good and the cook on all the food was perfect so I didn’t have any issues with that. Worth going back to if this is what you’re craving and you happen to be unlucky like me and live in a landlocked area.