The Shrimp Lover

This place is friggin delicious and it’s BYO with no corkage fee. Be prepared to wreak of garlic. It’s totally worth it.

Who’s the shrimp lover? I think i was me, and who’s Gonna love this place? ME!
I ordered the Combo $ 35 that comes with the delicious shrimp, mussels, clams, crab legs, sausage, and potatoes. The shrimp is incredibly the best taste ever tasted of all the restaurant that offers the same. The crabs are good too. Fries is tasty just the typical one. The service was great, highly observed good accommodations.
All of the staffs are friendly and helpful, surely I’ll be back on the coming days.

We paid 35 $ for a seafood wonderland. What ever level of spices you want. Music great, great place to have fun with a group of people or a date night.

This restaurant is the next best thing to Boiling Crab. I tried the crawfish and fries
It was super spicy just how I like it. My bf had the catfish and he said he would order the same thing next time. Good quality and great customer service

Not bad! The Cajun fries don’t taste Cajun just really crunchy which I like but not the Cajun flavor I was expecting! Cat fish was pretty good just slightly over cooked but the service was great!

This place is the BOMBA! Great food, service is EXCEPTIONAL and you always leave feeling GREAT! BYOB and you’re set! Bring your own marker to leave your sig on the walls as theirs are a bit used & abused. Overall, AMAZING place and HIGHLY recommended.

Okay —-
See, I’m normally NOT the type to commence my Monday morning with anything less than a 5 star review. After jogging a few miles, downing my 4 espresso shots and sippin’ on a Red Bull I’d MUCH rather start the day by highlighting a 5 star experience that I/​we partook in the weekend prior.
(coughs and wipes forehead) —- NOT THE CASE HERE.
As noted within a previous review of mine, the sudden uprising of all of these seafood joints on virtually EVERY corner throughout the I.E., O.C. and L.A. likely caught us all by surprise. These joints are IMPOSSIBLE to pass up as they’re EVERYWHERE for the most part, reminiscent of vape shops or better yet — — Starbucks.
As it appears, EVERYONE has seemingly perfected the «New Orleans — Cajun/​Creole experience», as they all partition to BOIL THEIR WAYS DIRECTLY INTO YOUR LIVES; The Shrimp Lover, ladies and gents-​, is no exception.
While I’m in LOVVVVVVVE w/​Eat24, please believe that this morning I can give you TWENTY-​FOE reasons —NOT— to eat at this joint! _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​Grrrrr!!!
Craving crustaceans after a hard day’s work, I foraged through traffic on Friday of last week — FINALLY making it home and it became nothing short of apparent that I WOULD NOT BE TRAVELING BACK OUT TO EAT THAT EVENING! Clearly Los Angeleans were prepping in advance for the 101 freeway close and/​or the SuperBowl.
I sought to Eat24 and up popped this place. While I was nothing short of impressed by the option of their encompassing seafood delivery, the reviews were hit or miss and famished,… I took my chances.
Ordered 2 lbs. of shrimp w/​2 sausage links ($ 1 – 2.00/a piece) and an order of catfish. $ 11.99 will afford you a pound of unpeeled shrimp (the type you’re required to peel and de-​vein yourself).
Similar to Boiling Crab’s «shabang» option that is basically a culmination of all of the flavored sauce options (garlic butter, lemon pepper and Cajun) mixed together — this place refers to their «con-​crap-​tion» as the «Medley».
Arriving 45 minutes later, I was NEITHER entranced nor captivated by any such melody or harmony. If anything —- I was UNDERWHELMED!
The shrimp, upon my peeling them, were rubbery and bear the texture of elastic. The sauce — lifeless and lackluster.
«The Shrimp Lover’s» menu alleges extra sauce to be an additional $ 5.00. —-Please believe that this is TRULY one of those monumental occasions whereas I’m nothing short of elated that I didn’t opt for the additional side option.
Talk about setting one’s self up for disappointment. ^ ^ ^
The catfish, Heaven help us, …the catfish yall’, was overcooked and the fries appeared to have been remnants of batter DIRECTLY from the bottom of the pan! Crumbled and crunchy — all the while over-​seasoned (but still tasteless) and cooked within the fish batter.
PISSED beyond PISSTIVITY (yes, that’s a word!!!), I was led to phone the establishment.
The young lady on the phone was polite… YET clueless.
It’s no secret that I’m BOILING over this entire ordeal, yet I’m affording an additional star simply for her courteousness. With my order being so darned simple, I questioned how it could’ve become so undeniably jacked up???
I’d have just as easily accepted her telling me that I’d received an incorrect order as I requested mine «spicy» and it arrived, flaccid. To further it, somehow, perhaps even, there was a tsunami between Melrose & Sunset, but I managed to receive potatoes within my order.
Uhm — okay? WTF?
I was then made aware within my phone call, that potatoes are «ON THE HOUSE». Again I ask, «WTF?»
“Where dey’ do dis’ at?“
ANY chef, and/​or person familiar with the preparation of food — knows that potatoes absorb flavor. Yet the young employee boasted it, as if I should’ve been impressed by the restaurant’s profound act of charity.
* * * * * THIS ^ —- fellow Unilocalers, is the very how come, ya’ don’t tip PRIOR to receiving your order.
Had I ordered online and tipped while remitting payment, I’d have been DOUBLY pissed and ready to set something aflame!!! Maybe that would’ve provided me w/​warm fries. There I digress.
The damned meal deducted a whopping $ 50+ from my account!!!; money that I will likely –NEVER– see again and the TOILET PAPER that I’ve run through from the aftermath of this deplorable experience, undoubtedly replicated the expense of the purchase itself.
Note: A previous reviewer alleged this place to be a «poor man’s «Boiling Crab»…I’m led to concur on that theory while expounding all the more. If ever either of you find yourself broke and in need of some seafood sustenance, take your behinds to da’ local Ralph’s or Trader’s and PURCHASE YOUR OWN damned CRAB LEGS, MUSSELS AND SHRIMP!!!
This fiasco alone, has led me to determine that you’d likely do a better job preparing it yourself!!! The folx’ at this place CLEARLY don’t know their azz holes from a sea shell!
LESSON LEARNED: There is truly —NO— substitute for an original!!!

«C» health inspection, YOU WILL GET SICK! DON’T EAT HERE!
Recently ordered the full combo deal twice, about a week apart. My boyfriend always eats the shrimp. I eat the mussels. We share the everything else. After the first time, he got stomach pains and sh*ts but couldnt figure out why. We ordered it again, and after the second time, i got stomach flu for a week. He had similar symptoms as me, but i had it worse with fever, chills, nausea, the works. Ive always had a bit of a stomach ache after eating here but i always thot it was due to it not being the healthiest type of food. Sometimes i notice the foods not cooked fully, and with seafood thats extremely dangerous. It can easily cause food borne illnesses like norovirus to spread. Now, also seeing on
that they received a C grade health inspection on 09÷01÷15, experiencing multiple stomach aches, and now the stomach flu i would caution all to steer clear from here. Other places do a better job at ensuring their food is cooked properly. Their major violations include food surfaces not properly sanitized, evidence of rodents, insects, birds or animals, hands not properly cleaned or gloves not used, and improper hot and cold holding temperatures. With all of those major violations, its obvious why we both got sick.

I visit this location often and it’s good to great every other time. Reasonably priced and easy parking in the back. You can call and reserve an area for big groups. I always smell garlicky two days later.

4.5 stars. I love this place, I order from them once every 2 weeks or so. The delivery is always fast and efficient and they have a great combo deal. Their medley sauce is THE BEST, the perfect amount of sweetness for seafood and not super salty like Boiling Crab. However, they ALWAYS forget to pack lemons/​limes with my order even when specifically stated in the «special instructions box». This won’t stop me from reordering from them though :]

Not a fan of this location. Prefer the Hollywood one more. Theyre spice and seasoning was super super greasy. Service isnt great here either.

I come here all the time. I believe it’s better than boiling crab. There’s no wait which is a plus. Also the food tastes way better. I always get a pound of shrimp and the Cajun fries, can’t go wrong with that :)

My go to place for comfort food! I will always remember this place. Brings back a lot of memories!

WOW!!! So I just got back from the MOTHERLAND of crawfish, New Orleans and crawfish is $ 5.25/lb. It’s $ 11.99/lb here and that’s for FROZEN not LIVE!!! I’m blown away! I still love this place but DAYUMMM!

As close to a louisiana shrimp boil you gonna get outside the french quarter.

This is for delivery only. I received a coupon from The Shrimp Lover that said «$ 10 off an order of $ 15+ on GrubHub.» Turns out that it’s a $ 30 minimum regardless, I did not appreciate the misleading coupon. I called in to order instead, and the woman was a bit hard to understand and a little rude. She was having other conversations and laughing in the background. Still waiting for my order, but hopefully the food is still fantastic. You’re better off ordering pickup.

Wow so i was headed to the boiling crab only to find out they close middle of the day and i Unilocaled and found this place. Let me tell you its a bargain you get alot for $ 35bucks the girl working there was a sweet waitress and the food was amazing.
They only have a B because the water in their sink is not warm enough apparently and the inspector does not like all the graffiti inside the restaurant.
The other really awesome thing is you can bring your own beers if you want.
I will be going back here for sure.

We gorged ourselves on clams, mussels, shrimp, Dungeness, blue crab, snow crab legs, Cajun fries, sweet potato fries, potatoes, and corn. The seafood ranged from $ 9.99 (clams) — $ 18.99 (Dungeness) per pound. But we got the $ 35 combo that includes everything! The sauce is good but I think they are a little skimpy on it.
We got everything medium spicy with medley sauce (which is a combo of all the other options – garlic butter, lemon pepper, Louisiana, and Indian spice). The medium was fairly mild. The sauce was delicious but again, they should give more as does The Boiling Crab (i love re using the sauce to boil some corn and shrimp in!!).
It is a poor man’s Boiling Crab, but hey, you don’t have to wait 3 – 4 hours and its a lot cheaper. I would definitely recommend.
tip: Check in to get a free soft drink!

The Shrimp Lover is not better or quite as good as The Boiling Crab. Don’t be fooled. The broth/​sauce they dip the shrimp in seems to be poorly mixed as it’s kind of pasty. Plus the shrimp are a bit smaller than at TBC and sometimes a bit overcooked.
The primary reason I WILL return to Shrimp Lover is the fact it is WAY closer to me and it does offer good food. It’s also nice that there is no wait — at least the two times we came. I’m not sure how it gets on weekends though as we came on weekdays. I also liked the fact that they are trying to create ambience by asking you if you would like to be photographed and displayed on their Facebook page and wall! This made me feel special. I don’t like the fact that they are trying to resemble The Boiling Crab in terms of décor– that is all the graffiti people have left behind on their walls. I also do not like the fact that you have to shoo away little gnats all the time you are there.
The shrimp are served in bags just like at TBC. These bags are placed in cute little buckets. You get bibs and there are more than enough paper towels at your disposal. Be ready to peel some shrimp!
Their garlic bread is very good while their Cajun sausages are just OK.
They do not sell beer or wine BUT they allow you to bring your own and they are nice enough to bring you a bucket with ice to help keep your drinks cold. If you forget to bring beer never fear because there is a liquor in front of The Shrimp Lover!
The servers are very nice but one time they forgot we had ordered rice and we never got it. We just acted like we didn’t order it and left after we payed.
Parking was no problem both times we came. They have a pretty big lot in the rear especially for this part of town.

We gorged ourselves on clams, mussels, shrimp, Dungeness, blue crab, snow crab legs, Cajun fries, sweet potato fries, potatoes, and corn. The seafood ranged from $ 9.99 (clams) — $ 18.99 (Dungeness) per pound.
We got everything medium spicy with medley sauce (which is a combo of all the other options – garlic butter, lemon pepper, Louisiana, and Indian spice). The medium was fairly mild. The sauce was delicious. The fragrance lingers on your fingertips even after multiple washes with soap.
The Dungeness crab wasn’t the sweetest I’ve had recently, but it was still satisfying. The mussels and clams were very plump and formed great vessels for sauce.
Everything was good, except the blue crab, which tasted a bit rotten. The staff graciously took it back and removed the charges when we asked.
This is the type of place where you come just for the food. The restaurant isn’t fancy at all. The walls and ceiling are covered with writing and drawings. The chairs and tables are a little bit sticky.
Not much of a wait on a Saturday evening.
They give each table an entire roll of paper towels, which is pretty clutch.