Beer & Claw

Decided to try this place out from DineLa! I’d say get the seafood platter. Not a lot of Cajun flavor but there’s still flavor and more worth it than the other dishes in my opinion. The pasta with clam and wild mushrooms were a disappointment.. 3/4 of the clams weren’t open.. so pretty much a mushroom pasta. The fish was great, but it would be nicer if they scaled the fish a bit more so we can eat the skin. The rice was a bit hard.. The appetizers were pretty good. Their portions are pretty big as well. The waitress was very attentive and nice! Sales tax in Pasadena is 10.25% but they charged it higher… so I was thrown off. Not sure if they included featuring with it? But Be prepared to wait for your food as we waited for a good 30 min after our appetizers.

Had a good experience here. Came w 5 friends parked in the underground garage paid parking took the elevator up. Initially went to boiling crab but wait line was over an hour so came here. In front of gyu Kaku which is also good. Seated quickly didnt wait around 6 and 7 on a weekend. Server Patrick was very friendly and helpful. The wait for the food was delayed so they offered some sides. Good customer service here. Water was always filled. Server was attentive and fun matched the energy of our table even though it got busy. The food is good here. Got the 3lbs steaming pile of crab for 99 dollars. Got two of them to share w 6ppl but get more sides or you'll be hungry. I think there was only one or two king crab legs per plate. Paid 40-50 per person to get full on mostly crab. Bread was good to soak up the flavor. Fries were decent kinda bendy not crisp. Corn was corn if youre into that. Nice change and variety in flavor and texture from just crab. No bibs or aprons, but they give u tools to crack and cut open the crabs. The flavoring is great 👍 really enjoyed the food. I usually like spicy food so asked for cajun powder on the side. The bathrooms were clean and well stocked. The vibes of the restaurant are nice for family friends etc. There's a bar area. Lots of beers. Menu on their website. Tvs playing sports on Wall. Volume of the place is lively when its gets busy. Seemed popular w dineLA. My friends and I enjoyed this experience and would come again.

We had the Dine LA menu. We chose the ahi tuna tartare and ceviche for appetizers, which were just okay. The tuna was stringy and had an odd flavor to it, also a bit too tangy. However, the main entrees were amazing: lobster with garlic noodles, a little on the sweet side for the noodles, but very good. The portions were generous. The Cajun seafood platter for one was also very good, the Cajun sauce is delicious! For dessert, we had the deconstructed cheesecake with funnel cake, and the chocoflan, which was chocolate cake with caramel flan. I loved the cheesecake w/funnel cake, it was wonderfully crispy. The chocolate was too sugary, but the caramel flan was great. The restaurant wasn’t full by far, maybe near half full, but service was really slow. I think the kitchen was having issues, the server couldn’t find a shell cracker for us for a long time and eventually had to wash one herself. I honestly don’t know why they wouldn’t have more of these things , at least one for every table? Overall, it was still an enjoyable experience.