Jenivi's Seafood Shoppe & Restaurant — Restaurant in Houston

I look forward to crawfish season more than I do any other time of year. This trumps Christmas, Thanksgiving, and my birthday (since my birthday falls just outside of crawfish season). If you are a true lover of the crawdads, then you must know that the season has started early this year. Whether you're on the hunt for incessantly tasty crawfish, or you are a crawfish hater (a.k.a. not a friend of mine) who just wants perfectly fried seafood, then Jenivi's is the place to be.

The crawfish aren't huge yet, but they certainly show promise for a season full of big ones. No other sauce compares to their succulent relish. Unlike the exhausted garlic-butter slatherings found in every other Vietnamese crawfish joint, Jenivi's boasts a complex sauce that I can't dissect. Is that celery salt? Maybe some Worcestershire? My taste buds are stupefied in the best way possible. For those who love spicy, get the medium. For those with a death wish who want their a'holes to be on fire while keeling over in agony, get the spicy. And as for what to do with the magical sauce - I like to order some mayo, limes, and butter, and then alternate dipping between all four. You can even pour the sauce onto your crawfish if you are into a more sloppy, up-to-your-arms-in-flavor experience.

The fried seafood is equally perfect. Someone here has certainly mastered the art of cornmeal frying. The seafood is always fresh, never fishy, never oily, and simply heavenly. And once you take a bite of the fried corn, you will question how you ever stomached that boring ol' corn on the cob. Don't be afraid of dipping anything and everything into the aforementioned sauce. Dip your fries. Dip your hush puppies. Dip your hands. You'll be doing the dip more than Freak Nasty did in '97.

The icing on my craw-cake is the remarkable staff at Jenivi's. They clear the tables quickly and unobtrusively similar to Fogo de Chao. On the other hand, you would think you're dining at a friend's house because of how kind, funny, and vibrant these characters are. Unparalleled crawfish, flawless seafood dishes, and genuine hospitality make Jenivi's an all-star player in the crawfish game. Note that after mass consumption of the crawfish coated in their sauce, your fingers may tingle and burn (and possibly even become numb) for days after. Well, folks, true love hurts - and I can honestly say that I am cray cray in love with every bit of Jenivi's...

We ordered crawfish and shrimp, the crawfish were good but unfortunately the shrimp were mushy and tasted off, definitely not fresh.

I really dont like to complain, but I did ask a man(who seemed like he was the manager/owner) if the shrimp were okay to eat since they were mushy, he was kinda dismissive and blamed it on the shrimp being cooked too long, but that just doesn't make any sense, If you cook shrimp for too long they become hard and rubbery, not mushy. An owner of a seafood restaurant should immediately know that when a customer is saying that the shrimp is mushy and got a slimy exterior that it is not good and they should offer to take it off the bill.

I also told the waitress when she asked if everything was okay, that the crawfish were good but that the shrimp unfortunately were mushy and tasted off.

Overall the service was good and our waitress were nice and helpful, and I should of probably spoken up about the shrimp as soon as I got them. I was hungry and I did eat them, as they were still somewhat edible and some were better than others, but most of them were mushy and slimy with a slight off taste to them. Overall the experience was okay but it does leave kind of a sour taste in your mouth when you pay over $20 for a pound of headless shrimp and then they...

First time going 6-12-25 and I have to say the experience was better than I could’ve imagined. It’s almost as though everyone that worked there was in sync and waited/served us. From the cook, to the server and I believe the owner as well all came to serve us and top off our drinks. Our teas never went below mid cup. Now the crawfish was great sized, we ordered their platter which contained 2lbs of crawfish (spicy spice house special level) with corn and 2 potatoes, the flavor was MONEY! Flavorful, spicy, tangy, juicy and it made me thankful I finally considered making the drive to try it. The rice albeit not a huge portion, but filling none the less. It came with a generous amount of shrimp and had a good home style tasting flavor. The gumbo we got was 8oz but fed both my wife and I. All theses dishes came with half cut French baguettes that were toasted, crunchy/crispy and a tasty smear of garlic butter on it perfectly toasted onto the bread. 13/10 would recommend and go again. All in all the total for our drinks and meal was $50.58. Absolutely fair for the food and portion size we got. I’m happy we...