Pirates Kitchen La Habra — Restaurant in La Habra

I don’t write bad reviews as a matter a fact this one will be my first. It took a lot for me to get to this point, but WOW is all I can say. We went to this restaurant for my birthday. We ordered the 1/2 dozen oysters in the half shell as the waiter stated they were really good (in fact they were terrible) which sucked because I love oysters. My wife ordered the kimchi rice, a bowl of clam chowder and lemon pepper chicken wings. I ordered 1 lb of King crab legs and the side of sausage. The waiter brought my wife’s food which was not very good and never brought my order. After about an hour and a half or so, I asked the waiter if I could get the check, he said yea sure. When the waiter gave me the check I asked him why I never received my crab or sausage that I ordered and also why my order was not placed? He stated ooooooops I’m sorry forgot to place your order sir. He asked if I still wanted to place the order, I said no politely paid the check and left. Just terrible, absolutely terrible service and the food that my wife ordered was lack luster at best. Don’t waste you time at this...

Not sure what a "Cajun" Pirate is as Cajuns and Pirates don't appear to be related in an actual historical context, but Pirates Kitchen (sans apostrophe) serves a seafood gumbo which is an all-time fav of New Orleans style food. I'm pretty sure the N.O. version uses andouille sausage or many cooks sub in hot links, but not hot dog sausage as does Pirates. It would be nice if they would serve the rice as a side so one could get a sense of how much rice is included with the gumbo. Pirates also serves a fish & chips with a perfect tartar sauce as featured in many a British pub, but again scratching my head over the pirate angle there. Perhaps a reference to the exploits of the Golden Hind? Hard to tell. Our food was otherwise well prepared and carefully packed for delivery, so props to the fine ppl at...

I wish I had some photos but you know it's good when you go straight to eating 😋

First off the service is amazing! This Korean woman who owns it is the sweetest person. I love supporting small owned businesses like this, and the fact she was closing and doing everything speaks volumes on how much she really cares.

The food is delicious! Your usual Cajun shrimp and crawfish, they have a pretty good deal for I believe 3lbs? It was reasonable and one of the freshest cajun seafood I've been too around north OC area! So definitely top tier quality. The garlic noodles is always a staple, loved how the noddles we're al dente. They also do beer pitchers so a good time if you're going with a group!

Seriously this place is a gem! You have to go! Support...