Salvo's Seafood

We went to this restaurant on a Saturday during crawfish season and it was PACKED. We ended up waiting an hour to get a table and it was outside. It was cool out so no worries, and they have fans blowing. I did feel a bit uncomfortable sitting at a table eating while the huge line of people waiting for their table were lined up behind us 😒 Kinda awkward. Having said all of that, the food was delicious! The crawfish was seasoned perfectly 👌 and so was all the fixens. I didn't like their remoulade sauce, tho 🫣 It tasted weird. We went back the following Tuesday and it was packed even then! They do have the best prices at the moment so.. Also, the servers were friendly and very attentive. Be prepared to wait a while during crawfish season.

Food was amazing, and priced just right! Shrimp tacos were loaded with shrimp. The shrimp and spinach egg rolls were yummy too! Service was best we've had in town! Light country music playing in the background at the perfect level. Overall warm inviting experience! We will be back!

I can't say enough good things about this place. We all know how expensive seafood has gotten, but Salvos gives you the most bang for your buck with all you can eat platters and a large assortment of local and imported seafood to pick from. From gumbo to frog legs and oysters to blue crabs, if you love seafood, this is the place for you! Great service, good prices and AMAZING food! If you happen to be ANYWHERE close I fully recommend stopping in and grabbing a bite and a beer and enjoying one of Louisiana's best seafood restaurants, Salvo's!

Absolutely delicious. There wasn't one thing we didn't like. Even the bread pudding with rum sauce to go was great. Couldn't try the soft shell shrimp because of the all you can eat rule (not even for this birthday girl 😘). But my husband said they were delicous and they just kept getting bigger and bigger.

Everything was amazing, full of flavor with the right amount of spice. For better words, everything was on point. I loved it, and I can see why it gets pretty packed here. I have been here years ago and decided to stop by once again because of the experience I had years ago. I was not disappointed. They are still just as great as they were then, maybe even better. It has a very chill and laid-back atmosphere with awesome customer service. We loved Ari and Chasity. They were patient, kind, friendly, helpful, and they always had a smile on their face. I definitely will be returning whenever I visit NOLA and bring my friends to enjoy their food.

What an absolutely lovely place top to bottom. The food was fantastic, especially the seafood boil. The fried seafood was also great, highly reccomend the gator. $1 oysters on Tuesdays that were large, fresh, and tasty. They had great specials of two for one beers and $18 for all you can eat fried shrimp, I would be coming back for that a lot if I lived here.

Great for big or small groups and all the food was amazing!

The service here was first class. My drink never went empty, and my server anticipated every need, so that I didn't have to ask for anything, like lemon or cocktail. The boiled shrimp had great flavor, but were overcooked. The seafood potato is the way to go. That thing was full of cheese. I was surprised by how much crab meat was in it. The onion rings were perfect and obviously made in house, not something from a Sysco truck. I do feel like you should get more of them for the price. The coleslaw was great. It wasn't wet or overdressed. For desert, I would just get the bread pudding. The egg roll bread pudding was hard to chew. Also, I think that cooking it a second time ruined the texture of the filling. It was somewhat pasty. It's definitely the one thing to pass on.

Outstanding food and our server Rory was the best. I went for the whole shrimp poboy that was enormous. They do have a special of 1/2 poboy with cup of shrimp and corn soup. Prices are very reasonable.

We've been ordering at Salvos for almost 2 decades, without any signs of stopping. Worth the short drive to Belle Chase for the AYCE crawfish alone. Great for large families as well, service is always friendly and attentive. Our ONLY complaint, and I'm sure they've heard this a hundred times, after your 2nd refill (especially when you have 2 football players and 4 average to petite diners) they start to draw from the old boil pot and you're getting soggy, over saturated, platters with a lot of broken bits, as if a hint to leave after 40-45 minutes. So we plead with our server, who we always tip quite generously, not to bring the 3rd round from the old boil. That usually does the trick. Great hometown seafood joint, outdoor seating now, and plenty to take away from gator to crawfish bags, and merch!

Food was great, Gumbo was good, Catfish & White Beans good. Catfish po-boy also very good. Service was very good. We enjoyed our meal and will be back.

There was nothing I disliked about this place. I had the best frog legs I've ever eaten here. Also one of the best roast beef po-boys. They make their bread daily in house, and its obvious! All the other food was excellent as well. I also had something called a Tako Toddy- lemonade and whiskey. It was delicious and refreshing. Our server was so personable and quick. We sat outside, but there's not much in the form of ambiance since it's right next to the 4 lane road. I will go out of my way to eat here again.

Mmm. Smells good. Excellent service. Our server managed our group of 12 like a pro! From salads to beignets the food arrived timely, bellies were filled and the family gathering was a success! Plenty of seafood options. Most items are fried. We always try to grab some good Cajun cooking when we come through. I could've used a bit of spice in my meal but what they lacked in flavor they more than made up for in the service. Incredibly friendly staff. You can easily see who worked there by the matching shirts..all were well groomed- nice! Seems to be a local favorite. Absolutely would've ate on the patio had the temps been a bit more moderate. Food temps were spot on. Nice place to gather.

Amazing boiled seafood, amazing staff, comfortable atmosphere, can't get more Cajun than this in the New Orleans area!

Salvo' s is a staple in the Metro New Orleans area, specifically in Belle Chasse and never disappoints! Ms. Pam was my server in which she was very patient and pleasant with me and my family. I changed my order once, but with no hesitation, she made sure it was right. The seafood was fried to perfection. It had been years since I had Soft Shell crab, but I can say it was definitely worth the wait. Balance seasoning along with a hefty portion of potato salad and hush puppies and I was filled with happiness. Hadn't had a taste of home like that since moving to Texas, so I needed to get all I could. If you're in New Orleans, the Westbank or any part of town and want to really get some fresh seafood "straight from the bayou" make your way there!

The crawfish was great. Huge menu. Service was very attentive. Plenty of seating options. The ambiance is average but you come here for the quality of food.

Man I hate that this place is alllllllllll the way in belle chasse! Good service! Laid back casual ambiance. Delicious food. I went with family for a birthday celebration. I had the fried alligator to start which was alright...could've used more seasoning. For dinner I did the Mardi Gras pirogue...which is your choice of 3 items from the list of boiled seafood. I chose the whole lobster, dungenness crab, and Jonah crab claws. Seasoned really well. Came with melted butter and all the sides for the low price of $38.95!!! I wanna go back but the journey has me reluctant...but if you're in the area check em out. They even have a cooler where you can buy certain food items. Check em out...worth a try.

i came across this place online while looking for places to eat on my visit! i wanted to try authentic cajun seafood boil and was not disappointed. our large party of 8 was seated quickly on a friday afternoon. i think we came at a good time as it got more crowded when we left. overall the restaurant is pretty casual and service was good. my friend and i split the mardi gras platter (choice of 3 items, sausage, corn, a bulb of garlic). we chose lobster, shrimp, and snow crab and ordered a side of fries and charbroiled oysters as well. the lobster was great quality and tasted sooo fresh. definitely my favorite item we ordered from the mardi gras platter. the snow crab was also good however there just wasnt that much meat as they only give you one cluster. the shrimp was good but nothing crazy. if you like oysters i definitely recommend you try the charbroiled oysters. the oysters are topped with a cheese i believe and served with bread. the seafood boil overall had a good flavor but i wished it was a tad bit more spicy. however they provided butter, marinara, and lemon to add flavor to taste

I stopped in to this little gem specifically for the gator! I will say I was not disappointed. The Fried Gator was delicious. Crispy and juicy! The hush puppies were very good as well. My waitress was very friendly and attentive. My sweet tea never went empty. The atmosphere is very pleasant. Feels like a dock side dinner you find by your local fishing hole. Which I enjoyed. I would say it's great place to grab some food if you're in the area.

Busy weekday lunch. Heard rave reviews, so why not. Ordered from the lunch menu. Husband ordered the jambalaya with 2 pcs catfish plate and a side of potato salad. I had a harder time deciding and landed on the Cajun Plate with clams, gator and hush puppies. Food came out very quickly. I wasn't impressed with my choice; gator isn't what I remember, but I can imagine it being tasty to someone else. Clams and hush puppies just tasted too fried, if there is such a thing. Potato salad was good, though I have yet to decide why restaurants in the NOLA metroplex charge so much for a serving ($3.25) of OK potato salad. Husband could only get down about 1/2 the jambalaya; it was ladened with seafood, which we haven't found in many of our eating adventures here. I couldn't eat it because it was too "seafoody." Anyway, might go back, just not in our Top 20.

I cannot rate this high enough. The staff was so incredibly kind. I had no idea what I was doing, and they did all they could to make me feel welcomed. The food - AMAZING. I couldn't stop. I got the all you can eat, and I got my moneys worth. Best seafood and seasoning you could ever imagine. Very welcoming and kind place and people. I can't recommend enough.

Good food at this locals spot only about a 15 min drive from Algiers. Waitresses are all friendly and food is fair priced. I went for lunch and dinner and got the specials each time. Lunch was shrimp creole, which was rich and tasty. Dinner was AYCE fried frog legs, and shrimp, I also had a half dozen char grilled oysters with my dinner. Everything was fresh and cooked perfectly. My drink was kept full. Overall an enjoyable experience.

This is one of the best values on all you can eat shrimp, crawfish and crabs. They have an extensive and affordable menu with a selection that will probably satisfy most people. Seating is at large picnic style tables and it can get loud in here when its crowded. Even though this place is on the Westbank its a really quick trip from the city and from Uptown its really faster to access than most restaurants in the French Quarter or Bucktown. The biggest criticisms I have are that the shrimp are sometimes over cooked and when it gets busy service can sometimes take longer than I would like. Overall this is a great casual seafood spot that is mostly a locals joint that will give you a lot of bang for your buck. My video review is here: https://youtu.be/4cQeD4z42xI

We found this place while searching for crawfish before we left Nola. It's across the bridge and about a 15 min drive without traffic. It's a little whole in the wall family owned and oriented restaurant that is a gem. We walked in and was promptly greeted and seated. We were too early for any of the all you can eat options. However it seems like a great deal if you get there during those hours which are typically after 5pm We ordered fried frog legs and alligator for appetizers. I normally don't like frog legs however these were delicious. They are lightly breaded and fried to perfection. The alligator wasn't chewy and was breaded and cooked to perfection We both ordered a ragin Cajun per the waitress recommendation and it did not disappoint. It came out in a cute little boat. The crawfish had a GREAT flavor a splash of heat with a dash of salt equals DELICIOUS!!!! It comes with 2 pounds of crawfish, 3 potatoes, 1/2 corn cob and smoke sausage it's market price. When we went yesterday it was 14.99. Crawfish was so good we ordered an additional pound. We ordered bread pudding and I hate bread pudding but I gave it a try and it was amazing. It had a strong rum flavor and it was the best and only one I've ever liked. The server was so sweet and kept checking on us and making sure our drinks were full. The tables are wooden tables covered in plastic table cloth which is when you know you're about to eat a good messy meal. They also have sinks in the hallway to wash your hands without having to use the restroom sinks. This place will be a must stop every time we go to nola. I will go out of my way time and time again to come here.

I've driven by this place many times and never paid much attention. Last Saturday, as I was driving go base I noticed a huge crowd and decided to check them out after my trip on post. Salvo's did NOT disappoint! Walking up, it has a new HUGE outdoor seating area and a cozy inside dining area. Too many specials to name and too many food choices, but I don't think you'll go wrong. We were immediately seated at a window table and our waitress was very attentive. My mother ordered the catfish and shrimp, I had the catfish and butterfly shrimp with shrimp potato salad, while my daughter (7yrs old) had the kid's fried clams, fries, and a blue crab. Everything was hot and came out fast. Fish was crispy, but could use a little more seasoning. For dessert, we tried the bread pudding egg rolls which were delicious. I also ordered blue crabs and chargrilled blue crabs to go. My husband said they were very good.

JC provided excellent service- prompt, friendly, attentive. He helped with menu selections, taught me how to eat blue crab and crawfish after it arrived, checked back frequently, and kept the table tidy from all the seafood boil mess. Food arrived quickly. Ordered charbroiled oysters- excellent excellent excellent and what I came here for. Great texture on the oysters, plump, juicy, and flavorful. Seafood boil w/sides- blue crab, lobster, crawfish. Huge amount of food, so tasty. Harvesting the shellfish to eat was a chore but worth it! They need to provide bibs for newbies. As hard as I tried not to, I still slopped boil broth on my shirt. Bathroom was clean

I went twice this week. Solid seafood. I get the same thing every time. I crave the pick 3. Soft shell Crab Shrimp Oysters Then I pay an additional $6 dollars for the Seafood Potato. It's legit. On a negative note. They will tell you NO a lot. This restaurant will say NO. It can shock you, your forewarned. However don't let that deter you. Service is traditional. Nothing to brag about. Ambiance is Solid. It reminds you of being on the bayou at a real Cajun camp. It has a home feel. Also the front counter has that seafood vendor feel. You just waiting for a flounder to come flying across to be caught by the showman. Don't be disappointed they not throwing fish. The Crawfish and Fixins are good also. $8.99 pound on crawfish. They small but flavorful. I'm done with this review.

Seafood is excellent. All you can eat Soft Shell Crab ???????? I had the Fish Shrimp Soft Shell Crab Special. I had ONE SMALL softshell Crab on my plate, I asked for another one and about 15min later I got another SMALL one, soon I asked for another one and about 15min later I got another SMALL one, now it could have easily been 20min to get another reorder. Point is it seems that the only way you can get all you can eat Softshell crab is if you plan on spending the night. When I say small I mean about 3 inches. Why not give 2 at a time ? That way your taste for the soft shell Crab maybe satisfied and you won't have to spend the day just to get 3 SMALL Baby Crabs. I wanted another one or two but I didn't have another hour to stay there. Seems like they limit what you eat by taking a long time to bring it out. Still the Food and Waiters are good. Disappointed I didn't get what I paid for.

I left this place saying I was going to give 5 stars, and that's exactly what I'm doing. My mom heard of this restaurant from a friend and we headed out on a Friday night. The place was easy to find, right on the highway. There was a 20 minute wait and understandably there was hustle and bustle. We were seated with Rory as our server. Any questions we had, he answered. The tables aren't too close together so there is room for bigger parties. We ordered onion rings, crawfish eggrolls, 1/2 and 1/2 plate (fried shrimp and fish), combo plate (fried fish, shrimp, soft shell crab), and bread pudding. I wasn't crazy about the crawfish eggrolls because there was more andouille sausage than crawfish. I swear, our dinner came straight from the grease to our table! A lot of restaurants will have the plate sitting on the counter for however long and when it gets to you, it's cooled down. Not here! Everything was fresh and hot! What stood out to my mom is that everything has its own taste: the shrimp didn't taste like fish and the crab didn't taste like shrimp. The highlight was the tartar sauce because I don't like the kind that has more pickle flavor than mayo. As badly as I wanted to eat everything, I couldn't I like my bread pudding with raisins but theirs didn't have any. That didn't stop me and my mom from devouring it because it was fresh and the rum sauce was excellent! Already planning to make another trip here!

Great local seafood and good people. This is our spot for seafood. Highly recommend!

I'm from Los Angeles visiting family and they took me here to eat... our server Jenny was awesome very attentive and super nice, now for the food I had oysters (raw) they were fresh and tasty, the shrimp potato salad had great flavor, also had the whole lobster ( ima fat kid don't judge me ) must try the banana bread pudding egg rolls overall great food, great service, good people

Very friendly staff and great service. Poboys are great especially for the price. They have a lot of cool ones too like Alligator and clam. Very homey vibe.

Was recommended by the guy doing our gator tour. Was well worth the trip back into Belle Chase from NO. Came on Tuesday night with AYCE crawfish and shrimp. Wonderful!! Chasity was our waitress and she was fantastic. Nice little place you can tell is a local place. Cannot recommend this place enough! Could probably write a better review but I'm in a food coma lol. Just check them out.

The raw oysters were very plump and very juicy. The boiled shrimp were very large and very tasty. I also did the all you can eat crab special with the 6 sides and I highly recommend it. The service was excellent and they were very good about bringing out more. The legs were fresh, very nice size , and the vegetables especially the corn were excellent. Highly recommend this place, , you might get to see the blue angels. This place is a classic New Orleans, mom and pop establishment. Very friendly very cozy very down to earth.

Always consistent and a great place for crawfish at reasonable prices. A community institution run by a great family.

Seems to be a old favorite to West Bankers'. A busy place, and I see why. Old style walk up counter. Some good food. THE FOOD: I ordered a shrimp plate with hush puppies and potato salad. Onion rings on the side. Oh, yeah...and the smallest house salad in the world!! The Shrimps were tasty, but they were the tiny ones. The onion rings with a light batter were very good. The salad was premade and in the fridge for awhile. You can tell. The potato salad was kind of good, but its whipped smooth almost mashed potatolike, so no chunks, also no seasoning. I think just potato and mayo. The hush puppies were the best I've had in awhile. My server was good, but very busy. I'll be back

Service was great but the food didn't stand out. The stuff artichoke smelled rancid, the fried food batter was plain.

Just a little after 5, Saturday night its getting busy. We are sat immediately. Hallie is training and takes our order. Afew minutes later we get drinks and order. 5 more minutes more 3 salads. 22 total minutes to receive 3 of 4 entrees. 4 minutes after we got our dinners, my wife got her pirogue of seafood. Food was hot, fries are crispy and tasty. Crab legs are sweet and easy to Crack open. Fried shrimp and catfish are perfect. Steak is a perfect medium. Even though it took over 20 minutes to get our food. All food tasted great, in texture, taste and temperature are perfect. Bread pudding is missing the Carmel sauce in the to go container, Bottom line. We'd come back

. if you cone to nola and can drive. come here. period. its about 20 mins but worth it if you are a food tourist

My favorite place in the city for seafood! I am a lover of food and one of my favorite things to eat is crawfish. Crawfish is so flavorful and has to be experienced to fully understand why people that eat crawfish love it so. To sum up how crawfish has so much flavor imagine them boiling for 15 minutes and then staying in that boil for an additional 15 minutes while soaking up all those juices. Sorry getting off track but Salvo's boils crawfish very well. In fact all of their seafood is wonderful whether fried, boiled, or grilled. I recommend their all-you-can-eat seafood specials. Their all-you-can-eat prices vary by season. That price includes all the fixins and a drink! I have had the boiled seafood special numerous times and you can ask for crabs, crawfish, mussels, and shrimp as often as you like. They bring the food to you and the service is quick and friendly. I recommend going early or on a weekday otherwise you will usually have to wait but perfectly cooked food and great service means I will be a customer for life!!

Salvo is consistently good! The seafood is excellent! Don't pass up the opportunity to eat there if you're in the area!!!

Had crawfish for the first time and it was amazing!! We ordered fresh and baked oysters, tried Cajun alligator, crawfish eggrolls, shrimp po-boy, crawfish po-boy and gumbo.. Can't pick which one we liked the most. The service was great as well. Definitely recommend for a great NOLA experience with family!!

Wow! This place is fantastic. We arrived just after the lunch rush and were sat right away. We ordered the Seafood basket with a side of Fried Gator. The food was good but our server was amazing. She was patient and knowledgeable, and even gave us some tips on towing our camper through New Orleans!

My friend and I drove past Salvo's on our way home from fishing and stopped in for some seafood. There was a deli counter at the front that also sold fresh shrimp, fish, and other items. We were seated very quickly and our waitress was very friendly and attentive. I ordered the Half and Half Plate with Fried Catfish and Fried Shrimp. The food was delicious and came out freshly fried. I really liked the breading on the shrimp wasn't too thick! It also came with two pieces of French bread, so it was also plenty of food for just one person. My friend had the Half Po Boy Combo with Fried Alligator and a side of Gumbo, which he also said tasted great. This is definitely a place that all the locals know, and for good reason. They also have many daily and all-you-can-eat dinner specials that I'd love to come back and try!

The seafood is very tasty and fresh. I'm love the oysters on the half shell and the charbroiled

It took me about an hour to eat 6 jumbo blue crabs, but it was time we'll spent. Delicious and perfectly seasoned. They will re-dip them in the crab boil before serving them to the table. This was also the first I ordered some clarified butter for table dipping. I've done it with snow crabs but never with blue crabs, for some reason. It will be a new tradition.

Good oysters, catfish and crawfish. I've always enjoyed eating there, but get there early especially on a Friday night

Everyone enjoyed the shrimp Po-boy and Gumbo but we especially enjoyed the seafood baked potato!

I think this place is a solid 3.75. I do like their charbroiled oysters and fried softshell crab. My least favorite was the butterfly shrimp and fried oysters. There was a very chemical tasting flavor in the shrimp to me. I also was not a huge fan of the stuffed crab. I did really enjoy their boiled crabs though. Service was good and quick. I would come back to get and charbroiled oysters and boiled seafood again.

What a wonderful place to enjoy smiles and family meals. Though the price is a little steep, the quality and service is absolutely wonderful! I can only hope your experience is as positive as ours always is.

One of the best gumbos around. So always order at least a cup when you go. I am a boiled shrimp kinda guy but the fried shrimp poboys are really good. Oysters. Oysters. Oysters! That's another reason why I come and all forms served here is fantastic. Did I mention the gumbo was really good? I don't live very far from here so needless to say I sometimes wear it out. I forget to check in to add it to my Yelp kingdom but its that good I forget to do anything else like take pics or check in... all I want to do its consume once I walk in. Lunch time pre covid days can get very LOUD. Especially a back room. The worst is being in there with a bunch of loud salesmen that start shouting over each other. Ugh. Dinners is different unless there is some super loud woo woo women in there. Though they go where the margaritas are so it isn't often they end up in Salvos. Except for all you can eat nights. Then it gets loud. During crawfish season they also sell live sacks of crawfish out the side of the building. Competitively priced too. And unlike the the Lafitte based crawfish sellers , I think Salvos "crawls" their sacks so I rarely get any dead ones or other fish or grass in the sacks. The gumbo here is awesome.

Amazing food and service. They forgot to give me an item and called me to let me know. They gave me Store credit and was able to use it when I went there again .

I love love love seafood! When my other half told me this place offers an all you can eat seafood boil, I was ret ta go and got my eaten pants on. Sweats with elastic waist band ensures comfort :) Ready for battle... The seafood boil consisted of Jonah crab claws, shrimp, corn and potatoes. Typically it has crawfish but they were out. For a couple more bucks, we got the crab added on. Nice and spicy and not over cooked. I throughly enjoyed myself.

Food was good , portions were generous. Only complaint is that waiting for your order is a bit awkward with no clear distinctive place to wait , or estimated time so you just stand kinda in the way of inbound patrons.

Best seafood.period. Worth the 10 minutes from Timberlane/Gretna... All u can eat is Out of this world!

Fantastic locals spot. Mostly fried sea food. Servings are generous and service is down home. Very busy place during dinner hours especially around weekends. Try coming early dinner or late lunch.

Don't get the all you can eat !!! Crabs days old !!! No seasoning none! Tasted days old and re-heated My husband got 6 crabs " fresh and delicious " DO NOT get the all you can eat Waste of my money !!!! Won't go back ! Ever