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Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in The Infatuation. Updated August 2026.
Ragin' Cajun · Greenway
Open since 1974 and generally credited as Houston's first Cajun restaurant, this Richmond Avenue room is covered floor to ceiling in bayou and Mardi Gras memorabilia. Order crawfish in season or settle into etouffee, red beans and rice, or a po'boy any time of year.
Josephine's · Midtown
A Midtown seafood room from Mississippi born chef Lucas McKinney built around Gulf Coast and Cajun tradition. The smoked redfish dip, loaded with supple fish and a bright lemon remoulade, has drawn strong critical attention for a relatively new arrival.
BB's Tex-Orleans · Montrose
Founded in a nine table Montrose space in 2007 by Brooks Bassler on family po'boy recipes researched from New Orleans shops. The roast beef debris Midnight Masterpiece po'boy earned Chronicle praise, and the kitchen runs a full Tex-Orleans menu of gumbo and seasonal crawfish.
Crawfish & Noodles · Chinatown
James Beard semifinalist Trong Nguyen helped pioneer Houston's Viet-Cajun style here, tossing boiled crawfish in garlic butter with a deep, Southeast Asian spice mix. Widely credited with putting the city's Vietnamese Cajun fusion on the national map, the dish helped define Houston's Viet-Cajun crawfish tradition.