
Highest-rated cajun restaurants in Boston by diners
Highest-rated cajun restaurants in Boston by diners
From backyard boils with tables full of crawfish to the larger-than-life pots of spicy Jambalaya simmering over an open flame, Cajun food is definitely one that leaves your mouth happy and your system full of flavor. It's also the kind of food built around community. Dishes that are predicated on the concept of the more the merrier and cooked with the intention of bringing people together. It's the kind of food where you taste the love from every spoonful of spice stirred in.
Cajun food has a rich history that was born of a somewhat violent time in Canada's history known as the Acadian Expulsion. Over the course of a decade, more than six thousand Acadians were expelled from their villages onto ships or nearby territories. Half of them would perish. Some would make a new home in New Orleans—primarily Louisiana. With little resources and no means, the Acadians began incorporating ingredients from their new home into their traditional recipes. As they acclimated and began to engrain themselves in the land surrounding them, the influence from a variety of the cultures who lived—or were forced to live—in the area began to make their way into the food. African, Indigenous, German, Italian, Spanish, and French influences all melded into what is now known as Cajun food. A literal melting pot of cultures all brought together in food form with such an intense origin story, the flavors somehow mimic the intensity.
You can understand, then, why Stacker has chosen to uncover some of the highest-rated Cajun restaurants in Boston. To do so, we looked to Yelp to analyze the data and factored in the average rating and number of reviews. Read on to see if your favorite popped up on the list.
#11. Highland Creole Cuisine
- Rating: 3.1/5 (128 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 2 Highland Ave. Somerville, Massachusetts
- Categories: Cajun/Creole, Haitian
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#10. Shaking Crab - Quincy
- Rating: 3.4/5 (287 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 18 Cottage Ave. Quincy, Massachusetts
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole
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#9. Shaking Crab - Boston Common
- Rating: 3.6/5 (193 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 140 Boylston St. 2F Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: Cajun/Creole, Seafood
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#8. King Crab Juicy Seafood
- Rating: 3.7/5 (59 reviews)
- Address: 180 Main St. Saugus, Massachusetts
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole
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#7. Holly Crab
- Rating: 3.9/5 (454 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1098 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole
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#6. Shaking Crab - Newton
- Rating: 4.0/5 (501 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 203 Adams St. Newton, Massachusetts
- Categories: Cajun/Creole, Seafood
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#5. Bootleg Special
- Rating: 4.0/5 (1230 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 400 Tremont St. Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: Cajun/Creole, Cocktail Bars, Tapas/Small Plates
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#4. Happy Crab
- Rating: 4.0/5 (94 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 1137 Broadway Somerville, Massachusetts
- Categories: Seafood, Bars, Cajun/Creole
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#3. French Quarter
- Rating: 4.1/5 (320 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 545 Washington St. Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: Bars, Cajun/Creole
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#2. Revelry
- Rating: 4.3/5 (25 reviews)
- Address: 1270 Boylston St. Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: Food Trucks, Cajun/Creole, Sandwiches
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#1. Cap't Loui
- Rating: 4.3/5 (345 reviews)
- Price level: $$
- Address: 250 Granite St. Braintree, Massachusetts
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole
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