About Cajun Bowl San Mateo
The Retired & Disabled Police of America (RDPOA) is a fraternal organization formed in October, 1990 and incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia as a non-profit corporation, and is managed by a Board of Directors consisting of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Executive Director.
This restaurant surpasses my initial expectations. The culinary offerings are exceptionally delectable, with flavors that are truly remarkable. Initially, I harbored reservations about the quality of the food, particularly regarding its comparison to the renowned boiling crab. However, my concerns were unfounded. While I opted for takeout, the seafood was equally impressive, rivaling the quality of the boiling crab. Consequently, I no longer need to endure a 45-minute to one-hour drive to satisfy my cravings for shrimp or seafood.
After a long football game, my family and I came to enjoy what we thought would be great food and service. On the contrary. The fees are ridiculous. The seafood "boil" is not a boil but everything is a la carte. Literally. Have to buy the potatoes and corn and everything separately. They forgot the booster seat for our 2 year old. Some of the food was cold, some of it was bland and some Lukewarm. Nothing but the rice came hot, and the wings were underdone so were the the tenders for the little one. Oh, and the sauce was thick like gravy with no taste of garlic or butter. When inquiring about the menu, the waiter said " selling them a la carte is how we make our money, with the add ons not the combos". Are you flipping serious?! And to add insult to injury, they charge an automatic 18% gratuity for the "all you can eat menu" but if we want to avoid the charge then to order from the normal menu and not from the all you can eat menu at all. For the all you can eat you have to completely finish ALL the food before requesting the 2nd round and they won't even take the order until plates are empty. Horrible experience. And definitely a disappointment. It did smell good though.
We pick all you can eat menu and we really really enjoyed it We had chicken tender crab chowder Sweet Sriracha wings Garlic noodles Snow crab and crawfish Jumbo prawns and clams and the snow crabmeat fried rice is little bit dry for us but every other dish is so delicious Our server Lance gave us excellent service and explained everything very detailed since this is out first time here Looking forward for more visit here
Saw it on Instagram so decided to check it out. Didn't know they also had and all you can eat option. We got that , which was way too much food, we didn't even get through it. Had a big doggy bag.. next time I think I will just order a dish or twooo.
STAY FAR, FAR, FAR AWAY!!! THIS RESTAURANT IS SCAMMING PEOPLE. NO WONDER THIS PLACE IS NEVER BUSY This place feels incredibly exploitative and honestly deserves an investigation into how it operates. I’m convinced that many of the positive reviews come from people who are being paid by management to review their restaurant. Tonight, I genuinely felt scammed out of nearly $200 for very low quality food covered in a gross, heavy, gravy-like sauce. Mid you, I was with just me a day husband.... not. a family of four and still we paid more for this than we did on of expensive vday dinner. The lobster, crab, and shrimp tasted cheap and frozen and had little to no meat on them. What was especially frustrating is that this is not actually a traditional seafood boil. Everything is essentially à la carte, which is not clearly advertised. Charging extra for basic boil staples like corn, potatoes, and sausage, items typically included at most seafood boil restaurants is extremely excessive. The sausage came out and I almost wanted to laugh. It looked like they sliced it instead of giving traditional sausage chunks in order to stretch portions and increase cost. They won’t let you order more seafood unless you finish your sides, which the sides are served in ridiculous quantities in order to make you full faster. The entire experience is designed to fill you up quickly so you wouldn’t order more seafood... which yes I understand to an extent but this place takes it to the next level. What really pissed me off was the mandatory 18% upcharge added at the end of the bill during payment. I will never be coming back here again. They literally need to be shut down for how they treat their customers. It feels like an obvious attempt to exploit and milk customers out of money, and they don’t even try to hide it. I have honestly never felt like eating a meal was a punishment before. I left feeling full in the worst way. At the end, we were forced to eat these gross sides just to avoid being charged another ridiculous fee for not finishing the food and wasting it.