Crawdaddy's - Cookeville

I have eaten at Crawdaddys for years and would typically rate it a 3.75-4 stars. It’s not my top choice in Cookeville, but it is a Sunday and not much is open. To start, I ordered an espresso martini. It came out lukewarm, tasting like bad chocolate milk, and looking like frothy dishwater. Our server never came to check on us so I had to sit with it for 20 minutes waiting to order something else. Next, we had mussels which were by far the worst any of us had ever had in our lives, covered in canned tomatoes. The jambalaya and Cajun pasta were completely tasteless and left mostly uneaten. Lastly, one of us ordered the shrimp po boy and had to pick the shrimp off as the bread was hard as a rock (see photos, it wouldn’t let me post a video which was us knocking it on the table)… This is my first time leaving a bad review for a business, but we got an appetizer and meals and are leaving hungry. We were also neglected by our server, but the outdoor patio was nice.

The server we had was very pleasant. Food was amazing.

The place we were going to was closed on Sunday but what a nice surprise this place was. All of our food was great and the service was exceptional.

Was seated promptly for lunch at a nice 2nd floor outdoor table. Unfortunately, no one came to take our order after waiting about 20 minutes and we had to leave. Hopefully this was an anomaly as the food smelled great.

Issue with an entree that was replaced but still unsatisfactory. The problem then became the attitude the waitress displayed towards us rather than just having a manager diffuse the whole situation.