Capt. Sal’s Seafood & Chicken

New Orleans, United States

3.9

Closed now

20 reviews

Accepts Credit Cards

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Telephone:
+1 504-948-9990
Website:
captsalseafoodandchicken.com
Address:
3168 Saint Claude Ave, New Orleans, LA, 70117
St. Claude
Nearby public transportation stops & stations:
1.1 miFrench Market Station
1.3 miDumaine Station
1.4 miToulouse Station
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Takes Reservations
No
Delivery
No
Take-out
Yes
Accepts Credit Cards
Yes
Good For
Lunch
Parking
Street
Bike Parking
Yes
Good for Kids
Yes
Good for Groups
Yes
Attire
Casual
Noise Level
Average
Alcohol
No
Outdoor Seating
No
Wi-Fi
No
Has TV
Yes
Waiter Service
No
Caters
No

Today

Today 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (New Orleans) 07:41 Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Tuesday 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Thursday 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am – 9:00 pm
Sunday 10:00 am – 8:00 pm

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20 reviews of Capt. Sal’s Seafood & Chicken

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Place rating: 5
Fort Worth, TX
We took a cab ride to Sal’s. Not gonna lie to you, we were a little freaked out by the neighborhood, but went in anyway. It was a Wednesday and they a special on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, boiled crawfish for $ 2.49 per lb. Our group ordered 10 lbs of crawfish, some sausage, corn and potatoes. Let me just say, hands down the best place we ate on Nola. Not to mention, our ticket was $ 48 bucks. One if the highlights of the trip.
Place rating: 3
Canton, GA
Shrimp poboy was incredible. Unfortunately smoke from their little «gaming» stall ruined the experience. Next time I will def order take out.
Place rating: 4
New Orleans, LA
The shrimp on a bun is absolutely delicious! They always prepare it quickly and it’s cheap. Definitely a great spot to grab lunch
Place rating: 4
New Orleans, LA
Basically my dirty little secret. The portions are out of control and I’m no longer ashamed to admit, that I can –and will– polish these dishes off, happily. Food is fresh and cooked to order. Service is quick & friendly. Atmosphere, not so much, but it’s clean and has ample seating. Yakemein and lo mein are personal favorites.
Place rating: 4
New Orleans, LA
always a great poboy. always a big serving, and fast. there’s a reason why the local workers come here. the french fries are also crispy and tasty.
the deals of buy one get one half price? yeah.
this is my mans usual cheeseburger poboy spot. for me? shrimp.
keep it up. y’all rock.
Place rating: 5
New Orleans, LA
The shrimp platter is bountiful and reasonably priced. I haven’t had the buffalo chicken wings but I was told by some coworkers that they too are top notch.
Place rating: 5
Virginia Beach, VA
Best shrimp poboys, hands down in the area! The shrimp are seasoned to perfection, bread is perfect too. If you want a good poboy, eat here!
Place rating: 4
New Orleans, LA
My roommate gets crawfish here every other day during season. It’s kind of crazy but I always find myself eating a couple.
Sal’s are spicy, buttery, and garlicky. They’re pretty good. Sometimes the potatoes are almost too spicy and I like spice. To be honest I do prefer Cajuns on Claiborne, there’s some kind of nuance to their boil that I think might be clove or anise that Sal’s doesn’t use. (Hence the four stars).
Oh also the crawfish are half price on Tuesdays and they’re only like 2.50 a pound rn so there’s that. Now that crab seasons here I will go try those and keep y’all updated.
Place rating: 4
Minneapolis, MN
Togo cooked crawfish is just right! Price was right, flavor was right (perfectly spicy!), service was fast, crawfish tasted fresh, had good sausage and potatoes as well. Definitely a great afternoon stop during crawfish season for a picnic.
Place rating: 5
San Francisco, CA
Great food!
I had an amazing soft shell crab PoBoy. My father had seafood gumbo which was also damn good.
If your ever in this area people go here. You won’t regret it.
Place rating: 2
New Orleans, LA
Just going by the crawfish. It’s way too hot. Not many folks can eat it like that. Plus the meat is hard. They might have boiled it too long. Same thing with their potato. They don’t use red potato. It was regular ones. Not good eat.
Go to Cajun Seafood for milder ones.
Place rating: 3
New Orleans, LA
I wouldn’t recommend the Chinese food, it’s pretty terrible, but they have pretty good buffalo wings and all the food is at a good price.
Place rating: 1
New Orleans, LA
Bizarre. Just ordered and paid for a 3 piece dark combo with fried rice and a French fry poboy. Instead, got the combo with fries and a side of fried rice. I asked for the poboy that was ordered and the cashier asked for the fried rice back. Whatever, I thought, not gonna argue about it. So my bf starts to eat the fries that he got instead of the rice he ordered. While waiting, the cashier comes to the table to demand the half eaten fries back to put on my poboy. I tried to explain that we paid for a combo (chicken, side and drink) and a poboy and as it stands we only have the combo. He threw a fit. Finally manager came over and agreed to simply bring out rest of our order. I’m so sick now I can’t eat it. Free French fry poboy at captain Sal’s if you want.
Place rating: 4
New Orleans, LA
Generous and tasty shrimp po-​boy maybe a little salty. Nice people. Order was made very quickly. I don’t get why everyone says the place is sketchy. Unless you think every place on st Claude is sketchy. Honestly, the customers were a bunch of old, working class people who seemed very nice.
Place rating: 5
Austin, TX
Ah, Capt. Sal’s…the place to go when you are super hungry or need to purchase enough food to last for two days dirt cheap. They have a seafood platter for 11 bucks in which they give you catfish, popcorn shrimp, and oysters (all fried), with salad, bread, fries, and a medium drink. It is so much food, they have to tape down the lid of the Styrofoam to-​go carton! Yeah, that’s what I’m talkin’ ’bout!
This isn’t complicated food or a fancy place. It is however one of the best bargains when it comes to seafood that I’ve ever found.
Place rating: 4
Brooklyn, NY
Back in New York. Wish Sal’s was around the corner! The boiled shrimp and crawfish are to die for. The shrimp and oyster poboys, fully dressed, were great! The price is right! The place was packed with locals.
Place rating: 4
St Louis, MO
OK, it’s this place in a sketchy part of St. Claude in the Bywater and when you walk in your first impulse is to turn and run. I understand, really I do. But, I have to tell you, I’ve been eating here for years and the boiled seafood is excellent, the crawfish in particular are priced right and its always a great spicy boil. The shrimp boils are also excellent and I’ve had great po boys here, the shrimp in particular is very good, not the best I’ve had, but very good.
No experience with the chicken, but I’d take Popeye’s from down the street any day if I wanted fried chicken.
Solid take out sea food, very good pricing and great hours.
Place rating: 3
New Orleans, LA
Food is fresh, but you know it’s frozen. While I do understand this is the way they keep the prices down, I don’t think it necessary, especially in NEW ORLEANS. Plus the wait times are always long… the fried fish is puffy, ughhhhh… I’d just rather put a few more dollars with it and get something else where.
Place rating: 5
New York, NY
I joined a gym because I can’t stop eating here.
Catfish po-​boy big as a house? Packed with crispy fish on soft flakey bread? Check! Fried shrimp po-​boy with shrimp falling into your lap? Check! Above-​average fast-​food style fried chicken? Check! Handy side business of packed frozen seafood to take home? Check!
What’s this about meat pies? I never saw any meat pies! I’ve always been blinded by the catfish. I have to go there RIGHT EFFING NOW!!!
Place rating: 4
New Orleans, LA
Today, my girly is eating lunch at «American Sector» in the WWII museum.
So I stopped at Sal’s on the way back to get some friend chicken (Since she won’t eat chicken off the bone).
I also picked up two more of those awesome meat pies.
Ok. While I won’t be slapping my mama over the chicken, I would be happy slap someone else’s mama if you would like. It was crispy and juicy and in all honesty, put a couple of famous chicken places around here to shame *cough-​cough-​Dooky Chase-​hack-​Cough-​WIllie May’s-Snort-cough*
I wish I didn’t just type those words (not just because of all the asterisks). I was seriously impressed.
And as always, the meat pies were groovy.
Oh…and a 4 piece mix meal and two meat pies cost me a whole 8 bucks.
Yeah. I’m cheap, but I liked the food a WHOLE lot more than some places that charged me 12 – 13 bucks for 2 pieces.