Aqua Boil

Been wanting to try this place for awhile, so I went with a friend after work.

The menu has a good amount of options. I had the half pound crab legs (personally wish I got the pound), half pound of shrimp and a pound of mussels in the Cajun mix sauce.

The food was delicious and seasoned just right. Note: the medium version of the Cajun Mix is a little spicy not excessive but if you don’t like spice then go with medium.

The seafood boils come with potatoes and I ordered corn as my additional side. I took half my food home because it was a lot.

The servers were attentive and made sure our water cups were always refilled.

I enjoyed going during the week because it was not to busy and also not loud inside. The interior is small but you don’t feel like you’re on top of each other.

I will definitely return when I’m in the mood for crab legs. 🔥

Everything was excellent. The food is outstanding - fresh, fantastic flavors, good portions. I don’t have a picture of the boil because it doesn’t photograph well but it’s actually very fun to be served this way. The staff are also lovely. Would be great if they put something on the bottom of the chairs to cut out that loud noise when they move but that’s just a small tip. Doesn’t take away from the experience really. Wonderful place!

Amazing place!! One of my favourite in nyc. Yummy seafood for a good price, especially their lunch deals. Huge potions, so definitely could be shareable.
I visit this place every time I’m in new york. I would definitely recommend it

I am obsessed with this place. It’s my absolute favourite place to devour banging spicy seafood. My wife and I moved to New York in Brooklyn about 1.5 years ago and out of the 1000 different places we have eaten in since then (deli/bodega/bagel shop/restaurant/cafe/coffee shop… the list goes on) this is THE best place we have eaten in. There are 20,000 restaurants to eat in New York, it would take one person over 22.7 years to go to all of them. And yet I know for sure that this place will always be my absolute favourite place to eat in New York. It’s a well decorated, comfortable restaurant run by a collection of fantastic Thai folks who are very good at what they do from service to food. Out of everywhere we have tried this is the ONLY place in NYC that we have repeatedly returned to over 12 times. Bee is always kind and happy to see us and the rest of the team are always just as pleasant. If your coming here enjoy the bag of spicy garlic butter seafood and any of the other crazy tasty things, happy hour is a winner. Lastly! Being respectful of the people working here gets you far, I would highly recommend learning how to say hello and thank you in Thai as it will be sure to make any of the team here happy you have taken the time. If you don’t leave with an extra hot mouth and a fat belly you didn’t do it correctly.

Had a reservation at 745 but then get a text at 725 that my table was ready and had five minutes to get there or will be skipped. Unfortunately we were exploring the area and had to rush back to the restaurant. Slightly annoying

Second menu - it's not a seafood menu it's a Seaford boil menu. Yes they have a couple of things but if anyone in your party isn't the biggest fan then they may get disappointed (kids wanted it - I am not the fan). For the boil everything is in pounds with various sides. Note for comparison a pound of shrimp is around 12 pieces and they are fairly good in size (2 inches or so - that's what she said). I did sample the sausage and potatoes and they were pretty good and opted for the Spicy option and it had a kick but nothing unbearable so still on the medium spice side. I ordered the Cajun pasta and the small order was very small. Opt for the large.

Wait staff was okay nothing special. Atmosphere was meh. Good place not great.

I eat boils almost once every two weeks, so I’d consider myself knowledge enough in this area. This place was great, but not amazing. I felt like the sauce was lacking that powerful punch of flavor you expect from a boil, also not enough sauce in the bag either. But, I appreciate how the shrimp heads were prepared, how the fries were done really well, and the seafood was good quality. The service was fairly attentive and nice. Only thing I would change is the way they tell you sit on the bench until your whole party is there, I typically see this in upscale restaurants with bigger parties and tougher reservations, not in a place that wasn’t packed where you’d be putting gloves and a bib on to chomp down on some shrimp. Also, they need to work on their sauce game considering that’s one of the essentials of a great boil.

Such a fun experience! Food was delicious and so were the cocktails. The seafood was fresh and flavorful. We had a group of four and we all got our own item and ended up sharing different flavors and items. Will definitely return again!