We have been in New Orleans for a week now, mainly to soak in the atmosphere and sample the unique cuisine. Top of the list has been to taste the seafood, particularly the crawfish and shrimp, and we've had some beauties. Boiler house was definitely NOT one of them. We ordered a pound each to share amongst 3 of us, the headless shrimp and crawfish, one with Cajun sauce, the other with Boiler sauce which was a combo sauce of the other 3. Out come the plates to our great excitement, followed by immediate disbelief. First of all, the quantity we received, particularly of the shrimp did not in any way resemble 1 pound. The shrimp were small, overcooked and dry. The sauce was reasonable, but I can't say anything else about them was good. The crawfish, again, did not resemble 1 pound worth of seafood. Even the largest was smaller than the feast we had at the Original French Market (their crawfish boil is fabulous!) The sauce was unpleasant. A hodgepodge of tastes that didn't know what direction it was going. We had to carefully ration out the meagre portions so we could all have a taste. Our universal opinion was "horrible". In addition we had crab cakes, which on their own were OK, but then topped with Thousand Island dressing you could get from a corner store. We also had the crab Beignets. Gluey inside with no taste of crab , and again, sitting on this same sea of thousand Island dressing. Of all the many meals and restaurants we've dined in this week, this was by far the biggest disappointment, particularly as it had some good reviews and supposedly focusses on their boils. Don't waste your taste buds on this place. There are far better places doing justice to your beautiful seafood.