Crawfish Cafe and Pho Prime are now sharing one address in Houston’s Chinatown, combining into a freshly renovated dual-concept restaurant. The hybrid spot brings together Crawfish Cafe’s Viet-Cajun seafood boils with Pho Prime’s pho and Vietnamese comfort dishes, in what the owners pitch as an all-day gathering place. The setup targets families and groups who want both a messy crawfish feast and a steaming bowl of pho without splitting up the table.
Dual-Concept Debut
The Bellaire Boulevard location spans about 10,000 square feet and offers indoor seating for roughly 214 guests, with a bungalow-style patio and koi pond expected to open later this spring. The revamped property also houses Mamba Hospitality Group’s corporate offices and a test kitchen and is organized around a shared bar that links cocktails with Pho Prime’s tea and coffee program. Those details are documented by Houston Style Magazine.
What To Order
The menu merges Gulf Coast seafood favorites such as build-your-own boils, crawfish cheese bread, oyster nachos and shrimp and grits with Pho Prime’s 16 different pho options, banh mi and its Bo Kho braised brisket stew. This Bellaire outpost also introduced a citrus-forward "Viet-Cajun" sauce that the owners plan to bring to additional locations, a detail highlighted in an openings roundup by Houstonia.
Design, Art And Drinks
Inside, a pair of 20-foot murals nod to both Bourbon Street and Vietnamese street life, while bamboo accents, trolley-style booths and a central "Viet-Cajun Village" carve out distinct zones for each concept. A shared bar adds cocktails like a Lychee Mai Tai, New Orleans Lemonade and a Cajun Bloody Mary to Pho Prime’s offerings for the first time, broadening the beverage lineup. Those design and drink elements are described by Houston Style Magazine.
Roots And Reach
The consolidation fits into Mamba Hospitality Group’s plan to streamline the Duongs' restaurant brands and build out infrastructure for further expansion; the Bellaire site temporarily closed for remodeling before the relaunch. Houston Press covered the renovation work and grand-opening celebrations, while a segment from KHOU’s Great Day Houston toured the space to show how Viet-Cajun and pho now share the same menu.
Whether you are chasing a pile of crawfish or a comforting bowl of broth, the combined venue is set up so groups can tap into both menus at shared tables. Expect busy weekends during peak crawfish season; the restaurant books private events and larger parties through its website and by phone.
