Itz Fire
“We ordered a halp pount of mussels and a half pound of shrimp in a bag at medium spice.”
“Bacano rolls were a hit at our table.”
“I especially love their habanero wing.”
Itz Fire
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Happy Hour: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$$ Price range $11-30
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Second visit in a week! Love this new spot on Northern Blvd. Convenient location and great service. Excellent snack foods and perfect spot to throw back a few drinks. Who can resist the $2 happy hour drafts?! Great eats – namely the Habanero Fried Chicken Wings and the Ginger Soy Garlic ones too. The "Fire" Mussels definitely had some heat, perfect for a cold night. First time trying the Korean Wine Lemon Soju and now I'm a fan. The Korean ribs is a heartier dish, paired w/ white rice makes for a perfect sized meal. The portion is good for sharing as well. Will definitely come here again and bring more friends. It's a cool joint. Attentive service and a nice "fire" in my mouth. This Cajun inspired place rocks.
"THIS GIRL IS ON FIYAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"
Holy Moly!, The Spicy Sauce does Kick in my mouth!.
To try this place out, We ordered Half Pound of Mussels, and half pound of Shrimp Spicy (not Itz Fire spicy).
Also ordered 10 pcs of Fried Chicken Soy and Garlic Style.
Before food comes, the Staff handed us a Cajun style Popcorn, I was licking my fingers, and it was spicy to starts off.
Minutes later, the Waiter came over and handed us a bag loaded with Seafood and the chicken Wings.
There's no other Creole place around the area, this place has a kick with Creole / Korean Style. Which is good. It was FINGER LICKING GOOD.
Expect to eat messy, Gloves and a big, and lots and LOTS of wet napkin.
– This place is small, Can fit up to 30 People
– This place have limited menu. They ran out of Ribs when I went on a Sunday and Crawfish was running low, so it was limited to the public.
– They have Happy hour every day 4-7pm They usually fill a red Plastic cup).
$ 4-$6 a cup.
– I used the Groupon deal to save about $ 12.00 for a dinner of 2 People.
NO Desserts available. So don't leave that spot for sweets.
Craving for "The Boil" in LES but didn't want to go so far. Itz Fire came up on a Seamless search (had a gift certificate) and looked pretty legit. This review is just purely the food from take out.
It is definitely no "the boil" with their sauce not menu items, but the food here is pretty good. Prices are bit higher for my normal dining budget, so I'm not sure if I would come here often but probably time to time.
We (2) got a 1lb bag of shrimp – no fire and another with medium fire ($14 per lb). The medium fire is actually more spicy than the Boil's medium but pretty decent! We also got the ginger glaze wings (5 piece for $7). The wings were very flavorful! I would say the wings here are the stars, instead of the shrimp.
Was very very full after eating a lb of shrimp and 2 wings.
"Itz up and it's GOOD!" Like a game winning field goal to end a football game, Itz delivers up some lip smacking righteous Cajun Goodness!
Whoever decided to fuse Cajun and Korean flavors together. Let me tell you something you are a Genius! The flavors are out of bounds delicious!
The restaurant is small and cozy and probably can seat 25 people or so. The menu is pretty simple and service here is top notch!!
We opted for the pound of shrimp boil seasoned with their signature "Fire sauce" the shrimp was perfectly sized head and all. We decided not to go with the hotter "Itz Fire" since we were not sure on the level of spiciness to expect so we chickened out and took it down a notch. We also ordered the corn, wings and pork ribs. As a bonus when you check in on Yelp, claim your free soft drink when you order any main dish, SWEET!
The shrimp boil was OMG delicious! The sauce was savory, rich and packed with a serious kick of Cajun spices and flavor! The sauce was smooth and not greasy. I took my first bite and a few minutes later the sweat started to build on my forehead as that nice burn slowly permeated my lips, mouth and taste buds, feel and taste the burn baby, AWESOME!!
The corn was sweet and delicious. The pork ribs were fall off the bone tender and arrived at our table swimming in a sweet and savory tomato based sauce served with a plate of white rice.
The ginger soy wings were delicious! Nice sized wings arrived at our table served with a little cold corn salad.
Parking for this place can be a little tricky, but worth the hassle. When it comes to Cajun, "Itz the real deal"!!!
Definitely not impressed with this place.
A VERY lazy take on cajun food w/ a Korean flair or whatever you wanna call it.
Ordering shrimp. I understand eating crawfish from the shell, or mussels, but WHOLE completely unpeeled shrimp? With the head still on?
Seriously? I mean, by the time you're done peeling the shrimp all the sauce is gone… cause you peeled it away.
The sauce was definitely not very spicy, it was medium at best and didn't have much flavor.
The wings — very meh. Had the crispy habanero and was not impressed at all. They were not spicy, but extremely salty.
The service was incredibly lack luster, and we were the ONLY table there.
Every time I pass by this place it looked empty, should have went with my gut and not wasted my money here.
Unless they make some monumental changes, I don't see this place lasting another year.
The interior is very clean and well kept. If you order the pounds of cajun seafood, they put down a cover over the table which makes it a little easier to clean up; don't be afraid to leave any shells or garbage on the table cover.
The service is friendly and you get a small complimentary bowl of cajun-seasoned popcorn.
The prices are about average, to my understanding; I actually haven't been to many cajun seafood boils in a while so I'm not entirely sure what the usual prices are. The shrimp is $15 per pound, and the crawfish on the day I went was $16.50 per pound. On the menu, you can order corn to be added to the seafood pot but if you're getting a crawfish serving, it already comes with two or three pieces.
Between the two, I would say I enjoyed the shrimp a lot more. Maybe I'm not a huge fan of crawfish in general but I'd argue you can make do without the crawfish; the shrimp has more meat overall.
Nevertheless, the sauce was tasty and adding a little fire to it made it even better.
Unfortunately, I was interested in trying the mussels appetizer but they happened to be out of fresh mussels that day.
Lastly, I didn't investigate if there was a parking lot anywhere, other than the one for the CVS across Northern Blvd. I don't think you'd be able to park across the street to walk over anyway. There doesn't appear to be that much available parking. There are some spots along the street but the location is along a small strip of little shops, you may have a little difficulty finding a spot. If anyone happens to know of better parking available in the area, be sure to say so as a Tip!
Not bad. The sauce and seasoning for the seafood is not the best I've tried but not the worst. $15/lb for shrimp. We added corn and a bowl of rice. That with the complimentary popcorn was plenty enough.
Expect to pay in the $15-20 range. Free soda with check in!
Had a groupon for it, so decided to go out of my typical area to try this place. This place is located at the corner of an intersection (excuse the lack of detail but I'm not familiar with Little Neck whatsoever) and is smaller than I imagined, maybe 5 tables max? When I walked in on a weekday night, only half the tables were full.
Being from California, I've had good Asian Cajun seafood (Boiling Crab and its similar knockoffs) so I was somewhat disappointed by their sauce. I know it's probably one of the few restaurants in Long Island that offer that sort of cuisine, so hats off to them for doing so. But personally, their sauce was too oily-spicy for my liking (too much chili oil?). I like my sauce with a lot of garlic and the Itz Fire sauce just fell a bit flat in comparison. I usually order a side of rice to soak up the sauce, but I couldn't even finish it because the sauce just got too blandly spicy. Another point worth mentioning is the fact they only offer three types of seafood for DIY peeling: crawfish, shrimp and mussels. Wish they had more variety but I understand why they wouldn't have more, as there probably isn't too much demand of Cajun seafood around here.
Itz Fire looks like a Korean-run restaurant, so it comes to no surprise that they also offered a selection of Korean style foods like soy-ginger chicken wings and dukkboki (sp?). We also ordered a side of the spring rolls (the non-spicy one, I forgot the name of it) and I liked it. The sauce, which I believe they described as a sweet apple sauce, was disappointing and honestly just tasted like regular egg roll sauce. But the spring roll was thinly crisped and the filling equally satisfying.
I gave this place 3 stars just because around the area, I'm sure they have no competition. But their sauce is not close to what I've had before-the one restaurant I've seen come close to imitating the Boiling Crab sauce on the east coast is The Boil in the city, but that's mad far from the Long Island area. Also, I wish there were more vegetable offerings, whether as sides or even just salads, that would be helpful in balancing out what would be a pretty oil/fat-loaded meal. Service was as good as what you can expect from one person manning the entire front of the restaurant. Overall, Itz Fire is not the best, but I guess around the area, it's the best that you can get. Its seafood and sauce is enough to satisfy your deepest cravings for Asian Cajun, but considering how I live a lot closer to the city than I do to Little Neck, unfortunately I do not think I will be back.