Seafood chain opens first California location — and it’s in Sacramento. What’s on the menu?

A new restaurant is serving up steaming plates of crab legs, shrimp and crawfish with sides of sausage and corn on the cob in Sacramento.

New York-based chain Hook & Reel, which specializes in Cajun-style seafood boils, just opened its first California location in the capital city.

“Born in the South where a feast means getting messy with friends, the seafood boil has been bringing people together for ages,” Hook & Reel said on its website. “At Hook & Reel, our signature boil forks over bold flavors with a genuine, down-home feel.”

The chain has locations across the country, including restaurants in New York, Texas and Colorado.

Hook & Reel’s California location has been in the works for nearly five years, according to a Sacramento Business Journal report in June 2019.

The restaurant is in the soft opening stage, according to reviews on its Yelp page.

“We’re so excited to bring this seafood concept to Sacramento/Elk Grove,” representatives for the Sacramento Hook & Reel location said in an Instagram post on Saturday. “We guarantee a great experience and amazing food.”

It wasn’t clear Monday when the restaurant will have its grand opening.

The Sacramento Bee reached out to the restaurant for comment via Instagram, email and phone but had not received a response as of Monday morning.

Where is new Cajun seafood restaurant in Sacramento?

Hook & Reel is at 8211 Bruceville Road in Sacramento.

It neighbors Honu Hawaiian BBQ and Mountain Mike’s Pizza, and is in the same shopping center as Target.

What’s on the menu at Hook & Reel?

Hook & Reel’s menu is extensive, offering seafood boils, a raw oyster bar, po’ boy sandwiches, sliders and seafood marinara pasta.

For the seafood boil, customers can choose from options ranging from snow crab legs, king crab and lobster to calamari, clams and shrimp.

They can then choose a sauce to pair with the seafood, as well as spice level and sides such as potato, sausage or corn on the cob.

The restaurant has a full bar with cocktails, draft beer and soda.

What time is eatery open?

Hook & Reel is open from 3 to 10 p.m. every day, according to its Yelp page.

As the business is doing a soft opening, call ahead before heading to the restaurant.