Highest-rated cajun restaurants in Trenton, according to Yelp

From backyard boils with tables full of crawfish to the larger-than-life pots of spicy Jambalaya simmering over an open flame, Cajun food is definitely one that leaves your mouth happy and your system full of flavor. It's also the kind of food built around community. Dishes that are predicated on the concept of the more the merrier and cooked with the intention of bringing people together. It's the kind of food where you taste the love from every spoonful of spice stirred in.

Cajun food has a rich history that was born of a somewhat violent time in Canada's history known as the . Over the course of a decade, more than six thousand Acadians were expelled from their villages onto ships or nearby territories. Half of them would perish. Some would make a new home in New Orleans鈥攑rimarily Louisiana. With little resources and no means, the Acadians began incorporating ingredients from their new home into their traditional recipes. As they acclimated and began to engrain themselves in the land surrounding them, the influence from a variety of the cultures who lived鈥攐r were forced to live鈥攊n the area began to make their way into the food. African, Indigenous, German, Italian, Spanish, and French influences all melded into what is now known as Cajun food. A literal melting pot of cultures all brought together in food form with such an intense origin story, the flavors somehow mimic the intensity.

You can understand, then, why has chosen to uncover some of the highest-rated Cajun restaurants in Trenton. To do so, we looked to to analyze the data and factored in the average rating and number of reviews. Read on to see if your favorite popped up on the list.

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#20. Kato's Cajun

- Rating: 2.0/5 (20 reviews)
- Price: $
- Adress: 1625 Chestnut St Philadelphia, PA 19103
- Categories: Cajun/Creole
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#19. Hook & Reel Cajun Seafood & Bar

- Rating: 2.5/5 (23 reviews)
- Adress: 1936 S Christopher Columbus Blvd Philadelphia, PA 19148
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole
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#18. Crab Du Jour

- Rating: 3.0/5 (20 reviews)
- Adress: 1636 NJ-38 Ste 46 Mount Holly, NJ 08060
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole, Sandwiches
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#17. Crab Du Jour Cajun Seafood Boil & Bar

- Rating: 3.0/5 (40 reviews)
- Adress: 1769 N Olden Ave Ewing, NJ 08638
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole
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#16. D'S Caribbean And American Food

- Rating: 3.5/5 (14 reviews)
- Adress: 3009 N 22nd St Philadelphia, PA 19132
- Categories: Southern, Cajun/Creole, Caribbean
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#15. Crafty Crab

- Rating: 3.5/5 (53 reviews)
- Price: $$$
- Adress: 1482 Old York Rd Abington, PA 19001
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole, Bars
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#14. Crab Du Jour Xpress - Pennsauken

- Rating: 3.5/5 (35 reviews)
- Adress: 7801 Maple Ave Pennsauken, NJ 08109
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole
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#13. Crab Du Jour - Delran

- Rating: 3.5/5 (35 reviews)
- Adress: 4000 US-130 Delran, NJ 08075
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole, Live/Raw Food
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#12. Crab Du Jour - Philadelphia

- Rating: 3.5/5 (40 reviews)
- Adress: 822 N Broad St Philadelphia, PA 19130
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole
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#11. Crab Du Jour - Langhorne

- Rating: 3.5/5 (41 reviews)
- Adress: 1201 E Lincoln Hwy Langhorne, PA 19047
- Categories: Seafood, Bars, Cajun/Creole
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#10. Jose Tejas

- Rating: 3.5/5 (49 reviews)
- Adress: 1310 NJ-73 Mount Laurel Township, NJ 08054
- Categories: Mexican, Cajun/Creole, Soul Food
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#9. Crafty Crab

- Rating: 3.5/5 (93 reviews)
- Price: $$$
- Adress: 1847 Street Rd Bensalem, PA 19020
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole
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#8. Beck's Cajun Cafe

- Rating: 3.5/5 (68 reviews)
- Price: $
- Adress: 2955 Market St Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Categories: Cajun/Creole
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#7. Shaking Seafood

- Rating: 4.0/5 (86 reviews)
- Adress: 243 S 10th St Philadelphia, PA 19107
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole
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#6. Oceancrat The Boiling Seafood

- Rating: 4.0/5 (82 reviews)
- Price: $$
- Adress: 28 Church Rd Maple Shade, NJ 08052
- Categories: Cajun/Creole
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#5. Beck's Cajun Cafe

- Rating: 4.0/5 (529 reviews)
- Price: $$
- Adress: 51 N 12th St Reading Terminal Market Philadelphia, PA 19107
- Categories: Cajun/Creole
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#4. Royal's Restaurants

- Rating: 4.0/5 (105 reviews)
- Price: $$
- Adress: 7802 Limekiln Pike Philadelphia, PA 19150
- Categories: Cajun/Creole, Caribbean
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#3. The Shake Seafood

- Rating: 4.5/5 (14 reviews)
- Adress: 5717 Rising Sun Ave Philadelphia, PA 19120
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole
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#2. Crazy Crab

- Rating: 4.5/5 (21 reviews)
- Adress: 5000 N Crescent Blvd Unit 104 Pennsauken, NJ 08109
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole
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#1. OHot Cajun Seafood

- Rating: 4.5/5 (52 reviews)
- Adress: 1429 Old York Rd Abington, PA 19001
- Categories: Seafood, Cajun/Creole
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