| Acamaya | |
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| Street address | 3070 Dauphine Street |
| City | New Orleans |
| State | Louisiana |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 70117 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 29°57′52″N90°02′45″W / 29.9645°N 90.0457°W |
| Website | acamayanola |
Acamaya is a Mexican seafood restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is owned by chef Ana Castro, who previously worked at the restaurant Lengua Madre, and her sister Lydia. [1] [2]
The restaurant focuses on a type of Mexican seafood, mariscos , served hot or cold. [1] [3] The name of the restaurant comes from the Spanish word acamaya, for a type of "crustacean similar to a crawfish". [1] [4] Despite the name, there is no crawfish on the restaurant's menu. [1] There is a glossary on the back of the restaurant's menu for food terms that are used in dishes. [1]
Architecture firm Farouki Farouki designed the restaurant's interior spaces. [1] The restaurant is heavily inspired by Mexico City, [1] which is the hometown of the Castro sisters. [3] Ana Castro lives above the restaurant in order to better receive deliveries of shrimp from her "shrimp guy", [5] who arrives exclusively between 5:00 and 6:30 a.m. [3]
The restaurant was named by The New York Times in September 2024 as one of the 50 best restaurants in the United States. [2] Ana Castro was named as a semifinalist in the 2025 James Beard Awards. [6]