EXHIBIT 23.1



                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

        We have issued our report dated March 8, 1996, accompanying the 
consolidated financial statements of Bayport Restaurant Group, Inc. included in 
the Annual Report of Landry's Seafood Restaurants, Inc. on Form 10-K for the 
year ended December 31, 1997. We hereby consent to the incorporation by 
reference of said report in the previously filed Registration Statements of 
Landry's Seafood Restaurants, Inc. on Forms S-8 (File No. 333-2867) and (File 
No. 333-2854) and Form S-3 (File No. 333-08401).


GRANT THORNTON LLP

Miami, Florida
February 16, 1998