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Crabby Jack’s Bayside Bar

3.1 (71 reviews)
Closed • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Live music
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Touristy
Outdoor seating

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Lobster roll
Nella B.

Decided to give this place a try because we've been to the crab trap so many times we figured we'd switch it up. Small menu but definitely enough options to choose from. Nice that they have outdoor seating and you could see the water while eating.. the lobster roll my husband had was very good . The crabcake was just OK. I was definitely underwhelmed .French fries were really delicious.. my husband clams on the shell were fresh and he enjoyed them. Wish I could say the same about the shrimp cocktail, but I cannot. It was not good at all. It if nog supposed to have a fish smell and that was a definite turn off. The cocktails were pretty bad. I wound up sending mine back. think I'll stick to the crab trap. Definitely not going back to this place.

Clams casino
Alyssa M.

Really cool location right on the bay, casual outdoor spot. Food was just ok. Clams casino were too salty, crab cake was coated in a breading and seemed like it was deep fried but the inside was mushy and creamy. It was definitely weird. Potato salad was flavorful but came out warm. Husbands burger was just ok. Employees were very nice!

Keith A.

So its right on the water so its a great vibe. You can pull your boat up and dock. The server was very friendly. I got Clams Casino. They are the same as the mother restaurant The Crab Trap. All the food is. They walk it out from the kitchen. Ive had clams casino at dozens of places and these are my favorite. I got 2 deviled clams too. I enjoy them here. The breading is a bit thick but they are good. The wife got the lobster roll. Warm butter style on a proper split bun. Only criticism would be ditch the tomato and a tad more lobster meat. Very good though. This place needs to ditch the disposable dinnerware wrapped in plastic that just blows all over and im sure much ends up in the water. The wife got a orange crush. Small and watered down. Not much alcohol in it. $10 wouldn't be awful if it was made a bit better. Anyway...cool joint and enjoyable.

Open seating setting.
Chris D.

Open seating setting. Can get cool on the water. Most food is fried or deep fried served in a basket. No platters or dessert. Live music but hard to hear and located in the parking lot.

Heather S.

I went here on a Saturday night with my boyfriend. We arrived and there was no parking whatsoever by the restaurant or in the sand lot across the street. We were nervous there was going to be an extremely long wait, but to our surprise we got sat right away! (I guess all the cars were for the Crab Trap). Our server was extremely sweet. We didn't see her all that much, but these workers are seriously busy. I got a long island and the crab cake sandwich. Their drinks always have the perfect amount of alcohol in my opinion- not too much, not too little. The crab cake sandwich was amazing (as usual). This is the place to go if you like loads of crab meat. I feel like you definitely get your moneys worth here on the quality of the food. I love coming here and will continue to come here- not to mention the views are incredible. 5/5.

a view of the bar
Peter S.

Service was very good. Ambiance is very good. That sea breeze in summer is just... wow! Can't be beat! The place get super packed for lunch and promptly empties around 2ish. Sadly, the food is just horrible across the board, and there's nothing redeemable about it. Here's what I had: Crab cakes: C Not much flavor. My kids had this, and I felt bad for them. :( Clam Casino: D Dreadful. Mostly tasteless, and the clams were not minced well enough. They were too chunky and overcooked, so you end up with a bunch of rubbery balls in your mouth. Not nearly enough garlic and oil. Could've used more bread crumbs. I left some clams over; it just wasn't worth eating. Shrimp Cocktail: F Wow, seriously? The shrimp was obviously previously frozen and waaaaay overcooked. It was water-logged, overly dense, and completely tasteless. I took a bite, took a second bite to make sure I wasn't crazy, and promptly sent the rest back to the kitchen. The cocktail sauce was interesting -- a little more horseradish and less sweet than most shrimp cocktail sauce I've had in the past, which I DID actually like! But that shrimp... yikes! Tasteless and rubbery. Blech. Obviously previously frozen, and given how dense the shrimp was, I'm assuming over-thawed in a microwave. Burger: C I'm torn on this. The burger itself was nicely charbroiled on the outside. I ordered it medium rare, and it was, which is nice. But the patty itself didn't have much flavor. I'm not sure the meat was Angus, but worse, there was no seasoning. At all! No salt, no pepper, no garlic powder, no worcestershire sauce in the meat. The patty was very bland and had almost no flavor aside from the char. Too bad, because the patty was cooked well.

A seat with a view at Crabby Jack's
Donna W.

Great views, average food, drink and slow service. The Crab Bites were tasty, unfortunately the Lobster Roll was not. As you can see, you do receive a good portion of lobster; however, it lacks seasoning of any kind. It was just blah.

Table overlooking the bay!
Melissa R.

Yummy drinks and food and right on the bay! Service almost always super friendly!! Live music often! Bring a hoodie because it's often a bit windy and chilly.

Its all ice
Jr D.

This is tourist trap place! Beware of the fountain soda, its NOT refillable! Its a 8oz plastic cup with full of ice, so theres that. The only goodside is the location... views! Service by the staff is wonderfull though

Fried flounder "platter" lol
Darren M.

My lady and spent the day on the Ocean City Boardwalk yesterday and so afterwards we were craving a cold beer and seafood with a view. After a quick search we found crappy jacks and so we went to the beautiful bayside eatery with high hopes. Known for their clams casino, we put in an order and then I was pretty hungry so I decided to go with the fried flounder platter. Growing up in America and having ordered "platters" before, I had high hopes for this $18 "platter." A platter sounds filling right? It sounds like an order would be a full size meal, so why expect any different from Crabby Jack? It was only after receiving my $18 flounder "platter" that I realized why Jack is so crabby. Poor guy is starving. It's hard to believe so I included a picture, but my flounder "platter" was one single small sized fried filet and an ice cream scoop of potato salad. All this for 18 bucks. Oh and it was plated beautifully on their finest backyard cookout paper plates. Was the paper plate a big deal? Not if it had an actual fish platter, but when it arrived I felt like I was late to the cookout and they just gave me what they had leftover. The amount of food they serve with the description of it being a "platter" was actually hilarious. I started looking for a hidden camera to see who was messing with me. No camera. No platter. Just a sad little paper plate of a little flounder filet and 4 oz of potato salad. Do not come hungry. You'll be pissed.

Tequila sunrise
Julieanne A.

This place gets a 5/5 for its views but holy crap, a 2 for its service. So I'm balancing it out to a 3. But honestly... if it didn't have its views or amazing bartenders, it could drop down to a one. It's the Jersey shore so you have hundreds of shoobies coming in and trying to grab whatever "shore life" they can grasp. So it's BUSY. My gf and I came around 4pm on a Monday.. still packed. With these cheesy PA people with fisherman's hats, sunburnt farmers' tans, and socks with flip flops (please just don't do this... just don't). We are locals and it's just... embarrassing :( The drinks and the views are the savior for this establishment. The poor waitress had an entire section filled to the brim with little help and she didn't know the menu or much English. I felt bad for her but she was doing the best that she could. However.. it shouldn't take 20 mins to take our drink order.. or another 15 to bring them over before taking our actually order... which took another 30 mins. And they didn't have about five things on the menu. And I don't blame the waitress at all because she was 100% overworked and understaffed. Food was blah. Standard - firecracker shrimp, hot dogs, and a wimpy salmon salad that had blue cheese instead of the advertised goat cheese. I'll come again for drinks but skip the food.

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Want to preface all this by saying I've been going to Somers Point and OC for almost 30 years. Love crabby jacks, mostly for the atmosphere. Food is good though. Went this past Sunday and were seated at a nice table by the water. However - waited 20 mins and no one ever came over to our table. Multiple waitresses looked at us and passed by multiple times. We got up and left and told the hostess. Will go back, but come on. Do better with the service and hospitality.

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