(Delivery order) - Spinach and Goat Cheese Dip - Garlic Skillet Bread - Wings (Cajun) Everything was decent, but not remarkable. read more

Warm and inviting ambiance. They play different sports all over the place. Have $5 draught beer and half-priced appetisers post 9 pm. Decent food options, tried goats cheese and spinach Flatbread and bucket of fries. Chilled beer served in chilled glasses. Unfortunately the service was extremely disappointing. Had to call the server for everything twice. Really spoilt our entire experience. An evening at Crabby Joe's turned into Crappy Joe's. read more

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The bar is good and service is fine. A bit slow but just fine. We tried the Crabby combo - mozerrela sticks, quesadilla and wings. With the wings I really liked the chilli thai flavor over the honey bbq or ghost pepper. Ghost pepper is spicy but bearable. Overall good. read more

Crabby Joe's - Crabby combo - Bars Near Me - Waterloo, Ontario

I love coming here for their Tuesday wings special. As long as you order any drink (unlimited refill soft drink is eligible), you can order wings for $0.59 each. They offer flavours such as medium, mild, honey garlic, chili, cajun, and parmesan and pepper (my favourite!). You must order 10 wings per batch though, and also no takeouts on the wings specials. Even though the wings are on the smaller size, but for me, 10 wings with the drink is enough for dinner. It's only around $10, great for the student budget. I've yet to try other mains so I can't comment on how good those are. However, given the small the portion size, their desserts definitely aren't worth getting. Just head over to the Dairy Queen across the street or something, you can get better bang for your buck elsewhere. Also...the quality of service you'll be getting varies. Sometimes I do find that the waiter pay less attention to us when we would only order $10 of food per person during the Tuesday special times. read more

The bathroom was a bit of a mess. The toilet paper holder was off the wall, the toilets were not clean, the soap dispenser is far from the sink, and the paper towel machine was not working. However, our waiter did an excellent job!! It was very busy because of the raptors game and he still managed to get everything with no errors. He took time to check in and make sure everything came out as ordered and to check on refills. The food was totally average. Exactly what you'd expect from a chain there are lots of options to choose from. Also apps are 50% off after 9 pm with the purchase of a drink read more

Place is pretty crappy. Used to come here all the time for their half priced apps because it was the only thing worth coming for but they've since changed it so that if you can't finish your app it's full price for you to take it home. Umm ok we got our three drinks (and btw a massive schooner only counts as one lol) and ordered three apps between the two of us in anticipation of bringing home leftovers but we're told we'd have to pay full price for it, meanwhile struggling to get the last pint down because we were so full. Ok. Throw out the food then. Paying half price and won't be coming back, thanks. Also get some rails for the booths on the bar side. Legs be dangling for days, it got uncomfortable pretty quickly. read more

I know they're a chain but it's seriously gone a bit downhill. This location looks pretty nice. They're well lit, have nice seats and TVs everywhere to watch the game. Used to come here regularly for their half priced apps. Their menu has removed some of the more unique appetizer options since, and their Crabby Combo consists of less variety than it used to. Drinks are reasonably priced. $6.99 for almost any cocktail is pretty good. However, they no longer serve sangria in pitchers but only in glasses, which feels like a missed opportunity for them. On top of that, they used to have a lot more variety in drink options (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), which are also no longer there. It feels like this franchise is slowly taking away all the things that made it unique in the first place. read more

The food was delicious as always, so it does not deserve a 1 star. But our service was disappointing. Our server seemed to have completely forgot about our table. Another server gave us our food, and we ended up waiting at least 20 minutes to even find her to ask for the bill. No goodbye, no have a nice day, just grabbed the machine and walked away from us. No customer service whatsoever. read more

The lighting was super bright which made it really hard to sit anywhere. I swear I needed my ray raybans sitting in that restuarant. Come to think of it, I should have slapped on some sun screen and got a tan from the BRIGHT LIGHTS BLASTING ON MY FOOD LIKE A SOLAR FLARE. Service is good though. read more

I wrote a review on a crabby Joe's before and gave it a overall positive review. I had to write another for this particular crabby Joe's. I will start off by saying this is by far one of the most slowest services I have had at any crabby Joe's in Ontario. I waited over an hour for my food!! This can be understandable when it is busy. The part that upsets me is we sat with empty drinks for several minutes through out our wait. When the food came it was cold, and almost like they intentionally waited for it to be cold to serve it to us. I wouldn't go her again for food but maybe drinks at the bar. That's it that's all!!!! read more

Got takeout and it was just, not good. All food was cold by the time it got home (we live approximately 5 minutes away). The noodles do not taste like they were fully cooked and the portions were significantly smaller than when we dine in. Can't really speak of the service because it was just takeout but still a very disappointing experience. Honestly all our food tasted like when you get a sad meal from a grocery store that's been reheated too many times. read more

I ordered my combo of ribs and chicken and it was an absolute delight! Ribs are tendered and marinated well. I love the touch of Thai chili sauce in their fried chicken. Overall, I found their food satisfying. It completely fulfills my food cravings. read more

if you want a mediocre dinner/drink experience then you will be extremely disappointed because this is even WORSE. I am deciding to write this as I am riding out the sugar high from the criminal amount of sugar used in the alcoholic drinks. the coconut shrimp was quite good, the only reason this review has one star. If you are trying to punish yourself for cheating on your wife of 17 years, then definitely order the Mozza sticks--- nothing taste better than guilty feels. Took my friend here for her birthday (it's been a rough year at work) and I can guarantee that we will never forget this birthday... you never forget such traumatic experiences. read more

I came for a beer and was charged more than I was needed. The manager said wait a couple days for the debt transaction to drop off. Also mentioned this has happened multiple times. I'm no longer doing business nor will I go to this establishment again. Please understand that the customer is right and don't ask me to wait a couple days when I simply wanted my 5 dollars since I was over charged. Thank you for giving the difference of the bill but this is horrible customer service. First of all, why did you tell me that this has happened before and you seemed used to it. I'm no longer going to your establishment because of this. This should of been done the first time. I was gonna buy food that night from you establishment while asking for my refund, but I decided to go elsewhere. Bad customer service. I hope this never happens again. Thanks for refund of what I was over charged, but this was shitty customer service. I've done customer service for over 5 years. This the worse I've had in a while. Hense why I'm doing Yelp. Please dont do this to any of your patrons that come to establishment again. Thank you. read more

Worst place ever! Food came extremely late and on top of this was cold too. Disrespectful staff + manager!!! Don't waste your time going to this location !!! read more

Visited 16th February. Wanted a burger and fries...I ordered the dbl cheddar burger with fries to go. As soon as I get home I look at the fries and there are probably 8 sticks of fries. Tasted terrible..4 were burned. Are you serious? The burger was even worse. Buns were rock hard, only a single slice of cheese when I ordered dbl cheddar and the patty was hard to chew through. Very weird, uninviting experience. Will never recommend this location to anyone. In fact..don't even eat at any crabby joe establishments. Unless you like to eat rocks and sticks... Dissapointed. read more

I came here last Thursday around 10 PM for a late dinner. The waitress was super friendly and even told us about the special of half-price apps past 9 PM when you order a drink. This special wasn't on the menu. We ordered the calamari appetizer with a hot chocolate drink as well as two main dishes. The place wasn't super full so the noise level was decent. The food came out on time and tasted good for the price that they offered. I had the Piri Piri Chicken Wrap and my friend had the Mozza Burger. Between the two main entrees and appetizer, it was a lot of food for the two of us. Portions were good and we were both very satisfied with the meal. read more

Well....we're seated in a booth as I type (although ultimately completed while in the passenger seat on the way elsewhere). We waited at the hostess area for at least 5 minutes, occasionally poking our head around the wall hoping to catch the attention of any employee, to give a polite heads up that someone was waiting. Eventually we just went and sat ourselves, menus and all. We waited another 5 minutes or so.....were patient, understanding that waitresses must be very busy but no one came to even greet us. Appreciating that our bold move to seat ourselves may have left them unaware, we turned our attention to a gentleman who appeared to be the manager to try and catch his attention. He seemed to be more interested in the Leafs game, leaning up against a counter drinking pop. Several tables were left dirty for the duration of our brief visit, along with other random people going from being seated watching the game, into the kitchen and back again. None looking like they were employees, rather friends of friends who by association were given carte Blanche to enter the kitchen and serve themselves, only to return to their tables. Poor, rather non-existent service makes me think I won't be returning anytime soon! And....off to The Keg we go! read more

My wife and I arrived in KW late this evening and decided to head out and grab some supper. Upon seeing Crabby Joe's she suggested we try it knowing I had eaten at the chain before and enjoyed it. Upon arriving it was a nice and clean environment if not a little loud, but the Jays were playing so that's pretty typical and to be expected. Everything was fine until I noticed from my vantage point, which looked into the kitchen, the cook bite his finger nail and spit it out. Our server arrived immediately after and asked if we were ready to order. I explained that we were not and as a result of what I had just witnessed would not be dining there tonight. To her credit she looked horrified and apologized immediately. We left, never to return. read more

I have not had such a horrible dinner out in a long time if ever. So many things were horribly presented and not dealt with properly at all. First off everything including taking mine and my husband's drink order/food order took over half hour and that's not exaggerating! It was kind of busy so I didn't really think much of that. We got our drinks, they also took so long and when my husband got his (warm) beer he took a sip and literally cut his lip on the big chip on the glass. We told the server and he brought a new beer, once again being understanding we didn't think about it again. It was when our apps came (nachos and dip with pita) the pita had a hair literally almost baked into it, how does that even happen? So the waiter took this away without saying anything and brought us another one in literally two seconds (which was weird because the first one took over an hour) we were told that it was another tables and they could wait. That's when I couldn't keep my mouth shut anymore, I politely told the server that we didn't want to stay any longer and wanted the bill. This is the kicker, not that I go anywheres thinking I deserve anything for free but we got charged for everything and like things we couldn't eat considering the hair and the beer with the chip and only two sips out of it. I had to explain why I thought this was ridiculous, in the end our bill went from around $40 to $34 ... This being said, I will NEVER go back to this place again and will make sure no one I know does either because yes, mistakes happen but it's the way they're handled and the way we are treated. If I could give this place no stars I would actually even better negative stars! read more

Had fish and chips. Pretty standard for traditional North American bar fare in food quality, taste and price. Service times were also on par with other similar establishments. read more

ordered 10oz new york sirloin，with ceasar salad as starter， tastes ok， meat wasn't very fresh. read more

Crabby Joe's - new york sirloin - Bars Near Me - Waterloo, Ontario

The deals are good -- some of the $5 martinis on Fridays are alright, paired with half-price appetizers (that I usually end up sharing) after nine, it's a really cheap alternative to other places in Waterloo. Service is sometimes a little slow, but I've never had a huge issue with it. Once I went with two other people; one of my friends left early and paid for her bill, but when the second bill came for me and the other person, it still had her items on it. I didn't realize until after I'd paid (by credit card) and the server didn't know how to fix it, so she just refunded me cash. All in all I'd definitely go again, because it's cheap and quiet enough to hear the people around you and I'm a sucker for their loaded cheese fries (and the crayons...). If you want a cheap place out and are willing to sacrifice some quality, Crabby Joe's is for you. read more

My family went out Saturday night for dinner, not realizing that 5:30pm would be such a busy time! All the restaurants we called had a 1 - 1.5 hour wait, except for Crabby Joe's. They had open tables and could seat immediately, so that's where we headed. We had our kids and my parents with us, for a total of 6 people. We were seated right away, now about 6:10pm. We were given menus and a booster seat for our younger daughter. No kids menus, crayons, etc. I tried to get the attention of the occasionally passing waitresses to try to get menus for the kids, or drinks for us, but I was ignored by three separate waitresses. After ... twenty minutes or so, my father finally managed to flag down a waitress by calling out rather loudly, waving, and nearly standing up. She took our drink orders and left to get the kids menus. Eventually, we received the kids menus and our drinks and ordered the kids' food. We usually do this as the kids have less patience on empty stomachs! It took at nearly another half an hour to flag the waitress down to give our orders. By 7:30, none of us had received food, nor had any of the waitresses returned to ask about drink refills or anything else. We again managed to flag down a waitress, who apologized about the wait for food, offered some sort of discount (unspecified at that time), said she would check on our food, and said it was because they were so busy. There were several tables that were empty, a table next to us had been filled and emptied twice in the time we had been there, and the waitresses ... honestly, they didn't seem to care much. They didn't seem to be in a hurry to do anything, they didn't seem concerned with how their tables were doing, they just chatted at the back, and walked to the front, then the back, every so often. The kids were really well behaved, thankfully, but it was very frustrating. Eventually our food came out - including the kids dishes, though I'm not sure how a grilled cheese sandwich with processed cheese takes an hour to cook - and everyone was relatively satisfied with their choices, but unfortunately my dish - penne rustica with chicken - was inedible. The chicken looked fine, but tasted like ashes and unfortunately the flavor carried throughout the dish. When we flagged her down to ask her to bring the check I mentioned my meal's issues to the waitress, and she apologized but that was all. In total we spent probably two hours there, two of us got a single refill, and had minimal positive interaction with our waitress, and almost no un-solicited interactions (we had to get their attention every time), and the bill was over $100. I'm not one to complain about a dish at a restaurant unless it is truly bad, but the few times I have complained I've had offers to replace the dish, to get a new and different dish, and/or to have the meal's charge removed from the bill. We didn't even get that. This was one of the most disappointing, frustrating, stressful restaurant experiences I've had, and that's saying something! I most certainly will not be returning to this restaurant, likely won't go to another Crabby Joe's (this was our first experience), and would highly suggest anyone looking for food NOT go to this restaurant. However, if you want to watch TV while slowly sipping your drink (goodness gracious if you need a refill!), this place probably fits the bill. read more

Awful service, been there many times and they change the rules on specials based on who's serving you apparently. (Update, emailed below twice and they never responded.) read more

We waited about 15 minutes for our waitress Renee to even come and say hello and get our drink order. Then the waitress finally came over and we ordered our drinks and food at the same time and we sat there for about a half hour wondering where our food was when we realized the cup my brother was drinking out of had lipstick all around the edge. finally the waitress Renee comes over and tells us there was a glitch in the system and our order hasn't gone in but she has fast tracked it seeing as we have waited so long. We wait about another 25 minutes and finally we got 2 out of 4 dishes. The 2 other dishes come out 5 minutes later and one of them is wrong. So we told them what we had ordered and waited another 10 minutes to get that dish. As my brother gets halfway through his quesadilla he finds a hair in his food. I can't even believe this happened. I will not be coming back to this location again. After getting the bill and asking to speak to a manager, all they did to right all of these wrongs was take a $6.00 off the bill and not even send the manager out. End of story just thought you all should know. read more

Thank you nicole and Trish our table had such a good time thanks to you two girls you made our evening so much fun! A extra thank you to your chefs for the fine dinner they made! Great food Great Fun and Great service! Thank you again read more

Crabby Joe's - a bar with a large screen tv - Bars Near Me - Waterloo, Ontario

The owner or the manager thinks he is still in India and thinks whoever work in the restaurant is his slave , i deliver Uber eat , i had a very terrible experience with owner/manager . somebody should inform MR Singh(manager/owner) that Uber drivers are not his personal servants, if you don`t make the food on time for us to deliver , we have the right to cancel your order we don`t get paid for waiting,the costumer who order the food pays for the delivery , you dont , maybe he need a little lesson on costumer service , when a uber driver comes to your restaurant he is representing the costumer who order the food , the driver does not get paid by you , nor he is under contract to your company and certainly not your personal slave regards read more

Horrible service! My friends and I were banned when we explained the service has not been good for a long time. We go there every week, the whole team. After yelling at our waitress and it wasn't her fault. He kept trying to kick us out before we received our meals. We stayed and then he kept coming back trying to get us to leave. Horrible management! Manager kept saying we have the best service, we explained our complaint and he said "NO, we have great service. Um what? No effort on his part to even try to make us happy. read more

The atmosphere was nice. I ordered a Carbonara and it came out not creamy at all. It was also bland and as if they didn't add any salt. I told the waiter that it was not creamy. He took away my pasta and added a scoop of alfredo sauce (or some kind of orange-color cream sauce) it was super salty! and that is not how you make carbonara!!! *facepalm* I dont think the chef knows how to cook. perhaps some cooking lessons from online blogs or even allrecipe will help. Even I can cook better carbonara at home than here. read more

Service is slow on a slow night, go for a game and you can forget about getting your meals within the hour. Even just a beer is tough some days. Do not recommend. read more

Great food. Loved the service.nice ambience with huge screens of flat screen TV. Would come again next time. I loved there burbun bread pudding. Have never tasted anything like this before. read more

Waiters are stupid and the service is brutal. Only good thing is the 40 cent wing deal...

The service was pleasant. The cashew chicken, haddock, chicken fingers, chicken sandwich and coffee all tasted good. Some of the food was not hot and the wait time was a bit long. read more

They've got some pretty sweet deals, like 40 cent wings and half off appetizers past 9 pm, but unfortunately the service as mentioned by other reviews is quite sluggish. On the bright side, the booths are provided with crayons so they can exhaust their creative energies while they wait for food! read more

The first thing I was greeted entering was the owner telling me that I can't bring my orange juice into the restaurant. It wasn't like I wasn't going to order any drinks, in fact I was planning ordering a drink or two. After he told me I could leave my drink outside which really upset whenever I came to this place before I would order a lot with my bf. After this ordeal I would never come back again. read more

I have been here many many times...the last 2 times were sad...sorry but no more! Wings were cold and soggy..and had to send flat bread back cause it didn't come cut. But they offered me a knife huh?? Wasn't busy but service was slow and always new staff that have not been trained properly. So sad read more

Went to Waterloo location tonight for wing night. Received wrong order not once but twice. No apology. Everyone done eating by the time I get proper food. Told I can not take my 4 left over wings home as they are a special. I ordered them. I paid for them. Seriously !! Was not offered any discount or compensation for having to wait to eat ....by myself. Never again..... I will NOT recommend this restaurant to anyone ! read more

Being that this is literally across the street, we have frequented this place on a regular basis since the day they opened. It started off okay, but now the service sucks. If they actually remember the bring the correct order the food is sub par at best. I believe they hire on a need to fill a quick spot basis, and training, accuracy, and customer service is not in the forefront of their minds. Last night on our 7th anniversary, we decided to head over just for a quick shot for old times sake. The bartender told us last call had been called and when we asked why as it was 20 to, she went ahead and retracted that. It would have been reasonable if it weren't for the fact that a table beside us has a full pitcher of beer and the other table had about 6 people who had full pints. The owner a white haired Habs fan,was more concerned with us having a quick shot and the time it would take to make them than being consistent and making money. Having managed Restaraunt, if you arent consistent, then you may as well close up shop. I guarantee that if it were a fight night last call would not have been called. After coming over the course of 5 years and supporting this business despite the decline, we won't be coming back, convenient or not. If you come here expect Wings to be delivered with out extra napkins, expect to watch your server chat with the bartender with your drinks in hand while you wait so they can finish social hour. Expect a children's menu, but they have quit ordering children's cups, and as every parent knows if you go to a "kid friendly Restaraunt" and your kids are 5 and under kids cups are a must. Expect a ridiculous wait despite there being only 4 tables. Expect in experienced servers who are sometimes downright rude (Unless you are a bro with a six pack. Oh and the white haired guy with the grimace in the corner who looks like he's stink eyeing you, that the owner and yes he wants you to leave if it's past 1am so he can do what ever is more impending than making money with his business. read more

Caught a show at Maxwell's and my girlfriend got hungry. Already had a drink so decided to walk over to Crabbys. We discovered their drink deals and all of a sudden she became a cheaper date! Way to go Crabbys read more