James and Kenzie are always amazing! Food is fantastic! The service always comes with a smile!

Stopped in for dinner on a road trip and were delighted to find this clean, well-staffed, and welcoming seafood spot tucked into an unassuming shopping center in Amarillo, TX. We ordered the snow crab cluster and Toss-A-Net Drift with Cajun seasoning -- spicier than expected but still flavorful and not overwhelming. Everything was cooked perfectly and absolutely delicious. The owner came by to check on us and was just as kind and helpful as our server. Our family really enjoyed the experience -- great food, great service, and a great surprise find! read more

Food was very good but no plates for take out. Had to eat out of bags which leaked. Food was ready for delivery in no time.

Ive been craving crawfish forever. I live im California but took a road trip and this place was on my bucket list. I'm beyond grateful that I stopped here. Got 2 lbs of crawfish the size went above my expectations and the flavor was mind blowing. The catfish were HUGE filets OMG HEAVEN. But the best part was our server JAY WAS THE BEST. He's probably the best server I had in a long time. He was charismatic, the energy he had set our whole experience to top tier. He made THEE best drinks, my son just graduated from college and him and a few others celebrated with us. The absolute welcoming environment was top tier. I hope this place knows what type of server they have. JAY GETS 10STARS, GOLD STAR AND AN A+++. THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR EXPERIENCE AMAZING read more

The sea food was amazing. Only for 66 dollars you can get a bunch of sea food and good service

The seafood was overall - amazing! Definitely recommend! Our server was super nice and the restaurant was clean.

Great tasting, fresh food & the staff & owners are helpful, polite, & awesome - Thanks Dasani!!!

It was SO. GOOD. Upbeat music. Cental bar. Seafood Market prices on the wall- get the pounds or half pounds you love most. Served spiced up, buttery, and steaming in its bag, along with protection gear. Don't pass on the hushdaddies you'll want for the sauce. Overwhelmed?? Your server James will help you find what you want, he was lovely. Really. read more

Crackin' Crab - Seafood Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

We decided to try out Crackin Crab on Soncy while we were out and about on Saturday. It was a little more expensive than we would normally do for lunch, but not out of line with similar dining. We did The Cast boil: snow crabs, shrimp (1 pound), and scallops with a blend of Crackin sauce and lemon pepper (medium heat). It was great! I could have eaten 20 of those scallops! The food was excellent and the service was stellar. The owner (I forgot to get her name) was our server. What a super young lady! Top notch experience all the way around. read more

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What a fun place to meet friends for dinner! I had never been there before but our friends had so they ordered everything for us! We chowed down on scallops, shrimp, crab legs, crawfish and wings. The Cajun spice was just right, not too spicy for me! Our server and owner was very accommodating to our group that kept growing and growing! Go try this place if you haven't read more

Crackin' Crab - a pan full of shrimp, corn, and corn on the cob - Seafood Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

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I went here for Thanksgiving. I'm on a contract and couldn't make it home to see my family. They took wonderful care of me. The food was amazing and Kensi did a great job with recommendations and just chatting with me. I will definitely be back soon. I got the half pound snow crab, half pound scallops and half pound peel and eat shrimp with the Crackin sauce at medium spice level. It was perfect. read more

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Amazing serving sizes and awesome flavor! Ordered calamari for appetizer - highly recommend that serving as it is light and tasty without being too greasy!!! We moved on to order a pound of crawfish and a "cast" combo of crab legs, shrimp, sausage and scallops....can't forget a potato and a small cob of corn!! Our server was super busy as he was the only wait staff on duty, but he still provided an amazing amount of service and attention thru the meal.....we were mildly surprised at the whole experience and will return again when we crave seafood in the middle of the Texas Panhandle!! read more

Crackin' Crab - Crawfish were delicious! - Seafood Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

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Five stars across the board on this one. I didn't even know they were open yet. It was just my luck that after going to Jo-Ann's I decided to drive past and see what their status was. I was shocked to see the open sign so even though I wasn't dressed to go to a restaurant, I couldn't resist going in. There was no wait because they hadn't advertised tonight which turned out to be the first night open, the soft opening night. It was supposed to be family and friends night but they let other people in as long as they had room. My server was Miranda who was excellent. She asked what I wanted to drink and mentioned Pepsi products and then said, or, we have complimentary beer and Micheladas. I latched on that right away and ordered a Michelada and was even given a choice of beer so I got Dos Equis. It was delicious of course. I ordered the Shrimp Basket for my meal, $14.95. it included a choice of sides so I got one potato and one corn. They were very good. The shrimp were excellent, perfect temperature, perfect crispness, wonderful flavor. I enjoyed everything immensely and had no leftovers. Halfway through my meal I got my second Michelada, you could get up to two complimentary drinks. They had hard liquor available but possibly not yet. I was a little unclear on that because it sounded like they were getting their liquor license on Monday. That's pretty fast from what I've heard. I asked my server a couple of questions every time she stopped by and found out that tonight was the first night they were open. I was asking about the per pound market price on a few different items and they all sounded pretty affordable, as low as $12, with the King Crab being the most expensive. The boils had three different items, I believe it was a pound of each for $60 and I assume they were meant to be shared. II know I couldn't eat 3 lb of seafood by myself as much as I love it, lol. You get sides of corn and potato with them also. I definitely want to go back and try the scallops. There were plenty of servers so no staff shortage here and I saw plenty of cooks behind the counter working away at creating all the dishes. I don't think you will be unhappy if you give this place a try. I sure wasn't. The restaurant is in the former Pei Wei location on Soncy I asked my server if the other location was open on Western and I believe she said not yet but she also said that they were totally separate entities, not two branches of the same restaurant. Each one is a separate franchise if I understood her right. She said their location has the full bar but the other location will only have beer and wine available. read more

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Food is always great lots of flavor and taste if you want to charge up your taste buds go here

My wife and I had the Drift house boil and it was phenomenal! Highly recommend! Service was great and staff was extremely friendly! One of my new favorite places to eat. read more

I've had boils before but one problem I also see is not enough actual flavor, that all changed when I ate at this place, they have a unique style of sauce that packs a punch full of spice and flavor, I will make this a regular stop! One more thing, they fly live crawfish in from Houston, the freshest I've had in the panhandle hands down! read more

Crackin' Crab - Seafood Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

It was the worst I went there today for the first time ever and it gave me and my friend diarrhea really really bad we'll never never go back it was here in Amarillo Texas. read more

Over priced, mediocre service at Soncy location. Scallops ($31/lb) not available even though we were charged for them. Manager substituted the shrimp ($18/lb) when we ordered the Toss a Net "pot" combo with King Crab, scallops and headless shrimp. Unit price was about $60 for the #1 Cast. That has only ONE two-inch piece of corn on the cob, ONE very small potato and ONE piece of sausage that is also about 2.5 inches long. If you are sharing with others then you have to pay extra for additional pieces of corn, potato and sausage. Let me emphasize these are VERY small servings. When I pointed out that the market price of the scallops (which we REALLY wanted) was twice that of the shrimp and suggested to the waiter/mgr that they might consider comping us some corn and potatoes, he got angry and walked off later making a remark that I was upsetting him and being difficult. The crab legs are so small that it's difficult to get any meat out of them and the whole process is extremely messy and difficult so probably not a great place for kids and first dates. The "mild" sauce is spicy enough for most people but I doubt I'll ever go back and I'm sure the irritated impatient waiter will be glad. read more

Finally got to visit this restaurant! First of all, it was extremely clean and the servers were very friendly and knowledgeable. Secondly, Kenzie is amazing and very helpful when choosing boils, entrees, sides, and sauces. Lastly, the seafood was extremely fresh, expertly prepared, and reasonably priced for market prices. I highly recommend Crackin' Crab on Soncy!!! read more

Do NOT go on Wednesday night at 7:30! There was no warning at the door but it was open mic night and the acts were super vulgar. I'm not a prude but I had my 16 year old daughter with me and the "jokes" were about him hating white women (he was white) and he shined a flashlight at us because we were having our own conversation and trying not to listen to him talking about abortion and sex jokes and getting r*ped saying the f word and the p word multiple times. After 3 minutes I decided to get our order to go as it hadn't come out yet but in the meantime had to sit thru another girl's "jokes" about her husband going down on her and farting on him. To top it off as me and my 16 year old were walking out the girl made fun of us for leaving. The food ended up being really good but the open mic night was ridiculous! Do NOT go on Wednesday night at 7:30!! read more

Amazing yum! We always had a shrimp boil. This one tastes like you're on the coast. Crab your crap boil bib and dive in!!

Best Seafood I have had in a long time, we casted our net and fell in love with this place. Worth every cent! Will recommend this place to all my seafood friends. read more

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I wanted to love this place but our meal was not what we hoped. The fried shrimp was really good. I like the cocktail sauce too. The chicken strips were tough, rubbery and slimy! Inedible. The catfish was ok, I wouldn't order it again. Tea was watery. read more

Excellent food,atmosphere n great service! Amazing service, food is great people are great

Passing through Amarillo a few weeks ago, we tried this small restaurant. Very close to our hotel as well. The food was excellent, as was the only server there that night. He was very attentive to everyone as he was bussing tables, seating people, taking orders and delivering food. We will definitely come back again on our next trip to Texas. read more

Great food and service. Our boil bag had crab legs, clams, scallops and scrimp. We got the medium sauce and it was perfect. The room was a little warm for me, but not sure it was the room or me running a little hot. read more

Wonderful service all around - food was spectacular! Kensi (owner of this location) made us feel like home and was very informative! This is our new spot for seafood and when crawfish season starts! read more

Always a wonderful experience! Our order was not correct the last time we went and the manager was sure to fix the situation for us! Our favorite crab place in Amarillo! Such a great sauce and perfectly cooked crab! So happy to have this place here! read more

Great tasting crawfish & shrimp boil! Good service & fast! Owner is very proud of her business & puts a personal touch to meal. Clean & well staffed restaurant. Lots of pictures & atmosphere! Try it it's a good place to dine. Try it its great. read more

The food was amazing but they were short staffed so it took a while to get our food. The guy did his best as a hostess, waiter and cleaning the tables! read more

great service, and food! Happy hour has great deals. even though it's a seafood spot, their wings are . Great date spot

Best in town!!! Food was awesome!!! Great service!! Good location and music! Highly Recommend!!

Never been so sick within the hour then after eating here. I've had food poisoning back in college. No doubt got it from here last week. Great Service, yet was so incredibly sick. It was awful. Haven't ate seafood since. Sad part is we love these places. read more

My wife and I ate here Thursday afternoon. We had 1 lb of shrimp, 2 potatoes, and 2 corn on the cob. Price was very reasonable. We loved everything. Would highly recommend. read more

I've search sea food places not much luck but stopped by here today with my parents and all I can say the customer service very welcoming wish I caught the gentleman name very polite and professional. A nice place to take the family out. House Oysters is a must try. Snow Crab Boil really good first time here. One thing I will say is the soda machine needs a fix nothin to big but in all a very pleased with the food and service is amazing!!!! Will be back! read more

Crackin' Crab - House Oysters really appetizing - Seafood Near Me - Amarillo, Texas

Food was awful - one person got sick and prices were high. 20% gratuity automatically added. Will not go back. Group of 6 people and nobody liked. Cracking Sauce was plain bad - don't get it. read more

Place wasn't busy. Great server. Lemonade was good. Calamari was really good and we also had the "cast". Which comes with snow crab, shrimp, scallops potatoes corn and one piece of sausage. Was a lot of food and it was excellent!!! Got mild Crackin sauce. One of the best boils we've ever had. read more

We had some awesome food tonight at the Crackin Crab on Soncy. Go grab you some soon!!!

This place was fantastic. Very tasty and fresh. Our kids are a mess, and the staff was very kind and understanding of their destructiveness. We will come back for sure. read more

Where do I start? Visited Thursday March 24th around 6:45pm. They weren't busy. We had five of us. Said they were out of sweet tea? Guess they didn't want to make more. Had to ask twice for my dads Pepsi. Dad ORDERED blue point oysters but were house oysters. We asked to try the Crackin Sauce and after trying, the three of us order our boil with lemon pepper. (States on menu two sauces, cracking sauce and lemon pepper) Husband had two clusters of snow crab in lemon pepper, mom had king crab in lemon pepper And I had shrimp in lemon pepper which I planned on sharing with my 2yr old son. When order came out all of our boils were in crackin sauce. Owner came over to explain the "mix up". Basically they have one sauce not two. They have cracking sauce or cracking sauce with lemon pepper. lemon pepper is not its own sauce (Not stated on menu Nor was that mentioned to us when we requested to try the sauce) Owner went on to say it's a family recipe etc. My son couldnt eat the shrimp because of the spice. My husbands snow crab had hardly any meat. Mom complained about sauce and they remade hers with a butter sauce (wasn't listed on the menu but okay) all of our potatoes were under cooked. The owner literally said put the potato in my hand.... Said she would make a new one. We said no. 10 mins later we were brought another potato after requesting not to be brought one. Heard owner saying comp their meal don't make them pay but when we got our bill nothing was taken off. Our bill was 198.00 and my husband and son left and went to McDonald's while we finished. Server was sweet but poorly trainer. Owner tried to make it right but overall tried too hard and ended up making things worse. I hate leaving bad reviews and never do but this was embarrassing and we won't be back. We will visit Hook N' Reel instead. read more