Nestled in a shopping center with many food options. JC CrabHouse is a place to try with their All You Can Eat blue crab option. We paired our crabs with 2lbs of crawfish. The crawfish had a kick to them along with lemongrass flavors. The blue crabs didn't disappoint. They came out hot and were juicy. The place inside was slow but we got there around 4:30. There were plenty of to go orders going out the door. The server checked on us frequently and we were never waiting on our order of crabs. I probably eluding drive from Arlington to there, like I did last time. But it is worth trying if you're in the area. read more

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JC Crab House was a huge disappointment. The crabs were overpriced, overcooked, and undersized. I paid $120 for a dozen "XL" females that were actually more like mediums. Even considering it's off-season, the size didn't match what was advertised. On top of that, they tasted off, almost like they weren't fresh, the texture of the crab meat was dry/ mushy and the garlic butter was terrible. The drinks didn't help either--the sweet tea and half & half both tasted horrible. Service was average at best, nothing that made up for the rest of the experience. And to top it off, they automatically added an 18% gratuity for a party of 4 (20% for parties over 6), which felt excessive given the quality or lack thereof. Also, they do NOT accept Apple Pay as advertised. Overall: -4127/10. Would not recommend. read more

The waitress was so nice and the crabs were sweet and fresh ! The hush puppies were a perfect addition, could have eaten 100 of them! Preferred the garlic butter over the crab sauce read more

JC Crab House - Oysters - Seafood Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

We stopped in last weekend. It is cleanly decorated, and service was efficient. Food was piping hot and fresh! They had half priced oysters on fridays, which we took advantage of. You do have to pay for sauce which I think is a bit of a gouge since it's already expensive. It is a crab house so no fancy wine on the menu. I would definitely return. read more

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I must say JC's has the best crabs of anyplace I've been...and I've been to almost every crab house in the state! I go with a friend who also loves them, and we order the large or extra large males and they are heavy and juicy. We always have some left to take home. I recommend JCs over any other. read more

Very good customer service. Yao was our server. We ordered snow crab legs and they were the juiciest tasting crab legs I've ever had. Fried jumbo shrimp and scallops are also so good. Decor is very nautical cute in the dining area. This place is pricey but does not cut on quality. I was very satisfied I chose this as it was recommended by a friend all the way in Rockville. I will come back to get large blue crabs as that was the recommendation from friends. Cannot wait to try! I will be back. read more

The best place to get take-out crabs. We order a half-bushel from JC Crab house at least 3 times a year and we are never disappointed.

Was in the mood for crabs and found this place 7 minutes from me. We tried the fried shrimp basket and a half dozen #1 crabs. The shrimp was 10/10! The crabs were very good too and had plenty of meat and seasoning. The place was very clean and quiet. Would recommend :) read more

Food is great and the crabs were great! Friendly service! This place is a hidden gem!

I have been going to JC Crab House for a few years now. They have yet to disappoint. Some say it is a little expensive, but I am a firm believer in you get what you pay for. So I am very pleased. I always get the jumbo or extra large crabs, oysters and shrimp and the crabs are heavy and I normally cannot eat more than 3 or 4. And everything, EVERYTHING IS DELICIOUS!!!! The customer service is great. They are personable and very nice. I have a severe allergy to lemon (and other fruit) and they keep the note attached to my phone number and it comes up every time I call even when I forget to mention it. It is and has been my go to place for my seafood for a few years, so I am glad I live down the street and around the corner. Thanks JC Crab House. I appreciate the great food and service. read more

I am a maryland born crab lover... my friend and I were really disappointed... he prefers Crabtowne in glen burnie and I prefer SADLY Captain James in Baltimore over this place Just for $40 I live 5 minutes away and I was very disappointed $80 AYCE for small, medium and CRAP? none of my crabs were heavy. And I even had to REQUEST for service. I have been going to captain james annually and they give AYCE with HEAVY medium crabs for $40. This crab place isnt worth AYCE. If you have to pay $80 AYCE I EXPECT IT TO HAVE HIGH QUALITY AND HEAVY STANDARDS. SADLY IT SUCKS AND ONLY RECIEVES 1 TO 2 TABLES AN HR. I WILL NOT BE GOING BACK... make it worth it... and the idiot waiter even tried to upsell you to but a Dz for #1 LG for $99 hoping you buy that instead... what a pathetic way to upsell KNOWING YOUR AYCE IS SHIT SO MIGHT AS WELL AS BUY A DOZEN FOR THESE PRICES I was there at 1:30 pm on a Friday and only one other table was there. read more

The seafood is very fresh, the staff is very friendly, and the place is always immaculate and doesn't smell. Also, they have a major variety of Seafood to choose from. read more

This is one of the better crab spots in the Silver Spring area. They have a large area where you can eat your crabs there or you can take them to go. They also have a menu of other items on the menu, like shrimp platters, hush puppies, fried oysters etc. But I have not tried them. Their crabs are pretty good, it's rare that I will have a bad crab. Naturally crabs can be on the pricey side but this place doesn't take advantage. Their customer service is always great, no complaints there. read more

JC Crab House - Crabs - Seafood Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Crab was good, but fried fish is too heavily breaded to enjoy. Little taste or resemblance of fresh fish. Sorry, not my style. Nonetheless, I want this local establishment to improve and survive. read more

JC Crab House is one of the best seafood restaurants in the area. The food is excellent. The wait time is excellent. And the service/hospitality is excellent. Check them out. They are an excellent choice. -- Robert P. read more

Was in the area and saw good reviews for this place. Definitely exceeded our expectations, we've eaten at a lot of seafood boil places before. We got: - Steamed crabs with old bay - Crab sauce which has like ten different ingredients (this is a separate charge but they give you the container to take home as well) - crawfish - Fries - onion rings The Fries came out first and I have to say it was perfectly cooked. Someone knows how to deep fry back there (not dripping oil and perfect crisp. We had to order the onion ring since the fries were done so well. Crabs were tasty. Service was great, our discard container was changed out 3 times. read more

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I am giving 5 Stars for the quality of the Steamed Male Crabs that are tasty and excellent! The Fried Croaker and French Fries are very good also. The tartar sauce is home made. I don't recommend the Fried Whiting which has a strange breading/coating. The Cole Slaw needs help, not tasty. The Fried Jumbo Shrimp is fresh and has good flavor, but the batter is thick and overwhelming. I dislike that AMEX is not accepted. We know that AMEX costs more to operate, but why are you so inflexible to make that extra cost a priority over customer satisfaction? read more

Giving this 5 stars. We had the crab combo B (1 doz large blue crabs, 2 king crab clusters, 1lb steamed shrimp) plus a bucket of 5 beers (+2 extra bees) plus hush puppies. Everything was awesome. The blue crabs were heavy and sweet, hush puppies were yummy. A++. Just what we wanted on Labor Day weekend here in MoCo when we're not at the beach. One comment .... Usually at crab snacks they give butter and/or vinegar on request. Here they do... but $5 for melted butter and $2 for vinegar. My advice to the shop is this.... Charging for vinegar and butter at a crab shack in MD is culturally unusual when dining in the restaurant and may put off some customers. I'd say just add $0.50 to each order of crabs and include the condiments, and you don't need to give quite so much quantity. In any event we will be back. FYI. I read some of the few negative comments here and they are somewhat bizarre. One guy complains that $80 is too much for 1doz crabs ... he expected to get 18 for that price (what????) Others sound like they just don't really get the crab thing. read more

Place is a rip off. 95$ for 2 and about 3/4lb crab total. They do things by cluster not pound. Rip off

We tried this place as it is closer than driving to Baltimore or Annapolis. The bottom piling is -Overpriced tasteless crabs.

I was visiting the area and came across this crab spot. The food was good and the amount they gave was enough to feed me and my partner. There was not any other people in the dining area so the lady at the counter was very attentive to us. We would come back if in the area again. read more

Crabs and seafood is fine for the area. Only place you can eat year round. Wish you could have a traditional crawfish boil. Medium crabs are more like small. I get you measure point to point but when the points are long and skinny, and the body is maybe 3 oz.... Math don't math read more

Updated review. I understand that COVID is driving the price up food. That said, the price for crabs is absurd. Many similar restaurants have high prices if not higher. I have to say, if you are going to charge me almost $50 for 6 large male crabs, I think it is reasonable to expect them to be: 1. Actually large. 2. Clean 3. Not look like they have been in a drive-by shooting. On a good note, they were seasoned well. I have seen reviews of people complaining about the saltiness of their seafood, but I believe that is actually coming from the old bay seasoning that is used. I have come to learn, Marylanders love their old bay seasoning. Steam shrimp and crawfish in the past have been fine, but I could taste it that it had been frozen or a while. read more

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Absolutely delicious with HIGH quality! The food is incredible, the service is quick and the establishment is clean and well kept. This is my new go to seafood spot. Take my word and so many other reviews I saw. It's a great spot. read more

We came here for dinner on a very cold night, apparently most folks were staying in but we hadn't moved into our house yet so not much choice but to venture out. Hubby got a crab cake sandwich and fries, I got a fried jumbo shrimp and scallop combo plate with Caesar and Cole slaw, and we shared a lemonade. The only thing I wasn't keen on was the Cole slaw, but it is a personal preference thing not a quality thing. Theirs is vinegar based rather than mayo based and vinegar and I aren't exactly buddies. But, honestly I got pretty full from the rest of my meal. The quality of the seafood was great; very fresh, not gamey, the scallops were perfect texture, and the shrimp terrific as well. I like that the breading was light and crisp. The salad was pretty standard but hit the spot. I had a bite of hubby's food, I liked the fries and it was refreshing to have a crab cake that was clearly more crab than filler. The homemade lemonade was sweet and refreshing. Prices were a little high for it to be an every week thing, but the quality was there to support the price. I can really tell the difference between this and what we used it get in TX where we moved from. read more

Really cute place that just expanded the dining room. Cute decor, clean, and friendly service. Def recommend! read more

JC Crab House - Crabs!!! - Seafood Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Run, don't walk, if you're a Marylander! Great crabs, great ambiance, and good sides. read more

JC Crab House - Seafood Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

First time to order from them. They were very helpful over the phone. Ordered a dozen medium female crabs, steamed with seasoning on the side. It was delicious! I hope to be back to try more! read more

JC Crab House - Seafood Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Love it! My husband and I first came over the summer when looking for a seafood restaurant with quality offerings. We each ordered a delicious platter with exactly enough seafood and sides to satisfy our cravings and level of hunger. It wasn't cheap, but it was mouthwateringly good and we have done takeout a few times since when looking for quality seafood in a timely fashion. I really like that they have two sinks outside of the bathroom for ease of access before and after a meal. It's a cute clean restaurant, especially considering how messy eating blue crabs can be. Looking forward to many years of excellence to come. read more

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Diner beware! Stopped in for lunch. The place is cute, but NOBODY was there. Now we know why. Had two lunch sandwiches, hush puppies, and sodas. The total was $63 - which is insane for what we got, but it's not the worst part! I went to add the tip (she checked on us one time and didn't even bother to come to the table to do it), they had added 18% tip! I usually give 20%, but if it's not that great, I may give 15%, which is what I was planning on doing. She explained "it's on the sign" when I challenged her. I understand if there's a party of 6+, but we were TWO people. Absolutely awful policy, and the crab cake sandwich was not good. Avoid. read more

A very disappointing lunch experience. We wanted to switch out fried shrimp for grilled. No, can't do that. The crab cake tasted old and fishy. The clam strips were basically fried dough without clams. The homemade lemonade was made with a mix. In the end we left most of the meal and left hungry. read more

Ordered #1 male crabs (between medium and large), 1 lb of large steamed shrimp, hush puppies and corn for ~$100! The crabs were delish, as was everything else. And more than enough meat. We were also able to buy mallets and paper there for not much more along with garlic butter sauce. And everything is very clean & secure with covid19 -- plexiglass is up, only 2 ppl in at once and everyone is masked, and they have an interesting contraption to slide your food to you and your credit card. I don't understand the negative reviews of this place. Some crabs were missing a couple legs but this is NORMAL when you order crabs. None of the crabs were "dirty". Don't listen to the crazy people on here. This place is worth your money. I only regret not discovering them before covid19. read more

JC Crab House - Food, number 1 crabs, hush puppies, corn, 1 lb steamed shrimp - Seafood Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Horrible customer service and very overpriced. Seafood in the Buff is better. Not sure how this place is still in business.

Had a craving for Crabs. JC's is just up the street from me, so decided to go ahead and give them a go. Boy am I glad we did! We got a dozen large crabs, very meaty and sweet! They were seasoned perfectly! Will be heading back there again! read more

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Impressed with first experience and being during COVID. Large crabs were MD. XLrg & Super SC, MD coming soon. Staff very friendly, carry out was set up nicely as to not spread germs. May be a bit pricey but you pay for crabs. Flavor was good and just right amount of seasoning. Shrimp was good and corn cooked perfectly. Little on the small side but early for corn season. Nice to have a local joint when you're not up for a road trip to Annapolis. Great job guys keep it up and we'll keep coming back! read more

JC Crab House - Seafood Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Yummy steamed crabs & shrimp! If you can't do it at home with live crabs, let JC do it for you

I ordered steamed crabs to go. I had ordered the large size, but the crabs seemed small and were not heavy. They tasted okay but not sweet the way Maryland blue crabs do. For the price of 6 crabs ($50), I think I could do a little better somewhere else. For what it's worth, I only had to wait a short time for the crabs to be ready. read more

Good fresh seafood. Cooked to order as you wait. Generous portions. Grilled scallops, shrimp, crabcakes are very tasty. Clean basic restaurant plus available for takeout. Excellent service. read more

I gave this place a solid 3 stars. The crab cake sandwich was just ok.. the meat was fresh and a good texture but everything else (the bun, the lettuce and fries) were less than stellar; pretty soggy all around. I would say skip the crab balls! All filler, very hard to tell if there is any actual crab meat.. tons of corn and who knows what else... Sadly I don't think we will go back, which is sad because it is the closest crab place to where we live. read more

They have decent crabs!! Not the best I ever had but it's and okay last minute spot to go to! They are pretty pricey but the crabs are hit or miss sometimes read more