Never tried soft shell crab before and gave it a try. No comment as I am not qualified to be a judge of whether it was good or bad. The cajun fries were tasty and hot. The bread with some kind of seafood sauce and garlic was excellent. Service was good and kept my iced tea full. read more

Great Casual restaurant with reasonably priced delicious food! I chose to pick my boil. So good! Friendly service

This was my family's first time here, and it was amazing overall! The service stood out--our server was so patient, even though we kept asking her to come back because we weren't ready to order. She even gave us free seafood bread, which was delicious! My sister and I shared **Combo #1**, which came with shrimp, potatoes, corn, sausage, and crawfish in the special mild sauce--it was so flavorful. My mom had the **catfish and fries**, and my sister's **fish sticks** were fresh and didn't taste store-bought at all. The only thing I wasn't a fan of were the regular potato fries here--I prefer the battered fries from Red Crab. The restaurant's decor is incredible, with ocean-themed sculptures that make you feel like you're at the beach. The vibe is fun, relaxed, and they play great music. It's definitely worth a try if you love seafood and a cool atmosphere! read more

Storming Crab - Seafood Bread(4) French Fries Dinner Combo No 1 Kids Fish Sticks - Seafood Near Me - Ocala, Florida

We had the opportunity to visit Storming Crab again last week and we had a very pleasant experience! It wasn't busy or crowded, but the food came out hot and tasty. The host was very pleasant and our server, Mecca, was very pleasant and attentive as well. Hope to visit again soon! :) read more

Fantastic Food! Awesome service! Very clean restaurant. The tables are clean. The menus are clean. The bathrooms are clean. Would highly recommend going here for seafood. And ask for Emily as your waitress...she's the bomb!! read more

Storming crabs should be across the world ! They are amazing ! Me & my partner goes here every month ! We don't miss a beat. The food is so good & the service is top tier. We highly recommend to friends and family when they are in town ! The place itself is very clean & the decor is super cute with themes for holidays. read more

My son and I went to this location and got our food within 15 minutes of sitting down. The service was fantastic, we were greeted instantly and the food did not disappoint. I got a pound of shrimp, half a pound of sausage with corn. I would recommend this location for sure! read more

Storming Crab - Seafood Near Me - Ocala, Florida

We come here every chance we get. The food here is fantastic and so is the service.!!! if you haven't tried it you need to because it will put every seafood place to shame!! read more

We dove in before we could take a picture. We had the shrimp with medium crab house Cajun seasoning added potatoes and sausages. After being disappointed with almost all of the food in Ocala we were so happy to find this place. Plus they have a full bar! We will be back! read more

Service was quick and Timmy was Great! Food was Hot and Very Tasty. Bread was Very Good. Don't hesitate in coming in and trying this place. read more

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I stopped in for lunch on a Tuesday. There appeared to only be one table of guest. I sat at the bar and was immediately greeted. They still had Mother's Day specials so I ordered the #1 special which had: crab legs, head off shrimp, green mussels and I added a small broccoli. The bartender brought out seafood bread as appetizer. I was starving after my flight so this was a welcomed surprise. It wasn't really hot but very flavorful. My seafood bag came out a few minutes later and it was smoking hot. I got the house blend seasoning with medium heat. It was delicious. It was the perfect amount of food for me, I normally go overboard at seafood boil places lol read more

Nice, comfortable setting with definite seafood motif. Staff were all friendly and worked as a team. Food was good with large portions. Definitely worth the 35 minute drive! read more

We had a very attentive server, Perla. She checked on us a few times during the meal. It was our first time there. The food was good, but a little too salty for my taste. Maybe it was the Old Bay. We plan to go back, so I'll ask our server for a less salty meal. I got the 2 lobster tails, but I could only eat 1 because you get 2 servings of everything when you order 2. They bring you some delicious mayo bread while you wait for dinner. It doesn't sound appetizing but it's pretty tasty. It was quiet when we arrived; hardly anyone was there. However, the place begin to slowly fill up and IT GOT NOISY. Yikes! I loved all the decorations with the sharks, fish and the pirate. So fun! Parking was not a problem. We parked right across from the door. Great place. read more

I take my wife out shopping ever Sunday as a reward for taking care of me during the week. We always try a different place to eat. This time we choose the Storming Crab. On a side note, I am allergic to seafood but I figured they would have something for me. Not really, just wings. I ordered a half dozen wings because if I have never had them before, I was cautious. She ordered the crab legs. Like wing, you order the flavoring and they coat it. They bring the order in a ss bucket with the legs already seasoned. Let me tell you, I was disappointed with the presentation. I ordered the wings crispy, which they were not. The sauce was ok on the wings but the legs was pretty messy to eat. She said they were fresh enough. I ordered a beer, since the tap wasn't very good. The salad was tasty enough but I was to rave about the blue cheese dressing. It was outstanding. The service was just so, so. I still left a 20% tip. Until they add steak or chicken dish for us landlubbers, we will not be back. read more

Dear Chat - this place had good shrimp, but the hotness level of their sauces are absolutely weak. We progressively moved up to the hottest possible spice level for our boil and it was below that of a Tabasco spice level. BYOS - bring your own sauce. read more

We went back here to get dinner but we did take out this time and the food is still really good. Their house Cajun sauce is great! And the service was pretty good and our food came out fresh and flavorful. The lady taking our order was very nice, especially since we had to change something on our order, which was a bit inconvenient for her and the kitchen but she took care of it for us. I'll keep going back here! read more

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I was sort of excited to see a new crab/seafood place open up so getting here was only a matter of time: Storming Crab. I had been in the place before when it was Ruby Tuesday, so I can't say it looked too much different: sure, on the surface there is a lot of seafood related decorations and the salad bar is gone, but that was about it. We started with onion rings and a cup of clam chowder. The onion rings were nothing to be excited about but the chowder was tasty, really chunky and delicious. I had much higher expectations than what we received, I'm sorry to say. The crab was good. The shrimp was not very flavorful - it wasn't bad, just there. The corn and potatoes were okay and the sausage was not anything special. The fries were good and the gator was alright. Truly, just nothing special. Granted, it was only one visit, so I'm not checking it off, but it may be a while before we're back. read more

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It's been awhile since we've been there. In a word; food was disappointing. We ordered the #3 dinner combo: crab legs, little neck clams, sausage, crayfish, corn on the cob and redskin potatoes, along with a 1/2 dz oysters. Oysters were a decent size and appeared to be blue points out of Apilachacola Bay on the Gulf of America. Unfortunately the person in the kitchen didn't know how to shuck very well. The meat needs to be separated from the bottom shell. Little neck clams were over cooked and the sausage was sliced too thin. Corn, redskins, crayfish and crab were fine. But no butter was served and there was no salt/pepper on the table. Jay the server/bartender was polite and attentive. BTW the seasoning sauce was lackluster. Highly unlikely we will be back. read more

Excellent gator tail and service. Wait time was zero to be seated whereas Bob Evans across street was packed. Glad we ended up here.

We had lunch here the other day. The food was excellent! Their clam chowder was the best I have had in years. Our server was Jessica. Wow! She thought of everything! Phenomenal! She was personality plus! Professional. Servers need to take lessons from this young lady. All in all, we had a wonderful lunch that day. On our next trip to Ocala, we will certainly be dining at Storming Crab! read more

Very newly opened so why I gave 3 stars vs 1. 1. No liquor license yet so no bar area but can order bottled beer or wine that's it and not while you are waiting 2. New staff so he patient from the moment you walk in was chaos at the hostess station 3. Kitchen must be new because literally our food came out 1 dish at a time some cold some warm none that great 4. Seafood boil was decent was missing corn and potatoes but since took over half hour we didn't care and just ate it 5 amazing shrimp crab legs and crawfish was more than enough for 2 people of seafood 6 not sure Soave cause it was hot and we asked for medium tooo much old bay just yet garlic butter and abs for the old bay as a side out mistake 7 server was friendly but in the weeds and had a hard time keeping up Worth at least one visit maybe after they've been open a couple months and got the kinks out Would not go back on my own bit if friends or family wanted to try would give it another shot read more

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We like to check out any new to us place in Ocala. I will say right up front that the decor is very appealing. Our server, Haylee, was polite and friendly. She did adjust to our preference of relaxing, chatting with each other and having a leisurely dinner. The bar did not have bitters for my favorite drink of Old Fashion so I had a strawberry margarita. A pet peeve of mine is that drink prices were not posted on the menu. When the bill came, we found out that the margarita was $10 which is high compared to other places. Our meals of a fried cod fish basket and fried shrimp basket were okay. read more

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Poor customer service, food was over cooked and smelled very fishy, I do not Recommend. I have no plans of trying it again.

I visited the restaurant with a friend today. We ordered a fried oyster basket and a fried cod basket. The breading on both the oysters and the cod was very peppery. The oysters did not appear to be oysters. I pulled apart the breading and clearly was not oysters inside. Not sure what it was. The cod was over, cooked and extremely dry. We were very unhappy with the food in this restaurant. And definitely will not visit disestablishment again, and would not recommend it to anyone. I would rate it 0 stars. read more

This place rocks! Stopped here passing through, and this was a great surprise. We had the shrimp and crawfish boil which was more than enough for the two of us. It was drenched in Cajun/butter sauce and had just the right amount of heat to it. Our boys are gonna have to step their game up to top this one! read more

The service here was great! Our waiter was very attentive and answered all our questions! The food was pretty good and the prices were fair for the special of the month. I will say the only reason I give the storming crab 4 starts instead of 5 is due to price and the fact they are not very family friendly. By that I mean very limited choices for kids food but I understand that's most places! You can have your boil bag seasoned exactly how you want! That's a huge plus for me! But also a little pricy if you're not getting what's on special especially compared to other seafood restaurants. It was definitely a fun experience and the restaurant ambiance elevated the boil in the bag feel! read more

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Went in for lunch today & we ordered the Dinner Combo #1 with the Crab House Cajun sauce. We also tried the Seafood Bread. All I can say about the food is WOW We like that the food has a lot flavor but it's not salty. I would definitely recommend trying this place out. Our server Kearsten was amazing! We don't know what was better; the food or the service. We'll definitely be returning! read more

Storming Crab - Seafood Near Me - Ocala, Florida

Raw Oysters very good. Large and tasty $22.00 for dozen from LA. Then we order Combo A 1/2 lb. Snow crab and shrimp without head, potatoes, sausage and corn. Mild butter garlic with old bay very good. Husband had same but medium heat which was spicyThe only complaint was aisle were small and too many couples with rowdy kids. Needed space customers better. Elizabeth F. read more

Wonderful place to get good tasting seafood, such as crab legs, shellfish oysters And shrimp. I do not recommend the wing appetizers. Everything else besides, that was perfect. The ambience of the seafood shack was beautiful. The music was wonderful the service was exceptional. Will be going there again. The menu was very diverse. Had a variety of great tasting seafood, and options. I really appreciated the host/manager coming by and checking in on us to make sure everything was perfect. In addition to that the pricing is very competitive as well. read more

Just moved to Ocala. Was looking for a good seafood restaurant.Stopped in today and saw they had fried scallops on the menu. I knew they would probably be frozen, but was in the mood for scallops. Ordered them with onion rings and they came out soooo over cooked. Scallops were hard as a rock and so were onion rings. So disappointed that I will never be back. The server was very nice and offered to comp me. I declined and just will not return. Disappointing!!!! read more

This is my favorite place to eat. If I could afford, I'd eat here everyday. The flavor of the food is fabulous, food always comes out hot, and the restaurant is VERY clean! The service is good, I'd highly recommend Sarah! read more

First time customers. Take out, early dinner for two on a Monday. I was greeted right away and offered a menu. The interior of the former Ruby Tuesday's was transformed into nautical themed restaurant. Ordered fried ship and Cajun fires, and snow crab legs combo , mild with shrimp; head off. Our order was prepared quickly and packed nicely to go with everything needed including bibs for the crab legs. Once home we devoured our meals. The fried shrimp was good, would prefer butterfly, larger and more shrimp. The crab leg combo platter was the clear winner here. We chose mild, will go for the hotter medium next time. Enjoyed our meals and will be back for more. read more

Amazing! We try to come here as much as possible. Have yet to have a bad experience. Service has always been good, food has always been delicious and beer has always been cold. Kids love it as well. Love the family style meal where everyone just takes what they want. read more

The absolute worst place I have been. They unfortunately will not be in business long. They do not service their customers and put extra item on your bill. They short you on the amount of seafood ordered. Stay away. read more

Freaking amazing! The best scallops I have ever eaten! They were tender and the flavor was excellent! Not chewy or gritty like I have had at other restaurants. Highly recommend!!! Way better than Red Lobster!!!!!!!! read more

I absolutely loveeee seafood. I have eaten here a few times simply because they are good and offer specials once in a while. Storming crab is cheaper than Red crab, and that's a plus. My only complaint is that unlike other seafood places you only receive 1 piece of corn and maybe 2 eggs. You also receive only a small number of potatoes. read more

Ocala fl. Worst food ever!!! Ordered fried clams. cat fish. gator and fried okra. nothing had ANY TASTE threw most of it out!!! All three of us wouldn't eat it. A total waste of money read more

Absolutely loved this place my husband and family surprised me with a birthday dinner people are great food was delicious definitely will be eating there again read more

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What a rip off, 23.99 for one king crab leg and it comes with no claw.I also has shrimp about 6 and three little potatoes one piece of corn for 31.00 total .I left hungry. I will not go back. read more

I was staying at the hotel next door and thought I would give this place a chance. I ordered the crab cakes appetizer with a side of broccoli. The waitress brought out a piece of bread with seafood spread. Everything was wonderful. The crab cakes were small but they were the appetizer. The roumalade sauce was delicious. There was garlic butter so I dipped the steamed broccoli in it. I left satisfied. read more