I am so happy to have this boiling crab right around the corner from my house (no more going to Rowland Heights) lol The service has been a bit lack luster, and seems to need some improvement. Tonight, we had Juliet who wasn't our initial server but took initiative to help us out while another server wasn't assisting us properly. Juliet got our order, brought our drinks, was open to conversation and made herself available at every opportunity. Happy to see her make the effort and it really showed!! Hats off to Juliet for great customer service read more

DELICIOUS lunch!!! The crabber fries are a must! Can never go wrong with shrimp, crab, and mussels too (shabang style). The front of house manager, Don, was so friendly, sweet, and personable!!! He'd check in and make sure our group had everything we needed! Thank you, Don! Our waitress, Amy, was also great at checking in. Food came out in a timely manner, great ambiance, and really good music playlist! Can't wait to go back! read more

Such an awesome experience at the grand opening on 06/02. Ecstatic this location has finally opened and is super close to me. Mariah was super friendly and very attentive towards my table. Entire staff were very nice. Everything was clean and the food tasted delicious. I cannot wait to come back to this location. read more

The Boiling Crab - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Brea, California

Food and service was spot on! Attended the special event as grand opening is in a couple of days. We ordered shrimp, amazing! Onion rings and chicken wings were also very good. Decor was done very nice, and location is excellent. Will definitely be paying them a visit in the near future. read more

First off let me say I love boiling crab. The location is great with good parking and the serving staff is awesome and attentive. Restaurant is very nice inside along with a cool patio. Only downside is they seem to have some issues with either overcooked or not fresh shrimp as they were mushy and noticeably harder to peel than other B.C locations I've ate at. Hopefully it's just some growing pains and it's sorted out soon read more

Place itself was nice and clean, service was fine. Like other yelpers have mentioned, the amount of sauce you get in the bag and the flavor/spice of the sauce does not compare to other boiling crab locations. Hope they step up their sauce game like their other locations in Rowland Heights/Garden Grove. Hope they get better as this location is closer to home. read more

Mariah was very attentive and was always checking on us to make sure we were good and always had refills. She made the whole experience fun as this was my first time at The Boiling Crab. Definitely recommend this place not just for the food but for the great service. read more

Came here with my husband and kids, there wasn't a wait time so that was nice! It was pretty quiet when we got in but as soon as we left the line was pit the door!! Staff is super friendly and attentive. We had multiple people come and ask us if we needed anything. I like that they all help one another, you can tell a big difference in service. Our food came out fairly quickly which was great! The lemon pepper fries were my favorite of our meal. The shrimp and sausage were also great, the only thing I will say is the sauce was more on the watery side than what I'm used to so I felt some flavor lacked in the actual sauce. It's a new restaurant so I didn't expect it to be what I'm used to in Rowland right off the bat. Overall it's a great place, appreciate having one in Brea and would come back again. :) read more

We almost went to reunion but saw boiling crab open. So obviously we had to go in. Sergio was our server but Gabriel saved the visit. He was so attentive and nice. Will definitely ask for him next time. read more

first time trying boiling crab and it was great!! the shrimp was cooked perfectly and the cajun fries were yum! the atmosphere inside was super lively too, which made our experience even more enjoyable. The servers were also great and always checked up on us to make sure we had everything we needed. read more

The restaurant was clean. The food was okay just need more sauce or seasoning or something. Our drink (sodas) didn't taste right in the beginning. Our waiter seems to not have a working mind set. He forgot to enter a few of our items that we ordered. We had to ask for straws like 3 times. Then when I came towards the end of our meal we could not find him. We wave down another staff member to find him. It ended up he left for the day without telling us. Our second waiter was great she was on top of it. Overall I Don't know if I will give this boiling crab brea another chance. read more

First review in yelp because I've never felt the need to acknowledge a restaurant as much as I do now. I came in a couple days ago with family for a night out. Food and service was amazing, our server I believe was a gentleman named Brandon. His service was amazing, not only was he nice and friendly he was very attentive and fast, knew the menu and helped us navigate since it was our first time. What was the cherry on top for me and my family was his Spanish communication. My family and myself speak Spanish and he was able to switch languages with such ease. Overall this server and the food made our visit amazing. read more

Nice place awsome service and super Fast service.. I love it because its just a couple of minutes from my house

I was looking forward to come to this place after it was opened, but it was sort of disappointing. I won't give his name just don't want him to get in trouble but he should be more attentive to his table, took our order and next time we saw him it was time to pay, other employees we had to ask for water and order more food, my grand kids love crawfish and that the reason we came here also I want to try new location. We have been at the other location ( Westminster) worth the wait. Prices, everything was market price on that print out paper??? I go to fiery crap and there is no market price and service is great . So for $200 I spend there, I use it as experience. Good luck I hope you guys make it there but I doubt it wth service and prices. read more

The food at boiling crab was as great as always! I love getting the 10 pc Cajun medium wings always big and juicy! All the staff there was excellent, and I want to especially recognize our server Sergio! He made we were taken care of and our drinks were always refilled! Definitely coming back! read more

Great service staff is friendly, food was on point. Highly recommend this new location

We were excited that The Boiling Crab was opening a location in Brea and finally had a chance to try yesterday; however we were disappointed for various reasons. I'll break it down into 2 categories that I was dissatisfied with, it was 1. Service and 2. Food quality, 1. Service: I think employees need retraining there. What may seem common sense, appears not to be so much more these days. We had a party of four and when we asked for crab cracker they brought only one. When we asked for gloves, they only brought one pair. You would think common sense would to bring a pair for the entire table or ask if everyone wants one. Secondly, waiters don't come around often. When they do, you get service like the above. Fairly nonchalant. Trust me I don't like waiters that come by too often because it gets annoying, but when you do please act like you care especially when customers are asking for things. Third of all, when we ordered we asked the waitress how many lbs each Dungeness Crab weighed so we can get a rough idea on pricing. She said each crab is about 1 to 1.3 lbs. So rather than ordering one we ordered two. When we got our bill, we saw that each crab was double the weight that the waitress indicated and we ended up getting about 5 lbs of crabs. Crabs alone was $150 and all of which we were unable to finish bc we ordered based on what the waitress had told us. As a result over-ordered. 2. Food quality. The mixed boil we got in picture included shrimp, claims, corn, sausage, and potato. The shrimp that has head on was mushy. I later googled to find out why shrimp meat can turn mushy. Apparently, this could happen if there are poor thawing techniques or stale/poor quality shrimps. This being a seafood restaurant , that's quite concerning if it was either of the two. It was quite disgusting and was concerned I could get sick after this meal. Then, the corn was pure mush too. I'm just assuming that may be from overcooking but not even sure it barely had any texture left in it. As for seasoning, I wasn't impressed by it at all. Quite frankly, I prefer Fiery Crab over this place. Our bill for party of 4 came out just shy of $300 before tip. With tip that's about $80 person. Do I think for the experience and food quality for $80 per person was worth it? HECK NO! Personally, think there are many better tasting seafood boils in this area that have better food quality food, price, and most importantly better SERVICE! read more

The Boiling Crab - Seafood boil - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Brea, California

Came here with my girlfriend to come eat, it was insanely good. The service here was super amazing especially Mariah she was very sweet, very kind, very helpful and was very on it with her service. She made my experience here wanna come back! Thank you boiling crab and Mariah for her service!! read more

The Boiling Crab - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Brea, California

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The food was mighty tasty, per usual! I haven't had Boiling Crab in a while so it was definitely a treat. We got the whole sha-bang with shrimp, king crab, crawfish, corn and potatoes. The catfish basket is a must. Onion rings were really good too. I like to dip both in the sha-bang sauce for extra flavor. The service was great. The staff was friendly and attentive. The restaurant was fun and spacious. read more

Amazing food as always. We got the whole shebang on our shrimp, crawfish and king crab legs. The potatoes and corn were cooked perfectly and is a must-have when ordering. The basket of fries and catfish were perfectly cooked and came out hot. The servers were extremely attentive, very helpful with recommending food and would come by every so often to check on us. I woukd definitely dine here again! read more

Mariah was an excellent server and was attentive and very professional! Excellent customer service

Hands down my new favorite Boiling Crab location! Waited only 15 minutes on Sunday. It's super spacious inside and parking is easy. Foods fire as always and service is quick and friendly. Finally a location close to home ‍ read more

I loved my visit to this location! Juan was our server and made our experience very welcoming and made sure we were taken care of! The vibes and staff are great and Juan's service and recommendations made those vibes even better. Can't wait to come back ! read more

Juliet is your go to girl! She's the best great customer service & treated us well delicious fresh food!

My friends and I always enjoy going to boiling crab so it was exciting that one opened up close by. The food was good, atmosphere great, and even better service! The restaurant had a fun, lively ambiance, and everything came out fresh, hot, and delicious. Anthony was an awesome server who was friendly, attentive, and made sure we had everything we needed. He made our visit even more enjoyable. We'll definitely be back! read more

Not sure what happened but the food was lacking flavor and sauce! Service was amazing but for as much money as you pay, should enjoy the food. read more

I love boiling crab . Restaurant is nice . But needs more flavor did not get the Cajun flavor kinda disappointed no spice

Great customer service from Shawn on our visit, constantly checked on and great food !!

SO glad this location is finally open! Great service and delicious food. We will definitely be back again.

10/10 recommend I went for opening day service was great and not to bad of a wait. Food was excellent and very delicious. Me and my friend even got free merch on opening day loved by the way. read more

I came to Boiling Crab Brea for my birthday dinner with a group of friends, and unfortunately our experience started off very rough. The wait to be seated was actually pretty quick, which we appreciated. However, once we were seated and assigned a server, laylani , things went downhill. We waited over 40 minutes before anyone even asked us what we wanted to drink. After placing our drink and food order, we still didn't receive water and had to get another employee's attention. By that point, we had already been waiting a very long time. What made the situation even more frustrating was finding out that our order had never been entered into the system before our server went on break. No replacement server had been assigned to us, leaving our table sitting there for well over an hour without drinks, water, or food being prepared. Thankfully, Cheyenne stepped in and absolutely saved the evening. She quickly got us our drinks, made sure our order was submitted, and provided attentive service for the remainder of our visit. Don, the front-of-house manager, was also amazing and worked hard to expedite our order and make things right. Robert was equally attentive and made sure we had everything we needed once our food arrived. Although it was disappointing to spend such a large portion of my birthday dinner waiting due to an avoidable mistake, I genuinely appreciate the efforts of Cheyenne, Don, and Robert for turning things around. Their customer service is the reason I'm giving 3 stars instead of 1. They truly redeemed what could have been a completely ruined birthday celebration. read more

Came here recently with my friends and it was such a positive experience thanks to our server Johan. He was super helpful with explaining the menu as it was a lot of our first times and he gave some good food recommendations. His service was also efficient and the shrimp was excellent. Glad to have come here and if you have Johan as your server you guys are in luck! read more

Went last night for dinner and food and service was fantastic. We had to wait about 45min to be seated because Saturday night but they were quick to seat once called and the food came out quick too once ordered. I'm not 100% on the spelling but Cienna was our waitress and was awesome and quick getting our order in and making sure we got everything we asked for. I think the only improvement could be maybe having some seating outside for the people waiting to be called. read more

Great food and friendly service. We enjoyed the vibe and overall dining experience. Catfish was awesome, shrimp, crab and crawdads were fun to eat. Lemon pepper was our favorite. Handwashing station with mirrors was a bonus for those messy eaters like me. We look forward to our next visit. Happy to have a new fun place to eat with our family and friends. read more

My family loves boiling crab. We've had it since it opened in Garden Grove. They opened in Rowland Heights so we went to Rowland Heights location since it was closer. The quality of Rowland Heights location was going down. It was not as fresh as before and we found out the location in Brea opened about a month ago and decided to try hoping the quality is better since it just opened. However, I feel like the boiling crab is a downfall. We ordered king crab legs and shrimp but quality wasn't so good. Half of the king crab legs were empty inside and some of them looked like it went bad. Out of 2 orders (2 bags) we only got to eat 0.5 bag. It was $90 per pound and was very disappointing. Shrimp as well, freshness was something we could not find. They even got our order wrong. Ordered 3 corns but eggs came in. I don't know how corns and eggs sound similar but we just decided to eat it. It was pretty a disappointing experience. read more

This was my first time at Boiling Crab and it was a very wonderful experience! We got sat right away and our server Amy was amazing! She was quick and patient with answering our questions about the menu and I ended up getting a pound of shrimp whole sha-bang and it was excellent! Amy was very attentive throughout our whole time there. 10/10 will definitely be coming back, food was great and outstanding service! Thank you Amy! read more

Finally checked out this new Boiling Crab in Brea. The food came out fast, the sauce spice was on point, and the staff were super welcoming. Looking forward to coming back soon for my seafood fix! read more

Juliet was absolutely amazing from start to finish. She was friendly, attentive, and checked on us regularly without ever being intrusive. She made sure our order was perfect, kept our drinks filled, and had such a positive attitude the entire time. Great food is expected at Boiling Crab, but great service like Juliet's is what keeps us coming back. Thank you for making our dining experience even better! read more

Everything was fantastic! Great service and the waiting passes by quickly. Definitely recommend this place because of the very nice ambient around. read more

This was my first time at The Boiling Crab, and I was hesitant to try it. Upon arrival, I was greeted and quickly sat. My server, Leylani, was great and made it a nice experience. She was friendly, attentive, and patient while helping us navigate the menu. Throughout the meal, she made sure we always had what we needed, and had such a positive attitude the entire time, and Johan was also very helpful! Great staff. This place was so yummy, and our experience so enjoyable. We'll definitely be back! read more