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    The Crab Bucket

    3.2 (293 reviews)
    Closed 4:00 pm - 9:00 PM
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Shrimp 1LB Cajun Fries
    Ryan A.

    The Shrimp was reallyyy good same with the Cajun fries. Servers were nice I just wish they refilled our waters more lol. But food was great just a bit on the more pricey side but you get what you pay for. The environment is super nice awesome and smells amazing but don't stay in there too long or else the smell starts getting to you. I recommend the shrimp garlic butter mixed with another seasoning.

    Fried fish and onion rings and seafood in a bag (meal #1, shrimp, clams, sausage, corn and potatoes)
    Lisa H.

    I wish I would have taken pics once the food arrived to the table Not sure why we hadn't visited this place sooner! We went on a Friday before it got busy (5pm) and was immediately seated, ordered and had out drinks within 10 minutes. They have robots that deliver the food to the tables and servers meet them there to serve. The food arrived hot and the taste was awesome!! One of the best seafood-in-the-bag places we've visited and we've gone to several. The servers and wait staff were nice and responsible too! We will be visiting this place again.

    Crab leg remains
    Kathy N.

    I would give three-and-a-half stars if that was an option. The restaurant is an odd mix of ambience. You wait to be seated, but then everything is served on paper and plastic and you eat with your hands and discard shells onto the paper table cover. Service wasn't very attentive, and server wasn't knowledgeable or descriptive about things like the sauce base (butter or what?) and spice levels. There was no flexibility about sitting, because the robot server needs to be able to navigate the aisles, and water has to be purchased. But the food was very good. The fish and chips with substituted sweet potato fries were crispy and good, with a generous portion of fish. The crab legs and shrimp were also very good. Be prepared, though, to get really messy if you eat shellfish, which is the featured menu choice. It's served whole with sauce in a plastic bag, and you have to crack hot shellfish with your hands and maybe a leg cracker. Thankfully, plastic bibs and copious paper towels are provided. Most shellfish is market price and can be steep but appropriate ($48 for king crab legs on our visit), but the shrimp was very accessible ($16) for a huge portion. Everything except shellfish is an add-on, though. Worth the visit, but not anything fancy. Sorry I failed to get pictures until we were done.

    Gloves

    Very demure of them to have these super cute gloves, very high quality and chic. As for the food and service, great as well. Keep these gloves pls, the girlies appreciate the little things like this. Thankss besties.

    Rude management
    Jessica C.

    Food is great. Service is terrible! Manager on duty is always in a bad mood and has the worst attitude with customers I hope the owner takes the time to talk to her. Customer service is very important and she does not realize how much she affects the small business.

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    Service was terrible, was there for about 1.5 hours and not once did our server check on us. Hands down the Worst service I've ever gotten.

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    Bag O’ Crab

    Bag O’ Crab

    3.1(245 reviews)
    0.9 mi
    Free parking
    Wheelchair accessible

    Shrimp is the only good thing. Drinks are not good; they don't have any cocktails or true bar. They…read morejust pour buss balls into your choice of soda or juice. Do not order anything else but shrimp or real protein. Cost is cheap and inexpensive but it it because of the poor quality; octopus ended up being octopus steaks which is the cheapest part of the octopus. Sausage tastes like winnies. Corn is really good! Fries often are cold. Seating and delivery takes a while. We like to go and just stick to the shrimp and corn which never disappoints

    It is rare that I encounter an experience that I wish I could rate below zero. And this is the…read morefirst time that I chose to eat at an establishment but based on treatment ended up walking out and not dining at all. Usually I wouldn't waste my time on an experience like this but I really believe this is something only management can fix. So here goes. Let me start by saying the name created no appeal to me as a potential hungry customer. Couple that with overall 3 star reviews and I would normally just skip that establishment. But when the wife and daughter are hungry I make concessions. This was no exception, it was a rainy day so I made a point of having them go into the restaurant while I parked. Of note, PLENTY of parking on a monday. I park and enter the restaurant a few mins later where I am told the staff would not seat them until all party members were there as that is the restaurant Policy. I scanned the restaurant and it was almost empty, noting that there were more staff than customers and they were all grouped up passing time by chatting with one another. Since almost all seating is for four or more persons it seems unreasonable to not allow a mother and child to be seating while the other parent parks the vehicle on a rainy day. It felt more like we were an inconvenience to the staff. And I am unwilling to support an establishment with my hard earned money when they choose to treat my family that way. So we left, drove a half mile to a nearby Thai restaurant with 100 reviews and a 4.7 rating and proceeded to drop nearly $100 there for good food that was worth my time and money as well as no disrespect. And for that treatment.... Priceless. Management needs to train their staff better, treat the patron with respect as they are what will ultimately keep you in business. And rethink applying what seems like apparent poor policies on a restaurant that clearly could use more customers. But I foresee a bankruptcy in your future. For those out there looking for good food and to be treated properly, Salinas offers so many better options. Recommend you choose those.

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    Phil's Fish Market & Eatery - Cioppino In A Bowl

    Phil's Fish Market & Eatery

    3.7(3.7k reviews)
    7.4 mi
    $$

    This place gets busy on weekends. You order at the front, grab your drinks on the side and go get…read moreyour table. The bar inside looked well stocked. Food can be perceived as expensive but remember you are eating local monterey bay seafood. Clam chowder was huge portion- good enough for 3 people at least. Fish portion was plentiful as well- good enough for 2 people at least. Fresh fish, batter was crisp and well flavoured. Fast service!

    Oh no, my beloved seafood combo sliders are no longer offered! Such a bummer, this has been my…read morego-to at Phil's for many years. Don't be fooled by the Sliders' presence on the printed menu or the whiteboard menu or on the Phil's Fish Market website, you will be denied with no explanation for the absence of their deliciousness. This time I tried the battered sole sandwich which was perfectly fried but unfortunately very bland. This dish comes with your choice of slaw or fries on the side: unless you are really into slaw, order the fries as the fish comes with a slaw-adjacent topping. Be advised that this sorta-slaw also contains thinly sliced fresh jalapeños, which I like but might take someone unaware. The Bloody Mary was good, as always. I really wish Phil's would improve the non-alcohol drink ordering process: to purchase a soda requires one order at the same counter as placing food orders. That's fine if you order a soda while ordering your meal however if you decide halfway through that you want to switch from Bloody Marys to a Coke, it's back to the end of the long food line for you.

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    Sea Harvest

    4.3(463 reviews)
    10.6 mi
    $$

    Great Seafood restaurant with a view of the Elkhorn Slough in Moss Landing. Service was friendly…read moreand was happy to answer our questions. I had some minor issues, however all the actual seafood was cooked perfectly and very tasty. My main dish was Rockfish From The Grill. My fish was perfectly cooked. I got my rockfish with cajin seasoning and it had such a great taste with the seasoning. My rice also was very tasty. I wasn't to impressed with the vegetables. They were well cooked but with no seasoning and just kind of there. The Calamari basket was so good. The calamari was perfectly fried. I would have liked an additional sauce. The prawn cocktail could have also used more cocktail sauce. Overall I had a great dining experience.

    Was nice to pop in here after a tour of the Elkland Slough…read more Hubs had the blackened rockfish plate with rice and vegetables- he loved everything but the vegetables that were not cared for by flavor before someone through them on the plate. Please season the vegetables if you are gonna serve them. I had a rock fish taco both Baja and grilled and a shrimp taco- in general they were good but could have used more sauce. Shrimp cocktail was good but weird- barely any sauce at the bottom of an ice cream glass with lettuce and tons of little shrimp- they use the word prawn lots but it's all shrimp. Flavor was good here.... Just oddly constructed. Calamari basket 10/10 I would have ordered another one, it was so so good!

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