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The Crab Shack

4.0 (353 reviews)
Closed • 4:30 pm - 9:00 PM

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Moderate noise
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Good for kids

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Melissa B.

Every visit here is consistently delicious! The food is amazing, but what really sets this place apart is the customer service. Ofelia was our server and she was so attentive and kind, making sure not only our table but everyone around us was well taken care of. The ambiance is great, and this spot never disappoints!

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Mike C.

Easily one of the best cajun places ive been to. The shrimp taste decently fresh and their house sauce (some short of cajun) was pretty amazing. They give you a decent amount of sauce too. I had leftover sauce that i dipped my fries in. The calamari was decent, just too much breading. I could barely taste the calamari itself. It is a huge portion with fries though, so that's a plus. The best part is, they have gloves so you can keep your hands clean. Service here was good, they constantly checked in to see if i needed anything. Definitely will be back!

Natalie H.

We opted to try this place once we were unable to add ourselves to the waitlist at boiling crab. There was no wait here, we were seated right away. We ordered a pound of shrimp each. They are unable to do half orders. We also got fries and garlic noodles to share. The garlic noodles were tasty but they were lacking some spice. The sauce the shrimp comes in was good but different than what I'm used to. The fries took longer than anything else to be ready so that was a little odd. We had plenty of leftovers and the server even offered a to go cup for my drink.

The BOMB clam chowder.
Shannon N.

We had planned on going to another place after seeing Fiddler on the Roof at the nearby La Mirada Theater, but when we got there the menu didn't suit any of us. A few doors down was The Crab Shack, the menu looked good, so we went there. The atmosphere was fun and it smelled amazing. We ordered the soft shelled crab appetizer with onion rings, sweet potato fries, a burger and clam chowder. There were three soft shelled crabs, so perfect to share with the three of us. Crispy, juicy and flavorful, I'm still thinking of them. The onion rings and fries were delicious as well. The clam chowder was THE BEST we'd ever had!! And we are clam chowder eaters!! Real clams, in their shells, as well as large clams, celery and potatoes-sooo good! The burger was big, juicy and had bacon in the patty. I got two to go for hubs and son at home. The service was excellent, good suggestions from the server. Very nice establishment. I'm so thankful to have stumbled onto this little gem.

Cute activity for kids
Christy L.

I was craving seafood boil and ask my friends to join me at crab shack. This was only 10 minutes from my house but I've never dined here until today. I'm not a huge fan of the other popular place (Boiling.....) because it gives me an upset stomach every time I go eat there. So I've decided to give this place a try. We got the number one combo which came with three items of your choice. The clams, shrimp and crawfish were all fresh. However, I wasn't a huge fan of their sauce. That's where my 3 stars come in. And the corn had zero sweetness but the sausage was good. We all enjoyed our margaritas and our server was very attentive. Not bad but the flavor wasn't too exciting and felt it was missing a key ingredient.

"Fruity Booty" (Black Tea with Mango Strawberry & Peach). - $4.75. Refreshing.
Dan L.

The food here is delicious, but the restaurant appears to be understaffed. My buddy and I were waiting in line outside to get a table for what appeared to be approximately 15-20 minutes - which we found odd, as we could see inside the restaurant, and we were able to see not one but *two* tables that appeared to already be cleaned and ready for us to be seated (there was only 1 party ahead of us in line). I'm still not entirely sure why they made us wait outside for so long when they could have just seated us as soon as we got into line. After we were seated, it still took quite an unusually long while for us to get our order taken - this is not necessarily a criticism against the servers, as the two servers we saw appeared to constantly be hustling and did not appear to be dilly-dallying at any point (although I could almost swear our primary server seemed to be deliberately avoiding eye contact with us when we were trying to get her attention). A 3rd server would really have been beneficial while we were dining there (even if that would have resulted in higher menu pricing) - who knows, maybe there *was* supposed to be a 3rd server, and they called in sick that night. Luckily, after our order was finally taken, our food was served with great rapidity. Did I mention the food was delicious? In any case, if you don't mind a potentially long (and seemingly unnecessary) wait to get in here and get your order taken (along with less than comfortable seating), I think it's still worth the visit.

Love from. The owner. This dude can cook

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Food was amazing, the lady who gave me my food was a little rude, place was super empty so didn't feel comfortable dining in!

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Went for dinner with grandma kids. They loved it. Ordered snow crab and shrimp. They left satisfied. I would go back.

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