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The Kickin' Crab

3.9 (140 reviews)
Closed • 12:00 pm - 10:00 PM
Updated 3 months ago

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1/2 snow crab 1/2 shrimp combo
Kisha F.

This is probably one of my favorite places to get a seafood boil based on the sauce. I ordered the 1/2 snow crab 1/2 shrimp combo. It includes 1 snow crab claw, 1/2 lb deveined and headless shrimp, 3 sausages, 1 corn on the cob, and 1 potato. I got it mild and Kickin' style, which is a combination of their sauces. You get a lot of sauce and it's very flavorful. The mild is just enough spice for me. It's also very reasonably priced, staff is friendly, and service is fast. Highly recommend.

Half a dozen oysters
Erica H.

The best Cajun restaurant I have tried outside of Louisiana! I didn't expect it to be this delicious when we came, but the flavor was the freshness was perfect. They provided gloves and apron to put over your clothes, but my gloves broke half way through the meal. Maybe get an extra pair in advance. Besides the tasty food, our order took much longer than other customers who arrived later than us. It was quite busy during that time, but the wait was about 30 minutes for us to get the seafood.

Irene N.

I love coming here when I'm craving a seafood boil. I think for St. Louis, this is the best that we're going to get. I love that they line the tables with paper, they also give you bibs and gloves to eat with. The service was fairly quick, but it was hard for them to hear us at times, so we got some of our requests wrong (the room was loud on a Friday night). The prices are alright, but it definitely beats cooking it and cleaning at home. I love getting the snow crab legs, crawfish, and mussels. For seasoning, I get the medium with the kickin style seasoning.

RyMil H.

The seafood restaurant was open on Thanksgiving, bless their hearts. My family of 4 and another table were the only ones in the restaurant. Very clean and a lot of tables with plenty of space. The people that work here are so friendly and love children. We felt like we were home. The food: My husband and I ordered Cajun Mild with extra crab legs. This was by far the best seafood bag I've ever eaten. We live in Hawaii where we are surrounded by ocean, and the crab legs at Kickin Crab were way bigger and meaty. The seasoning was delicious. Couldn't get enough of it. We had potatoes, corn, sausage and shrimp (with head) along with our crab legs. Truly and great place to visit if you are in town. Our daughters had chicken with fries. Huge fan of the fresh, crispy fries. Good size portion of the chicken tenders too. Thank you for the great customer service.

3lb snow crab. Includes potato + corn + sausage. Easily feeds 3 people

Decor is not fancy but the snow crab is the bomb $30 for 1 lb of snow crab + corn + potatos + a choice of boil flavors with varied levels of spicy-ness + Free garlic bread? Yeah - I'm a fan. Or $72 for 3lbs of snow crab to share between 3 people is economical enough to do regularly. The Old Bay garlic sauce, mild heat must have crack in it because I crave it once a week. My only criticism is the state of the bathroom....Guys - it needs a clean. Other than that, the snow crab is worth the trip

crawfish and grass?
Huyen P.

ive been coming here muitple times and always recommend to freinds. But Is this what will you get while telling them the shrimps headon the last few time was too soft n not really fresh? Looklike my food wasnt wash tho

Quyen H.

We walked in with a couple of friends for a late dinner. It wasn't really busy so we got seated right away. We got a dozen of raw oysters, coconut sea snails, sweet potato fries and combo #3 Kickin style( snow crab legs, clams, shrimp head on and crawfish). I wasn't a fan of their oysters. Shrimp was pretty dry from overcooked. My friend got herself a bag of shrimp head off and it was much juicier and more firm than the shrimp in our combo. Service was good.

Raw Oysters
Selena S.

The location has a parking lot so easy access, the crab legs special was delicious! So nice and flavorful! Had a dozen oysters and those were a decent size. Reasonable pricing! The restaurant is very causal and has a beach vibe to it. Service was pretty good as well. Would be back again!

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Melissa N.

5 stars! And I'm not even a huge fan of seafood. The Kickin Crab is a Californian seafood restaurant that is opening a few locations around the country. You order clams, crawfish, shrimps, crabs, lobsters, etc. You order your seafood boil by the pound and it's served in a bag. You order whatever you seasoning you want and the level of heat. You can also choose to make it into a combo and choose from corn, potatoes or sausages with your bagged seafood. I ordered gumbo and a half of pounds of shrimps in a mildly hot Cajun seasoning. All I can say is... delicious! Very hands on experience--messy and fun.

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I have tried many cajun seafood places and I have to say that Kickin Crab is the best! Their sauce is just amazing.

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Soooo yummy definitely worth the stop we enjoyed crab , Shrump , fried calamari tilapia

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The only one I go to! The best in the Lou!!!! And I have tried them all!!! Always come back here!!

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How come you guys don't have delivery such as DoorDash etc?

We are working on partnering with doordash. It’s coming soon. Stay tune for our updates on that. Thank you!

Is the shrimp deveined?

Yes, deveined and the tail is still on.

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