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    The Mad Crab

    3.3 (55 reviews)
    Closed 3:00 pm - 9:30 PM

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    Outdoor seating
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    Special #1 - 1 pound snow crab, 2 half ears of corn, 2 potatoes, and 2 hard boiled eggs
    Victoria S.

    The food is out of this world!!! This is our second time coming to eat here and it did not disappoint. Do not expect "friendly" or "upbeat" service. Just come with your own great attitude and appetite! The decor is super fun but not over done. We will be back every time we come to St. Louis.

    Jumbo shrimp and crawfish

    We are not from around here, but being a Friday during Lent, we needed a meatless dinner. So we decided a seafood joint close to where we were staying. Plus, who can resist a seafood boil? I created my own bag with jumbo shrimp (with heads) and crawfish, a pound of each. I chose the mild garlic sauce. OMG, easily the best seafood boil I've ever had! The seafood was fresh, tasty, and perfectly seasoned. My wife got the fried fish with fries and my kids both got calamari with fries. Fish was fantastic and calamari was delicious! Service was great and the staff was super nice. I can't wait to come back, I would totally eat here again tomorrow!

    Lance L.

    Being from louisiana I'm always skeptical of seafood places in the Midwest! This one was a hit! So good! We got a few crawfish, shrimp, muscles! All were seasoned well and made fools of ourselves with the mess we made! No one seemed to care! Will always consider this place when I'm craving some seafood

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    ok so the food is very good I ate with my family everyone gave 10 out of 10 the best place to eat sea food

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    I called in looking for a crawfish. The Customer Service was excellent, as well as the price! They are currently offering curbside.

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    Service was cool. Ambiance was clean and quiet. Food was not good. Taste like it was cooked in old grease. Smh

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    Every thing was great and fresh...mild wasn't hot at all so next time ima try medium heat!!

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    Food was good. Fries were not great due to take out order but that's to be expected I suppose. Tasty food though!

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    The food was really good and the service was also good, the only problem was there was no utensils, but we manage

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