4.6 out of 5 stars on crab cake. Hear me out…read more
If you want the closest thing to back home crab cakes you can find Charm City NEEDS to be on your list South Shore. I am 100% coming back. Portion size is on point, perfectly cooked, just enough added filler to stick together without any extra bs folks be trying to add, (corn and carrots do NOT belong anywhere near a crab cake - just crab and seasoning and sauce is all it is ) they check all the boxes.
Speaking of sauce, I love that they include sauce on the side. It's like an old-bay - mayo based mix, unique to this place and yum, it compliments the cake flavor and texture (which is a teeny itty, tiny bit dry) very well.
I consider myself a crab cake connoisseur, from 2005-2025 I made it my mission to try every crab cake possible in the DMV, Richmond to Baltimore, as a hobby, and passion! Life has been tasty! So far Koco's Pub in Baltimore is the golden standard. Here's why, I was so mad that they didn't have any Remoulade, this was the first place (local- big chains & knock offs are clueless) that said, sorry, we don't have that. When it came, it looked exactly like this one did from charm city, the only difference is the Remoulade was inside the crab cake at Koko's (and my house cause that's how I do it) and to be fair, that's the ONLY place that I enjoyed that experience with so a 4.6 is a really good score, maybe even higher.
The dip is rich, tons of crab, flavor and would taste good on toasted bread, or chips or celery if that's your thing. Overall definitely glad I found them and I had to give props where props is due!! No one can tell me otherwise, I'm so confident here!! Enjoy and you're welcome. Also, online ordering was a BREEZE, it was ready and I got text updates along the way. Love the communication and easy to do business process they have, even in a food truck!