Have to start of with the gumbo. The right amount of spice! Very good. Edamame was good too! The fried shrimp were plump and tasty! Good cocktail sauce also. The cod was tasty and the fries with a Cajun twist were a treat. Lots of snow crab in the bag with the trifecta sauce great combination! Good meal for the price! Will be going back! read more

long wait but well worth it. Great food! Service has been great everytime I have been.

This was the worst experience is a restaurants I have ever had - food was precooked and passed along as fresh seafood. Walked in the restaurant and the first thing I smelled was fish - bad strong fish. I wrote the Regional Manager of my concerns and below is how she responded. Hello XXX, Please forgive the late response, as I was out of town for some time. Thank you for taking the time to voice your concerns and opinions about your visit and our restaurant as a whole. I've reviewed your itemized complaints and will respond to them all individually. While my goal is to NEVER to alienate past or potential guests, we at Angry Crab have a very distinct menu and serving style as I will explain below. 1. A setup at the bar is necessary. You mentioned the items that you were lacking, so am I safe to assume that you were provided with napkins, butcher paper for the bar top and bibs to protect your clothes? Ketchup should have been provided as well, but salt and pepper is given out on request. 2. I am sorry for the strong smell and grit of the oysters. We pride ourselves on them. Did you alert Ed to this? As far as the accompaniments, our cocktail sauce that is served with the oysters has plenty of horseradish, so we choose to let our guests request more. Crackers are also served upon request. We noticed that the majority of our guests do not use them, so we try to prevent waste. Serving oysters with saltines is mainly an east coast style of eating, and we go for a southern gulf style of serving. 3. The shrimp in the Po' Boy is breaded, and I assure you it IS shrimp. 4. We have a number of our guests that enjoy the soft shell crab. But thank you for your suggestion. 5. Again, we receive rave reviews on the hush puppies. 6. Yes, our shrimp is whole and intact. There is no way to devein them while leaving them in intact. This is unappealing to some people, so we make sure to emphasize that before ordering. You are correct about our cooking process. They are boiled first, and then added to the sauce. It is a southern tradition to have peel and eat shrimp with heads on them and is served that way in many, many restaurants. 7. I'll take an OK on the onion rings. Again, our goal is always to provide the best quality food in the style that we have chosen to present it. While we take every suggestion and piece of feedback with consideration and thought, we stand by our preparations and presentation. There are things about our operation that some may not find savory, and we thank you for trying us out! Ed is actually the manager of the Mesa location. He has informed me that he already has taken care of the items that were not enjoyed by you or your guest, so we will not issue you a full refund. I again apologize that you did not enjoy your experience, and wish you happy dining in the future. Sincerely, Autum Perry-Sevilla regional manager Angry Crab Shack I just visited your restaurant FOR THE 1ST TIME at location 2740 S Alma School Rd - Mesa AZ. I was very excited to find a seafood restaurant on my side of town. Boy! was I disappointed in the food and the servers. We set at the bar to watch the collage football - I would like to start I understand that AZ is not the place to get FRESH seafood but please as you read my complete has nothing to do with you food - It has to do with the servers and the way you cook your food. Oh ya - also understand we tried a total of $74.54 dollars in food items on your menu. I would like to point out something to be approved on: 1. Setups - when someone is served at the bar the set up should be a no brainier - salt -pepper - catsup - hot sauce. ) We had to ask for catsup and salt and pepper. 2. RAW Oyster full dozen - the oyster was strong smell ( And I've eat allot of Oyster in my life time) The oyster also still had sand and grit in the half shell. (couldn't eat) Oh ya - had to ask for horseradish and crackers. 3.Shrimp Poor Boy - was not shrimp - not sure what it was. 4. Ala Cart Soft CRAB - OMG I would take it off you menu. (Nasty) 5. Ordered Hush puppies - doughy inside. ( need to add beer to the batter it would fry puffy and cooked all the way thru) 6. Ordered 2 pounds Garlic with butter. - Where do I start (with the heads on and the SHIT in the body of the shrimp what are you serving ???? The shrimp did not have any favor - seem to me they was cooked 1st and Butter and garlic was add to the bag. 7. Ordered - Onion Rings - Cornbread watch was just OK! I'm sorry but I can cook at home better than this - We did talk to the our waiter and he took the concerns as OH WELL! and said Angry Crab is not for everyone. - What is that - to me is poor customer services. read more

My husband and I ordered the (from live) crawfish boil with sausage, trifecta hot, shrimp in trifecta mild, and a shrimp po-boy with cajun seasoned fries. The crawfish were ok, my husband loves spicy foods, but when they say it runs hot, they mean it! I think we would stick to mild. The boiled shrimp were amazing. Don't forget to order the bread for soppin! The only part of our shared meal that I was vastly disappointed in was the shrimp po-boy. My advice, don't order it! The "shrimp" were a processed shrimp patty looking thing. The bread didn't taste fresh and wasn't even toasted. There is nothing authentic about this po-boy! Other than that, the service was great and the boiled seafood we ordered was delicious. We will be back. read more

SUPER LOVED IT! What a fun place to go!!!! Bring a permanent marker so you can write and draw everywhere! Never seen such a friendly staff! Awesome music, it's loud (but a really good kind of loud to where no one can hear your business), you never get bored looking around. The tables are lined with paper.....so you can doodle your heart out! Even on the walls and the chairs, too! Super festive.....just all around yummy! Food was excellent! I had the fried shrimp with the seasoned fries that seemed endless.....as soon as I ate one, another fry seemed to appear on it's own! LOL The staff are by to check on you if you need anything constantly.....and there isn't just one waiter or waitress.....everyone works all the tables. Can't wait to go again.....and if you have kids, they will have a hay day here!!! (Again, don't forget the markers, they're not supplied). ENJOY! read more

My family and I have been going here for years, pretty much since they first opened this location in Mesa. The service is always quick and good. The food is always fresh and tastes great! Simply put, best seafood in town. read more

My husband and I are fans of all these locations! We've lived in New Orleans and it's a taste of "home!" Today there was a minor snafu with the printer and my basket didn't come. After awhile, a cook named Colton came out of the kitchen and we asked him about it. He was ON IT!!! He made sure I got it in minutes, explained the problem, got me what I needed and came back to make sure all was well with my meal. He's an asset to this location and I like to say so when I see it. Nobody sees how hard the cooks work back there, but 2 thumbs up Colton and crew! Great job! read more

The food is very good and service is pretty solid, too. It is very spicy, even the 1 out of 5 is, so be aware of that. Good cheap beer too.

I've been eating here numerous times the food and service are great. However I ran into an issue with one of the order today. I order 10lbs of shrimp 5 order of sausage, corn, and a kajun fries. I ask the server Tanner if she got everything and she told me that the sausage and corn is in the bag. When I got to my friend house we open up and notice that the only thing missing was the sausage. I call back and told the server Tanner that she forgot the sausage. I got put on hold for about 10 minutes, after 10 min the manager answer the phone I believed her name was Christina and she told me that everybody got the hand on the bag and saw that they put the sausage in the bag. All I wanted is for them to apologize for they might forget. I could careless about the $7 for the sausage. But they kept on insisting that they put the sausage in the bag and in a way saying that I'm lying. This is the first time I encounter this and it will be my last time eating here. read more

absolutely terrible! raw oysters were mushy and every one had pieces of shell. soft shell crabs were tiny, tiny tiny and $7.50 each and no delicate flavor that they should have because they were drenched in their "creole seasoning" and I think the clams were at least one week old. the service was less than adequate since there were 10-12 people standing around. at least the beer was cold. I won't go back--better to have good memories of fresh seafood. read more

Went here for a second time yesterday. Wanted to let my uncle experience the same fun we had last time however this time was a bit disappointing to say the least. What was phenomenal last was a little below average this time. Giving 3 stars this time around bc I enjoyed it the first time. Ordered the exact same thing as I did the first time here however everything was over cooked! Alligator was dry as toast the oysters were over cooked and small, crab legs and shrimp were WAY over cooked and tasted like rubber. My uncle said that the experience was cool but the food wasn't something he enjoyed. I asked the waiter to bring me a side of hot sauce he brought me mild sauce. Don't plan on stopping here for at least the next 5 months to see if the cooks and waiters can get their act together by then. Crazy enough I wanted the waiter to bring us bibs for fun :) to take some pictures, that didn't happen so I had to walk over and grab them myself... read more

The atmosphere of the establishment was great. I liked how there wasn't a long wait and the food was good. Took a few bites from different food my friends order like the fried cod fish, fried shrimp, and fried catfish. The breading for it was on point. The reason why I'm only giving it 3 stars is because the crawfish had absolutely no taste to it. The crawfish was pretty much steamed and than tossed in their seasoning. The seasoning I order was the Trifecta which was really oily and didn't leave any flavor. The crawfish were fresh, which is a plus, but the way its cooked, it absolutely had no flavor to it. I come from the south and the way its supposed to be cooked is in the broth with all the seasoning. You want to cook all the seasoning into the crawfish. So when you start tearing it apart and eating it, all the great flavors would be soaked into it. Overall, the price was decent. As expected because majority of crawfish comes from the gulf of mexico and I'm sure it cost alot just to habe it shipped fresh. I would recommend it for those that want to try the battered stuff. Just not the crawfish. read more

Went to this place on good recommendations. First, the seasoned fries were very good. We had the "boiled" crawfish and a shrimp poboy. I'm from South Louisiana, so I know what these things should be like. By now I should know better than to ever eat boiled crawfish that isn't fresh out of the pot. They must pre-boil these with no seasoning and then when you order they throw the crawfish and spcies in a bag and heat it up. Not good enough if you've ever had real boiled crawfish. It might work better with the other seafood items they have. The shrimp poboy wasn't bad tasting... just on a small roll that wasn't poboy style. It should be called fried shrimp on a roll. A regular size poboy should be at least 8 inches and the bread is like french bread... not a gooey wonder bread dinner roll. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po'_boy. I'm sure this place has some good food, but for the $ I paid, I don't know if I want to spend more to find out. read more

Okay so I felt like 2 stars was too little but 3 was too much. I went with 2 because I love their food!! This was first time I've been to this location, however, and I have to tell you I was highly disappointed with the service we received. Usually I'm very forgiving when it comes to service around food but this was very bad. First, the waiter instantly was rude. It was so strange because I've never been approached with that kind of service. My cousin asked him a question about the crab and his replies were short and almost as if he was annoyed. Then it was a little warm in there so I asked if it was possible for us to sit outside. We had just ordered our food so only had our drinks at the table so I didn't think it was a big deal specially because we were at the table right in front of the patio door... the waiter once again replied annoyed "We don't have any servers working outside". ??? Oh I didn't know the 5 extra steps he would have to take would make that big of a difference. We got our food, it was delicious! No complaint there. Finished then bill time... paid in cash and that was a mistake. The guy gave me a $5 and a $20. Really?!? You couldn't break the $20 bill down so I could give you the right tip. I can tell you one thing for sure... I will never go to this location again and will definitely tell anyone I know not to either. I will go out of my way for their other locations now. Sucks! read more

Ok so it's New Year's Eve and my other half and I are in Phoniex. I'm here for the week on buiness . We just wanted to go somewhere close to the hotel that had good seafood. Long story short I found this place 4 minutes from our hotel. We didn't want to get dressed up and the place looked very local. Bottom line the food was great, not expensive , service was great and everyone was very friendly . You can go wine and dine and pay big bucks but you will not find any better food or service. It was like a hole in the wall place. Mostly New Orleans style. Basically you eat off the table so don't take anyone there that does not approve of Cajun etiquette that can't eat with their fingers. I have the option of eating just about anywhere I want to go. This place filled my seafood desires for tonight. The only negitive was the Bloody Marry I ordered that was really not that great however I soon forgot about it and ordered a Angery Ball . We had shrimp, crab legs , gumbo, hush puppies and some charbroiled oysters that were of the same quality found in Drago's in New Orleans. I will be going back the next time I need a Cajun Seafood fix. Try this place but be ready to eat. read more

I ate, or attempted to eat at Angry Crab Shack in Mesa last weekend for a family member's birthday ( large party). I read Yelp reviews before arriving, so felt the food would be good, and accordingly, arrived hungry. I ordered fried oysters, potato salad, and hush puppies with great expectations. My food arrived, and was I ever disappointed. The oysters were small doughy globs of batter with a few pieces of what appeared to be oysters but tasted of a mild chemical flavor ( not food related). The potato salad had a passable flavor but the potatoes had the texture of canned potatoes. I ate a bit of this because I was starving. My hush puppies were like small hard balls of cake dough, too sweet for hush puppies. The person on my right ordered a family size mixed vegetable side that arrived in a giant, clear plastic bag submerged in sauce and resembling medical waste. I couldn't bring myself to sample it, but those who did said it was too spicy. Every few minutes, literally, employees would burst into startlingly loud singing, yelling and bell ringing, possibly celebrating a diner birthday or someone ordering a special drink or dish ( hard to imagine anything worthy at this place), so conversation was difficult and nerves jangled. I left hungry, but grateful to go, as I felt like I had escaped from hell. read more

The food is okay. Not as good as friends made it out to be. The service was good, although, the restaurant is socially irresponsible. The foursome seated right behind us were drinking heavily celebrating a birthday. Throughout my stay, they ordered at least four shots and two drinks each. They made a point of screaming the count out with each drink they ordered. Within the hour or so that I was there, at least two of the four cried (seriously emotional crying) then followed by compensational joking and laughter and finally followed by a tear killing kamikaze shot. This crying happened twice within an hour. As we were leaving the foursome was arguing about who was going to drive and which bar they were going to. Apparently the only way to settle it was to order another shot and see who handles it better. The staff at Angry Crab was happy to help settle this argument. I got the hell out of there before they got on the road. read more

I have been to the Angry Crab many times and my family and I enjoy it very much! The food is amazing and the environment is very friendly and welcoming. Unfortunately, our last visit wasn't as amazing as our other ones were. Each time we go to the crab shack, our server is amazing and very energetic and happy to be serving us. This last time our server, Hung, wasn't as good as the other ones. He acted as if he had better things to do, rather than serving us, and he treated us as if we were "lower" than him.We watched him interact with others throughout the night and we noticed that he was never happy or smiling and seemed to be rude to his co-workers. I looked around at the other tables in his section and they all seemed to have the same expression as we did, not very happy. Nonetheless, our food was amazing and we will definitely be back, we may just make sure that Hung won't be serving us. read more