This was my first time ever visiting this establishment I just moved to AZ, my boyfriend and I are originally from LA, we picked this location before he headed back to LA, I spent about $200 here the other night. I ordered 2 pounds King Crab, a fried shrimp basket, 1 pound of mussels, and a lobster just under 2 pounds also extras & sides, what brought the biggest disappointment to me was I ordered 2 pounds of shrimp and every single shrimp wasn't deveined, I'll assume because you have to take the shell off yourself but that's still no excuse, I found that utterly grotesque and felt I wasted a lot of my $ because I paid for shrimp that was filled with feces!!! I brought the 2 pounds back to my house and noticed after the fact, every single piece has poop in it!! If you ever decide to go here and get the shrimp, just don't, avoid at all costs, I'm highly upset that I can't eat my shrimp and that I'll have to literally throw out 2 pounds of it!!! I do not recommend this place especially coming from LA we have similar establishments called the "Boiling Crab" and "Hot N Juicy crawfish" I've never been so disgusted. Other than that everything else was pretty good, and our waitress was nice. read more

I was craving some crab legs and decided to visit Angry Crabs for the second time. The service wasn't great but the crab legs sure we're angry that scorpion sauce was hot as hell, but I sure enjoyed it even though one pound of crab legs wasn't enough. read more

Have had dinner here twice. The first time had the Dungeness crab and shrimp boils. Delicious shrimp, tasty and succulent. The crab was not as wonderful. Having been from San Francisco, we have eaten A LOT of Dungeness crab. This was a little mushy (well more than a little). The second time here, we skipped the crab and had the shrimp boil and added the clam boil, both were very good. We will return in the future. If you decide to visit the Angry Crab, be prepared for a messy good time. Also, if you don't order carefully, you can end up packing on way too many calories! read more

Fantastic! Food and service were wonderful!! We ended up sitting at the bar because there was an hour wait. Very glad we stayed. read more

Angry Crab Shack - The shrimp have eyes ! - Seafood Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

So another great get together with family and friends at this restaurant! Had ourselves A little reunion of lifelong friends growing up in Tempe! Service was spot on! 15 total in our party and beer was kept full and orders came out steady and hot! We all ordered an array of items! The party was thoroughly impressed with service and food! Looking to possibly set a date for another little Pre High School reunion at Angry Crab Shack! Thanks Angry Crab Shack for a job well done! We all shall return! read more

On our first visit, we walked into the Angry Crab Shack about ten minutes before closing. (I wouldn't recommend doing that bc they were out of a couple of things on their menu) & we had a great time. The servers were all very nice & service was great ~ even though we walked in at the last minute. The food was excellent. A fun & casual place that I would definitely recommend. read more

best place for a fun seafood date night, bag of crab legs, shrimp, potatoes, sausage and corn, with some gumbo!! the best i've had around here ! read more

Visiting from Chicago for Spring Break and looking for a good meal to celebrate my east coast born & raised husband's birthday request for seafood. This place was perfect! We had very attentive service from Noel and liked that things were done well and quick, especially with a preschooler in tow. The food was great, prices were fair, and I had a happy hubby when we departed. We are definitely coming back! read more

My taste buds were transported back to Shreveport, LA with the first whiff of the Cajun spices that my Perfectly Boiled Crawfish were soaked in. Once again after all these years, muscle memory allowed me to tear into the steaming "mud bugs" and extract the tender delicious tails and suck the juice from the heads. Refreshing Margaritas, and Cold Beers cooled our throats as my Sweetheart and I devoured the alien looking Crustacean, and then moved on to Shrimp. Dessert for us was a two pound Lobster! Tender, fresh, and sweet enough to bring groans of appreciation. I'll Be Back! read more

We meet around 12:30 pm on a weekday for lunch. We ordered shrimp, dungeness crab and homemade potato salad. The steamed bag of freshly cooked shrimp came first. It was better than average. The dungeness crab was smokin' hot! (Not the spicey hot but temperature hot! The way I like my food! It was a messy meal to eat but tasty. The service was attentive and very friendly that day. Besides the $42.00 + tab just for my crab - (which I estimated it would be) it was an all around good experience! (Just when I saw my portion of the bill compared to my companion's $12.00 shrimp it hits you a bit harder! :) ) read more

I like this type of seafood restaurant, can really satisfy your appetite. Always a line in front of the door waiting to be seated. I've been to other Cajun style seafood restaurant, their price and portion is the winner, just a little bit salty from my perspective. read more

I wasn't in the mood for the boil, so maybe that is affecting my review. My husband got the boil, but too spicy for me to taste. He liked it, but they got his order wrong he wanted sausage and it didn't come with any. They brought it on the side. I got lobster rolls, and they were fine. Lobster in Arizona won't be the same as on the East Coast, but they were still good. Rolls could have been better. Lobster was finely shred instead of chunked. Clam strips were fine too - basic presentation. I liked it all fine, but nothing for me to say I'm a fan yet. I may have to go again to be convinced. read more

This is such a fantastic place to take a date! Maybe not a first date, but it would be a great dinner for a 3rd date or beyond. It's dinner and a bit of entertainment! Here's the low down: Shellfish is ordered by the pound. You pick the flavoring and degree of heat. A while later the food arrives in bags and is unceremoniously dumped onto the table. There are no plates and cutlery isn't generally offered. You'll peel and crack everything yourself. It's a LOT of work, but it's a fun time with a group of friends or a chance to get down and dirty with a date. We've visited on 4 different occasions, and most of the time they have a lengthy wait for a table. During the hotter months they come by with cold water and slices of watermelon for those standing by. Very considerate! One last tip...don't forget to bring a breath mint! read more

Beautiful sway to spend a Saturday afternoon.... Drinking a nice brewskie and yum yum crab....life is Good my Friends...!!!!!! read more

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I have been to 3 different Angry Crab locations! They are all good,I have tried the shrimp clams crawfish crab legs gumbo hush puppies, Yum! There bbq is pretty good too!Oh and the cornbread! read more

It does not deliver the authentic taste of good crawfish..I spend $33.00 on two pounds. They were super tiny and it's crawfish season. I ordered the spiciest with two potatoes, three corn and four sausage. The crawfish were drrrrry and had no flavor with no spice at all. The corn were decent. The potatoes were biilg gigantic rustic potatoes cut in half. I am use to the small red potatoes the seasoning soaks into those easily. The sausage were literally four cut small sausages that you had to search in the rubble for instead of whole sausage links. I will never return. I just got back from Houston so the taste is no comparison. I just wasted my money and time. Or go to Vegas. They do not serve liquor either.. read more

Food: Extremely good. We got a pound of the crawfish with Trifectca 4 sauce and a pound of the shrimp with Pacific Rim 3 sauce. Both very good, but 4 was approaching my limits for heat (can go up to 5), and I can take extremely hot food. WE added potatoes and sausage to both boils. Sausage was fantastic with the trifecta and a bit weird with the pacific rim sauce. Potatoes could have been cooked a bit longer. We also ordered the gumbo and Cajun fries. The Cajun fries are HUGE and quite well seasoned. The gumbo was quite bland to start with, but we added some of the trifecta sauce to it and WOW, it really kicked it off and the gumbo was nothing short of awesome with that bit of kick added to it. The only thing I didn't like was that you couldn't get a sample of any of the sauces to gauge heat level without paying extra for it. Ambiance: Extremely casual. The walls have been intentionally gafitti'ed, concrete floor, basic tables and booths. Tip #1: Come prepared to get very messy... no utensils, a plastic bib and digging into a plastic bag to get your food is the order of the day! :-) (They don't do a good job of making that clear on their website.) Tip #2: Come for late lunch. Restaurant can seat about 100 or so but from what we heard can get pretty packed for dinner on any night and lunch is brisk. Tip #3: If you order the gumbo, add one of the spices they use for their boil to it. Service: All of the employees were extremely friendly and attentive, but the restaurant was pretty empty when we were there, so I don't know what service is like when it is full. Prices: Acceptable for seafood, about $20/person should do if you don't get drinks. Net: If you love good seafood and good Cajun/Creole, you really need to give this place a shot. I was right on the fence between 4 and 5 stars... If they allowed one or two free samples of the sauces and the gumbo was better without the personalization I'd give the nod for a full 5. read more

One star because this wouldn't let me give no stars. I have been twice now and both times I have left wondering what the 'frenzy' about this place is all about. The first time I had the crab legs (24.00 a pound) and after getting TWO crab legs, I figured this place was just about the profit margin and not the positive experience. BUT, I figured give it another chance. This last time I went and decided on the fried shrimp basket and calamari with a cob of corn on the side. My mother chose the raw oysters on the half shell. When hers arrived... they were frozen. Yep. Like a block of ice. All 12 of them. We asked the server if the oysters come fresh and he was honest and said, "I don't know how the food is prepared here." Yea. He said that. So, we sent back the oysters, got another platter which they obviously microwaved because they came out hot and she stated not too fresh tasting. They had a musty fish taste and odor. Then, my fried shrimp. I bit into one and well, raw shrimp inside. So, I tried another, raw. I sent them back and and the server brought me another basket. This time, I peeled the breading off and yep, raw. RAW SHRIMP. I just didn't eat it. The server took the basket back and I saw the manager tell him, "That is not raw. She's crazy." Hmm.... when shrimp is clear inside and cold, to me that is raw. The calamari was NOT FRESH. It had a taste of tunafish. I realize we are in Arizona and there are no oceans nearby ..... but other restaurants in town serve fresh seafood and for the prices you will spend at Angry Crab, I would assume they could afford FedEx fees. Twice was enough for me. read more

Honestly, the best part of the visit was our server, Liz, who provided great service. Our alligator tasted awesome but was a little over done. The potato salad was very bland and had almost no taste. The Cajun fries were good. The worst part was the shrimp we ordered. It was so overcooked that it was rubbery and very tough. When we left we were not very impressed. And for the rest of the day neither my husband nor I felt well and we were perfectly fine before eating there. Needless to say we will not be returning. read more

They tell you that their food is really spicy and that you should get one level down from what you think you want. I did not follow this advice and got pound of crawfish heat level #3: "burn your lips" hot which was not spicy at ALL- in fact, my husband who gets spice level 0-1 at any restaurant even agreed that it wasn't spicy. We also got the alligator basket which was waaaaaay overcooked, dry, and the batter was dark dark brown and the fries were over seasoned. There's no reason to put that much oregano on anything. Ever. The gumbo was good though and the first part of our order came out quick although not all together which was weird because my husband an I got the same exact thing except different spice levels. His crawfish came our first, then mine a couple minutes later, then the alligator basket didn't come out for another 15 minutes (I was already finished with my meal) and my husband thought they forgot the rest of our order. He couldn't find the waitress to ask her about it. I thought our waitress was really nice until the end of the meal when she decided to remove the paper tablecloth from the table WHILE my husband was still eating his alligator plate. She came and just started removing the paper saying "let me get this out of the way" so we had to pick up our plates and drinks and food mid-chew while our tablecloth was yanked out from underneath. It was extremely strange. My husband said "are you trying to rush us?" And she said no and was very apologetic and sweet after that so I don't think she was trying to rush us after all but it definitely seemed like that while it was happening - I don't know if this is normal procedure or not but it felt very unwelcoming. To prove that she wasn't trying to rush us, she took an extra long time bringing the check. With the 30 minute wait to get in, we were there got 2 hours (this is on a busy Friday night) They were very busy so people must love their food but we weren't impressed. I did like the music though. read more

When my hubby and I go to the angry crab, we make sure we say everything before the meal comes..because when it arrives we dont talk..we just eat and eat until we are done. You will hear some noises of ecstasy when we are eating the trifecta snow crab legs..we always start the meal with the fried shrimp basket with the Cajun fries and beans. And then we three pounds of snow crab with corn and potatoe. We Absolutely live this place!!!!! read more

Such a great concept for Arizona! I have been there four times, each time introducing the restaurant to new people. The shrimp and snow crab are my favorite! I love that you can choose your sauce and heat level, something for everyone! The seafood is fresh and fun to eat. Great for kids and non-seafood lovers also. The Cornish hen is so good and just one of the unique items on the menu. It's a great place for large parties or a fun date night. You have to try it!! read more

Angry Crab Shack - Day 3 of business! - Seafood Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

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If you like seafood you owe it to your self to go here. It can get a little pricey but it is well worth it. Everything about this place is winning. Staff, atmosphere, its a little tight to navigate through the restaurant especially if you're a bigger guy like me but the food is so good I would crawl through a mound of fire ants to get to a table just to eat here. The sauces are great, I usually get the milder sauce in the bag with the seafood and the hotter sauce on the side, trust me, the heat sneaks up on you. I always get some corn, a few potatoes, and a couple pieces of sausage tossed in to one of the bags. If you are a picky eater or don't like getting messy, this is not the place for you. read more

Thus place has a good vibe to eat. I feel the warmth of the owners and staff. The lobster is as good as any place in Maine.

don't waste your money, the king crab was so old, it had a horrible fishy taste to it, when I tried to use the crab pliers, it literally just bent in half even scissors were hard to open it, not ediable, the cornbread was so hard, literally my fork could not break it in half. this was suppose to be my birthday dinner, probably would have gotten better food at long John silver. read more

4 stars and not 5 because I've had better. It's by far the best in the area, I especially like their tamarind seasoning. The atmosphere is hella loud. I do not get why there's a wait when there are tables available. The service is ok, though there are plenty of rooms for improvement. read more

Angry Crab Shack - Seafood Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

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What an incredible staff! The atmosphere was delicious as well as the food. Prepare to get messy and do everything at the dinner table you were taught never to do! We had crab, shrimp, sausage, corn, red potatoes and cole slaw. The trifecta sauce with medium Heat was the perfect suggestion, from our server. The mix of spice and rich buttery chin dripping sauce was super tasty and decadent. It is really kind of hard to explain the experience fully, you just have to try it for yourself! Dress to get messy! read more

The service was excellent but the food was not as good as hot and juicy. We ordered calamari , alligator meat and shrimp by the pound. The calamari was good but the shrimp was not fresh. Some of the shrimp was soft and old. Also don't order the bread it's sour dough and hard . Giving it three stars because the waitress was nice. If it was just for the food it would only be two stars. read more

Angry Crab Shack - Seafood Near Me - Mesa, Arizona

This is not only my favorite place, but all of my buddies too. The shrimp and snow crab are the favorites - great tasting fresh seafood here in the desert. It's a cool atmosphere but don't expect silver service here. The food is served piping hot in plastic bags which you rip open and start peeling the shrimp or cracking those shells. Add corn, potato or sausage to your bag for a minimal charge. Expect messy fingers but don't worry - bibs are provided and there is a great wash up area to clean the sauce off your hands. I think they do have gloves too on request. I recommend trifecta sauce #2 but ask for a side of #3 to dip and increase the heat - awesome. Try the Phoenix location for BBQ - again sold by the pound and truly amazing - the brisket is melt in the mouth. Enjoy read more

So I've never been to this "Boiling Crab" place that everyone wants to compare this place to - but now that I've been to Angry Crab, I sure hope the former lives up to all the hype! I had a pound of king crab, a pound of snow crab, some hush puppies, and corn. The crab was delicious and I highly recommend the trifecta sauce. My crab was steaming hot when it came out, as was the corn, and both were cooked just the right amount. The hush puppies could have had a little bit of a sweeter taste, but that's just personal preference...all in all, really tasty crab and a delicious meal. I thought the prices were very reasonable and a good value. The service was pretty decent, and although I had the impression some of the crew was new at their jobs (they did just open up), I was satisfied with their effort. Lastly, seems like a great place to bring a group to share several pounds - going to round up some co-workers for my next visit! read more

Went to the Angry Crab last week with a couple of friends. I had never heard of this seafood in a bag concept, which is apparently the new "thing". I have done the more traditional clam bakes, etc. in the past though. I really enjoyed this place. Having been craving some East Coast food, this was an opportunity to at least somewhat indulge the craving since we are in land-locked AZ. The atmosphere was awesome, with picnic tables and kitsch all over the place. A nice laid-back place to relax and hang out for a while. Our waiter, Noel, was incredible. You could tell he LOVED his job, which was nice for a change, and he did his best to make sure we had everything we needed. We ended up with a smorgasbord of options from the menu. Got some oysters (they were huge!) and hush puppies for an appetizer and both we wonderful. For the meal, we did a pound each of shrimp, mussels, snow crab, and crawfish. We ordered it all in the trifecta sauce at a medium level and thought it had a nice kick to it. I wouldn't order it any hotter because I'd be afraid the heat level would overpower the flavor of the actual seafood. None of us had ever had crawfish before. Noel told us he would show us how to shell it, so we ordered. We were there late in the evening (after 8), so the place had cleared out considerably. Noel ended up sitting and shelling with us for about 5 minutes! A lot of work, but we all enjoyed the crawfish. The only negatives for this place would be the napkins are useless and the sauce was a bit oily, but that's a personal preference. All our food came out hot and around the same time. Will definitely be back! read more

First time visit on a Sunday afternoon. Walked right in and was immediately seated. The place was pretty full so that was a pleasant surprise. Server was prompt and very helpful. He asked if it was our first time and then walked us through the menu. Wife got crayfish and sausage with trifecta seasoning and 1 heat the kid got clams with traditional boil and 0 heat. I got mussels wiith corn and king crab with trifecta and 1 heat. Everything was great. The wife's crayfish she said were amazing. I have to take her word for it as I don't care for crawfish. The kids clams were very tasty and seemed hotter at 0 heat than our 1. We chalked it up to different seasonings. My mussels and king crab were the bomb. We also shared an order of Cajun fries and they were also great. Complaints - wife ordered sausage but didn't get it but it wasn't on the bill either. My mussels had a lot of broken shells almost as if it had been dropped. I assume this isn't the norm so no harm no foul. So all in all a very great experience. Big thank you to our server. He was very helpful, attentive and made sure that we were taken care of. Steve even got out daughter a marker and gave her advice on where to write her name on the wall. We will absolutely be returning, especially when my wife needs her crawfish fix. read more

Nice place to get your hands dirty! Crab legs were nice and thick, a little tough to get through but all well worth it! Different flavors for all the seafood thats bagged up just how you like it! Crowed and cool to mingle and socialize! Will definitely go back soon! read more

Awesome place here, enjoy the food and everyone who works here is awesome. Thank you Bonnie for a great experience.

Best place ever! Kids loved it. They got to draw on the table cloth. The staff and food was the best. Nothing like it for a great family night out! read more

Shrimps with trifecta sauce is the best! The King crab leg with garlic sauce is worth to try. read more

We have been going here for the past several years and have purchased quite a few gifts cards. We really liked the specials they had for happy hour. Since they have changed owners and removed the BBQ items from the menu there are only 2 selections to choose from. We have accepted that.. But the new managers are not near as good as in the past. Last night the gal at the host table was crabby as could be to us because we requested to sit at a certain table instead of a booth. If I would see my employee treat people like she did, she would be fired. We will use up our gift cards and then probably no longer go there. read more

Always so good! Never disappoints! From crab to shrimp to the hush puppies and fries. The only thing they need to work on is their soda, it was flat! I always return! read more

This was no Boiling Crab, but it came pretty close! Our waitress was extremely nice. She made sure our table was well taken care of and that our drinks were always filled. The ambiance of the place was very casual and comfortable. It was a very clean place where I felt comfortable enough to roll up my sleeves and dig in with my hands! They have two sinks located outside of their restrooms which made it even more convenient. We didn't have to stand in long bathroom lines. The food was very good. The sauce was excellent, but could have used some more garlic. I ordered a pound of shrimp in the trifecta sauce with corn and cornbread on the side. The cornbread was very moist and delicious. My friends ordered Cajun fries which were made very well with the right amount of seasoning. The shrimp didn't taste very fresh, but what could they have done...? We live in Arizona, not the coast! read more

Came on Halloween for a small snack had a lobster roll Graham chowder and oysters very very good our server was amazing thank you