We definitely love coming to Bag O' Crab. It's the most authentic and closest taste to Boiling Crab that we've found in the Bay Area. I lived in the Bay Area for several years, and this is honestly the closest you'll get in flavor. There is usually a wait, but that's the same experience at Boiling Crab. I also love that they offer combo options that Boiling Crab doesn't. I can get snow crab legs and shrimp together, which are my two favorites. read more

Bag O’ Crab - Combo #2 with head on - Seafood Near Me - Salinas, California

Shrimp is the only good thing. Drinks are not good; they don't have any cocktails or true bar. They just pour buss balls into your choice of soda or juice. Do not order anything else but shrimp or real protein. Cost is cheap and inexpensive but it it because of the poor quality; octopus ended up being octopus steaks which is the cheapest part of the octopus. Sausage tastes like winnies. Corn is really good! Fries often are cold. Seating and delivery takes a while. We like to go and just stick to the shrimp and corn which never disappoints read more

On date night this is my favorite place to go I love the sea boils there and to add all my sides in my bag and I love to add a lobster tail in mine and the service is always perfect we love date night here. read more

Omg we found this place a year and a half ago when my husband started working a week in California a month so we drive from Portland or to Santa Barbara in one day and we stop here every time, the people are so nice they treat us so good they know we are tired and look horrible but the king crab is so so so good, there is sometimes they are so big it looks like a lobster but it's not it's sweet sweet crab in yummy butter oh boy I'm getting hungry thinking about it and we also stop on our way home it's just that good not cheap but we save just to go, the restaurant is so cool multiple tvs going games on news on very welcoming, it's always busy the ambience is fun little loud oh and Mr robot brings your food. read more

Why does a restaurant "close" at 10 but stops seating at 8:30 pm? I would get fine dining but causal dining? Be for real. We came looking for a party of 5 at 9pm because we knew we were going to be quick and knew what we wanted and we come to find out they stop seating at 830??? Not even most fine dining places do that unless completely booked out. Save the hassle. Service is always horrible here the only good servers are the robots lol. Just order take out. The food is fire but that's Litteraly it. read more

I love Bag O' Crab dowwwwnnn! So good every time. Servers are always so kind and it's just a good vibe overall. When they tell you a wait time it's usually pretty accurate which I can respect. The only reason for 4/5 stars is the cleanliness. I do sometimes notice old food splatter on the walls/seats and the bathroom always smells pretty bad and could use some upkeep (at least when I've gone). read more

Bag O’ Crab - Garlic Noodles 1lb Shrimp (Head off) Cajun Fries - Seafood Near Me - Salinas, California

Bag o crab is a friendly restaurant with great atmosphere! The Cajun fries were my favorite. We got the combo #1 for 35$ that came with two pounds of either shrimp, crawfish, mussels, clams, or octopus. Sadly you can't get two of the same so we did shrimp and crawfish. The seasoning is good! Mild isn't exactly mild, think that hot Cheetos are more spicy. I wish you could add more than one flavor because Cajun and garlic would've been great. Service was friendly and accommodating. I personally think there's more flavor at crab bucket. Both the shrimp and crawfish are big and juicy. The corn was the best out of the sides; potatoes, sausage, and corn. Would bring big groups here! read more

Bag O’ Crab - Cajun Fries - Seafood Near Me - Salinas, California

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It's so dusty and greasy ! Look at the walls and the blinds they are full of dust and the walls you can see the grease marks they need a cleaning ! A deep deep deep deep clean !! Look around next time you go especially above were the lights on the ceiling are hung ! Ew all them dust particles while we eat . Dude ... do better. read more

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My Husband has been craving Calamari and Chips for almost 2 weeks now so we went to Monterey to get some! But all 6 restaurants we hit had either sold out for the evening and another was no take out on the weekend So we came back home to Salinas and remembered this place we haven't gone to yet. The wait was almost and he, but holy crapola the food was definitely worth it for us! Can't wait to go back! read more

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The noodles are the item that will bring me back! They are really good and a very large serving. The shrimp heads on and sausage I'll go back for too. It's way better than the other place in town. Fast friendly service. TVs to watch your sports! Great for groups. read more

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A must try ! We arrived when they just opened, got seated right away. I'm assuming it gets busy quick. There was a good amount of people when doors opened. Yes a little robot pulls up to bring you your food but accompanied by staff. I saw a lot of complaints about that and I did not find anything off putting about that . Staff was so nice and always checked on us. Food was absolutely delicious ! Place is pretty big with lots of seating. I loved it and would return. Garlic noodles are a must if you love garlic. read more

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I was so hopeful when my daughter picked this place to go eat for her birthday. The service was absolutely horrible. The only saving grace for this place is the food. Its decent but over priced. And the damn robot they have ran into me every couple of minutes. I juat dont get. The bar service was bad as well. Let me save you the phobe call and tell you that its beer and wine only. I hope they get it figured out. Then there is the men's restroom. I guess its ok with them to leave puss all over the floor. Puddles and puddles of it. Be better. read more

Love the service always fast and courteous. Food is always flavorful and delicious. Got combo 1 shrimp head on and muscles. Overall great experience an environment would recommend read more

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The food was good. Good crab legs. But the place felt dirty. We were sitting next to one of the light up poles and the pole just had old food all over it. It made the food taste worse somehow with the lack of cleaning next to my face. read more

It is rare that I encounter an experience that I wish I could rate below zero. And this is the first time that I chose to eat at an establishment but based on treatment ended up walking out and not dining at all. Usually I wouldn't waste my time on an experience like this but I really believe this is something only management can fix. So here goes. Let me start by saying the name created no appeal to me as a potential hungry customer. Couple that with overall 3 star reviews and I would normally just skip that establishment. But when the wife and daughter are hungry I make concessions. This was no exception, it was a rainy day so I made a point of having them go into the restaurant while I parked. Of note, PLENTY of parking on a monday. I park and enter the restaurant a few mins later where I am told the staff would not seat them until all party members were there as that is the restaurant Policy. I scanned the restaurant and it was almost empty, noting that there were more staff than customers and they were all grouped up passing time by chatting with one another. Since almost all seating is for four or more persons it seems unreasonable to not allow a mother and child to be seating while the other parent parks the vehicle on a rainy day. It felt more like we were an inconvenience to the staff. And I am unwilling to support an establishment with my hard earned money when they choose to treat my family that way. So we left, drove a half mile to a nearby Thai restaurant with 100 reviews and a 4.7 rating and proceeded to drop nearly $100 there for good food that was worth my time and money as well as no disrespect. And for that treatment.... Priceless. Management needs to train their staff better, treat the patron with respect as they are what will ultimately keep you in business. And rethink applying what seems like apparent poor policies on a restaurant that clearly could use more customers. But I foresee a bankruptcy in your future. For those out there looking for good food and to be treated properly, Salinas offers so many better options. Recommend you choose those. read more

We came for dinner. The appetizers were very good . We chose bag 2 with the Atomic spices, it was delicious ,we all liked it. read more

Bag O’ Crab - Liked it! - Seafood Near Me - Salinas, California

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At Bag O' Crab, one can enjoy a wide range of seafood selections, including Dungeness, King, or Snow Crab, Lobster, Shrimp, Crawfish, and more. The seafoods are available either à la carte or as a combination, which includes corn cobbettes, whole potatoes, and sausage slices. Most of the seafoods are served in a boil-in-bag after one selects a seasoning (5 available) and the level of spiciness of one's preference. In addition, they offer appetizers, chicken wings, as well as a few fried & grilled selections. The staff are friendly and efficiently work together to provide great service and a pleasant dining experience. The dining area is well maintained, yet the restrooms could use a little attention. Reservations are suggested as wait times can vary from 30 to 60+ minutes. read more

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Ive been coming here since they opened really Good sea food boil and the garlic noodles are delicious do recommend coming

I can't lie, I love going here. They have robot food runners which is funny and cool I suppose. The staff here is very accommodating and nice 9/10 times. It's always very clean, although the restroom could use a little extra help. read more

Bag O’ Crab - Snow crab legs Texas toast Side of rice Cajun Fries - Seafood Near Me - Salinas, California

Food is great I would prefer they gave an option of not putting hot food in plastic with what we know on how bad it is to ingest plastic

I ordered a crab boil and the crab was still alive it started biting me as soon as I moved then I see the corn was moldy and they kicked me out because I'm black read more

One of my favorite seafood boils I have had! So flavorful, loads of sauce, and the food tastes fresh! I cannot wait to go back and try some of their other plates. It's child friendly, and fast service. read more

Bag O’ Crab - Seafood Near Me - Salinas, California

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This place never accepts walkins at 9:00 pm Friday night. I always come in and they say they cannot take any one in. They close at 10, and still don't accommodate. I drove an hour away to eat some good food read more

Food was good but it smells like ass in there. As soon as you walk in you are punched with this Horrible odor and the funny thing is all the waitresses act like there is nothing wrong but you know they smell it too. Makes your date or dinner or lunch not worth it skip this place go somewhere respectable. They don't care about you or your nose. They will act a fool and make you feel crazy about smelling something as raunchy as their restaurant Shame on them read more

This is the best crab boil in town. Lots of table space. It does get busy on the weekends. Fun for kids since they get the chance to experience the robot servers. read more

I came into this place on a suggestion from the hotel. They were quite busy and had a line but immediate seating at the bar. They have autonomous delivery system, which is very interesting to watch. I ordered the fried shrimp for ease of eating after seeing what some people had gone through with their boiled bags. The shrimp was very good with a great batter. I also had the lemon pepper fries, which were quite tasty. The bartender was super nice and helped me with my selections. They do a good job of keeping the countertop and areas nice and clean, and the TVs were nice Way to enjoy my dinner read more

Bag O’ Crab - Fried Shrimp - Seafood Near Me - Salinas, California

0 STAR If I could, I would definitely not even give this a 1star got checked in at 7:45 finally got seated at 8:45. They took our order right away, but sat there waiting for our food for 50 minutes and never got anything there was other people that got seated after us and they were already almost finished with their food. The worst experience ever this place seems to be ran by a whole bunch of kids that are rude and just seem to laugh it off. PLEASE HIRE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE. read more

We had a big group but the wait wasn't bad. The service was great service despite the wait.

This is one of my favorite food, the only think is that they need to pay attention on there restrooms as there really nasty. We start from there to see the cleaning of the restaurant starting with the restrooms. read more

Food is great. Customer service is pretty good. Kitchen is very very slow. Eat in wait times seem like they are prioritized as opposed to take out. For example, I have currently seen 3 groups of people get their food and I have been waiting for about an hour for a takeout order. Granted the takeout order is over 10 people, over half of that have been served already. read more

These bags are every foodie's cajun dream! I order a bag o' shrimp with the head off, in medium atomic sauce, with 2 eggs, potatoes, sausage and 2 corns and it is so so so bomb! My friend put me onto their garlic noodles that are so yummy and shareable (1 order easily feeds 2 as a side). I know people have drink preferences but something about their sweet tea goes so perfect with this meal. The vibe makes sense with the theme and seating isn't generally a problem but I have seen it get very busy as I'm leaving. The staff is generally friendly and I haven't had a problem yet and I hope it stays that way because i really like it here. read more

Bag O’ Crab - This time I had the crab legs but just go with the shrimp... better value IMO - Seafood Near Me - Salinas, California

Enjoyed going here on a weekday for my crab cravings. Thank you for the fast service. I found a new go to place

Amazing food and great service, we dine here at least once a month and it never disappoints

Good and tasty first time trying seaboil and it was amazing blast for my first time I would come here again and again

Always a great place to eat. The ambiance and service are good. One of my favoriteplaces to eat.

Watered down, lil flavor, poor service from waitresses.. it's decent for the area.. but hit up jellyfish in gilroy is all ima say.

Service, I'm very disappointed with this location and their service. I love this place the flavor is always the best. Unfortunately every time I come in staff is sitting down and talking among them selfs. 3-5 crew members just sit at a table at once. They tell me to wait 10 min before I can be seated when the restaurant is empty. Today at 9:20 they tell me the kitchen is closed already. Hours of operation say they're open till 9:30. This is the second time the staff close the store earlier than what is posted. Before it said it closed at 10PM at 9:30PM they would close the kitchen. Maybe now you should adjust your hours of operation to 9PM. Very disappointing. Is the crew the works here going to keep closing earlier and earlier till the location runs out of business. To Owner: If sells are decreasing at this location this might be why. read more

Bag O’ Crab - Location name - Seafood Near Me - Salinas, California

First I want to start off by saying if you're a boiling crab lover coming from the bay THIS place will NOT satisfy that craving. I really wanted to enjoy it and came with a positive view on this place because the pictures looked satisfying but unfortunately the quality of the food was not good. I ordered a clam chowder which was one of the first items to come out and it tasted watered down. We also ordered a basket for shrimp and fries which was probably the most decent edible item although the fries didn't have much flavor but it was doable. I ordered the combo #1 with Original Cajun sauce and a side of lemon pepper sauce and both the sauces looked exactly the same and I did not taste any Cajun in the sauce whatsoever. The smell and taste of the sauce reminded me of tomato soup. I tried so hard not to compare and find the uniqueness in this restaurant but I was forcing myself to enjoy the food and each bite was just distasteful no matter how much lemon I tried covering the sauce up. The service over all was decent, the staff were nice and helpful although the robot brings your food and you have to grab it on your own. read more

Bag O’ Crab - Combo #1lb Shrimp (Head on) & Crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Salinas, California

Moldy carb! My daughter's combo 2 came with a moldy smelly crab that tasted fishier than it should. When she looked at it closer she found mold growing on the body! She notified the server who suggested removing the crab so she can eat the shrimp. The contaminated shrimp! She really suggested my daughter eat the contaminated food! My daughter had lost her appetite and refused to eat the food which could have made her severely sick and left. Her friend paid for their meal but my daughter did not pay for her combo 2. The staff was indifferent about the situation and did not offer an apology or any suggestion to rectify the issue in a satisfactory way. The place was packed and they had waited over 30 minutes to get the stinky moldy food. Major fail Bag O' Crab! read more

Bag O’ Crab - Mold Crab - Seafood Near Me - Salinas, California

Food had hairs wouldn't recommend this spot to anybody go to boiling crab if you want some good seafood boil