Food was amazing I came for the first time and was impressed. I am definitely coming back again!!!!!!!

If I could give a 0 stars I would. Don't come here if you have a party of 6 or more. They will charge kids if they don't eat and just sit there. They will charge you a $44 service fee. read more

I wanted shellfish so my husband and I did a date night and went to Bag o' Crab for dinner. Upon entering, the first thing you see is a counter with a few booths and absolutely no smiling faces. Instead of smiling servers, you get muffled voices behind paper masks. We got to a table and the server gave us menus then placed or drink order along with an order of garlic fries as an appetizer. Drinks arrived - unsweetened tea and sweet tea. They're nothing to write home about. The sweet tea doesn't taste fresh, has an almost processed taste, so I think it may be Brisk or something like that from a fountain. Sorry but a place that claims to offer Cajun food should offer FRESH made Louisiana style sweet tea, that's just the fact of the matter! I ordered the head-off shrimp and mussels with corn and no heat garlic butter and a side of garlic noodles. My husband ordered the king crab with sausage and corn and he wanted his sauce spicy. The server proceeded to tell this long story about the sauces and no she can't bring samples to taste; they'd be $3 each in a fairly tall cup; she then talked him into getting his medium, saying she could take it back to try to get it made hotter if need be, but they're having problems with the kitchen and one guy has been waiting 45 minutes for his meal...and on...and on...and on...you get the point. Five minutes later, we had our entrees. But wait! Where are our garlic fries?!? Oh! Sorry, we're having problems with the kitchen but they shouldn't be much longer! ‍ Another star gone. The mussels were awesome. The shrimp was good - after I got past the infernal shell and legs and to the actual meat! The corn was abysmal - no flavor and tiny kernels, plus $0.95 for not quite half a cob?!? SMH. The garlic butter sauce was really but had more spice than it should have. I think they might have started adding some cayenne before realizing no heat. My husband said the king crab wasn't worth the $53 it cost. It was difficult to get out of the shell because the shell ended up very weird and didn't want to crack for him. He had to fight with the scissors to extract the meat. The sausage he had, though, was great, he said. My garlic noodles were really good and I added some of my shrimp to them, along with some garlic butter from my bag and that took them up another notch. I couldn't eat half of them and brought them home, with a bunch of the garlic butter scooped up with a mussel shell into the to ho container, they made a nice side for my entree of ranch chicken the next night. The one thing that was bizarre, out of place, and TOTALLY UNWELCOME was this stupid robot. It apparently brings the food from the kitchen. The server takes the food off the robot but why on earth does it exist in the first place?!? Why can't the servers get the food from a window in the kitchen and bring it to us themselves?!? The robot play LOUD obnoxious music that contrasts the ambient music in the restaurant annoyingly. Will we return? ... I don't know. I really enjoyed the mussels (after cleaning them...), shrimp, and noodles. The rest of our experience was just subpar, especially for the cost of the meal. The décor is uninspired, servers simply do the bare minimum their job requires, apparently the kitchen doesn't even do the minimum! We might try another location to see if they are similar to this one, but unless something changes at thus one, we'll probably pass. read more

We were on our way back home from southern CA and searched for a seafood restaurant. This popped up on google and we decided to give it a try. Got seated pretty quickly for a Friday night during peak time. The Dungeness crab bag was pretty good and are glad we tried the Atomic sauce which is a combination of all the sauces. They use cute robot musical carts to deliver the food to your station. Service was good. Even though it's getting so expensive to get good seafood these days it was worth it for us. I've never made such a mess on the paper lined table. read more

If I could give 0 stars I absolutely would. This was by far the WORST service I've received anywhere in a long time. We had to wait an hour, (no problem, we waited.) after an hour of waiting we were seated. We were immediately given a basket of silverware that had a giant hair in it. We then ordered. The side salad had hair on the plate, and in the salad. My noodles which I specifically ordered to come as a SIDE to my small bag (only of shrimp) they came out first and were cold and remained cold until my food came. I complained to the manager and he said well it's an appetizer and not a side. And I told him that's not true, it's listed as a side and was ordered as a side. My friends ordered rice as a side and it didn't come out early, it came out with their bag. When they brought out of scissors and crackers there was ANOTHER LARGE BLACK HAIR and we immediately called the manger over. He looked at us and said well they're clean when they bring them out but I guess I could get you new ones. (WHATTTT???! You guessed) Our server was horrible, hardly checked on us. Didn't offered us refills of our drinks until we asked, and then took over 20 minutes to bring said refill. I had to literally wave my hands in the air for attention to which the manager made eye contact with our table multiple times but continued to ignore us. The server finally came over and I said we were waiting for our refills and he said sorry he was checking on other tables. (So does our table not matter??) the entire experience was horrible. As someone who owns and manages a restaurant this is completely unacceptable. Will be contacting the health department read more

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Worst customer service ever. If I can give a negative star on a facility, this place would be it. Whoever this Omar guy is, should not work in this facility. Food quality is starting to get crappy. I wouldnt be surprised if this shit shuts down in the next year or two. Because it looks like its dying down anyway. The ambiance sucks. Also people like Omar, if he is the manager, does not know how to handle situations when customers are not happy. Instead he resorts to telling the customers "well if you dont like it here, you can go somewhere else". Well guess what Omar, we did go somewhere else and got better service, welcoming ambiance, and better food. read more

Food is ok. Service is very slow. Poor management. Waited 25 mins to be seated when there were plenty of empty tables. That just shows how understaffed they were. May be they misjudged Tuesday evening. No water is served for 39 mins after the orders were taken. They have a capacity of 242 people in the restaurant, and the server was taking order in notepad and puncing in the POS, wondering why not using a tablet or handheld to take orders. No one seemed rushed in the restaurant. The host and servers were just chatting and laughing at the host station while there were so many patrons waiting. Ambiance is ok, nothing fancy. I wouldn't go back and am pretty sure there were a lot who had the same experience as us today and felt the same way. read more

Great location and great parking area. Service is ok. Their seafood boil flavors are great but we noticed they clean out the whole crab, they take it apart from body and clean out the shell, the delicacy of the whole Dungeoness crabs presentation and all its other delicacy meat and juice is gone. Cook the crab whole, let the customer have the pleasure on opening and cracking the crab for themselves. read more

There's a weird robot that runs the food. No little fork and no silverware, only plastic, it's an absolute must to have silverware and the tiny fork for the crab meat. They don't dump the crab for you they just leave it in a bag, not a traditional boil at all, the server was baffled when we asked for garlic bread as an app. Would not recommend. read more

Over priced frozen food we ask for fresh they don't have any. Over price sodas $2.50 absolutely no flavor on the food . The only thing that's good is just french fries. Don't waste your time or money. We have asked two different workers same workers 3 times already for lemon or lime with salt and pepper but no service is terrible. read more

Bag O’ Crab - $2.50 for a can of soda. food is frozen ..corn not really feeling fresh. Over prized. Don't waste your time or money. - Seafood Near Me - Salinas, California

Man there flavors are so bomb the food was good definitely going back bomb the place was awesome inside and very clean

Tried to call to place a pick up order and they never answered I called about five times and waited for no answer. Such bad customer service

Sorry, not a fan of this place. If I'm paying $80 for 'bag 'o crab' I'm kinda expecting some decent amount of crab in the bag and not just a few skinny pieces that tasted like they were previously frozen. However, the staff seemed like they were having a good time though because alot if them were just standing around near the bar laughing and joking with each other! read more

The food was good surprisingly. That's why I have to give it a 4 star. got the combo #1 Cajun favorite with claws and shrimps. It's not bad for salinas place to have this kind of spot. The service was okay not bad. Usually it takes a while to get a table but we got in within 10min. So far for my first experience to this place was not bad at all. With food and service. The place was nice and spacious definitely will recommend. read more

This restaurant has become our monthly meet up spot. The service is always great, the food delicious and reasonably priced. Service is fast, reliable, and friendly staff. read more

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Food was great my daughter fav place to eat. Only thing is the wait to be seated but awesome place to eat

I believe the oysters on the 1/2 shell were pre shucked and they appeared to be frozen. Won't be back. For $25.00 for 12 no way!

First time here! And I'm blown away!!! Overall experience was amazing and I'm a very picky eater lol. Our server Bao was very attentive and helpful read more

This is such a fun restaurant! Be prepared to get messy, put your hair up in a pony tail! I was wearing my food! My husband and I shared a combo #2, perfect amount of food. Fun environment, fun to eat and the staff are super friendly. Very clean, only exception was the seat had crumbs on it, oh well. This little robot brings out your food, kinda wierd, but kinda cool and different. I think he was the manager, he gave my husband a free 805 thing for the bar. They were having a promo earlier and he saw my husband wearing an 805 shirt. That was super kind of him!!! I posted on my social media and a TON of people as asking where this was. read more

Bag O’ Crab - Combo #C2. 1 lb. Head-On Shrimp, 1 lb. Clam - Seafood Near Me - Salinas, California

Came in on a Wednesday afternoon. My friend and I were super excited to try this place. Glad to see they were open during lunch, moms day lunch while the kiddos were in school. All other boiling crab places don't open until 3. The place was pretty quite, and clean. We ordered a lb of shrimp- head on, king crab legs and a lobster tail. We went for the standard Cajun, medium. It was good. Not too spicy we're your nose is dripping. I definitely didn't eat the lobster. I've never seen a black lobster before. I asked our server if it was safe to eat. She took it to the back to confirm with the chefs, and they said yes. Well, per Google it told me not to eat it. So I didn't. She kind of gave us a hard time when I told her it was unsafe to eat and just didn't look right. Nonetheless she took it off the bill for us. Overall it was a good experience. Not sure if I'll order the lobster again. read more

Bag O’ Crab - Over cooked lobster - Seafood Near Me - Salinas, California

We came and ask to seat at the bar for drinks and appetizers. There were only few tables with people since it was 1:52 PM. The hoste/bartender state that he would be right with us few times. There were also 4 waitresses talking with each other and a runner bringing food to the tables. We waited 30 min and left without service . We never got even a napkins or water or our order taken. read more

Delicious bag o' crab! Atmosphere was great and had decent options for my non seafood eating child.

Went for father's bday dinner on Friday night, there wasn't alot of ppl in restaurant. We had 12 in our party but 10 of showed up together. Customer serv girl told me they had a table available but couldn't seat us until all 12 were present so we waited. After 30 min passed the 2 missing were not going to make it. Asked again for the 10 of us to be seated & walked towards table. Cust serv. girl came over to our table & told us we needed to go back to the front waiting area until all 12ppl were present. By this time, the restaurant had over 20 ppl gathered in the front door area waiting to be seated. That restaurant needs immediate help in people skills training to their employees. Needs organization training in order to have that place effeciantly. I was given a terrible attitude & dirty looks from the cust serv gal. Omar, the Manager was kind enough to let us sit at the table, enjoy our time for our father's bday after nearly 1 hour of going back & forth with them. UGGGH read more

Long wait and busy. The prices are a little on the higher end if you want seafood which is to be expected. Due to how busy it was our food took a while to come out and we were not offered refills on our drinks. I think if you went at a slower time it would have been a better experience. read more

The food was so yummy service was great I definitely will visit again when I'm in the area again the Robot was the cutest.

Salinas location doesn't take reservations by Yelp. I had a reservation on which I was looking forward to for a Sunday, when I got here, they said my reservations wasn't valid, nor could they accommodate me and my party, which I think they should've done due to the misleading of Yelp vs their "policy ". read more

The food seemed authentic and flavorful. The service was outstanding. Kylee was very friendly and tentative. I was seated immediately after entering the door. Kylee assisted me with my order as it was my first visit. My food was served shortly after I placed my order. Kylee and the other staff members made sure my cup was always fool and frequently checked if I needed anything. Amazing staff. I will return for more. read more

First visit and NOT worth it. Lady taking order spoke broken English and ordering was difficult. Got it to go. Food order was wrong; wrong fries, dressing for crab salad was gross and no choice was given, salad was small for $25 and had alot of crab bones to crunch on unexpectedly. Very little shrimp on the po-boy, mostly bread and lettuce. Will not go back. read more

I order Shrimp was Deep Fried Poor Boy sandwich w/ Cajun FF to go. This version was very tasty. They had Basketball game on the Large screen TV. They don't have there liquor license yet. Music was good. And the Robot that delivers your meal to your table, if you dining in is sassy and funny. Staff are friendly as well as courteous. I will return read more

I'm having a really hard time with this review because I actually did like the flavor however the food is extremely greasy!!!! The seasoning is great and zesty but the excessive amount of grease makes it truly unpleasant. My family and I ordered a few things. Rice, sweet potato fries, gumbo and a bag of the combo 3. The servings were ok. We order mango picante and pineapple picante which I believed were mixed drinks but they turned out to be flavored chulada beer in a can!!! As far as the service goes we were served by a robot so..... and we saw very little of the person who took our order. I told the server it was my first time eating there and asked for suggestions but she had no suggestions. I did not enjoy being served by a robot at all. Although I liked the flavor the service just wasn't there. read more

Ok we don't understand all the negative reviews clearly yall need to come give it another chance. Came in on a Sunday and we ordered 1lb of shrimp 1 of mussels 1 of king crab, a lobster roll, potatoes, garlic fries and calamari. Flavor we chose was atomic which is a combination of all flavors, it was delicious! Service was great, the mussels were fresh Súper good and big in size! The shrimp we chose was "head off" soo good as well and also big in size! Oh yea can't forget my perfectly done white rice! If you are one of the first reviewers and thought it wasn't a good place to come eat, just come back and give it a second go around they will not disappoint you! Only reason why I'm not giving 5 stars no music or game on tv "we are big on baseball or music" read more

Bag O’ Crab - Atomic shrimp head off - Seafood Near Me - Salinas, California

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This place is amazing. The environment is awesome. Everyone is soo welcoming and the food is great. Asiah is awesome and my favorite. Really recommend eating here. read more

Yum so good. Go here. I wanna go now. Love the shrimp and the fries and the noodles. Love it all.

I am so glad i tried this place, the boiled seafood is at the same lvl of boiling crab，probably better. Nice environment good service some of the food take bit time but all worth it. I am so glad i don have to drive one hours to san jose to get some good boiled seafood anymore, this place is gonna be new favourite restaurant in town read more

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I love the food, but damn they need to clean the bathrooms. Every time I go eat, they always have the bathrooms so disgusting. Don't use the bathrooms here. read more

Great atmosphere and really great food. Staff is very friendly and attentive to customers. Really great restaurant overall . Highly recommended read more

Excellent service every time. Very friendly staff and very attentive to customers. Food is always amazing and cooked to perfection. Great atmosphere and always up to standards. read more

This place used to be great! What happened? The shrimp and the king crab legs are always overly cooked, meat comes apart when trying to get to it. You can't get it out in one piece! The butter/grease they add to the boiling bags is extremely exaggerated, right after it cools off it turns solid. The bathroom is super dirty and smelly... Only one sink worked. The hostess seemed very stressed out and had an attitude... The restaurant was super cold, even tough I was wearing a sweatshirt. The restaurant cleanliness has declined. I do not recomended this place. I will have to take the long drives to San Jose again :( read more

Overpriced and overhyped for sure! Don't get ripped off like us some of our crab had no meat in it and the bill was over 200 for two bags that's it. Wack af read more

Rising out of the ashes of the old Outback is Bag o' Crab. Being so close to Monterey there is an unsaid high expectation of seafood. This place brings a great atmosphere and happy staff to a once sticky and tired steakhouse. We started with Cajun fries which were excellent and crispy. While not Five Guys Cajun they paired well with the seafood. The shrimp are smaller than competing Crab Bucket. With add ons you can add to your bag and it makes for a good meal. Over all we liked experience but prefer the taste of other offerings. read more

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