Great service. Tony is amazing . Service and drinks are good. Wonderful view. The appetizer are size of meals. Another fantastic adventure here. I do need to try downtown next. read more

Food and service were excellent. Lunch with a view of the bay. Causal vibes. Seafood sold by the pound and made to order. Combo deals. Food served on wax paper. Gloves and bib provided. Great time with family. read more

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We were looking for a place to eat on thanks giving day and we decided to give this place a try. I was not expecting amazing food like this when I walked in. Their pho broth is not overly sweet, ther ribs they use in the pho soup is delicious. Service is prompt and friendly as well, no complaints. The restaurant located at 2nd floor of a small building, they arrange their tables quite spacious so I don't feel crowded at all. read more

Crab City - House special sauce mild, corn are spicy - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

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Friendly and efficient service. The food was very good. We arrived with about 45 minutes left before closing and were welcomed and treated well. The restaurant is clean and comfortable. There's an elevator toward the back making it accessible to all. Definitely glad that we came. read more

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Best Lobster Roll I've had in a while. Better price and quality then some of the expensive restaurant. They don't skimp out on the lobster. Generous portion. Friendly staff and clean place. Will definitely be coming back when Im in San Diego. Thank you! read more

Had a great experience here a couple of days ago! The view from the patio was amazing and Rich was super friendly, patient, and professional. He made some great suggestions and we ended up ordering the 1-lb shrimp (head-on) seafood boil with the cajun house special sauce, fried calamari, and waffle fries. The food was delicious and was more than enough for me and my wife, so we took home some left overs. The appetizers were a steal with large portions for a great price. The seafood was fresh, tender, and cooked perfectly. Would definitely come here again and would like to visit their other restaurants! read more

This is our second time here in La Jolla at Crab City. It's very near where my Son and I jog in the afternoons at La Jolla Cove area , so this is a very convenient stop for us when we're craving Seafood. It's just me and my Son this time because my wife doesn't want to go out much during the summer heat. So my Son and I just got their COMBO A, which has Crawfish, Mussels, Manila Clams, Shrimps, Potatoes, Sausages, corn, and i chose the Cajun sauce. I also added the Shrimp spring roll to our order. The Seafood came in good sizes and with Cajun House Special sauce with spice level Mild was delicious, very thick sauce too. The Shrimp spring roll has big shrimps and is good. They have a lot of spaces, I saw the second level and also the third level for seating. Staff are attentive, parking could be hard to find, and side street parking is mostly where I find a space to park. read more

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Crab City La Jolla; an Asian Cajun fusion restaurant. Address 8008 Girard Avenue, San Diego, CA 92037. We stopped by for a quick snack and drink, while admiring the view from the outside dining area. Exceptional view! Great staff, super friendly and fast service. Food came out fresh and hot!!!! We had the fried calamari $16 (10 out of 10!), great portion and you can tell it's fresh calamari. Egg rolls $12 (8 out of 10), super crispy, flavorful and came with great sauces. Fried fish with fries $18, you can choose from catfish or cod (8 out of 10), great flavor although I wish the fish was a bit thicker in portion. Pork banh mi $13 (100 out of 10), let me tell you about this banh mi. I had never tasted pork banh mi with so much flavor and the meat was so tender! It was so darn good. As for the alcohol, stick to draft or can beers, I had a their margarita which was a bust. It was watered down and tasted pre made taste (0 out of 10). Otherwise I will definitely dine here again. Menu is current as of 2025. read more

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Was on the beach and decided to check out a good sea food boil spot so I came across this place and checked it out. The location is very cute as there is two levels to the place . Parking can be a little hard during peak hours since everyone comes here. Luckily we came a little closer to when they closed and got a good parking spot. Now for the food, the prices are what you would expect and the flavor ehhhhh was lacking a little. I was expecting more but I will say they do sorta skimp on how much you get. I get it. Seafood is expensive but would be nice if they threw in a little more. They should throw in a few extra pieces at least from time to time lol The server was great and very helpful with our order. I mean it's pretty straight forward. The overall experience was amazing and the view is amazing. read more

Crab City - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

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Delicious seafood boil and pho! What a combo to enjoy with that view! Such a great spot in La Jolla! read more

Crab City - View - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

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Crab city's location is great. Right at the La Jolla shore with a very beautiful view of the shore from their outside deck. We happened to visit around the sunset time and it was gorgeous. They serve Vietnamese inspired seafood, which is cooked with Cajun flavors and has plenty of seafood options. Among the restaurants that serve this style of seafood, carb city is so so. We ordered a combo of clams and snow crabs and sweet potato fries. The seafood seemed fresh, but I wish the sauce was better. read more

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Amazing service and food! The shrimps were my top favorite with the Cajun sauce. Lots of flavor

Visit 10/19/2025 Came here after church on a lovely San Diego Sunday. We wanted to try something different and decided on Crab City. Located just off of Prospect you will need to climb a little set of stairs and if you're staring at the amazing Pacific you're likely to miss the entry like I did. Thankfully my family was more attentive lol. I think the staff knows this and keep an eye on the stairwell because I had taken two steps up and the host immediately came out and welcome us. Food: Crab City also serves Vietnamese food along with the seafood boils. As such we started off with an order of Goi Cuon (spring rolls) and Goi Cuon Thit (summer rolls). Both were well done though Brodard's is still the standard for the Goi Cuon Thit for our family. For the boils we did a build your own. One was headless shrimp, garlic butter, mild spice. The other was headless shrimp, house sauce, and medium spice. Look, I know enough that some of you are rolling your eyes wondering why we did "headless" and "peeled." When I've done boils, I do enjoy sucking the heads and I'm not adverse to peeling except when we're all in our Sunday best, two in white, and actually on a clock as one daughter needed to be out for her work shift and so we needed to cut out some of the work. We added corn, potato, and sausage. I stuck with the house sauce bag and I liked it but I agree with my daughter, who loves her spice, that "medium" could have been kicked up a notch. She does a lot of seafood boils and pointed out that Crab City must be using Fanta or OJ because she could taste the citrus and that might have contributed to a sweet taste. I think next time we'd go "hot". We also got a side of garlic noodles. Al dente and definitely garlicky. In hindsight we probably should have ordered some rice (they have white and garlic). I got a Vietnamese coffee which was strong and got me through the rest of the day. Service: Friendly and attentive which may not be saying much as there were only two tables but the dining room is actually on the third floor and the kitchen is on the second. So it does say a lot that they kept taking the time to check on us which I appreciate. Ambiance: If you're at a window seat you get a partial view of the Pacific and can people watch below. The patio dining on the second floor seemed better angled if you want to have an ocean view. Like other seafood boils, they throw down butcher paper for the table and the place is simply decorated with a massive "Let's get dirty" sign letting you know you're in the wrong place if you're looking for elegant fine dining. Would come back again when I'm in the area. read more

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My family loved Crab City in La Jolla. It is a Vietnamese Cajun restaurant offering authentic pho and rice plates, but they also had seafood boils with a variety of options including shrimp, crawfish, crab. Most of my family members ordered rice plates and loved it. I ordered the pho tai which is always great on a breezy day. We were seated immediately at the porch with a beautiful view. I would recommend this place and we would come back if around the area!! read more

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Ordered via ubereats and food came piping hot, delicious, well packaged, and super fresh. The food quality and taste both exceeded my expectations. I ordered "spicy" shrimp head on with corn and potatoes with jasmine rice. For the spice level, I'd give it a good 8.5/10 spicy for me, which meant I took a few breaks for my lips to extinguish. So if you're not a spice lover, level down. It is such a treat to have this in the middle of downtown La Jolla. I feel so lucky. I grew up in Orange County where Boiling Crab is just around the corner, and it's so fun to eat with your family and friends. Having Crab City nearby is exciting. I had a chance to speak with a worker, and they were very friendly. I can tell as a new business they are on top of their service. I am looking forward to bringing my family here to dine-in soon. read more

Crab City - Bowl of gold - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

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So i came in here for the seafood broil. The food overall tasted good. The server that took our order was very rude and had an attitude, he kept looking like he was distracted and once we got our food we were missing a whole lb of shrimp which aside from lobster tail was the only other thing we ordered so we had to wait for that to come out. Servers never came to check on us, when i was finally able to wave one down i asked for hot sauce and an extra spoon. He never came back with the spoon and we were never asked if we wanted more to drink since we had purchased alcoholic drinks. This was a one time visit for sure. Oh and it was not busy at all when i went in either. read more

I went on a Sunday afternoon to the La Jolla location. Headsup, if you have trouble walking stairs maybe find another location. The service was great, quick and it didn't take long for the food to come out. I got the snow crab boil at MP price of $38 and with the house sauce spicy. I really liked the taste. I could taste the sauce on the actual meat. It's not your traditional red Cajun crab boil sauce but it was good. read more

Crab City - Snow crab leg bag with sausage, potatoes and corn, spicy - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

My Son went Jogging and afterwards he wanted to eat, since we were close to the Restaurants where he jogs. We went around and chose CRAB CITY LA JOLLA . We are very familiar with this restaurant 'coz the owner of this restaurant owns a few restaurants in San Diego that we have eaten at already as well. Since its Seafood, I was the one who chose our meals. I love seafood a lot, so when it's seafood it's my choices mostly :) I ordered: *COMBO C with an added WHOLE DUNGENESE CRAB. *SPRING ROLL *CHAR GRILLED PORK I love our COMBO C seafood order, it has shrimps, crawfish, manila clams, green mussels, and potatoes , corns and sausages, I also added a WHOLE DUNGENESE CRAB. I chose the CAJUN for our SAUCE and chose a mild spiciness. I love Seafoods, so I really enjoyed this dish, so good!!! And the seafoods weren't tiny, it's just the right size of seafoods. This dish was big, so my Son and husband shared this and we ate it with the rice. My son's GRILLED PORK was delicious too, it came with steamed rice, lettuce, pickled carrot, daikon, cucumber, and tomato. The meat in this one was very tender and tasty. We also ordered Spring rolls which we always enjoys in any restaurant. This restaurant is on the second floor, you can see a bit of the view of the Ocean, but just a bit depending on where are you are sitting at. We sat outdoors and it has a very nice breeze too when we came. The staff were all nice and they have a lot of seating areas inside. read more

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Seafood boil is one of the greatest inventions ever created and the seafood boil from Crab City is unlike any other in the best way possible. It is the most delicious thing and has you eating 3x what you would normally eat. I do not particularly like seafood but I get everything else and my sister tried their actual snow crab and shrimp and she loved it so I know that it is good too. The workers are so friendly and willing to answer your questions when you have them. I have gone twice now and both times I was pleased with how awesome the food and service was. Ricardo is especially kind and super helpful as was the young gentleman who brought me my food and check. The view from the rooftop seating is also beautiful as it overlooks the ocean and you really get the ultimate vibe of SD. I hope everyone comes here to dine because it is totally worth it! read more

Crab City - Seafood boil - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

This is a spin off of so many other similar type restaurants where they make an oily plastic bag of "seafood." There is nothing special about it. All the seafood tastes the same, despite numerous flavoring offers. It is all just messy and oily and they give you a plastic bib and plastic gloves to be able to even eat the food. Extremely expensive for below average food. The noodles were nothing special either. For La Jolla, lots of better options. Service was slow and the place was completely empty at 6pm for dinner. read more

Unfortunately, I'm leaving San Diego today, but if I weren't, I would be eating at Crab City three times a day. Their seafood boil makes me want to visit San Diego just for that! I've tried seafood boils all around the country, and Crab City is definitely in my top three. I was surprised by how fresh and large the seafood was, especially the clams! I love that they use real, chunky garlic. Normally, I don't like sausage in seafood boils because it can be too oily for my taste, but I really enjoyed their sausage. It has a slight sweetness that pairs well with the sauce. I can't wait to come back! read more

Crab City - Combo A (Cajun House special sauce) - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

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After a long day of seeing the seals at La Jolla Cove and going to The Cave Shop, we were ecstatic to stumble upon Crab City and learn that they have an affordable seafood boil. They have both indoor and outdoor seating. We chose to sit indoors since it was a little breezy, but it would be nice to sit outdoors during sunset. Our server, Nam, was so friendly and helpful. He shared that he came from Vietnam to help his uncle with running the restaurant, and we bonded over our love for the beautiful country of Vietnam and all that it has to offer. I was grateful that Nam offered us gloves, bibs, and plenty of napkins to keep us clean while we dug into our order of garlic bread, mild headless shrimp with Cajun house special sauce, and combo extra add-on (2 cobs of corn, 6 sausages, and 2 potatoes). I'm glad they served our seafood boil to us in a metal dish since it was more appealing than the plastic bag method other seafood boil restaurants use. I have tried seafood boil at a handful of other restaurants before but found that Crab City was superior because it was not drenched in butter but was still delectable and juicy. I would highly recommend this establishment since they also offer other Vietnamese dishes like pho and banh mis, so there is something for everyone! I hope you get Nam as your server because he is a pleasure to talk to! read more

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First of all I never write bad reviews but they didn't clean the crab legs AT ALL. Those black seeds are parasites and there is visible dirt on the shells. Considering the price and how long I waited for my food it is absurd that they couldn't even clean it. The Cajun sauce also has a strange sweetness to it that reminded me of ketchup. Never coming back here. If you guys want quality crab boils the boiling crab has never disappointed me. read more

Crab City - Parasites on crab leg - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

The food tastes so good and the service was amazing! The man who was serving me was super kind and respectful and on top of things as soon as I needed a refill or anything! Super cute place! read more

Crab City - Cajun Fries - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

My cod and fries' aka fish and chips were... ok. For $20 they left a lot to be desired. At least they were moist inside and the ratio of fish to batter was good... but the ratio of fish to fries was terribly off. 2 small pieces of fish with so many fries' you had to dig to find the fish.. This place really needs to step up their game if they're going to compete and last in La Jolla. The music playing was loud' grating guitar heavy metal rock band... i couldn't wait to get my order and leave. Does not go with the gorgeous view they have. And if they think the view is enough to draw in customers'they're wrong. Many of the other establishments have a view' so your food and your restaurant atmosphere can't be 2 or 3 star. $10 fries... just plain fries... it's not going to work... you're called Crab City' throw dinner crab into those $10 fries... then you have $10 fries. $20 fish and chips with 2 tiny fish covered in mountains of fries won't fly. You must be excellent to survive in La Jolla. The La Jolla natives and visitors won't come if you're not exceptional in quality and service... and the asians won't go into La Jolla if they can get better prices in Convoy or get the same King Crab at a ritzier spot nearby. Up your game so you can survive. read more

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The food was outstanding and delicious. We enjoyed the king crab at spicy level and the corn was perfection. We had a beautiful view of the ocean while we enjoyed our seafood spread! Highly recommend, we will be back! read more

Crab City - Spicy shrimp and King Crab Legs 1 lb. - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

Great food, service and beautiful view. We tried the shrimp and crawfish boil (medium spicy). read more

Do not spend your money here, we ordered fish & chips and they were like something a really terrible school cafeteria would serve and the tempura shrimp looked like a French fry had been breaded. I only write bad reviews when I'm inspired to do so and to warn others read more

This place is SO good we had to return. We were greeted by Liz, very nice young lady who made you feel welcomed. We were just here on Saturday 3/14/26 and it's Thursday 3/19/26. We ordered the wings/fries and calamari, shrimp tempura. All I can say is everything was DELICIOUS again. It was lunch time and Liz was the only server working, she made sure to check in on us on a regular basis. I love this place for the food and service. Karen & Denise read more

I came to this establishment after craving some crab. It was hands-down one of the best crab boils I've ever had in San Diego. I also had a Michelada that was way bigger than I expected. Everything was so affordable and tasted delicious. There was outdoor seating with the nicest views of La Jolla. I would go back here again. The service was also quick, and they were very nice and welcoming. read more

Crab City - Michelada - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

Calamari was 90% breading and barely visible actual squid the size of a quarter. Really old stinky clam was used , can't really hide the freshness of shellfish in the sauce. Person serving spilled sauce all over me and then proceeds to hit a glass of water on the table. A real calamari place would have those tiny fried tentacles. The only thing that was good was the shrimp with head on is fresh. read more

Amazing crab boils. We are visiting from Colorado. After walking around and completely gassed we needed some ice to cool down. Nathan, a server at crab city, was so kind to hook us up. We got our ice and continued on our adventure. When lunch came I insisted we come back and eat at Crab City. His service was amazing, the snow crab boil was the best I've had. Definitely a must stop. read more

Crab City - Crab boil - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

Went here for the first time to celebrate a birthday and the food exceeded expectations. The seafood boil with the house sauce was delicious with good spice and surprisingly not too heavy. We also got the vegetarian pho which was very light but still flavorful. The ambiance is nice and the servers were attentive. Would definately come back!!! read more

Crab City - Vegetarian pho and seafood boil with shrimp, mussel, clams, and snow crab - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

Excellent lunch. Service great, food awesome. So much had to bring some home. Highly reccomended. Will be back next time we come to La Jolla. read more

The best Pho I've ever had. Food was amazing and fast for how good it is! Wished we lived closer

SOOOOO GOOD I LUV IT ‍ sauce is so good and fresh seafood! my fav is the mussels with mild house special sauce read more

Crab City - SOOOOOOO GOOD I LOVE THIS PLACE - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

We ordered the Pho (short rib/shank soup), Bun (vermicelli meal) and an order of snow crab legs which came with corn cob, potatoes, sausage and it was all very tasty. Based on the name I didn't expect vietnamese meals, more seafood and cajun choices but their just wasn't. The service was excellent and we sat outside which was a very nice day in La Jolla that day. Oh yes and for public parking be prepared to pay at least $35 for the day! read more

Crawfish with a View! The food came out hot and fast -- clearly made fresh to order. Service was 5 stars across the board. While the crawfish wasn't the best I've ever had, it exceeded my expectations for the area. We finished every single dish, so that says something! The grilled pork bánh mì was a surprise hit -- flavorful, moist, and well-balanced. The fried oysters were crispy and satisfying, even if they were on the smaller side (didn't bother me at all). And the best part? The price. For food this solid and a scenic view, it felt more than fair. Great spot for a casual meal with a little something extr read more

This place is so good ! All the staff was so friendly and just willing to sit and give us a great experience . The food was created perfectly ! We has a great time ! Please ask for Jordan or Nathan you will not be disappointed . And price is phenomenal . read more

Crab City - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

If you're searching for an authentic bowl of pho and seafood that warms both your stomach and soul, Crab City is the place to be. I recently dined here, and it was an experience worth sharing. The special pho was the highlight of my visit. The broth was crystal clear yet deeply flavorful, a testament to hours of simmering beef bones. It had the perfect balance of savory, and sweet. The pho here that tastes this authentic is worth every penny. The prices were reasonable, especially considering the quality and portion sizes. They also offer a breathaking view, which made my experience way wonderful! DEF COMING BACK read more

Crab City - Cajun/Creole Near Me - San Diego, California

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