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    Crack Crab

    4.2 (130 reviews)
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:30 pm
    Updated over 3 months ago

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    CRACK CRAB ATMOSPHERE

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Happy hour specials

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    Salad and yum yum sauce
    Faith K.

    I have been coming to this place for years and they never disappoint. Inside and outside is always clean ! and for a seafood spot it always smells fresh. You never see a messy table or floor.The sauce flavors are always good spicy , mild , or hot , this is where I prefer to get all my seafood boils in this area. They give you a great amount for your money. They have a good house made yum yum sauce for salad that I wish was sold in the store. And another thing I like is the teriyaki sauce it's sweet and not too salty. Im a repeated customer here and I will continue to be the service is great ! this is an awesome place to eat .

    Nito M.

    Small inside was packed when I went so instead decided to order takeout. About 15 min wait ordered 1lb Dungeness crab 1/2 green mussels and shrimp. Came with potatos and corn and picked crack sauce. Everything was fresh and savory. The sauce was great. The legs cracked with not too much force so they were cooked right. Get the mussels to scoop the sauce!Better than other seafood boils spots I've tried and I highly recommend you give it a try.

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    Audrey L.

    BYOB- make sure you bring your own drinky drink with you. Parking-there's a big enough parking lot that houses plenty of other stores like a dispensary. Placed our order (Hibachi seafood fried rice w/o scallops) and the 2A combo with an extra 1/2lb of crabs legs w/garlic butter and Cajun rub. Our food came out in about 15 minutes which was great because we were starving and I've had a taste for Hibachi food recently. When the rice came it was cold, the only thing hot were the shrimp on top with the teriyaki sauce. The seafood was great, the seasoning tasted great with real garlic, I just wished that there was more corn pieces (at least 2). But the seasoning was so good I was slopping the potatoes and garlic in the sauce before eating them because the sauce was so good. I'll definitely be trying this place again, giving them the chance to redeem themselves with the cold rice they served.

    I was here for lunch so it was not too busy. Service was very nice and helpful. It has a regular restaurant atmosphere and is designed for boils with the paper table cloths ready to make a mess. The food was very good great spice on it. You can order your type of spice and heat level. Very nice place to eat.

    Steak and shrimp lomein and rice
    Tamara C.

    The food is always good and filling. I highly recommend and will continue to go there. Close to home and delicious.

    1 lb. Crawfish in crack crab sauce  1 lb. Head On Shrimp in garlic butter
    Ashley Y.

    Another amazing dinner!! Came last weekend with my fiancé and back again tonight with my dad and sister. We ordered the same appetizers.. takoyaki, fried oysters, and waffle fries with yum yum sauce. These are the must get items - sounds basic but it's so good. This time for entrees, we got 3 lbs of head on shrimps, 1 lb of the king crab legs, and half dozen blue crabs all in garlic butter sauce. Everything was great!! Garlic butter is the way to go~

    Fried shrimp platter
    Ade B.

    Crack Crab is a small seafood restaurant / takeout spot. Not much ambiance. I dined in to try some of their fried seafood. My meal started off with spring rolls. They were a good start. But before I even finished them I got my jumbo shrimp platter. The shrimp are just a regular size, definitely NOT jumbo. I must have gotten a mix of 2 different batches. Half were perfectly cooked shrimp and the other half overcooked. It was odd because the fried coating seemed the same on all of them. The platter came with very good waffle fries. I also had a chance to taste my date's fried fish. It was fried cod. It was good, but a little too much breading. The meal ended with a slice of Oreo cheesecake. It was served cold, a big no no in my book. I had to wait for it to at least get close to room temperature. It was OK, but something was off with the consistency. Most people dining in were getting boiled seafood, so maybe that's their specialty. I think crack crab is more suited for takeout, but only if you are close by. I wouldn't travel for it.

    Zhen L.

    I'm really happy that more seafood restaurants are opening up in the NE Philly area. Crack Crab is very similar to the Shake Seafood on cottman avenue. Except Crack Crab got more food and drink options. I love that they also offer Hibachi grill options on the menu. Choices include Hibachi chicken/beef/shrimp/scallops etc... Don't forget the fried rice and the lomein. Drinks are Thai Tea, Cooling Peach, Cooling Pineapple, and Cooling Strawberry. We got the Hibachi Shrimp and Scallops, Vegetables fried rice, 1 IB of clams in garlic butter, 1 IB of snow crab in crack crab sauce, 1 Cooling Strawberry, 1 Cooling Peach, and 5 Cooling Pineapple. We loved all of the drinks, as you can see especially the Cooling Pineapple, we got 5 total lol. Everything tastes really good. Their sauces containers are bigger, that's definitely a plus.

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    Matt C.

    My actual rating would be more like 3 1/2 stars, but Yelp doesn't allow partial stars yet. SO, hankering for some seafood, my colleague and I stopped by here for lunch last week. We are frequent guests of the prestigious Five Guys burgers across the street (we like to fine dine, as you can tell), and saw Crack Crab one day on our way out. Walking in, it was very nice inside. A little kitschy, what with the sea theme, and nets and anchors and what not, but still what the girls would call, "cute." The plates are VERY nautical themed. We were the only patrons for a while, but it got decently busy while we were there. We sat down and started perusing the menu (bonus points for the free appetizer for checking in on Yelp). We went with the crab rangoons for the app (I thought they were great, my colleague, not so much....) and each got a crab boil for the main. Here's where the first issue came into play. EXPENSIVE. Its funny to remember that crabs and lobster used to be peasant food. They used to throw lobster back into the ocean when it was caught in their fishing nets, because only the poorest of the poor would eat sea bugs. NOW, that shit is like gold or pure saffron. My dining mate wanted King Crab legs, and I wanted some shrimp, but neither of us could find a suitable combo that had everything we wanted, so we decided to split the difference; he got the King Crab boil, and I got the shrimp. (a pound of each.) His bag came out with a single cluster. A POUND of King Crab legs is a single cluster?! And that is 37 dollars?! I had ample shrimp, but even then, it felt like a lot less than a "pound of shrimp." I've eaten at other crab boil joints, and I remember having to give away shrimp to people at my table, and then STILL having shrimp left over after I was full. It was enough to fill me up, but the weight system is off here, is what I'm saying. Knock number 2 came when the crab legs were obviously over steamed. The legs didn't crack. They were bendy and pliable, and you had to literally TEAR them to get them open. A crab leg should have a good snap to it, not feel like wet cardboard. That said, the seasonings were good, and the potatoes and corn that came with were decent. (corn was a BIT overdone, but I've come to expect that, and it was actually less than it usually is at other places.) And, they DO deck you out with bibs and gloves and what not too, so it wasn't as messy as I had anticipated. Id certainly recommend this place for a small group, wanting some seafood. The area is busy, there is ample parking, and the food is pretty good, all things considered. All this said, we probably won't be back. That area is almost exclusively for work lunch runs (I live in Jersey) and my lunch buddy actually preferred the crabs at Chucks Alibi to Crack Crab. And with the amount we spent, I don't think I'll be able to convince him to take another trip with me.

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    4 years ago

    You can drive by without even noticing this place. However it's worth stopping by for messy but tasty Cajun seafood boils!

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    6 years ago

    Good spot, if you live in the area or happen to be there. Service a lil slow but food is good. BYOB is a good thing here.

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    This place was pretty awesome, prices were reasonable. Location was great. I would recommend this place anytime.

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    7 years ago

    They were good. Two medium size king crab legs cost $37. The buffalo wings are delicious. Also, try a THAI tea!

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    6 years ago

    The food was great and service for takeout was quick and efficient. I have been here several times and always receive great service.

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    5 years ago

    Really good! We had the crab boil and it was so yummy! Service was good, very nice ladies. We will be back!

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    7 years ago

    So good and so very worth the money. Good prices. I recommend trying the Crab Rangoons

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    Pleasant and friendly environment.. Food is delicious. Always satisfied with the service.

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    6 years ago

    My order came to $116 and y'all took way to much money for delivery! I'm done . I don't think it's right to charge $45 or over for delivery

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    7 years ago

    Fresh not frozen crabs. Very clean and well kept establishment. Everything was really good. I'll be back!

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    Thanks for the review Eileen! Our seafood is a must try!

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    7 years ago

    This place was great. Absolutely the best crabs I ever had. Service was very good and the staff was friendly

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    5 years ago

    Best seafood in Philly... Maybe a tie with the click bar.. but definitely one of the best in my opinion

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    This was probably the best seafood food place I've been to in a while, very friendly employees. The entrees cooked to perfection.

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    Ordered take out twice and both times were surprisingly good. I hope the consistency remains .

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