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    Crafty Crab

    4.2 (98 reviews)
    ModerateSeafood
    Closed 12:00 pm - 11:00 PM

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    Happy hour specials

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    Father's Day Special

    Everytime I come in from California I visit this place and the food is amazing. I recently went with my mom on Father's Day and had a great time. I enjoy the staff and the friendly faces. The manager is the best and great customer service all around. Sorry didn't get a photo of the crab cakes it's my mom's favorite.

    Kristi H.

    I came here for a birthday celebration. Plenty parking and plenty seating. I ordered a strawberry lemon drop because I heard the drinks were strong. Disgusting. Sent it back and got a margarita and it was too sweet but I kept it. Ordered the boil with crawfish and shrimp. They give plenty corn potatoes and shrimp..like way tooo much! They should be embarrassed to sell those tiny crawfish though. They were not good. The boom sauce was good for dipping. They had music flowing. It was a cool spot.

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    Jellybean A.

    Excellent flavor, add a lil lime squeeze and it's delicious. Few of my go-to places are LA crawfish and crawfish shack. Crafty Crab sits somewhere in between in terms of flavor and their (previously frozen) crawfish is delicious and I actually think it was the best out of the all those frozen crawfish I had this winter, lol I always crave crawfish when weather gets cold.... I asked for extra paprika/cajun powder and yes, if you like spicy it's worth it cuz U needed to add a lil bit more of heat to their my mouth on fire as I love spicy. Good spice, well balanced garlic butter & cajun spice. Very nice. If anything, I would ask it to be a lil less salty. It's not too bad for sure it's delicious as it is, but I always prefer low sodium diet so think I'd like it more if it was a bit less salty.... It comes with potatoes and corn, yum! Nonetheless, Excellent pick, I can't wait to try when liv crawfish is available, it's gonna be even better!!'

    Jason H.

    Every time I come here, the food and service is amazing. I highly recommend this place. I actually drive all the way from Missouri city to come here. That goes to show you how good the food is. Highly recommend!

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    Keke D.

    Upon pulling up, we would've thought it was a club, because it was jumping. Music was loud from the parking lot. After we entered the building, it was lower and there wasn't as many people as we expected with the full lot. Ambiance was great. Our server was Yasmin and she was so sweet. To drink, I ordered the $7 hurricane special and starburst candy shot. Idk who was working the bar, but the liquor was liquoring. 10/10. To eat, despite wanting 1/2 pound of shrimp, I order the pound of headless shrimp because that's the smallest portion they have. It was inconvenient. I also order the special that comes with headless shrimp & 2 snow crabs -- both the boom flavor and hot with a side of garlic butter. Everything was cooked to perfection. I didn't want to slap my momma after eating the dry rub. Garlic butter was giving butter, not garlic. Overall meal 9/10. I would come here again.

    Otesia E.

    This is actually my 2nd time here. The first time was for my cousin's bday Aug 22, 2022. This time I came for dinner on 7/6/24. This review is based on both experiences at this restaurant. I will tell you that the Seafood is really good here. I'm a Seafood Snob, so I critique everything. They have a jukebox that you can play music. The two times that I've been there, they are always jamming. The customer service was on point once again! I ordered the headless Shrimp Medium Boom Spice and it was just right. The flavors and the taste was banging. My bf ordered the steamed Oysters mild boom and the Scallops mild boom. The Oysters were pretty good and the scallops were cooked just right. You can easily over cook scallops and they are ruined at that point. We ordered a few drinks and that starburst shot was hitting. It was a great night and great dinner. The place is pretty popular. My daughter frequents there and so does one of my long time friends. I have to get over here more often. The food isn't the only good thing this restaurant has going, but I love places that play music and show sports- that's how I bribed my bf to go there. Lol!

    Tim C.

    Great service and the mango frozen margarita was great. We both got the fried shrimp dinner with onion rings, the shrimp were good but some had way more breading then usual.

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    Bee K.

    Omg! Fresh off the plane met a young girl and she gave us a list of places to go. We rolled up heard music and felt like yes we here for it! Ordered up food and baby a robot brought it to us....okay okay yes! Service was good and fast. Now let me tell u bout this fooooooood delicious. We also got crab cakes and didn't gat a picture. Catfish was so fresh and the shrimp was flavorful n big. It was a win for sure.

    Crawfish Special buy 4lb get 1lb free $40 come with a potatoes and corn
    Kimberly B.

    I'VE FINALLY FOUND MY NEW GO TO SPOT FOR CRAWFISH. Boom sauce was amazing. A lot of great flavor. Everybody around the table loved it. Fried catfish platter was perfectly fried. Fish was not dry or anything. Only reason I've taken off a couple stars is we ordered fried calamari and steamed oysters which are APPETIZERS. Which means they should come out BEFORE our main entrees. We waited about 40 minutes and got everything all at once. That made it very frustrating because we had no update from our waitress regarding the wait for our appetizers. The oysters and fried calamari came out room temp and not hot at all like they were sitting waiting for the main entrees. About 1/3 of our order of calamari was all stuck together in a clump. Other than that the flavor of everything was 5/5.

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    I order the crawfish and it was horribl.. The taste of celery was overwhelming and I don't like celer. a waste of $26. Never will I go back.

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