Do not go here if you are expecting a fancy establishment. Whether you choose to dine in or carry out, the food is amazing and you won't be disappointed! Carry out is usually quick. You can even have a beer while you're waiting When I don't feel like driving to the wharf in DC, this is the only place I will go to for good seafood. read more

Seafood In The Buff Wheaton - Seafood Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

I bought one dozen and 1/2 large crabs I ordered over the phone. When I got there they pulled out a tray of crabs that were cooked in the morning . They cook all of there crabs in the morning then heat them up for you. The large crabs were $79 per dozen. When I got home I had about 10 large crabs the rest were small. Very disappointed. Not buying crabs from them again read more

Saturday This is a quick one since it's seafood carry out, and crab is the main item. I would sit there if it's just me and my boys hanging out but it gets a little hectic in there on a busy day. It normally takes about 15 minutes to get the order if I want them to steam the crabs. This time, we're getting carry out; a dozen crabs and a couple dungeonous crabs (frozen). Price was ok ($18 for 1 dozen male and $9.99/lb for dungeonous crabs) and food was fresh enough although I had one bad blue crab (meat mushy). I gave three stars because they are fairly stingy with extras and ingredients (i.e. old bay) on top of being more expensive compared to my favorite seafood place. What I mean by extras is that the other seafood place normally throw in an extra crab b/c much of the time the crabs are missing claws. It's just a way to show that they're not screwing you over which I appreciate. read more

So I'm not happy with the food at all. The food was way over priced and they gave me very small pieces of fish (not much Taste). The shrimp was the only thing that was okay but none of my food was hot. The Mac & cheese was very nasty it was just cheese and noodles no seasoning nothing. I will never go back here again. If you're looking for good seafood I don't think this is the right place. read more

Seafood In The Buff Wheaton - Seafood Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

I've been in the neighborhood for 6 months after leaving Baltimore county. I was on a hunt for blue crabs and came across this place. To say the least I wasn't happy....the crabs are not fresh. (Reheated) read more

The only, I repeat ONLY reason I am giving one star is because the staff is always friendly. Oh..and because you have to give at least one. My friends and I used to come here frequently to get crabs for cookouts or friendly gatherings. I say used to because over time the prices went up and the quality went down. I decided to return last week to grab a dozen for my mother and sister and couldn't believe what they were charging. $60 for a dozen. Compare that to $70 at the far superior Ruff 'n Ready for half a bushel. I bought them anyway but couldn't resist telling the nice guy who was waiting on me that his service was excellent but he would probably never see me again. The crabs were ridiculously small, barely seasoned when they were being cooked, had a horrible salt water flavor and were unmistakably old. There is no way that these things hadn't been sitting around for days. I relayed this to some friends and they had the same experience. One of them even drove right back the establishment from D.C. to return them. I will never go back here unless the prices go down and the food becomes edible again. read more

I came in to get crabs, there was hardly anybody there but I waited at the counter for minutes until someone finished their conversation and came to talk to me. Once I placed the order the man went in the back. I assumed he was was preparing the order but I saw him cleaning something up. He hadn't even begun the order. Another woman at the counter did nothing to help either. After 10 minutes of getting absolutely no help, I turned around and left. I will never go back to this place again. Please learn how to treat customers! read more

2.5 it's ok. Family brought us here. Seafood shrimp and crab legs by the pound cooked. Served with cocktail sauce & tarter sauce. Nothing special. Everyone was helpful expect the cashier. It's counter service. You order at the counter, they bring your food out. read more

I usually buy crabs here and I had no complain except only one time the crabs tasted sour like they put vinegar. Well, since there are so many low stars, I guess they are right. Price, store standards are visibly in need of updating. read more

I ordered a fish sandwich. They served big catfish with tasty slices of bread and mayonnaise. Everything is delicious. Has a family atmosphere. I am going to come again. read more

Don't eat here. The crab cakes are a joke. The previous management had better food. Sorry, but this place is the absolute worst.

I do not recommend this place. The crab cake comes on a potato bun, that's it. No lettuce or tomato to dress up the sandwich AND the crab cake looked like a veggie burger patty. To add insult to injury, the patty was filled with mostly filler and had no taste. We also ordered the trout. The fish was very gamey and smelled/tasted very fishy. The fish was not well flavored and was very bland. The steam shrimp tasted like cumin and were over cooked. To be a seafood place in Maryland, I don't think old Bay was added to anything. Grossly overpriced considering how bad the food is. read more

I always get soft shell crabs and jumbo fried shrimp with fries and coleslaw. this time I ordered plantains and they gave me a basket full of them! Also alot of fries. I had alot to take home. All I eat is fried from there so I'm not sure about how great their other entrees are. The service is great however I agree with the other reviews that their prices are high and my shrimp wasn't jumbo. read more

...I know that good crabs are hard to come by in Silver Spring but the dozen I got on Saturday were a disgrace to the state of Maryland. Basically wallpaper paste. Not sure how many times they'd been re-steamed throughout the day but way too many (and I think all that steaming must have shrunk them.) A waste of $40. I wouldn't bother getting steamed crabs here. read more

I had a taste for some crabs so I stopped in. The "medium" crabs were very small and did not look or taste fresh. Also, they were not well seasoned. I wouldn't recommend this place at all as there are much better options. read more

Omg ! Everything is good, oysters. .snapper, and macaroni and greens as your side , who can go wrong...the do soup rocks, and if you want get beer or wine. THIS PLACE IS A GEM IN OUR COMMUNITY, REALLY LOVE IT, AND PRICES ARE GOOD, DINE IN OR TAKEOUT, OR ORDER FRESH TO PREPARE FOR YOUR FAMILY-Seafood for thanksgiving makes a great addition!!Owners are wonderful, and please tip their employees. ...great place to take friends for maryland crab and oysters. .lots of parking...can never get enough of this place and the fresh seafood. They just had a renovation, go check it out !!! read more

This has to be the most disappointing place I have ever been to. Order food for pickup and it was ready when I got there but they would not give it to me because I did not have a phone. I had ID to prove who I was but they wanted my phone. They told me to go home and get it and then come back. LMAO......20 minutes home and 20 minutes back and that food would be cole and who wants to eat cold calamari or cold flounder? How rude can you get in demanding a phone and telling me it is the law that they have to see my phone. Order here again.....not if my life depended on it! Besides once back outside I was glad that I didnt get the food as no one in there were using any health required protections nor were the using masks. The place was filthy and not from one day use but looks of it, it had not been cleaned in a long time. My advice stay away and order elsewhere! read more

This place is horrible. I bought crabs, shrimp And corn last night. My family is from the Eastern Shore...we are known for seafood. This place is a disappointment and the food had NO seasoning. We even asked for extra seasoning and it's on the receipt. So we had to season the food. The crabs were like babies (and they were very dark in color)...the legs had no meat. The fact that this company would sell crabs like this means they do not care to stay in business. I recommend you chose another place before buying here. We ordered through uber eats and requested money back as we did not receive what we thought. My family ate again after trying to eat this meal. read more

Love the freshness of the seafood and the cleanliness of the store service was on time and promptly given when said

Got some crabs from this location and they were horrible. They weren't heavy, barely any meat in them. Pretty much, the worst crabs I've had in a long time. Unhappy and won't be getting crabs from here again. read more

This place is a rip-off. Advertising medium size shimp and scallops as Jumbo size. A video of my plate would qualify for worlds funniest videos. Incredulous. Not just deceptive marketing on quantity,, the food quality was equivalent to Long John Silver seafood at double the price. You have been warned. read more

I had a craving for hush puppies and my roommate was craving good seafood, so we looked up Seafood in the Buff - Right up the street! Good prices! - and were on our way. I understand that it was early dinner time on a Sunday, but given that this kind of crowd is there every weekend night, I would have hoped for better organization, or really, any kind of organization. It wasn't clear who was taking the orders or where you paid, or who was in charge of your food. There's a distinct difference between charming disarray and chaos. This was the latter. We squeezed between bushels of crab, the seafood case, and the walkway to the kitchen to wait for our food. I expected to have something of a wait, but this was too long given the size of the line. After they finally handed me my to go bag, my roommate still didn't have anything. When we asked, it turned out that it had been just sitting on the counter. I ordered the crab cake and fried shrimp platter with macaroni & cheese and my long-awaited hush puppies. The shrimp were good - fried well without being overly battered, and not greasy. But that's about the only positive thing I can say. They gave me cole slaw instead of hush puppies, which I didn't realize until I got home. My roommate kindly gave me half of hers. They were okay, but not great - a bit too greasy and the inside was heavy. The mac & cheese was overly salty and was swimming in a pool of grease. But the worst by far was the crab cake. Deep fried, with all backfin meat (no lump at all), and with such an odd, fishy taste that I didn't even finish it. Definitely not a place I'd return to, and more than that, I'll be actively steering friends and family away. Genuinely unpleasant experience. read more

Absolutely love the shrimp here. The staff is friendly and there is a good amount of parking as well.

We've been getting our crabs here for a little over 3 years now, and they have always been great. But today we got 2 dozen and every single one of them were mushy. Knowing that even the best places mess up from time to time, we chalked it up to a bad day. We have always been happy with their service in the past, so my wife decided to call to inform them of our experience so that they would be aware of a possible issue. However, instead of saying "thank you for letting us know", the lady on the other end of the phone yelled at my wife, blamed her, then hung up on her. When I tried calling back, the phone was either off the hook or answered and then immediately hung up. Needless to say, we will never get crabs from this place again. read more

I will be honest and say that I only come here out of convenience and the visits are few and far in between. The food is ok, but I have honestly had better. The crab cakes are not the best, but the fried and steamed shrimp aren't too bad. You pretty much get what you pay for. Not bad for a quick fix, but if you can hold out, there are some better places for seafood places in the area. read more

Tara L. described this place very well. If you're looking for steamed or fried seafood this is for you. They have the freshest seafood in the area. The prices are very competitive and the staff is friendly. Just note that the staff can be a bit iffy with their English so just make sure you get what you wanted. Spanglish seems to be sufficient enough. The shopping center is kinda nasty and I wouldn't really suggest that you eat there(it's always crowded with limited seating area) but if you need to get your seafood on they never disappoint. The crabs and crab legs are always fantastic. read more

crabs are decently priced here and when camerons is being slammed i will go here during the summer. i just leave the wife at home, cuz a good deal of the patrons are a bit sketchy (yeah i said it...and when i say sketchy i mean they would scatter like cockroaches if they saw border patrol coming....). anyways, been coming to this place off and on for the past decade, and i can whole heartedly say it is an ok place. Deserved of 3 stars, but no more and no less! read more

The place was so dirty I almost walked out - but it's a crab joint so I I decided to stay. We've ordered bushels of crabs, for our fire department functions, to go and they were good, well spiced and decent sizes (they lost my business last night so that will NEVER happen again - hope it was worth it lady!). We ordered 3 crab cakes and a few sides. The crab cakes were strangely fried so there was a thin hard crust, there was no discernible crab and they were jalapeno spicy. Since there was no description of ingredients, spicy was something we hadn't anticipated. My 7 year old daughter and my husband were unhappy about the heat. The one thing that we were excited about was the seafood soup. It was complimentary the last time we came in... seems that many folks providing reviews noted that the soup was good - and free with your order. Since it's a bit of seafood and a lot of broth and rice, it seems appropriate that it would be free or available at a small charge. This visit, for some reason, they charged us. No one mentioned that we'd be charged. Not only did we get charged, but since we got a few refills (a total of 4) they charged us each time. They actually charged us for 6 cups of soup! Twice we went to the soup station to get refills and left waiting for the soup to be refreshed - the seafood was gone. They charged us for these trips to the soup bowl anyway. The two women at the cash register were nasty insisting that it was seafood soup and that we had to pay. I hope it was worth the extra $20+ dollars they charged us because we will be getting our several hundred dollars worth of steamed spiced crabs elsewhere in the future. read more

Great crab legs, but the service was lacking! The woman that took my order was very rude and gave me the wrong order. She refused to correct it so I had to order what I initially asked for again and pay for both dishes. Luckily, there was a nice worker who apologized for her rudeness. He is the sole reason why I would consider going back in the future. read more

Another place was recommended but it was closed on Mondays, found Seafood in the Buff on Yelp. We almost drove by it for two reasons, first its off the main road and difficult to spot while driving and two it looked a bit seedy at first glance and had us hesitating as we thought about it. Looking in though we noticed the place was packed and decided to give it a try. That was the right decision, we frequent Johnny's Reef on City Island in the BX so we know that good seafood isn't always served in fancy restaurants. I got the combo, whiting, scallops and shrimp with two sides mac & cheese and collard greens. The wife got fried oysters with their seasoned fries we both were glad we took a chance. Good food along with friendly service and old school charm made for a satisfying meal and we would eat there again. read more

I forgot to mention that as I entered the place there was a lady who had a couple beers w/her dinner but was completely coherent. She had paid w/a $100.00 bill and the wild loud woman at the register tried to short change her. Register lady kept saying she paid w/a $50 and customer who was getting very upset started yelling back that she paid w/a $100 and demanded her proper change. Finally another customer in line told the register lady that she knew the customer had given her a $100 and what she was doing wasn't very nice. Register lady finally gave the proper change to the lady. Register lady mistakenly thought that since the customer had a few beers she could pull a fast one on her. Another observation that I didn't care for, After biting into the jalapeno cake ooops, I mean crab cake sandwich I desperately needed a drink of water. I asked the guy behind the counter for a glass of water. He told me they dont do that and pointed to the bottled water that was for sale. I said you have got to be kidding, I cant get a glass of water? He said no, they only have water for sale. I was desperate and my throat was burning from the jalapeno so I had to do it. In hindsight, I should have simply walked out at that point. read more

Ordered some steamed crabs from here today and was extremely disappointed. Got my crabs home and they were small and over cooked. I asked in advance to see the size of the crabs....unfortunately the crabs in the bag were smaller than the one shown in advance. Called to inform the owner of my over cooked crabs and was asked did I close the bag because the crabs may have continued to cook. That is some absolute bull crap. I have been eating crabs for years and this has never happened. Crabs are expensive, so when I spend my money on crabs I expect to get what I paid for. Worse crab experience ever. I will never go here again for crabs. read more

Its a dive. I liked what I ate. It had a very pleasurable experience. I like how it feels like a fisherman's catch of the day market.

Considering that there are only a handful of places in silver spring where you can get crabs on the fly and takeout seafood. This is usually my go to spot. Crabs are usually good, have had a few bad batches but I eat crabs every month through the year so they get a pass. Catfish is really good, just not a fan of the side orders. If you want quick decent seafood this is the place for you. read more

My husband and I are from out of town and were looking for somewhere to stop for dinner. We stopped at the first place we saw, which happened to be here. I am very surprised by the negative reviews because we both thought we hit a gem!! First thing I did was use the bathroom (I am 9 mos. pregnant!) It the THE CLEANEST bathroom I have EVER seen in a sub shop/fast food type place such as this one. Not only the bathrooms, but the entire place (kitchen and dining area, floor, etc.) was immaculate. And I am picky about cleanliness! Obviously family owned and operated, every single person working there that we encountered was extremely courteous, accommodating and full of smiles. I ordered the jumbo steamed shrimp with hush puppies and potato salad, my husband ordered the fried catfish with collard greens and mac n cheese. So the shrimp were not what I would consider jumbo but I didn't even mind. They tasted so good and the cocktail sauce, which I normally don't like, was delicious! The hush puppies were the best I've ever had and dipped in the homemade tartar sauce it was heaven in my mouth. The potato salad was a bit spicy, as was the tartar sauce and collard greens, but I like spice so this wasn't a deterrent at all. I appreciated the unique-ness the spice added to the food. My husband LOVES fried catfish and he was not disappointed. I have never had catfish I like but when I took a bite of his, I could've eaten the entire piece! It was so fresh tasting, just unbelievable! I swear to you I don't know the owners personally and have no reason to write this review other than to share my FANTASTIC experience. I am quite a picky eater so the fact that I loved absolutely everything I tried speaks volumes for this place. Even though we live 45 minutes away, we WILL be back! read more

This place was great but the owner (female), is a nasty, no manners, no customers service. I have been going to this place for 10 years and have never seen her before, she should have stayed home and collect her money. Anyways it was great while it lasted, but you just losted out not only on my business but the businesses I have brought to you. It only take one phone call and your nasty attitude has just ruin a great place. By the way always value your customers and don't assume things. We don't use EBT cards we use American Express Black Cards, so YES you have just messed your money up. Have a blessed day. read more

Since I was forced to give it a star - ONE is the magic number close to zero. Now this place closes at 10pm. A group of us got there at 9:20pm. We all reviewed their menu and 2 from the group was placing their order. The guy taking our order and working the cash register had asked " Eating in or Carry out"? My husband heard that question along with others in the group. So the guy was taking our order and said carry out. We said no eating in. To make a long story short they lost about $140 if not more that night of May 12th, 2016. I will not step foot in that place again. So we left and had Peruvian Chicken (El Pollo Rico) which also close at 10pm but they let us stay to dine in since we were there before closing. read more

Probably a 2.5 star experience. Called ahead to order a half bushel of crabs, as I was going to be picking them up during rush hour and wanted them to be ready to go when I got there. After verifying my name, number, and order at least two times before hanging up, I thought I was good to go. Unfortunately, upon arrival two hours later, they couldn't even find my order. Needless to say, the crabs were not ready. For the price (approx. $90), the crabs were really light. I ordered females and a lot of them had good eggs, which I was happy with, but the body of the crabs didn't have much to them. What meat they did have was sweet and had good flavor in general; which is why I rounded up on the 2.5, rather than down. The corn on the cob was mushy, but the mac and cheese was delicious. Hopefully, this was a fluky experience (with the lost order and the tiny crabs). I'd be willing to give them another shot, but I would only order a few dozen, just to be on the safe side. read more

I've been here a few times. Always for take out. This is the closest "seafood market" to my home. It's a no frills place but does have a decent amount of space if you want to dine in. In the past I've had fried whiting, fried shrimp, fried scallops, clam strips, hush puppies, potato salad, rice, macaroni and cheese. The whiting has always been decent and typically that is what I stick to and let me tell you why....hush puppies were dry, I've had better clam strips from the frozen food aisle, macoroni and cheese was bland, rice was bland and potato salad was growing fur! The previous owner gave me a free bowl of chili with my order one night and although it was very nice of him it was waaaay too salty to eat. Had a hankering for fried fish on Monday and didn't feel like driving far. I found out it's under new management since March. I knew something had changed when I walked in and almost every table was full. Menu is about the same with a couple of new items, the only one I remember is plantains. They still serve wine and beer as well. read more

This place didn't have any large crabs when I went so we had to get the small ones. The small was really small. They were really reasonably priced so we added hush puppies, steamed shrimp, a crab cake platter and some soup. Everything tasted so good except the crab cake. It actually didn't taste like crab cake at all and was 90% filler. The soup was a nice surprise. It was so flavorful and filled with a ton of seafood. The place itself is very small, cozy and nothing fancy. There always seems to be several people in there whenever I go. A great place for a casual fast meal. read more