Walked in and they were busy. Two young ladies look at us and say "we're full". I asked how long the wait was and I got a shrug. They may benefit from learning how to greet customers and to take names for a table. Willing to wait but immediate lack of service made me head the door. read more

I was really excited to come here to celebrate my birthday but it was ruined by the incredibly rude server. Maybe it's just me but the hospitality industry should have some...hospitality? She was short, bitter, and very condensing. Even when it was time to go, she returned the check with my card but didn't even leave a pen for us to sign and even tip her! (Yes, i still tipped!) I had to wave her down for 5 mins before giving up and going to the host. I won't be returning, it's a shame because the food was pretty good. read more

My husband and I stopped by this afternoon and were absolutely amazed with choices, quality of the food and flavors! Our waitress Michelle was uncommonly professional and carrying, such a pleasant surprise in nowadays! We ordered crab lags and mussels in garlic batter, and oysters. So delicious! Guys, this chef is a seafood magician! We will be back soon! Thank you guys! PS: *I am surprise with reviews I'm reading here. Not enough ketchup to go?!? It is not a grocery store guys. It is a courtesy, appreciate it. Utensils to go? Well...again, its not a take out order. *Writing on a walls? I loved it!! So fun and friendly! Someone afraid of what might be written on a wall? Hey, didn't cross my mind to do it, how did you came up with that? *To slow or not well organized on a first week of opening? You know, it is a new business. How do you feel about people that put YOU down or ridicules you because you starting a new job and not 100% up to speed? How did you support this business to grow and prosper? *Red Lobster flavors and size of the dish - no thank you. Mudslide or breadsticks -ok. Seafood - no way! I don't want quantity instead of quality. I think this place is awesome and people who opened it and work there rock! read more

We went there on their second of opening. The food was super good. So glad to have seafood place in the area. Defiantly going back there.

I would say I was very displeased with my meal. I got the sweet potato fries ($4) and the Cajun wings ($9). The fries are skinny and cold, and without much flavor and the wings are over fried (should probably have been grilled or baked). They reminded me of KFC wings or something out of a fast food place. Definitely not wings you would get from a typical seafood restaurant. They also gave us no napkins and one ketchup and one cocktail sauce container. I would say that the chef should probably get a second opinion or go over the menu again. read more

Shakin Crab - Very unimpressed with the sweet potato fries. They were skinny, dry and cold - I wouldn't recommend - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Manassas, Virginia

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My husband & I eat here frequently and are never disappointed. Shakin Crab gives you more than enough food for the price. We like that it's all included and you don't have to pay for foods a la carte. Compared to others like Hot & Juicy, this is by far the best, hands down! read more

Best crab legs anywhere!!!!! I've had crab legs all over our nation's coastal states and this place has to rank in the top 5 anywhere around. Really friendly staff as well, when asking about their different IPA's the manager brought out samples multiple samples of each one for me and my woman to try. If you like well seasoned food get the shaking season option, you won't be disappointed. read more

Went there today, Memorial Day, and it was delicious again. We shared the special, with 1 lb. Of each: crab legs, crawfish, mussels, and shrimp, plus potatoes sausage, and corn. We asked for Shakin sauce, hot, but on the side. They did that, but charged $2.50 bc it was on the side which doesn't make sense, but oh well. That was my only negative, and it's not really a complaint. The seafood was properly cooked and Chase took great care of us. This is the best spot in Manassas for real deal seafood! They also let you write on the walls which is kind if neat! read more

First time visit for wife's birthday and she loved it and the casual dress and great service. Bucket of lobster, crabs, potatoes, Cajun herbs was great especially with a nice cold brew. We will go back. read more

We are usually a little leery of strip mall restaurants, but after eating here twice we are totally hooked. The first time I tried the steamed combo with Old Bay that included crab legs, shrimp, smoked sausage, corn on the cob and potatoes. It was delicious and unfortunately I ate every single piece (it's a lot of food) and could barely walk out. The second time I ordered the same thing but steamed only, no seasoning, and it was still delicious and cooked perfectly. I was happy to see the restaurant was packed and is doing a good business. Very short wait time - it's a pretty big place. They also have blue crab, and a great craft beer menu. My only complaint is that they don't serve real butter. When you are eating crab especially, real butter is the only thing that cuts it. I would offer it and maybe at an up-charge if it is more expensive than margarine. Other than that, we will be back! Oh, and bring a sharpie so you can write on the walls! read more

They where kind and respect full the atmosphere was great and the food came out in a timely manner and was filling and reasonably priced will be going back read more

If I could give this no stars I would.. the service was horrible the food had no seasoning it taste as if someone inexperienced just boiled seafood in plain water. read more

Visiting from San Antonio, we met some family members, (we grew up eating great seafood), and we were all so happy with our meals!! This is excellently prepared seafood, and fantastic service. Our server, Jade, was personable, professional and had a great sense of humor! We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. My local family will be returning, while I will have to wait for my next visit! Something else to look forward to! read more

The food is awesome and the value is amazing! Best meal I've had in a long time! The service was stellar. My only recommendation: offer cocktails in addition to beer and wine. read more

Shakin Crab - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Manassas, Virginia

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Very consistent in the quality of their food, friendly staff, and a casual atmosphere.

I received a coupon in the mail so I thought I would check this place out. When you first walk in, it is unclear if you are supposed to seat yourself or wait for a server, there was no one at the front to greet us, but it is a casual looking place so I didnt worry about it. Eventually, someone came to seat us and he was very nice. We ordered the specials and my son had the kids fried shrimp, which by the way isnt very much food, It was 4 seemingly unseasoned fried shrimp and a handful of french fries. However, the shrimp and crab legs were delicious, as were the sides. The reason I am giving two stars is because our service was absolutely horrible. When we ordered our food I ask our server for a knife so I could cut the corn off of the cob for my daughter. But once she brought out our food she never came back again until we were finished. She didn't come back to ask if we needed more drinks, or to see if our food was ok, or to bring the knife I asked for. Once my son and I finished eating I took him to the bathroom, and that is when our server decided to come to the table. So she came to the table to check on my two older children. When she came to bring the check I asked her if this was a full service restaurant, and she didnt understand what I meant. So I explained to her how disappointed I was with the service, and didn't understand why she didn't check on us once. She said I did come back, and I replied, yes you checked on the table once we were finished, but never during our meal, and you checked in on my children, but not with me, the paying customer.Then she said she is really swamped and she is the only one in the restaurant. The problem with that statement is, there were only 7 tables in the restaurant that were occupied, and there was definitely another server. I know this because one, she was serving the table sitting behind us, and two our server I guess was too uncomfortable to come back to my table, so she sent the other server to bring back my credit card. Now if the bad service was truly because they were understaffed (which they werent) she should have sent a manager to my table to explain that. The food was very good, but when I go out, I go out for the service, and my service was so poor, I am unlikely to return. read more

This was our first time here. Ordered take out. We ordered the combo platter crab and shrimp. My husband said the crab was excellent and I ate the shrimp , it was also excellent. Perfect spice and melts in your mouth. We will definitely be returning ! read more

The steamed shrimp I ordered were very flavourful and the way it was served very different worth another visit, slightly expensive though

Awesome place! Super clean and the food was great. We got the crawfish, crab legs, and mussels. You get to choose between a few sauces. We will definitely be coming back here! read more

The seafood here was probably some of the best I've ever had! Their staff was also very friendly and prepared our orders quickly. Will definitely be coming back again. read more

First and foremost they do not serve any alcohol. The oysters were tiny and the smallest I have ever seen especially for the price. The dinner comes in a bag (weird) huge mess. My server had never heard of horseradish. And they are not at all child friendly. No kids menu, no smaller cups, nothing, very high priced for mediocre food at best, also the hostess was texting the entire time, and the floor is so slick you almost fall...Could have gotten a giant meal at red lobster with a cocktail to boot for the price... read more

We decided to try this place on day two of opening. Mass confusion on who our server was due to the language barrier. We ordered food sat there waiting... only to see other people that came in way after us getting served food. We got fed up and left without eating. We only received apologies. Needless to say the first impression left a bad taste in my mouth and we will not be going back!!!! read more

We love Shakin crab. The food is always fresh and flavorful. We love the combo With shrimp and crab legs, spicy garlic

We went on a Friday night around 5:30pm. The place was not packed but as we ate dinner, more people came in. This was our first visit so we did not know what to expect. John was our server and he was very nice. He carefully explained the menu and the specials. They offer blue crabs males & females but it was the end of the season so they had only males, king crab legs, baby clams, oysters, & mussels. Both of us went with the shrimp with the Shakin' Sauce. It is a combination of all 3 flavors-cajun, lemon pepper & garlic butter. Let me tell you how fantastic this flavor it. They don't use garlic powder. The use real chopped garlic. It made a HUGE difference in the flavor!! I will definitely get this again. I wanted to drink it!! My husband got corn and I got a potato. I also got sweet potato fries. They were really good as well. Just to give a heads up-you will get your hands messy. There is no way around it. But that's ok cause the food is that good. I am looking forward to eating here again!! read more

We went to night and ordered Crabs which they said were medium but they were small, Calamari tasted like frozen kind I could and have made at home. Fried oysters which I love and they tasted nothing like oysters - hush puppies were good. Steamed shrimp well it was like it was frozen once and just very rubbery. Server was not good never asked to refill drinks or clean some of the dishes off plate. Best part of last night was the popcorn! Don't think we will be coming back :-) read more

I was excited to try this place. But It turned out to be Overpriced bland fried fish and Bad service. Sad that it didn't live up to the hype. Never going here again. read more

Ok small rant!! Went to this place tonight to enjoy seafood. Waited about 10 minutes to get seated while the entire staff were oblivious to our presence. THEN a waiter finally seated us after getting up from having dinner with his kid. The girl perceived by us to be our waitress was more interested in cleaning her 2 tables instead of waiting on a new guest more revenue for the restaurant in my eyes. After roughly 10 more minutes we headed out the door. Then called restaurant to speak to speak to manager kid who answered the Phone only said No manager not here service here got worse every time we come here read more

Went there for Mother's Day and once again the service & food was awesome!! I was happy to see the specials were available which worked out for everyone at our table. My daughter and I raved about this place the first time we came back in December. Our order came out and as usual we couldn't even finish it all! 1/2 lb of shrimp, 1/2 lb of crab legs, corn & sausage! I will be back again to try the mussels! Thank you for always satisfying my love for seafood without breaking my pockets! I had leftovers for dinner the next day and it was just as good!! read more

Went there with my wife another day. The prices are high, and the food tasted bland. I don't want to be mean but our server need to improve her language skill. We been to Hot N Juicy in DC and it is way better than this. read more

I got special 1 and it was nasty the sausage was chewy and the corn on the cob was BARELY COOKED , the sauce was runny !!!!!!!! The crab legs literally had no meat in it ... into good thing they have is the popcorn n shrimp. Chasin tails n crazy crab is way better ! Crazy crab is cheaper and give way more and COOK THE SIDES!!!! The service was good the food just wasn't it and I won't be going back i literally wasted 43.99. The ones who said the food was an over 5stars y'all don't season y'all food and YALL NOT FROM THE SOUTH BECAUSE YOU CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE FROM GOOD AND BAD SEAFOOD BOILS!!! read more

Holy crap, this place is delicious! Just got back from filling my belly with their delicious Special #1 - a 1/2 lb of snow crab legs, 1/2 lb of headless shrimp, 1/2 lb of sausage and a potato and piece of corn in the Shakin hot sauce. All that deliciousness only cost $22!! Also got the Cajun fries and hush puppies as sides. Gotta say, as a hush puppy connoisseur, those were some of the best I've ever had! Will definitely be going back soon for more of all this amazing food, after I finish my leftovers. Yum!! read more

WARNING! We were contacted by the Manassas City Police dept about a waitress at Shakin' Crab who has been changing the tip amount on credit cards. In our case she changed a 7.00 tip to 9.00. I cannot express how disappointed and horrified I am that this took place. I liked the food at Shakin' Crab and even enjoyed the service this waitress provided. If, and I mean IF, we go back, we will pay and tip in cash. This waitress should not only be fired, but she should be jailed. read more

This place is okay. My husband likes to say if you know how to cook and season crab legs this place isn't for you. You can go to any local store and get crab legs seasoned for you. The portions were so small. And the cokes were watered down because of all the ice. So we got the 48.00 all for a quarter of a bag full of about 20 shrimps, 2 cluster of crab legs, and some nasty hush puppies. We will not be back. read more

Really great seafood! Went here over the weekend with my bestie and we had a great experience. I ordered the crab legs and shrimp and within about 20 minutes our orders arrived hot and steaming. The crab legs and shrimp came with red skinned potatoes and corn on the cob all in the bag together. The price point wasn't bad and we ended up leaving with a doggy bag because it was so much left over. The waitress was very attentive and polite as well. They also give you fresh popped popcorn while you wait. Overall we will be back. read more

Me and a friend came here on a Friday afternoon a little before 1pm. The place was mostly empty except for a party of 8 that looked like mainly college kids. We both ordered a pound of shrimp. I chose a potato as my side and threw in an order of onion rings; friend chose the corn cobb and an order of fries. I opted for the shakin' sauce and she had garlic butter. Our meals were FANTASTIC! They cook everything in a single bag, so your veggie absorbs the seafood seasoning you choose (also made cleanup easy because we just put the shrimp tails back in our bags). I highly recommend the Shakin' Sauce! My onion rings were a generous portion and cooked perfectly. They had a nice light, crisp breading, like tempura, so it isn't heavy at all. Not greasy either! My friend didn't realize the fries were seasoned (she dislikes seasoned fries), but even she said they were delicious. Shrimp sizes were perfect, price was very reasonable for what you get and service was awesome. The young lady that served us was sweet and attentive. Potato was a little on the small side, but who am I kidding? The focus was definitely on the seafood and we both enjoyed it immensely. I ate a whole pound of shrimp, onion rings and finished off the remainder of my friend's fries. Felt like such a stuffed pig walking out of that place and only sucked down water for the rest of the day due to the salt content, but will gladly do it all over again. Also, I will mention that you don't have to eat there to enjoy the seafood. From what we were told, you can place orders over the phone and pick it up. So glad Shakin' Crab has come to Manassas and I will definitely be back. read more

Mom & I went to try it out. We Love seafood And were excited to try a new place. Typically when we go out for seafood we leave full and happy, this time not so much. We just felt disappointed. When we first walked in, I was struck by the fact that there were only three tables with people seated & A big empty room full of empty tables. That's not a good sign. Food really had no flavor, they serve it in a plastic bag that they just plop down in the middle of the table. There was no atmosphere, no music playing, prices were pretty high for what you get. I'm not sure what was wrong with the seafood, maybe it had been frozen but it had no flavor. Also "steamed" is your only option For how anything is prepared. Even the hush puppies were lame. Captain D's is much better for those. I don't know, I wouldn't waste my money there. Mom and I both had the same reaction, disappointed... The waitress was nice. read more

Staff is very friendly, great food, quick service, and you get to write a message on the wall! How cool is that!?! I will definitely be coming back here! read more

Shared a LB of crab legs for appetizer and then had catfish and shrimp baskets. All of the food was hot and nicely prepared. The batter was not overwhelming, but tasty. We had hush puppies and onion rings as sides and they were good too. The service was very good, the place was clean, relatively quiet and had a beachy feel. Not the usual place for the Woodbridge / Manassas area - worth a try if you like crabs, shrimp, etc. read more

Their Shrimp and crab bag with the three mix spices is TO DIE FOR!!! So delicious can't stop eating!

Great service and delicious, fresh seafood. Will return soon!!! We ordered the calamari with fries, shrimp, and king crab legs!