Taste was decent, medium spicy tastes mild. The shrimp was half tender half mushy. Lots of clams in the c2 combo! The corn was tender and juicy. Sausage and potatoes were good. read more

Shaking Crab - C2, 1lb shrimp garlic butter medium, fries - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Daly City, California

Waitresses are friendly, no wait time, parking isn't bad. The food lacks flavor and is completely overpriced. Never again.

Love this place!!! I honestly can't believe some of the reviews for this place because I have never had a bad experience here. Great food and the servers are always very attentive and friendly. Me and my fiancé go here at least once a month and get some seafood and garlic noodles and it's the best. And for everyone with the ridiculous requests of large parties not being accommodated have obviously never worked in a restaurant and need to touch grass. This restaurant is small and if it's a group of more than 5 it's generally always wise to call a few hours before arriving. I've seen some of the groups they deal with showing up 45 minutes before closing and I'm honestly surprised how well they keep their cool lol read more

It was delicious and service was great i would definitely go back and recommend to my friends and family

This place is our go-to cajun seafood spot! We stopped by again on Saturday night and the wait was so short. We always get pounds of shrimp, clams, corn, potatoes, and rice. The cajun sauce is to dieee for and the prices are cheap for how good it is!! Our party of three only Paid $80 and we were stuffed. By the way, get the cajun fries you'll thank me. Can't wait to stop by again! read more

Shake shake shake! Shake your booty! Shake shake shake! After eating here you'll definitely be filled with happiness and want to just shake with joy. I was very pleased with this place. Fresh seafood, affordable price and delicious sauces...yes please! The eating style here is pure savagery. You'll need to go full beast mode and use your hands. How it works is you order the seafood you want by weight, pick the sauce for it and the spice level. I recommend the atomic sauce which is the combination of all sauces and if you can handle heat,l go for the hotter levels. If you can't handle the heat, medium is perfect. The kind crab is really good, and the shrimp. I didn't like the clams, but that was just my preference. Their chicken wings, and grilled calamari! Delicious! Totally worth getting as an appetizer. Do remember, cleanliness isn't a thing here, so a bib is necessary. This is so your clothing doesn't get ruined. Using hands is recommended. But they do offer gloves to the people who don't want to go full savage. The gloves doesn't really do much if you get the king crab because it does puncture a hole in it and eventually your hand is filled with buttery sauciness. Service was great here. Everyone was friendly and helpful. Totally worth it. Come here, you won't regret it. read more

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The sauce is way too buttery. Garlic noodles and shrimp were overcooked. Calamari rings are calamari rings. Service was not up to par. Never was checked up on. Waited a whole 8-ball game before server came up to get our order. read more

Shaking Crab - Garlic Noodles, Calamari Rings, & Shrimp - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Daly City, California

Been orderinfg here for take out but last time the cajun sauce was not enough it was so dry, they should have added extra.

Food is pretty good just like boiling craft will definitely go again. Prices are very good. Compared to other places. No complaints.

Hits the spot if one is craving seafood and if you want to get heated on a wintery, cold day! Do opt for the whole saucy flavors and medium level hot sauce! It's yummy! I was grubbing my way through and adored the plump clams! Nuggets went well with the savory, buttery sauce and I kept dipping the sweet potato fries to soak up the sauce! Mhm! Dim lighting to see my food, but suits the divey seafood shack decor! Noms! read more

I'm from Maryland and we came to the restaurant as a large group. I ordered the fried shrimp, corn on the cob with the butter on the side, and a beer. Almost 10 minutes after ordering the waitress comes back and shoves the menu in my face stating she would have to charge $6 extra because the putting the butter on the side was "extra". After explaining I was just asking for the regular portion of butter she said she would still be $6 extra. Once the shrimp arrived they were lukewarm to the touch and the fries were ice cold. I asked to speak to the manger and she then stated she would be able to accommodate my request for the butter on the side. When I mentioned the temperature of my food she then stated she could "heat it up". I sent back my entire meal and drink. Another person in my party ordered the soft shell crab salad and after everyone had almost finished their meal they come to announce they have "just" run out of soft shell crab. A woman in my party also received cold fries with her short rib but they offered to bring out new fries for her. My mother ordered the same thing as me and also her meal was cold. Honestly I've never received service this incomplete and unapologetic. read more

Tried this place tonight despite all the bad reviews because we were enticed by the Happy Hour, and I was hoping that just maybe, the reviews would be inaccurate. And boy we were WRONG, this place is incredibly bad in terms of food and service and we will honestly never return again. FIRST OF ALL, don't let the happy hour fool you. You can only order one item PER TABLE. So if you come here with a few friends, only one person can get a combo and everyone else is probably stuck getting a pound of shrimp, which is a whopping $14.99. The combo can probably fill up one person but it's definitely not shareable, portions are tiny. Ordered the "Dynamite X" level of spice and it was more like a very mild. The "sauce" was also not saucy, it was just a bath of pure oil and grease. However, shrimps were cooked decently, I'll give them that. Overall, this place did not satisfy my cajun cravings nor did I think it was good quality of food. Service is nonexistent, they'll drop off your food and ignore you for the remainder of your meal. read more

Shaking Crab - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Daly City, California

THIS is my seafood place!! 10 stars if you must!! Sooo much better than Boiling Crab in San Jose!! When in SF, Daly City, SSF, San Bruno or San Mateo, you MUST try this place! Their garlic butter crabs are the BOMB!! read more

Came on Tuesday afternoon. The restaurant is pretty empty, the service was quick. Been here many times. Food is alway good. Garlic noodle was flavorful and moist, one of my must order. The shrimp was fresh, tender texture. We will be back. read more

Shaking Crab - Grill Calamari With Ginger Sauce, C2 combo, garlic noodles - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Daly City, California

If you haven't had the garlic noodle, I would give it a try. The noodle is cooked well, not mushy and not too hard. The 2 pound shrimp bag was a lot bigger than I had anticipated. And the line was short. The food took about 15 minutes to 20 minutes to make and they have you order outside the door for safe precaution. When we took the food home the shrimp sauce and the corn was a little saltier then normal but still good. We got the original cajun seasoning. The service was good and I have no complaints there. Over all this place was a 4 star for me but I would still recommend boiling crab over this one. read more

Good customer service, good food & a nice environment. I highly recommend this spot if your looking to eat seafood.

The service was slow and bad, Nobody check in with us till the end of the night. Our food took forever and nobody ever told us any updates. The food was good but the service was shit. read more

Shaking Crab - Bad service - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Daly City, California

Came here for the first time, wasn't too packed. Never really wanted to come because the food doesn't look good. My family and I there was 4 of us got 2 orders of Cajun fries, 1 order of garlic noodles a side of dynamite sauce and the C3 combo. The fries were good we ate 2 baskets, the C3 combo was okay, wasn't good but I already ordered it so we ate it. The garlic noodles no one liked the plate was literally full. when the bill came we told our waitress we didn't like them and if they can be removed from the bill, she said no, we said but we didn't like it we barely even touched it, she replied it doesn't matter, you ordered it so you need to pay for it. I have never been somewhere who made people pay for food they didn't like! It was insane, needless to say I will never come back here and I do not recommend it at all. The food was edible that's pretty much all I have to say. Go the Boiling Crab in San Jose 100X better!!! read more

I was craving to eat some seafood but this place and their food is horrible the food has no taste ‍ Don't waste your time to come to this place Change your chef ‍ read more

definitely WORST seafood boil place!!! their sauces are basically only butter, it has no flavor. i had the atomic sauce and it was so bland and watery. i was honestly so livid and disappointed i had to take it home so i could make my own sauce which is ridiculous for the price. also service was not the best. took forever for someone to take our order. NEVER AGAIN!! read more

Was kind of iffy about going to this place after reading most of the reviews and I have to say none of the negativity is true. Everyone was very attentive and friendly, even joked with us. The food was hot, delicious and tasty unlike the reviews that said the food had no flavor. We ordered the total boil with everything in it plus a soft shell crab and fries and a 10 piece chicken wing dinner. The only con was that they weren't sauced or dipped in lemon pepper. I didn't have much expectation for the crawfish but I was wrong. Prices were high but I would definitely recommend and will be back again when we visit California. Give them a try read more

very yummy and came hot and fresh. Was seasoned perfectly and had enough liquid at the bottom of the bag.

I had the the combo c, garlic noodles and oysters. Some of the fries were unfortunately cold and the oysters were definitely burnt. The garlic noodles were soggy but flavor wise was good. The bagged seafood on the other hand was excellent. I can always get my boiling crab cravings satisfied here when I don't want to make the trek over to SJ. read more

The spicy seafood is great! Service is solid whether dining in or takeout..Hidden Gem in DC!

Came with my family here today. All the food was piping hot, fresh, and delicious. We loved the shrimp, sausages, and fried fish the best. The servers were super helpful, fast, and nice. We came on a Sunday night and the place was packed by the time we left. I'm a regular customer here and I will never stop coming! read more

They seemed super busy when I had arrived but I was seated very quickly & the food came out quickly as well. One thing they could work on is making sure they check up on their customers bc we were given our garlic noodles super late after already being full from eating everything else. Food on the other hand, no complaints at all. It was worth the money spent. read more

their shirmp is full of shit, it so gross, not all of them but most of them, i was enjoying my meal when i bite it, it smell shit %100

An amazing place and great food! I didn't know about that concept about having the seafood marinated in a bag and comes hot and fresh with the seasoning that you want! It's a must go place! read more

This place is damn delicious. My go to spot for quick, affordable seafood. I keep it simple and order: White Rice Cajun Fries Garlic Noodles Fried Calamari (Spicy Mustard Sause) Please don't compare this to "The Boiling Crab" it's clearly not as big or hyped as that place, but its good for what it is and where its located. As far as service goes, you can tell they are obviously understaffed and try their best to attended and serve everyone. I swear people are so impatient and don't have common sense to see the server is struggling and rushing to help everyone. Come on people use your brain, stop acting like you own the place. read more

Shaking Crab - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Daly City, California

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Food was really good but I will have to order with no spice next time! I'm a little wimpy when it comes to spice but if you enjoy spicy seafood this is the place for you. read more

I hope the manager or owner read this review. The food was good but the service I would give her 0 star. If I'm going to spend this much I should get a good service. I usually give the server 18% to 20% depending how they cater to us. Our waiter didn't even bother to check if there's anything else we need or if we need boxes. She just put our receipt on the table (it made us feel like hurry up). She did not offer if we need any dessert. I have to asked her and usually when they give you a dessert they will clear the table. I was going to order 3 deserts. I decided to order 1 since my kid really want the dessert. I should of go to Red Lobster I get great service there. To the manager please if you want your customers to come back train your server how to have a great service. I will never come back here even though the food was good. read more

Shaking Crab - Our receipt - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Daly City, California

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Ordered delivery. The service is excellent from phone call to picking up the meal, but the food wasn't tasty this time. We requested 2 pounds of spicy medium shrimp, but the sauce was bland and lacked flavor. It didn't taste as it usually did a few months ago. read more

I give this place 3 stars because the service is slow kinda took forever to get someone to get our order. (Short staffed) it seems like all the help is in the kitchen and there is only the one lady working out in the front end by herself. 1 girl is apparently sick from over hearing someone saying "I hope you get better sorry you are not feeling well and is sick." Ok first of all if your sick you should not be anywhere near the food. Let alone help prep the tables. there is this one older Asian lady who took our order was fast at seating us but was kinda rude taking our order. The food is good! Always love the food here. The service I noticed got kinda bad since the last time I came here. Got the C2 and a dozen oysters and my sister got 2 pounds of crawfish. The oysters didnt have that ocean taste like you can tell they ran the oysters under the water before serving to us. The C2 and the crawfish was made perfectly. If the service wasnt ehhh I would give this place a 4 or 5. read more

Shaking Crab - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Daly City, California

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Came here on a Saturday night thinking we can have an early dinner (roughly 6pm) and there was already a line... Short wait (15mins maybe) and we were seated. The staff were pretty nice but a bit forgetful, we sat down and knew what we wanted. Ordered the C3 combo (came with one crab, 2lbs of shrimps, 2 corns, sausages and potatoes), garlic noodles and an Arnold Palmer. Food came fairly quickly but we had to remind them on our Arnold Palmer (hence the forgetfulness). Obviously not the same as Boiling Crabs but there really isn't anything Cajun like in San Francisco area without crossing the bridge. Not sure if it's not crab season but the crab itself didn't seem too fresh, I probably would not order it again next time. But the shrimp was pretty damn good. Garlic butter was on point and the skin of the shrimp peeled right off! It was the right amount of garlic and not too overpowering as I would need to chug a gallon of water afterwards. Overall I would come back for their Cajun shrimp, garlic noodles (I've had better ones) are okay, wouldn't mind trying out other things on their menus too! read more

Came on a Friday afternoon/evening, no wait for table for 3. Ordered 3 lbs shrimp head-on Atomic sauce (all flavors combined: garlic butter and lemon butter and Cajun). Shrimp was good size, cooked perfectly, but the sauce was lacking flavor. I asked our server for some Cajun sauce or something to add, she said it would be $6 for additional sauce. I explained I just wanted more sauce since the Atomic we received tastes like just butter, and her response was, "the sauces are made in batches." If you want extra sauce, it'll be $6. It's not like we were trying to get sauce to take home, the sauce we had ordered just didn't have any flavor. I said, never mind. So much for service. Needless to say, we won't be coming back because of that... read more

Service: super slow! We came right at the opening, and we were pleasantly surprised to see there was one other party before us. It took a while for someone to get our order because there seemed to be more immediate attention given to take out orders. At some point, more people came and service was able to run a bit more smoothly. Food: it was pretty good. We ordered the #3 combo. We got one pound of shrimp, one pound of crab legs, 4 sausages, 2 corns, 2 potatoes. In addition to what we ordered, we also got garlic noodles and a side of rice. We picked the atomic sauce, which consists of all the sauces. Then we discovered that we get more flavor when we dip our proteins back into the sauce bag. (I mean duh, why wouldn't we?! We just remembered halfway into our meal.) it was all pretty okay. I don't remember being not liking the food. At some point, I gave up on the gloves and just started using hands. But it's always a fun experience to have seafood boil! Would go again. read more

DONT EVER ORDER HERE!!! Been waiting for 2 hours now and someone in line still waiting for his order from 5pm. How irresponsible for the restaurant to do this :/ Not even compensating anything, if you guys cant handle it then just close or dont take orders anymore.. I wouldn't mind if its just an hour, but 2 HOURS?! Wow.. unbelievable -_- read more

Like the taste and a great place to bring the family for seafood. Most definitely will come back!!!!!!! read more

Shaking Crab - Menu - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Daly City, California

This place is good if you're too lazy to drive to boiling crab. The flavors are just decent, it could really use some extra seasoning to boost the flavor to make it stick to the seafood. It's safe to get their shrimp, potatoes, corn, and sausage inside your bag. read more

WORST SERVICE AND EXPERIENCE EVER!! I've been to this location multiple times and have never had a problem until last night. starting from the beginning of getting there, my boyfriend went inside to go ask how long the wait would be and a new work told him hold on VERY rudely. so i went inside to go ask and she shoo'd me off VERY rudely. This was strike one but we've been craving this place for a few days now so we stuck it out until we got a table. next thing was our server, Amanda, was unwelcoming, never checked on us and we only ever saw her twice: when she took our order and when she asked my boyfriend if he wanted a refill on his drink. now onto the food, we waited for a LONG time for our food as we watched everyone else who got there after us and ordered more than us. We wouldn't have gotten our food if i never asked another server to check on it for us. and the outcome of our food was unpleasant and different from any other visit we've had. for starters, THE FOOD WAS COLD. the flavor was different and disgusting from all other times but we were so hungry we just ate it. they gave us the potatoes in whole pieces when prior visits they had been cut up. I asked for one of the pieces of corn to be only in butter and the server who delivered our food told us the cooks were confused about how i wanted one corn in the bag and one in butter only but they both seemed to have been in the bag so i never got my fully buttered corn. the only time the new server from the beginning was nice was when she came to drop off the check. I'm a server at a restaurant so experiencing this was just three strikes for me. I won't be seeing myself visiting this restaurant or recommending and hyping it up to people like i used to. i'll get my moneys worth and take the drive to rays crab shack or boiling crab. i wish i would've asked to speak to a manager but at the rate for how bad things were going, i was ready to just leave and not come back. read more

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