Brown paper covered tabes brought me back to my Maryland crab eating roots. The taste of the sea was abundant at this small quaint restaurant. Try the cream of crab soup with a hint of sherry. The clams served the small cups of butter and mussels with a delicious red base sauce and a hint of saffron was just what our palate was craving. The steamed blue full crabs wore coats of Old Bay season and were cooked to perfection. A full bar and beer on tap accompany our meal nicely! The staff was inviting and accommodating to our every need. We showed up an hour before closing to celebrate our brother's 60th bday and we were not rushed in any way. This establishment is a must stop when in Bethany Beach DE read more

It will take your waitress/waiter a couple of minutes to realize that you have sat down. And I'm talking about 5-7 minutes. The 60 second meet and greet window is out the door. But once they do come, you must get all you can eat crabs. The chicken is amazing! It is definitely worth your money! My family and I go every summer at least 4 times. read more

The Blue Crab - All you can eat crabs!! - Seafood Near Me - Bethany Beach, Delaware

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My family and I was at nearby beach and wanted some crabs. Normally we would drive back to Ocean City to go to another all you can eat crabs restaurant, but we didn't want to make the drive. Long story short, the long drive would've been better. Let's take a look at my family order's : 1. The CRAB Feast- I'm from the Blue Crab area so I know what they are supposed to taste like. The crabs were hot with a nice weight and size, but no flavor. I think they cook it in just water. The meat had absolutely no flavor!. Throwing OLD Bay on top does not give flavor for the inside. A. The fried chicken was perfect, nice crunch and juicy. B. The corn was sweet and delicious. 2. The Fried Shrimp Platter- The mac n cheese needed salt. The shrimp needed to be cooked a tad bit longer for a crispness. 3. Seafood Pasta dish- It was super dry. Asked for more sauce and they brought melted butter. Our waitress said that's all she could bring. 4. Kids Burgers- Perfect ! I would not recommend this place. read more

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Terrible after making a reservation we still has to wait 30 minutes. i ordered crabs and my husband ordered the seafood pasta. Our waiter forgot about us. We waited another 30 minutes for our food, I had to flag my waiter down and ask him for our drinks and food. He said to us Im sorry I have ADHD? When J received my crabs they were old empty and cold. I had to flag down another server for my husband's food. His pasta was floury tasting and soggy. Never again!!! read more

Highly recommend the blue crab feast. Crabs were perfectly cooked and generous sizes. Service was excellent! I always had more crabs on the table by the time I was finishing the last one from the last batch. read more

It was dinner time and extremely popular for off season beach time. I suppose it was the unusually warm weather. Out of the 6 who came, 3 of us got the shrimp feast, 1 got the chicken feast, 1 got the crab cakes and my mom got the Maryland crab soup. Everything was delicious! The only real complaint we had was that getting the food took a long time, and when we asked for more (since we were paying for ayce) they told us we had to wait because they ran out. All in all, a good place to eat, if you don't mind waiting. We did have a corn on the cob race though, and the corn was very nicely cooked! read more

Service and ambience is good. Neat and clean. Steamed blue crabs not good. I called to ask which size of steamed blue crabs they have. I was told medium to xlarge. I reached there in 15 mins and waitress told they only have medium size. Ordered grudgingly. What was served was not even medium size, smaller than that. Not a happy customer. read more

You sit down at the table, bright eyed, bushy tailed, filled with hope for the meal you're about to engage in. The table is covered in a brown paper tarp like a slaughterhouse floor, but you don't pick up on this because you have not yet eaten all the crabs you can eat. In many ways you are still a child. The waitress first brings out some homemade potato chips. This is the calm before the storm. You finish the potato chips thinking this will be nothing. Then the waitress comes back with deep fried hush puppies and a bucket of blue crabs. She dumps the crabs out before you as if to emphasize that their lives had no meaning and neither does yours. Now it is just you, the blue crabs, and your black soul. Your utensils are a hammer and a paring knife, the blunt and the cruel. The ritual of dismemberment comes to be a microcosm of life itself. The thudding trauma of the hammer on crab is the overwhelming first blow of birth itself. The knife is every day afterward slowly picking at you until you are nothing but a shell. Halfway through the first crab, the waitress brings you a fried chicken leg and drum stick. No creature of the land, sea, or air is safe from man's unflinching death march. You crack open the first crab and eat its brains. You gain its knowledge and realize that you and the crab are one in the same. They wear their shells on the outside, but we wear ours on the inside to shield ourselves from the harshness of this world. You gain a sort of respect for your enemy. This crab feast has taught you how fragile both shells are. By the second crab, this respect has quickly given way to hate. The work being put into shelling and consuming does not reap satisfying rewards no matter how salty or sweet. The returns diminish with each hammer fall, and each dip of the crab's death into hot butter. Graceland by Paul Simon plays on the radio and you realize that there is no grace left for you. You have entered this hell and you cannot leave until you meet the devil face to face. Will his eyes look like the crab's or your own? You realize you are the only customer in this restaurant, dancing your dance of death, and that perhaps eating an endless supply of crustaceans by yourself is the highest form of loneliness. But loneliness is the natural order of things. You soldier on. As the crabs get cold so too does your temper. You are no longer man nor god nor beast, but a machine, coldly going through your functions. Cracking, stabbing, and eating without a trace of feeling. At some point on the fourth or fifth crab, at this point the numbers mean nothing, you realize that you are bleeding. Has the crab enacted a small vengeance from beyond the veil or have you lost the ability to discriminate that which your knife slices? Finally, the waitress comes to you and asks if you would like any more crabs. The salesman in her wants you to say yes, but you look into her eyes and the human being in her begs you to say no. At last, you say, "It's finished" and lay your cruel instruments on the slaughterhouse paper among the debris and the stains. There is nothing left but the shells. Nothing left but the shells. 4 stars read more

The Blue Crab - Seafood Near Me - Bethany Beach, Delaware

We are here for my daughter's birthday in November and it was FANTASTIC! Huge portions and every dish we ordered was superb. The chips with the horseradish dip were life-changing. ;-). Please start selling that sauce! We will be back for sure!!! read more

Tiny crab cake on the sandwich. Either charge more for a real crab cake or don't even sell it. It's insulting to sell that crab cake this close to Maryland. And no tarter sauce? 2 stars bc they hire nice servers. read more

Tried this restaurant coming to Bethany Beach to visit for the 1st time while staying at Rehoboth. Wish we found The Blue Crab earlier! Best meal along the Delaware shore! Wife had Captains Feast w snow crab, shrimp, potatoes and corn. She skipped the sausage and was given extra shrimp, at least 2 dozen large shrimp. Everything very fresh and cooked perfectly. Enough for 2! I had blackened halibut w Cajun cream sauce asparagus and grits. Excellent!! Don't miss this gem! read more

Don't waste your money. Ordered the shrimp and spinach salad, it was a handful of spinach and four shrimp...for $22. Won't be going back.

The most amazing crab and cheese dip ever! Comes with a loaf of baguette bread which is delicious too! Order a side of their home made potatoe chips they are out of this world! Curb side pick up works perfectly during this no dine in time frame. read more

Ordered dozen crabs $80 on take out to bring back to the 2 men we were with. The ride was 4 minutes long so the crabs sitting to long can't be to blame for anything. Both men said the crabs had absolutely no flavor. Each tried more and still no flavor. They told me it wasn't worth the work to get no flavor. So dinner was ruined, crabs when into garbage. read more

My wife and I spent all night looking for a place to eat with good COVID protocol and ended up at Blue Crab, as they seemed to really take it seriously. I am so happy we did! We got the blackened tuna sandwich and it was phenomenal! The homemade chips were great too, we will be back. read more

I have been here so many times throughout the years and it's always a fun experience! Went tonight with my two best girlfriends and had such a nice night. We sat outside and ordered an orange crush, a cosmo, and a mojito for drinks! Wasn't obsessed with the crush (wish it was a little fresher) but it was still super yummy and my other friend wasn't obsessed with her berry mojito. Overall drinks were OK. Besides that, they got a dozen crabs and I got the Ahi Tuna Salad and we shared the clams. The clams were perfect and I would 100% get the salad again!! Our waitress was also so sweet and was quick with our orders. Great food!!! read more

The Blue Crab - Seafood Near Me - Bethany Beach, Delaware

We used to get snow crab legs galore, was one of our favorite spots. Only got 1 small cluster with no sides for $20 this year, disappointing. I hope with an improving healing world, this place makes it and great crab house returns! read more

We got the Asian tuna salad, crab legs, fried shrimp, and crab cakes. It was all out of the world. The best part were the hush puppies were to die for! They were not greasy and the flavor was great.i defiantly will be back. Service was great also. read more

Greta food small town but big delecious food. They have raw bar next to it same owners. Easy parking and wifi. Try crab feast , soft shell crab and great selection oysters. Try happy hour read more

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I was not happy when my wife suggested we stop for lunch at the Blue Crab. I did not care what color the crab is, I have never tasted anything with crab meat that I liked. We asked to look at the menu before sitting down so I could see what other entrees I could order. I went with the shrimp po boy sandwich with chips and enjoyed a great lunch. The little woman ordered sautéed crab meat with cole slaw. I reluctantly tasted the crab meat at her request and got the surprise of my life. It was great. My whole image of crabs changed in an instant - after years of thinking they should never be pulled from the ocean and tossed onto the dinner table I have seen the light. If the folks at the Blue Crab can do that how can they not get a 5-star rating??? (It pains me to say it but the shrimp po boy was great - - - the sautéed crab meat was even better.) read more

I enjoyed the lightly fried shrimp. Very tasty and the menu claims they are wild caught. My friend ordered the crab cake and she enjoyed. It's not a large crab cake but it was all crab meat w no filler. The french fries are fresh cut and her hush puppies were yummy! They start you off with complimentary homemade chips with a horseradish creamy sauce. I'll definitely return for the tasty shrimp. read more

A rainy Saturday at Rehoboth Beach is never ideal, but the perfect recipe to this is reading with a cat cuddled up on your lap and AYCE crabs at Blue Crab. AYCE crabs is about $40/person, and it comes with Delaware fried chicken, hush puppies, and corn on the cob. They bring about a dozen out at a time, and the crabs are all steamed and doused with Old Bay. If you can't commit to AYCE, 1/2 a dozen crabs was about $25. I actually ordered this because I just had a crab cake salad prior and I'm also a very slow crab eater, so I didn't think that I was going to be able to get my money's worth for the AYCE option. Although it's obvious that there was no sharing for the AYCE option, I stole a few bites of the hush puppies and a crab after I was done with my 6. A reference on how slowly I eat crabs: I had 7 in the 2 hours we there while my boyfriend ate like, 17. Add a pitcher of a local ale and you have the most perfect way to spend a rainy day by the beach. read more

It was a dark and stormy night ... no really, it's raining like a mother... and although it is the Sat. night of DelMarVa Bike Week, there's no sound of baffleless straight pipes to be heard. Wife and I Yelped around for places to each in Bethany Beach, and found good reviews for this place. The reviews lived up to the hype. We'll be going back at least a couple of times, so this review may get updated. Wife did the seafood platter, and although the kitchen ran out of Rosemary potatoes, the mac & cheese (really penne & cheese) and hush puppies made up for it. I opted for the Tuna Steak special and a bowl of the Md Crab soup. It didn't suck. At $8/bowl, the soup is pricey, but on a damp chilly night, it succeeded in warming the sub-cockles of my heart, the same way I'd imagine reading news of Dick Cheney declaring bankruptcy would. The Tuna was yummy, about 1 inch thick, cooked to medium. After having an bad piece of rare tuna institute a 4-day weight loss regamin (want to lose 12 pounds in 4 days? try it!), I want a fish cooked medium or better unless it is sashimi grade. Finally, the staff was as pleasurable as the food. Romanian born Ramona was attentive as well as entertaining. As a family run business, staffing can be difficult, but they found a jewel. The quote about the art of living without an eraser on the check was a nice touch. Parking after Sept 15th is free (yay). read more

The value of this is great--I've never had a buffet that offers fried chicken and fresh chips/horseradish dip to supplement. Because it is unqiue to other buffet feasts I've tried in MD and VA, I am a fan of Blue Crab! First off, the restaurant is very clean. Even the bathroom is clean, which is a plus when you want to go and clean up during your meal. The service is really great--our waitress was quick about our orders, and responded to our many needs (more ice, more lemons, less of this item, more of that meat). Water was always, always filled up without us asking. Upon ordering, we received our fresh potato chips, which were SO addicting with the white sauce. I had to tell myself to stop so that I could feast on everything else. Then, we received our fried chicken. You can request white/darkmeat/drumsticks. It was really good and tastes cleaner than a chain like Popeye's, but nothing to rave about for me. Hush puppies were dry, but tasty nontheless. The favorite item there was the crab soup. I saw in the bathroom that it was award-winning, and rightly so. It's the right blend of tomatoes, vegetables and crab. I would have ordered another one of these if I wasn't feasting on the $36 special. Onto the crabs. Crabs were fresh and had a lot of meat. We tossed a few that were oddly blackened or green, but most were large and tasty; I'll blame it on it being off-season. I found there to be way too much salt, but had a right amount of old bay. You can request butter and vinegar for dipping. Corn was smaller in size and not was crisp/fresh. Is it the best crab feast I've tasted? No. Did they offer something unique? Yes. This is definitely a go-to if I hit up Bethany Beach again. Service and cleanliness of the restaurant/food is a huge +. read more

3 words. HOLY FRIED CHICKEN! This place manages to sucker me into filling up on their fried chicken whenever I order the crab feast. The crab feast comes w/ unlimited hush puppies, corn on the cob, fried chicken, and crabs. The crabs here are always perfectly steamed w/ tons of old bay (just the way I like it) but I can't stay away from their chicken. The chicken comes out piping hot and burns my fingers every time. The skin is crunchy w/ just the right amount of salt factor and the meat is super juicy. I seriously dream about Blue Crab's fried chicken. Every time I go to Bethany Beach (which is quite often), I stop by this family-owned restaurant. Service is always great. Drinks are promptly refilled and servers frequently check up on you. Glad to see other yelpers are in agreement. read more

Took our 3 kids there yesterday (a Thursday) for an early dinner, and had a great time. Zero wait at 5:15, but the place was filled by 6, so get there early, because the tables turn over slow when it's all-you-can-eat of crabs. Atmosphere is nothing impressive - looked like an old Italian pizza joint painted over in blue and white. Noise level was perfect for our loud kids... Mostly families there. We did the all-you-can-eat specials: wife and I had the crab and shrimp, and we ordered the kids 2 crab, and 1 shrimp. They brought out the buckets of husk-on corn and baskets of fried chicken and hush puppies first - all VERY good, so had to pace the kids to hold room for the crabs! I also ordered the Blue Hawaiian cocktail, and Blueberry Mojito - both were excellent. We watched a video on YouTube of how to open and eat the crabs, and then went to town on them - all delicious. Kids loved making a big mess on the table. Service was decent, with a full compliment of Eastern European students who struggled a bit with English, but our waitress was really nice, and they're well-staffed so no problem in finding others to help out, too. All-in-all, a great experience. Our bill with tip was $180, but worth it, IMO. read more

The Blue Crab - Seafood Near Me - Bethany Beach, Delaware

Delicious, plentiful crabs. Great deals. All the food is cooked perfectly. They even gave us slightly more than a dozen medium crabs even though we only ordered a dozen, because they were running small. I would go back. Knocking off one star because the ambiance inside the restaurant leaves something to be desired. It looks like the inside of a school cafeteria - ugly, plain, and not at all deserving of my beachy night out outfit. Hello! It's a crab place on the boardwalk. Spice it up with some wood paneled walls, maybe a crab net here and there, dim the lighting a bit, and please, for all of us, get rid of the ugly blue and white tile. Next time I'll just get there earlier to try to snag one of the oh-so-coveted and rare outdoor tables. read more

This place is amazing! I got the Crab & Shrimp Feast, which for $37, includes all you can eat blue crabs, shrimp, fried chicken, corn on the cob, and hush puppies. The crabs and shrimp were great. I don't eat fried chicken but everyone else at the table said it was damn good. The corn was so sweet and delicious. The hush puppies were topped with powdered sugar and were great. Service was quick and friendly. Server explained everything in detail and was very attentive. Best crab eating experience ever. Can't believe how much you get for your money. I will definitely go back again and again anytime I'm in the area. read more

Three things: 1. Excellent seafood at a reasonable price. 2. Their seafood feasts are the bomb, but don't overlook their regular menu. Their daily fish specials and crab cakes would be considered excellent in any city. 3. It is easily the best restaurant within walking distance of downtown Bethany. They have attentive service, fresh, local in-season produce and an unpretentious atmosphere. PS - If you think eating blue crabs with a hammer is cool, then someone should hit you with a hammer in the back of your douchebag head. YouTube how to eat a crab for the love of god. read more

Very easy to miss as its not what you'd expect from a crab shack but don't let appearances fool you, this is THE place for crabs. Reasonably priced, it was $37 for all you can eat mediums, shrimp, corn on the cob, hush puppies (that were more like funnel cake), and by far the best fried chicken I have ever had. I'm sure prices vary based on season and availability. I would suggest that anyone in OC or Rehobeth takes the 20 minute drive and check this place out. As a comparison, we went to Mickey's the night after. Hands down the Blue Crab is the best there is. read more

Crabs were expensive to me - $58 for a dozen medium size. And the people who work there didn't know what old bay seasoning was (they had jars on the table!) We went here to pick up crabs because it was the only place that I knew in Bethany that has crabs. They did give us paper and extra butter which was a nice touch. Overall experience was ok, next time I'm in Bethany, I'm going to see if I can find crabs at a more reasonable price. read more

The Blue Crab - Crabs and a Corona - what more do you want! - Seafood Near Me - Bethany Beach, Delaware

I came here over a rainy weekend in August with my mom, her boyfriend, and my Aunt and Uncle, feening for some steamed blue crabs. We were just hoping we could get decent sized crabs at a decent price. We could have walked from where we were staying if it weren't raining, since the Blue Crab is right in the small downtown area of Bethany. Come prepared to pay for parking anywhere at the Delaware beaches, but if you can walk from where you stayed, you'll do better. Our waitress was clearly an out of towner (Olga), but she was pleasant and attentive. She got us drinks, and the Evo beer was pretty good. We decided that most of us were going to get the Blue Crab Feast or the Blue Crab and Shrimp Feast, which came with all you can eat crabs, corn on the cob, fried chicken, and hush puppies, and shrimp if you ordered that meal. It's $32 for just the crabs, $35 ish with the shrimp. They had some other combos and you could get just shrimp as well. An interesting fact was that they apparently served American shrimp- most of the shrimp you see in restarants is from overseas. So for those of you who support local sourcing, this place works well, since blue crabs are definitely from the Chesapeake bay. The fried chicken was good, mine was too hot really to eat and when I did dig in, it wasn't seasoned very much. The crabs were good, and the size was decent. Size can't really be blamed on the restarants, anyway, since the haul of the day just depends on what the Bay produces. The hush puppies were definitely good, and I've been living in Southeast Virginia for a few years, where we have the big balls that you need to cut open--I like the Delaware style oblong nuggets better. Much easier to pop in two bites. They put powdered sugar on them, which was new to me, but I liked it. The corn seemed fresh and was served in the husk. I think they have everything on warmers in the back for the all you can eat because when we asked for more it came out awfully fast...but that's fine, it still tasted pretty darn good. The atmosphere was family friendly and they had some games playing on the TV, although I couldn't see from where I was sitting. I could see it getting packed on a busy evening, but for a rainy late lunch in August, it was just perfect. Definitely would recommend it again. read more

My family arrived rather late to Bethany Beach yesterday. We called the Blue Crab and the young lady was very friendly and made reservations for us. We enjoyed the creamed crab soup. It was creamy thick, lots of crab meat and was delicious. We then had steamed shrimp. We got the jumbo size. They were steamed to perfection and were great. The server was very friendly. The food came quickly. We enjoyed the experience and would recommend this restaurant to all. read more

I loved this place. Honestly I find Bethany to be a bit lacking in excellent dining options. There are some good places, but not a bunch of them. This is one of those good places, nay, one of the best. Inside there's ample seating, and on a busy Friday night they were able to seat our party of six with no wait. Service was quick, friendly and attentive. I had the blue crab pasta. This is linguine with some wonderful thick cream, a few big shrimp and some scallops, broccoli and to top it all off a hearty serving of blue crab meat. The dish was amazing. Everyone else greatly enjoyed their meals such as the crab and shrimp and the salad. Overall a great choice for eating in Bethany Beach. read more

The crab and shrimp feast blew my mind. To start, the waitress brings out the following (in order): (1) potatoes chips and some sort of ranch style dip; (2) next up are the Hush Puppies (a little dry in my opinion but still delish), corn, and fried chicken (super moist on the inside, crunchy and salty on the outside - perfect); (3) for the main event the waitress brings out a dozen blue crabs on an old style lunch try and slides them onto the brown paper covering your entire table, the trays of shrimp tag along for the ride. Everything about this meal was awesome. read more

The Blue Crab - Blue Crab and shrimp feast - Seafood Near Me - Bethany Beach, Delaware

All you can eat is a terrible deal. Crabs were very light, almost empty. A pitcher of beer was $14, for Miller Lite. Had we ordered just medium crabs they'd a been $55, large $85, and jumbo over $100. A rip off read more

The Blue Crab - Seafood Near Me - Bethany Beach, Delaware

Crabs here are fresh, NOT precooked and resteamed like other places (i.e if the crab meat is sticking to the shell, they were recooked). AUCE came with fried chicken, hush puppies and corn. All was great-even the homemade chips in the beginning were tasty. Only complaint it was hot. Really warm. Crank the air up a little. Drinks were good and reasonably priced. Service good. Would have loved to see some local staff however versus foreign exchange students. Would go back! read more

The Blue Crab - Hot full fresh crabs auce - Seafood Near Me - Bethany Beach, Delaware

Crabs are very good and the all you can eat option is great for the real crab lovers. I got the 6 crab option which is perfect for me and my husband got the all you can eat and he got his fill. read more

Great place with great service. My family and I always come here for an epic crab feast. All you can eat is truly all you can eat.

This restaurant has a 4 star rating on Yelp and for good reason. The Shrimp & Grits were quite delectable. The same was true of the Creamy Crab Soup. I can only imagine how good the rest of the menu must be. Just one major disappointment. We found the over abundance of wait staff congregating behind the blue wall where drinks are filled. If they weren't behind the blue wall, you'll find 5 at time cackling at the register. We had a difficult time getting service. read more