The food is always great and the servers are all very nice and attentive. 10/10if you haven't been you're missing out !

The waiting is insane horrible you wait for 2 1/2 hrs. But then they tell, you I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait even longer. Which makes it 3 hrs, Seriously not a good place to eat anymore. read more

Excellent food for family. A little overpriced, but definitely great quality. The service was and the ambiance was a little louder than expected. read more

My daughter was craving for this. We came around 6:30 and the wait was long. After 30 minutes, we were called. We usually get 2 lbs of shrimp plus corn on the cob with The Whole Shebang sauce. We can't get enough of it. We savored it to the last shrimp. We even use the sauce to dip our rice. Yum read more

The Boiling Crab - And we finished it - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Burbank, California

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Great place to visit. Great place to take your loved ones to have a great time to celebrate any type of celebration to enjoy time together I totally recommend to any family.. read more

Food was super good as always, came for our 8 yr anniversary. Was sat on the patio was there was a guy playing the Saxx so that was great too. My only problem was that they couldn't get my food right. They kept bringing my rice out before the food. Management came out and I still had to wait. The wait was 3hrs basically already. read more

The food- three star- lobster dry and overcooked, and wayyyy over priced for what you get - service 4 star - our waiter was great. Overall, I think this place is overrated. All of your food including sides are served in one large plastic bag with your choice of sauces. You have to dig through the seafood to find the corn and potatoes buried somewhere in the mixture. I don't mind the greasy oozy mess, but for the price and the amount of effort you have to put into digging meat out of a lobster or crab shell, only to find very little inside, and it's dry, is not worth it. The biggest turnoff for me was that the shrimp comes with their digestive track/poop vein still intact. Yes - the black strip is shrimp poop, if you didn't already know that. So either you have to dig out the mushy poop mess yourself or you just have to eat what they've digested. I think if you're looking for a Medieval Times eating experience and eating your food from a plastic bag, this may be your place. read more

Expensive, but worth it if you have the spare cash! Went here with my parents and my mom and I LOVE crab legs, we both got one pound crab a piece, it definitely wasn't enough, but it was like $40/per pound. It was really messy, but lick your fingers good! Would definitely go back for a special occasion, but prepare for a hefty bill! The service was okay, they were kind of lax on refills and napkins and returning to the table, but it was also super busy. However, we had a reservation and still had to wait an hour for a table, which was kind of ridiculous for a party of 3. So be prepared for a wait. read more

This is one of my sisters favorite places. We recently found out that my kids also like crab legs. So my sister invited us to join her for a meal. I am not a seafood lover. This was definitely an experience. If you like to get all dressed up, this isn't the place for that. I'd also avoid this for a first date unless you want to get down to business and show them your worst. There is no cute way to eat this food. Your food is served to you in bags. You aren't given plates or utensils unless you have something like rice. You're just supposed to eat from the bag or basket of food or off of the table. My kids were very confused about this. Here's what we got: * Mild Crab Legs - I don't like crab so I didn't try this personally. But my kids and sister enjoyed it. * Fried Catfish - The seasoning was ok. But the fish was a little too mushy for me. The breading was crispy but the actual filet was soft. * Cajun fries - these were solid with a little sweet but salty kick * Lemon pepper wings - the seasoning was tasty, the outside of the wings were crisp. But the actually wing was oversized and fatty. So I didn't like them that much. * Corn on the Cob with Shabang sauce - this was tasty, the corn is cooked well and tender. They say there is a mild and medium version. But the mild is spicy and the medium is hot! I can't imagine with that hot version is like. Overall the food is really salty. If i go back I might not get as many fried things and less items with seasoning added. Eating all of these things together was a little overwhelming. The service was really good. I interacted with a few of the staff during my time there snd they were very friendly and helpful. Parking is in the structure next to the AMC 16 theater. Be careful because there are a lot of yummy adjacent places. We ended up stopping for ice cream at cold stone after which my kids loved. : ) read more

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Came here on a wednesday night and had to wait 15-20 ish minutes for a table of 3. Got seated and hostess explain where the menu was located and the rules of wearing a mask around the restaurant. Server quickly got our drinks and took our order. The food was yummy and definitely hit the spot. We ordered 5 pounds of shrimp, calamari, and soft shell crab basket. Besides the shrimp, i enjoyed the soft shell crab basket that came with 2 crabs and lemon pepper fries. The fries were delicious :D. I forgot to take food pics i was too hungry ...will be visiting again :) read more

Our first time. Great place for 2 or family group. Staff is cool always checking on you. The food is really good. Reminds of us San Pedro fish market. This spot we will definitely be coming back and dropping our pay check here for a great time and great food. Margaritas are very well Made. They don't taste like Gatorade. Happy to have brought my girls here for dinner and then a movie. Peace. Andres kicked a$$ and made our stay here great. Started off with Des, but glad he took over. Had the bay of shrimp & muscles in mild sauce. Calamari was on point the lemon pepper wings have enough meat on the bone to fill you up. read more

A long wait time, but had funny conversations with friends so a win. The food was absolutely delicious Although I am very picky i endured being around seafood and instead got some chicken tender and they were perfect. I also really love the lighting, weird topic but it paired well with the gossip we were sharing at our table. read more

This location is right in the heart of Downtown Burbank, just a short jaunt from the AMC 16. Based on that alone, this location does get very busy and typically has a wait. Make sure to get there early, as the wait list does fill up while there is limited dine in tables, along with patio seating. Tables are well distanced and there is a large section inside reserved for pickup of either 3rd party or phone orders. Onto the food, it is a hit or miss quite often here. One day the food will be spot on, the next it will be completely off. Having ordered typically the same items each time, it really comes down to how it is that day. I'm a fan of their fried catfish, which is usually excellent with just enough crisp and decent sized pieces. The last experience, the fish was barely crisp and I couldn't even pick up a piece without it breaking in half. Other times, the fish would hold up well even after being dipped in sauce. As far as the bags of seafood, the spice level is never the same. One day mild will be borderline spicy, the next it may taste like none at all. Or they may completely give you the wrong sauce. Other locations seem to have the consistency down to a science, whereas this location, it really is a crapshoot. So just beware and check your order carefully. Overall the food is good, and the market prices for most of the seafood are fair, though the crab is overpriced. With more and more competition out there, while boiling crab may be the best name in the game, other places are catching up and maybe even surpassing them. read more

The Boiling Crab - Shrimp - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Burbank, California

First service sucks, I ordered food with a medium spice souse and not only was it half empty it was the spiciest souse they had food was whatever retrain them kids read more

Surprisingly affordable seafood boil! My friend and I got half a pound of shrimp each with potatoes,sausage,boiled eggs,and white rice +soft drinks and it was just about $50 The service is also so friendly read more

The Boiling Crab - Shrimp boil - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Burbank, California

The Food is good. Service is terrible. Our server is not attentive, she is giving more attention to our neighbors, maybe, because our orders or our race. read more

My wife and I had an early sunset dinner and ate on the patio. This was our first time here, but our server was very attentive and did a nice job of helping us with the menu selections. I had King Crab legs, and they were excellent. We have gone to Mastros at the beach and paid much more for the same thing. I love Burbank, and I love The Boiling Crab. read more

Waited like 20 mins to get a bottle of beer and water and wing was terrible this time so salty.. and so dark brown overcooked and dry. I know manager or owner walked around but please focus on fried food too.. read more

The Boiling Crab - Overcooked and salty Chicken wing - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Burbank, California

Sam was excellent and more attentive than our actual waitress who only took our orders and never saw us again. Got my usual half a pound rajun cajun shrimp with a corn in the bag, SOOO delicious!!! Who doesn't like boiling crab? My Husband got a shrimp basket, corn in xxx sauce and fried wings. Overall we loved our food and always come back. Hostess was great even though the wait can be long even at 9pm. Maybe come at an odd hour or put your name in and then take a stroll on palm and window shop like we did. Parking in structure being Amc seems doable if not at a busy dinner hour. read more

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The manager Elsie or Elsy (however you spell it) is absolutely horrible. Terrible service when we had a minor problem. We showed her there was a piece of plastic in the food that was provided. It was small and not a big deal because it does genuinely happen sometimes, but we wanted to bring it to her attention. Her response was "well get over it" and walked away. We were absolutely shocked by this response and got to talking to the host up front and heard how she treats her staff. After 16+ years in hospitality I have never heard such horrible things. I never write reviews or do this (I literally made an account to warn people), but this was genuinely crossing the line. I will be contacting corporate to help support these workers and hope this place can get better managment. read more

I can't say the food wasn't good because my mother liked it, but I got physically ill right after I finished eating. I went directly to the restroom to throw up, had a terrible night. Their service was very good, friendly and accommodating, and the place was very clean I will give them that. It's possible I just had a bad experience. read more

10/10 best shrimp so big and great flavor and taste so good. No wait and quick service

Awesome good and vibe. We truly enjoy the casual vibe and their great food. One little note: when you order the King Crab Legs, don't count on Thor ice in the menu. Depending on the weight, it may be between $80 to $110 . But, it's absolutely yummy. read more

Food always comes out Luke warm and spice level is always random and different Everytime you go even if you order the same exact thing every time, drive to Korea town and go to that boiling crab instead! read more

First time going and it's worth the hype, definitely go with patience, just write your name down and go out to explore. The service is amazing read more

Service has always been top notch, but this last time it was horrible. I forgot the hosts name . she took forever to bring me my food. I personally saw all the buckets of seafood come out at the same time and she left my food sitting on the counter for Awhile. Every other table got their food in a timely manner but mine was sitting on the counter for more than 8-10 mins. Once it got to me it was luke warm. What really threw me off is when I got my bill I had ordered some rice and it had a special prep saying wait 5. I was there before some other tables and when they ordered rice it was served to them QUICK. I've ordered rice before and NEVER seen a special prep comment saying wait 5. I should've taken a picture of the receipt! I should've spoken to the manager before I left. read more

I'm gutted by the stark difference in service and quality that I experienced here at The Boiling Crab tonight. As a regular, I have to preface this with the fact that I have boasted about this company and written only positive reviews in the past. (Hence why I'm utterly gutted by my experience.) The crawfish was so over cooked and mushy that simply deshelling it was near impossible. In my pound of mussels I shockingly bit into two different pea crabs and although this is a common occurrence for shellfish I had never experienced this at this restaurant. I also ordered a serving of the potatoes and normal that means 3 red potatoes, but I only received 2....these seem like minor things but for an establishment that is normally on top of everything and superior at what they do.....it felt like a never ending train wreck ): It's hard to write so negatively about a place that I love so much, and I don't know if it was the cooks, the season from which the seafood came from, or the fact it was a busy Friday...maybe it just all compounded into what I just went through...either way, Im hesitant to return to this location. read more

The last time I was at Boiling Crab was at its original location in Alhambra. This one used to be in Burbank and so much bigger. We got there at 5:50pm on Friday and the wait was already 30-40 mins and within the hour, it went up to 75 mins. Be warned that they will not seat you unless your entire party is there. They will hold your table for a bit until everyone arrives. I personally was not thrilled with my meal. The seafood is great and jumbo shrimp was very jumbo, but I didn't like that they would cook our entire order together. Shrimp had to be cooked separately from the crab. Everything is ordered as a side, so corn, potatoes, sausages are all separate. The sauce was good, but needs much more garlic. I think our local crab boil here in SCV is much better. Make sure to ask for gloves or they won't offer it. read more

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Food was really good, ambiance is spacious and clean. Service was pretty good too. I like the space of this restaurant and location close to mall and other establishments. read more

Grethel is the best server ever! She put my bib on and provided excellent service and made sure all my needs were met.

Our family went this past Thursday, we were sat outside. The outside area smelled like Urine. I tried to not let that ruin our outing. Our baby needed a diaper changing so my husband took baby to restroom and upon coming back, he notified me that there was no baby changing station in the men's restroom. I'm not sure why there isn't one available, only in the women's. I saw a couple other dads try to do the same & all came back & had to switch with mom. What if mom wasn't there? read more

Unseasoned, over priced, cooked in plastic! Which is so terrible for your health. Please be real and change your operation.

This part of the is solely based on the Wait time. My family got there at 6:30 on a Friday. Yes I am aware of the time we arrived and how busy it is but with that being said it's still a bit excessive to tell people the wait would be 1hr45-2hr wait and have them on a yelp wait list. When mine said we were next I showed the hostess bc she said to let us know when we got the text that we were up bc we only had 10 min to go and show them the message. Imagine how annoyed I was to be told that they don't really go by the waitlist to seat people. We were starving, cold, and in pain due to sitting on those hard wooden benches they have in the waiting area. Plus we were told 2hrs which we decided to wait but we ended up waiting almost 3 hours because they kept seating people outside. I understand that it's busy and they're doing the best they can but they need to have a better system because it just turns into chaos or at least allow reservations. Now the food was great, no complaints about that. We ordered the shrimp, lobster and crab legs w/ the Whole Shebang no spicy because we all have issues with spice. The crab legs had little to no meat on them so that sucked but I just wanted to try it but next time I'll stick to the shrimp. My family had the lobster and they loved it. I ordered a Michelada and it was extremely spicy almost for me to consume, they put too much Tapatio in it I'm assuming. I wish our server would've had been a bit more thorough and asked if I wanted it spicy or not but I know they were swamped so I could've been more specific but I'll know for next time. The ambiance was chill compared to the waiting area which was chaotic and packed since it was raining but either way we enjoyed our meal and the music was great, all early 2000's music which was great. So just be aware that of the time you're going because that will play a factor especially here. read more

I love this location always has great customer service,we have the luck of always being attended quick! Food is great, definitely recommend if you're near the area. The ambiance of the place is nice and comfortable! read more

I just want to say that I've been to Boiling Crab a handful of times, but this is my first time since being diagnosed with celiac disease and wanted to put out a review for my fellow gluten free friends out there who get symptoms when eating gluten. I've seen online that their sauces are gluten free and to avoid the fried stuff, but had to make sure. I emailed ahead of time which they confirmed the sauces are gluten free but said to alert the server when there so they can be extra careful. I did just that and ate without any problems! It's always nice to add a spot in the roster of places safe to eat out! It gets busy so make sure to account for a small wait. We went on a Wednesday and there was a short wait of 25 min for inside (no wait for outside but it was cold and there's no outdoor heaters) Overall a great time! read more

Wonderful service and experience! This is our go to place when we crave for some seafoods, crabs and the like. This place maybe packed but it's fast and worth the wait! read more

The Boiling Crab - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Burbank, California

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We decided on a seafood boil dins for girls night and I'm so glad we ended up at this BC--it was so so so good and hit the spot! None of us live in Burbank but came out here because after several phone calls to various seafood boil places in the city, this was the only spot my friend could find that had blue crabs, and it's the only type she likes so we were stoked to find some here (I didn't realize that they were not commonly available)! Nonetheless, it was totally worth the drive. Everything from service to quality of the seafood and flavor of the sauce was so so good! And as a bit of a seafood boil fanatic, I don't say that lightly. read more

The Boiling Crab - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Burbank, California

We're being told that they have live crawfish for $19 but the crawfish was not even fresh ( meat keep falling apart) . They need a quality crawfish if they want people to pay $19 a pound. Rice wasn't cooked well. read more

The Boiling Crab - Crawfish - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Burbank, California

I was very Happy with a customer service and especially the FOOD was so amazing. I would definitely come back here again, the staff were very friendly and helpful. Even the manager came down to our table and asked us if everything is alright. Overall 10/10 Food, Customer service excellent. read more

The Boiling Crab - Oisters - Cajun/Creole Near Me - Burbank, California

Love the food amazing service very good workers as well. Over all very nice people and I enjoyed the food so much 100% very good