Food and seafood quality was very yummy, we got the bucket sauce which is combined sauces and for $40 its the perfect amount. They were out of crab and the inside only had small fans so it got pretty hot but service was great our waiter was very attentive and checked on us often ! would come back read more

The Bucket Crab & Crawfish - Meal for 2 - Seafood Near Me - Corona, California

This place is amazing - we are from San Diego , I don't eat this type of food , 100% delicious

Came here because BJS was over packed! This place was empty when we drove by and were like let's just try it and it didn't disappoint we were actually happy it was empty and we're were the only ones the sea food was delicious I like the that have a 2 for $40 it was amazing and spicy! Rice was so hot and fluffy!!! Everything was hot and I loved it!!!! The shrimp was so tasty and juicy corn was delicious if your in the area stop by order take out this place is legit! The music was good to it was nice and clean as well read more

The Bucket Crab & Crawfish - Look at that sausage - Seafood Near Me - Corona, California

The best shrimp boil restaurant in the IE! We've been coming here for like 6-7 years and it's the only shrimp boil place that has that certain flavor and taste w the right thickness on the sauce!!! we've tried every place including boiling crab and they're all not as good. Seriously!!! Lily is amazing, every worker is so helpful and kind !!!! read more

The Bucket Crab & Crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Corona, California

Enjoy coming here to eat with my family Food is amazing and we love the service! Will definitely keep coming back Again read more

The Bucket Crab & Crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Corona, California

We drive from Elsinore to get seafood from here. The wings and seafood boils are good quality. They do substitutions for the package you choose. The food is always made to order and hot enough for us to drive back home and then start eating. They offered Mother's Day dine in specials. Service is always friendly and fast. We never dine in so I can't speak to the vibe of the inside. read more

The Bucket Crab & Crawfish - Seafood and wings. - Seafood Near Me - Corona, California

I LOVE THE SHRIMPS HERE! our go to every time we are craving sea food! the employees are so kind and fast!

Great customer service, very professional and helpful. The location is clean and kept well food was very much on point I recommend getting the combo deal 1 read more

Never change, it's always awesome with the service food is delicious love it here - addicted. read more

The Bucket Crab & Crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Corona, California

I ordered the carb legs and they are ok, the butter sauce was not buttery. It was more like a tomato base butter or something I was not used to, though the crabs legs were good, the shrimp not so much read more

The Bucket Crab & Crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Corona, California

The location is perfect, right off the freeway. The food was good... the cajun sauce tasted very different (not like cajun... I know this because we have been many times to Louisiana and love cajun food) compared to all of the other crawfish/shrimp places we've been too in California, but it was still good (more like tomato paste or sauce). What I really enjoyed was the fried banana cheesecake... it was absolutely delicious. Richard was our server, he was awesome... very friendly and fast. He would constantly check on us and offer us drink refills, lime, salt. I definitely recommend this restaurant. Yelp offered me a free boba tea when I checked in. read more

The Bucket Crab & Crawfish - fried banana cheese cake - Seafood Near Me - Corona, California

Ordered the fried shrimp and fries. Shrimp was not fresh and seems as if it was sitting there and they dropped it in the batter and grease before serving. Will not be back again read more

Our first time eating here today To Go order. The receptionist speaks very low and she doesn't seem so friendly. We ordered peeled shrimp and potatoes corn with chicken tenders. The shrimp seems like it's bought from your local grocery store it's thin and not thick like your ordinary boiling crab shrimp. The French fries were already cold when we got home (10 minutes away) corn was good the medium Cajun sauce tasted good especially when the lemon was added. This isn't boiling crab or kicking crab could use some improvement but not bad. Also the hours have changed they close at 9 not 10pm read more

Delious food every time we come out all the way from hemet and love the service the food and the place in general best cajun place out in Riverside read more

Glad we finally tried this restaurant! All of the food we ordered was amazing. Service was outstanding as well. The king crab legs and crawfish were so good! We will definitely be back and can't wait to try more options on the menu!! read more

I go to the Ontario location mainly. I came here once a long time ago and it was the same sauce/food/everything, but this recent time it was completely different. Took my friend here for her birthday and I thought we would be getting the same food. It's funny cause we were debating about going here or Ontario but we were impatient and in the area and didn't wanna wait to drive back up so we settled here. Bucket medley sauce was not the sauce I'm used to. Not even sure what kinda sauce that was but kinda more lemon peppery maybe? If you look at the picture I posted the sauce is obviously different. Not thick and garlicky like always. Our food also got cold super fast. And our rice was actually old and cold LOL. We were kinda like oh maybe the sauce will warm it up...but that got cold fast. Kinda disappointing considering we ordered king crab as well. They also didn't have the same combos anymore so I'm thinking did the two locations just diverge from each other? I went to the Ontario location the next day with my sister and it was everything I hoped my friend's experience there would be. Sad considering it was a birthday dinner. read more

The Bucket Crab & Crawfish - seems like they removed my pic. Top is the runny cold corona location and bottom is the Ontario location which is what I was expecting - Seafood Near Me - Corona, California

This place is sooooo good. I wish there was one here in Orange County! It beats boiling crabs watery sauce by far! It was the best seasoning and sauce I've ever tried from any crab boil place. It's nice and thick and smothers each piece of seafood. Staff is super friendly too. Any wait to come back read more

Yeah, tried to give this place a try even after reading all of the bad reviews. Should've stuck with my gut. We ordered the 2 for 2 meal which came with 2lb of peeled shrimp, sausage and corn. Let's just say, we felt like we were eating seafood with a tomato paste and lemon pepper sauce. The food was absolute trash. The rice tasted like it was cooked 5 days ago and they just heated it up to make it appear hot and fresh. Do NOT waste your time, money and tastebuds. There are plenty of quality seafood boil places around. Definitely regret spending my money here. read more

Super overdue review. I've now been here over 40-50 times easily. Always fantastic service here from Andrew and Simon. I can now officially say that after trying various different alike places like Kickin Crab, Wild Crab, Boiling Crab, Star Crab, etc that Bucket Crab is the best, especially this location. The fried catfish and fried shrimp are absolutely delicious. Love their Cajun fries too. We usually get two pounds of shrimp bucket style medium with sausage pieces and corn with a side of catfish and Cajun fries. Their chicken tenders are also great for kids. Everything is always fresh. 2nd time here today. My wife and I really like this place. Great food and great service. Bucket of shrimp medium is perfect. Perfect mix of spice. Just as good as Kickin Crab and Wild Crab. Better than Boiling Crab. Desert is awesome. Fried Banana Cheesecake. Don't leave this place without trying it. Both times I have gone during the week, there is no wait which is a big plus. read more

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The service was excellent. The staff is very friendly and cheerful. The food was meh. I had fried catfish. It was blah and mushy. Potatoes and corn I ordered with it were good. I took my order to go. Maybe I'll try again at another time but I'll order something else. I noticed there were only two people eating at a table inside. It was quiet and slightly dim. read more

I always see this place from the freeway, so I decided to phone order to go and bring it home. The flavors were great, fresh shrimp, not overcooked. Next time I'm going to do the peeled shrimp. read more

This was our first time ordering from here. We ordered online and picked it up. It was good but will need to go a few more times to really get a good idea of whether it's good or really good. Stay tuned read more

I love eating here! I usually come here on the weekends and the staff is super friendly. I get the combo #1 BM medium and it never fails! Sometimes I come and order togo as well, and the food always comes out so fast. Although the place is small it does get packed! Would definitely recommend! read more

Among the best restaurants in California. The quality and standards of this business are admittedly better than any other shrimp joint I've ever visited from San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County and Riverside. read more

The Bucket Crab & Crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Corona, California

The first time we went here the food was okay but the second time we returned there was no rice available, the clam chowder did not taste like clam chowder it looked like gravy and the calamari looked like onion rings and seems like they used the oil for frying for a couple of times now. I was disappointed with the quality of food considering the price you have to pay for it. Will not go back here again. read more

I do not recommend this place at all! Not even comparable to all other seafood places here in Corona. I suggest Star Crab by Tyler. Why? They are so expensive for what you get. You literally get 2 pieces of corn, 2 pieces of potatoes and 6 pieces of cut sausages, unlike in other restaurants. Not worth it at all. Their sauces are flavorless. Tried also to redeem Yelp check in but they said they do not do it anymore. read more

The Bucket Crab & Crawfish - Seafood Near Me - Corona, California

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Nice establishment. It was very slow when we came for dinner. Our waiter took our order right away. The food came at the perfect time. Cajun spices on the shrimp with a mild heat level was amazing. The corn thrown in the bag to give it the same Cajun deliciousness, it was very tasty. Prices are pretty reasonable, market price. They even offered shrimp already peaked when you just don't want to get your hands too messy. $15.99 the steamed rice cooked great. The Cajun fries were just ok for me, I didn't really get a Cajun kick. I will definitely be coming back to try some other things on the menu. read more

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They ran out of lemonade, Pepsi, rice and we all ate out of one steamed bag. Definitely can taste the knowing that it was frozen for a while prior to being cooked so definitely not 48 hours fresh. Bill came out to $170+ with a party of sick. Lobster tail fits in the palm of your hand. read more

The Bucket Crab & Crawfish - $101 #4 - Seafood Near Me - Corona, California

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I started this review (below) while waiting for my food and honestly I can say service is very underwhelming, but the food was actually good. I would come back for the food and hope that service gets itself together. I ordered wings, sweet potato fries along with a combo meal with two pounds of crawfish and one pound of shrimp. The crawfish were huge!! Even the flaws had meat in it. The shrimp was fresh and cooked perfectly. My grandma, who is normally very picky with her crawfish, ate so much of it and enjoyed it more than her usual pick of kickin crab. What started as a one star review went up to 3, but they would've gotten a higher rating if their service wasn't so awful :/ I came here for a combo of shrimp and crawfish along Slow service, the people in the back were not all wearing masks and they are the ones working directly with the food. The cashier in the front also makes the drinks while collecting payments and not sanitizing her hands in between doing both. Her English wasn't very great so there's also a language barrier that makes customer service feel like it's not as great because if she would ignore the question or respond rudely and shake it off. There is no printer that delivers the orders straight to the kitchen so the person at the register has to go back there with all the tickets and post in the kitchen. This causes a lot of problems as you can imagine. There was a rush when I went in and I watched as all the tickets stacked up and were brought to the back. I waited an hour for my food and watched everyone who came after me pick up their order when I called ahead also. When I first came in to pick up my food, I was told I would just be waiting on the fries. An hour later after everyone after me got their food she told me they are just waiting on my wings. Turns out I waited extra time because they made a mistake and gave me an extra order of wings. I didn't want the extra order .. it would've been nice to have my food on time. read more

Not too shabby. Ordered on a Saturday night during the quarantine shutdown so it was take out only. I ordered 1lb of shrimp and 1lb of crawfish. I'm not sure when crawfish season is but the crawfish I was served was definitely frozen. It's not a deal breaker but Id prefer fresh crawfish 1000 times over frozen. I must compliment these folks on the size of the shrimp and crawfish. These things were huge. Two thumbs up. I can't stand getting small wimpy crawfish. The sauce I ordered was the Medium heat on the bucket medley which is a combo of Cajun, lemon pep, and garlic sauce. The medium is the second hottest they serve behind the Hot. In my opinion, I will go with the hot next time. Medium didn't punch me in the mouth like I wanted. (QUICK TIP) The sauce is very thick and on the sweet side. So make sure you use the pepper and salt containers. Squeeze the lime in there and mix it up. Use that juice and mix it with some seafood boil sauce on your plate. It will take it to the next level!! The service was fast and friendly as I was the only one picking up and order. Overall, this place is 5 minutes from my house so I will be ordering again. read more

Save your time and money! The shrimp and crab legs were fishy and the sauce was very salty. The server seem she was court ordered to work there and had a personality of a Michelin tire. If you choose to try it out, hope that you have a better experience! read more

REVIEWING TAKEOUT SERVICE~ NOT IMPRESSED AND WOULDN'T RETURN What a disappointment! $40ish got us a large side of fries, side of Mac n cheese, fried shrimp appetizer, and a pound of snow crab (about 5 legs) My husband tried to surprise me with a seafood treat and stopped here per my special request. He even mentioned that it seemed really fragrant in the restaurant. Fifteen minutes later he's home and we open my takeout meal. Fries are NOT Cajun!!!!! There was NO FLAVOR. There are a few flecks of what looks similarly like a Lawrys seasoning salt. I expect somewhat~soggy fries due to the delay in eating my meal, but even McDonalds fries aren't THIS soggy in a takeout. Then to get home and not even have my ranch dressing that was requested makes it even more frustrating. They included TARTAR sauce instead, clearly marked with a "T." Side of Mac n' cheese (not shown in photos) was the only decent item and seemed creamy and buttery to taste. My son seemed to enjoy it. The pound of snow crab (note: 5/6 legs) didn't even have any flavor. I've never encountered a seafood place to not use even old bay seasoning to boil crab legs, but this crab leg cluster is stark white bare. We thought the seasoning sauce would be in the crab boil bag, but there wasn't any immersion of flavor whatsoever. So, to enjoy the crab meat, it was dipping it in the red sauce like you dip chips in salsa. That is not enjoyable whatsoever. Photo should make it very clear that there is no color to what should have been a more vibrant meal; there is little to no flavor to anything I tried. The rocket shrimp themselves are as big as my stumpy chubby thumb. Again, no flavor. Crispness lacking only because it took him a few min to get home, I get it. Then, why do I have TARTAR sauce??? This meal just made no sense and to top it off, spending $40ish is a HUGE disappointment. In my opinion don't waste your time or your money here. Even when we called to ask why the sauce was separate and if this was typical, and to comment how flavorless it was, the guy on the phone was confrontational with us and was so disrespectful. It only infuriated my guy more, of course. It was my first seafood boil-type of meal and one I've been wanting to try for ages; I've seen the travel and YouTube videos blog their takeout meals from restaurants like these and I'd salivate while watching their opening a hot steamy bag of spicy sauciness and seafood, IN CONTRAST, this place was a FAR CRY FROM the presentation I anticipated. The way the guy spoke to us on the phone isn't even worth our time to bring the lackluster food back to this neighborhood. It's not worth our time to even have the meal replaced even if it was offered. They didn't seem to take it as constructive criticism from how the conversation ended. read more

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This place was not only overpriced but the customer or the cook behind the cashier did not make any sense. He charged me $14 for calamari and it had 12 pieces and five were extra small. I addressed it to the Cook and he said you only get 14 pieces and I looked at the basket and there was more small pieces than large. Don't waste your money here . The shrimp was very rubbery. read more

I've never been to a place like this but have always wanted to try one. I was beyond impressed! The food was sooooo good. We ordered muscles, crab, and shrimp. You could tell it was not cheap seafood. Biiig portions and very tasty ! I highly recommend checking them out. read more

The Bucket Crab & Crawfish - Muscles, shrimp, crab, and fried catfish - Seafood Near Me - Corona, California

This place is AMAZING! Snow crab legs with tons of corn and potatoes. And a bucket of corona. I'm set. Get the seasoning spicy with the New Orleans (or whatever it's called) mix. Great service. Awesome food!!! read more

The seafood here was on point and the flavor of the sauce was spot on! Ordered the combo where my wife and I got king crab which was big, shrimp, and crawfish which was huge as well. Great friendly service and for dessert got their fries banana cheesecake which was absolutely delicious. read more

About a 7-8 minute drive from my house and I'm happy to say, the food never lets me down. AND they were playing 90's R&B!!!!!!! Luv!!!! (says every basic girl eveRrRr) My boyfriend ordered muscles, bucket medley, mild and she said that it lacked flavor. In fact, he didn't like it at all and said it tasted like ketchup. I ordered shrimp, bucket medley, medium and I loved it. My boyfriend said there was a big difference in taste between mild and spicier levels and agreed that medium tasted way better. The sauce is pretty thicc compared to other places and a tiny bit sweet. Portions felt like it was never ending. My arms were getting tired from peeling lol. Their Cajun fries is just regular French fries with Cajun seasoning. A little on the salty side. Cajun wings: basic af. that's all lol. Suggestion: serve banana cheesecake with a scoop of ice cream! Service is always great and attentive. Large parties beware because it's a fairly small place. The only negative thing I have to say is that the last few times I visited, they didn't have some of the items on the menu... especially my fav. Banana cheesecake. read more

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SAFE YOUR TIME AND MONEY-SKIP THIS PLACE! We walked inside to an awful smell of old oil and cajun seasoning. The restaurant was empty, yet the tables were dirty. Costumer service is horrible! The waiter was rude and impatient- we didnt even bother ordering because of his poor attitude. I told him we drove from very far to eat there and it was disappointing that his attitude was so unpleasant - he said "ok, have a good day" so we left. DO NOT GO THERE! read more

The taste is always great and fresh. I'd give them 5/5 but it seems that the portion of sweet potato fries that we ALWAYS order appear to be getting smaller and the over all price is steep. We order the same thing every time: 4 pounds of shrimp, order of potatoes inside and a side order of fries. Comes out to around $69 But we always come back bc it tastes sooooo good. read more

This location is so convenient- just off the highway. Restaurant was half full when we arrived on sat night around 6ish. Servers were attentive and friendly, knowing it's our first visit, went through menu with us, made some recommendations. The combo meal options were great if you have a group and like carbs (comes with the corn and potatoes). We like salads but they don't have any vegetables options. Not complaining just stating our diet restrictions. We ordered the garlic mussels appetizer, shrimp in bacon wrap, a pound of steam shrimps, garlic noodles and yelp check in threw in a small order of fish balls (which they forgot but brought it out with an apology after they were reminded). Everything was tasty, shrimps were very fresh but there was grit/ sand in the shrimps. I had thought it was just one piece, then another... hubby tasted a piece and said no sand in one but sand in another so I tried to dismiss it but when I had the next pieces that went crunch crunch in between my bites, it made me have to choose to continue chewing and swallow or spit it all out.... In the end, at least 3/4 of the shrimps had sand/ grit. I had tasted sand when eating other shell fish but rarely in shrimps so I'm not sure how they clean the shrimps to leave sand in so many pieces. In hindsight, should have raised it to them from the first couple pieces I tasted. They did check in with us on how we were doing at the beginning of the meal but that was when I was still deciding if it was a one off piece. We enjoyed the sauce on the side - it's perfect spicyness. The banana ice cream desert was a nice finish to the dinner. Our bill came up to over $50 plus tip, no beverages. We weren't exactly full when we left but feel it's reasonable bill amount for dining on seafood. read more