We went on a Saturday afternoon and basically had the place to ourselves at 1:00 pm. Our server and cashier (only employee I saw was very attentive. A lot of places to sit while the TV played the same 5 songs in a row....lol. I had a crab boil. No crackers or forks given. Steamed nicely. Ok size. Price a lil steep. Sauce was good but sweeter than I'm used too. I will be back if I'm in the area. read more

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Their food has no taste to it. The prices are ridiculous, they come and put the tip on what they want to do. That doesn't work that way, I do not like this place. read more

Naw Milwaukee, this is NOT it! The shrimp seemed like it was already cooked --imagine shrimp cocktail thrown in a vat of seasoned butter. The crab was not properly cleaned. Don't get upset with me, BUT it is not an honest review without this last point. This is an asian seafood restaurant, it is NOT upscale restaurant like Two Fish or Low Country in Chicago. The meal was not worth $65 and personally I wouldn't go again even if it were free. Yuck. read more

The King Crab Shack - Seafood Near Me - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

DO NOT GO HERE!, food was just soaking in a watery season , I got done with my boil and was still hungry , food just wasn't as good for as much as i payed for , would rather recommend red juicy crab read more

The food is ok, however their crawfish freshness is really hit or miss. When they're fresh, they're tasty, but a lot of the time they're not fresh and they taste rotten. The service is horrid, it's the worst that I've ever experienced anywhere. I used to go here every week or so but I'll never go to this location again and genuinely hope that it closes. You'd think that things would be ok for pick-up, but literally every single time they'd been locking the doors way earlier than their closing time and they ignore you while you're outside trying to pick up the food that you've paid for. This place also attracts really shitty clientele, the type who point and laugh at you when you're stuck outside trying to pick up the very expensive food you've paid for. Avoid this place like the plague and hope it goes under. read more

Had a couple ppl tell me how much they liked this. Two locations in MKE. Brady street has street parking. Off top, 18% gratuity for dining in, regardless of number in party. I chose crab legs and shrimp appetizer. Garlic butter and lemon pepper mixed with medium spice level. Two corns and two potatoes. Waiter wasn't the friendliest. That probably didn't allow to fully enjoy the experience. Asked multiple times for shrimp appetizer as I wanted them prior to main course. Welp, crab legs came out first, so I cancelled the appetizer. They provide scissors, bib, gloves, and plates for your meal. I prefer metal forks, but they don't have any. The "sauce" was lit. Will go again but will try the other location. An attitude from staff is such a turn off. They are pretty pricey with the gratuity. But I love food and will pay for a good meal. read more

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Selection of seafood is good. Shrimp was nice size, muscles were good and the snow/king crab legs were meaty. Sauce selection and spice, not so much. The restaurant actually ran out of spices and their Crazy Cajun sauce was underwhelmingly not seasoned ? I know that might leave some readers questioning what the heck does that mean but Crazy Cajun was in no way "crazy". I expected to have some lips smacking flavor on the shell fish and it was way under expectations. Service was friendly but they can still improve. I felt rushed towards certain parts of the night and I waited about a half hr to eat. read more

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I really like this place. The food is good. The Pho is soooooo good. I have been there few times I got a mixed feeling with the service. It's 55/45 on the upward trend. They tend to be busy on weekends and holidays, and after 5pm too. I alps like the design. It's original and and different. I would highly recommend this place. Give it a try. They also have huge crab fishing a sort of aquarium, right when you get in the restaurant. Its cool. read more

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Always love their boil. Three flavors to choose from, so far I have tried garlic butter and crazy Cajun, both are awesome! I like garlic butter more personally. And corn and potatoes are MUST haves! They are so great with the seafood boil. I typically get crawfish but others may like mussels or shrimps or go big and get the fresh live lobster or Dungeness crabs. Always dip your food in the sauce before putting it in your mouth. Best flavor! read more

It's hard to figure this place out, and maybe the problem is that the owners haven't figured out what they want to do here. The sign and decor signal this to be a crab shack pseudo Cajun-Creole crawfish crab boil kind of place. It used to be a Vietnamese noodle place. When you sit down they still give you both menus. In the past I've had their noodle soups, they probably still serve up a fairly good pho. I did see a couple of Southeast Asians ordering and maybe enjoying noodle soups. This time I tried the seafood boil, an alleged pound of shrimp, and alleged pound of crab. I ordered one "crazy hot," the other mild, and they both came out Clyde Mylktoast level mild. The seasoning is Old Bay style not particularly Southeast Asian. The shrimp was a little overdone, the crab was pretty good. Both were well short of a pound. You don't need to know why but I know what a pound in a plastic bag feels like. The waiter seemed to imply that each "pound" (the smallest size you can order, you really need to share) would come with a side, but I also got charged for them. The garlic bread was the better choice, the seafood goes well with rice but it's too messy to crack crab legs and then eat rice with utensils (I tried chopsticks and then a fork). The waiter did come out to check up once, which is an improvement over past visits. Service is erratic here, ranging from fair to middlin', an expression I used to hear when I lived in North Carolina. I mention this because there are many restaurants like this along the Southeastern coast, like at Myrtle Beach (which is actually in South Carolina), this food is almost as good as the average crab shack style restaurant down there. Well, the main seafood courses are, though as I said the portions are stingy and the sides choices aren't great. The prices would be good for actual pounds of seafood, but since their portion sizes are short, I'd say it's a bit overpriced. Service ranges from shoddy to acceptable. The seafood is good, I will be back. In the past I've found their Vietnamese rice dishes to actually be better than their noodle dishes, and probably better than the seafood so I'm not exactly sure which I'll be coming back for. read more

I will never forget that day when I brought my dad and sister from Chicago here in this place. We're from the Philippines and always love the seafoods. Since I moved here in Wisconsin couple years ago I was looking for places and restaurants where I could enjoy and make me feel like I'm home and I found this King Crab Shack. The staffs are very accommodating and very good at customer service. The wait wasn't long. I tell yah, it's worth the wait. Lol we loved it so much. And will go back again. read more

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I wish I could give less than one star. Came and ordered the crab cluster boil bag ($20) to go. It's supposed to come with one potato and one corn. I leave with my food and realize they didn't include the corn/potato. At this point I decide to just eat quickly at the restaurant. The server initially tells me the corn/potato don't come with it so I point to the menu and he heads to the back to grab the forgotten food. The food is pretty bad compared to the crab place on Water Street but I've already paid. I ask the server if they have utensils to open the crab legs and he tells me no. I ask if they have a knife and he gets up from the table he's sitting at and appears very annoyed pointing to the sign on the wall which states customers eating in the restaurant are subject to an automatic gratuity. He states that he won't provide the utensils because I originally took the food to go and now I've come back to eat and wasn't charged gratuity. He seems to have forgotten that I did tip him despite taking it to-go AND I only came back to eat there because my meal was missing items. My friend ordered the calamari and tossed it after a couple bites. Obviously won't be back. read more

this place was sooo nasty the sauce was made like soup. I got their house sauce and there was no garlic nor spice in the sauce I'm 100% dissatisfied and do not recommend. read more

overpriced , got 3 potato's one corn one sausage, and then 3 lobster tails that were gross and 3 snow crabs which had no meat

They are just horrible w customer service and the health score doesn't help!-The website states that you can order up to 15 minutes before they close I called 45 minutes before and they said that they were not taking any more orders read more

Got food to go and it hit the spot for the most part. Wasn't spectacular with flavor like in the south, but still good read more

The King Crab Shack - I never had a whole lobster tail in my bag before - Seafood Near Me - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

I saw someone LAUNCH one of these out of their car window over by the Little Caesar's near Locust street. Unfortunately I was behind them the whole time from the "S***Shack" up until, well, the Little Caesar's near Locust. Some nut job coming out of the aforementioned establishment abruptly cut me off and just so happened to turn onto Oakland when I did. The driver then decided that it would be a marvelously novel idea to CHUCK their (likely $89 worth of seafood) platter at my car. Well, it miraculously missed our car (there goes your NBA career, seafood thrower) and landed by, you guessed it, Little Caesar's. Anyway, I pulled over to see what was thrown at me and that's when I found the tray of seafood. It smelled like something had died, come back to life, and died again, but more painfully this time. Moral of the story: the seafood is anything but fresh and people aren't afraid to use it as an expensive replacement for other general throwing items like a cup of soda or a half eaten burger. This city is slowly becoming classier by the minute! read more

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When I tell you that this one star is legit I mean it! We spent 197$ on food. We added extra in the bags we ordered. The price wasn't the problem it was the overbearing amount of sickness we got from eating this food, when I made a post about how sick I felt and where I got it from the amount of people who commented to say how bad and sick this place is, is so terrifying. The taste was good, but your health and safety is completely off for this place! You cannot be serving safe regulatory seafood if everyone who eats here gets sick??? This place needs to be inspected over and over again to see how they are handling, and cleaning the food they are serving. I literally feel like I'm dying right now. Horrible I feel like they should shut down!! read more

disgusting asf their sauce is so nasty get it together !! will never come back again. Their service is so terrible the server never came to the table and was angry about not getting a tip that she threw a temper tantrum the whole place needs to be out of business read more

My wife and I came into this establishment at 8:15pm on 3/10/19 and was told we could not sit to eat. when we looked it up it said they was opened until 10 pm. My wife really want to try this place out being we are from California and have had boiling crab so we proceeded to order are food and two drinks when the shift lead Adam let us know they had a party of ten walk in and they refused service to them as well. I am a manager for a franchisee and I see a lot of different places and if it say 10 pm then we should be able to enjoy are meal and especially if your paying $100 tab. We had to eat are food in the car because we didn't want cold seafood I give one star for service and hope the owner or manager reaches out to me because I fill like it was a waste of time and money. read more

The King Crab Shack - Seafood Near Me - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

This food is amazing. The reason it gets 2 Stars is because they failed to tell you they upcharge you an 18% service charge automatically. They should have told me up front. 2 people should not have 18% added to the bill. I asked about this and they went into this long soliloquy about how no one tips blah blah blah. I always over tip on great service....Again, probably best seafood in town but I don't like "shady, dishonest business owners.... read more

The King Crab Shack - Added 18% for 2 people. Service was bad. Dollar store paper plates - Seafood Near Me - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

I stopped by for me first time and had the king crab. It was $29.99 for a pound. They bring it out in a sauce bag and a steam bag over it. Also, they have a bucket where you put the shells, a scissors, a shell cracker, a bib and a pair of gloves. I forgot that king crab has spikes lol; that makes for an interesting time when trying to handle it. The snow crab is slightly cheaper and more convenient. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the king. The environment is very relaxing and chill; they play some good music. It wasn't crowded at all when I went, at 5:30pm (Thursday). The staff is easy going & attentive. read more

The server Brian was horrible!!!! We explained to him that this was our first time here. He only catered to his "own". He never asked if we needed anything until it was time to go. The catfish was HORRIBLE. Brian was rude. We never received our bibs, gloves or crab crackers to eat. We had to crack our crab with our teeth. When we asked for these items, he told us we didn't ask and they ran out. What type of foolery is that? How were we suppose to know when visiting for the first time. I will not recommend this place to anyone. The service is NOT what we expected. I WILL NOT BE BACK!!!!!! read more

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This place is a huge disppointment. Place is rowdy because the huge group that came in after us. They were noisy and disruptive. But whatever. We came here for the food. We ordered the 1st option for $41. We have eaten at many crawfish/seafood joints but this place is down right nasty. Reasons are why its a 1 star. 1. Crawfish is not fresh. Meat is blacken and harden. 2. Shrimp is not fresh. Meat has powdery taste. 3. Is overcooked. 4. Potatoes comes out in one big piece. They could've cut into smaller size. 5. Corns seems like its from the freezer. Taste bad. 6. Most importantly the flavor is sorely lacking with all this seafood drowning in oil! It seems to me its all about the profit and not the quality and taste. This is why i do not recommend this place for now. But i 'll surely give them another chance sometime time down the road when they are more settle in to this location. read more

The food is absolutely amazing. You must be familiar with this type of dining. The service leaves a little to be desired. I will definitely return. Edit: Just realized the gratuity is included. This could explain the mediocre service. The food is still worth the visit. read more

Tried to come in at 12:15, 15 minutes after they claim to be open and the doors were locked. That was our obvious first red flag. Then tried to order appetizers but "they don't do those anymore" (maybe take that off your menus then...). Workers just sitting at another table on their phones and eating donuts. This is our first time in the city and I can honestly say I was not impressed. Waited for over 45 minutes to get our food and it was lacking... half our order ended up in a different persons bag. It's very expensive, I would not recommend to anyone read more

First time here and new to MKE. Didn't know what to expect. Ordered the number 2 combo and told it was more than plenty for 2 people. The food came out double bagged in a clear bag. At first this is off putting because you are eating out of a bag. There was paper plates and plastic forks. But who cares about that once we get into the food? Delicious food. Shrimp, mussels, crawdaddy, crab - all of it very tasty. The corn on the cob marinated in the juice which made it so good. Pricy yes but worth it. On our list to go to again. read more

The food was good but we only got one small lobster in the shareable combo which was not enough. Also the 20% Gratuity was not posted anywhere and for 2 people is a rip off when I am a good tipper anyways. read more

On the pricier side, but the food tastes great! And yeah I didn't like being forced to pay gratuity for 4 people. I tip anyways, I just don't like being forced to automatically on my bill. It's the principle, I guess. Anyhow, did the combo number 1 and chose crawfish, shrimp and muscles with all three flavorings...omg GOOD! The restaurant also wasn't that busy on a Monday night so I'm assuming they might be overpriced for the area? Not sure. read more

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I'd like to start by saying the crab legs were the best, however, the crawfish were dark, hard and without juice. The shrimp were also bland without taste. All of the seafood with the exception of the crab legs had to be eaten with the sauce. We were also pretty disappointed at the automatic 18% gratuity just for dining in. Our total was almost 93.00 for two people. It wasn't worth 93.00 The water was also disgusting. If we returned it would be for the CRAB LEGS ONLY. read more

Ok....The service and the seafood quality was great! The selection was really good...the establishment was really good and our server Andrea was great and accommodating. Everything is market priced and per individual item. The menu had a decent selection of items... odds and ends like chicken tenders and calamari. I ordered a lobster tail and a lb of headless shrimp and 1 lb of snow crab legs. Everything was tasting great until I realized that the sauce was super sweet. I ordered the garlic butter/mild seasoning combo. So I'm eating and trying to get past the taste and it's getting sweeter! Ummm when did garlic butter have a sweet taste??? So my tastebuds are cussing me TF out at this point because when I ate a piece of the sausage, it tasted like....you know how pork n beans sauce tastes? Like that sweet, buttery, KETCHUP taste!!!??? Yes I tasted ketchup in the base of the boil....y read more

Crab boil in a bag. It's on Brady Street so parking is tight which means there is no parking. There is an 18% gratuity so keep it mind.clean restaurant.Excellent service!!! read more

Love this place I'm usually here every week, I get the mussels in garlic butter, two potatoes and a coke. The garlic bread is terrible it has no flavor read more

The King Crab Shack - Mussels with garlic butter, two potatoes, the mussels are huge. I'm here every week. - Seafood Near Me - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Great food & absolutely worth the price. First time eating at a place where they do a boil & bring your food in a bag, but it was such a fun experience! Our server Julian was a huge help bc I had zero idea how much we should order. Service was outstanding and food was incredible! Will absolutely come back next time I'm in town. read more

First time trying this place.... we walked in the waitress was speaking but I could not understand a word she said because she had food in her mouth.... but I didn't care much about that because I understand the girl was having lunch. When ordering my food which I ordered the combo 2 I didn't understand why I would get an up charge for picking a double shrimp when I'm allowed to pick 3 items.. what got me was when the bill came they had already added a 20 percent tip on my bill... good thing I looked because I was going to tip her cash. What's shady about them is in the bottom of my receipt for the suggested tip they want go off the total of what they already charge me for gratuity on the bill??? Really? Food wasn't even that good I've had better! And service really sucks. read more

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I feel they gave me food I didnt want the crawfish is horrible and the lady argue its fresh. It was messy and had a garbage taste to it .Also the manager or owner daughter treated me like i was trying to get something free.A very bad experience on my girlfriend birthday read more

Very low quality seafood from Asia. The shrimp is not fresh and is not firm. The crab was also low quality. Very expensive for this low quality food... read more

The food here is excellent but the service is a little slow. We had a bag of scallops. Delish! But we're surprised they added a 20% gratuity to our bill. I expect that at higher end restaurants but this place is more like a pub. read more

Don't come here if you don't like spicy food. It is a canon themed seafood restaurant that serves up crab legs, scallops, mussels, whole shrimp and more. If you are like me and like spicy food, ORDER YOUR DISH MILD! Ordering it medium or hot is super hot, way beyond spicy! The problem I have with this establishment is the surcharges on everything. Red Potatoes and small pieces of andouille sausage are $.75 each. Our base price for a combo that served 3 people was $65, then add more for the sausage and potatoes we ordered. Oh yea, they actually charged extra for refills on white rice! When a restaurant charges extra for rice because their first portion was too small for a table of three, what can I say. I'm surprised they didn't charge extra for napkins. Your better off visiting red lobster for the price. At least you receive free refills on soda and their quality is always great. read more

By far the best restaurant for shellfish I've been to since I moved to Wisconsin. Great atmosphere and love being able to get shrimp, mussels, clams, crawfish, etc. by the pound. Better not be afraid to get your hands dirty! Can't wait to come back! read more