Joe’s Crab Shack

Had a wonderful experience last night. My waiter was super attentive and made recommendations when u wasn’t sure what to choose. All the recommendations were spot on and perfect for what I wanted. He also made a little boy celebrating his birthday at another table feel really special.
One disappointment was my smores dessert. It came out still frozen in the middle.

Wednesday all you can eat snow at 5:20 and this place is empty!!! Hostess was nice and we had to try out 3 different booths for the right fit… I asked the server if they had a booster seat for my husband because the table was so high. Terry was our waiter and was awesome! He kept up with our demand of snow crab, not letting our plates become empty… we did a total of 14#…blahhhhhh I’m full!!! The place picked up at 6:30… Checking out now.

Very disappointed there today. It was my birthday and thought my grand kids would love to celebrate it there. They love Joe’s Crab Shack. Everyone told the waitress many times it was my birthday but they just ignored it. I wanted to go somewhere that I thought would’ve fun. Next time we’ll do a family outing for birthdays somewhere else.

Had lunch last week with a friend, ordered two entrees and shared. The food was great. Friendly service and didn’t wait long for our food. Will visit again soon!

Please just close it it’s just awful probably some of the worst food I’ve ever eaten are fried food tasted like old soured Grease and the place has no atmosphere comparing it to its counterpart on the golf coast it’s a completely different restaurant and Lee so much to be desired it’s just disgusting

Friendly service. .
Shared 3 different meals between the two of us. I really enjoyed the apps. .
Hoping next time they don’t run out of garlic bread.

First of many visits.
Delicious Cajun steam pot!
Mmm that butta!
Not enough crab for a large appetite.
Sampler appetizer, not so good.
Great Balls of Fire, spicy n cream, I would order this again.
Good service, casual atmosphere.
Jungle gym for the kids, large patio area, we will definitely be back w the kids.
How they get more stars:
–Larger portions for the same price.
–Appetizers that are fried in clean oil, they tasted like the oil was old n dirty. :(
–Not putting the clean napkins in the trash bucket.
–Making sure trash is cleaned under the table before a new party sits down.
But still, yummy. We will b back.

My wife and I have been to this location many times and everyone has been awesome. The bartender that we normally have during the weekdays Sonja saw us once and we had not been back for a year. When we returned we sat in her section again and remembered us like we where just there the week before! Very friendly and very attentive!
Last night we took the whole family out and our waiter was Max. He was awesome and very attentive. Made sure that we had everything that we needed and was awesome with our kids. One of our kids turned to him and said that he was the most awesome waiter ever! And Max told him thank you buddy you just made my night! Come to find out he had a very rude table before us but he didn’t let that stop him from being awesome to us. Thank you Sonja and Max for always giving us great service while we are at Joe’s

Good food. Good service. Funky atmosphere. The Ragin Cajun Pot is a definite must try if you like a little kick with your seafood. I always enjoy eating at a seafood restaurant that doesn’t have a fishy smell permeating the room. Nice open floor plan, great lighting and this location has a play area for children complete with a slide and monkey bars.

Place is kind of overpriced kind of shitty I rather just buy and cook it myself for that price piece of shit

I’ve been to this location before on another trip to Aurora, it was much better. This time, our waiter was inattentive and spent most of his time chatting with the customer and an adjacent table. When our food finally came to the table, we noticed that a few things were missing from the plates and by the time we finally got the attention of our waiter to correct it, we were a little frustrated.
The only positive comment I can make it that my cocktail was pretty good.

I’ve eaten at many crab shacks over the years. Joe’s is always reliable. We always stop on our way through Denver because we know we will leave happy.
This is not the best seafood you’re ever going to have, but they do know what they’re doing. I have had just about every steampot they make and I’m always happy. It’s simple seafood, done right.
They have good drinks, appetizers, and desserts too. I’ve never had a complaint and our visit this Memorial Day weekend was no different. It can be a loud place, so definitely not the kind of place to try and have a private conversation.

Now, I’ve been called «crabby» before, (Haha, get it?) but I must say this was fairly good! However, as my ex-​wife Angela tells me, I am a scrawny-​armed «weenie» of a man, so I had a hard time opening my crab legs. Luckily for me, my mother took me to dinner and she has the strength of a thousand men, so she cracked those crab legs right open with her bare hands! I enjoyed the potatoes, and the corn was alright. My server was nice, but he laughed at the sight of my crab bib, which seems a little ridiculous because he and mother insisted I wear it. So, despite my lack of upper, lower, and all around strength, and the bib, I was pleasantly delighted with the food! Definitely will come back. (Maybe after a little weight lifting…)

The server was awesome and friendly. It was really nice to have the manager come out to check on us and refill our water. That was a nice touch.
The food was… OK. The Orleans steam pot was enjoyable… the corn was a tad salty.
The bathrooms… FREEZING!

We enjoyed our meal at Joe’s. My family had everything from Dungeness crab to crab cakes to salmon to shrimp. All were well prepared. For dessert, we enjoyed the s’mores and the key lime pie.
The staff was very friendly and efficient.
I wish they had more non-​Budweiser beers on draught.
A fun restaurant, with good food and service. We would go back.

Always a good time love eating here.. Lots of seafood which is my favorite love the crab pots several to choose from.

If I could give this less than one star, I would. The staff has no clue. Our waitress poured a whole soda on my lap and purse, and then apologized as she wiped the floor with paper towels and then thought it was a great idea to put them in the bucket in the middle of our table as they passed over the top of the other drinks on the table. Disgusting!!! As compensation she apologized and didn’t charge us for our nonalcoholic drinks. Wow, thanks. We constantly had to ask for refills on our drinks. And the Mahi I ordered barely came out warm.
To say this place is unnecessarily loud is an understatement. The songs and antics are ridiculously cheezy and irritating.
The high side, the Ragin Cajun bucket was salty but delicious.

Came back again for the garlic crab n fries. The price went up from $ 14.99 to $ 20, but the staff was very accomodating with my special order (steamed crab w/​side of garlic butter, extra garlic aioli), so that was well worth the price increase in my estimation. Also, the snow crab was cooked right this time! Came out hot, didn’t fall apart. AWESOME. Way to go, Joe, you’ve made a fan out of me.

I enjoyed Joe’s crabshack. There, I said it. I know — shocker– this is a big chain in the suburbs… But it was so just fun! Yes, there were a couple of misses too, but in general I was quite amused and enjoyed my experience thoroughly. Here’s how it rolled:
The Fam took me for a birthday dinner because apparently they quite embarrass their birthday patrons. Once I realized what was going on, I put a stop to that and did not run around on a stick-​horse whooping like a cow girl when they sang happy birthday –did not happen. Sorry Fam.
First the good: Inside, they have sharks hanging from the ceiling! Sharks! How fun is that? Plus, if you have kids they have a playground, a playground! How fun is that?
We sat on the patio, which is covered and has really comfortable furniture. It was quite pleasant on a mid August day. The music was loud and fun. The drink menu is spectacular. And, this is where I really want to give this place 4 stars: they had amazing tiki drinks where you get to keep the glass! I had two Mai Tais and got to keep the coolest glass ever. This was fun.
Our food, carefully prepared somewhere else and frozen, and plunged into boiling water and seasoned there in the kitchen, was healthy and quite good. We all enjoyed little steam pots of various crab, shrimp, sausage and other seafood combined with potatoes and corn. It was actually quite a healthy low cal meal. The combo was quite delicious, though the textures of the seafood were a bit mealy just because it had been frozen, but that is forgivable. If you’ve ever purchased and tried to prepare your own frozen snowcrab you know what you’re going to get here. We did not need added butter and the flavors were excellent: We tried the Ragin’ Cajun and the classic steam pot and the peel and eat shrimp. The shrimp was high quality.
For dessert, we tried the apple crisp and the Key Lime pie. I would not even bother with the key lime pie: It was not good, but the portion was gigantic. The apple crisp was served hot with ice cream with big slices of apple in it, and was quite lovely.
All in all, Joe’s crabshack is a very carefully well-​planned restaurant chain. It is appealing to kids and families, it’s casual with fun drinks and music and the food really wasn’t that bad at all for a chain.
For this particular restaurant, the restrooms were kind of gross and our server was completely clueless. No bibs were offered to us, we had to ask repeatedly for silverware and crab crackers, we didn’t get water refills, and she did not know much about the menu. But that’s going to be typical for a chain restaurant.
All in all, I would go back to sit on the patio, have one of those fun Tiki drinks and a steamed crab pot. If I were in the neighborhood.

Campy, loud and mediocre at best. Small portions, pricy for what you get… There’s a reason they keep closing their restaurant doors one by one.
When they first opened there was a waiting list three hours long… Now you could not pay me to go back.
Rude wait staff, poor food and over priced… Whatever happened to sea galley anyway?