The Boiling Crab

This is my 4^th time coming here, I’ve always had a great time and review about this place. Since its my husband’s first time I would like to say HE LOVE IT!!! He loved the service, and the vibe. I gave this place a 5 star for the reason that I’ve never had a bad experience here. Shrimp is BOMB! And as well as the fried shrimp.

How could this place ever disappoint? Okay maybe the wait. Don’t expect a short wait during weekend nights. Even with that it’s always worth it. Great food and excellent service. :)

It’s the typical Asian experience. Dirty shrimp with shells for an OK price.
I’d rather just buy the same amount, clean it, de-​shell it and add my own seasoning. Healthier.

I love their concept. Eat with your hands and be as many as you want to be. I have a pound of shrimp with the whole shebang. I requested it to be mild spice but it seems to be a lot more spicy than it should have been. It was also really oily which was unexpected. I will be back but I really hope that they can watch the amount of spice they put in their food.
For anyone who is interested in coming to this place, please be prepared to wait. Or come for early dinner.

One of the best places to get some shrimp, the crab is set at market price per pound and it’s all hands on food, so if you don’t like getting messy then this place isn’t for you!
But the staff is awesome and always right there to help you out, and very attentive which makes it worth going.
PS– get there with your party early, could take almost 2 hours at times and if you are not there with your entire party they will not seat you till everyone is there!

Will was on point. The food, forget about it, I’m talking service here… They took care of my party and that’s what mattered to me. May Jah continue to bless up this place… I am extremely pleased. Check for yourself. I will continue to come back Again And again.

Their service always amazes me even with the many people waiting to eat and such. Always being satisfied with my needs and all. I always get the 1lb shrimp lemon pepper mild and my girlfriend always get the pound of crawfish (she seems to like the frozen crawfish more than the fresh, which is weird.) overall service 5stars, food 4 stars, wait 3stars.

OMG, if only the Boiling Crab was not a 4-​hr plane ride away, I would surely be the first one in line every.single.week.
We were told that the wait would be about an 1 hr, but looking at the smiles on people’s faces as they were dining told me it would be worth it. Fast forward 60 minutes later and our party of 5 was seated and our order was taken.
Unfortunately, a dinnermate did most of the ordering, so as far as the actual lbs. of crawfish and shrimp I have no clue. We were told that the crawfish was frozen and not fresh, but I honestly couldn’t tell the difference and I think I ate more than my fair share. This is a big deal considering I usually find crawfish very chewy and not all that great.
What is pretty great is that they also have rice you can order as well.
So, here’s the deal on how to chow down here: take the sides and edges of the plastic sheet they lay down and do your best to bend it upwards so that there is a wall between you and the boil. That way, most of the sauce will be contained in.
Being that this is meant to be messy (they dont give you a plastic bib for no reason!), eat with your hands. We all took about a handful of rice (and some french bread that an ingenious person had «smuggled» in) and plop it on the table next to you. take each crawfish/​shrimp, peel, grab a bit of the rice of bread and then eat. Delicious!
The mild sauce was not spicy and totally doable for someone with a low spice tolerance like myself.
The servers were pretty great and prompt and coming by to take our order and refill glasses.
Our bill at the end of the night was $ 20/​pp, and that was including tip.

Something about getting down & dirty when eating here is why everyone keeps on coming back. Boiling Crab really put a new perspective to eating where you don’t have to eat all proper and clean by sticking to your plate because this place doesn’t give you a single plate or bowl. You are meant to make a mess here and not have to worry about it.
I normally order a pound of shrimp, a corn and unseasoned fries because there is already so much seasoning on the seafood. If I’m feeling fancy I’ll order a pound of crawfish but I’d rather order shrimp because the asian side of me says you get more food for your money
I have been to many «copycat» boiling crab restaurants, and nothing can compete to the real deal. The sauce and flavor is on point here and the seafood is fresh, not frozen. It gets busy here, so expect to wait but this location seems to have either no wait or a shorter wait time than many of the other Boiling Crabs. I have been to the one in KoreaTown where the wait time was 2 and a half hours. This is my favorite location because the wait time isn’t as long and the food quality is just as good.
Its a really fun place to eat at and the staff is always there is you need anything.

Pretty darn good
Wasn’t that excited to be honest but once I gave in to the experience I must say the food was amazing!
Didn’t have to wait, party of 8. Server was nice and our drinks were refilled often. Over all great experience

This place is alright! My girlfriend loves seafood so she suggested that we eat here. This seafood joint is pack all the time we go here. I never see this place not busy at all. It is good don’t get me wrong, but the wait time and prices really bump low for my rating. The ambiance is OK and always loud inside due to there are a lot of people. Servers are always rushing and for that it sometimes lack costumer service, which is understandable.
My girlfriend and I always order 2 pounds shabang (all their spice mix to one bag) shrimps. Their specialty salt mix with lime is a great dipping sauce for their shrimp. We ordered the stone crab legs, too which is damn expensive in my opinion. I can always buy that from some Chinese restaurant for cheaps! Anyway, it’s good, too with the salt and lime dip. So overall, we still go here once in awhile, but I rather not if I’m feeling lazy to wait.

I choose to go to this location over the one in Brookhurst because sometimes there’s less waiting since everyone is going to the other one. Staff is always on point, and food is always delicious. 5 stars = 5 finger licking goodness. Don’t expect any fancy dining here, you eat with your hands so don’t be a snob. My regular order is 2lbs of crawfish (because 2lbs of crawfish comes with a free corn) with half a lb of sausage, whole shabang, mild, extra juicy, with a side of medium Cajun fries. Soooo so good.
If you’re planning on going with a big party, I would suggest the Brookhurst location because it’s bigger, and also keep in mind that they won’t seat you until the ENTIRE party is present. They do not sell hard alcohol but they do have beer. And no outside drinks/​food allowed inside while dining in. They have like 20bajillion tvs, and the music is usually bumping too. Weekends are always packed to the brim and over so you’ve been warned. But nevertheless love this place, all the knock off restaurants don’t come close to their flavors here.

Horrible experience
First I call them and they tell me their the Brookhurst location, so I go all the way to Brookhurst just to have them tell me it was the wrong one. Then I get there and the girl on the register didn’t even acknowledge we were there until like 10 mins later. And then lastly an most importantly they gave us literally no sauce with our order I’ve never been so disrespected in my life

There are several locations available. It was recommended by a friend so we decided to try.
The concept is genius, seafood of your choice seasoned in sauce and you can dig in with your hands. Their popular items are shrimps and crawfish. And it will get messy. It’s not recommended for first dates ;)
We ordered one pound of shrimp, one pound of crawfish (from frozen as its not in season in Oct), one order of deep fried catfish served with Cajun fries, and corn. Yes it’s a bit too much food for two but we were starving and did manage to finish all that. Don’t judge.
We had the whole shebang medium flavour for both shrimps and crawfish.
The shrimps were better IMO. I didn’t really like the crawfish; not much meat to eat and they are almost too cute to tear apart to eat.
Everything was served in plastic bags, genius as clean up was easy for servers.

Best place ever, the shrimp is toooo yummy especially the garlic butter.
The staff here is very friendly & so is their security guy !

Boiling crab is one of my many favorite places. I always have to wait at least an hour to get a table for two. So make sure you don’t come when your starving. Love the environment and staff is friendly with great service. It’s a nice place to come with family and friends or with your partner. Make sure you get your Bibb on and get ready to lick your fingers. Yuuuum!
Recommendations
The whole shebang medium but only if you like spice
Crab legs are pricy but great!
The corn is amazing.
Sausage is good.
Medium spicy fries.
White rice only because I like mixing it with the sauce.

Great selection of shellfish, although I think people come mostly for the crazy good shrimp as do I. I get is the shrimp with «the whole shebang» which is one of the flavors they offer. Excellent! I also get it with the hottest options they have. Now I can stand some serious heat but I was literally sweating while I was eating it and I didn’t care cause It’s sooo damn good! Trust me. All the people crowded in this place couldn’t be wrong. Enjoy!

Waited 30 mins. Not too bad for a Boiling Crab. Most I’ve waited was 1hr here. We only saw our server once… When she took our order. The rest of the times random workers were coming up to help us.
They were pretty good on filling our waters.
Food– Usually the shrimp and sausages are on point. But on 9÷7÷15 the sausage was SUPER dry and overcooked and there was barely any whole shabang sauce in my bag, but the server took back my food and they fixed it and voilà! It was perfect.

Came here for the first time and it was delicious !!! Everything was soooooo good ! I got the shrimp with everything on it !! I will be coming back very soon !! Only thing I was displeased is it took a while to get the waiter to come to our table ! But we were helped by the other workers just not by our waiter :(. Over all good food will be back !

Great, very friendly workers at this branch of BC!
Shout out to our server Jonathan who was very attentive towards us and had a lot of positive energy going on. We knew we had to leave him a good tip!
The wait list writing guy at the front, Joey, was also very nice and welcoming. Kudos to whoever trains the staff here! Customer service on point.
On a Sunday night (Fathers Day) the wait time for two people was an hour and a half. Sounds like the usual.
Shrimp is as same and delicious. What I noticed about this BC branch though is that their FRIES were perfect. Me and my boyfriend have been at five different BC franchises, and this location had the best, perfectly seasoned Cajun fries. Not too salty at all like at the other places; just right.
The catfish wasn’t fried as well here (a slight fishy taste), but it’s nothing some lime couldn’t cure. I’ve had worse fried catfish at some of the other branches.
Great experience as expected!