Fat Boy’s Crab

Ordered a half bushel of live jumbocrabs to steam ourselves. The crabs were jumbo as promised, not a small or light one in the box. Very reasonably priced, and included a half dozen ears of corn, that were so sweet and tender.

I bought jumbo lump crab meat, smelled terrible. Definitely was not fresh. Called to speak with owner, was told they were not there. Called back again was told not there, was then told they threw out the remainder. No apologies after spending 28 dollars on this bad crab meat. Will not be going back.

Worse life experience, owner verbally cursed me and had 4 guys surround me. All I said was the crab is bad and I’d like my cash back. BEWARE OF WHAT YOU ARE WALKING INTO. THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME & LAST! I did not want to give any stars!

Very poor service. Waited to get steam shrimp but no one bother to tell me it was to be picked up outside even though I was standing in near the person who took the order. They also did not provide any sauces with shrimp. You have to specifically ask for them, including napkins. These people need to learn a thing to two about customer service from chick fila. Food may be decent but service was poor at best.

Ordered 2 bushels of mediums and they were great. Easy to peel, full of meat and we only had 2 bad crabs out of all of them.

After 5 hours of driving down to Salisbury from NYC, passed a sign on the road advertising muskrat, and intrigued I pulled into the parking lot. Well no muskrat, but a damned good crab cake sandwich (an honest crab cake, lots of sweet crab, not over seasoned, and not mushy), fresh cut french fries, and really fresh homemade cole slaw. The gentleman who helped me (I think it was the owner’s son) was not only a congenial host, and knowledgeable about his product, but knew a lot about his region of the Delmarva. The guy in front of me ordered a fried Whiting platter, and when I saw that come out of the fryer I wondered if I ordered the wrong thing it looked delicious. Just like your car, you’ve got to change the oil in your deep fryer, and I could tell by the smell, and the way the food looked when it came out, that this place keeps up with their oil.
Fat Boys is a combination Fish Market, and takeout counter, and it was really clean (Know how you can tell that? It didn’t smell fishy.) and had tons of crab meat on ice, and shucked oysters by the jar. The downside (and I say this because I’m a driver) it’s a takeout, so nowhere inside to eat, (They do have picnic tables outside for al fresco fried fish in the warmer weather.) even so I finished everything except the clamshell container, and the napkins. The young lady who helped me was also really nice, and made sure I had everything I’d need so as not to be a total slob eating in the car.
Next time I’m passing through Salisbury, I’ll definitely return to Fat Boys for some snacks, and maybe I’ll get to try the muskrat.

If I could write a review with «0» stars I would. Fat boys is horrible. My family over the last two summers have gotten on average at least one ½ bushel a week from this operation. When we went in february it get shrimp, we were lied to about the origin of the shrimp and the owner could not care less of we ever went back — even after we had spend literally thousands in previous summers. We have had bushels where the crabs had bad meat. You can tell this when the crabs smell like cleaning solution and ammonia. When we took them back, the owner said, «oh those crabs are from _​_​_​_​_​, it’s the crabber’s fault» and while they did replace them, they knew they were bad because they had been steamed hours before and the REHEATED.
This place is horrible but I guess as long as they take food stamps, they will be in business. Unfortunately because they don’t deserve to be, their customer service is non-​existent. Skipjacks does the same deal, too.
Your best bets for crabs is 1 Fish 2 Fish, Chesapeake Treasures (though they can be spotty and often run out of crabs when others don’t) and the old Big Apple, now OC Highway Seafood in Pocomoke on Route 13 across from Sysco.

Basically, a seafood store with a kitchen in the back. Take out. There are a few outside seats for warm weather. I tried the crab cake sandwich and was pleased by the amount of crabmeat and the seasoning.