Crabs Claw Inn Reviews Summary

Category: Restaurant

Address: 601 Grand Central Ave, Lavallette, NJ 08735, USA

Phone: +17327934447

Rating: 4.3
based on 240 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was absolutely delicious."
  • "Soft shell crab sandwich with a little bit of hot sauce and a cold beer is my favorite."
  • "The oysters were good."
  • "Dinner was delicious!"
  • "The firecracker shrimp on cream sauce was very good, as was the lobster roll."
  • "We had oysters and 2 entrees my daughter had the crab legs and I had the lobster raviolis, they were phenomenal."
  • "Steak,stuffed shrimp and Ceasar salad was delicious."

Cons:

  • "The food will absolutely make you sick."
  • "Crab soup was void of any visible crab pieces."
  • "Crab cake was dry and bland."
  • "All the food came out cold, and almost as it it was sitting out all day."
  • "The lobster bisque had an old taste and the meat tasted fishy."
  • "The Mahi Mahi tasted like wet cardboard..must have been frozen for weeks!"
  • "Fish was bland, steak pretty tough, the baked potato was just that - a potato from the microwave."

Service

Pros:

  • "Sheena's exceptional service truly elevated our dining experience."
  • "Never felt like we were waiting for her or rushed. She was on top of everything! Great service, can't wait to go back."
  • "Service great as usual."
  • "The bartender Barb was so much fun and hospitable."
  • "The server was attentive and friendly."
  • "Our server Lauren was amazing and so polite!"
  • "Excellent food, the waitress (Jessica) gets 10+++ stars."

Cons:

  • "We ordered our food, and waited n waited only to be served cold food."
  • "Won't be returning due to poor management skills."
  • "The manager’s solution was to comp a round of drinks and a side of French fries instead of the food that we were clearly uninterested in."
  • "Waitress took my wife’s dinner order said she’d back and never returned."
  • "Our server appeared to decide to socialize at the bar instead of check on us for at least like 20 minutes or so, so we skipped coffee and dessert."
  • "The servers weren’t attentive or even caring about our tables."
  • "Our server was very overwhelmed and kept forgetting what we order."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Very comfortable atmosphere even though it was crowded, just didn't seem to be so."
  • "Casual beach atmosphere, casual dress."
  • "Live music was a bonus."
  • "The atmosphere was so cool, there was a guy in there playing acoustic guitar and singing."
  • "Very comfortable and nice. Affordable place to have a great time and a great meal."
  • "Great spot, crowded and lively."
  • "The atmosphere was happy, friendly and the scent of seafood cooking in the air."

Cons:

  • "It seems they were using outdoor sitting of the next door restaurants which was closed."
  • "We were sat in the back corner of the restaurant where we had a beautiful view of the parking lot."
  • "Plenty of atmosphere tv and 'singing' entertainment aspect."
  • "The live entertainment that was supposed to start at 8 was still setting and warming up over 30 minutes later."
  • "The bar is super crowded in the summer."
  • "It wasn't so bad up there but felt too closed in."
  • "Tables are small, crowded, and very noisy."

Value

Pros:

  • "We expected the check to be a lot more for the quality of our meals."
  • "In my book can't be beat!"
  • "Plenty of food and worth the money."
  • "The value was pretty good for all the food we got."
  • "About what we expected to pay."
  • "Prices were reasonable."
  • "Great seafood and good drinks, attentive and friendly staff."

Cons:

  • "Plus we ordered the stuffed mushrooms, and $13 for only 4? They were good but still pretty steep for the price."
  • "On a Monday night it was a 1.5 to 2hr wait for a table."
  • "The value of the dishes just wasn’t worth it."
  • "High priced for normal food with small portions."
  • "Paid nearly 100 for two cups of soup and two entrees that had the quality of Applebee’s 2 for 20."
  • "$39 for entree and had to pay extra 2.99 for a salad! Come on man really why so cheap!"
  • "Way overpriced for the size of the portions offered."

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