Backfins Crab House

We were looking for a casual option for seafood and specifically crab cakes. We were very happy with the crab cakes and the hush puppies were great too. They also had good options for our youngest that is not a fan of seafood.Our wait staff was great.

I feel torn with this place. The food was good, but the portions vary too much. For instance, a combo platter is ~$40, that includes two sides. One of our sides was potato salad, and you know those little sauce containers? That's what they put our side of potato salad in. Far too little portion for what was paid. The food portions overall were not as large as I would have liked for the price. 4 pieces of scallop and 2 pieces of flounder for the platter. They didn't skimp on the fried sides (fries, onion rings, etc) but the mains were lacking. Service was fine. Overall, be careful what you order as they are very stingy with the portions. But the food is good.

Very happy with our experience here. Our friendly waitress was helpful and stayed right on top of things. Casual place with very high quality seafood. Raw oysters were very good, well selected and shucked nicely. Pasta with shrimp was delicious. Very nice garlicky sauce that complimented the blackened shrimp perfectly. Snow crabs were great, served with a nice coleslaw. Will definitely be back!

Love the Maryland style crabs and crabcakes! We like to go here on special occasions because it's kind of far and they close too early. but it's the only authentic MD seafood place we've found down here. My biggest complaint is that they close so early even on weekends! Like 8pm! I'm usually just getting out around then.

Overall, this was a pretty good visit. We went for lunch on a Sunday, and it was moderately busy, as we had a 20 minute wait. The hostess was initially neutral but warmed up to us.Once we were seated, our server greeted us pretty quickly. She was good about answering our menu questions, and seemed friendly enough.The restaurant was a little small but had a nice atmosphere. Now, on to the food. We had the fried platter combos. Between our table, we had fish, shrimp, oysters, crab legs,and scallops. Everything was perfectly fried and well-seasoned The scallops were especially juicy, but you don't expect a lot of them. Still, we would definitely order this againThe fish was a huge portion, as were the shrimp and oysters. As far as the sides, I would skip the fries. They were boring and not as good as the other items. The slaw and hushpuppies were excellent. The hushpuppies tasted homemade. Don't skip the butter on them. The crab legs were excellent and didn't need butter.Now, a word of caution. The combo platters are pretty pricey. On that day, it was like $34.00. In fact, we had to use a QR code to see the daily prices, but definitely worth it.We definitely come back to try the blue crabs, which looked amazing. The service was prompt and friendly.In all, this restaurant is pricey but worth it!!!

My husband and I have just moved to the area and have eaten at Backfins 2 weeks in a row because it is THAT GOOD! The batter on the fried shrimp is to die for, the hush puppies are so buttery, and the fries are delicious. Not to mention, if you are a Ranch person like me, they have the GOOD ranch. You know what I mean. My husband even really loves the Oysters which is saying a lot because he is an Oyster snob Anyways, the wait is never terrible and both times we had pretty good service! Will continue to return a ton I am sure!

Backfins Crab House is a good place to dine. I do think they need to update their menus as the prices are blacked out but more than that the to go menu online overs many more options than the current menu. Almost everything on the current menu is fried. But the online ordering had fried shrimp; broiled shrimp; peel and eat offered for the shrimp baskets.I went with the broiled shrimp basket and choose fries and corn as my sides. The shrimp portion was plentiful. I hadn't expected so many. I was very happy with what I ordered.Service was exceptional for the large group we had.

Ever since I heard the owners are from Maryland and offer a great crab cake I've wanted to dine here. Yesterday we finally made it over. I decided to get one crab cake and a cluster of crabs. I'm so glad I choose that rather than just crab cakes. These were some of the biggest, most perfectly cooked, and sweet snow crab legs I've had in a long time. They cracked perfectly and the meat came out without any struggle. The claw itself was massive. I wish I'd just gotten two crab clusters because the crab cake was just so-so, which was disappointing. Not much flavor at all and I choose no remulaude sauce to boot. My standard is from G&M Restaurant in MD and these are a far cry, plus not broiled, which makes a huge difference for flavor compared to pan seared or deep fried. My spouse got the fried scallops, which she really enjoyed. Hush puppies aren't complimentary as at other local seafood places, but avail as a side. The platers come with two sides. I had corn that was tough and very little flavor and a mustardy potato salad, which was not that great. My spouse liked the fries, but didn't care for the cole slaw. It's much smaller inside than I expected, tiny by most standards. They do have outside seating, but it was just too hot out. We were lucky to get there Saturday as they're closed for the rest of the 4th holiday weekend.We'll be returning and look forward to those crab legs!

The food was amazing. I crave it everyday. The service was superb. The ambiance was cool. Nothing too fancy but who cares with a menu like THAT! Omg. Stream my music by searching "Kyaivah" on all streaming platforms ^_^

Left with my family after waiting 10 minutes after we were seated. That would be fine but 5-6 staff walked past our table and several wait staff were staring at our table while we were waiting. As we got up to leave the server ran outside trying to apologize but by then I was over it. We had already waited 30 minutes to be seated and then were ignored by multiple staff members. That was our first time trying the place. We will not try that again.