Emmert’s Seafood

Went to Emmert's tonight and it was amazing. Used to be crossroads but changed ownership recently and just wow. The large crabs at only 110 a dozen were huge and heavy. Came out hot with nice spice. The best place for crabs are in Dayton.

We wanted to love this place but there were just too many problems. Things started off great. It was busy but we were seated right away. We ordered soup and an appetizer but took a few minutes to decide on entrees. The fried pickles were excellent and the cream of crab soup had lots of crab meat but needed seasoning. We eventually managed to flag down a server to get some crab seasoning and that helped a lot.Things went downhill from there. Half an hour went by and we noticed that people at the tables around us who had come in long after us had ordered, gotten their food, eaten it, and were now paying their checks. We asked our server what was going on and after a few minutes the owner came out and apologized. She said our ticket had gone in right after some large parties and that crabs come out faster because they come from the steamer but she didn't really have a response for why the table behind us who sat down about 20 minutes after us had finished their burgers and crab cakes already.Eventually our entrees came out, 40 minutes after the apps. We could smell the ammonia from the fried catfish. Pretty sure the oil the hush puppies were fried in wasn't hot enough because they were really greasy. My stuffed shrimp was supposed to be a crab cake over broiled shrimp with cream imperial on top. The shrimp was fine and the crab cake was good enough but nothing special. The problem was the "imperial" sauce. It was half an inch of hot mayonnaise sprinkled with J. O., no cream, no lemon or worchester, just mayo piled over everything. Both entrees were basically inedible.The owner came back and apologized again but also tried to tell us that they sell a lot of catfish so it couldn't be bad and that everyone loved their crab imperial. She was very nice about it and did comp our whole meal but it really felt like she didn't believe us that our food was bad. It's entirely possible we just got really unlucky with a bunch of kitchen mistakes but there were just too many for us to want to try again.

They have closed their trailer in Laurel and are now open in Dayton where Floyd's Crossroads Pub was. Some of the same employees and all of the good food as before. We recently stopped in on a lazy Saturday about 3pm for some soup, onion rings, steamed crabs & cold beer. Thats how Marylanders roll! All very good. Fantastic wait staff, very friendly & knowledgeable. We will return often. Thank you!

We have been several times over the summer and they are just spectacular!!! The crabs have been the best we have ever had and we have been going to this restaurant for 25 years ( different ownership) The crabs we just had were medium and looked like large. EVERY crab we served was super heavy and full. The cream of crab is a must, but honestly all the food is delicious. Don't miss out on the fresh grapefruit or orange crushes! The owners are hands on, super friendly and knowledgeable!!!!

The food was excellent, the service outstanding and food options were excellent. The crab cakes were full with lump crabmeat and the onions rings were excellent.

Hoping for some improvement. The good and mediocre. Ordered for pickup two of the two crab cake platter meals, total cost was $129 + $20 tip. Order was for one with curly fries the other with onion rings and each with coleslaw.Crabcakes were of good size at 8 oz each and the coleslaw was just like mom's. The onion rings never made it to one of the platters, just ended up with shoestring fries on that one and not very many. I could see the foil lining the container through the pile of fries. Curly fries were OK, seemed like more were there than the shoestring. Also never received the ordered tartar sauce for either meal.The crabcakes had good flavor and very minimal shells present (9 out of 10 on that) but didn't seem to have been cooked long enough. I realized this when the next day I decided to eat the second crab cake and cooked in my convection oven for an additional 30 minutes and THEN it was very delectable.Would like in the future for the crab cakes to maybe have the option to fry or broil and cooked a bit longer, receive my order correctly and maybe, when someone is spending $67 on average per meal (minus tip) to not be skimpy with the sides. I mean really, how much do fries cost? A one pound frozen bag in the store is $8 at most, I got maybe 4 ounces. I know in the same general area there is a burger store whose name that starts with a number guys, hint hint, that gives double your order of fries when you pay $5.99.Next time I will be more cautious and maybe not go all out thinking it was going to be a smash hit. The restaurant is really close to me so I hope it will be a better experience next time.For those with disabilities, there is accessible parking in the lot but the restaurant itself is up about 6 steps and through a 90 degree alcove with two doors and very liitle room to navigate. There is no apparant accessibility for those who use walkers or wheelchairs. The ramp you see here is for access to the kitchen and through the window, it doesn't seem like a safe passage. I am very sure however that if asked, the staff would bring your food out if necessary. They seem very nice and willing to accomodate.

The food and service were amazing! Laura was a great server! Really attentive and wanted to make sure my first experience was great! I will be coming back for the food, atmosphere and great service!

Terrible customer service. I ordered a grilled chicken sandwich, the chicken was low quality. The owner decided to argue with me about it and not offer my money back when my table had ordered $300 worth of food.

I gave this a 1 star strictly because they charge a service fee for using bank OR debit cards. Irealize is a growing trend for restaurants these days but nearly every restaurant does not charge when using a DEBIT card since it comeS directly from your bank account.I know it sounds petty but in my mind, that is simply the cost of doing business. For the current price of crabs these days and the price gouging that is done, one would think that 3 people spending upwards of $200 for dinner would otherwise offset the 3% charge. We could have gone someplace else and not spent the $200 at Emmert's in the first place.There is no sign in the restaurant nor on the menu that I saw or noticed stating there would be a service charge for bank/debit card usage. I am not in the habit of carrying large sums of money around these days either with the growing accounts of theft and personal injury.So it's pretty unfair, in my opinion, to just spring this on a patron when it's time to pay your bill. There would also be no point in having an ATM machine in the establishment since that would most likely ALSO charge you a fee to access your account.I always tip even when the food and service was horrible. The big trend after Covid was to tip wait staff extremely well, which I always did.However, going forward, any restaurant that is going to charge me for using a DEBIT card to pay the bill will find that service being deducted from the tip to recoup the loss.That does sound unfair to the wait staff but always remember, tipping is customary, not mandatory. Sorry, that is just the cost of eating at your restaurant! Perhaps if enough wait staff complained to the owners, this trend will stop.In so far as the food and service goes at Emmert's, if you want to know just how the food and service actually was, I will need to charge you a 3% service charge for that information.Sorry, that is just the cost of doing business when eating at your restaurant.

Ordered 2 dozen steamed crabs to go. Crabs were ready for me at the time requested and they were larger than advertised.