Shaking Crab

I was a little skeptical about going in due to all the graffiti on the walls and chairs. It was quiet and the music wasn't too loud. We were given popcorn #weird to start. Neither my husband nor I eat popcorn. Not the best choice for a starter. We were waited on immediately and the service was par excellence. The food was delicious and very filling. I ordered shrimp with sausage added to the bag. My husband ordered catfish and fries and sausage. We both enjoyed our meals. Looks can be very deceiving.

Service -5 really liked the service. Nice guy. Fast and efficient and didn't bother too much!Ambiance - nice TVs and music level. My issue was the food. The seafood was overcooked and rubbery. Large shrimp and mussels though but overcooked. And I didn't feel like the sauce was very flavored. The best was the sausage. Shrimp was hard to peel. It did come to the table REALLY hot which was nice. Good for kids. Reasonable price.

I called in an order for lemon pepper wings, fries, and cajun shrimp rice. The wings were tasty. They had breading on them. The ranch they have is pretty good also, it tasted good with the wings. The fries were crispy and hot. I do wish the rice had more shrimp and maybe onions or something. It's literally just shrimp and plain looking rice. I've had it in the past and it was more flavorful, but it was still ok. The garlic butter goes well with it. I enjoyed my meal for the most part. They have seafood boils, seafood baskets with fish, oysters, soft shell crabs, and more. The prices are reasonable.The staff was friendly and it wasn't a long wait. There was plenty of seating inside. It's dimly lit and not to bright in there, so I appreciate that. I'd return. I'd like to try their oysters next time. Check them out!!!

I hadn't been to shaking crab in like 2 years or really since the pandemic. Whelp what better way to get reacquainted then to do a quick Sunday date night with my hubby. I got the crablegs and shrimp without heads combo, added sausages and you get a corn on cob and potatoe. Your choice of seasonings mild, spicy and many more but I got cajun hot. When I say this meal was a missile it truly was. I got full quick so it became a nice meal for another night after a quick oven reheat.I guess we choose the right time to go because they weren't busy upon arrival but we tend to be a crowd any way and by the time we were leaving it was picking up in clientele around 530ish that evening. The service was immaculate, no females waitresses this particular Sunday, but the fellas were holding it down. No body around us had a long wait at all for their food and ours came out rather quickly as well. Sorry you'll have to enjoy my lovely face since this was the only pic I remembered after I got my food....just know I loved it. Oh and since we're all true Yelp heads I did a check-in and got 10% off the meal, don't say I didn't put you on. Stop on in if you have a hankering for a great seafood boil. Mmm mmm GOOD

First time eating sea food, and this place did not disappoint. I'm not saying I'm dumb but I like when menus are dumbed down for someone like me and this menus were simple and made it easy to figure out what the hell I should eat. Food was fast the environment was nice and chill and the food was super good! Thanks for making it easy and simple for a dumb guy like me lol

Kiera was AMAZING! Attentive, sociable, PERFECTION; thank you for your service! lol.Great suggestion on the no spice Shaking Crab sauce (still too much heat on the backend for a toddler btw Yelpers, my kid snuck a lil bit :D) We were a large party so I know how that can be funnnn in Server-Land but she made everyone feel like a smaller party lol and we enjoyed another lovely family birthday at Shaking Crab. :)

Shaking Crab will have you walking our shaking your head wondering ..."How In tarnation did I just turn into the gluten I feel like?" The first bike has you hooked and committed to eat every dang morsel!!!! The wait to be seated was annoying, they were short staffed, but the server in that circumstance gave us top notch service!!!! I believe his name was Tyrone . We enjoyed our food, and also got food to go!!!!!

How can you not get Shaking Crab while in Norfolk? This is hands down the best Cajun crab boil you can get here. We got 2 A combos, clams, and sausages.Snow crab legs were fresh and shells were packed with meat. You can tell it's good quality because you can break the leg in half and pulling the meat without the shell bending!Sauce is good as usual - I'd say less salt! It was definitely on the salty side. Also, the clam meats were a bit shriveled, I remember it being fat and juicy in the past.Service was great, very nice and attentive staff, which isn't too common these days!I'll definitely come back as long as they maintain quality here. Recommend!

Came here on Labor Day weekend to try their seafood boil. It was a late lunch and there weren't too many people. We were seated right away. The booth we sat in was comfortable, however there were so many drawings everywhere it looked so messy. That's the style they are going for I guess. We ordered two combo A's for four people and added on half pound of sausage and clams. The snow crab legs were really good and paired well with their signature shaky sauce. Shrimp was very good and paired well with everything. There was a Yelp check in offer for 10% off the check. The price was so good here. It was like pre pandemic price on top of it being cheaper than Northern Virginia seafood boil which would easily be twice the cost of here. The service was pretty good.

Great place to eat. Food, service and atmosphere was better than expected. We were traveling for the weekend and just came upon this spot. Great find.