Chifaa Dorhmi

Great family owned seafood place. Liked the shrimp and scallops dish I had (disclaimer, my coworker got the same thing and was sick the next day, I was perfectly fine). The service was good too. Was surprised with their low side prices compared to other areas.

+2

Caren Oldfield

I've been dining at the original Newport Beach Crab Cooker since I was a little girl, often requesting the family eat there for my birthday or other special occasions. It's SO nice, despite increased prices, to count on the same delicious quality and good-sized portions of beautiful seafood and sides after 50+ years. I drove over 100 miles to see my family and knew I could count on my early dinner being wonderful if I ate at either Crab Cooker location. 🦀 👍🏼💖🦐

+2

Juanita Mora

Don't usually get to the Tustin Crab 🦀 Cooker, but we did tonight. The ambiance is more like the Newport Beach location than the last time I was there, so I found being there a better experience. The food is always top shelf and I enjoy the relaxed dining conditions. I will try to get there more often. Enjoyable meal 🌺

+3

Brittanie Armstrong

Always a favorite place to go for a good fish dinner. They cook everything over charcoal and it is SO good! Completely unpretentious, served on paper plates, and no fancy sides or sauces—just really good quality seafood. If they’re in season, get the oysters. I can also highly recommend the crab cakes and salmon plate. My husband pretty much exclusively orders the halibut or swordfish plate, which is also excellent if you like a meaty “steak” of a fish. Oh and of course the clam chowder and smoked albacore are kind of a must! We never leave here hungry 😋

Mike Serrano

It’s a must if you love crab! Limited menu but that’s so they focus on what counts. Some complaints about paper plates and plastic forks but their focus is on the food. Food: soft shell crab was a good starter as was the clam chowder (keep in mind that it’s not your typical white clam chowder; this one is better!) Alaskan king crab legs are huge. 1.5 legs gives you enough crab meat along with 2 sides, which were excellent. It’s cracked perfectly so no fuss. Drinks: Nothing fancy but good selection of beers available (including Stella). You can tell where their focus is. Service: Excellent. Checked-on often and food arrived fairly quickly.

Tom Padilla

This was a place that was not my intention to stop at but was going to the 17th street grill. I saw the crab cooker across the parking lot and decided to try seafood. This was such a great decision to advert to here. Reading the menu and saw this was a simplistic kind of place but everything sounded good. I decided to go for the crab cakes for the appetizer and ask if they had any flavored type of dipping sauce and she told me no just tartar sauce and it did not need any type of sauce because it was so delicious. I ordered the grilled salmon, romano melted mashed potatoes and Cole slaw. I was hesitant on the salmon because of being cooked right over mesquite coals and did not want dried salmon and she assured me it would be moist and a great flavor. Oh boy, the salmon was perfectly cooked with moist flakes that fell apart. It had a buttery mesquite taste that left your taste buds stund and wanting more, even with no type of sauce, just fish. The chessey mashed potatoes was really good and the coleslaw was freshly made and tasted really crisp and delicious. If I am ever back in the area of Newport Beach, CA, I will stop in and try something else.

Cyndi Wozny

Good, friendly service. Very casual. You are served with all disposable plates and utensils. Must buy a loaf of bread with dinner if you want bread. Only 4 options to pick 2 sides with your main course...rice, potatoes, coleslaw, or sliced tomatoes. Wish there were more options...I don't care for tomatoes nor coleslaw, so that only left me with two starches to choose, so I ordered a side to give hubby. Main courses were delicious! I had Halibut, hubby had deep-fried soft shell crab. A little high priced for what you get, but not too bad. Small counter to order fresh and smoked fish. Bought some smoked Albacore to go.

Tre Vucharatavintara

I'm not sure what it was but I left feeling not quite satisfied.. The service was fine, the server was friendly, the food was ok/good but not spectacular and the portions were decent. I had the clam chowder, which was the best dish on the menu and the calamari was good too. I don't recommend the shrimp cocktail. I would recommend this place mostly for their availability when other places have a 1-2 hr wait. Would I eat here again? Yes.

+2

Kevin H

Really good place to eat... not flashy at all (paper plates and plastic forks) but $42 for that lobster they serve on those plates. Decent food average service. Food cooked in an open kitchen. Their chowder is really good. I feel with them cooking over charcoal that the fish filets come out more over cooked than they should be. However, the shrimp and lobster tasted really good!!

+4

Æbîlēne HNrs

Nice place. Lots of things to see on the walls. Seafood is ok. Smoked fish has good flavour but texture can be improved. They are a bit hard. They don't have the regular clam chowder, they just have the one with tomato sauce. Staff are nice.

+9

Robert Nguyen

I was disappointed with my food order. At nearly 30 bucks, I hoped my crab cakes would have tastes better. Didn't look like it had been breaded or anything. Seemed over-cooked. Maybe I should have ordered the swordfish or something. The free bread I get from other restaurants seemed to be better than the bread you have to pay for here. Not sure if I tasted much clams in their "world famous" clam chowder. Cole slaw was pretty bland.

+7

Disappointed, even at $120 for king crab legs because my mother wanted some and I was back in town visiting, the red chowder was just not edible, and for a place called the Crab Cooker.... Cmon not like it used to be.... Nice waitress...