Crabshakk Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is incredible. I had the mussels with a bit of crusty bread. The sauce was perfect."
• "The Linguine Vongole was beautiful, buttery and garlicky."
• "Amazing food. Had the queenies, oysters, smoked fish plate, crab claws, lobster."
• "Incredibly fresh seafood that had beautiful flavor and texture."
• "Food was absolutely amazing, lovely and fresh."
• "The food is always perfection - special mention to the scallops - dipping bread and fries in that insane garlic butter is absolute heaven."
• "The scallops were amazing, some of the best I have ever had."

Cons:

• "The fish, however, was very greasy."
• "The Tempura squid was so greasy."
• "However, I wish I had chosen the crab cakes rather than fish and chips - too much batter."
• "To say the least, it is overrated. The food was just OK."
• "Fish club sandwich was horrible. Cold white fish of some sort with a minute piece of tough smoked salmon on toast."
• "A sad victim of its former success... super small milky oysters charged at a premium price & a tempura squid that was overly battered to death & anything but fresh."
• "The first dish was crab cake with a cooked long blonde hair in it."

Service

Pros:

• "The staff were all fantastic and really helpful."
• "Great friendly service from the staff."
• "Service was fantastic as well, and we felt very welcomed."
• "Staff very attentive and the quality of the food outstanding."
• "Waiter was extremely helpful and provided impeccable service."
• "Service is relaxed and informed."
• "Service was really friendly and welcoming."

Cons:

• "Fake acting pretentious staff."
• "However, the staff was not very attentive with my clothes in the wardrobe."
• "Service was a little slow, which was surprising given that we visited on a quiet Monday lunchtime."
• "The waitress was obnoxious and rude the full time we were there and made it the most unenjoyable experience."
• "The service was good in terms of efficiency but the waitress was moody and seemed to dislike us for some reason."
• "Really unprofessional for people to be sat at the bar and watching/listening to the owner batch and moan her way through a service."
• "Very grumpy (borderline rude) head waiter."

Atmosphere & Decor

Pros:

• "It's an interesting lay out and quite cosy."
• "Great vibe, cocktails and delicious food."
• "Really cozy atmosphere."
• "The interiors give you the feeling of being somewhere really special and unique."
• "The place had a cosy feel with a nautical theme."
• "Loved the atmosphere and the decor."
• "Super comfortable, relaxed and cheerful atmosphere and good music."

Cons:

• "The dining room is super cramped."
• "The place is quite small."
• "Seated at a very small table near the door, stools to sit on which were very uncomfortable, passing customers squeezed by whole meal, very distracting."
• "It is a pretty tight squeeze and has some very small tables."
• "The ambiance was lackluster, with cramped seating arrangements."
• "Very small & cramped seating arrangements."
• "Balancing on a ramshackle stool (which was too high) over a rough hewn, rickety, excuse for a table has had a lasting effect on my lower back."

Value

Pros:

• "No complaints really. Affordable too."
• "Welcoming, efficient, delicious and surprisingly affordable."
• "This place was exactly what we were looking for on vacation, and it wasn't wildly expensive either."
• "Not the cheapest place in town but excellent value for money for what you get."
• "Both were really good, as well as great value for the money."
• "Reasonable price too."
• "Portions are of great value for money."

Cons:

• "The portions were also very small for the price."
• "It is expensive and is badly let down by the seating arrangements."
• "The prices were exorbitant, considering the mediocre quality of the food and overall experience."
• "I thought it was far too expensive for what you got."
• "Breathtakingly overpriced and the dishes are dishearteningly small."
• "Totally overpriced."
• "The prices being charges is on the higher scale and the amount of food you get does not correspond."