Best Crabs

Staff is friendly, crabs were great! Half the price as local competition, and the crabs were full!

Crabs were great and best prices around town by far! The man that helped us was so nice! Will absolutely return

Such a cute place in such a cute area. The frontage caught my attention and I can’t wait to eat there.

This is a great place for take out seafood. The crab cakes are one of the best I’ve had and the owners are great. This is my new go to place for take away seafood.

The crabs weren’t so bad, overly priced, but that’s ocean city. However the gentleman there that calls himself the owner is a piece of work. He was very rude and obviously has no customer service etiquette. If I didn’t have to talk to him again, I would go back but dealing with someone like that when you are on vacation is not worth it.

Truly the Best Crabs. Great friendly staff, heavy and properly seasoned crabs. Corn on the cob was also outstanding but they didn’t have real butter which would have been nice. Overall the best carry out place for crabs in OC.

Pretty good crabs. Early season. Largest were «large». Woman on order was very pleasant.

The guy who runs The Best Crabs must have a personality disorder or something. Just had a creepy experience like the one described by MaryLou. If I could give this place a below zero rating, I would.
We’ve bought crabs here for many years, several times each summer, always tipping 15% on takeout. Tonight, the guy «guaranteed» us a dozen large crabs and said he’d substitute extra-​larges if they were available. (That’s also what it says on the ticket with the order: «one dozen largest; large OK.») Turns out 6 crabs were mediums instead. When my wife, in a *very* polite way, asked about the «guarantee,» he cut her off and shouted, «Nothing’s guaranteed! Why don’t you just get your crabs elsewhere from now on?» Believe me we will!
In the two decades we’ve been coming to Ocean City, my wife and I have always marveled at how polite and friendly people here are. Until now, we’d never run into a lunatic like him. Save yourself a lot of trouble and avoid this place like the plague.

The crab cakes are truly the best in Ocean City. Very friendly service, Thank you for a wonderful experience
OC property owner

Their crabs are OUTSTANDING!!! I loved the seasoning and the crabs were full of meat. Great place.

If I could rate this place a zero, I would.
I have given them years and $$ in business. I complained ONE, of the ⁸⁰⁄₁₀₀ time that their food was not up to par and they harassed us. Told us we should never come back, hung up us and called us liars. It was bizarre. We think it was a mistaken identity issue. Regardless, this is how they treat their customers, ESP long, loyal customers.
It was the most confrontational, scary experience.
Do not patronize this restaurant. There are so many others in the vicinity.

I am so surprised no one has reviewed this place yet, because it looked like somewhere that had been around for a while. Boyfriend and I are huge fans of finding simple, fresh seafood and shoveling massive quantities into our mouths, so decided to stop at Best Crabs for lunch. We didn’t actually order crabs because it looked like you had to place orders in advance and we wanted to get something quick. We ended up with:
–a dozen clams
–a quart of maryland crab soup
–2 pounds of steamed, spiced shrimp
Each component of the meal was excellent, particularly the shrimp. I LOVE shrimp buckets and the seasoning was perfect. Two pounds was perfect for getting some shoveling in on Best Crab’s breezy porch and then finishing up at the beach.
If I could give one suggestion about the food, I would say that while the maryland crab soup tasted great, the taste of the crab was overpowered — I think the crab chunks should be slightly bigger or more crab should be put in there so that it is clear to the eyes and taste buds that crab is the main ingredient. It felt more to me like a tasty vegetable soup that happened to have some crab in it.
They also do «takeout» crabs by the bushel and we saw several people entering and then emerging with huge bags. If we were in Ocean City for longer, we would have definitely gotten some major crabs to-​go.
Big fan: I like the name, I thought the guy behind the counter was really friendly, I liked the simplicity of the menu and of course I loved the food! Definitely a 5-​star gem in my book.