The Boiling Crab is a casual, family-friendly restaurant specializing in Louisiana-style Cajun seafood boils. Famous for their original sauce, The Whole Sha-Bang, TBC’s menu features fresh crawfish, shrimp, crab, and other shellfish, plus items like fried catfish, gumbo, Cajun fries, as well as sodas, beers, micheladas, and margaritas.
Casual small chain offering boiled-in-bag Cajun-spiced crawfish, oysters, shrimp & other shellfish. Based on 30 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.5 stars. Price $$
✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout
Address:
2053 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220
Phone: (804) 616-4218
Hours
| Thursday | 3–10 PM |
| Friday | 3–10 PM |
| Saturday | 12–10 PM |
| Sunday | 12–10 PM |
| Monday | 3–10 PM |
| Tuesday | 3–10 PM |
| Wednesday | 3–10 PM |
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Reviews
Liz Holben
Great new seafood boil that’s opened up in Richmond! We were a party of 4 and ordered the oysters (raw and fried), shrimp, blue crab, crawfish, and mussels with the She-bang seasoning. Highly recommend getting the seasoning- it’s a mix of their house Cajun seasoning, lemon, and garlic. Staff were friendly and prices were reasonable. Highly recommend stopping here for a seafood boil!
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Lapis Lazuli
I had the pleasure of meeting Tyler and Dustin and the experience was amazing. Soon as I arrived they greeted me with the best customer service I have ever experienced. Their professionalism was great, their attire and the way they dressed was neat and clean and I loved every bit of how they made me feel. I give them 5 stars. Please give these boys a raise they deserve it. They bring so much energy to the company.
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Alyssa Aebel
Stumbled onto this place after another restaurant didn’t work out and I am so glad we did! They have an outdoor patio that is dog friendly. Our server, Tyler, was the absolute sweetest and is so knowledgeable. We ordered a seafood boil and it was fresh and delicious. Tyler made sure we had anything and everything we could possibly need. We will definitely be going back!
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PANCHO LLENADO
Got a seafood bag with the all together spice mix and mild spiciness. Shrimp, mussels, and snow crab. Also added an extra dose of medium sauce. We had a delicious spicy Cajun seafood dinner. We had this with home boiled potatoes and corn. Very very good!
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G
Dustin was our server and was amazing. We really appreciated their patience helping us order – as it was our first time being here. Cheap and totally worth the price compared to other seafood restaurants in the area. You definitely don’t get as much (quantity wise) but the deliciousness overtakes the price
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Karen Weiss
Wonderful food and service but don’t see this place lasting unfortunately. There’s only beer, no wine or liquor, nor will there be any in the future. Don’t know about you but if I’m going to spend $198.40 without tipfor 2 people, I’d at least like a glass of wine. We ordered 1 order each of 12 oysters, king crab, mussels, and crabby fries with 4 beers total. Again food was delicious and service with Sam was great (but we were the only people there).
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F DaSilva
Definitely a five star experience. The price was reasonable for what we got (one pound of crawfish/sausage/corn on the cob) & chicken tenders with fries. The order was completely ready in 15 minutes. We will be visiting again.
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Jasmine Frye
Besides my service being cool, the food was overpriced. $30 a cluster of snow crab legs is insane. Then on top of that you had to pay extra if you wanted to add like a potato or corn to your bag. I highly doubt that I will be coming back
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Stephanie Dougherty
The food and service was amazing, cannot wait to come back. Our sever Tyler was very helpful and kind, he made great suggestions and knew the menu well. The Crabby fries are an absolute must!
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Greg Chin
Excellent food and service. The shrimp with the spicy whole shabang seasoning is my favorite. Highly recommend this place.
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