Surfing Crab Escondido

Company lunching good and tasty food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Food was great I ordered escondido special eveything was very good and tasty. Would recommend to anyone wanting to go to red lobster or the other big chain spots, DONT this place is it low prices with great food ...flavor here spot on
Fried baskets are delicious kid friendly
Would recommend 10/10

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Crab Legs, Sausage, Lobster Tail

The food was amazing!! We really liked their specialty seasoning and the bartender who waited on us was super friendly. Thank you!

Very nice food and service. It was a little pricey but worth it. Thank you

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nice food, beautiful place to eat 😋

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

First time visiting. I appreciate that they are open later than most seafood restaurants. Went an hour before they closed and I was immediately seated and my orders were taken within minutes. Overall a good experience.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Our server was the best.

Food: 5

Service: 5

Server took very good care of us and gave us a lot of helpful info.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

We came for happy hour for drinks and food. We ordered the Hook's special and there was more than enough food for 4 adults and 2 kids. The seafood was high quality and better than those other chain seafood boil places. We can't wait to go back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Came here for our anniversary dinner, the food was flavorful and the raw oysters were MASSIVE!!!! Enjoyed a nice dinner, the waitress was attentive and friendly. The place is a little dark so it was hard to see our menus. When the food came out it was hot and fresh but our boiled eggs were definitely overcooked I had to take the yolks out due to poor flavor because of it. Some of the crawfish were tiny but beyond that food was great!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Dungeness Crab Clusters

Good service, crab boil was super.

Great food.

The best service, and delicious food ?

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We are a frequent flyers there! Great seafood, service and location!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I finally checked out Surfing Crab, located at the Esco mall! It’s in the building formerly occupied by Romano’s Macaroni Girl. That was such a beautiful restaurant, I’m glad a new one has opened up here. Surfing Crab is quite an interesting establishment. There are a number of locations in Texas but this is their first and only restaurant so far in California! The menu seems to be a fusion of Cajun seafood boil and Chinese. Sort of "Ca-Asian” if you will. Service was very friendly and welcoming. We even met the older General Manager man who was walking around greeting guests, answering questions, etc. The vibe was fun, clean and modern. Beautifully decorated throughout. Drinks from the full bar seemed to be of very good quality.

We tried a few small plates, including hush puppies, pork egg rolls and crab puffs. All very tasty although the crab puffs (cream cheese rangoons) were not served with any dipping sauce. A sweet chili sauce is usually traditional. The hush puppies were very good but oddly served with a side of tarter sauce. The fam and I then shared a generously sized custom boil consisting of no head shrimp, green mussels and a lobster tail. Included corn, taters and sausage, all in a delicious cajun butter bath. I remarked how well everything was cooked. The seafood, veg, etc was all plump, succulent, fresh tasting and not overcooked. The only thing missing was a nice side of garlic bread or a crusty French loaf to sop up some more of that savory butter sauce.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Sausage, Hushpuppies